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The Health Status of a Population: Health State and Survival Curves and HALE Estimates 人口的健康状况:健康状态和生存曲线及HALE估计

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-10-17 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65142-2_10

C. Skiadas, C. Skiadas

引用次数: 1

A Review of Mathematical Models for Muscular Dystrophy: A Systems Biology Approach 肌肉萎缩症的数学模型综述:系统生物学方法

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-10-11 DOI: 10.1371/CURRENTS.MD.6AF74D0CEC0834554DAC78F0045CFDED

A. Cameron, Matthew T Houston, Juan B. Gutiérrez

引用次数: 4

Estimating transmission from genetic and epidemiological data: a metric to compare transmission trees 从遗传和流行病学数据估计传播:一种比较传播树的度量

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-09-28 DOI: 10.1214/17-STS637

M. Kendall, D. Ayabina, C. Colijn

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引用次数: 14

Fluctuations in protein aggregation: Design of preclinical screening for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease 蛋白质聚集的波动:神经退行性疾病早期诊断的临床前筛查设计

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-09-21 DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVAPPLIED.6.034012

G. Costantini, Z. Budrikis, A. Taloni, Alexander K. Buell, S. Zapperi, C. Porta

引用次数: 0

Patterns of Selection of Human Movements I: Movement Utility, Metabolic Energy, and Normal Walking Gaits 人类运动选择模式1:运动效用、代谢能量和正常行走步态

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-08-11 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29167.02720

S. Hagler

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引用次数: 5

Mass Spectrometry Analysis Using MALDIquant 使用MALDIquant进行质谱分析

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-07-11 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45809-0_6

Sebastian Gibb, K. Strimmer

引用次数: 14

Multi-level methods and approximating distribution functions 多级方法和近似分布函数

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2016-04-18 DOI: 10.1063/1.4960118

D. Wilson, R. Baker

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引用次数: 9

Evidence for Magnetoreception in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), Black Drum (Pogonias cromis), and Sea Catfish (Ariopsis felis) 红鼓鱼(Sciaenops ocellatus)、黑鼓鱼(Pogonias cromis)和海鲶(Ariopsis felis)受磁的证据

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2015-11-30 DOI: 10.5296/AST.V4I1.8711

Joshua M. Courtney, M. Courtney

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引用次数: 0

Distribution Approximations for the Chemical Master Equation: Comparison of the Method of Moments and the System Size Expansion 化学主方程的分布近似:矩量法与系统尺寸展开法的比较

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2015-09-30 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45833-5_2

Alexander Andreychenko, L. Bortolussi, R. Grima, Philipp Thomas, V. Wolf

引用次数: 25

On the Principled Description of Human Movements 论人体运动的原则性描述

arXiv: Quantitative Methods Pub Date : 2015-09-22 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13192.62723

S. Hagler

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引用次数: 6