ABSTRACT The magnitude of many biological traits relates strongly and regularly to body size. Consequently, a major goal comparative biology is understand apply these ‘size-scaling’ relationships, traditionally quantified by using linear regression analyses based on log-transformed data. However, recently some investigators have questioned this traditional method, arguing that or non-linear unt...

Abstract In many areas of healthcare, digitization has progressed only slowly so far. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in particular shown how valuable software solutions that are deployable at short notice, can be. this review we present some selected possibilities the easy-to-learn programming language R and demonstrate potential applications package Shiny fields statistical analysis laboratory medici...