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Alternatively, one can generate hybrid forms of the cumulative prior error model.

Multivariable analysis accounting for potential confounding variables including age, history of allergies, and cumulative prior carboplatin cycles confirmed deleterious BRCA1/2 mutation as an independent risk factor for carboplatin HSR (odds ratio 13.1 (95% confidence interval 2.6 65.4), P=0.0017).

The final term, η(W) is the cumulative prior prize function for W = { w ij }. η(wij = ω) has a negative real value and reduces the overall model cost if the inferred ω conforms to the prior information.

American College of Gastroenterology and American Gastroenterology Association guidelines recommend screening IBD patients with DEXA if they have one of the following risk factors: postmenopausal state, ongoing corticosteroid treatment, cumulative prior use of corticosteroids exceeding three months, history of low trauma fractures, or aged over 60 years [ 30, 31].

By summing over all i and j, the cumulative prior prize for all W = { w ij } becomes Equation 5. (5a) η (W ) = ∑ i N ∑ j N η (w i j ), (5b) η (w i j ) = ∑ i N ∑ j N (− κ i j l n (1 σ i j p r i o r 2 π ) + κ i j ((w i j − E [ w i j p r i o r ] ) 2 2 (σ i j p r i o r ) 2 ) ).

A foundation of the latent-trait continuum is that learning is cumulative and prior knowledge becomes the basis for the development of new knowledge and understandings (Humphry & Heldsinger, 2007).

In this analysis, patients were their own control as the cumulative costs prior to starting glatiramer acetate (interferon-β period) were compared to the subsequent six months on glatiramer acetate (glatiramer acetate period).

Patients were ineligible if they reported receipt of more than 7 days (cumulative) of prior ART in the past, with the exception of ZDV prophylaxis or single dose NVP for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).

Because values of MeHg concentration included 0, we added 0.5 to all cumulative concentrations prior to taking the natural log.

Cumulative photoperiod prior to ICU hospitalization was defined as the total hours of daylight for the days preceding hospitalization.

Histograms of cumulative rainfall prior to each individual sampling event revealed a strongly bimodal distribution in the individually-linked rainfall, regardless of calendar-based seasons; we thus chose to group by quantitative rainfall groups.