Princeton University and Colorado State University Ultrahigh dimensional variable selection plays an increasingly important role in contemporary scientific discoveries and statistical research. Among others, Fan and Lv (2008) propose an independent screening framework by ranking the marginal correlations. They showed that the correlation ranking procedure possesses a sure independence screening...

Background: the inappropriate use of handouts and notes is a common academic problem among students. Students' notes are too brief and incomplete in compare with references; hence they may not cover the required content for the courses. The aim of this paper is to analyze students' attitude toward reading handouts and notes instead of references. Methods: In this analytical and descriptive stud...

Ifirst read Böhm-Bawerk’s essay “Value, Costs, and Marginal Utility” 44 years ago, as part of my research for my MBA thesis, the subject and title of which was The Classical Economists and the Austrians on Value and Costs. I knew at the time that Böhm-Bawerk’s essay very much deserved to be translated. And some 20 or more years later, seeing that no one else had yet made the translation, I deci...

I was born in Zagreb (Croatia) on October 26, 1936. My parents were Regina (née Pavić) (April17, 1916, Zagreb–March 9, 1992, Zagreb) and Cvjetko Trinajstić (September 9, 1913, Volosko–October 29, 1998, Richmond, Australia).

high penetrability of wireless, mobile, portable, and handheld devices has resultedin education for all as the mobile’s challenge coincides with an unprecedentedgrowth in access to pedagogical materials technology, particularly in developingcountries (unesco mobile learning week report, 2011). the present study setout to discover how muslim learners of english as a foreign language (efl) areenc...