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Pricing corporate bonds in Brazil: 2000 to 2004
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2009)
This paper analyzes the factors that influence the issuing price of debentures in Brazil in the period from year 2000 to 2004, applying a factor model, in which exogenous variables explain return and price behavior. The ...
Seeking one's heading through eye movements
(2000-09-01)
A study of eye movements during simulated travel toward a grove of four stationary trees revealed that observers looked most at pairs of trees that converged or decelerated apart. Such pairs specify that one's direction ...
Estimating the aboveground biomass and wood volume of savanna woodlands in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands based on allometric correlations
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-06-15)
The quantity and distribution of vegetal biomass are important aspects to consider in ecosystem studies. However, little information is available about Brazil's Pantanal woodland savannas. This work involved the development ...
A Study of Dairy Farm Technical Efficiency Using Meta-Regression: An International Perspective
(Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA, 2009)
Microvascular Lymphatic Density Analysis in Cutaneous Regressive and Nonregressive Superficial Spreading Melanomas Using the Lymphatic Marker D2-40
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2011)
Background: The prognostic significance of spontaneous regression in melanoma, especially thin lesions, has been a controversial issue for the past 20 years, although recent studies suggest that extensive and late regression ...
Factors affecting the adoption of green supply chain management practices in Brazil: Empirical evidence
(2013-04-01)
The aim of this study is to identify and analyse the factors that affect the adoption of Green Supply Chain Management practices based on empirical evidence from the Brazilian electronics sector. Data are collected in a ...
THE LOG-BURR XII REGRESSION MODEL FOR GROUPED SURVIVAL DATA
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS INCPHILADELPHIA, 2012)
The log-Burr XII regression model for grouped survival data is evaluated in the presence of many ties. The methodology for grouped survival data is based on life tables, where the times are grouped in k intervals, and we ...
Residuals for log-Burr XII regression models in survival analysis
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2011)
In this paper, we compare three residuals to assess departures from the error assumptions as well as to detect outlying observations in log-Burr XII regression models with censored observations. These residuals can also ...
Influence of the facial pattern on ANB, AF-BF, and Wits appraisal.
(2006-12-01)
AIM: To assess the correlation between Wits and AF-BF appraisals with the ANB angle, and verify the influence of the facial type on these appraisals. METHODS: Lateral cephalometric radiographs from 118 untreated individuals ...
Does municipal socioeconomic development affect public perceptions of crime? A multilevel logistic regression analysis
(Springer, 2018-07)
Chile is considered as one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a below-the-average world crime rate. However, during the last few decades, the country has experienced a deterioration in public perceptions of ...