This paper studies the construction of confidence intervals for efficiency levels of individual firms in stochastic frontier models with panel data. The focus is on bootstrapping and related methods. A survey of various versions of the bootstrap is started. This paper also proposes a simple parametric alternative in which one...
Interim Analysis Supports Continuation of GenVec's PACT Study Conference Call Scheduled for Today at 9:00AM GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) announced today top-line results of an interim analysis from its ongoing Phase III Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial with TNFerade[TM] PACT in patients with locally advanced...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from an investigational, open-label, randomized study assessing extended dosing regimens of PROCRITR Epoetin alfa in treating anemia in subjects with Stages 3 - 4 chronic kidney disease CKD were presented today at the American Society of Nephrology 41st Annual Meeting. All...
THE SAINTS staged a dramatic second half comeback to stun Preston. Certainly the home side's alarming complacency after coasting to a two-goal interval lead played its part. But Jan Poortvliet's struggling youngsters deserved the praise heaped on them after coming back from the dead to clinch...
THE SAINTS staged a dramatic second-half comeback to stun a Preston side guilty of showing alarming complacency after coasting to a two-goal interval lead. But Jan Poortvliet's youngsters deserved the praise after coming back from the dead to clinch a first win in six games. ...
HUDDERSFIELD RU Club Under 10s came down to earth with a bump when they were well beaten 35-5 by rivals Old Rishworthians. After great wins over Ilkley and West Park Leeds, the Huddersfield lads were in confident mood, particularly after taking the lead from a James Addy try...
Byline: Linzi Nicholson IF EVER there was an occasion for the hackneyed expression "it was a game of two halves," then surely it was Huddersfield Rugby Union Club's 34-13 victory against Wilmslow at Waterloo. True, they chalked up a heartening fifth consecutive victory, but if Huddersfield...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-13 October 2008-Swedish central bank to lend a further USD10bn and SEK80bn to stabilise financial marketC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, announced on Monday (13 October) that it will lend an additional USD10bn and SEK80bn in auctions this week and that...
GRAHAM BREWIS I'M full of cliches, like "a goal just before half-time can be a turning point", "the next goal is crucial", and how about "confidence flooding back"? That's because they all apply. At 2-0 down I confess to thinking "here we go again", but the...
- Conference Call Scheduled for 9:00 AM ET Today - SEATTLE, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dendreon Corporation announced today that it has completed the planned interim analysis of the Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled IMPACT (IMmunotherapy for Prostate AdenoCarcinoma Treatment, also known as D9902B) clinical trial...
Yes. continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in children <2.5 years of age with vesicoureteral reflux VUR does not decrease the likelihood of developing pyelonephritis or decrease the incidence of renal damage. Pennesi M, Travan L, Peratoner L, el al, for the North East Italy Prophylaxis in VUR study group. Is...
No. Low-carbohydrate diets, low-fat diets, and the Mediterranean diet all help patients lose weight. All modestly improved lipid profiles and fasting insulin levels, but dieting led to few changes in medical treatment. If patients want to lose weight and lower their cholesterol, they should simply choose a diet they can...
Since 1999, West Nile virus WNV disease has affected the northeastern United States. To describe the spatial epidemiology and identify risk factors for disease incidence, we analyzed 8 years (1999-2006) of county-based human WNV disease surveillance data. Among the 56.6 million residents in 8 northeastern states sharing primary enzootic vectors,...
Nipah virus NiV is a paramyxovirus that causes severe encephalitis in humans. During January 2004, twelve patients with NiV encephalitis NiVE were identified in west-central Bangladesh. A case--control study was conducted to identify factors associated with NiV infection. NiVE patients from the outbreak were enrolled in a matched case-control study....
In a prospective study, 93 unselected consecutive uncemented hip arthroplasties were performed in 80 patients using the titanium-coated RM acetabular component and the CLS femoral component. The mean age of the patients at operation was 52 years (28 to 81). None were lost to follow-up. In the 23 patients who...
ABSTRACT We consider the problem of setting confidence intervals for the stress-strength probability using empirical likelihood techniques with paired samples. Some modifications to the usual empirical likelihood technique like bootstrapping and smoothing are considered. The intervals are studied by simulation in terms of their coverage probabilities. Comparisons with...
Aquiline Resources Inc. ("Aquiline" or "the Company") (TSX: AQI) is pleased to report on the results of 72 new diamond drill holes (NV08-731 to NV08-802) within the Navidad Project in Chubut Province, Argentina see maps attached. Total drilling on the project amounts to 802 holes over 154,482 metres. Most of...
CHELSEA'S Joe Cole came to England's rescue last night as Fabio Capello's super sub. After a dismal first-half performance the England coach sent on Cole after the interval. Cole said: "We didn't move the ball as well as we would have liked...
An emerging subtype of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, clonal complex CC 398, is associated with animals, particularly pigs. We conducted a matched case-control and a case-case study comparing 21 CC398 case-patients with 2 controls randomly selected from the Danish Civil Registry and 2 case-patients infected with MRSA other than CC398....
Yes. Oral prednisolone and naproxen are equivalent in treating patients with acute gout. Janssens HJ, Janssen M, van de Lisdonk EH, van Riel PL, van Weel C. Use of oral prednisolone or naproxen for the treatment of gout arthritis: a double-blind, randomised equivalence trial. Lancet. 2008;371:1854-1860. ...
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