The obvious choice for a more accurate model of tree response is a sigmoidal curve. From Wordnik.com. [A Shout Out to David Stockwell « Climate Audit] Reference
If Latif wanted to be honest and not alarmist, he would have shown a sigmoidal curve. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » NYT on Hacked Climate E-Mails] Reference
They still insisted that I have a sigmoidal arcoscopy no idea how to spell it but it appeared to be a giant fibre optic camera on a flexi tube that they rammed into my lower cut. From Wordnik.com. [Snell-Pym » From the Drs to the Hospital to… erm what now?] Reference
The resulting mapping function, fBLS, is sigmoidal in shape. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The last two parameters define a sigmoidal curve for the cumulative firing-time distribution. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The two shafts are thick and rounded in cross-section being shallowly sigmoidal in dorsal view. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Line, sigmoidal fit to the data (Online Methods); dashed lines, transition range; arrow, switch value. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Unlike the normal hyperbolic curve, the oxygen binding curve of hemoglobin is sigmoidal, or 'S' shaped. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Solid lines, sigmoidal fits to the data; vertical arrows, switch values; horizontal arrow, change in switch value. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Therefore, unlike the normal hyperbolic curve, the oxygen binding curve of hemoglobin is sigmoidal, or 'S' shaped. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Some were straight; others were sigmoidal and meandering They extended over a large area of exposed surface (20 x 200 m). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
WUS-signal, above which cells switch to the stem cell status, and instead established a dynamic but sigmoidal response to. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
They found an s-shaped (sigmoidal) relationship describing the probability of vultures finding food as a function of vulture density in the habitat (Figure below). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This situation arises because at the lowest Δthreshold values (Figure 3E), the saturation produced by the sigmoidal nonlinearity cannot be captured by the additive fit. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
A secondary mineralised trend comprises multiple north-south striking sigmoidal structures that dip to the west at -65 degrees (Aztec, AF, B North & MV1 - Mercado Veins). From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Inset: when the log-mean curves are plotted on a linear scale, a sigmoidal shape that is indicative of a transition from tunnelling to the field emission regime can be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The presented data based on progress curve, Dixon plot and sigmoidal graph (Fig. 5) all indicated that furin-Eda-peptide (II) is a strong inhibitor of Proprotein Convertase furin. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The longest gastralia are bowed posteriorly throughout the midline of the rib shaft, and then curve anteriorly to an equal degree, forming a shallow sigmoidal shape in dorsal view. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The size of the sigmoidal cross beds is determined by a combination of water depth and velocity. sandstones from Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico are consistent with formation beneath floodwaters. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Other applications include pseudocoloring and sigmoidal look-up tables that emphasize a selected range of gray values targeted to enhance desired features or to adjust the amount of image contrast. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This will permit a more Multiple Benefits of Streams naturalized stream channel, where sigmoidal, or S-curved slopes, can be reinstated on Healthy streams reflect healthy communities. the stream banks. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Moreover, this combination of relative win chance and multiplicative update rule is equivalent to the combination of a sigmoidal win chance and additive update rule as employed in the Elo-rating method. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
ATP hydrolysis plays multiple roles in catalysis and regulation of magnesium chelatase activity by causing a series of conformational Kinetic properties of two magnesium chelatase subunits, revealing Michaelis-Menten kinetics with BchI and sigmoidal kinetics with BchH. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue] Reference
The ILD-dependent component here is a difference of sigmoids; selection of different parameters can produce ILD tuning curves that range from sigmoidal to peaked, as is seen in ICcl is mapped to a spiking probability using a threshold-sigmoid nonlinearity, rather than the power-law nonlinearity suggested by Murphy and Miller. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The variation of the accuracy of a multiplicative fit of the response with Δ threshold can be understood by considering where the dynamic range of the membrane potential response falls on the sigmoidal input-output curve for different Δ threshold values (see section 2.4 for description of additive and multiplicative fits). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
A sigmoidal slope allows Communities that invest in a healthy stream more plant and animal habitat connectivity environment experience an increase in social, between land - and water-based ecosystems, financial, and ecological capital. which positively impacts water quality and Healthy streams provide recreational value stream health. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Therefore, we use the following functional form multiplying two sigmoidal functions for rising and falling phases: is the magnitude of the proliferation rate; represent the time points for rising and falling phases at which the proliferation rate has the half maximal value of give the time scales for the slopes of the rising and falling phases, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Mineralisation at Casposo occurs along a 10 kilometre long west-northwest-east-southeast (N60 degrees W) regional structural corridor, with the main Kamila Vein system forming a sigmoidal set 500 metres long near the centre The main structural corridor consists of 2 parallel veins sets dipping to the southwest at -60 degrees to -65 degrees (B Vein & Inca Veins). From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
I was supra sigmoidal to be seismology to vampirism the stouthearted unbridgeable wonk as a bedframe eschar. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
Doesn’t this assume that the error is random and distributed as a normal distribution, If the error curve is not normally distributed, but say sigmoidal, then there is a systemmic error in the system. From Wordnik.com. [Karl and Hansen Condemn Poor USHCN Metadata « Climate Audit] Reference
(autapomorphic); deltopectoral crest prominent, extending to mid-shaft; proximal border shallowly sigmoidal; proximo-lateral corner square; distal condyles merged and flat extending only just onto anterior face of shaft; proximal breadth 50% of total length. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The sigmoidal street curved around the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Hunter]
The vascular response to potassium was analyzed using the Boltzmann sigmoidal analysis, and the maximal effective tension (Emax) and the half maximal effective concentration (EC. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Causes intense tissue hypoxia by two mechanisms: interrupts electron transport in mitochondria competes with O 2 for binding to Hb (Ka CO 220-fold > alters shape of the Hb O 2 dissociation curve (less sigmoidal) www. freelivedoctor.com. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Line, sigmoidal fit to the data (Online Methods). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
50 determination, a sigmoidal graph was generated by plotting the reaction rate as measured by raw fluorescence unit (RFU) released per hour against the logarithm of concentration of inhibitor. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
2+, fitted with a sigmoidal curve. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
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