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Statistical Analysis Of Factors Associated With Early Marriage Among Women In Ethiopia: Application Of Multilevel Logistic Regression Model, Lata Fekadu Tolera, Aboma Temesgen Sebu May 2022

Statistical Analysis Of Factors Associated With Early Marriage Among Women In Ethiopia: Application Of Multilevel Logistic Regression Model, Lata Fekadu Tolera, Aboma Temesgen Sebu

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Early marriage is still widely practiced in many parts of the world mainly in developing countries and dominant in Sub- Saharan countries. Ethiopia is also among theses Sub-Saharan countries which practices early marriage with the highest prevalence rate. The main purpose of this study was also to analyze associated factors of early marriage of women in Ethiopia with the consideration of regional variability of the practices using multilevel model. The study utilized secondary data collected on 9825 married women nested within 9 regions and two city adminstration of Ethiopia obtained from 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey(EDHS). Multilevel logistic regression …

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A New Two-Parameter Estimator In The Linear Regression Model With Correlated Regressors, Abiola T. Owolabi, Kayode Ayinde, Janet I. Idowu, Olasunkanmi J. Oladapo, Dewale F. Lukman May 2022

A New Two-Parameter Estimator In The Linear Regression Model With Correlated Regressors, Abiola T. Owolabi, Kayode Ayinde, Janet I. Idowu, Olasunkanmi J. Oladapo, Dewale F. Lukman

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The inefficiency of the ordinary least square estimator for the parameter estimation of a linear regression model with multicollinearity problem has led to the development of various ridge regression estimators. These estimators are recently classified as one-parameter and two-parameter ridge-type estimators. This paper proposes a new two-parameter estimator following a newly developed one-parameter ridge estimator to handle multicollinearity in the linear regression model. Theoretical and simulation results show that, under some conditions, the proposed estimator performs better than some popular existing estimators in that it has a smaller mean square error. Furthermore, we used real-life data to illustrate the papers …

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Reproductive Behaviors’ Determinants In Greater Cairo’S Slums, Among Middle Aged Female, 2014, Sameer Abo Raya, Abd El–Ghani Mohamed, Mohamed Naguib May 2022

Reproductive Behaviors’ Determinants In Greater Cairo’S Slums, Among Middle Aged Female, 2014, Sameer Abo Raya, Abd El–Ghani Mohamed, Mohamed Naguib

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

At a time when Egypt is suffering from the high population increase, which may be one of the biggest challenges facing Egypt, we find a rapid spread of informal areas in Egypt, that represent about 37.5% of the total urban mass in the Republic of Egypt. The study aimed to study the level and trends of reproduction of the population in slums in Greater Cairo, and change in the speed and density of fertility among slum dwellers. We used advanced statistical analysis of field study data for a sample consisting of 667 households, and 595 women of childbearing age eligible …

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Statistical Inferences Of Reduced Modified Weibull Distribution Under Progressive Type-Ii Censoring Data, Saad J. Almalki, Gamal. A. Abd-Elmougod, Maie J. Al-Malki May 2022

Statistical Inferences Of Reduced Modified Weibull Distribution Under Progressive Type-Ii Censoring Data, Saad J. Almalki, Gamal. A. Abd-Elmougod, Maie J. Al-Malki

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In reliability engineering and lifetime analysis many applications required a bathtub shaped or increasing hazard rate function. In this paper, we considered a reduced form of the new modified Weibull (NMW) distribution when the data are presented in the form of progressive type-II censoring data. The parameter estimators under maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) for point and approximate confidence interval are presented. Also, Bayesian approach under simulate posterior distribution with the help of MCMC the method is adopted. The developed results discussed with data analysis and assessed with Moto Carlo simulation study.

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Accelerated Life Testing For Bivariate Distributions Based On Progressive Censored Samples With Random Removal, El-Sayed A. El-Sherpieny, Hiba Z. Muhammed, Ehab M. Almetwally May 2022

Accelerated Life Testing For Bivariate Distributions Based On Progressive Censored Samples With Random Removal, El-Sayed A. El-Sherpieny, Hiba Z. Muhammed, Ehab M. Almetwally

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The significance of the statistical inference problem in reliability theory for the bivariate models under accelerated life testing (ALT) is enormous. In practice, independent variables are assumed for the sake of convenience, which contradicts the nature of the problem. The constant stress accelerated life testing (CS-ALT) for the bivariate model based on copula function is introduced in this study. The copula is the method that describes the dependence structure between variables. The model parameters are evaluated using maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation methods, taking into account that units fail due to only two dependent variables under continuous stress ALTs and …

