Nan Lin

TL;DR: This paper considers transformation on the response variable in functional linear regression and proposes a nonparametric transformation model in which it is shown that estimates agree with the regularized functional least squares estimate for the transformation model subject to a scale multiplication.

TL;DR: The American Educational Research Association (AERA) as discussed by the authors became the ninth professional society to join The Johns Hopkins University Center for Research in Scientific Communication program of studies in order to improve the dissemination of scientific and technical information in educational research, and the major objective of this program is, in cooperation with these professional societies, the study of the utilization of their communications media and of the information needs and practices of the scientists and technologists they represent.

TL;DR: Time trends of CTX use and outcomes in women with T1N0 BC treated at NCCN cancer centers are analyzed and more than 50% of patients with HER2+ and HR-2- T1a/b breast cancers received CTX (± trastuzumab) in 2009.

TL;DR: Substantial variability exists in the utilization of additional breast-specific imaging and in the timeliness of obtaining these tests among breast surgeons, and further research is warranted to assess the sources and impact of this variation on patient care, cost, and outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the influence of fiber on lime and fly ash-stabilized iron tailings (EIT) under dry and wet cycles at an early curing age.