A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology.
It has long been recognized that personality test scores are influenced by non-test-relevant response determinants. Wiggins and Rumrill (1959) distinguish three approaches to th...
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On the Relation between the Expected Value and the Volatility of the Nominal Excess Return on Stocks
ABSTRACT We find support for a negative relation between conditional expected monthly return and conditional variance of monthly return, using a GARCH‐M model modified by allowi...
The Scherrer Formula for X-Ray Particle Size Determination
An exact derivation of the Scherrer equation is given for particles of spherical shape, values of the constant for half-value breadth and for integral breadth being obtained. Va...
MEGAHIT: an ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct <i>de Bruijn</i> graph
Abstract Summary: MEGAHIT is a NGS de novo assembler for assembling large and complex metagenomics data in a time- and cost-efficient manner. It finished assembling a soil metag...
A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity
Summary An eleven item clinician-administered Mania Rating Scale (MRS) is introduced, and its reliability, validity and sensitivity are examined. There was a high correlation be...
Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research
'The literature on narrative inquiry has been, until now, widely scattered and theoretically incomplete. Clandinin and Connelly have created a major tour de force. This book is ...
Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.
Many of the complex problems faced by decision makers involve multiple conflicting objectives. This book describes how a confused decision maker, who wishes to make a reasonable...
Measuring agreement in method comparison studies
Agreement between two methods of clinical measurement can be quantified using the differences between observations made using the two methods on the same subjects. The 95% limit...
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates.
A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable ...