We derive the truncated version of Weibull—Pareto distribution, deriving probability density function, distribution average value, rth moment about origin, media, random generation values and maximum likelihood estimator which allows three parameters. The astrophysical applications are initial mass function for stars, luminosity galaxies Sloan Digital Sky Survey, QSO photometric 2 MASS Redshift...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TR-beta) gene result in resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH). Mutation Delta337T in the TR-beta gene has been shown to have the characteristics of RTH syndrome in mice. The aim of this work was to study the possible involvement of TR-beta receptor in thyroid modulation of ClC-2 in mouse kidney. METHODS Expression of mouse (Delta33...

BACKGROUND Mutations in the ligand-binding domain of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TR beta) gene cause the syndrome of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH). The clinical phenotype results from the antagonism of the normal TR alpha and the non-mutated TR beta alleles by the TR beta 1 mutants, via a dominant negative effect. There is, however, marked heterogeneity of organ resistance within a...

We introduce a new five-parameter distribution called the beta exponentiated Gumbel (BEG) distribution that includes the beta Gumbel, exponentiated Gumbel and Gumbel distribution. Expressions for the distribution function, density function and rth moment of the new distribution and order statistics are obtained. We discuss estimation of the parameters by maximum liklelihood ...

In this paper, we derive a single formula for the entries of the rth (r ∈ N) power of a certain real circulant matrix of odd and even order, in terms of the Chebyshev polynomials of the first and second kind. In addition, we give two Maple 13 procedures along with some numerical examples in order to verify our calculation.

BACKGROUND Hormonally-regulated histone modifications that govern positive versus negative transcription of target genes are poorly characterized despite their importance for normal and pathological endocrine function. There have been only a few studies examining chromatin modifications on target gene promoters by nuclear hormone receptors. Moreover, these studies have focused on positively-reg...

During embryonic development, the presumptive GABAergic rostral thalamus (rTh) and glutamatergic caudal thalamus (cTh) are induced by Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling from the zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI) at the rostral border of the thalamic primordium. We found that these inductions are limited to the neuroepithelium between the ZLI and the forebrain-midbrain boundary, suggesting a prepat...

UNLABELLED Most work on visual prostheses has centered on developing retinal or cortical devices. However, when retinal implants are not feasible, neuroprostheses could be implanted in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus, the intermediate relay station of visual information from the retina to the visual cortex (V1). The objective of the present study was to determine the types ...