Sentences with phrase «include normal distribution»

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Under normal market conditions, the Gold and Precious Metals Fund will invest at least 80 percent of its net assets in equity securities of companies predominately involved in the mining, fabrication, processing, marketing, or distribution of metals including gold, silver, platinum group, palladium and diamonds.

Using a mathematical model known as the Ising model, invented to describe phase transitions in statistical physics, such as how a substance changes from liquid to gas, the Johns Hopkins researchers calculated the probability distribution of methylation along the genome in several different human cell types, including normal and cancerous colon, lung and liver cells, as well as brain, skin, blood and embryonic stem cells.

Other standard safety and convenience technologies include Advanced Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) stability control system with three driver - selectable modes (Normal, R - Mode, Off), Electronic Traction Control System (TCS), Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD), RearView Monitor, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and automatic on / off headlights.

Four selectable driving modes include normal, sport, track and drift, which modifies torque distribution to «help achieve controlled oversteer» — what we call a sweet, smoky drift.

Other standard safety technologies include Advanced Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) stability control system with three driver - selectable modes (Normal, R - Mode, Off), Electronic Traction Control System (TCS), Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD), RearView Monitor, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and automatic on / off headlights.

In addition to the normal risks associated with fixed income securities discussed elsewhere in this SAI and the fund's prospectus (e.g., interest rate risk and default risk), CDOs carry additional risks including, but not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the fund may invest in CDOs that are subordinate to other classes; (iv) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results; and (v) credit ratings by major credit rating agencies may be no indication of the creditworthiness of the security.

It was assumed that if the data sets had a normal residual distribution when fitting the polygenic models, normality was maintained when the models were extended to include the major gene effects.

Typical examples of pdfs include the bell - shaped normal distribution for temperature (left panel in the Fig. 1) and the exponential distribution for 24 - hr precipitation (right panel i Fig. 1).

We illustrate observed variability of seasonal mean surface air temperature emphasizing the distribution of anomalies in units of the standard deviation, including comparison of the observed distribution of anomalies with the normal distribution («bell curve») that the lay public may appreciate.

Sobel tests of mediation effects include a statistical assumption about normal distribution (Preacher and Hayes [2008]-RRB-.

Topics include (1) elements of the research process; (2) types of designs, program evaluation; (3) ethical considerations of research: informed consent, research with diverse and vulnerable populations, research with children, human subjects review; (4) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; and (5) basic statistical concepts: frequency distributions, central tendency, measures of variability, correlation, normal curve, hypothesis testing, significance tests.