A statistical method is given for the combination of measurement results in an interlaboratory comparison to obtain a summary reference value and its uncertainty. The method allows objective treatment of measurements suspected of being outliers and objective treatment of measurements with individual uncertainties that appear overly optimistic. This is achieved by assuming that the measurement p...

The concept of the Value Chain was made popular by Harvard University’s Professor Michael Porter. The Porter Value Chain has been widely adopted by the business community as a mechanism to understand and comprehend complexity in business environments, with the ultimate goal of structuring the business to maximize its competitive advantage. Implementing the Value Chain is not easy: a number of o...

The Generalized Pareto (GP) and Generalized extreme value (GEV) distributions play an important role in extreme value analyses as models for threshold excesses and block maxima, respectively. For each of these distributions we consider Bayesian inference using “reference” prior distributions (in the general sense of priors constructed using formal rules) for the model parameters, specifically a...

Condorcet’s voting paradox shows that pairwise majority voting may lead to cyclical majority preferences. In a famous paper, Sen (1966) identified a general condition on a profile of individual preference orderings, called triplewise value-restriction, which is sufficient for the avoidance of such cycles. This note aims to make Sen’s result easily accessible. We provide an elementary proof of S...

AIM In order to supply a scientific basis for uniting the normal reference value standard of hemoglobin of Chinese middlescent women. METHODS A research is made about the relationship between the normal reference value of 25,917 examples of hemoglobin of middlescent women and altitude in 268 areas in China, the normal reference values of hemoglobin of middlescent women are determined by the h...

A central question in cognitive neuroscience regards the means by which options are compared and decisions are resolved during value-guided choice. It is clear that several component processes are needed; these include identifying options, a value-based comparison, and implementation of actions to execute the decision. What is less clear is the temporal precedence and functional organisation of...

The NISTmAb Reference Material (RM) 8671 is intended to be an industry standard monoclonal antibody for pre-competitive harmonization of best practices and designing next generation characterization technologies for identity, quality, and stability testing. It must therefore embody the quality and characteristics of a typical biopharmaceutical product and be available long-term in a stable form...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create an empirical model behavioral intentions students at a private STIE institution in Medan. survey method the explanation method. Theoretical framework : nature investigation causality by finding as result events under investigation. stated that from perspective marketing, there influence institutional image and reputation on behavior customers, reg...