River sedimentation is an important indicator for ecological and geomorphological
assessments of soil erosion within any watershed region. Sediment transport in a river basin …

This review examines the state of Bayesian thinking as Statistics in Medicine was launched
in 1982, reflecting particularly on its applicability and uses in medical research. It then looks …

A common goal of many clinical research studies is the development of a reliable clinical
decision rule, which can be used to classify new patients into clinically-important categories …

The toxicity of pesticides on human reproduction is largely unknown--particularly how
mixtures of pesticide products might affect fetal toxicity. The Ontario Farm Family Health …

To guide soil fertility investment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, better understanding is
needed of the relative importance of soil and crop management factors in determining …

The ordinary multiple linear regression model is frequently used and has parameters that
are easily interpreted. In this chapter we study a general class of regression models, those …

Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus associated with fatal disease in progressively
infected cats. While testing/removal and vaccination led to a decreased prevalence of FeLV …

The model selection strategy is an important determinant of the performance and
acceptance of a medical diagnostic decision support system based on supervised learning …

BACKGROUND: The rapid development of new biomarkers increasingly motivates
multimarker studies to assess/compare the value of different markers for risk stratification or …

Abstract In South Asia, wheat is typically grown in favorable environments, although policies
promoting intensification in Bangladesh's stress-prone coastal zone have resulted in …