In clinical practice, patients' balance can be assessed using standard scales. Two of the most validated clinical tests for measuring balance are the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and the MultiDirectional Reach Test (MDRT). Nowadays, inertial sensors (IS) are employed for kinematic analysis of functional tests in the clinical setting, and have become an alternative to expensive, 3D optical motion ...

This paper examines issues related to various decision-based analytic approaches to sequential choice of projects, with special motivation from and application in the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, the Pearson index and Gittins index are considered as key strategic decision-making tools for the selection of R&D projects. It presents a proof of optimality of the Pearson index based on t...

In general, the distribution of residuals cannot be obtained explicitly. We give an asymptotic formula for the density of Pearson residuals in continuous generalized linear models corrected to order n−1, where n is the sample size. We define corrected Pearson residuals for these models that, to this order of approximation, have exactly the same distribution of the true Pearson residuals. Applic...

The introduction of a quinacrine staining technique for identifying human chromosomes (Zech, 1969) also permitted recognition of the human Y chromosome in non-dividing cells (Pearson, Bobrow & Vosa, 1970), including spermatozoa (Pearson & Bobrow, 1970; Barlow & Vosa, 1970). The ability to distinguish between human Xand Y-bearing spermatozoa has been used in estimating the difference in the DNA ...

The study is aimed at exploring empirical headway derived from Erlang and Pearson type III distribution and comparing the resultant distributions. The Erlang distribution is a simplified form of the Pearson type III. In circumstance where vehicle overtaking is very limited and the ensuing headway values are small, Pearson type IIIor the Erlang distribution may be used to represent the headway f...