We review some issues related to the implications of different missing data mechanisms on statistical inference for contingency tables and consider simulation studies to compare the results obtained under such models to ...

In the past few decades, constitution-making processes have shifted from being undertakings performed by elites and closed off from the public to ones incorporating democratic mechanisms. Little is known, however, about ...

It has been argued that the study of natural selection and quantitative genetics should have a central role in evolutionary thinking and undergraduate teaching in Chile. Extensive operational use of the concept of natural ...

It has been argued that the study of natural selection and quantitative genetics should have a central role in evolutionary thinking and undergraduate teaching in Chile. Extensive operational use of the concept of natural ...

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as is truth of thought systems. Although elegant and economical, a theory must be rejected or revised if it is not true; likewise, laws and institutions, however efficient ...

The mammalian brain is connected to the ear through corticofugal pathways. These neural circuits link non-auditory regions of the cerebral cortex like frontal and visual areas with the auditory cortex or the inferior ...

In this paper we propose a new realist, non-collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics, which moves away from the prevailing trend in the subject by paying special attention to the physical relevance of the interpretation. ...

Why states do not regulate transboundary aquifers? In addressing the international politics of groundwater regulation, this thesis is concerned with the factors that exert influence on transboundary aquifer's regulation; ...