Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) are a group of low molecular weight compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms in the C 2 -C 12 range, not only acts as a major precursor for the formation of O 3 through oxidation, but also cause several health problems. Cooking oil fume (COF) is one of...

The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve may be used to evaluate the performance of a biomarker measured on continuous scale to predict disease status or clinical condition. Motivated by the need for novel study designs with better estimation efficiency and reduced study cost, we...

The area under a ROC curve (AUC) and partial area under a ROC curve (pAUC) are important summary measures useful in assessing the accuracy of a diagnostic test or a biomarker in discriminating true disease status. We consider nonparametric estimation of AUC and pAUC under a test-result-dependent...

Abstract In the presence of heterogeneity between the randomized controlled trial (RCT) participants and the target population, evaluating the treatment effect solely based on the RCT often leads to biased quantification of the real-world treatment effect. To address the problem of lack of...

China’s current national policies promote high levels of economic growth, transforming China into a “world factory”, but at a high cost in terms of energy and the environment. At the same time, this growth and transformation also forms the backbone of China’s economy, underpinning social...

It is a controversial issue as to how to assess the effectiveness of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regime on the global arena. Based upon around 9,000 questionnaires circulated to AML professionals and other related staffs at the branches of banking institutions and People’s Bank of China as...

How to assess the effectiveness of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies is a controversial issue. Based on about 9,000 questionnaires circulated to AML professionals and other related staff at the People's Bank of China and other banking institutions, this study acquired firsthand data from...

Using data for 320 radio stations operating in the 50 largest Arbitron Metro Radio Markets during 2004 that offered at least some programming in one or more of 19 different foreign languages, we find strongly positive statistical relationships between the size of foreign language populations in...

Although the literature highlights the role of ties with service intermediaries in facilitating firms' search for innovation, the relationship between these ties and exploratory versus exploitative service innovation remains unclear. In line with the innovation search perspective, we combine...

General purpose technologies (GPTs) are regarded as a major source of productivity advancement and economic growth. As a kind of platform technology, GPTs have strong knowledge spillovers, which causes a single subject to lack R&D motivation and adopt a wait-and-see strategy. Cooperation R&D is...