We introduce a quantile-based multivariate log-normal distribution, providing new skewed distribution with positive support. The parameters of this are interpretable in terms quantiles marginal distributions and associations between pairs variables, desirable feature for statistical modeling purposes. derive properties the involving transformations, closed-form expressions mixed moments, expect...

Total of 260 soil profiles were reported to investigate the arsenic spatial distribution and vertical variation in Guangdong province. The arsenic concentration followed an approximately lognormal distribution. The arsenic geometric mean concentration of 10.4 mg/kg is higher than that of China. An upper baseline concentration of 23.4 mg/kg was estimated for surface soils. The influence of soil ...

BACKGROUND When outcomes are binary, the c-statistic (equivalent to the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve) is a standard measure of the predictive accuracy of a logistic regression model. METHODS An analytical expression was derived under the assumption that a continuous explanatory variable follows a normal distribution in those with and without the condition. We then co...

In the literature, contradictory results have been published regarding the form of the limiting (long-time) grain size distribution (LGSD) that characterizes the late stage grain coarsening in two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional polycrystalline systems. While experiments and the phase-field crystal (PFC) model (a simple dynamical density functional theory) indicate a log-normal distributi...

We show that according to the GRB internal shock model the pulse duration and the interval between neighboring pulses are correlated and have a similar distribution. We analyze a sample of bright long bursts and find that the pulses duration have a lognormal distribution while the intervals has an excess of long intervals (relative to lognormal distribution). This excess can be explained by the...

Radio propagation measurement is carried out in Jakarta, Indonesia, in anticipation of digital TV implementation in the country. Measurements are made using a fixed, portable receiver outdoors and indoors. Spatial variations of the received power, both large-scale and small-scale, are measured in these locations. Results show that the largescale path loss variation characteristics, as described...

Individual variance in lifetime fecundity within populations is a life-history parameter of crucial evolutionary and ecological significance. However, knowledge of its magnitude and underlying mechanisms in natural populations is biased toward short-lived taxa. This paper summarizes results of a 23-year study on a population of the Mediterranean shrub Lavandula latifolia. We document the within...

The vertical distribution of liquid water content (LWC) and its relationship with temperature (T) strongly affect the heat budget of the atmosphere. Some large-scale models of the atmosphere use a relationship between LWC and T to diagnostically obtain LWC from T under saturated conditions. Airborne observations conducted within clouds over northeastern North America during the 1984–93 time per...