Abstract P-067

067 Rosas.pmd

The giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, is one of the largest carnivores of South America (Duplaix, 1980). Its historical distribution extended from the northern part of the South American continent to the north-central portion of Argentina (Carter and Rosas, 1997). Because of the destruction of its habitat and intense hunting pressure due to the demand of the international “haute couture” for...

eqr 067 Competing Risks

Consider a unit which can experience any one of k competing failure types, and suppose that for each unit we observe the time to failure, T , and the type of failure, C ∈ {1, 2, . . . , k}. The case of observing the pair (T, C) is termed “competing risks” in the statistical literature. After considering some examples we review basic notation and theory of competing risks. In particular we consi...

059-067 Gram

Introduction Listeriosis is a food-borne disease which primarily affects people in particular risk-groups (immuno-suppressed, elderly, neonates) in which lethality is as high as 25%. The disease does occur in out-breaks but most cases appear as sporadic cases. The disease is primarily associated with ready-to-eat (RTE) food products with extended (refrigerated) shelf life. Outbreaks have mostly...

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