Technetium-99m-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid ((99m)Tc-DTPA) has been widely used after (131)I-ortho-hippurate ((131)I-OIH) for renography and to test renal function. Only a few reports refer to normal values range of (99m)Tc-DTPA renography half maximum time (HMT). We have measured the normal value range of (99m)Tc-DTPA renography HMT in our department, of 433 healthy kidney donors fro...

In this paper we study copula-based models for aggregation of operational risk capital across business lines in a bank. A commonly used method of summation of the value-at-risk (VaR) measures, that relies on a hypothesis of full correlation of losses, becomes inappropriate in the presence of dependence between business lines and may lead to over-estimation of the capital charge. The problem can...

We analysed pollen in short-tailed bat guano samples from Rangataua Forest and from guano and pollen found in bat holding bags used in the Kaimanawa Range, central North Island. Fifty seven percent of the pollen from Rangataua was from a previously unrecorded source and was tentatively identified as Trachycarpus fortunei (Chinese windmill palm). The significant remaining pollen was identified a...

MELISSA GROUT SMITH. Robust Hierarchical Bayes Methodology for Clinical Studies (Under the joint direction of Drs. Clarence E. Davis and Richard 1. Smith.) Outlier observations can have an adverse effect on statistical inference. Identification and elimination of such observations are one option, however, dealing with outliers in this manner has many drawbacks. An alternative approach is to uti...

The main problem of this research “was there any significant difference in reading comprehension between students who were taught by using Buzz group technique and those not the tenth graders SMA Muhammadiyah Pagaralam?” objective study was to find out whether or Pagaralam. population research all grade Pagaralam, consist of 259 students. Two classes chosen as sample they divided into e...

This study aims to determine and describe the effect of hand puppet learning media on storytelling skills motivation Palembang public elementary students. The research method used is true experiment design using Postest Only, Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. In this all class V at SD Negeri 79 as a population. sample collection technique uses purposive sampling. Data techniques questionnair...

The purpose of the present study was to examine, in highly trained cyclists, the reproducibility of cycling time to exhaustion (T(max)) at the power output equal to that attained at peak oxygen uptake (.VO2peak) during a progressive exercise test. Forty-three highly trained male cyclists (M +/- SD; age = 25 +/- 6 yrs; weight = 75 +/- 7 kg; .VO2peak = 64.8 +/- 5.2 ml.kg-1.min-1) performed two T(...

The classical random walk of which the one-step displacement variable u has a rst nite negative moment is considered. The R.W. possesses an unique stationary distribution; x is a random variable with this distribution. It is assumed that the righthand and/or the lefthand tail of the distribution of u are heavy-tailed. For the type of heavy-tailed distribution considered in this study a contract...

The classical random walk of which the one-step displacement variable u has a rst nite negative moment is considered. The R.W. possesses an unique stationary distribution; x is a random variable with this distribution. It is assumed that the righthand and/or the lefthand tail of the distribution of u are heavy-tailed. For the type of heavy-tailed distribution considered in this study a contract...