In this paper we consider the following model. We consider n nonnegative random variables T1, T2, . . . , Tn such that they are conditionally independent given some random vector Θ, where Θ takes values on some set χ ⊆ R. If Fi(·|θ) denotes the marginal distribution of Ti(θ) ≡ (Ti|Θ = θ), and G(θ) denotes the joint distribution function of Θ, then the joint distribution of (T1, T2, . . . , Tn) ...

Inspired by the cross-ratio proposed Clayton, we study a new risk ratio to describe relation between components of random vector (T1,T2). It is conditional hazard rate function T1 at t1, given that T2≥t2 and T2<t2. A nonparametric estimator its asymptotic distribution obtained using Bernstein smoothing for survival copula (T1,T2) derivatives. The finite sample performance studied via simulation...

food anticipatory activity (faa) was assessed in rainbow trout ( oncorhynchus mykiss ) in two small raceways using demand-feeding (t2) and hand-feeding (t2). the fish of both raceways were subjected to restricted feeding (rf) at two times in two places and the fish distribution and/or trigger actuation, total agonistic behaviour between fish, and swimming speed were measured. food anticipatory ...

Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) of T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images has been widely used to identify regional atrophy in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). In theory, however, T2-weighting should be more sensitive to tissue pathology, though until recently, volumetric T2-weighted images were unavailable. We tested the hypothesis that T2-VBM would be more sens...

Food anticipatory activity (FAA) was assessed in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in two small raceways using demand-feeding (T2) and hand-feeding (t2). The fish of both raceways were subjected to restricted feeding (RF) at two times in two places and the fish distribution and/or trigger actuation, total agonistic behaviour between fish, and swimming speed were measured. Food anticipatory ...

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) T2 measurements can be used directly to estimate petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks such as porosity and irreducible water saturation. They are also sensitive to pore-size distribution enabling the estimation of permeability and potentially capillary pressure. Several methods have been proposed to derive synthetic drainage capillary pressure information...

Multifocal T2*-weighted (T2*w) hypointensities in the basal ganglia, which are believed to arise predominantly from mineralized small vessels and perivascular spaces, have been proposed as a biomarker for cerebral small vessel disease. This study provides baseline data on their appearance on conventional structural MRI for improving and automating current manual segmentation methods. Using a pu...

BACKGROUND The usefulness of T2*-weighted (T2*W) imaging for the detection of adnexal torsion has yet to be determined. PURPOSE To assess the usefulness of T2*W imaging for detecting and differentiating adnexal torsion. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eight patients with eight ovaries with torsion and 44 patients with 72 ovaries without torsion were included in this study. All patients underwent 1.5-T...

Low field NMR T2 distribution is an efficient tool for characterizing pore size distribution in porous media. For multimodal systems, a new technique called T2-storeT2 allows the analysis of diffusional pore to pore exchange that is extremely useful for the characterization of connectivity. This technique uses 2D inverse Laplace techniques and produces T2-T2 maps. Qualitatively, a system is cou...