FERTILITY QUANTUM AND TEMPO WITH CUBIC AGE-SPECIFIC BIRTH RATES

Fertility quantum and tempo with cubic age-specific birth rates

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the analytical value of a cubic parameterization of the age curve of fertility and to explore its features, especially its usefulness in separating fertility level and fertility timing.METHODS: Using mathematical analysis, the cubic fertility curve is derived and examined in both continuous and discrete forms.RESULTS: The

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Wide Field of View Microwave Interferometric Radiometer Imaging

In microwave interferometric radiometers with a large field of view, as for example the Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Protective Clothing Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) onboard the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, one of the major causes of reconstruction error is the contribution to the visibility of the brightness temperature ou

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