Then the mean of the posterior distribution m ^ B R R is equivalent to m ^ R R if λ = σ β − 2 σ 2. The BLUP theory and the mixed model formulation were first discussed by Henderson (1949), and they were influential for selection purposes in animal breeding (Henderson 1959).
Even before introducing Vioxx in Australia in 1999, Merck's Australian affiliate began to create an arthritis advisory board of influential physicians whose ostensible purpose was to educate the medical community about painkillers.
Warren is one of the world's most influential religious leaders; his Purpose Driven Network of churches has member churches in 162 countries, and more than 150,000 church leaders subscribe to his weekly newsletter.
The discovery process in recent litigation has revealed that many pharmaceutical corporations recruit and train influential physicians for the purpose of manipulating their colleagues.
Secondary models were also generated from blocks (bacteria - diet - saliva) or sets (single - five - multimarkers) of influential markers for comparative purposes (Table 1).
This process dates all the way back at least to the founding of the American Enterprise Institute (then American Enterprise Association) back in 1938, an influential think tank whose express purpose was to roll back FDR's New Deal and financial regulations, on behalf of companies such as Chemical Bank (now JPMorgan Chase), Paine Webber, Bristol-Myers and more.
The hugely influential conservative author of "The Purpose-Driven Life", a multimillion-selling tome, has embarked on a crusade against AIDS.
Neither the health nor social care systems are fit for purpose anymore, said the influential Barker Commission.
Ada Lovelace, a scientist as imaginative as Victor Frankenstein, would in 1843 provide an influential theoretical description of a general-purpose computer, a century before one was built).
The purpose was to persuade these influential citizens of the necessity of a canal.
