Consider a sequence of n independent observations from a population of increasing size αi, i = 1,2,... and an absolutely continuous initial distribution function. The distribution of the kth record value is represented as a countable mixture, with mixing the distribution of the kth record time and mixed the distribution of the nth order statistic. Precisely, the distribution function and (pow...

Conventional risk factors such as age, smoking, hyperlipidemia and hypertension do not explain all the mortality and morbidity due to coronary artery disease. Novel factors like plasma fibrinogen, homocysteine, C reactive protein have been recently recognized as independent risk factors for coronary artery disease. The objective of the present study was to examine the change in plasma fibrinoge...

obesity is currently considered as a serious global health problem which is influenced by environmental and genetic factors. association of genetic variants with obesity is widely scrutinized in recent years. the aim of this study was to evaluate present data on genetics of obesity in iranian population in a systematic review study. to obtain all related studies, google scholar, pubmed, and per...

A bstract. A formalism recently int roduced [4, 5] uses the met hods of statist ical mech anics to mod el the dynamics of gene t ic algor it hms (GAs) . To be of mor e general int erest this formalism must be able to descr ibe problems ot her th an the tes t cases cons idered in [5]. In this pap er , the technique is applied to th e subset sum prob lem , which is a combinatorial optimizat ion p...

The last French census (1999) found that almost all over-60s had been married only once. Both divorce and new union formation are uncommon at these ages, and conjugal life is most likely to be ended by the death of the lifetime partner. But probability of spousal loss is not the same for men and women. Excess male mortality coupled with partner age differentials (wives averaging three years you...

pod length is one of the effective components on canola yield selection on the basis of which can increase not only the seed yield but also the oil yield. molecular markers asso-ciated with long pod loci were identified in a doubled haploid population derived from a cross between the canola lines ‘quantum’ (long pod) ‘china a’ (short pod) using rapd and bulked segregant analysis. a molecular ma...

The experience of sexual abuse in childhood is very common (Jehu, 1988).The highest estimate from the USA (Wyatt & Peters, 1986) suggests that 42% of girls up to the age of 17 have experienced abuse, and the best estimate from Britain (Baker & Duncan, 1985) would give a prevalence of between 12 and 20%. Mullen et al (1993) found in a general popu lation of women in New Zealand an overall preval...

There is surprising evidence that the number of unwanted pregnancies ending in abortions has held relatively constant in France for the past twenty years, notwithstanding the spread of modern contraceptive methods which can be assumed to be highly effective. We first review the circumstances of modern contraceptive prevalence, then attempt to identify whether it has been consistent across all s...

On 1st January 2003, the population of metropolitan France was estimated to be 59.6 million, plus a further 1.8 million living in the French overseas departments, bringing the total to 61.4 million [1]. The population in metropolitan France increased by nearly 290,000 people (+ 0.5%) in 2002. This was very similar to 2001, with a slight fall in the surplus of births over deaths (natural increas...

DNA cytophotometry was used to quantify the chromosomal alterations in the bone marrow and blood of three patients with nonspecific myeloid disorders. All patients possessed a popu lation of cells with a morphologically abnormal chromosome 20, del(2OXqll). In two of the patients, the abnormal chromo some 20 showed nearly identical DNA measurements with a net loss of 0.37% of the total autosomal...