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Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

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Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

This book covers two major classes of mixed effects models, linear mixed models and generalized linear mixed models. It presents an up-to-date account of theory and methods in analysis of these models as well as their applications in various fields. The book offers a systematic approach to inference about non-Gaussian linear mixed models. Furthermore, it includes recently developed methods, such as mixed model diagnostics, mixed model selection, and jackknife method in the context of mixed models. The book is aimed at students, researchers and other practitioners who are interested in using mixed models for statistical data analysis.

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Springer Nature

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ISBN 10

1071612824

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9781071612828

The Fence Methods

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

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The Fence Methods

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

This book is about a recently developed class of strategies, known as the fence methods, which fits particularly well in non-conventional and complex model selection problems with practical considerations. The idea involves a procedure to isolate a subgroup of what are known as correct models, of which the optimal model is a member. This is accomplished by constructing a statistical fence, or barrier, to carefully eliminate incorrect models. Once the fence is constructed, the optimal model is selected from amongst those within the fence according to a criterion which can be made flexible. In particular, the criterion of optimality can incorporate consideration of practical interest, thus making model selection a real life practice.Furthermore, this book introduces a data-driven approach, called adaptive fence, which can be used in a wide range of problems involving determination of tuning parameters, or constants. Instead of relying on asymptotic theory, the fence focuses on finite-sample performance, and computation. Such features are particularly suitable to statistics in the new era.

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248

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World Scientific

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9814596086

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9789814596084

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Concept, Ontology and Decision Support

By: Nguyen Hoang Thuan

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Business Process Crowdsourcing

Concept, Ontology and Decision Support

By: Nguyen Hoang Thuan

This book conceptualises and develops crowdsourcing as an organisational business process. It argues that although for many organisations crowdsourcing still implies an immature one-off endeavour, when developed to a more repeatable business process it can harness innovation and agility. The book offers a process model to guide organisations towards the establishment of business process crowdsourcing (BPC), and empirically showcases and evaluates the model using two current major crowdsourcing projects. In order to consolidate the domain knowledge, the BPC model is turned into a heavyweight ontology capturing the concepts, hierarchical relationships and decision-making relationships necessary to establish crowdsourcing as a business process in an organisation. Lastly, based on the ontology it presents a decision tool that provides advice on making informed decisions about the performance of business process crowdsourcing activities.

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155

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Springer

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3319913913

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9783319913919

Chinatown

By: Thuan

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Chinatown

By: Thuan

An exquisite and intense journey through the labyrinths of Hanoi, Leningrad, and Paris—through dreams, memory, and loss An abandoned package is discovered in the Paris Metro: the subway workers suspect it’s a terrorist bomb. A Vietnamese woman sitting nearby, her son asleep on her shoulder, waits and begins to reflect on her life, from her constrained childhood in communist Hanoi, to a long period of study in Leningrad during the Gorbachev period, and finally to the Parisian suburbs where she now teaches English. Through everything runs her passion for Thuy, the father of her son, a writer who lives in Saigon’s Chinatown, and who, with the shadow of the China-Vietnam border war falling darkly between them, she has not seen for eleven years. Through her breathless, vertiginous, and deeply moving monologue from beside the subway tracks, the narrator attempts to once and for all face the past and exorcize the passion that haunts her.

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New Directions Publishing

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0811231895

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9780811231893

The Quantum and the Lotus

A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

By: Matthieu Ricard,Trinh Xuan Thuan

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The Quantum and the Lotus

A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

By: Matthieu Ricard,Trinh Xuan Thuan

Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the 1960s. He made his way to the prestigious California Institute of Technology to study with some of the biggest names in the field and is now an acclaimed astrophysicist and specialist on how the galaxies formed. When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an academic conference in the summer of 1997, they began discussing the many remarkable connections between the teachings of Buddhism and the findings of recent science. That conversation grew into an astonishing correspondence exploring a series of fascinating questions. Did the universe have a beginning? Or is our universe one in a series of infinite universes with no end and no beginning? Is the concept of a beginning of time fundamentally flawed? Might our perception of time in fact be an illusion, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no ultimate reality? Is the stunning fine-tuning of the universe, which has produced just the right conditions for life to evolve, a sign that a “principle of creation” is at work in our world? If such a principle of creation undergirds the workings of the universe, what does that tell us about whether or not there is a divine Creator? How does the radical interpretation of reality offered by quantum physics conform to and yet differ from the Buddhist conception of reality? What is consciousness and how did it evolve? Can consciousness exist apart from a brain generating it? The stimulating journey of discovery the authors traveled in their discussions is re-created beautifully in The Quantum and the Lotus, written in the style of a lively dialogue between friends. Both the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and the discoveries of contemporary science are introduced with great clarity, and the reader will be profoundly impressed by the many correspondences between the two streams of thought and revelation. Through the course of their dialogue, the authors reach a remarkable meeting of minds, ultimately offering a vital new understanding of the many ways in which science and Buddhism confirm and complement each other and of the ways in which, as Matthieu Ricard writes, “knowledge of our spirits and knowledge of the world are mutually enlightening and empowering.” “The Quantum and the Lotus is a mind-expanding, eye-opening exploration of the exciting parallels between cutting-edge thinking in physics and Buddhism–a scintillating conversation any thinking person would delight in overhearing.” —Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence “The Quantum and the Lotus is the rich and inspiring result of a deeply interesting dialogue between Western science and Buddhist philosophy. This remarkable book will contribute greatly to a better understanding of the true nature of our world and the way we live our lives.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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322

