This paper concerns the approximate ancillary needed for higher order asymptotic likelihood inference. The existence of an exact or approximate ancillary is the key to such inference. The exact ancillary is, however, only available for transformation model and an approximate ancillary is typically very difficult to find. Fraser (1988) revealed that the high order inference can be obtained by us...

Since the first discovery of Kvbeta-subunits more than 15 years ago, many more ancillary Kv channel subunits were characterized, for example, KChIPs, KCNEs, and BKbeta-subunits. The ancillary subunits are often integral parts of native Kv channels, which, therefore, are mostly multiprotein complexes composed of voltage-sensing and pore-forming Kvalpha-subunits and of ancillary or beta-subunits....

Ancillary services are support services which are essential for humanizing and enhancing the reliability and security of the electric power system. Reactive power ancillary service is one of the important ancillary services in a restructured electricity market which determines the cost of supplying ancillary services and finding of how this cost would change with respect to operating decisions....

In a parametric statistical model, a function of the data is said to be ancillary if its distribution does not depend on the parameters in the model. The concept of ancillary statistics is one of R. A. Fisher’s fundamental contributions to statistical inference. Fisher motivated the principle of conditioning on ancillary statistics by an argument based on relevant subsets, and by a closely rela...

The definition of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) originally appeared in 1969 and was modified 2 decades later. During the following 15 years, an enormous amount of additional information has emerged, justifying additional refinement of the definition of SIDS to incorporate epidemiologic features, risk factors, pathologic features, and ancillary test findings. An expert panel of pediatric a...

BACKGROUND Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDT) may influence physician decision-making. Single-center studies suggest that influenza diagnosed in association with RIDT reduces ancillary testing and antibiotic prescribing. The extent of RIDT use in US emergency departments (EDs) and their impact on patient management are unknown. We examined the use of RIDT and its effect on influenza manage...

The Institute of Medicine noted that effective substance abuse treatment (SAT) programs integrate individual therapeutic approaches with transitional/ancillary services. In addition, research suggests that type of ownership impacts SAT services offered and that Medicaid plays a key role in SAT access. Data from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for the years 2000 and 200...

In order to ensure the quality of supply in the electric energy system the ancillary services frequency and voltage control are necessary. With regard to the ongoing decentralization of power supply, approaches are being investigated to provide those ancillary services by decentralized units some of which are highly volatile in power generation. This leads to the question of the reliability wit...

since public sector enterprises poor performance become evident, privatization as a means of improving such enterprises performance and curbing government interference in business activities has attracted much attention at national policy making levels. privatization is a complex and long term process the effect of which may appear over a long period of tome. there fore, considering it a limpid...

The Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing high quality continuing education for chiropractors and osteopaths. In the past the College has focussed its education programs on the diagnostic and clinical sciences but for its 'Third Biennial Conference' held in October 1999 the theme was on soft tissue therapies. The conference was ent...