pan class="n">NU</span><span class="w">     </span><span class="n">The</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">integer</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">degrees</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">of</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">freedom</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">the</span><span class="w"> </s