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Modeling Species Dynamics to Predict Population Dynamics Examples from recent publications
(External Scientific Advisory Committe, 2012)
Sorting in higher education in Brazil
(2016)
This paper investigates students sorting in higher education in Brazil based on three merged databases: (i) the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE), (ii) the National Exam of Student Performance (ENADE), and (iii) ...
Accountability behind closed doors?: legislator power and voting procedures
(2010)
Accountability is important as a means of punishing wrongdoers, improving public confidence in the political system, and deterring potential lawbreakers. But to what extent is the likelihood of accountability an outcome ...
The disc damage likelihood scale: Diagnostic accuracy and correlations with cup-to-disc ratio, structural tests and standard automated perimetry
(Public Library Science, 2017)
Our objective was to compare the diagnostic accuracies of and to determine the correlations between the disc damage likelihood scale (DDLS) and anatomical and functional tests used for glaucoma detection. A total of 54 ...
Public investment and real price supports
(Elsevier, 1993)
The social rate of return to public investment in industries with fixed real-price supports is studied using a simple general-equilibrium model. Fixed real-price supports are shown to enhance the likelihood of immiserizing ...
The Rise of Public Sector Unions in the Twenty-FirstCentury: A Theoretical,Mixed-Methods Approachwith Evidence from Argentina
(Politics & SocietySAGE, 2023)
Public sector unions are increasingly becoming the hegemonic contemporary labor actorin terms of membership and militancy in both advanced and emerging economies.However, political economy lacks a unified theoretical ...
Caracterización del consumo de agua en población chilena: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2021-01)
Background: Water is an essential nutrient for cellular homeostasis and life. Drinking >= 6 glasses (1.5 L/day) is the recommendation of daily water intake (RIAD). Aim: To characterize water intake, according to sociodemographic, ...
Publicly insured caesarean sections in private hospitals: A repeated cross-sectional analysis in Chile.
Objective To measure the likelihood of delivery by caesarean section (C-section) for publicly insured births as compared with privately insured births, across all hospitals and within private hospitals. Design Repeated ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding leptospirosis among residents of riverside settlements of Santa Fe, Argentina
(Public Library of Science, 2018-05)
Background: Leptospirosis is a global and re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira spirochetes that are shed into the environment by infected animals. Humans can get infected via contact with animal hosts or ...