Cooccurrences of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) and thyroid cancer (DTC) have been repeatedly reported. Both CLT and DTC, mainly papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), share some epidemiological and molecular features. In fact, thyroid lymphocytic inflammatory reaction has been observed in association with PTC at variable frequency, although the precise relationship between the two diseases ...

We study the Lempel-Ziv’78 algorithm and show that its (normalized) redundancy rate tends to a Gaussian distribution for memoryless sources. We accomplish it by extending findings from our 1995 paper [4], in particular, by presenting a new simplified proof of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) for the number of phrases in the LZ’78 algorithm. As in [4], we first analyze the asymptotic behavior of ...

Construal Level Theory (CLT) [1] defines psychological distance as any object, event, or person that cannot be experienced by the self in the here and now. The goal of the present research was to demonstrate that feelings of uncertainty are closely linked to the concept of psychological distance. Two experiments tested the assumption that spatial distance and uncertainty are bidirectionally rel...

The familiar queueing principle expressed by the formula L=^\W (Little's law) can be interpreted as a relation among strong laws of large numbers (SLLNs). Here we prove central-limit-theorem (CLT) and weak-law-of-large-numbers (WLLN) versions of L = \W. For example, if the sequence of ordered pairs of interarrival times and waiting times is strictly stationary and satisfies a joint CLT, then th...

Cognitive load theory (CLT) is gaining increasing importance in the design and evaluation of instruction, both traditional and technology based. Although it is well understood as a theoretical construct, the measurement of cognitive load induced by instructional materials in general, and by multimedia instruction in particular, mainly relies on methods that are either indirect, subjective, or b...

How heterogeneous multiscale methods (HMM) handle fluctuations acting on the slow variables in fast–slow systems is investigated. In particular, it is shown via analysis of central limit theorem (CLT) and large deviation principle (LDP) that the standard version of HMM artificially amplifies these fluctuations. A simple modification of HMM, termed parallel HMM, is introduced and is shown to rem...

MARTINGALE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM FOR NONUNIFORMLY HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS SEPTEMBER 2013 LUKE MOHR, B.S., UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Professor HONG-KUN ZHANG In this thesis we study the central limit theorem (CLT) for nonuniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems. We examine cases in which polynomial decay of co...

Neonicotinoid insecticides act on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and are particularly effective against sucking pests. They are widely used in crops protection to fight against aphids, which cause severe damage. In the present study we evaluated the susceptibility of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum to the commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid (IMI), thiamethoxam (TMX) and cl...

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of fiber-optic laryngoscopy (FOL) on the weaning process from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients with a positive cuff leak test (CLT) as compared with the current recommended strategy based on corticosteroids.In this prospective observational pilot study conducted over a 1-year period in a 15-bed ICU, CLT was systematically per...