Background: Monotherapy is not usually effective in the treatment of hirsutism. Objective: Comparison of 2 therapeutic regimens in the treatment of hirsutism. Patients and methods: In this open parallel controlled clinical trial, 101 Patients suffering from hirsutism were randomly divided into two equal groups. 50 patients were treated with spironolactone (50 mg/day) plus cyproterone comp...

In this paper, the problem of the robustness of the sample autocovariance function is addressed. We propose a new autocovariance estimator, based on a highly robust estimator of scale. Its robustness properties are studied by means of the in ̄uence function, and a new concept of temporal breakdown point. As the theoretical variance of the estimator does not have a closed form, we perform a simul...

The «second generation» born in Switzerland of for¬ eign Citizens is estimated at 6.8% of the total popula¬ tion, based on Population Census data from 2000 (Mey et al. 2005). Together, the first and the second gener¬ ation of «foreign origin» make up 27% of the Swiss population, 70% of which are foreign Citizens. One quarter of the first (24%) and one third (32%) of the second generation has ac...

This paper provides a practical description of density estimation based on kernel methods. An important aim is to encourage practicing statisticians to apply these methods to data. As such, reference is made to implementations of these methods in R, S-PLUS and SAS.

This paper estimates the intergenerational transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother’s side. The transmission is stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more developed countries suggests a stronger transmission of trust, but the heterogeneity in ancestry dissip...