The authors propose a novel class of cure rate models for right-censored failure time data. The class is formulated through a transformation on the unknown population survival function. It includes the mixture cure model and the promotion time cure model as two special cases. The authors propose a general form of the covariate structure which automatically satisfies an inherent parameter constr...

Seven structural units with distinct kinematics have been recognized in the northwestern Dabie Shan (114°E– 115°E and 31°N–32°N), east-central China. They are, from north to south: (1) the north-verging Mafan fold belt (MFB) involving early Paleozoic metamorphic rocks; (2) the Liangting melange belt (LMB), which is separated from the MFB by a south-dipping thrust and consists of gneissic and ma...

Ne pas laisser la planete se rechauffer a un niveau qui depasse de plus 1, 5 valeur etait celle periode preindustrielle, est imperatif si l’on s’en tient aux risques pesent sur les territoires vulnerables. Mais possibilite d’y parvenir considerablement restreinte qu’elle ne l’etait il y 30 ans, juste avant le sommet Terre Rio en 1992. Les emissions CO etaient alors 6 milliards tonnes carbone pa...

Internet protocols encapsulate a significant amount of state, making implementing the host software complex. In this paper, we define the Statecall Policy Language (SPL) which provides a usable middle ground between ad-hoc coding and formal reasoning. It enables programmers to embed automata in their code which can be statically modelchecked using SPIN and dynamically enforced. The performance ...

Di usion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is the reference in vivo modality to study the connectivity of the brain white matter. Images obtained through dMRI are indeed related to the probability density function (pdf) of displacement of water molecules subject to restricted di usion in the brain white matter. The knowledge of this di usion pdf is therefore of primary importance. Several metho...

This Article is the first to take on following two questions: First, where in melange of legislative, executive, and judicial powers that constitutes law sentencing last word how much time a prisoner will serve when subject unexpired terms imposed at different times by state federal courts? Embedded question second: may convict who presents himself prison authorities his be turned away ground h...

Serpentinites are central to water (re)cycling in subduction zones and thus effect fluid-mediated element transfer between the hydrosphere Earth's mantle back into continental crust via calcalkaline magmatism. Diverse often controversial models exist on relevance of various source contributions budget fluid mobile elements hydrous peridotites how these evolve during cycle. This work offers nove...