A MIXTURE APPROACH TO VAGUENESS AND AMBIGUITY.

A mixture approach to vagueness and ambiguity.

When asked to indicate which items from a set of candidates belong to a particular natural language category inter-individual differences occur: Individuals disagree which items should be considered category members.The premise of this paper is that these inter-individual differences in semantic categorization reflect both ambiguity and vagueness.C

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A National Population-Based E-cohort of People with Psychosis (PsyCymru) Linkage of Phenotypical and Genetic Data to Routinely Collected Records

Introduction PsyCymru was established to investigate the feasibility of linking a prospectively ascertained, well characterised (linked clinical cohort) of people with psychosis in Wales, UK with large amounts of anonymised routinely collected health record data.We are now additionally linking genetic data.Objectives and Approach PsyCymru aimed to

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Co-resident grandparent and maternal employment. A Northern Ireland cross-sectional administrative data analysis

The trade-off between the costs of childcare provision and the benefits of having an increased proportion of women, particularly women with dependent children, in employment is one of the most taxing social issues for Western governments.In countries like Northern Ireland, the limited subsidised childcare provision for preschool and primary school

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Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Employees and Mice at Multipremises Feeder-Rodent Operation, United States, 2012

We investigated the extent of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection in employees and rodents at 3 commercial breeding facilities.Of 97 employees tested, 31 (32%) had IgM and/or IgG to LCMV, and spur straps aseptic meningitis was diagnosed in 4 employees.Of 1,820 rodents tested in 1 facility, 382 (21%) mice (Mus musculus) had detectabl

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