We investigate the relative efficiency of the empirical “tail median” vs. ”tail mean” as estimators of location under random sampling from the exponential power distribution (EPD). By considering appropriate probabilities so that the quantile of the untruncated EPD (population tail median) and mean of the left-truncated EPD (population tail mean) coincide, limiting results are established conce...

We investigate the performance of the Early Packet Discard(EPD) and the Early Selective Packet Discard(ESPD) scheme that we have previously proposed[12]. In an e ort to reduce the complexity while maintaining good performance, we pick out two special cases of ESPD and compare their performance with that of EPD. For performance evaluation purposes, the e ective throughput and fairness index was ...

Molecular mechanisms of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of poly(3-decylthiophene) (P3DT) molecules onto vertically aligned cadmium selenide arrays have been studied using large-scale, nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD), in the absence and presence of static external electric fields. The field application and larger polymer charges accelerated EPD. Placement of multiple polymers at the same...

Three populations of Hereford cattle differing in inbreeding levels and genetic potential for growth were genotyped for seven DNA polymorphisms. The populations were compared to determine differences in allele frequency and genetic variation. Significant differences in allele frequency among the populations were found at six of the seven polymorphisms genotyped, and average genetic variation di...

INTRODUCTION As part of an initiative to improve control of doses, the recording of personal doses, and the accuracy of dose statistics, BNFL started a three year scheme in April 1996 to install the Siemens Electronic Personal Dosimetry (EPD) system into nine of its Magnox Reactor sites. Concurrent with the installation of the EPD systems, an ultimately successful application has been made to t...

Optimizing efficiency in the cow-calf sector is an important step toward improving beef sustainability. The objective of the study was to use a model to identify the relative roles of reproductive, genetic, and nutritional management in minimizing beef production systems' environmental impact in an economically viable, socially acceptable manner. An economic and environmental diet optimizer was...

Percutaneous intervention carries a higher risk of distal embolization and poorer outcome in saphenous vein grafts (SVG) than in native coronary vessels. Embolic protection devices (EPD) have demonstrated value in decreasing the risk of embolization and post-procedural enzymes elevation after SVG intervention. Although there is ample evidence to support the routine use of EPD for SVG interventi...

Uniform hydrogel films from micro/nano-hydrogel particles were prepared on the silicon wafers and microcantilevers. These films were assembled on the substrates by using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method. The microcantilevers coated by such films responded to the environmental pH changes, indicating that the EPD could be used as a new method for modifying microcantilevers.

The Eukaryotic Promoter Database (EPD) is an annotated non-redundant collection of experimentally characterised eukaryotic POL II promoters. The underlying definition of a promoter is that of a transcription initiation site. All information presented in EPD results from an independent evaluation of primary experimental data shown in the biological literature. Sequences flanking transcription in...

Deoxyribonucleic acid-based tests were used to assign paternity to 625 calves from a multiple-sire breeding pasture. There was a large variability in calf output and a large proportion of young bulls that did not sire any offspring. Five of 27 herd sires produced over 50% of the calves, whereas 10 sires produced no progeny and 9 of these were yearling bulls. A comparison was made between the pa...