(1) The generalized linear interactive modeling (GLIM) technique used at TRRL has stricter assumptions, but is better suited for model testing.
(2) In this analysis, poisson regression models were fit using the statistical program GLIM (Generalized Linear Models) to determine the separate effects of age, period of death, and birth cohort on the specific cancers of interest (lung, liver, bladder, CNS, leukemia, lympho-reticulosarcoma, all cancers).
(3) This paper presents a simple Statistical Analysis System (SAS) program for the generation of such data in a form that can be read directly by GLIM and used in a Poisson regression analysis.
(4) The models were fitted by the GLIM system assuming a Poisson error function.
(5) The necessary calculations are easily performed in the statistical computer program package GLIM, and the necessary commands are noted.
(6) The spreading behavior of adherent platelets was analyzed using generalized linear interactive modeling (GLIM).
(7) Analysis of screen-detected and interval cancer data by means of statistical modelling using GLIM allowed us to estimate the mean sojourn time (1.91 and 3.97 years in 40-49 and 50-69 year old women respectively), sensitivity (about 90% for those aged 50-69) and predictive value at the prevalence screening test (about 100%).
(8) To this end, loglineal (Poisson regression) models were constructed of the IC mortality rates for both sexes, using the GLIM package, in which the regression coefficients are the natural Relative Risk (RR) logarithms of the various age groups (35-74 years), period of death (1970-1985) and birth cohort (1985-1960) with respect to the reference group mortality, controlled by the effect of other groups.
(9) Variable results on a particular bioassay exhibited by extracts from different colonies of a given species were analysed by the Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling system (GLIM).
(10) In particular, it is argued that classical methods as implemented in the computer package GLIM can be used as approximations to Bayesian methods, particularly at the initial stage of model selection.
(11) The bootstrap can be used in many statistical packages such as MINITAB, SPSS, SAS, BMDP, or GLIM, all of which are widely available, and could be useful in other areas of the pharmaceutical sciences where regression analysis is employed.
(12) In this report we present an accurate statistical approach using the Generalized Linear Interactive Modeling (GLIM) computer package developed by the Numerical Algorithms Group, Oxford, U.K.
(13) A piecewise exponential model is used to model relative risks of delivery associated with a previous spontaneous abortion and a model incorporating digit preference is fitted as a generalized bilinear model in GLIM.
(14) A log linear model was fitted using GLIM, assuming Poisson errors in incidence; linear and non-linear regression techniques were also used.
(15) Data on cycles to pregnancy can be used to estimate the beta parameters by maximum likelihood in a straightforward manner with a package such as GLIM.
(16) In this form, convergence to the least-squares estimates using the Gauss-Newton method [see Kennedy & Gentle (1980) Statistical Computing, Marcel Dekker, New York] is virtually ensured, or, as the model in this form is a member of the class of 'generalized linear models', it may be fitted by packages such as those of Rothamsted Experimental Station [(1977) GENSTAT (A General Statistical Program), Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden] and the Numerical Algorithms Group [(1978) GLIM (Generalised Linear Interactive Modeling), Numerical Algorithms Group, Oxford].
(17) As the two groups were not balanced despite randomization, multivariate methods (GLIM) were used to identify significant prognostic factors.
(18) A generalized log linear model was fitted to the data using the statistical package GLIM, confirming a significant trend for labelled cells to occupy higher sites in the oxyntic gland as the time since labelling of cells increased.
(19) A method, using the GLIM computer package, for determining primary and secondary HLA associations with disease is described and is applied to data from patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
(20) The statistical significance of temporal, age, sex, and seasonal variations in incidence rates was ascertained by Poisson regression models (GLIM statistical software).
Light
Definition:
(n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
(n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.
(n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.
(n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes.
(n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.
(n.) Life; existence.
(n.) Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
(n.) The power of perception by vision.
(n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
(n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
(n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
(n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
(n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.
(n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.
(superl) Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
(superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
(n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.
(n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
(n.) To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
(v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
(v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.
(superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
(superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
(superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.
(superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.
(superl.) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
(superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
(superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
(superl.) Slight; not important; as, a light error.
(superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
(superl.) Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
(superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
(superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
(superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
(superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
(superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
(superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
(superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
(superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
(adv.) Lightly; cheaply.
(v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
(v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
(v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy.
(v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
(v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
(v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
(3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(4) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
(5) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
(7) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
(8) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(9) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
(10) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
(11) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
(12) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(13) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
(14) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(15) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
(16) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
(17) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
(18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
(19) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
(20) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.