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The Changes To Cultural Identity In Expatriates And Their Effects On The Efl Community, Kelly Nault May 2022

The Changes To Cultural Identity In Expatriates And Their Effects On The Efl Community, Kelly Nault

MA TESOL Collection

Expatriates are a group of unique individuals in terms of cultural identity. This paper will first look at the research on expats in-depth and explore the question of what defines cultural identity. Then, it will look into the reality facing expatriates and the formation and the evolution of their cultural identity. Lastly, it will look at how the assumptions about expatriates' cultural identity impact the EFL teaching community.

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Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices Post-Covid: A Classroom Action Project, Jillian Weemaes May 2022

Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices Post-Covid: A Classroom Action Project, Jillian Weemaes

MA TESOL Collection

Out of recognition of experienced trauma, trauma-informed practices have existed in schools and classrooms long before the start of the pandemic and will continue to exist and evolve after. Programs need to evolve due to the changing nature of the pandemic such as the possibility of teachers experiencing trauma alongside their students, and distance learning complicating the ability of students to make connections with peers, teachers, and administrators. Limited literature currently exists in the field showcasing how teachers have changed and updated their practices since the start of the pandemic. The objective of this action research is to add to …

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Spectral Signatures Of Hydrogen Thioperoxide (Hosh) And Hydrogen Persulfide (Hssh): Possible Molecular Sulfur Sinks In The Dense Ism, Charles Z. Palmer, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Joseph S. Francisco May 2022

Spectral Signatures Of Hydrogen Thioperoxide (Hosh) And Hydrogen Persulfide (Hssh): Possible Molecular Sulfur Sinks In The Dense Ism, Charles Z. Palmer, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Joseph S. Francisco

Faculty and Student Publications

For decades, sulfur has remained underdetected in molecular form within the dense interstellar medium (ISM), and somewhere a molecular sulfur sink exists where it may be hiding. With the discovery of hydrogen peroxide (HOOH) in the ISM in 2011, a natural starting point may be found in sulfur-bearing analogs that are chemically similar to HOOH: hydrogen thioperoxide (HOSH) and hydrogen persulfide (HSSH). The present theoretical study couples the accuracy in the anharmonic fundamental vibrational frequencies from the explicitly correlated coupled cluster theory with the accurate rotational constants provided by canonical high-level coupled cluster theory to produce rovibrational spectra for use …

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Search For Charged Lepton Flavor Violating Decays Of ϒ (1s), S. Patra, V. Bhardwaj, K. Trabelsi, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, S. Al Said, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, V. Babu, S. Bahinipati, P. Behera, K. Belous, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, B. Bhuyan, T. Bilka, A. Bobrov May 2022

Search For Charged Lepton Flavor Violating Decays Of ϒ (1s), S. Patra, V. Bhardwaj, K. Trabelsi, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, S. Al Said, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, V. Babu, S. Bahinipati, P. Behera, K. Belous, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, B. Bhuyan, T. Bilka, A. Bobrov

Faculty and Student Publications

We present a search for the charged lepton-flavor-violating decays ϒ(1S) →ℓ±ℓ′∓ and radiative charged lepton-flavour-violating decays ϒ(1S) → γℓ±ℓ′∓ [ℓ,ℓ′ = e, μ, τ] using the 158 million ϒ(2S) sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB collider. This search uses ϒ(1S) mesons produced in ϒ(2S) → π+π− ϒ(1S) transitions. We do not find any significant signal, so we provide upper limits on the branching fractions at the 90% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

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Trusting Your Bearings: Outdoor Navigation And The Link Between Perceived Competence, Actual Skill, And Flow State In The Adirondack Region Of New York, Daria Stacy May 2022

Trusting Your Bearings: Outdoor Navigation And The Link Between Perceived Competence, Actual Skill, And Flow State In The Adirondack Region Of New York, Daria Stacy

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived competence and flow theory in the activity of outdoor navigation. This relationship was examined at beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert skill levels of navigation, targeting a population in the Adirondack Region due to its challenging, thickly forested terrain. The study used a multi-method approach encompassing both quantitative and qualitative data. Surveys were administered to examine beginner, intermediate, and advanced navigators following a formal navigation course at SUNY Cortland’s Outdoor Education Practicum at Raquette Lake or an Advanced Map and Compass Bushwhack Course or Map and Compass Fundamentals Course …