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Crown

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1400080797

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9781400080793

Contemporary Vietnamese Readings

By: Nguyen Bich Thuan

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Contemporary Vietnamese Readings

By: Nguyen Bich Thuan

This textbook is intended for advanced intermediate students preparing for work or research in Vietnam or with materials written in Vietnamese. It acquaints them with a range of written styles, expands their lexical range in a variety of topics, develops reading comprehension skills, and expands their awareness of Vietnamese culture and values. Contemporary Vietnamese Readings incorporates authentic reading materials such as street signs, banners, advertisements, news articles from north and south Vietnamese newspapers and magazines, and excerpts from novels and short stories. The materials are categorized under such themes as the Vietnamese land and its people, society and culture, current affairs, the environment, health and safety, demography and family planning, politics, diplomacy and law, economics and finance, literature, and Vietnamese women. The wide variety of different readings and genres represented in this textbook assume prior mastery of basic Vietnamese vocabulary and sentence structures at a level equivalent to completing a beginning and intermediate textbook series. Language professors and their students, or anyone seeking a more advanced understanding of Vietnamese--or more nuanced understanding of Vietnamese culture--will appreciate the instructional value of Contemporary Vietnamese Readings.

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Northern Illinois University Press

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0875806619

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9780875806617

The Road of Hope

A Gospel from Prison

By: Phanxicô Xaviê Văn Thuận Nguyễn,Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan

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The Road of Hope

A Gospel from Prison

By: Phanxicô Xaviê Văn Thuận Nguyễn,Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan

Archbishop Van Thuans notes from prison are extraordinary. For thirteen years, his writings were smuggled out of his cell and circulated among Christians and non-Christians alike. People shared his messages to take up Van Thuans challenge that the Vietnamese people bring the Church into the world by their love for one another. He wrote, It would be so wonderful if God required us only to love him. However, he has chosen also to require the difficult obligation to love our neighbor. Van Thuan calls for a deep examination of conscience. You proclaim that all you do is for God and for the Church. Very well. But can you stand in his presence and honestly say that you are working completely for him? His directives are practical. Your time of prayer is your period of intimacy with God, who is your Father. It is a time for the heart, not the head. These 1,001 reflections are pearls of great price. If lived out, they will change your life.

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220

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New City Press

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1565484991

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9781565484993

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Concept, Ontology and Decision Support

By: Nguyen Hoang Thuan

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Concept, Ontology and Decision Support

By: Nguyen Hoang Thuan

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3319913913

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Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners

By: Nguyen Long,Marybeth Clark,Nguyen Thuan

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Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners

By: Nguyen Long,Marybeth Clark,Nguyen Thuan

This textbook is designed for English-speaking students wishing to acquire a basic working ability in conversational Vietnamese. The twenty lessons in this volume are centered around short conversations based on common topics--introductions, friends and family members, work--as well as other everyday situations. Each set of conversations builds on previously studied material and introduces new sentence structures. Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners also contains exercise sections that allow students to practice new and old vocabulary. Every fifth lesson in the book reviews previously covered material with written exercises, narrative readings, and suggested conversations so students can practice the Vietnamese they have learned. Self-tests are also included so students can individually review their understanding of the language. The conversations and exercises in this textbook will be made available online as audio files. The book and accompanying audio-- an integral component to Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners--can be used either with a teacher or for self-study. Language professors and their students--or those learning Vietnamese on their own--will appreciate the accessible approach and manageable size of this very practical textbook.

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0875806562

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9780875806563

Five Loaves & Two Fish

By: Cardinal Francis Nguyen Van Thuan,Phanxicô Xaviê Văn Thuận Nguyễn

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Five Loaves & Two Fish

By: Cardinal Francis Nguyen Van Thuan,Phanxicô Xaviê Văn Thuận Nguyễn

A bestseller, this small volume takes us on a spiritual journey with the Cardinal as a guide, helping us to understand that God's grace gives us energy "to work and to go on, even in the most desperate moments.

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0819826766

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9780819826763

Human Life Vietnam and Cambodian

Living and Life and People of Vietnam and Cambodian

By: Thuan Long Nguyen

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Human Life Vietnam and Cambodian

Living and Life and People of Vietnam and Cambodian

By: Thuan Long Nguyen

located near the Pacific Ocean and borders China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodian are two countries with the featured culture besides the people here have a simple life but very quiet average. Nature here seems to have said that, human life Vietnam and Cambodian introduction to the two countries through the true picture of life and the people here, besides the pictures of the human authors also recorded images of nature in this picture book.

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246

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CreateSpace

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1453869530

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9781453869536

Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

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Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

By: Jiming Jiang,Thuan Nguyen

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Springer Nature

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1071612824

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9781071612828

Chinatown

By: Thuan

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Chinatown

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An exquisite and intense journey through the labyrinths of Hanoi, Leningrad, and Paris--through dreams, memory, and loss

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0811231887

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Book's by Thuan Nguyen

Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

The Fence Methods

The Fence Methods

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Chinatown

Chinatown

The Quantum and the Lotus

The Quantum and the Lotus

Contemporary Vietnamese Readings

Contemporary Vietnamese Readings

The Road of Hope

The Road of Hope

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Business Process Crowdsourcing

Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners

Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners

Five Loaves & Two Fish

Five Loaves & Two Fish

Human Life Vietnam and Cambodian

Human Life Vietnam and Cambodian

Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications

Chinatown

Chinatown

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