parametric statistics
parametric statistics A branch of
statistical inference which makes assumptions about the underlying mathematical distributional form of observed variables. The most familiar of these hypothetical mathematical distributions is the
normal distribution.
Binomial and
Poisson distributions are also widely used. Some statisticians believe that these models are inappropriate to the social sciences, since they rest on assumptions that are violated by much social science data, and prefer instead to rely on
non-parametric statistics.
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AZT scientists joins GSK patent challenge.
PR Newswire; 12/5/2002; 700+ words
; ...piracy: Former NIH scientist discovered AZT's use against HIV/AIDS - Dr. Jerome P. Horwitz, researcher who first discovered AZT in the 1960's as a possible cancer-fighting...Group's effort to invalidate patent on AZT, other HIV drugs London -- The researcher...
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AZT Scientists Joins GSK Patent Challenge.
PR Newswire; 12/5/2002; 700+ words
; ...Piracy: Former NIH Scientist Discovered AZT's Use Against HIV/AIDS Dr. Jerome P. Horwitz, Researcher Who First Discovered AZT in the 1960's As A Possible Cancer-Fighting...Group's Effort to Invalidate Patent on AZT, Other HIV Drugs LONDON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire...
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AZT shows promise as breast cancer fighter. (zidovudine)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; The anti-AIDS drug AZT functions like a Trojan horse. Once inside...virus from making a copy of its genes. AZT displaces thymidine, one of the four building...scientists have had only spotty success using AZT against the disease in lab studies. Now...
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AZT in the dock
Magazine article from: New African; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...had been prescribed the anti-Aids drug AZT, is suing the drug's manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline...large volume of scientific evidence that AZT is harmful". The government subsequently launched an inquiry into the safety of AZT, which was first synthesised in 1961 as...
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AZT DATA IS CALLED BREAKTHROUGH, BUT ACTIVISTS FEAR INSURANCE LIMBO
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/19/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...s announcement this week that the drug AZT slows development of symptoms in people...treatment," Kessler said. The good news on AZT, Kessler said, also "opens up an incredible...government's announcement of the new data on AZT for asymptomatic carriers leaves in limbo...
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AZT study of pregnant women bolsters need for HIV screening. (zidovudine)
Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert; 3/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...recent government finding that zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir) substantially reduces the risk...Public Health Service to issue guidelines for AZT use in pregnant women under limited circumstances...spate of studies questioning the efficacy of AZT for early treatment of HIV, the three...
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AZT research remains muddled; experts eye triple combination. (antiviral drug therapy)
Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert; 8/1/1994; 700+ words
; The success of zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir) in reducing perinatal HIV transmission...assigned to take different combinations of AZT, zalcitabine (ddC), and saquinavir...Except for the 076 study [involving AZT in pregnant women], there is not much...
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AZT falls short for kids with HIV. (zidovudine)
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/18/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...a new study raise questions about using AZT, a standard anti-AIDS drug, to treat...the Food and Drug Administration approved AZT (zidovudine) for use in youngsters who...They gave one-third of the children AZT in the form of a strawberry-flavored syrup...
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AZT: FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES, A BLOW AGAINST HIV MANY DOCTORS SAY THE BENEFITS OF THE TREATMENT OUTWEIGH ANY POSSIBLE RISKS.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 1/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...drug licensed for use by pregnant women - AZT - causes cancer in mice exposed to high...raises the possibility that women who take AZT during pregnancy may bear children who are...experts, who say the nearly toxic doses of AZT the mice received are three to seven times...
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EFFECTIVENESS OF AZT FOUND IN AIDS TESTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/18/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...have shown conclusively that the drug, AZT, slows progression toward symptomatic disease...government announced encouraging results with AZT in people with AIDS-related complex...than 500 T4 immune system cells who got AZT, the rate of progression to AIDS or severe...
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AZT
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
AZT or zidovudine , drug used to treat patients...Originally developed in 1964 as an anticancer drug, AZT was never approved for that purpose. In 1984...activists were lobbying heavily for approval. AZT affects HIV's ability to reproduce by inhibiting...
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AIDS Therapies and Vaccines
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...of several stages. A drug called azidothymidine (AZT) showed special promise. AZT does not cure or prevent AIDS, but it can slow down...disease, especially when used with other treatments. AZT works by preventing reverse transcriptase from reproducing...
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Drug Resistance
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...examples are the resistance of the HIV virus to AZT, or that of TB to antibiotics . Resistance...that mutate in such a way that prevents AZT from working on those mutated viruses...of itself, which are also resistant to AZT. After some time, this mutated AZT-resistant...
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Chemotherapy
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...approved of two chemotherapies: azidothymidine (AZT) and dideoxyinosine (DDI). AZT and DDI stop the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV...DDI is used for AIDS patients who cannot tolerate AZT. Treating Cancer The word cancer is actually just...
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...1986, a drug known as azidothymidine (AZT) was identified by NCI researchers as inhibiting...the Food and Drug Administration approved AZT for AIDS treatment. For nearly a decade, with a few other similar drugs, AZT stood as the only antiviral therapy available...
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