Articles tagged with Statistical Theory
A new clinical trial will investigate whether adding the oral medication vorasidenib to standard chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for people with newly-diagnosed, grade 3 IDH-mutant astrocytoma. The study aims to recruit 400 individuals with this type of brain cancer and evaluate the safety and side-effect profile of the...
Princeton Chemist Salvatore Torquato and astrophysicist Oliver Philcox applied statistical mechanics to find similarities in galaxy distribution across length scales. They used new descriptors to characterize structural data, revealing a correlated disorder in the spatial relationships between galaxies.
A new key review by Gotelli and McGill provides an overview of the current status of neutral models in ecology, highlighting their role relative to older ecological models. The paper demonstrates parallels in theory development between neutral models and null models, shedding light on community patterns and species interactions.