Abstract Stan is a free and open-source C++ program that performs Bayesian inference or optimization for arbitrary user-specified models and can be called from the command line, R, Python, Matlab, or Julia, and has great promise for fitting large and complex statistical models in many areas of application. We discuss Stan from users’ and developers’ perspective and illustrate with a simple but ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE To assess the value of the deformity angular ratio (DAR, maximum Cobb measurement divided by number of vertebrae involved) in evaluating the severity of spinal deformity, and predicting the risk of neurologic deficit in posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although the literature ...

The proteins of simian virus 40 (SV40) and two human papovaviruses, the hemagglutinating BK virus and the non-hemagglutinating DAR virus, were analyzed and compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The virions of SV40 and DAR contain seven proteins. By molecular weight analysis the constituent proteins of SV40 and DAR are identical. Approximately 84% of the viral pr...

In this paper we present STAN, a structural analysis tool used for classifying web documents while at the same time extracting meaningful information from them. The extraction and classification rules are defined in terms of a structrural grammar operating on both layout properties and content properties of the document. Stan was designed to accept HTML as input and is able to process documents...

W would like to express our sincere gratitude to Yali Amit and John Goutsias, who are retiring as TPAMI Associate Editors. While they’ll remain active for a few more months as they wrap up papers still in their charge, they will be missed. They have been among the most reliable and dedicated editors on the board, returning sound judgments in a very timely manner. This exemplary effort has been ...

Planar polarity is a fundamental property of epithelia in animals and plants. In Drosophila it depends on at least two sets of genes: one set, the Ds system, encodes the cadherins Dachsous (Ds) and Fat (Ft), as well as the Golgi protein Four-jointed. The other set, the Stan system, encodes Starry night (Stan or Flamingo) and Frizzled. The prevailing view is that the Ds system acts via the Stan ...

There is a need for a brief specific measure of anger for use in assessment of posttraumatic mental health problems. One unpublished short scale is the Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR; R. Novaco, 1975). This study examined the psychometric properties of the DAR using intake and 12-month data for 192 Australian Vietnam veterans with combat-related PTSD. Results showed the DAR to be unidimensi...

The D2 dopamine receptor (D2 DAR) is one of the most validated drug targets for neuropsychiatric and endocrine disorders. However, clinically approved drugs targeting D2 DAR display poor selectivity between the D2 and other receptors, especially the D3 DAR. This lack of selectivity may lead to undesirable side effects. Here we describe the chemical and pharmacological characterization of a nove...

Sir, We read with interest the study of Becker et al. on the added predictive value of biphasic events in ST analysis (STAN) (1). The authors used the cardiotocography (CTG) arm of the Swedish randomized controlled trial where STAN was recorded, but blinded for the clinician. Cases with Biphasic ST and concomitant CTG abnormalities indicating intervention were compared with all remaining cases ...