Retinal venous pulsation: Expanding our understanding and use of this enigmatic phenomenon

WH Morgan, ML Hazelton, DY Yu - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2016 - Elsevier
Retinal vein pulsation was first noted soon after the invention of the ophthalmoscope 170
years ago and was seen to change with cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) variation in the …

Practical variable selection for generalized additive models

G Marra, SN Wood - Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of variable selection within the class of generalized additive models, when
there are many covariates to choose from but the number of predictors is still somewhat …

Modeling nonstationary emotion dynamics in dyads using a time-varying vector-autoregressive model

LF Bringmann, E Ferrer, EL Hamaker… - Multivariate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Emotion dynamics are likely to arise in an interpersonal context. Standard methods to study
emotions in interpersonal interaction are limited because stationarity is assumed. This …

Detecting moderator effects using subgroup analyses

R Wang, JH Ware - Prevention science, 2013 - Springer
In the analysis of prevention and intervention studies, it is often important to investigate
whether treatment effects vary among subgroups of patients defined by individual …

Estimation of a semiparametric recursive bivariate probit model in the presence of endogeneity

G Marra, R Radice - Canadian Journal of Statistics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The classic recursive bivariate probit model is of particular interest to researchers since it
allows for the estimation of the treatment effect that a binary endogenous variable has on a …

Rolling regression versus time‐varying coefficient modelling: An empirical investigation of the Okun's Law in some euro area countries

L Zanin, G Marra - Bulletin of Economic Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
During the last decade, economists have shown that the inverse relationship between
economic growth and unemployment rate varies over time. Rolling regression has been the …

Bankruptcy prediction of small and medium enterprises using a flexible binary generalized extreme value model

R Calabrese, G Marra… - Journal of the Operational …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We introduce a binary regression accounting-based model for bankruptcy prediction of small
and medium enterprises (SMEs). The main advantage of the model lies in its predictive …

Assessing the functional relationship between CO2 emissions and economic development using an additive mixed model approach

L Zanin, G Marra - Economic Modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
Researchers have suggested that the relationship between the emission of carbon dioxide
per capita and the real gross domestic product per capita follows an inverted-U-shaped (so …

Flexible and structured survival model for a simultaneous estimation of non-linear and non-proportional effects and complex interactions between continuous …

L Remontet, Z Uhry, N Bossard, J Iwaz… - … methods in medical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer survival trend analyses are essential to describe accurately the way medical
practices impact patients' survival according to the year of diagnosis. To this end, survival …

A flexible instrumental variable approach

G Marra, R Radice - Statistical Modelling, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Classical regression model literature has generally assumed that measured and
unmeasured covariates are statistically independent. For many applications, this assumption …