This research is aimed to investigate the possible difference in ERPs between subjects with high and low concordance of nine personality dimensions: extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, strength of excitation, strength of inhibition, mobility, impulsiveness, adventurousness and empathy. Applying standard visual oddball paradigm in two blocks, early and late EP-components are measured: N1, P...

Pearson’s correlation coefficient is used to describe dependence between random variables X and Y . In some practical situations, however, we have strong correlation for some values X and/or Y and no correlation for other values ofX and Y . To describe such a local dependence, we come up with a natural localized version of Pearson’s correlation coefficient. We also study the properties of the n...

Over the last few years, miRNA microarray platforms have provided great insights into the biological mechanisms underlying the onset and development of several diseases. However, only a few studies have evaluated the concordance between different microarray platforms using methods that took into account measurement error in the data. In this work, we propose the use of a modified version of the...

Batch processes increasingly feature products with short market windows that make the development of a detailed kinetic model unattractive in terms of both time and economy. Tendency modeling is already established as a systematic methodology for timely optimization of batch processes using a gray-box model approach. In this work, the problem of effective discrimination among alternative tenden...

This study investigated the somatic underpinning of empathy using an interpersonal physiology approach. Thirty-nine dyads were formed by a "pseudo-patient" and a "listener" (a therapist, a psychologist, or a non-therapist). Dyadic physiological concordance in electrodermal responses and listeners' empathy were evaluated during simulations of clinical sessions. A significant positive correlation...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the intra-examiner and inter-examiner reproducibility of paraspinal thermography using an infrared scanner. MATERIALS AND METHODS The thermal functions of a commercially available infrared scanner (Insight Subluxation Station®) were evaluated for clinical reliability. Two practicing clinicians conducted the measures on 100 subjects. Intra ...

Five measurements of claw conformation (toe angle, claw height, claw width, toe length and abaxial groove length) taken directly from the hoof were compared with the measurements taken from digital images of the same claws. Concordance correlation coefficients and limits-of-agreement analysis showed that, for four of the five measures (claw height, claw width, toe length and abaxial groove leng...

Concordance between molecular assays may be suboptimal at low HIV-1 viremia levels (<1,000 copies/ml); therefore, it may be difficult to define and compare virologic endpoints for successful and failed therapy. We compared two commercial assays (the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 and the Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/TaqMan HIV-1 version 2.0) for their ability to detect and quantify low viral loads. A compariso...

PURPOSE To evaluate the correlation between hypertropia and excyclotorsion in acquired superior oblique palsy (SOP). METHODS Thirty-one patients with acquired unilateral SOP were recruited for this study. The torsional angle of each patient was assessed via one objective method (fundus photography) and two subjective methods (double Maddox rod test and major amblyoscope). The patient populati...

OBJECTIVES To determine reference ranges for measurements of fetal cerebral fissures by 3-dimensional (3D) sonography in the multiplanar mode and to evaluate the reliability and concordance of these measurements. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 393 women with normal pregnancies at 22 weeks to 33 weeks 6 days. The distances between the internal bone plate of the fetal calvaria...