The Richards model comprises several popular sigmoidal and monomolecular growth curves. We illustrate fitting of a Bayesian by splitting the full into submodels, followed selection procedure. performance methodology is evaluated Monte Carlo simulations. A double-sigmoidal version applied to grape bunch weight based on data from New Zealand vineyard over single growing period. size data. Represe...

Making high quality but affordable Pinot noir (PN) wine is challenging in most terroirs and New Zealand (NZ)’s situation no exception. To increase the probability of making highly typical PN wines, producers choose to grow grapes cool climates on lower fertility soils while adopting labour intensive practices. Stringent yield targets higher input costs necessarily mean that cost high, profitabi...

Summary In order to examine the Summary .growth status or children in Tehran nurseries in comparison to the international standards, height and Weight in 526 boys and 557 girls 3 to 7 year old in 7 nurseries located in the well­to-do areas of the capital were surveyed and compared to the National Center for Health Statistics figures. 54.5% or the children were between -1 SD to + 1 SD weight fo...