Any regular Gaussian probability distribution that can be represented by an AMP chain graph (CG) can be expressed as a system of linear equations with correlated errors whose structure depends on the CG. However, the CG represents the errors implicitly, as no nodes in the CG correspond to the errors. We propose in this paper to add some deterministic nodes to the CG in order to represent the er...

The concept of marginalization, which is central to studies in political ecology, can be strengthened by incorporating a focus on the mutually constitutive concept of facilitation. Facilitation connotes how privileged groups are provided institutional forms of security in their pursuit of private gain, contributing to deleterious social and ecological outcomes. This paper builds on the concept ...

Objective. To assess prostate cancer (PC) mortality in Mexico from 1980 to 2013, according to the state marginalization level. Materials and methods. Using age-adjusted rates in men ≥ 40 years old, we estimated trends and agecohort-period effects of PC mortality from 1980-2013 according to state marginalization status by using a joinpoint regression model and a Poisson regression model proposed...

this article presents a comparative study of marginalization in the cities of sabzevar, neishabour, torbat heidariye and gonaabaad. it also presents the history of marginalization and marginal settlement in the world, related theories and models. the article also talks about the international experiences about marginalization and marginal settlement. the writers of the article have first identi...

While much has been written about marginalization as a structural phenomenon, there is little understanding of how the dynamics of marginalization unfold at the micro level in urban contexts. We seek to understand these micro-level marginalization processes via a comparative study of Bangalore, India, and Ronneby, Sweden. Our analysis highlights the important role that “mediators” such as gover...

OBJECTIVE To assess prostate cancer (PC) mortality in Mexico from 1980 to 2013, according to the state marginalization level. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using age-adjusted rates in men ≥ 40 years old, we estimated trends and age-cohort-period effects of PC mortality from 1980-2013 according to state marginalization status by using a joinpoint regression model and a Poisson regression model propose...

Inferential models (IMs) provide a general framework for prior-free, frequencycalibrated, posterior probabilistic inference. The fundamental idea is the use of unobservable auxiliary variables to describe the underlying uncertainty about the parameter of interest. When nuisance parameters are present, a marginalization step can reduce the dimension of the auxiliary variable, which in turn leads...