Sentence examples for distribution of worms from inspiring English sources

The parameters of the (negative-binomial) distribution of worms at equilibrium are the mean worm burden W = 20 and the clumping parameter k = 0.34 [27].

As k (the index of aggregation in the distribution of worms in the population) increases, the variance decreases.

In contrast, the distribution of worms was patchy and worm density was noticeably lower in the Baltic Sea.

Prevalence is regarded as a relatively insensitive measure of reinfection because of the aggregated distribution of worms per child [ 9].

The results from Figure  4 suggest that most features of the host-parasite interaction that were considered in the full model, including the between-host distribution of worms, have little impact on the rate of adaptation in worms.

As expected, the distribution of worm speeds shifts toward small values during exposure to aldicarb (Fig. 3).

Fitting these parameters of the infotaxis model, it is possible to quantitatively account for the experimental distribution of worm positions at the end of local search.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04220.005 Next, we examined whether the infotaxis framework could quantitatively account for the distribution of worm search trajectories.

(A ) The distribution of worm displacements from an initial position at the end of the local search is non-Gaussian and can be fitted using the three parameters (See 'Materials and methods') of the infotaxis model.

The models also highlight how the age-distribution of worm burden determines the breadth of age groups that should be treated and the importance of considering the species mix.

Moreover, for the two ELISA, the observed ELISA OD value distributions in high endemicity area, low endemicity area and control area seemed representative of the distribution of adult worms in fox populations.