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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have quickly become the norm in dissecting the genetic basis of complex diseases. Family-based association approaches have the advantages of being robust to possible hidden population structure in samples. Most of these methods were developed with limited markers. Their applicability and performance for GWAS need to be examined. In this report, we evaluate...

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We study the basic structure of a HCMU metric in a K-Surface with prescribed singularities. When the underlying smooth surface is S, we prove the necessary condition given in [1] for the existence of HCMU metric is also sufficient.

We give a combinatorial interpretation for the super Catalan number S(m,m + s) for s ≤ 3 using lattice paths and make an attempt at a combinatorial interpretation for s = 4. We also examine the integrality of some factorial ratios.

Economic growth has multiplied the environmental challenges faced by the People’s Republic of China but has also created opportunities, by increasing available funding for environmental management and conservation. At the nexus of these countervailing trends, policy makers have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management under the broad heading of “eco-compensation”. Many...