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  • Performance of some tests for bivariate independence, interchangeability, and equality of distributions of ratios

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    Ferguson, Nancy Lo
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    The purpose of this thesis is to derive and compare asymptotic performances of certain tests of independence, interchangeability and equality of the distributions of_ratios Y/X for positive variates and Y with joint c.d.f. H(x,y) of particular forms. Three bivariate families, Morgenstern, Plackett, and Moran, are considered which permit marginal c.d.f.'s...
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    particular forms. Three bivariate families, Morgenstern, Plackett, and Moran, are considered which per- mit

  • A quadratic programming algorithm for deriving efficient farm plans in a risk setting

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    Bauer, Leonard
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    The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
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    multipliers. The Von Neuman-Morgenstern utility analysis framework was posed for selecting the best

  • An investigation of the influence of choice structure on decision making behavior

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    Dervitsiotis, Kostas N.
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    The behavior of individuals in decision making under risk was investigated using choice structures of greater complexity than the types examined in previous studies. The experiment performed consisted of two phases. In Phase I a basic utility function for money was derived for each subject using lotteries with two equally...
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    , particularly the von Neumann -Morgenstern model, is more valuable as a prescriptive rather than as a

  • Evaluation and application of ice segregation parameters for frost heave prediction

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    Ito, Yuzuru, 1958-
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    The success of civil engineering construction in cold regions often depends on the assessment of the potential for frost heave. Over the past two decades two models have been presented to the engineering community to identify the frost heave potential, namely: (1) the segregation potential (SP), and (2) the discrete...
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    Page 2.1 Idealization of Formation of Segregated Ice in a Soil Mass (after Konrad and Morgenstern

  • Psychological and Linguistic Processes in Treatment Related Text Messages

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    Partch, Megan A.
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    Treatment providers seek low-cost, high-impact means of engaging clients in care with the aim to enhance treatment delivery and outcomes. With improvements to mobile technology making cell phone accessibility and usage rates high across all socio-economic levels, text messaging is becoming more frequently utilized as a means of promoting provider-client...
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    & Morgenstern, 2013, p. 316). Therefore, text messages may be a particularly effective intervention for

  • An investigation of the measurement of individual risk attitudes

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    Winter, John R.
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    Two direct elicitation of utility (D.E.U.) techniques were used to estimate risk attitudes of a group of agricultural producers. The two elicitation techniques used in the study were 1) an error-in-response model using a modified Ramsey method, and 2) stochastic dominance with respect to a function (SDF). The primary objective...
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    well as U(X). Von Neumann and Morgenstern revived the concept of "cardinal utility" with the

  • Impaired organic anion excretion and cholestasis caused by 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (carmustine or BCNU) in rats

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    Hoyt, Dale G.
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    Previous investigation showed that 20 mg/kg BCNU caused inhibition of sulfobromophthalein (BSP) excretion and inhibited bile salt independent bile flow (BSIF) in rats by 48 h after treatment (Hoyt, 1984). The present investigation demonstrated that BCNU inhibited the canalicular step in the excretion of BSP. This was indicated by the...
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    addition of chloroethyl isocyanate reduced the uptake of radioactivity from [U -14C] -BCNU by 72

  • Studies on the glutathione dependent protection of the cell nucleus against lipid peroxidation

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    Tirmenstein, Mark A.
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    Lipid peroxidation is believed to be an important process in the development of cellular injury. In addition to the degradation of biological membranes, increasing evidence indicates that lipid peroxidation can alter the structure and function of DMA. The present study examines the peroxidation of nuclear membranes and the capacity of...
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    . Biophys. Acta 801, 215-219. 11. Burton, G. W. and Ingold, K. U. (1984). "-Carotene: an unusual type of

  • Beyond the paired-catchment approach : isotope tracing to illuminate stocks, flows, transit time, and scaling

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    Hale, V. Cody
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    This dissertation integrates a process-based hydrological investigation with an ongoing paired-catchment study to better understand how forest harvest impacts catchment function at multiple scales. We do this by addressing fundamental questions related to the stocks, flows and transit times of water. Isotope tracers are used within a top-down catchment intercomparison...
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  • Risk modeling using direct solution of expected utility maximization problems

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    Lambert, David K.
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    A model of agricultural decision making is developed and tested in this thesis. The expected value of utility evaluated under alternative outcomes is directly maximized in a nonlinear programming model. Two features of the model distinguished it from traditional risk programming models. First, alternative attitudes towards the assumption of risk...
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    Morgenstern, 1947]. The NM proof is dependent upon a set of axioms posited to describe a rational process by