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An Exploration Of Postural Control In Young Adults, Paul Franzese May 2022

An Exploration Of Postural Control In Young Adults, Paul Franzese

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to identify any differences in time to boundary (TTB) among collegiate baseball players and a control group during quiet standing. Participants were 64 apparently healthy men, including 23 position players, 22 pitchers, and 19 control subjects. Testing consisted of two, individually randomized 3-minute quiet standing trials on a force plate, one with eyes open, and one with eyes closed. Average time to boundary values in anteroposterior (AP) and mediolateral (ML) directions were calculated and a series of 2x3 (vision, group) repeated measures ANOVA were performed. Results include a difference in TTB in all groups …

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Understanding Terminations For “Disability-Caused Misconduct” As Failures To Provide Reasonable Accommodation, Michael S. Verdichizzi May 2022

Understanding Terminations For “Disability-Caused Misconduct” As Failures To Provide Reasonable Accommodation, Michael S. Verdichizzi

Notre Dame Law Review

The Note proceeds as follows. Part I provides a primer on the sorts of disability discrimination the ADA prohibits, with a special focus on the three types of claims one may bring under the act: disparate treatment, disparate impact, and failure to accommodate. Part II explores the current state of the misconduct issue in the disability discrimination context and demonstrates the circuit split by way of case analyses. Part III presents the principal argument of this Note, that uncontroversial canons of statutory interpretation demonstrate the erroneousness of the majority view, that the majority view hinders the ADA’s objective of equal …

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Emerging Works Program, Collin College May 2022

Emerging Works Program, Collin College

Theatre Programs

Program for Emergine Works.

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An Evaluation Of Security In Blockchain-Based Sharing Of Student Records In Higher Education, Timothy Arndt, Angela Guercio, Yonghun Chae May 2022

An Evaluation Of Security In Blockchain-Based Sharing Of Student Records In Higher Education, Timothy Arndt, Angela Guercio, Yonghun Chae

Information Systems

Blockchain has recently taken off as a disruptive technology, from its initial use in cryptocurrencies to wider applications in areas such as property registration and insurance due to its characteristic as a distributed ledger which can remove the need for a trusted third party to facilitate transactions. This spread of the technology to new application areas has been driven by the development of smart contracts – blockchain-based protocols which can automatically enforce a contract by executing code based on the logic expressed in the contract. One exciting area for blockchain is higher education. Students in higher education are ever more …

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Addressing Moral Distress: A Call To Action For Nursing, Angie Knackstedt, Cathy Cartwright May 2022

Addressing Moral Distress: A Call To Action For Nursing, Angie Knackstedt, Cathy Cartwright

Research at Children's Mercy Month 2022

Nursing is caring and complex, committed to patients and families, as well as the profession and society. Nurses experience the stress of witnessing pain, suffering, and injustices that violates their moral values – personally and professionally – creating moral distress. Moral distress is the experience of not being able to act in accordance with one’s core values, the feeling that it is nearly impossible to do so or that one’s actions did not result in the intended outcome due to institutional constraints. Over time if moral distress is not mitigated, it has a crescendo effect that can lead to burnout, …

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Teaching Assembly Programming Through Video Games, Kaden Ven Gryphon May 2022

Teaching Assembly Programming Through Video Games, Kaden Ven Gryphon

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Critical Effect Of Barium Solubility In A Binary Liquid Mixture, Jason Scott Mote May 2022

Critical Effect Of Barium Solubility In A Binary Liquid Mixture, Jason Scott Mote

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Evaluating Rocket Performance With Different 3d-Printed Nozzle Extensions, Shivani Kamlesh Patel May 2022

Evaluating Rocket Performance With Different 3d-Printed Nozzle Extensions, Shivani Kamlesh Patel

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Modeling Xrism Observation Of Spectral Line Broadening In The Perseus Cluster Outskirts, Jack Shepard Phillips May 2022

Modeling Xrism Observation Of Spectral Line Broadening In The Perseus Cluster Outskirts, Jack Shepard Phillips

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Biol 335 Pathophysiology: Bracketology: Disease Edition, Meredith A. Rowe Ph.D. May 2022

Biol 335 Pathophysiology: Bracketology: Disease Edition, Meredith A. Rowe Ph.D.

