medical statistics (biostatistics), as a vital essential part of modem life, does raise some fundamental ethical issues. surprisingly, this aspect seems to have been totally ignored by books on medical ethics. this paper discusses how the statistical aspects affect the ethics. the relation between biostatistics and medical research is explored. all stages of a medical research exercise are vuln...

Auction data often contain information on only the most competitive bids as opposed to all bids. The usual measurement error approaches unobserved heterogeneity are inapplicable due dependence among order statistics. We bridge this gap by providing a set of positive identification results. First, we show that symmetric auctions with discrete identifiable using two consecutive statistics and an ...

The lack of objects between $2\,M_{\odot}$ and $5\,M_{\odot}$ in the joint mass distribution compact has been termed "mass gap", attributed mainly to characteristics supernova mechanism precluding their birth. However, recent observations show that a number candidates reported lie inside "gap" may fill it, suggesting instead paucity be real or largely result small statistics. We quantify this w...

While the discourse of international development has begun to recognise the potential of involving diaspora as agents of change, issues of sustainability and environmental impact are often missing from the assessment of outcomes and impact in the Global South. The purpose of the conference was to explore three terms: “development”, “sustainability” and “diaspora” which are often seen as separat...

The present contribution tests whether countries can be pooled when studying the financegrowth nexus. Overall, our results point toward a ‘pragmatic’ positive answer, though considerable heterogeneity is present among developing countries. JEL codes: C23, O16

T his year’s World Water Day focused on the food-water nexus with the theme “Water and Food Security: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry.” While much of the emphasis under this theme focused on the quantities of water used for food produc­ tion, the quality of water is also important to that function. Water quality can also have sig­ nificant effects on health. In this context, the qual...