The methods presented in this paper provide an improved technique for fitting a continuous function to discontinuous step functions so often evolving from empirical studies such as estimation of ...

In developing quality-control procedures, a step-loss function has been used implicitly or explicitly to describe consumer perceptions about product quality. A quadratic loss function has been ...

A stepped-care strategy improved function and decreased pain severity, producing at least a 30 percent improvement in pain-related disability, investigators report. Although U.S. military veterans who ...

4 Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 5 Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers explored how changes in daily step counts and variability affect cognitive function in older adults during a 10-week physical ...