The direction of outlyingness is crucial to describing the centrality of multivariate functional
data. Motivated by this idea, classical depth is generalized to directional outlyingness for …

As mine trucks face severe and changeable driving conditions in mining area, it is important
to formulate a general automatic gear shift strategy for reducing the intensity and difficulty of …

Objectives Subglottic stenosis (SGS) is one of the most common airway disorders in
pediatric patients. Currently, treatment decisions rely primarily on the Cotton‐Myer scale …

BACKGROUND: Children with complex airway problems see multiple specialists. To
improve outcomes and coordinate care, we developed a multidisciplinary Children's Airway …

We propose a new method for the construction and visualization of boxplot-type displays for
functional data. We use a recent functional data analysis framework, based on a …

Objectives/Hypothesis Children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) often suffer from nasal
obstruction that may be related to effects on nasal volume. The objective of this study was to …

Objectives/Hypothesis Determine whether quantitative geometric measures and a
computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model derived from medical imaging of children with …

With the advance of technology, functional data are being recorded more frequently,
whether over one-dimensional or multi-dimensional domains. Due to the high …

Background: The distribution of lip shapes in young females and how morphological
variation relates to attractiveness are poorly defined. Objectives: We hypothesized that …

We understand now that sleep of sufficient length and quality is required for good health.
This is particularly true for infants and children, who have the added physiologic task of …