Gender-Related Differences in Acute Aortic Dissection
Background— Few data exist on gender-related differences in clinical presentation, diagnostic findings, management, and outcomes in acute aortic dissection (AAD). Methods and Re...
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Abrupt Climate Change and Transient Climates during the Paleogene: A Marine Perspective
Detailed investigations of high latitude sequences recently collected by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) indicate that periods of rapid climate change often culminated in brief...
Data dredging, bias, or confounding
On 4 October 2002, women who were moderate drinkers received good news: their risk of breast cancer was not raised, according to a report in the Lancet that was widely covered b...
Social Structure in a Group of Scientists: A Test of the "Invisible College" Hypothesis
The existence of social organization within a research area may be inferred (a) if scientists who have published in the area have more social ties with one another than with sci...
On the misuse of residuals in ecology: regression of residuals vs. multiple regression
1 Residuals from linear regressions are used frequently in statistical analysis, often for the purpose of controlling for unwanted effects in multivariable datasets. This paper ...
We Need Both Exploratory and Confirmatory
Abstract We often forget how science and engineering function. Ideas come from previous exploration more often than from lightning strokes. Important questions can demand the mo...
The Magic of Randomization versus the Myth of Real-World Evidence
Nonrandomized observational analyses have been promoted as alternatives to randomized clinical trials. However, randomization ensures balance between groups, whereas nonrandomiz...
Unsupervised Multiway Data Analysis: A Literature Survey
Two-way arrays or matrices are often not enough to represent all the information in the data and standard two-way analysis techniques commonly applied on matrices may fail to fi...
Searching for Solutions in Aquaculture: Charting a Sustainable Course
Aquaculture is currently the fastest growing animal food production sector and will soon supply more than half of the world's seafood for human consumption. Continued growth in ...
Finite-Mixture Structural Equation Models for Response-Based Segmentation and Unobserved Heterogeneity
Two endemic problems face researchers in the social sciences (e.g., Marketing, Economics, Psychology, and Finance): unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error in data. Struc...
Advancing Knowledge about Co-Offending: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Survey of London Males
Perhaps the most frequently documented conclusion about delinquent behavior is that most offenses are committed with others rather than by persons acting alone.Breckenridge and ...
Individual differences are accentuated during periods of social change: The sample case of girls at puberty.
The emergence of new behaviors and the reorganization of psychological structures are often attributed to critical events and crises in the life course. A fundamentally differen...