Background Delirium is a well-known complication in cardiac surgery and intensive care unit
(ICU) patients. However, in many other settings its prevalence and clinical consequences …

This book presents a systematic and unified approach for modern nonparametric treatment
of missing and modified data via examples of density and hazard rate estimation …

The female survival advantage is a robust characteristic of human longevity. However,
underlying mechanisms are not understood, and rodent models exhibiting a female …

Abstract Introduction The apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele is a major genetic risk factor of
late-onset Alzheimer's disease. However, its interaction with two other canonical risk factors …

Numerous technical systems are modeled to identify dependability and safety measures.
The modeling approach here is a real data driven approach. We work with the results …

Many important demographic processes are seasonal, including survival. For many species,
mortality risk is significantly higher at certain times of the year than at others, whether …

The standard approach to modeling survival times, or more generally, time to event data, is
often based on parametric assumptions that may not fit the data collected well. One of the …

Left truncation and right censoring (LTRC) presents a unique challenge for nonparametric
estimation of the hazard rate of a continuous lifetime because consistent estimation over the …

The proposed estimator is motivated by the asymptotic theory and an intensive numerical
study presented in the next section. The cosine basis, used in the asymptotic analysis …

Local physical and social environmental factors are important drivers of human health and
behaviour. Environmental perception has been linked with both reproduction and parenting …