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View article: Can centrifugation improve cryotolerance of bovine embryos produced in vitro?
Can centrifugation improve cryotolerance of bovine embryos produced in vitro? Open
We tested the effects of centrifuging in vitro matured bovine oocytes for varying times on embryo development and cryotolerance. The oocytes were divided into four groups: control (GC) and centrifuged groups [5433 x g: G5, n = 463 (5 min);…
View article: Responsiveness of Candidate Genes on CoPv01CDRK/PhgPv01CDRK Loci in Common Bean Challenged by Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot Pathogens
Responsiveness of Candidate Genes on CoPv01CDRK/PhgPv01CDRK Loci in Common Bean Challenged by Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot Pathogens Open
Anthracnose (ANT) and angular leaf spot (ALS) are significant diseases in common bean, leading to considerable yield losses under specific environmental conditions. The California Dark Red Kidney (CDRK) bean cultivar is known for its resis…
View article: Responsiveness of Candidate Genes on CoPv01CDRK/PhgPv01CDRK Loci in Common Bean Challenged by Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot Pathogens
Responsiveness of Candidate Genes on CoPv01CDRK/PhgPv01CDRK Loci in Common Bean Challenged by Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot Pathogens Open
Anthracnose (ANT) and angular leaf spot (ALS) are significant diseases in common bean, leading to considerable yield losses under specific environmental conditions. The California Dark Red Kidney (CDRK) bean cultivar is known for its resis…
View article: Exploring in vitro solubility of lamotrigine in physiologically mimetic conditions to prospect the in vivo dissolution in pediatric population
Exploring in vitro solubility of lamotrigine in physiologically mimetic conditions to prospect the in vivo dissolution in pediatric population Open
Pediatric drugs knowledge still leaves several gaps to be filled, all the while many biopharmaceutic properties applied to adults do not work in pediatrics. The solubility in many cases is extrapolated to pediatrics; however, sometimes it …
View article: A Flexible Probability Model for Proportion Data: Unit Gumbel Type-II Distribution, Development, Properties, Different Method of Estimations and Applications
A Flexible Probability Model for Proportion Data: Unit Gumbel Type-II Distribution, Development, Properties, Different Method of Estimations and Applications Open
In explaining and forecasting real life scenarios, statistical distributions are very helpful. It is very important to select the best fitting statistical distribution for modelling data. In analysis of real world phenomena like in reliabi…
View article: A Novel Regression Model for Fractiles: Formulation, Computational Aspects, and Applications to Medical Data
A Novel Regression Model for Fractiles: Formulation, Computational Aspects, and Applications to Medical Data Open
Covariate-related response variables that are measured on the unit interval frequently arise in diverse studies when index and proportion data are of interest. A regression on the mean is commonly used to model this relationship. Instead o…
View article: Description of health patterns of fully vaccinated older adults hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Brazil through association rules
Description of health patterns of fully vaccinated older adults hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Brazil through association rules Open
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global public health problem. Since the beginning of the pandemic, notified in March 2020, Brazil has shown high lethality from the disease in older adults. From 2012 to 2018, the country showed…
View article: Clinical condition patterns of fully vaccinated brazilian patients of working age hospitalized due to severe Covid-19 according to ICU admission status
Clinical condition patterns of fully vaccinated brazilian patients of working age hospitalized due to severe Covid-19 according to ICU admission status Open
Objective: Discover patterns of clinical condition using data from patients of working age who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19, hospitalized due to the severe form of the disease, according to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission sta…
View article: THE ZERO, ONE AND ZERO-AND-ONE-INFLATED NEW UNIT-LINDLEY DISTRIBUTIONS
THE ZERO, ONE AND ZERO-AND-ONE-INFLATED NEW UNIT-LINDLEY DISTRIBUTIONS Open
In this paper, we propose the zero, one and zero-and-one-inflated New unit-Lindley distributions as natural extensions of the New unit-Lindley distribution to model continuous responses measured at the following intervals [0, 1), (0, 1] an…
View article: Routine laboratory biomarkers used to predict Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria involved in bloodstream infections
Routine laboratory biomarkers used to predict Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria involved in bloodstream infections Open
This study evaluated routine laboratory biomarkers (RLB) to predict the infectious bacterial group, Gram-positive (GP) or Gram-negative (GN) associated with bloodstream infection (BSI) before the result of blood culture (BC). A total of 13…
View article: Can Routine Laboratory Biomarkers Predict Bloodstream Infections by Gram-negative Bacteria?
