The proposed model can capture serial dependence, additional overdispersion, and excess zeros in the longitudinal count data.
gambiae PEST sequence and at least two primer sets were used to assess their efficiency and specificity by running a standard curve over a five-fold serial dilution (Additional file 7).
Three replicate reactions for each primer set were performed, and the average of the two primer sets on each sample was used to calculate the plasmid copy number in each serial subculture (Additional file 1: Table S1) according to the method of Lee et al. [ 31].
Additional serial photographs of up to two other anatomic regions were taken at the discretion of the investigator based on additional tophi identified at the baseline visit.
Additional serial dilutions were made up to 10−6.
These results confirm the prognostic information provided by BNP determination and suggest that serial measurements give additional prognostic information.
For the consideration of external resistance including substrate and contact resistance, serial connection of additional resistor can be added.
Finally, vii) we present a second Arellano-Bond z test for AR(2) in first differences to test for an eventual additional serial correlation that could invalidate the instruments.
Given that the additional serial correlation parameters effectively enter through (mu _{t|t-1}) only, we would expect the asymptotic distribution of our proposed tests to remain valid in the presence of non-Gaussian innovations.
Additional serial processing is subsequently required to bind those features to a specific object, so that it can be reported [12].
For all window period calculations, we excluded seroconverters who self-reported initiating ART after HIV diagnosis, individuals lacking additional serial assay results from post-seroconversion visits, and those who did not reach the threshold of either assay during follow-up testing.
