Simultaneous estimation of discrete outcome and continuous dependent variable equations: A bivariate random effects modeling approach with unrestricted instruments

Sarwar, Md Tawfiq; Fountas, Grigorios; Anastasopoulos, Panagiotis Ch.

doi:10.1016/j.amar.2017.05.002

Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach. (2017)
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Naughton, P., McCarthy, M., & McCarthy, S. (2017). Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach. Appetite, 117(1), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.06.027

Considering confectionary consumption behaviour this cross-sectional study used social cognition variables to identify distinct segments in terms of their motivation and efforts to decrease their consumption of such foods with the aim of informing ta... Read More about Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach..

Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest. (2017)
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Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.049

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming increasingly mainstream as an early-stage design-decision tool for buildings. Still, there are considerable variations in how the method is currently used, leading to limitations in comparing the results and th... Read More about Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest..

Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland (2017)
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Botterill, K., Hopkins, P., & Sanghera, G. S. (2017). Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland. Social and Cultural Geography, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1346197

This paper uses a framework of ‘ontological security’ to discuss the psycho-social strategies of self-securitization employed by ethnic and religious minority young people in Scotland. We argue that broad discourses of securitization are present in t... Read More about Young people’s everyday securities: pre-emptive and pro-active strategies toward ontological security in Scotland.

Remote ischaemic preconditioning in orthotopic liver transplantation (RIPCOLT trial): a pilot randomized controlled feasibility study (2017)
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Robertson, F. P., Goswami, R., Wright, G. P., Imber, C., Sharma, D., Malago, M., Fuller, B. J., & Davidson, B. R. (2017). Remote ischaemic preconditioning in orthotopic liver transplantation (RIPCOLT trial): a pilot randomized controlled feasibility study. HPB, 19(9), 757-767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2017.05.005

Background Ischaemia Reperfusion (IR) injury is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and graft loss following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT). Utilising marginal grafts, which are more susceptible to IR injury, makes this a key research goal... Read More about Remote ischaemic preconditioning in orthotopic liver transplantation (RIPCOLT trial): a pilot randomized controlled feasibility study.

Releases from transparent blue automobile coatings containing nanoscale copper phthalocyanine and their effects on J774 A1 macrophages (2017)
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Pang, C., Neubauer, N., Boyles, M., Brown, D., Kanase, N., Hristozov, D., Fernandes, T., Stone, V., Wohlleben, W., & Marcomini, A. (2017). Releases from transparent blue automobile coatings containing nanoscale copper phthalocyanine and their effects on J774 A1 macrophages. NanoImpact, 7, 75-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2017.06.002

Nanoscale copper phthalocyanine (n-CuPc) is a pigment widely used in paints to enhance automobile coatings and to make colors transparent and more appealing to users. Despite the benefits, n-CuPc can potentially be released into the environment and p... Read More about Releases from transparent blue automobile coatings containing nanoscale copper phthalocyanine and their effects on J774 A1 macrophages.

Link Budget Maximization for a Mobile-Band Subsurface Wireless Sensor in Challenging Water Utility Environments (2017)
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See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Atojoko, A. A., McEwan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2018). Link Budget Maximization for a Mobile-Band Subsurface Wireless Sensor in Challenging Water Utility Environments. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(1), 616-625. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2017.2719602

A subsurface chamber transceiver system and associated propagation channel link budget considerations for an underground wireless sensor system (UWSS) are presented: the application was a sewerage system for a water utility company. The UWSS operates... Read More about Link Budget Maximization for a Mobile-Band Subsurface Wireless Sensor in Challenging Water Utility Environments.

The legal implications of dementia in the workplace (2017)
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Egdell, V., Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2017). The legal implications of dementia in the workplace. Ageing and society, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000642

Dementia is a growing issue in the United Kingdom (UK) with over 800,000 people affected. Of these people in excess of 40,000 are aged under 65 years. Thus, a significant number of individuals may be experiencing symptoms of dementia while in employm... Read More about The legal implications of dementia in the workplace.

A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study (2017)
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Deal, J. A., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M., Bangdiwala, S. I., Chisolm, T., Davis, S., Eddins, A., Glynn, N. W., Goman, A. M., Minotti, M., Mosley, T., Rebok, G. W., Reed, N., Rodgers, E., Sanchez, V., Sharrett, A. R., Coresh, J., & Lin, F. R. (2017). A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 3(3), 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2017.06.003

Introduction Hearing loss (HL) is prevalent and independently related to cognitive decline and dementia. There has never been a randomized trial to test if HL treatment could reduce cognitive decline in older adults. Methods A 40-person (aged 70... Read More about A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study.

Salute to the sun: an exploration of UK yoga tourist profiles (2017)
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Ali-Knight, J., & Ensor, J. (2017). Salute to the sun: an exploration of UK yoga tourist profiles. Tourism Recreation Research, 42(4), 484-497. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2017.1327186

This paper focuses on exploring yoga tourism as an under researched area where little has been written to date (Ali-Knight, 2009; Lehto, Brown, Chen & Morrison, 2006). Yoga tourism is an emergent niche tourism market (Novelli, 2005) that can be viewe... Read More about Salute to the sun: an exploration of UK yoga tourist profiles.

