Calibration and prediction in conceptual rainfallrunoff (CRR) modelling is affected by the sampling and measurement uncertainty in the forcing/response data and by the structural error of the model conceptualisation. The Bayesian Total Error Analysis methodology (BATEA) offers a robust approach to deal with these multiple sources of uncertainty. The core idea is to pose the model calibration as...

* Alicia H. Munnell is the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) and the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. April Yanyuan Wu is a research economist at the CRR. The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The authors would like to thank Laura Quinb...

BACKGROUND Chemistry safety assessments are interpreted by using chemistry reference ranges (CRRs). Verification of CRRs is time consuming and often requires a statistical background. OBJECTIVES We report on an easy and cost-saving method to verify CRRs. METHODS Using a former method introduced by Sigma Diagnostics, three study sites in sub-Saharan Africa, Bondo, Kenya, and Pretoria and Blo...

We used a quantitative genetics approach and estimated broad sense heritability (h2b) of myxospore count and the number of genes involved in myxospore formation to gain a better understanding of how resistance to Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite responsible for whirling disease, is inherited in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. An M. cerebralis-resistant strain of rainbow trout, the German R...

BACKGROUND mRNA for biomarkers of kidney injury extracted from urinary exosomes may reflect or predict levels of the corresponding protein after transplantation and clinical outcomes. METHODS Urinary exosomes were isolated from patients following renal transplantation, from healthy controls, and patients with CKD. Expression of exosomal mRNA for the injury biomarkers neutrophil gelatinase-ass...

The development of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss strains that are resistant to whirling disease has shown promise as a management tool for populations in areas where Myxobolus cerebralis is present. However, the physiological effects of the disease on characteristics necessary for fish survival in natural river conditions have not been tested in many of these strains. Five rainbow trout str...

Anatomical airways parameters, such as length, diameter and angles, have a strong effect on the flow dynamics. Aiming to explore of variations bifurcation angle (BA) carina rounding radius (CRR) lower human respiratory processes, numerical simulations airflow during inhalation exhalation were performed using synthetic models. Geometries for models parameterized based set different BA’s several ...

ABSTRACT The cosmological recombination radiation (CRR) is one of the guaranteed spectral distortion signals from early Universe. CRR photons hydrogen and helium pre-date last scattering process as such allow probing physical phenomena in pre-recombination era. Here, we compute modifications to caused by dark energy models varying electromagnetic fundamental constants. These new physics example...

The Change readiness research method (CRR) has become a wellknown method in Denmark to identify issues needed to be discussed on a hospital ward before implementation of a new IT-system and to start a dialogue. A precondition for a constructive dialogue, however, is a high degree of participation. The latest experiences of the CRR method were gained from its use in eight wards in the Danish Gep...