Evaluation of the Performance of Smoothing Functions in Generalized Additive Models for Spatial Variation in Disease

Generalized additive models (GAMs) with bivariate smoothing functions have been applied to estimate spatial variation in risk for many types of cancers.Only a handful of studies have evaluated the performance of smoothing functions applied in GAMs with regard to different geographical areas of elevated risk and different risk levels.This study eval

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Aspects of Euthanasia in Criminal Law

The question of euthanasia and its impunity raises many legal and moral issues which are not Antiseptics answered.The intention of this paper is not to express an opinion about suitability or morality of euthanasia or assisted suicide and it also does not contain criticism of legislations of states which enacted impunity of euthanasia or assisted s

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Analisis Faktor Hasil Penilaian Budi Pekerti

The purpose of this study was to describe the load factor of the assessment results on character education for high school students.The subjects were 545 second grade students.There were four instruments used, namely: cognitive aspect, affective aspect, behavioral aspect in the learning Nail Polish process and behavioral aspect outside the learning

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The history of pellagra

Currently pellagra is usually the subject of dermatological or non-dermatological case reports.Since the first description of the disease, its cause has remained unknown for many years.There were no known methods of prevention and treatment.For two centuries, pellagra was an incurable disease and caused several hundred thousand deaths in Europe and

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Virtual Sound Field of the Roman Theatre of Malaca

In Hispania (present-day Spain and Portugal), there are 25 structures documented of classical Roman open-air theatres, of which 10 are in the south, in the Roman Baetica (Andalusia).The Baetica embraced the progress of urbanisation in the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, where theatres, built in stone, were the foci of entertainment, performance

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