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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Review. Theoretical and empirical evidence for the impact of inductive biases on cultural evolution.

10 Nov 2008 The question of how much the outcomes of cultural evolution are shaped by the cognitive capacities of human learners has been explored in several disciplines, including psychology, anthropology and linguistics. We address this question through a ... Read more...

Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weight.

28 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether aggressive phototherapy to prevent neurotoxic effects of bilirubin benefits or harms infants with extremely low birth weight (1000 g or less). METHODS: We randomly assigned 1974 infants with extremely low birth ... Read more...

Phylogeography and ecology of an endemic radiation of Hawaiian aquatic case-bearing moths (Hyposmocoma: Cosmopterigidae).

25 Oct 2008 The endemic moth genus Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) may be one of the most speciose and ecologically diverse genera in Hawaii. Among this diversity is the Hyposmocoma saccophora clade with previously unrecorded aquatic larvae. I ... Read more...

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• Review. Theoretical and empirical evidence for the impact of inductive biases on cultural evolution. 10 Nov 2008
• Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weight. 28 Oct 2008
• Phylogeography and ecology of an endemic radiation of Hawaiian aquatic case-bearing moths (Hyposmocoma: Cosmopterigidae). 25 Oct 2008
• Nuclear and mitochondrial sequences confirm complex colonization patterns and clear species boundaries for flightless weevils in the Galápagos archipelago. 25 Oct 2008
• Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. 25 Oct 2008
• Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia. 25 Oct 2008
• Empirical Bayes accomodation of batch-effects in microarray data using identical replicate reference samples: application to RNA expression profiling of blood from Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. 18 Oct 2008
• High-resolution mapping of expression-QTLs yields insight into human gene regulation. 8 Oct 2008
• Extant mammal body masses suggest punctuated equilibrium. 5 Oct 2008
• Association of adiposity status and changes in early to mid-adulthood with incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Oct 2008
• Phylogenetic reconstruction of HCV genotype 1b dissemination in a small city centre: the Camporeale model. 29 Sep 2008
• Molecular characterization of genotype 2 and 4 hepatitis C virus isolates in French blood donors. 29 Sep 2008
• Bayesian wavelet-based image denoising using the Gauss-Hermite expansion. 29 Sep 2008
• Variational Bayesian image restoration based on a product of t-distributions image prior. 29 Sep 2008
• The accuracy and clinical feasibility of a new bayesian-based closed-loop control system for propofol administration using the bispectral index as a controlled variable. 29 Sep 2008
• Mapping the probability of schistosomiasis and associated uncertainty, West Africa. 29 Sep 2008
• Bayesian generic priors for causal learning. 29 Sep 2008
• The relative importance of ecology and geographic isolation for speciation in anoles. 25 Sep 2008
• Adaptation and selective information transmission in the cricket auditory neuron AN2. 24 Sep 2008
• A genomewide functional network for the laboratory mouse. 24 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Bayes Theorem'

Definition: A theorem in probability theory named for Thomas Bayes (1702-1761). In epidemiology, it is used to obtain the probability of disease in a group of people with some characteristic on the basis of the overall rate of that disease and of the likelihoods of that characteristic in healthy and diseased individuals. The most familiar application is in clinical decision analysis where it is used for estimating the probability of a particular diagnosis given the appearance of some symptoms or test result.

Descriptor UI: D001499

Alternative terms: Bayes Theorem; Theorem, Bayes; Bayesian Forecast; Forecast, Bayesian; Bayesian Prediction; Prediction, Bayesian; Bayesian Analysis; Analysis, Bayesian; Bayesian Method; Method, Bayesian;

Tree Number: E05.318.740.600.200; N05.715.360.750.625.150; N06.850.520.830.600.200;

Online Note: search PROBABILITY 1968-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under PROBABILITY 1975-90

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific disease (IM); no qualif; specify geog if pertinent