Event‐specific win ratios for inference with terminal and non‐terminal events

This paper explores the determinants of ministerial duration within the German Länder between 1990 and 2010. In arguing that different terminal events ceasing ministerial tenures should be analyzed separately, it distinguishes four exit types: voluntary, forced, collective (ministers leaving office because their whole party does so) and exits that are neither volitional acts of the minister nor politically induced. Depending on the exit type, competing-risks Cox-models show different effects for one and the same variable on the hazard for ministerial turnover. Seniority in high-level politics for example helps not to be forced out of office while it has no effect on voluntary or collective exits. Heading an important ministry on the other hand increases the chances to rise to other positions in high politics or private business, but does not impact the other two hazards. The analysis furthermore shows that the principal-agent-logic known from Westminster systems with the prime minister being largely sovereign in hiring and firing cabinet members must be adapted to the German context of frequent coalition governments. In coalition governments, only ministers from the same party as the prime minister exhibit higher hazards for forced exits, while ministers from other coalition partners are much safer in that regard.

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Impact of pre-transplantation computed tomography on organ donation in patients who have suffered terminal events

HPB ◽

10.1016/j.hpb.2016.02.379 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. e160

Author(s):

C. Robb ◽

K. Fowler ◽

A. Bierhals ◽

M. Majella Doyle ◽

D. Kreisel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Computed Tomography ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Terminal Events

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Bivariate pseudo-observations for recurrent event analysis with terminal events

Lifetime Data Analysis ◽

10.1007/s10985-021-09533-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Julie K. Furberg ◽

Per K. Andersen ◽

Sofie Korn ◽

Morten Overgaard ◽

Henrik Ravn

Keyword(s):

Recurrent Event ◽

Event Analysis ◽

Terminal Events

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Joint analysis of longitudinal data and competing terminal events in the presence of dependent observation times with application to chronic kidney disease

Journal of Applied Statistics ◽

10.1080/02664763.2016.1155202 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (16) ◽

pp. 2922-2940

Author(s):

T.-F.C. Lu ◽

C.-M. Hsu ◽

K.-H. Shu ◽

S.-C. Weng ◽

C.-M. Chen

Keyword(s):

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Longitudinal Data ◽

Joint Analysis ◽

Terminal Events ◽

Observation Times ◽

Dependent Observation

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Immunochemical Studies Of Fibrinogen Products Produced During Thrombosis

10.1055/s-0038-1652415 ◽

1981 ◽

Author(s):

R E Canfield

Keyword(s):

Thrombus Formation ◽

Factor Xiiia ◽

Fibrinopeptide A ◽

Terminal Events ◽

Α Chain

Immunochemical measurement of the products of fibrinogen proteolysis has provided a method to study the terminal events of coagulation that are initiated by thrombin as well as those events associated with the fibrinolytic actions of plasmin. Thrombin releases fibrinopeptide A (FPA) and later fibrinopeptide B (FPB). Immunologic techniques to measure FPA are now well established; determination of FPB is complicated by degradation of the peptide in plasma. Early plasmin cleavage occurs at the NH2-terminal end of the Bβ-chain of fibrinogen yielding Bβ 1-42. This fragment exhibits limited crossreactivity with antisera to FPB. The action of plasmin at this site on fibrin I may play an important role in determining whether thrombin release of FPA ultimately leads to thrombus formation in vivo. Other early plasmin cleavage products arise from the COOH-terminal half of the α-chain. Details concerning the application of these immunochemical measurements to an understanding of the role of thrombin and plasmin-mediated proteolysis of fibrinogen and fibrin will be discussed. In addition, immunochemical attempts to detect the presence of factor XIIIa-catalyzed crosslinks will also be described.

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