Open Educational Resources

This project was designed for use in BIOL 335 Pathophysiology, an elective course for which Anatomy & Physiology I and II are prerequisites. The project is based on a single-elimination bracket where progression to the next round is decided by vote of the class, but the votes are independent of student grades. As individual students are “eliminated” by the voting process, they are assigned to work with another student who is still “in,” so the groups gradually become larger as the project progresses. There are two graded assignments for each round: one is a presentation, and one is a written …

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Length-Based Risk Analysis Of Management Options For The Southern Florida Usa Multispecies Coral Reef Fish Fishery, Jerald Ault, Steven G. Smith, Matthew W. Johnson, Laura Jay W. Grove, James A. Bohnsack, Gerard T. Dinardo, Caroline Mclaughlin, Nelson M. Ehrhardt, Vanessa Mcdonough, Michael P. Seki, Steven Miller, Jiangang Luo, Jeremiah Blondeau, Michael P. Crosby, Glenn Simpson, Mark E. Monaco, Clayton G. Pollock, Michael W. Feeley, Alejandro Acosta May 2022

Length-Based Risk Analysis Of Management Options For The Southern Florida Usa Multispecies Coral Reef Fish Fishery, Jerald Ault, Steven G. Smith, Matthew W. Johnson, Laura Jay W. Grove, James A. Bohnsack, Gerard T. Dinardo, Caroline Mclaughlin, Nelson M. Ehrhardt, Vanessa Mcdonough, Michael P. Seki, Steven Miller, Jiangang Luo, Jeremiah Blondeau, Michael P. Crosby, Glenn Simpson, Mark E. Monaco, Clayton G. Pollock, Michael W. Feeley, Alejandro Acosta

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Exploitation impacts and management options for 15 coral reef fish species central to the commercial and recreational fisheries of the southern Florida USA coral reef ecosystem were evaluated using a length-based risk analysis (LBRA) framework. Population abundance-at-length composition data were obtained from several regional federal-state sampling programs. These and updated life history demographic data were integrated into a length-based numerical cohort model to generate LBRA fishery sustainability metrics from a probabilistic perspective. Three of five groupers, eight of eight snappers, and two of two grunts were below the 40% spawning potential ratio (SPR) stock sustainability minimum; ten of these …

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Through The Needle’S Eye: Capitalist And Evangelical Considerations In Martin Scorsese’S The Wolf Of Wall Street, Emma Conatser May 2022

Through The Needle’S Eye: Capitalist And Evangelical Considerations In Martin Scorsese’S The Wolf Of Wall Street, Emma Conatser

Honors College

No abstract provided.

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Uav And Structure-From-Motion Photogrammetry Enhance River Restoration Monitoring: A Dam Removal Study, Alexandra D. Evans, Kevin H. Gardner, Scott Greenwood, Brett Still May 2022

Uav And Structure-From-Motion Photogrammetry Enhance River Restoration Monitoring: A Dam Removal Study, Alexandra D. Evans, Kevin H. Gardner, Scott Greenwood, Brett Still

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Dam removal is a river restoration technique that has complex landscape-level ecological impacts. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as tools that enable relatively affordable, repeatable, and objective ecological assessment approaches that provide a holistic perspective of restoration impacts and can inform future restoration efforts. In this work, we use a consumer-grade UAV, structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, and machine learning (ML) to evaluate geomorphic and vegetation changes pre-/post-dam removal, and discuss how the technology enhanced our monitoring of the restoration project. We compared UAV evaluation methods to conventional boots-on-ground methods throughout the Bellamy River Reservoir (Dover, NH, USA) pre-/post-dam removal. We …

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Measuring The Effectiveness Of Peer Tutoring Services At Tutorial Services: A Correlation Study Between Student Use Of Peer Tutoring And End-Of-Semester Grades, Melissa Hoffner, Claire Landrieu May 2022

Measuring The Effectiveness Of Peer Tutoring Services At Tutorial Services: A Correlation Study Between Student Use Of Peer Tutoring And End-Of-Semester Grades, Melissa Hoffner, Claire Landrieu

Assessment Mini Grant Reports

Scholarship in the field of learning support posits students struggling with historically rigorous courses in mathematics and science, experience high attrition rates. Scholarship further posits that students seeking peer-tutoring in mathematics and science courses who use peer-tutoring at a minimum of three to five times in a semester, can hope for a letter grade improvement (AbdulRaheem, Yusuf, & Odutayo, 2017; Marx, Wolf, & Howard, 2016). Peer-tutoring at Tutorial Services (TS) is theoretically grounded on four learning theories, Behavioral Learning Theory, Cognizant Learning Theory, Social-Constructivist Theory, and Critical Thinking Skills Theory. A fifth theory, Schlossberg’s Adult Transition Theory, provides the avenue …

