A whole-blood test for total cholesterol has been developed that is performed in a low-cost disposable flow device without user intervention (after sample addition). The device meters the sample, separates plasma from erythrocytes, and precisely times plasma flow into various reagent compartments, including a quality-assurance chamber. Test results are displayed as a well-defined and easily rea...

Hydrological drought is defined by long-term decrease in levels and flows of water bodies. The task of this paper is to analyze and identify statistical trends of low flows in streams in the eastern Slovakia. Methodology for evaluating hydrological drought is based on statistical analysis of observed low stream flows at chosen river stations – annual and seasonal. Mann-Kendall statistical test ...

From *Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, Fort Wayne, IN, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, IN, Associates in Rehab, Miami Beach, FL. Address Correspondence: Joseph D. Fortin, DO, Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, 7230 Engle Road, Suite 210, Fort Wayne, IN 46804. Email: [email protected] Funding: There was no external funding in preparation of this manuscript. Sacroiliac joint...

Bhadradri district of the central Telangana zone is monsoon dependent as like our country in past three decades many changes and shifts rainfall was experienced by farming community. Hence, data (1991-2020) analyzed using non parametric statistical tests i.e Mann-Kendall (MK) test Sen’s slope estimator for determining trend magnitude. The Results study revealed that Z value annual significantly...

A unifying framework to test for causal effects in non-linear models is proposed. We consider a generalized linear-index regression model with endogenous regressors and no parametric assumptions on the error disturbances. To test the significance of the effect of an endogenous regressor, we propose a test statistic that is a kernel-weighted version of the rank correlation statistic (tau) of Ken...

abstract recent global warming has led to a change in the global hydrological cycle and an increase in extreme events such as flood and drought at the global and continental scales. however, at the regional scale, the magnitude of warming and the resulting changes in water resources are different from one region to another. unlike air temperature whose increase is evident throughout the world, ...