The statistical analysis of discrete data has been the subject of extensive statistical research dating back to the work of Pearson. In this survey we review some recently developed methods for testing hypotheses about high-dimensional multinomials. Traditional tests like the χ-test and the likelihood ratio test can have poor power in the high-dimensional setting. Much of the research in this a...

The process capability indices are widely used by quality professionals as an estimate of process capability. The lower confidence limits of PCIs are difficult to be estimated by parametric methods for some non-normal distributed processes. The non-parametric but computer intensive Bootstrap techniques are utilized for these cases. The Percentile-t Bootstrap (PTB) method is used to estimate the...

Laboratory examination included the following: white blood cell count 8.28 g?L with 43% neutrophils; haemoglobulin 16.3 g?L; haematocrit 47%; erythrocyte sedimentation rate 1 mm in the first h and C-reactive protein 1.55 mg?L. The results of renal function tests and biochemistry were within normal limits. Sputum specimens for culture and sensitivity and total blood count were negative. A plain ...

The effect of ingesting seaweed "Kombu" (Laminaria japonica) on thyroid function was studied in normal Japanese adults. Ingesting 15 and 30 g of Kombu (iodine contents: 35 and 70 mg) daily for a short term (7-10 days) significantly increased serum thyrotropin (TSH) concentrations, exceeding the normal limits in some subjects. The serum free thyroxine (FT(4)) and/or free 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine ...

Hypoparathyroidism is characterized by insufficient parathyroid hormone (PTH) release from the glands to maintain serum calcium level within normal limits and unresponsiveness of target tissues despite PTH level. defined as low or inappropriately In this narrative review, we discuss etiology hypoparathyroidism in children.

background: globozoospermia is a rare (incidence of 0.1% among andrological patients) and poorly understood condition, but a severe disorder in male infertility. this case report detailed the course of treatment and protocol of a patient with type 1 globozoospermia using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) and oocyte activation by calcium ionophore, which yielded conception and birth of a h...

we prove that the class of profinite groups $g$ that have a factorization $g=ab$‎ ‎with $a$ and $b$ abelian closed subgroups‎, ‎is closed under taking inverse limits‎ ‎of surjective inverse systems‎. ‎this is a generalization of a recent result by k. h. hofmann and f. g. russo‎. ‎as an application we reprove their generalization of iwasawa's structure theorem for‎ ‎quasihamiltonian pro-$p$...

Serum amylase activity was measured in 15 normal persons and in 60 liverdisease patients. Impairment of liver was assessed by serum bilirubin and thymol turbidity values. Most of the patients had serum amylase values that were well below the normal limits. Amylase activities were related to the degree of liver dysfunction, and serum amylase decreased as the bilirubin and turbidity values increa...

We report the case of a 45-year-old male patient who was referred to our department due to palpitations for the last six months, with documented episodes of regular, long RP, narrow QRS tachycardias (Fig. 1). The patient had no history of structural heart disease, his transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated normal systolic and diastolic function and the thyroid function tests were within no...