Evaluation: a link in the chain of sustainability
(2006)
Book Chapter
Bell, F., Zaitseva, E., & Zakrzewska, D. (2006). Evaluation: a link in the chain of sustainability. In N. Lambropoulos, & P. Zaphiris (Eds.), User-centred design of online learning communities. IGI Global
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Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (2006)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Parle, M., James, M., Gay, T., Harkess, M., & Glanville, A. (2006). Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosisCONTEXT: Little is known about adolescents' and young adults' experience with cystic fibrosis while waiting for or after receiving a lung transplant. The psychological and psychosocial factors that may influence these patients' transplant outcomes ar... Read More about Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis.
Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model (2006)
Journal Article
McHale, I., & Laycock, P. (2006). Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model. Journal of Applied Statistics, 33(10), 1075-1084. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664760600746699In this paper we present a method for performing regression with stable disturbances. The method of maximum likelihood is used to estimate both distribution and regression parameters. Our approach utilises a numerical integration procedure to calcula... Read More about Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model.
Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community' (2006)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Campbell, J., & Greenhill, A. (2006). Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2(4), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2006.011771This paper examines a specific online community and the degree to which participants' association is constituted and reinforced through conflict. We sample the existing literature regarding online communities in an historical sense and critique the p... Read More about Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'.
Football banning orders: analysing their use in court (2006)
Journal Article
James, M., & Pearson, G. (2006). Football banning orders: analysing their use in court. Journal of Criminal Law, 70(6), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2006.70.6.509In the months prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the government funded a number of targeted policing operations aimed at securing Football Banning Orders against known or suspected football hooligans. This article is based on court observat... Read More about Football banning orders: analysing their use in court.
The agitator “theory” of strikes re-evaluated (2006)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2006). The agitator “theory” of strikes re-evaluated. Labor History, 47(4), 485-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/00236560600899024This article re-evaluates the so-called 'agitator theory' of strikes, the popular (often media-induced) notion that industrial militancy is the work of a few hard-core militant shop stewards and/or left-wing political 'agitators.' It suggests that wh... Read More about The agitator “theory” of strikes re-evaluated.
Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting. (2006)
Journal Article
Chen, H., & Boylan, J. (2006). Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(12), 1660-1671. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602310An individual seasonal indices (ISI) method and two group seasonal indices (GSI) methods proposed in the literature are compared, based on two models. Rules have been established to choose between these methods and insights are gained on the conditio... Read More about Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting..
Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time (2006)
Journal Article
Miglo, A. (2007). Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 47(1), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2006.07.001This paper analyzes debt-equity choice for financing a two-stage investment when a firm's insiders have private information about the firm's expected earnings. When private information is one-dimensional (for example when short-term earnings are comm... Read More about Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time.
Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies (2006)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & Jackson, D. (2006). Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies. Biometrics, 62(3), 785-792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00513.xPublication bias of the results of medical studies can invalidate evidence-based medicine. The existing methodology for modeling this essentially relies upon the symmetry of the funnel plot. We present a new method of modeling publication bias that u... Read More about Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies.
On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators. (2006)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2006). On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators. International Journal of Production Economics, 103(1), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.04.004The purpose of this paper is to assess the empirical stock control performance of intermittent demand estimation procedures. The forecasting methods considered are the simple moving average, single exponential smoothing, Croston's method and a new me... Read More about On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators..