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Model Selection Reveals the Butyrate-Producing Gut Bacterium Coprococcus eutactus as Predictor for Language Development in 3-Year-Old Rural Ugandan Children by Kort, Remco, Schlösser, Job, Vazquez, Alan R, Atukunda, Prudence, Muhoozi, Grace K M, Wacoo, Alex Paul, Sybesma, Wilbert F H, Westerberg, Ane C, Iversen, Per Ole, Schoen, Eric D

“…The metabolic activity of the gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in the gut-brain axis through the effects of bacterial metabolites on brain function and…”
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Construction of Two-Level Nonregular Designs of Strength Three With Large Run Sizes by Vazquez, Alan R., Xu, Hongquan

“…Two-level orthogonal arrays of strength 3 permit the study of the main effects and the two-factor interactions of the experimental factors. These arrays are…”
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Constructing two-level QB-optimal screening designs using mixed-integer programming and heuristic algorithms by Vazquez, Alan R., Wong, Weng Kee, Goos, Peter

“…Two-level screening designs are widely applied in manufacturing industry to identify influential factors of a system. These designs have each factor at two…”
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Mathematical programming tools for randomization purposes in small two-arm clinical trials: A case study with real data by Vazquez, Alan R, Wong, Weng-Kee

“…Modern randomization methods in clinical trials are invariably adaptive, meaning that the assignment of the next subject to a treatment group uses the…”
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Systematic enumeration of definitive screening designs by Schoen, Eric D., Eendebak, Pieter T., Vazquez, Alan R., Goos, Peter

“…Conference designs are n × k matrices, k ≤ n , with orthogonal columns, one zero in each column, at most one zero in each row, and - 1 and + 1 entries…”
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A simulation-based heuristic that promotes business profit while increasing the perceived quality of service industries by Trigos, Federico, Vazquez, Alan R., Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo

“…This paper tackles the problem of minimising the direct server costs of complex multiple-server queueing systems while improving the quality perceived by…”
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Superinfection exclusion factors drive a history-dependent switch from vertical to horizontal phage transmission by Staes, Ines, Bäcker, Leonard E, Simoens, Kenneth, De Winter, Kjerstin, Marolt, Gasper, Cenens, William, Wolput, Sanne, Vazquez, Alan R, Goos, Peter, Lavigne, Rob, Bernaerts, Kristel, Aertsen, Abram

“…Temperate bacterial viruses are commonly thought to favor vertical (lysogenic) transmission over horizontal (lytic) transmission when the virion-to-host-cell…”
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Comparing herbicide application methods with See & Spray™ technology in soybean by Avent, Tristen H., Norsworthy, Jason K., Patzoldt, William L., Schwartz-Lazaro, Lauren M., Houston, Michael M., Butts, Thomas R., Vazquez, Alan R.

“…New machine-vision technologies like the John Deere See & Spray™ could provide the opportunity to reduce herbicide use by detecting weeds and target-spraying…”
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Ruggedness testing of an analytical method for pesticide residues in potato by Maestroni, Britt, Vazquez, Alan R., Avossa, Valeria, Goos, Peter, Cesio, Veronica, Heinzen, Horacio, Riener, Joerg, Cannavan, Andrew

“…The best demonstration of the ruggedness of a method is monitoring its performance on an ongoing basis as part of the analytical quality control applied in the…”
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A Review of Design of Experiments Courses Offered to Undergraduate Students at American Universities by Vazquez, Alan R., Xuan, Xiaocong

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An Integer Programming Algorithm for Constructing Maximin Distance Designs From Good Lattice Point Sets by Vazquez, Alan, Xu, Hongquan

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Drying techniques for precooked hybrid rice to ensure quality of instantized rice by Okeyo, Anne A., Luthra, Kaushik, Siebenmorgen, Justin, Vazquez, Alan R., Atungulu, Griffiths G.

“…Background and Objectives Due to the emergence of new hybrid rice cultivars, rice processors must refine their processing protocols to maintain the production…”
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Constructing two-level $$Q_B$$-optimal screening designs using mixed-integer programming and heuristic algorithms by Vazquez, Alan R., Wong, Weng Kee, Goos, Peter

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Quality characteristic of instant rice produced using microwave‐assisted hot air drying by Okeyo, Anne A., Luthra, Kaushik, Vazquez, Alan R., Atungulu, Griffiths G.

“…Background and Objectives It is of utmost importance for the instant rice processing sector to reassess its methodologies to enhance the overall quality of…”
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Systematic enumeration of two-level even-odd designs of strength 3 by Eendebak, Pieter T., Schoen, Eric D., Vazquez, Alan R., Goos, Peter

“…The first dedicated algorithm to enumerate even-odd designs of strength 3 is presented. Such designs cannot be constructed by folding over smaller designs, but…”
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Projections of Definitive Screening Designs by Dropping Columns: Selection and Evaluation by Vazquez, Alan R., Goos, Peter, Schoen, Eric D.

“…Abstract-Definitive screening designs permit the study of many quantitative factors in a few runs more than twice the number of factors. In practical…”
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Constructing Two-Level Designs by Concatenation of Strength-3 Orthogonal Arrays by Vazquez, Alan R., Goos, Peter, Schoen, Eric D.

“…Two-level orthogonal arrays of N runs, k factors, and a strength of 3 provide suitable fractional factorial designs in situations where many of the main…”
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A review of Design of Experiments courses offered to undergraduate students at American universities by Vazquez, Alan R, Xuan, Xiaocong

“…Design of Experiments (DoE) is a relevant class to undergraduate students in the sciences, because it teaches them how to plan, conduct, and analyze…”
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Mathematical programming tools for randomization purposes in small two-arm clinical trials: A case study with real data by Vazquez, Alan R, Wong, Weng Kee

“…Modern randomization methods in clinical trials are invariably adaptive, meaning that the assignment of the next subject to a treatment group uses the…”
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