Article history: Received 31 December 2009 Received in revised form 7 September 2010 Accepted 20 September 2010 Available online 25 September 2010

A new method for the elimination of uninformative variables in multivariate data sets is proposed. To achieve this, artificial (noise) variables are added and a closed form of the PLS or PCR model is obtained for the data set containing the experimental and the artificial variables. The experimental variables that do not have more importance than the artificial variables, as judged from a crite...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among perceived service encounter quality, service value, patient satisfaction, and behavioral intention in physical therapy patients. [Subjects and Methods] This study surveyed 335 patients who received physical therapy treatment at five medical institutions in Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea. This study conducted path analy...

U. Christaki, F. Van Wambeke, D. Lefevre, A. Lagaria, L. Prieur, M. Pujo-Pay, J.-D. Grattepanche, J. Colombet, S. Psarra, J. R. Dolan, T. Sime-Ngando, P. Conan, M. G. Weinbauer, and T. Moutin INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d’Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France INSU-CNRS, UMR 6117, LGEM, Laboratoire de Microbiologie...