Next century challenges
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Steatohepatitis, and the Metabolic Syndrome
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with the insulin–resistance syndrome, at present defined as the metabolic syndrome, whose limits were recently set. ...
Resource-based View of Strategic Alliance Formation: Strategic and Social Effects in Entrepreneurial Firms
Why do firms form strategic alliances? The traditional theoretical answer has been transaction cost explanations. Yet, these explanations which center on transaction characteris...
Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health
Earth's natural systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly improved as these changes have gathered pace. What is the explanation? As a...
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a major impact on the progress of research on dementia. To address the problems involved in diagnosing AD in its ear...
Caltech-256 Object Category Dataset
We introduce a challenging set of 256 object categories containing a total of 30607 images. The original Caltech-101 [1] was collected by choosing a set of object categories, do...
An improved Bonferroni procedure for multiple tests of significance
Journal Article An improved Bonferroni procedure for multiple tests of significance Get access R. J. SIMES R. J. SIMES Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Sydney...
The Jackknife and the Bootstrap for General Stationary Observations
We extend the jackknife and the bootstrap method of estimating standard errors to the case where the observations form a general stationary sequence. We do not attempt a reducti...
Habitat, the Templet for Ecological Strategies?
The very etymology of Ecology, from the greek 'Qikos', 'the household', implies that ecologists should devote some attention to the 'house' or habitat of the population or commu...
How to Use a Monte Carlo Study to Decide on Sample Size and Determine Power
Abstract A common question asked by researchers is, "What sample size do I need for my study?" Over the years, several rules of thumb have been proposed. In reality there is no ...
Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Stroke Network, Health Research Board Ireland, Swedish Research Council, Swedish Heart an...
Carbon Nanotube Quantum Resistors
The conductance of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was found to be quantized. The experimental method involved measuring the conductance of nanotubes by replacing the tip o...