Search Results - "Yip, P.S.F"

Healthy life expectancy in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China by LAW, C. K, YIP, P. S. F

“…Sullivan's method and a regression model were used to calculate healthy life expectancy (HALE) for men and women in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region…”
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Social and Economic Burden of Suicides in Hong Kong SAR: A Year of Life Lost Perspective by Yip, P.S.F, Liu, Ka Y, Law, C.K, Law, Y.W

“…The paper proposes to use the years-of-life-lost method (YLL) in assessing the social and economic burden of suicides in Hong Kong SAR. The YLL from suicide by…”
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A Gibbs-sampler approach to estimate the number of faults in a system using capture-recapture sampling [software reliability] by Hayakawa, Y., Yip, P.S.F.

“…A new recapture debugging model is suggested to estimate the number of faults in a system, /spl nu/, and the failure intensity of each fault, /spl phi/. The…”
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Spatial analysis of suicide mortality in Australia: Investigation of metropolitan-rural-remote differentials of suicide risk across states/territories by Cheung, Yee Tak Derek, Spittal, Matthew J., Pirkis, Jane, Yip, Paul Siu Fai

“…Studies of suicide epidemiology in regions of Australia have been conducted, but the spatial pattern in the whole country has not been fully investigated. This…”
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Economic fluctuations and suicide: A comparison of Taiwan and Hong Kong by Chen, Ying-Yeh, Yip, Paul S.F., Lee, Carmen, Fan, Hsiang-Fang, Fu, King-Wa

“…This study examines the impact of unemployment on suicide rates in Taiwan and Hong Kong during the period of rising unemployment (1997–2003) and its subsequent…”
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Changes in Reporting of Suicide News After the Promotion of the WHO Media Recommendations by Fu, K. W., Yip, P.S.F.

“…Media recommendations on suicide reporting are available in many countries and in different languages. Hong Kong newspapers have been found to be noncompliant…”
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Towards a reassessment of the role of divorce in suicide outcomes: Evidence from five pacific rim populations by Yip, Paul S.F., Chen, Ying-Yeh, Yousuf, Saman, Lee, Carmen K.M., Kawano, Kenji, Routley, Virginia, Ben Park, B.C., Yamauchi, Takashi, Tachimori, Hisateru, Clapperton, Angela, Wu, Kevin Chien-Chang

“…The connection between divorce and suicide risk in Asia is unclear. To understand the contribution of cultural transitions to suicide among the divorced, we…”
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Test for Constant Fatality Rate of an Emerging Epidemic: With Applications to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong and Beijing by Lam, K.F, Deshpande, J.V, Lau, E.H.Y, Naik-Nimbalkar, U.V, Yip, P.S.F, Xu, Ying

“…The etiology, pathogenesis, and prognosis for a newly emerging disease are generally unknown to clinicians. Effective interventions and treatments at the…”
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Monitoring the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic and assessing effectiveness of interventions in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Chau, P H, Yip, P S F

“…Objective: To estimate the infection curve of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) using the back projection method and to assess the effectiveness of…”
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Further evaluation on long-term depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate use and bone mineral density: a longitudinal cohort study by Tang, O.S, Tang, G, Yip, P.S.F, Li, B

“…Cross-sectional studies on the effects of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) on bone mineral density (BMD) have been controversial. The present…”
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Suicides by Jumping from Iconic Bridges in Hong Kong by Wong, P. W. C, Chan, W. S. C, Lau, T. K, Morgan, P. R, Yip, P. S. F

“…Background: Three bridges in Hong Kong have become iconic sites for suicide since their openings 11 years ago. Aims: This retrospective record-based study…”
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Local polynomial estimation of Poisson intensities in the presence of reporting delays by Chen, Feng, Huggins, Richard M., Yip, Paul S. F., Lam, K. F.

“…The system for monitoring suicides in Hong Kong has considerable delays in reporting as the cause of death needs to be determined by a coroner's investigation…”
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A comparison study of realtime fatality rates: severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Toronto and Beijing, China by Yip, Paul S. F., Lam, K. F., Lau, Eric H. Y., Chau, Pui-Hing, Tsang, Kenneth W., Chao, Anne

“…In an outbreak of a completely new infectious disease like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), estimation of the fatality rate over the course of the…”
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Reconstructing the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Hong Kong by using data from HIV positive tests and diagnoses of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by Chau, P. H., Yip, Paul S. F., Cui, Jisheng S.

“…The human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) epidemic in Hong Kong has been under surveillance in the form of voluntary…”
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Parametric regression models for continuous time removal and recapture studies by Lin, D. Y., Yip, P. S. F.

“…We use a class of parametric counting process regression models that are commonly employed in the analysis of failure time data to formulate the…”
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Abnormal expression or mutation of TP53 and HPV in vulvar cancer by Ngan, H.Y.S, Cheung, A.N.Y, Liu, S.S, Yip, P.S.F, Tsao, S.W

“…HPV (human papillomavirus) plays an important role in cervical cancer and may also play a role in vulvar cancer. TP53 mutation is common in a variety of…”
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Psychosocial adjustment after gynecologic cancer treatment: a longitudinal study on risk factor for maladjustment by Chan, Y.M., Ngan, H.Y.S, Yip, P.S.F., Li, B.Y.G., Lau, O.W.K., Tang, G.W.K.

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A comparison of suicide patterns in Australia and Hong Kong by Lloyd, Chris J., Yip, Paul S. F.

“…We analyse the patterns of 6564 suicides in Hong Kong and 23671 suicides in Australia for the period 1981-1993. Within the unifying framework of logistic…”
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Estimating the number of faults: efficiency of removal, recapture, and seeding by Lloyd, C.J., Yip, P.S.F., Kin Sun Chan

“…Various experimental designs for estimating the number of faults in a system are studied including: (1) removal of each fault as it is detected; (2) marking of…”
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Sensitivity-analysis and estimating number-of-faults in removal debugging by Yip, P.S.F., Liqun Xi, Fong, D.Y.T., Hayakawa, Y.

“…Estimating the number of faults in a computer program is important in software debugging. A martingale equation is used to estimate the number of faults in…”
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