Some new results on Cox-Czanner divergence and their applications in survival studies.

In the present communication, we propose a quantile-based measure for the divergence between two survival functions. This can also be used in a dynamic way where the divergence between survival functions varies with time. Several new properties of the proposed measure are investigated with suitable examples.

Some properties of stop-loss moments under biased sampling.

The stop-loss moments have generally been used as useful summary measures for analyzing the data which exceeds specific threshold levels. In many scientific studies, the investigator cannot record the sampling units with equal probability, and in such a scenario, the selected sample units appear with unequal probability, in other words with different weights, which leads to a biased or weighted sampling. In the present study, we examine the usefulness of stop-loss moments in biased sampling.

Impact of corn stover particle size and C/N ratio on reactor performance in solid-state anaerobic co-digestion with dairy manure.

Green energy generation from agricultural waste has the potential to minimize dependency on fossil and reduce the resultant environmental impact of this fuel provided anaerobic reactor performance is optimized. Hence, the interactive impact of carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio, particle size, and co-digestion of dairy manure (DM) and corn stover (CS) on solid-state anaerobic digester (SSAD) performance was investigated with four treatments (DMCS24S, DMCS24L, DMCS28L, and DMCS32L) in this solid-state study. Novel scanning electron microscope (SEM) image analysis utilized to describe the corn stover using ImageJ indicated that corn stover of particle size 0.