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Some Tests for Comparing Cumulative Incidence Functions and Cause-Specific Hazard Rates

We consider the competing risks problem with the available data in the form of times and causes of failure. In many practical situations (e.g., in reliability testing) it is important to know whether ...
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Comparing Utility Functions in Efficiency Terms or, What Kind of Utility Functions Do We Want?

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The American Economic Review is a general-interest economics journal. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and ...
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Function and Health Status Outcomes in a Randomized Trial Comparing Preoperative and Postoperative Radiotherapy in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma

PURPOSE: Morbidity associated with wound complications may translate into disability and quality-of-life disadvantages for patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) for soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the ...
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Comparing the effects of meal replacements with reduced-fat diet on weight, sexual and endothelial function, testosterone and quality of life in obese Asian men

Subjects were randomized using opaque envelopes to receive either conventional reduced-fat diet (CD) or partial meal-replacement plan (MR), prescribed to reduce daily energy intake (calculated using ...