In analyses of time-to-failure data with competing risks, cumulative incidence functions may be used to estimate the time-dependent cumulative probability of failure due to specific causes. These ...

Complex microbial communities inhabit vertebrate digestive systems but thorough understanding of the ecological dynamics and functions of host-associated microbiota within natural habitats is limited.

In clinical trials and other settings, confidence intervals for survival probabilities at a fixed point in time are often required. Typically, such intervals are constructed on the cumulative hazard ...