Can Routine Laboratory Biomarkers Predict Bloodstream Infections by Gram-negative Bacteria? Open
Bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria (BSI-GN) pose clinical challenges due to their severity and difficulty of treatment.Thus, the present study demonstrated the ability of routine laboratorial biomarkers (RLB) values to…
View article: Vasicek Quantile and Mean Regression Models for Bounded Data: New Formulation, Mathematical Derivations, and Numerical Applications
Vasicek Quantile and Mean Regression Models for Bounded Data: New Formulation, Mathematical Derivations, and Numerical Applications Open
The Vasicek distribution is a two-parameter probability model with bounded support on the open unit interval. This distribution allows for different and flexible shapes and plays an important role in many statistical applications, especial…
View article: RELIABILITY STUDIES OF GENERALIZED SIBUYA DISTRIBUTION AND ITS APPLICATION
RELIABILITY STUDIES OF GENERALIZED SIBUYA DISTRIBUTION AND ITS APPLICATION Open
In this paper, we have studied the generalized Sibuya distribution from a reliability point of view.It turns out that this distribution has the logconvex property and hence is infinitely divisible.This enables us to study the monotonic pro…
View article: Inferences for the Change-Point of The Exponentiated Weibull Hazard Function
Inferences for the Change-Point of The Exponentiated Weibull Hazard Function Open
In many applications of lifetime data analysis, it is important to perform inferences about the change-point of the hazard function. The change-point could be a maximum for unimodal hazard functions or a minimum for bathtub forms of hazard…
View article: Lifetime Models with Nonconstant Shape Parameters
Lifetime Models with Nonconstant Shape Parameters Open
In its standard form, a lifetime regression model usually assumes that the time until an event occurs has a constant shape parameter and a scale parameter that is a function of covariates. In this paper we consider lifetime models with sha…
View article: Modeling epidemic growth curves using nonlinear rational polynomial equations: an application to Brazil's COVID-19 data
Modeling epidemic growth curves using nonlinear rational polynomial equations: an application to Brazil's COVID-19 data Open
This paper reports a broad study using epidemic-related counting data of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The considered dataset refers to Brazil's daily and accumulated counts of reported cases and deaths in …
View article: Bias-Corrected Maximum Likelihood Estimators of the Parameters of the Unit-Weibull Distribution
Bias-Corrected Maximum Likelihood Estimators of the Parameters of the Unit-Weibull Distribution Open
It is well known that the maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) have appealing statistical properties. Under fairly mild conditions their asymptotic distribution is normal, and no other estimator has a smaller asymptotic variance.However, in…
View article: A New Quantile Regression for Modeling Bounded Data under a Unit Birnbaum–Saunders Distribution with Applications in Medicine and Politics
A New Quantile Regression for Modeling Bounded Data under a Unit Birnbaum–Saunders Distribution with Applications in Medicine and Politics Open
Quantile regression provides a framework for modeling the relationship between a response variable and covariates using the quantile function. This work proposes a regression model for continuous variables bounded to the unit interval base…
View article: Bivariate Weibull Distributions Derived From Copula Functions In The Presence Of Cure Fraction And Censored Data
Bivariate Weibull Distributions Derived From Copula Functions In The Presence Of Cure Fraction And Censored Data Open
In this paper, for evaluating and comparing the heterogeneous balance-variation order pair of any two decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) theories, in which one has larger balance and smaller variation, and on the con…
View article: L-Moments and Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Complementary Beta Distribution with Applications on Temperature Extremes
L-Moments and Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Complementary Beta Distribution with Applications on Temperature Extremes Open
Although the two-parameter Beta distribution is the standard distribution for analyzing data in the unit interval, there are in the literature some useful and interesting alternatives which are often under-used. An example is the two param…
View article: Comparison of estimation methods for unit-Gamma distribution
Comparison of estimation methods for unit-Gamma distribution Open
In this study we have considered different methods of estimation of the unknown parameters of a two-parameter unit-Gamma (UG) distribution from the frequentists point of view. First, we briefly describe different frequentists approaches: m…
View article: Pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin in obese and nonobese subjects
Pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin in obese and nonobese subjects Open
Aims To compare the pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin (AMX) in obese and nonobese subjects, given as single dose 875‐mg tablets. Methods A prospective, single‐centre, open‐label, clinical study was carried out involving 10 nonobese and 20 ob…
View article: Validation of Stepwise-Based Procedure in GAMLSS
Validation of Stepwise-Based Procedure in GAMLSS Open
One of the key features in regression models consists in selecting appropriate characteristics that explain the behavior of the response variable, in which stepwise-based procedures occupy a prominent position. In this paper we performed s…
View article: THE TRANSMUTED HALF-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION WITH APPLICATION TO PRECIPITATION DATA
THE TRANSMUTED HALF-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION WITH APPLICATION TO PRECIPITATION DATA Open
The Half-Normal distribution has been intensively extended in the recent years. A review of the literature showed that at least 10 extensions of the Half-Normal distribution were introduced between 2008 and 2016. These extensions generaliz…
View article: In vitro embryo production in Nelore cows supplemented with calcium salts of long-chain fatty acid
In vitro embryo production in Nelore cows supplemented with calcium salts of long-chain fatty acid Open
This study was performed to evaluate the effects of supplementation of lactating Nelore cows with calcium salts of long-chain fatty acids (Ca-LCFA) of soybean oil on in vitro oocytes competency, cleavage rate, embryo production rate, pregn…