Low-gain Integral Control for Multi-Input, Multi-Output Linear Systems with Input Nonlinearities (2017)
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Guiver, C., Logemann, H., & Townley, S. (2017). Low-gain Integral Control for Multi-Input, Multi-Output Linear Systems with Input Nonlinearities. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62(9), 4776-4783. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2017.2691301

We consider the inclusion of a static anti-windup component in a continuous-time low-gain integral controller in feedback with a multi-input multi-output stable linear system subject to an input nonlinearity (from a class of functions that includes c... Read More about Low-gain Integral Control for Multi-Input, Multi-Output Linear Systems with Input Nonlinearities.

Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners (2017)
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Mirza, K., Conway, L., Karatzias, T., Power, K., Woolston, C., Apurva, P., Begley, A., Quinn, C., Jowett, S., Howard, R., & Purdie, A. (2018). Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 28(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2043

Background Although Q4 it is well established that prisoners commonly have histories of childhood trauma, little is known about mediators between exposure to trauma and criminal behaviour. Hypotheses We hypothesised that the experience of trauma in a... Read More about Multiple traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder and offending behaviour in female prisoners.

‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses (2017)
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Johnson, C. F., Williams, B., MacGillivray, S. A., Dougall, N. J., & Maxwell, M. (2017). ‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses. BMC Family Practice, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0643-z

Background: Antidepressant prescribing continues to increase, with 5-16% of adults receiving antidepressants annually. Total prescribing growth is due in part to increased long-term use, greater selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) use and... Read More about ‘Doing the right thing’: factors influencing GP prescribing of antidepressants and prescribed doses.

Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung (2017)
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Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2017). Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung. European Transport Research Review, 9(34), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0250-z

Maintaining port safety in full conformity with IMO standards is a requisite for every port and country. To do this, understanding the challenges and human factors involved is key. To date, much research has shed valuable light on these factors and c... Read More about Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung.

Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. (2017)
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Guan, Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Li, G., Azar, Z., Thomas, A. S., Vedreño-Santos, F., & Odavic, M. (2017). Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818

This paper investigates the influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on the performance of superconducting (SC) generators. The SC generator has an iron-cored rotor topology. Firstly, the generator structure is introduced and the optimizati... Read More about Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines..

A word of advice: how to tailor motivational text messages based on behavior change theory to personality and gender (2017)
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de Vries, R., Truong, K., Zaga, C., Li, J., & Evers, V. (2017). A word of advice: how to tailor motivational text messages based on behavior change theory to personality and gender. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 21, 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-017-1025-1

Developing systems that motivate people to change their behaviors, such as an exercise application for the smartphone, is challenging. One solution is to implement motivational strategies from existing behavior change theory and tailor these strategi... Read More about A word of advice: how to tailor motivational text messages based on behavior change theory to personality and gender.

Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene (2017)
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Medbøe, H., & Moir, Z. (2017). Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene. Jazz Research Journal, 11(1), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.32504

Definitions and roles of the promoter within the ecology of the music industries have over recent years become the subject of attention by academics working within the eld of popular music studies. It has become accepted that precise de nitions are... Read More about Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene.

Miniaturized Balanced Antenna with Integrated Balun for Practical LTE Applications (2017)
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Elfergani, I. T. E., Rodriguez, J., Abdussalam, F. M., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2017). Miniaturized Balanced Antenna with Integrated Balun for Practical LTE Applications. Radioengineering, 26(2), 444-452. https://doi.org/10.13164/re.2017.0444

A design of dual-band balanced antenna structure operating in the 700 and 2600MHz LTE bands is studied and investigated. The overall dimensions of the radiator are 50 × 18 × 7 mm3 allowing it to be easily concealed within mobile handsets. A broad-ban... Read More about Miniaturized Balanced Antenna with Integrated Balun for Practical LTE Applications.

‘My People’: the potential of LGBT employee networks in reducing stigmatization and providing voice (2017)
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McFadden, C., & Crowley-Henry, M. (2017). ‘My People’: the potential of LGBT employee networks in reducing stigmatization and providing voice. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(5), 1056-1081. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1335339

This paper explores the separation and isolation from the mainstream workforce that lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees can experience due to their sexual orientation, and how this can affect their voice and silence in the workplace. In response to... Read More about ‘My People’: the potential of LGBT employee networks in reducing stigmatization and providing voice.

Joint network embedding and server consolidation for energy–efficient dynamic data center virtualization (2017)
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Nam, T. M., Thanh, N. H., Hieu, H. T., Manh, N. T., Huynh, N. V., & Tuan, H. D. (2017). Joint network embedding and server consolidation for energy–efficient dynamic data center virtualization. Computer Networks, 125, 76-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2017.06.007

Cloud computing has emerged in recent years as a promising paradigm that facilitates such new service models as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). As the number of cloud service provider... Read More about Joint network embedding and server consolidation for energy–efficient dynamic data center virtualization.

Simultaneous estimation of discrete outcome and continuous dependent variable equations: A bivariate random effects modeling approach with unrestricted instruments (2017)
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Sarwar, M. T., Fountas, G., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2017). Simultaneous estimation of discrete outcome and continuous dependent variable equations: A bivariate random effects modeling approach with unrestricted instruments. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 16, 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2017.05.002

This paper proposes a novel methodology to simultaneously model discrete outcome (binary) and continuous dependent variables. The proposed modeling framework addresses unobserved heterogeneity by accounting for both panel effects, and for contemporan... Read More about Simultaneous estimation of discrete outcome and continuous dependent variable equations: A bivariate random effects modeling approach with unrestricted instruments.

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