Motivated by genetic association studies of pleiotropy, we propose a Bayesian latent variable approach to jointly study multiple outcomes. The models studied here can incorporate both continuous and binary responses, and can account for serial and cluster correlations. We consider Bayesian estimation for the model parameters, and we develop a novel MCMC algorithm that builds upon hierarchical c...

background: food aid programs are strategies that aim to improve nutritional status and to tackle food insecurity. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of a national food supplementary program for children on households’ food security. methods: the study sample included 359 mothers of children aged 6–72 months under the coverage of the program in two provinces of iran. demographic and socioe...

This paper studies supply chain repairable system with a number of the same type of independent parts suppliers and the single demander. Suppose that the supply time of the component suppliers has exponential distribution, and the repair/restore time after the supply break has general continuous distribution. Using supplementary variable method, generalized Markov process theory and the Laplace...

We describe nonlinear quantum atom–light interfaces and nonlinear quantum metrology in the collective continuous variable formalism. We develop a nonlinear effective Hamiltonian in terms of spin and polarization collective variables and show that model Hamiltonians of interest for nonlinear quantum metrology can be produced in 87Rb ensembles. With these Hamiltonians, metrologically relevant ato...

This paper presents a discrete-time single-server finite buffer N threshold policy queue with renewal input and discrete Markovian service process. The server terminates service whenever the system becomes empty, and recommences service as soon as the number of waiting customers in the queue is N . We obtain the system-length distributions at prearrival and arbitrary epochs using the supplement...

We investigate the properties of non-linear electromagnetism based on the Born-Infeld Lagrangian in multi-dimensional theories of Kaluza-Klein type. We consider flat space-time solutions only, which means that the space-time metric is constant, and the only supplementary variable is the dilaton field, a scalar. We show that in the case of Kaluza-Klein theory, the Born-Infeld Lagrangian describe...

Pb nanoclusters were deposited onto a suspended carbon nanowire (CNW), where in situ temperature variable observation was carried out by a transmission electron microscope. The heating temperature was up to 450 °C. Both the melting and evaporation of the Pb nanoparticles on the CNW were retarded when compared to the particles on the support frame. The obvious temperature difference of up to 10 ...

This paper treats a discrete-time finite buffer batch arrival queue with a single working vacation and partial batch rejection in which the inter-arrival and service times are, respectively, arbitrary and geometrically distributed. The queue is analyzed by using the supplementary variable and the imbedded Markov-chain techniques. We obtain steady-state system length distributions at prearrival,...

This paper analyzes a discrete-time finite-buffer multi-server bulk-service queueing system in which the interarrival-and service-times are, respectively, arbitrarily and geometrically distributed. Using the supplementary variable and the imbedded Markov-chain techniques, the queue is analyzed for the early arrival system. We obtain state probabilities at prearrival, arbitrary and outside obser...

A new exactly solvable model for the evolution of relativistic kinetic system interacting with an internal stochastic reservoir under the influence of a gravitational background expansion is established. This model of selfinteraction is based on the relativistic kinetic equation for the distribution function defined in the extended phase space. The supplementary degree of freedom is described b...