1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787564603321

Autore

Oliveira A. Gouveia de

Titolo

Biostatistics decoded [[electronic resource]] / A. Gouveia Oliveira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England, : Wiley, c2013

ISBN

1-118-67079-5

1-118-67076-0

1-118-67078-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

610.72/7

Soggetti

Biometry

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

Basic concepts -- Statistical inference -- Descriptive studies -- Analytical studies -- Statistical tests -- Issues with statistical tests -- Longitudinal studies -- Statistical modelling -- Measurement -- Experimental studies -- The analysis of experimental studies -- Meta-analysis of clinical trials.

Sommario/riassunto

Study design and statistical methodology are two important concerns for the clinical researcher. This book sets out to address both issues in a clear and concise manner. The presentation of statistical theory starts from basic concepts, such as the properties of means and variances, the properties of the Normal distribution and the Central Limit Theorem and leads to more advanced topics such as maximum likelihood estimation, inverse variance and stepwise regression as well as, time-to-event, and event-count methods. Furthermore, this book explores sampling methods, study design and statisti



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158800903321

Autore

Leskys Major Vylius M

Titolo

Forest Brothers, 1945

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9781786250650

1786250659

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 pages)

Disciplina

947.93083999999999

Soggetti

Underground movements, War

Guerrillas

Insurgency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Introduction -- The First Soviet Occupation -- German Occupation and Operation Bagration -- The Third "Liberation" -- The "Forest Brothers" -- Hope and Motivation -- Soviet Measures against the Resistance -- Culmination -- Conclusions -- APPENDIX A - 1941 NKVD deportation priorities: Groups considered a threat to the occupation -- APPENDIX B. - Partisan military districts -- APPENDIX C - Theoretical Appendix: A Case Study in Flexibility and Security -- People and Ideology -- Flexibility -- Security -- Conclusions -- APPENDIX D. - Chekist data: Number of Nationalist underground command centers dismantled -- regional and district staff members captured or killed by the Soviet campaign -- APPENDIX E. - Chekist data: Number of partisan operations conducted -- partisans killed, captured, arrested and given amnesty -- APPENDIX F. - Chekist data: Number of captured weapon systems by Soviets -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Sommario/riassunto

Although the resistance effort maintained its strength ideologically, the Lithuanian partisan movement never recovered from the culminating point in 1945 because of a shortfall in resources, a lack of external support, and the inability of resistance leadership to adapt rapidly enough against a comprehensive Soviet assimilation campaign.While



many authors argue that the high point in the Lithuanian partisan war occurred between 1946 and 1947, the totality of evidence points towards a culmination in 1945 from which the effort never recovered. This culminating point may be attributed to a miscalculation of partisan resources on the part of their leadership as well as a lack of external support. The main reason for achieving culmination, however, rested in the inability of partisans to fight a conventional war against a massive, combined arms Soviet force. Mass deportations between three separate occupations and a wave of 60, 000 escapees created a vacuum of political, military and moral leadership. Compounded with the realization that there would be no external support from the democratic West, the will of the Lithuanians was bent by the Soviet campaign. Ultimately, the numbers of partisans killed, captured or given amnesty by Soviet forces reflect an apex in military capability in 1945 that drastically diminished thereafter.The pinnacle of partisan effort in 1945 clearly represents a culminating point that forced the Lithuanian resistance movement to shift their operations drastically. Ultimately, based on the totality of evidence, the 1945 culminating point splits the resistance into two stages: 1) 1944-1945-conventional war operations, a period of traditional offensive warfare by an organized partisan movement; and 2) 1946-1953-irregular warfare operations, a period of unremitting decline by a significantly diminished resistance, relegated to a more defensive posture and small scale offensive operations.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254670403321

Autore

Mahroum Sami

Titolo

Black Swan Start-ups : Understanding the Rise of Successful Technology Business in Unlikely Places / / by Sami Mahroum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137577276

1137577274

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 254 p. 3 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

658.421

Soggetti

New business enterprises

Venture capital

Small business

Industrial organization

Telemarketing

Internet marketing

Technological innovations

Business information services

Start-Ups and Venture Capital

Small Business

Organization

Digital Marketing

Innovation and Technology Management

IT in Business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores startups that have thrived against the odds in places where startup success was deemed to be unlikely. Discussing a number of technology startups from around the world that have succeeded without state backing nor local venture and seed capital, Black Swan Start Ups provides unique insights into unsung models of



success beyond the two dominant narratives of Asia’s ‘Tiger Economies’ and America’s Silicon Valley miracle. The author describes these stories of success as ‘black swan events’ and ascribes their achievements to the ability of entrepreneurs to leverage the ‘place surplus’ of their locations, while building connections to support networks outside their immediate geographies. Including case studies such as Skype in Estonia, SoundCloud in Germany and Bayt.Com in Dubai, this insightful book gives a holistic and wide-ranging view of how technology startups have, and can, succeed in less likely places. .