Extended Cox Model on Duration Taken to Release Cargo at Kenyan Border Entry Point: A Case Study of Malaba Osbp

In recent years, digital vigilantism, often dubbed ‘paedophile hunting’, has grabbed media headlines in the US, UK and Europe. Though this novel style of policing carries no legal or moral authority, it is nonetheless ‘taking hold’ within a pluralised policing landscape where its effectiveness at apprehending child sex offenders is capturing public attention. While the emergence of digital vigilantism raises normative questions of where the boundaries of citizen involvement in policing affairs might be drawn, this paper is concerned with firstly, how this kind of citizen-led policing initiative comes into being; secondly, how it emerges as an identifiable policing form; and thirdly, how it acquires leverage and makes its presence felt within a mixed economy of (authorised) policing actors, sites and technologies. The paper sets out a detailed case study of a ‘paedophile hunter’ in action, read through a provocative documentary film, first broadcast on mainstream UK television in October 2014. This lays the groundwork for thinking through the cultural relations of digital vigilantism, and how this proliferating mode of policing practice is engendered and mobilised through affective connectivities, performative political imaginaries and culturally-mediated dialogical praxis. In seeking an entry point for theorising emergent policing forms and their connectedness to other policing bodies, spaces and things, the paper concludes with a thumbnail sketch of assemblage thinking.

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Situating Public Intellectuals

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1515600109 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 156 (1) ◽

pp. 69-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. David Marshall ◽

Cassandra Atherton

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Public Intellectual ◽

Entry Point ◽

Public Intellectuals ◽

Special Issue ◽

Media Environment ◽

The Public ◽

Australian Context ◽

Attention Economy

The concept of the public intellectual has always been a somewhat contested term. This article serves as both an introduction to the debates around what it constitutes and an entry point into how the new media environment is producing a different configuration of the public intellectual. Through key thinkers who have addressed the idea of the public intellectual internationally and those who have focused on the Australian context, this essay positions the arguments made by the authors in this special issue. Via a short case-study of TED, the conference and online idea-spreading phenomenon, it argues that the contemporary moment is producing and privileging a different constellation of experts as celebrities that match the exigencies of online attention economy. A shifted conception of the public intellectual is beginning to take shape that is differently constituted, used and situated, and this article helps to define the parameters for further discussion of these transformations.

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Predictive factors for exacerbation and reexacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an extension of the Cox model to analyze data from the Swiss COPD cohort

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine ◽

10.4081/mrm.2019.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

Author(s):

Pascal Urwyler ◽

Nebal Abu Hussein ◽

Pierre O. Bridevaux ◽

Prashant N. Chhajed ◽

Thomas Geiser ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Predictive Factors ◽

Cox Model ◽

Protective Role ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Systemic Corticosteroids ◽

Cerebrovascular Insult ◽

Long Acting ◽

Extended Cox Model

Background: The Swiss COPD cohort was established in 2006 to collect data in a primary care setting. The objective of this study was to evaluate possible predictive factors for exacerbation and re-exacerbation. Methods: In order to predict exacerbation until the next visit based on the knowledge of exacerbation since the last visit, a multistate model described by Therneau and Grambsch was performed. Results: Data of 1,247 patients (60.4% males, 46.6% current smokers) were analyzed, 268 (21.5%) did not fulfill spirometric diagnostic criteria for COPD. Data of 748 patients (63% males, 44.1% current smokers) were available for model analysis. In order to predict exacerbation an extended Cox Model was performed. Mean FEV1/FVC-ratio was 53.1% (±11.5), with a majority of patients in COPD GOLD classes 2 or 3. Hospitalization for any reason (HR1.7; P = 0.04) and pronounced dyspnea (HR for mMRC grade four 3.0; P < 0.001) at most recent visit as well as prescription of short-acting bronchodilators (HR1.7; P < 0.001), inhaled (HR1.2; P = 0.005) or systemic corticosteroids (HR1.8; P = 0.015) were significantly associated with exacerbation when having had no exacerbation at most recent visit. Higher FEV1/FVC (HR0.9; P = 0.008) and higher FEV1 values (HR0.9; P = 0.001) were protective. When already having had an exacerbation at the most recent visit, pronounced dyspnea (HR for mMRC grade 4 1.9; P = 0.026) and cerebrovascular insult (HR2.1; P = 0.003) were significantly associated with re-exacerbation. Physical activity (HR0.6; P = 0.031) and treatment with long-acting anticholinergics (HR0.7; P = 0.044) seemed to play a significant protective role. In a best subset model for exacerbation, higher FEV1 significantly reduced and occurrence of sputum increased the probability of exacerbation. In the same model for re-exacerbation, coronary heart disease increased and hospitalization at most recent visit seemed to reduce the risk for re-exacerbation. Conclusion: Our data confirmed well-established risk factors for exacerbations whilst analyzing their predictive association with exacerbation and re-exacerbation. This study confirmed the importance of spirometry in primary care, not only for diagnosis but also as a risk evaluation for possible future exacerbations. Trial registration: Our study got approval by local ethical committee in 2006 (EK Nr. 170/06) and was registered retrospectively on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02065921, 19th of February 2014).

