Essays about: "Oxana Tarassiouk"

Found 3 essays containing the words Oxana Tarassiouk.

  1. 1. Surviving Breast Cancer: A study of cancer recurrence and mortality after mastectomy in postmenopausal women receiving radiotherapy and Tamoxifen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Oxana Tarassiouk; Rebecca Rylance; [2010]
    Keywords : Breast cancer; competing risks; Cox PH; radiotherapy; subdistribution hazard; Tamoxifen; survival analysis; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes mortality, cancer recurrence (loco-regional, other types of cancer and distant) and the impact of progesterone status on the effect of Tamoxifen using survival analysis methods. The data consists of 258 postmenopausal women from the Southern Sweden health care region with estrogen positive receptor status receiving radiotherapy, Tamoxifen and a combination of those after mastectomy. READ MORE

  2. 2. No Woman, No Cry? - A study of board members’ gender and its impact on company performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sophia Bonnevier Dudzik; Oxana Tarassiouk; [2010]
    Keywords : female ratio; corporate governance; boardroom; Affirmative action; gender diversity; panel data; financial performance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent history, gender diversity has become a frequent subject of discussion in the context of company boardroom and performance. Affirmative action is debated and some countries, like Norway in 2003, have chosen side and taken concrete legal action. READ MORE

  3. 3. Birth trends and the lunar connection for Lund’s community 1995-2004

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Oxana Tarassiouk; Rebecca Rylance; [2008]
    Keywords : ANOVA; birth patterns; moon phases; time series analysis; Statistics; operations research; programming; actuarial mathematics; Statistik; operationsanalys; programmering; aktuariematematik; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : ‘Birth trends and the lunar connection for Lund’s community 1994-2005’ analyses natural births using statistical methods. With the aid of different time series models a pattern was found, namely that most natural births occur during the spring months and the smallest number occur during the month of November. READ MORE