The present study incorporates a modified version of the Geisler and Sanders [ 2] matrix, and analyses of the expanded matrix agree with other morphological studies in excluding Platanista from a close relationship with Lipotes, Inia, and Pontoporia (Additional file 1: Figs. S1, S2).
All three primer-combinations were combined in a single matrix and analysed together.
Life history parameters (fecundity, survivorship) were arranged into a Leslie matrix and analysed using PopTools version 3.2.5 (Hood, 2010) for λ (intrinsic rate of population growth, the absolute value of the dominant eigenvalue A), sensitivities and elasticities.
Distance matrices and phylogenetic analyses were conducted using MEGA 4.0.
Correlation matrices and PCA analyses were completed using the base package R (version 2.11.1) [ 44] with the raw geochemical measurements as input.
This paper further extends the 2D bisection method to full matrix cases and analyses its stablity.
All designed matrices were generated and analyses were performed using Statistica software (version 8.0; StatSoft, Inc., http://www.statsoft.com).statsoft.com
4.5 μL of the peptide solution was spotted on target plate along with 4.5 μL of CHCA matrix solution and analysed with MALDI TOF Proteomics Analyzer Applied Biosystemss, Darmstadt, Germany).
High correlation and agreement between capDBS results on D0 and venous blood HbA1c values showed that the analysis of samples collected on matrix paper and analysed immediately provides results that are similar to those obtained and processed by traditional methods.
In the next sections, we describe definitions of a semi-Markov model and its necessary parameters such as holding time, core matrix, interval transition probability matrix, and their analyses.
