[HTML][HTML] Beyond t test and ANOVA: applications of mixed-effects models for more rigorous statistical analysis in neuroscience research

Z Yu, M Guindani, SF Grieco, L Chen, TC Holmes, X Xu - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
In basic neuroscience research, data are often clustered or collected with repeated
measures, hence correlated. The most widely used methods such as t test and ANOVA do …

Convergence diagnostics for markov chain monte carlo

V Roy - Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is one of the most useful approaches to scientific
computing because of its flexible construction, ease of use, and generality. Indeed, MCMC is …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

[HTML][HTML] Introduction to Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics: An innovative method for social and psychological research

MH Nguyen, VP La, TT Le, QH Vuong - MethodsX, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The paper introduces Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics, a new
analytical tool for investigating socio, psychological, and behavioral phenomena. The …

A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night

D Sanders, E Frago, R Kehoe, C Patterson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural light cycles are being eroded over large areas of the globe by the direct emissions
and sky brightening that result from sources of artificial night-time light. This is predicted to …

glmmTMB balances speed and flexibility among packages for zero-inflated generalized linear mixed modeling

ME Brooks, K Kristensen, KJ Van Benthem… - The R …, 2017 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Count data can be analyzed using generalized linear mixed models when observations are
correlated in ways that require random effects. However, count data are often zero-inflated …

A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

M Wuttke, Y Li, M Li, KB Sieber, MF Feitosa, M Gorski… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is responsible for a public health burden with multi-systemic
complications. Through trans-ancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of …

Convergent somatic mutations in metabolism genes in chronic liver disease

SWK Ng, FJ Rouhani, SF Brunner, N Brzozowska… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The progression of chronic liver disease to hepatocellular carcinoma is caused by the
acquisition of somatic mutations that affect 20–30 cancer genes,,,,,,–. Burdens of somatic …

Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents

P Soroye, T Newbold, J Kerr - Science, 2020 - science.org
Climate change could increase species' extinction risk as temperatures and precipitation
begin to exceed species' historically observed tolerances. Using long-term data for 66 …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

C Sheard, MHC Neate-Clegg, N Alioravainen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
An organism's ability to disperse influences many fundamental processes, from speciation
and geographical range expansion to community assembly. However, the patterns and …