Astrid Oberson, Else K. Bünemann, Dennis K. Friesen, I.M. Rao, Paul C. Smithson, Benjamin L. Turner, and Emmanuel Frossard, Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT) and International Q1 Fertili...

MOTIVATION Gene class testing (GCT) is a statistical approach to determine whether some functionally predefined classes of genes express differently under two experimental conditions. GCT computes the P-value of each gene class based on the null distribution and the gene classes are ranked for importance in accordance with their P-values. Currently, two null hypotheses have been considered: the...

Let the functions q1 be analytic and let q2 be analytic univalent in the unit disk. Using the methods of differential subordination and superordination, sufficient conditions involving the Schwarzian derivative of a normalized analytic function f are obtained so that either q1 z ≺ zf ′ z /f z ≺ q2 z or q1 z ≺ 1 zf ′′ z /f ′ z ≺ q2 z . As applications, sufficient conditions are determined relati...

Strategic games: simultaneous choices of 2 or more players • 2 firms: P1 sets q1 and maximizes payoff π1(q1, q2), P2 sets q2 and maximizes payoff π2(q1, q2). Want simultaneous optimal choices given the other player’s choice. • Chapters 2: Finite number of choices for each player • Chapters 3: Continuous choice of quantity for each player • Chapter 4: Play choices probabilistically, mixed strate...

background : this study aimed to analysis the inequalities of mortality of children under 5 years in west africa by examining the determinants and contributing factors to the overall inequality concentration in these countries. method : data used came from the dhs surveys conducted in the six countries in west africa: burkina faso (2010), benin (2006), cote d'ivoire 2011), ghana (2008), mali (2...

Little is known about neighborhood attributes that may influence opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity in relation to breast cancer mortality. We used data from the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium and the California Neighborhoods Data System (CNDS) to examine the neighborhood environment, body mass index, and mortality after breast cancer. We studied 8,995 Afri...

CONTEXT Testosterone (T) levels decline with age and lower T has been associated with increased mortality in aging men. However, the associations of its metabolites, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and estradiol (E2), with mortality are poorly defined. OBJECTIVE We assessed associations of T, DHT, and E2 with all-cause and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in older men. PARTICIPANTS Particip...

We give a reformulation of a six-parameter family of coupled Painlevé VI systems with affine Weyl group symmetry of type D (1) 6 . We also study some Hamiltonian structures of this system. 0. Introduction In the present paper, we propose a 6-parameter family of four-dimensional coupled Painlevé VI systems with affine Weyl group symmetry of type D (1) 6 . Our differential system is equivalent to...

Stiffness- and relaxation-based diastolic function (DF) assessment can characterize the presence, severity, and mechanism of dysfunction. Although frequency-based characterization of arterial function is routine (input impedance, characteristic impedance, arterial wave reflection), DF assessment via frequency-based methods incorporating optimization/efficiency criteria is lacking. By definition...

OBJECTIVE We sought to test whether variations across regions in end-of-life (EOL) treatment intensity are associated with regional differences in patient preferences for EOL care. RESEARCH DESIGN Dual-language (English/Spanish) survey conducted March to October 2005, either by mail or computer-assisted telephone questionnaire, among a probability sample of 3480 Medicare part A and/or B eligi...