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... research, edited and evaluated the manuscript and provided clinical relevance and guidance for the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare ... study and is primary author who performed the majority of the research PC performed statistical analysis and co-authored the manuscript CF developed the statistical software package in order to ... technique represents a training set of landmark data using the Figure Clavicle models Source and target clavicle models mean landmarks and a set of eigenvectors which represent the linearly independent...
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... distributions to problem P Corollary 2.5 Let F f g be such that f, g : D × 0, ∞ → R satisfy (C and (P M , f satisfies (Cc , and g satisfies (Cg Then, if for each j ≥ there exist uj and uj a lower andan ... 1975 R P Agarwal, D O’Regan, V Lakshmikantham, and S Leela, An upper and lower solution theory for singular Emden-Fowler equations,” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, vol 3, no 2, ... upper solution to Pj Therefore, for every j ≥ so large, we have a lower andan upper solution to Pj , respectively, such that 2.2 is satisfied and so, Corollary 2.5 guarantees that problem P has...
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... writing (12b) and (12c) as , 2 vectors Now, suppose for simplicity that X is a matrix such that all factors and levels in X, and X are represented in X and let ZI Z Write 3’ = =Z Z where Q, and Q, are ... opening and season of calving, sex and birth weight of the calf, and calving difficulty score (1: normal birth, 2: slight assistance, 3: assisted, 4: mechanical aid, and 5: cesarean) For the purpose ... symmetric and positive definite is a «nested» Gauss-Seidel one needs to return to (47) andto the back solution, and work with (48) The cycle finishes when the solutions y stabilize (VAN NORTON, 1960)...
... would like to thank the Associate Editor and two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions, and Gonzalo I Pereira, Carlos R Lopez, Lucıa Surraco and Fabian Gonzalez for field ... Poisson and ZIP models for spots in sheep 385 pffiffiffiffiffi as discrepancy statistic, where kk in the numerator is the mean, and kk in the denominator is the standard deviation; for the ZIP model, the mean ... Histograms of Spearman rank correlations between true and posterior means of ram breeding values H4 scenario for models Pe (a) and Ze (b) the predicted values (posterior mean) was calculated for...
... run and will be driven from the market Prices are also important tools used by competitors in their struggle for existence and for a position in the market Pricing is an extremely important job ... historic conditions under which it developed Knowledge of the historic sources and statutes is a necessary foundation to the description and analysis of current provisions Analysing historic changes ... integration into the world market economy Practical value: This dissertation may also help to satisfy the demands of both enterprises and consumers who wish to understand the concepts and forms of...
... in any Territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory or Territories and ... This is due to the fact that there are many ways to win and competing fairly is more difficult and requires more from the competitor’s talents, morals, will, patience, and many other factors, while ... step to orient and build a framework for all provisions and decisions on the matter in the legal system Therefore, they must be examined with a view to a clear and precise understanding before...
... schools to universities because it serves as an international language and as a mean to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between Vietnam and other countries In fact, more and more people ... some disadvantages that led to difficulties teachers have to overcome in order to prepare and organize class activities which are effective and attractive to students Vast time and effort investment ... Thiagarajan, S (1999) Teamwork and teamplay: Games and activities for building and training teams San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 10.Underhill, Adrian 1994 Sound foundations Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann...
... service, and enable regulatory compliance Banks need to make profit by providing loans, so it is important for them to choose profitable targets to lend money to Credit scoring helps banks to the ... China’s financial markets Financial institutions need to be more rigorous and careful in assessing the personal credit history, credit behavior and other factors to determine whether to business ... modificatio ns, and deeds-in- lieu of foreclosure) prior to the performance-cutoff-date are included in the dataset It includes loan- level origination and monthly loan performance data on a portion of...