Statistical framework to analyze heritability of gene expression 
    based on next-generation sequencing data and simulating sequencing reads. 
    Variance partition coefficients (VPC) are computed using linear mixed effects 
    and generalized linear mixed effects models. Compound Poisson and negative 
    binomial models are included. Reference: Rudra, Pratyaydipta, et al. "Model based heritability scores for high-throughput sequencing data." BMC bioinformatics 18.1 (2017): 143.

Probability functions and other utilities for the generalized Hermite distribution.

Facilitates estimation of full univariate and bivariate 
  probability density functions and cumulative distribution functions along with
  full quantile functions (univariate) and nonparametric correlation 
  (bivariate) using Hermite series based estimators. These estimators are 
  particularly useful in the sequential setting (both stationary and 
  non-stationary) and one-pass batch estimation setting for large data sets. 
  Based on: Stephanou, Michael, Varughese, Melvin and Macdonald, Iain. "Sequential quantiles via Hermite series density estimation." Electronic Journal of Statistics 11.1 (2017): 570-607 <doi:10.1214/17-EJS1245>, 
  Stephanou, Michael and Varughese, Melvin. "On the properties of Hermite series based distribution function estimators." Metrika (2020) <doi:10.1007/s00184-020-00785-z> and Stephanou, Michael and Varughese, Melvin. "Sequential estimation of Spearman rank correlation using Hermite series estimators." Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2021) <doi:10.1016/j.jmva.2021.104783>.

An implementation of the sandwich smoother proposed in Fast Bivariate Penalized Splines by Xiao et al. (2012) <doi:10.1111/rssb.12007>.    A hero is a specific type of sandwich.  Dictionary.com (2018) <https://www.dictionary.com> describes a hero as: a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes. Also implements the spatio-temporal sandwich smoother of French and Kokoszka (2021) <doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2020.100413>.