The noise precisions were assumed to be the published values for WMAP detectors.
The relative chance for a result to be published is assumed to be depend on Zi = Xi/σi, because the value of Zi typically determines the p-value associated with a study result.
Consent for submitting unpublished data from a patient or their legal representative is explicitly required, and was assumed to be obtained for published data that are included.
The numbers of segregating sites were fixed at the values obtained from the re-sequencing data, the population recombination rate parameter rho ( = 4Nr, where N is the population effective size and r the recombination rate between adjacent sites per generation) was assumed to be 0.24, based on published estimates [73] using the HapMap data for the genomic segment spanning the NAT2 gene.
avg_reading_time is the average time spent in reading a downloaded web page, which could be assumed to be 30 seconds from the values published in [9].
The probability of requiring a nursing home was conservatively assumed to be 15% based on two previously published Spanish studies.
All SNPs, except for the VDR SNPs, were assumed to be strong instruments based on previously published data, although in our control population only the VDBP SNPs were validated as such.
Because all collected published data are assumed to be valid, only basic checks are done to ensure the data is formatted and presented correctly within the GBrowse display.
There are several reasons for this: first, all papers go through a process of peer-review, and published data is usually assumed to be trustworthy.
Those from Morex contain previously published anchored genetic/physical markers, which we assumed to be correct.
Conclusions Discrepancies in published trial reports should no longer be assumed to be unimportant.