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Impact Of Movement Breaks On Student Focus, Marissa Malyszek May 2022

Impact Of Movement Breaks On Student Focus, Marissa Malyszek

Master's Theses

This action research study focused on the impacts that movement breaks had on student focus during math lessons. This was a mixed-methods study with data collection occurring over a time period of three weeks while in a third grade classroom. Students were given 60-180 second movement breaks during math lessons over the course of the study. Movement breaks were classified in this study as any activity that required movement of one or more parts of the body. Data was collected in the form of observational analysis as well as through the use of student surveys. The findings of this study …

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Gauging The State-Of-The-Art For Foresight Weight Pruning On Neural Networks, Noah James May 2022

Gauging The State-Of-The-Art For Foresight Weight Pruning On Neural Networks, Noah James

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

The state-of-the-art for pruning neural networks is ambiguous due to poor experimental practices in the field. Newly developed approaches rarely compare to each other, and when they do, their comparisons are lackluster or contain errors. In the interest of stabilizing the field of pruning, this paper initiates a dive into reproducing prominent pruning algorithms across several architectures and datasets. As a first step towards this goal, this paper shows results for foresight weight pruning across 6 baseline pruning strategies, 5 modern pruning strategies, random pruning, and one legacy method (Optimal Brain Damage). All strategies are evaluated on 3 different architectures …

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Implementing An Osteoporosis Screening And Treatment Protocol For Patients With Fragility Fractures, Lyndsey Slape May 2022

Implementing An Osteoporosis Screening And Treatment Protocol For Patients With Fragility Fractures, Lyndsey Slape

Cohort X

Osteoporosis is a global health concern that can be identified and treated with appropriate screening and medical management. The number of fragility fractures that occur will continue to rise with an aging population and is a key predictor of osteoporosis. However, many patients with fragility fractures do not receive the recommended post-fracture care. Poor bone health places patients at increased risk for secondary fracture and has serious emotional, physical, and financial consequences (Kanis et al., 2021). Understanding the benefit of identifying osteoporosis and preventing secondary fractures in an orthopedic clinic has proven advantageous in optimizing bone health and reducing fracture …

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Introduction Of Semaglutide As An Effective Option For Obese Patients Motivated To Lose Weight, Crystal Garcia-Martinez May 2022

Introduction Of Semaglutide As An Effective Option For Obese Patients Motivated To Lose Weight, Crystal Garcia-Martinez

Cohort X

Obesity has become a global crisis with a tremendous impact on patients and costs reaching billions of dollars each year. Prevention and treatment of this condition will be crucial to ongoing efforts to prevent its long-term complications. Health care providers may have the opportunity to educate patients and address weight management issues before serious complications develop. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Heart Association, and many publications in the medical literature focus on methods that might be used to target weight loss with diet and exercise. Unfortunately, many patients have had little to no success …

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Is Health Literacy A Defined Risk Factor? A Literature Review Of Health Literacy As It Relates To Immigrant Populations In The U.S., Kelly Zdanuczyk May 2022

Is Health Literacy A Defined Risk Factor? A Literature Review Of Health Literacy As It Relates To Immigrant Populations In The U.S., Kelly Zdanuczyk

Sustainability and Social Justice

Throughout its lifespan the definition of health literacy in the United States has been ambiguous and disagreeable. This discrepancy has created disparity among health outcomes for vulnerable populations who are classified with lower degrees of health literacy and thus have a harder time interacting with the healthcare system. This paper will review published peer-reviewed literature on the topic of health literacy as it relates to immigrant populations in the United States and explore the ways in which low health literacy results in negative health outcomes. The literature review finds the discrepancies among health literacy, as it pertains to immigrant communities …

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Fair Bankruptcy Solutions Under Interval Uncertainty, Uyen Pham, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich May 2022

Fair Bankruptcy Solutions Under Interval Uncertainty, Uyen Pham, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

If the overall amount of the company's assets is smaller than its total debts, then a fair solution is to give, to each creditor, the amount proportional to the corresponding debt, e.g., 10 center for each dollar or 50 cents for each dollar. But what if the debt amounts are not known exactly, and for some creditors, we only know the lower and upper bounds on the actual debt amount? What division will be fair in such a situation? In this paper, we show that the only fair solution is to make payments proportional to an appropriate convex combination of …

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