Intolerance to lactose owing to deficiency of lactase is particularly prevalent among non-Caucasian peoples. Special caution is therefore needed in offering them milk supplements. Lactose tolerance has been investigated among the !Kung in the north-western Kalahari. The opportunity was taken also to examine their acetylator status, as this affects their ability to detoxicate drugs given for the...

Yueh-Nan Chen,1,2,* Che-Ming Li,3,† Neill Lambert,2,‡ Shin-Liang Chen,1 Yukihiro Ota,2 Guang-Yin Chen,4 and Franco Nori2,5 1Department of Physics and National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan 2CEMS, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan 3Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan 4Department of...

Department of Endocrinology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan School of Medicine, Fujen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Gastroenterology, Central Medicine Hospital Group, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei Uni...

Multinomial Data By KWANG WOO AHN and KUNG-SIK CHAN Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA [email protected] [email protected] Summary We propose a new, block Gibbs sampling scheme for incomplete multinomial data. The new approach facilitates maximal blocking, thereby reducing serial dependency and speeding up the convergence of the ...

The fractional integrated process has been widely studied since the seminal work of Granger and Joyeus (1980). However, most of the tests for fractional integration are time-domain tests. This paper contributes to the ∗We would like to thank Jianqing Fan, N.H. Chan and Yin-Wong Cheung for helpful comments. We also thank Carrella Ernesto and Lumpkin Samuel Mcspadden for able research assistance....

ABSTRACT Introduction Aerobic and anaerobic skills are essential characteristics in Kung Fu competitions. Research concerning their repercussions on athletes’ body composition has gained emphasis due to increased sports competitiveness. Squat training is used martial arts, but there no reports about the results kung fu practitioners. Objective Investigate effects of squat lower limb strength at...

چکیده the issue of validity and non-validity of absolute conjecture, although frequently studied and researched by great scholars, is still in need of further research, since the studies and researches carried out so far are typically based on the presuppositions that have been regarded as indisputable and needless of study and research; whereas, in fact, they are not indisputable and need furt...