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Learning fused lasso parameters in portfolio selection via neural networks
In recent years, fused lasso models are becoming popular in several fields, such as computer vision, classification and finance. In portfolio...
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Gendered partner selection among overseas Chinese in the West and the motivations behind it
Studies up to now have shown the difference in partner/spouse selection between men and women of ethnic minority groups overseas but lack in-depth...
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Multipartner Fertility and Psychological Distress: Evidence for Social Selection
Multipartner fertility (MPF), which occurs when individuals have children with multiple partners, is associated with psychological distress, but it...
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A Review of Methods to Analyze Archaeological Lime Production: Investigating Raw Materials Selection and Firing Conditions
AbstractLime-based materials are found in archaeological contexts across many world regions. The earliest evidence of lime production was discovered...
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Map** Immigrant Health Trajectories: Investigating the Implications of Institutional Selection and Post-arrival Support Across Legal-Entry Pathways
Immigrants initially arrive in the United States in better health than the U.S.-born, but this advantage tends to diminish over time. The factors...
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I Don’t Care Who You Are: Adult Respondent Selection Does Not Alter Child Deprivation Estimates
The last decade has seen strong developments in child poverty measurement. Children are largely recognised to have age-specific needs, which has led...
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Photovoice: towards an inclusive student selection in university residential community
The higher education sector across countries is engaged in efforts to create equal opportunity for students to participate in all aspects of the...
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Self-selection or situational stratification? A quasiexperimental study on social class differences in health behaviors in China
Fundamental cause theory suggests that differences in social status lead to health inequalities, with lifestyle serving as the intermediary...
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Environmental factors influencing target selection for residential burglary: experimental study using virtual reality
Data on the decision-making process of residential burglars at the micro-level are scarce. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, none of the...
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Health selection, family division of labour and labour market participation of migrant and Australian born couples
Australia is a multi-cultural society, with the majority of recent migrants arriving from non-English speaking Asian countries. Yet we know little...
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Sex Selection for Daughters: Demographic Consequences of Female-Biased Sex Ratios
Modern fertility techniques allow parents to carry out preimplantation sex selection. Sex selection for non-medical purposes is legal in many...
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Looking for Lockdown Love Online: A Literature Review on Virtual Partner Selection During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Poor outcomes have been associated with the absence of a romantic partner, yet the COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented restrictions on people’s...
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Species Selection in Urban Forestry—Towards Urban Metabolism
With increasing urbanization in the twentieth century, the incorporation of trees into urban settlements has increased and management of trees within...
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Method Selection
The empirical methods selected by researchers should be suited to the project’s purpose, subject matter, and conditions (including time and...
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The Evolution of Academic Selection in Northern Ireland
Almost all countries throughout the world have in place various means of academically sorting students that in most cases occurs at the higher...
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Malaysian Roadside Tree Species Selection Model in Urban Areas
This chapter explains a Malaysian roadside tree species selection model for reference to local authorities and assists landscape practitioners to...
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Quantifying inequity in research assistant selection procedures at Turkish universities
This research investigates the hiring procedure for research assistants in Turkish universities to see if it complies with fair employment law....
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Conclusions: An Epistemology of Ignorance in Sexual Selection
The sexual selection field is undergoing a female turn—evolutionary biologists’ androcentric perceptions of females as coy and passive are being...
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Bioethics, Sex Selection, and Gender Equity
Recent decades have seen major advances in assisted reproductive technology, allowing couples to have more autonomy over their reproductive goals....
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Modelling Neighbourhood Effects in Three Dutch Cities Controlling for Selection
The non-random selection of people into neighbourhoods complicates the estimation of causal neighbourhood effects on individual outcomes. Measured...
