A model is devised for the distribution of the total number of cases in households from a homogeneous community. In the model, community-acquired infection serves as a source of initial infection within households as well as of possible further cases. In addition, infected household members can infect others in the household. Maximum likelihood procedures for the model parameters are given. The...

A new data mining approach as a short cut method is given for the determination of copolymer composition from mass spectra. Our simplifies spectra by reduction number peaks. The proposed procedure, namely selection peaks, which based on most abundant peak spectrum, can be performed manually or more efficiently using our recently invented Mass-remainder analysis (MARA). considerable MS also calc...

Previous research demonstrated an antiprimacy effect in conversational arguments (Bailenson & Rips, 1996; Rips, 1998). In those studies, participants perceived the speaker presenting the 1st proposition in the dialogue as having more burden of proof than the 2nd speaker. In this article, I demonstrate that antiprimacy occurs because the 1st speaker tends to proportionally have fewer contrasts t...

The provision of software radio features in 3rd generation mobile systems enables terminal and system flexibility for the support of platform independent services and migration of 2nd generation mobile systems. To achieve adaptivity of UMTS terminals and system, a new modelling and design approach is necessary. This contribution presents a novel architecture model related to dynamic aspects and...

OBJECTIVES To test for any temporal association of Nodding syndrome with wartime conflict, casualties and household displacement in Kitgum District, northern Uganda. METHODS Data were obtained from publicly available information reported by the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project of the University of Sussex in the UK, peer-reviewed public...