1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459057403321

Autore

Fessha Yonatan Tesfaye

Titolo

Ethnic diversity and federalism [[electronic resource] ] : constitution making in South Africa and Ethiopia / / Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, : Ashgate, 2010

ISBN

1-317-14098-2

1-317-14097-4

1-282-90715-8

9786612907159

1-4094-0311-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

320.963

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - South Africa

Multiculturalism - Ethiopia

Federal government - South Africa

Federal government - Ethiopia

Ethnic groups - Civil rights - South Africa

Ethnic groups - Civil rights - Ethiopia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards the Recognition of Ethnic Diversity; 3 Federalism as Institutional Design to Recognize and Accommodate Ethnic Diversity; 4 Ethnicity in South Africa's Political and Constitutional Development; 5 Institutional Recognition and Accommodation of Ethnic Diversity in South Africa; 6 Ethnicity in Ethiopia's Political and Constitutional Development; 7 Marrying Federalism with Ethnicity: The Case of Ethiopia; 8 Conclusion and Lessons; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book examines how institutions of multi-ethnic states have been designed to accommodate ethnic diversity and maintain national unity. It locates institutional responses to the challenges of ethnic diversity within the context of a federal arrangement, examining how this has



been used to reconcile the conflicting pressures of the demand for the recognition of distinctive identities, and the promotion of political and territorial integrity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143747903321

Autore

Willan Andrew Roger <1947->

Titolo

Statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew R. Willan, Andrew H. Briggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-280-64994-1

9786610649945

0-470-85628-9

0-470-85627-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Statistics in practice

Altri autori (Persone)

BriggsAndrew H

Disciplina

658.1554015195

Soggetti

Cost effectiveness - Statistical methods

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Statistical Analysis of Cost-effectiveness Data; Contents; Preface; 1 Concepts; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Cost-Effectiveness Data and the Parameters of Interest; 1.3 The Cost-Effectiveness Plane, the ICER and INB; 1.4 Outline; 2 Parameter Estimation for Non-Censored Data; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cost; 2.2.1 Sample Means for Estimating Incremental Cost; 2.2.2 Using Multiple Regression Models; 2.2.3 Transformation (and the Retransformation Problem); 2.2.4 Generalized Linear Models; 2.2.5 Two-Part Models for Excess Zeros; 2.2.6 Cost Prediction Models; 2.3 Effectiveness; 2.3.1 Probability of Surviving

2.3.2 Mean Survival Time2.3.3 Mean Quality-Adjusted Survival Time; 2.3.4 Mean Quality-Adjusted Survival: Controlling for Baseline Utility; 2.4 Summary; 3 Parameter Estimation for Censored Data; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mean Cost; 3.2.1 Direct (Lin) Method; 3.2.2 Inverse-Probability Weighting; 3.3 Effectiveness; 3.3.1 Probability of Surviving;



3.3.2 Mean Survival Time; 3.3.3 Mean Quality-Adjusted Survival Time; 3.4 Summary; 4 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio; 4.3 Incremental Net Benefit; 4.4 The Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curve

4.5 Using Bootstrap Methods4.6 A Bayesian Incremental Net Benefit Approach; 4.7 Kinked Thresholds; 4.8 Summary; 5 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Examples; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The CADET-Hp Trial; 5.3 Symptomatic Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer; 5.4 The Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study (CIDS); 5.5 The EVALUATE Trial; 5.6 Bayesian Approach Applied to the UK PDS Study; 5.7 Summary; 6 Power and Sample Size Determination; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Approaches Based on the Cost-Effectiveness Plane; 6.2.1 Briggs and Gray; 6.2.2 Willan and O'Brien; 6.2.3 Gardiner et al.

6.3 The Classical Approach Based on Net Benefit6.3.1 The Method; 6.3.2 Example; 6.4 Bayesian Take on the Classical Approach; 6.4.1 The Method; 6.4.2 Example; 6.5 The Value of Information Approach; 6.5.1 The Method; 6.5.2 Example; 6.6 Summary; 7 Covariate Adjustment and Sub-Group Analysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Non-Censored Data; 7.2.1 Example, Non-Censored Data; 7.3 Censored Data; 7.3.1 Cost; 7.3.2 Quality-Adjusted Survival Time; 7.3.3 Survival Time; 7.3.4 The Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study (CIDS); 7.3.5 The Evaluate Trial; 7.4 Summary; 8 Multicenter and Multinational Trials

8.1 Introduction8.2 Background to Multinational Cost-Effectiveness; 8.3 Fixed Effect Approaches; 8.3.1 Willke et al.; 8.3.2 Cook et al.; 8.4 Random Effects Approaches; 8.4.1 Aggregate Level Analysis: Multicenter Trials; 8.4.2 Aggregate Level Analysis: Multinational Trials; 8.4.3 Hierarchical Modeling; 8.5 Summary; 9 Modeling Cost-Effectiveness; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A General Framework for Modeling Cost-Effectiveness Results; 9.3 Case Study: An Economic Appraisal of the Goal Study; 9.3.1 The GOAL Study; 9.3.2 Standard Approach to Estimating Cost-Effectiveness

9.3.3 An Alternative Approach to Estimating Cost-Effectiveness

Sommario/riassunto

The statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data is becoming increasingly important within health and medical research. Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data provides a practical book that synthesises the huge amount of research that has taken place in the area over the last two decades. Comprising an up-to-date overview of the statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data, the book is supported by numerous worked examples from the author's own experience. It has been written in a style suitable for medical statisticians and health care professionals alike. Key features



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954470603321

Autore

Buchwald Jed Z

Titolo

The creation of scientific effects : Heinrich Hertz and electric waves / / Jed Z. Buchwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1994

ISBN

9786613058126

9780226078915

0226078914

9781283058124

128305812X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 p.)

Classificazione

UB 2420

Disciplina

537

Soggetti

Electric waves

Physicists - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-478) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ONE. Introduction: Heinrich Hertz, Maker of Effects -- TWO. Forms of Electrodynamics -- THREE. Realizing Potentials in the Laboratory -- FOUR. A Budding Career -- FIVE. Devices for Induction -- SIX. Hertz's Early Exploration of Helmholtz's Concepts -- SEVEN. Rotating Spheres -- EIGHT. Elastic Interactions -- NINE. Specific Powers in the Laboratory -- TEN. The Cathode Ray as a Vehicle for Success -- ELEVEN. Frustration -- TWELVE. Hertz's Argument -- THIRTEEN. Assumption X -- FOURTEEN. A Novel Device -- FIFTEEN. How the Resonator Became an Electric Probe -- SIXTEEN. Electric Propagation Produced -- SEVENTEEN. Electric Waves Manipulated -- EIGHTEEN. Conclusion: Restraint and Reconstruction -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an attempt to reconstitute the tacit knowledge-the shared, unwritten assumptions, values, and understandings-that shapes the work of science. Jed Z. Buchwald uses as his focus the social and intellectual world of nineteenth-century German physics. Drawing on the lab notes, published papers, and unpublished manuscripts of



Heinrich Hertz, Buchwald recreates Hertz's 1887 invention of a device that produced electromagnetic waves in wires. The invention itself was serendipitous and the device was quickly transformed, but Hertz's early experiments led to major innovations in electrodynamics. Buchwald explores the difficulty Hertz had in reconciling the theories of other physicists, including Hermann von Helmholtz and James Clerk Maxwell, and he considers the complex and often problematic connections between theory and experiment. In this first detailed scientific biography of Hertz and his scientific community, Buchwald demonstrates that tacit knowledge can be recovered so that we can begin to identify the unspoken rules that govern scientific practice.