The BMA suffered agonies last week. And the chairman of its council, Dr Jeremy Lee-Potter, suffered even more. Why the agony and will anything be learnt? Even before the annual representative meeting (the supreme policy making body of the association) had opened in Inverness last week a whispering campaign had begun. It said that Dr Lee-Potter (attending his first such meeting as chairman of co...

Bone marrow aspiration/biopsy (BMA) is a common procedure used to diagnose and follow up treatment in patients with haematological disorders. Procedures in these patients are often associated with some pain, discomfort and anxiety. However, there is only sparse data on the characteristics and determinants of procedural pain during BMA. In addition, little is known concerning the level of agreem...

A relatively fresh bovine plasma albumin (BPA) preparation (0.65 sulfhydryl group per albumin molecule; 5 to 6% dimer) and an old bovine mercaptalbumin (BMA) preparation (0.72 sulfhydryl group per albumin molecule; 8 to 9 % dimer) were fractionated in a phosphate gradient on DEAE-Sephadex A-SO. Two dimer fractions were obtained. One dimer fraction had a relatively high sulfhydryl content and co...

This document provides the statistical background for the Bayesian model averaging continual reassessment method (BMA-CRM). The BMA-CRM is a Bayesian model-based phase I clinical trial design. The primary goal of the BMA-CRM is to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of a new drug, which is typically defined as the dose with a doselimiting toxicity (DLT) probability that is closest to the ...

In this paper we interpret the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm (BMA) for synthesis of linear feedback shift register (LFSR) as an algorithm computing Pade approximants for Laurent series over arbitrary field. This interpretation of the BMA is based on a iterated procedure for computing of the sequence of polynomials orthogonal to some sequence of polynomial spaces with scalar product depending on th...

Abstract— In this paper, we present a hard-decision decoding technique based on Genetic Algorithms (HDGA), which is applicable to the general case where the only known structure is given by the generating matrix G. We also present a new soft-decision decoding based on HDGA and the Chase algorithm (SDGA). The simulations, applied on some binary Linear Block Codes, show that the genetic decoder h...

Bayesian model averaging (BMA) methods are regularly used to deal with model uncertainty in regression models. This paper shows how to introduce Bayesian model averaging methods in quantile regressions, and allow for di¤erent predictors to a¤ect di¤erent quantiles of the dependent variable. I show that quantile regression BMA methods can help reduce uncertainty regarding outcomes of future in‡a...

Abstract Prejudice and bias-motivated aggression (BMA) are pervasive social problems. Scholars have tested numerous competing theoretical models to demonstrate the key predicates of prejudice BMA, including intergroup contact, dual process (i.e., right-wing authoritarianism dominance orientation), perceived injustice, peer socialization, empathy. Yet, studies date not empirically examined compa...