When the additional sample for the second stage may not be available, one-stage multiple comparisons for exponential median lifetimes with the control under heteroscedasticity including one-sided and two-sided confidence intervals are proposed in thi...
Under doubly censoring, the one-stage multiple comparison procedures with the control in terms of exponential median lifetimes are presented. The uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator for median lifetime is found. The upper bounds, lower boun...
Making use of uniformly minimum-variance unbiased estimators for the parameters of two-parameter exponential distributions and the distribution of pivotal quantities, we propose one-stage multiple comparison procedures for k mean lifetimes with the a...
In this paper, the design constant is determined based on a criterion of probability of correct detection for a given deviation of k location parameters from the average being at least γ for the two-stage multiple comparisons for location param...
In sequential tests, typically a (pairwise) multiple comparison procedure (MCP) is performed after an omnibus test (an overall equality test). In general, when an omnibus test (e.g., overall equality of multiple proportions test) is rejected, then we...
We show that the one-way ANOVA and Tukey–Kramer (TK) tests agree on any sample with two groups. This result is based on a simple identity connecting the Fisher–Snedecor and studentized probabilistic distributions and is proven without any additional...
Under heteroscedasticity, we propose one-stage multiple comparison procedures for several treatment groups compared with several control groups in terms of exponential mean lifetimes. The simultaneous confidence intervals including one-sided and two-...
The determination of the grades and interval of quantitative characteristics is an important job while we draft new distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) test guidelines. Grading criteria should be adjusted because of the effect of year and si...
A significant challenge for fMRI research is statistically controlling for false positives without omitting true effects. Although a number of traditional methods for multiple comparison correction exist, several alternative tools have been developed...
The interval multiplicative pairwise comparison matrix (IMPCM) is widely used to model human judgments affected by uncertainty and/or ambiguity. To improve the quality of an IMPCM, consistency is not sufficient. The indeterminacy should also be withi...
Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) is a Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy with the potential for long-term disease control in heavily pre-treated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). As cilta-cel was assessed in the si...
Generally, following an omnibus (overall equality) test, multiple pairwise comparison (MPC) tests are typically conducted as the second step in a sequential testing procedure to identify which specific pairs (e.g., proportions) exhibit significant di...
The satisfaction of users is important for the success of government information systems. According to a satisfaction survey of X city’s Road Excavation Management Information System with 221 valid questionnaires in 2023 in Taiwan, however, the...
The pairwise comparison (PC) matrix is often used to manifest human judgments, and it has been successfully applied in the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). As a PC matrix is formed by making paired reciprocal comparisons, symmetry is a striking char...
In today’s research environment characterized by exponential data growth and increasing complexity, the selection of appropriate statistical tests, tailored to research objectives and data distributions, is paramount for rigorous analysis and a...
Detection and quantification of microplastics are undermined by the absence of appropriate methods in some contexts—such as a statistically principled LOD for particle-count data—but more pervasively by the uncritical application of osten...
Exploratory lag-resolved correlation analysis is widely used when potential dependence between concurrently recorded signals may be delayed, transient, or weak. In autocorrelated time series, however, scanning across candidate lags creates a multiple...
D number theory removes the constraints of mutual exclusion and completeness in the frame of discernment of DS evidence theory, and is therefore widely used to deal with uncertain and incomplete information. EDAS (evaluation based on distance from av...
Primers based on the cDNA sequence of the goose growth hormone (GH) gene in GenBank were designed to amplify exon 2 of the GH gene in Huoyan goose. A total of 552 individuals were brooded in one batch and raised in Liaoning and Jiangsu Provinces, Chi...
Music data exhibits numerous distinct symmetric and asymmetric patterns—ranging from symmetric pitch sequences and rhythmic cycles to asymmetric phrase structures and dynamic shifts. These varied and often subjective patterns present notable ch...
Landscape metrics have been of game changing importance in the analysis of ecosystems’ composition and landscape cohesion. With the increasing urban and agricultural expansion, the natural flora and fauna of many highly diverse areas have been...
With the advancement of new food processing technology, triploid technology has emerged as a viable option to enhance plant yield and improve crop stress resistance. However, like many emerging technologies, food produced using triploid technology ha...
Urban metro networks, characterized by their complex systems of interdependent components, are susceptible to a wide range of operational disturbances and threats. Such disruptions can cascade through the system, leading to service delays, operationa...
While COVID-19 vaccines are generally available, not all people receive vaccines. To reach herd immunity, most of a population must be vaccinated. It is, thus, important to identify factors influencing people’s vaccination preferences, as knowl...
