Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each gene's state.

I was certain of my decision.

But having just returned from almost six years living in Asia, where we enjoyed — and perhaps overenjoyed — a wide array of culinary treats, she has been very, and somewhat loudly, focused on my shedding an equally wide array of excess pounds by resisting such temptations.

Eight percent of the dentists surveyed do not employ a full-time chairside; 44% have one full-time assistant at the chair; 29% employ two chairsides full time; and 19% of the dentists surveyed employ three or more full-time chairsides.