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Assessing the performance of confidence intervals for high quantiles of Burr XII and Inverse Burr mixtures
Recent research in the area of univariate mixture modeling indicated that the finite mixture models based on Burr and Inverse Burr component distributions perform well in the modeling of heavy-tail insurance data. Mixture ... -
Mixture modeling of data with multiple partial right-censoring levels
In this paper, a new flexible approach to modeling data with multiple partial right-censoring points is proposed. This method is based on finite mixture models, flexible tool to model heterogeneity in data. A general ... -
An exploration of gender gap using advanced data science tools: actuarial research community
This paper explores the role of gender gap in the actuarial research community with advanced data science tools. The web scraping tools were employed to create a database of publications that encompasses six major actuarial ... -
Toward a Framework for Information Creativity
Recognizing the importance of information literacy in defining the primary focus of library instruction, this paper suggests the potential utility of a complementary principle of information creativity. Employers and ... -
Communication: A Greater Analysis of Storytelling in Music Through Mayuzumi’s Bunraku
Imaginational responses similar to Eugene Gendlin’s “felt sense” appear in both music and writing. By studying a single composition for cello, Toshiro Mayuzumi’s Bunraku, writers, performers, and other creatives can ... -
Onward Echoes the Story: The Study of Religion amid Miami’s narrative of Justice & Change
Since the protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020, we see changes on a global to a local scale. In January of 2021, Apple committed to a $100 million pledge to challenge systematic racism including a new ... -
Everything But Carry a Rifle: An Article Examining the Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns
In 1942, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed ... -
Substance Use Disorder: A Criminalized Illness
Fifty years after the onset of the “War on Drugs”, evidence shows these policies are epic failures. Overdose deaths are at an all time high, 85% of people who go through rehabilitation relapse, and 80% of people who are ... -
An Analysis on Research Methods involving American Poverty and Education
Historical injustice in the United States has caused an inequitable distribution of wealth, which especially disfavors minority groups based on race, ethnicity, and geographic location. Opportunities in education, ... -
Student Health and Wellness and the Library
The COVID-19 pandemic made clear that student health and wellness is a priority for every area of campus, including the library. As students continued to struggle with stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns after ... -
A new computational approach for estimation of the Gini index based on grouped data
Many government agencies still rely on the grouped data as the main source of infor- mation for calculation of the Gini index. Previous research showed that the Gini index based on the grouped data suffers the first and ... -
Evaluating Enhanced Service Coordination in Ohio’s Housing for Low-Income Older Adults and People with Disabilities
This project was designed to evaluate the implementation and impact of Enhanced Service Coordination (ESC) in affordable housing for older adults and people with disabilities. The ESC model emphasizes proactive outreach ... -
Creating Museum Exhibits Faculty-Librarian Collaboration within a First-Year Research Course
Integrating information literacy (IL) into credit-bearing courses is not a new topic for librarians, but few are able to go beyond the traditional one-shot session. Some are able to become embedded in a class, with varying ... -
Understanding Nursing Home Complaints in Ohio
This study provides an initial look at the characteristics of Ohio nursing homes and their associated complaints. Results show the relationship between provider staffing and complaints, with turnover among nursing home ... -
Advancing Partnerships: Contracting Between Community-based Organizations and Health Care Entities
This report provides additional findings from the 2021 RFI survey about the current characteristics of CBO contracts with health care partners and illustrates the ways in which those arrangements are expanding services, ... -
Moving Beyond Craft Programs: Encouraging Creative Confidence in Adult Learners
According to a landmark longitudinal study by George Land, creativity peaks in early childhood, and drops drastically as we grow older. Ninety-eight percent of children between the ages of 4 and 5 score at the genius level ... -
"Wouldn't it be cool if we could...?"
This is a formative evaluation report, completed for Butler Tech (a public-school district in Southwest Ohio) in relation to their Fifth Day Experience (FDE) pilot during the 2019-20 school year. -
Putting a Place to a Name: Connecting Sophomores to Campus
With campus offices closed to visitors and students studying remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, some first-year students ended the 2020-21 academic year without having ever set foot in the physical locations for important ...