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Missing item responses are prevalent in educational large-scale assessment studies such as the programme for international student assessment (PISA). The current operational practice scores missing item responses as wrong, but several psychometrician...
A statistical hypothesis test is one of the most eminent methods in statistics. Its pivotal role comes from the wide range of practical problems it can be applied to and the sparsity of data requirements. Being an unsupervised method makes it very fl...
Jujubae Fructus, the dried fruit of Ziziphus jujuba, has been used as Chinese medicine and food for centuries. Triterpenic acids have been found to be the major bioactive constituents in Jujubae Fructus responsible for their hepatoprotective activity...
Transfer Entropy has been applied to experimental datasets to unveil causality between variables. In particular, its application to non-stationary systems has posed a great challenge due to restrictions on the sample size. Here, we have investigated...
An automated procedure has been proposed to monitor by multispectral satellite imagery the cultivation expansion between 1987 and 2013 in the arid environment of the Fayyum Oasis (Egypt), which is subject to land reclamation. A change detection proce...
Facial recognition, as well as other types of human recognition, have found uses in identification, security, and learning about behavior, among other uses. Because of the high cost of data collection for training purposes, logistical challenges and...
Determining how to balance data utilities and data privacy when datasets are released to be utilized outside the scope of data-collecting organizations constitutes a major challenge. To achieve this aim in data collection (datasets), several privacy...
Homogenization of the time series of observed climatic data aims to remove non-climatic biases caused by technical changes during the history of the climate observations. The spatial redundancy of climate information helps to recognize station-specif...
Today, urban development faces complex global challenges that require new approaches to influence its practices and policies. By prioritizing sustainability, mobility, and community resilience, we are moving towards a holistic approach that protects...
Different flattened bamboo boards will produce different visual effects, which directly determine consumers’ preferences. However, their visual characteristics were unknown. To clarify the visual effects of flattened bamboo boards in different...
A Multiple-Temperature Model is proposed to describe the flash laser irradiation of a single layer of graphene. Zhukovsky’s mathematical approach is applied to solve the Fourier heat equations based upon quantum concepts, including heat operato...
Plant transpiration is a key element in the hydrological cycle. Widely used methods for its assessment comprise sap flux techniques for whole-plant transpiration and porometry for leaf stomatal conductance. Recently emerging approaches based on surfa...
The automated enrichment of mass-digitised document collections using techniques such as text mining is becoming increasingly popular. Enriched collections offer new opportunities for interface design to allow data-driven and visualisation-based sear...
Since the 1990s, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques have continued to advance, which has led researchers and non specialists alike to regard this technique as infallible. However, at the end of 2008, a scientific controversy and...
The changing climate and the projected increase in the variability and frequency of extreme events make accurate predictions of crop yield critically important for addressing emerging challenges to food security. Accurate and timely crop yield predic...
Background/Objectives: Multiple instance learning (MIL) is widely used for automated classification of epithelial ovarian cancer subtypes from whole slide images (WSIs), but the relative contributions of feature extractor, aggregation strategy, and c...
The principal factor contributing to the restricted accuracy of wind shear detection resides in the rapid oscillations of the wind field and the intricate characteristics of wind shear. The abrupt alterations in wind speed and direction over a short...
A traditional indifference zone (IZ) approach selects the best treatment, with a preset high probability of correct selection when the best one is much better than the second-best in line. Customarily, the effect size is the difference between the be...
Probabilistic models of glued laminated timber are a required input to structural reliability analysis, and the JCSS Probabilistic Model Code is the reference most analyses adopt without independent verification. This paper reports an experimental pr...
This paper establishes existence and uniqueness results for a generalized Ćirić–Reich–Rus interpolative contraction involving distinct forward horizons
Different studies consider the possibility of including history of mathematics in the classroom. However, its inclusion in the teaching and learning of mathematics depends on the conceptions of it that teachers have, among other factors. This study d...
In recent years, new treatments have been studied for relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), including two CAR-T products and a variety of non-CAR-T agents. Since direct comparisons between these innovative treatments are not available, indirec...
This study tends to assess implicit and explicit types of motor learning in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and normal peers by means of a serial reaction time. Sample size was 15 for each group and Samples included 30 patients with MS and 30 n...
This study aimed to determine the frequency of prophylactic steroid administration to prevent reintubation after extubation in critically ill patients. We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Library for studies regarding the preventi...
The temperature response in the soil surrounding multiple boreholes is evaluated analytically and numerically. The assumption of constant heat flux along the borehole wall is examined by coupling the problem to the heat transfer problem inside the bo...
The development of sensors applied to failure detection systems for power transformers is a critical concern since this device stands out as a strategic component of the electric power system. Among the most common issues is the presence of partial d...
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