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Bayesian Analysis of Extended Cox Model with Time-Varying Covariates Using Bootstrap Prior

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods ◽

10.22237/jmasm/1604188980 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 2-13

Author(s):

Oyebayo Ridwan Olaniran ◽

Mohd Asrul Affendi Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Empirical Bayes ◽

Cox Model ◽

Real Life ◽

Estimation Procedure ◽

Time Varying ◽

Data Set ◽

Life Data ◽

Real Life Data ◽

Time Varying Covariates ◽

Extended Cox Model

A new Bayesian estimation procedure for extended cox model with time varying covariate was presented. The prior was determined using bootstrapping technique within the framework of parametric empirical Bayes. The efficiency of the proposed method was observed using Monte Carlo simulation of extended Cox model with time varying covariates under varying scenarios. Validity of the proposed method was also ascertained using real life data set of Stanford heart transplant. Comparison of the proposed method with its competitor established appreciable supremacy of the method.

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PIN67 Extended Cox Model Analysis With Non-Proportional Hazards Applied in Real-World Observational Data

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2012.03.1342 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. A249

Author(s):

X. Ji ◽

X. Gao ◽

J.W. Baddley ◽

R. Chambers ◽

C.T. Solem ◽

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Keyword(s):

Observational Data ◽

Real World ◽

Proportional Hazards ◽

Cox Model ◽

Model Analysis ◽

Extended Cox Model

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Playful Calculation

Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education - Revolutionizing Arts Education in K-12 Classrooms through Technological Integration ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8271-9.ch006 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 125-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Derek Ham

Keyword(s):

Programming Language ◽

Formal Method ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Entry Point ◽

Creative Task ◽

Children's Museum ◽

Integrate Technology ◽

The Individual ◽

Algorithmic Thinking

A prerequisite to becoming a great computer coder is the ability to think algorithmically. Prior to learning a programming language or soldering hardware, the individual must have an ability to see and think in systems. “Playful Calculation” is a formal method to build foundational algorithmic thinking skills. By teaching students how to create algorithmic rules and schemas in their art process, we are providing a more flexible and intuitive entry point to integrate technology in art education. This chapter examines a case study carried out at the Boston Children's Museum in Boston, MA. In the study children were allowed to play a game in which algorithmic thinking was introduced through the manipulation of physical geometric shapes. The research documents the play process of children and demonstrates how they invent rules and procedures to carry out a creative task. The game itself can be understood as tangible coding for visual thinkers.

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Institutional Constraints and Expanding Spaces: A Case Study on Heifer International’s Localized Development in China

The China Nonprofit Review ◽

10.1163/18765149-12341241 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 135-147

Author(s):

Chen Taiyong

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Local Communities ◽

Technical Training ◽

Entry Point ◽

Institutional Constraints ◽

Positive Interactions ◽

International Ngos ◽

Definition Of

Abstract One of the first international NGOs to enter China after the country’s Reform and Opening, Heifer International uses the donation of livestock and technical training as its entry point for poverty alleviation and community development. After entering China, like a number of other international NGOs, Heifer encountered a number of limitations on its existence and development, however, through clear analysis and definition of environmental differences and institutional constraints, as well as proactive adjustment of its strategies and methods of work, Heifer was able to respond to differences and break through limitations, fight for survival and a space in which to develop, establish positive interactions with local communities and governments, and expand the scope and influence of its operations.

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Assessing Local Cultural Heritage through a Walking Trail: The Case Study of the Theodoros Papagiannis’ Museum of Contemporary Art

International Journal of Culture and History ◽

10.5296/ijch.v3i2.6737 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Christos Merantzas

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Contemporary Art ◽

Entry Point ◽

The Other ◽

Cultural Value ◽

The Creation ◽

Museum Of Contemporary Art ◽

The One ◽

Cultural Components

<p>The paper focuses on the cultural components of a walking trail axed upon the ‘Theodoros Papagiannis’ collection of sculpture. The latter is hosted in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Helliniko, a village tucked within the Municipality of Northern Tzoumerka, Epirus, Greece. While the artist’s sculptures are also found in the Museum’s courtyard are they also admired along a walking trail that begins at the village’s entry point and ends at the Post-Byzantine Monastery of Tsouka. The research is carried out from the perspective of a walking trail’s cultural value. Our trail of interest joins two locations, the one being secular and the other sacred, thus defining an itinerary which unfolds along these two different attraction sites. As a result, the walker/traveler moves from one established location to the other, all the while objectifying the two and defining space under his/her own terms. He/She makes connections between both sites in order to restore the unity of space and thus becomes a travelling witness to the creation of a single narrative. He/She enjoys the privilege of the travelled route, as well as all that exists along this route.</p>

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