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Table of Contents

Volume 3 No.4,  2014

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


Open AccessA Robust Parameterization for Unbounded Covariates Within the Cox Proportional Hazards Model - Pages 331-339
Richard J. Jackson and Trevor F. Cox
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.1

Open AccessApplication of Survival Tree Based on Texture Features Obtained through MRI of Patients with Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer - Pages 340-347
Asanao Shimokawa, Yoshitaka Narita, Soichiro Shibui and Etsuo Miyaoka
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.2

Open AccessGraphical Investigation of Threshold Choice Effect on Odds Ratio Related to Prognostic Factors in Stroke Recovery - Pages 348-355
Marco Iosa, Giovanni Morone, Augusto Fusco and Stefano Paolucci
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.3

Estimating the Population Standard Deviation with Confidence Interval: A Simulation Study under Skewed and Symmetric Conditions - Pages 356-367
Shipra Banik, Ahmed N. Albatineh, Moustafa Omar Ahmed Abu-Shawiesh and B.M. Golam Kibria
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.4

Determinants of Wasting Among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: (A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model Approach) - Pages 368-377
Gutu Adugna Dabale and M.K Sharma
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.5

Imputation of Missing Data for a Continuous Variable with an Ordinal form of Risk Function: When to Apply the Transformation? - Pages 378-383
Mohammad Reza Baneshi, Behshid Garrusi and Saiedeh Haji-Maghsoudi
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.6

Open AccessAvoiding Inferential Errors in Public Health Research: The Statistical Modelling of Physical Activity Behavior - Pages 384-391
Ann O. Amuta and Dudley Poston Jr.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.7

Open AccessLQAS in Health Monitoring – Insights from a Bayesian Perspective - Pages 392-403
David Kwamena Mensah and Paul Hewson
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.8

Examining the Probabilities of Type I Error for Unadjusted All Pairwise Comparisons and Bonferroni Adjustment Approaches in Hypothesis Testing for Proportions - Pages 404-411
Sengul Cangur and Handan Ankaralı
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.9

Open AccessPredictive Modelling of Patient Reported Radiotherapy-Related Toxicity by the Application of Symptom Clustering and Autoregression - Pages 412-422
A. Lemanska, A. Cox, N.F. Kirkby, T. Chen and S. Faithfull
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.10

Open AccessDevelopment of Predictive Models for Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients using Bayesian Networks - Pages 423-434
Natasha A. Loghmanpour, Manreet K. Kanwar, Raymond L. Benza, Srinivas Murali and James F. Antaki
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.11

Open AccessIncreasing Early Awareness of Hazard of Children with ADHD’s ODD and Aggression by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) - Pages 435-443
Ruu-Fen Tzang, Chuan-Hsin Chang and Yue-Cune Chang
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.04.12

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Volume 3 No.3,  2014

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


Open AccessComparison of Methods for Clustered Data Analysis in a Non-Ideal Situation: Results from an Evaluation of Predictors of Yellow Fever Vaccine Refusal in the Global TravEpiNet (GTEN) Consortium - Pages 215-223
Sowmya R. Rao, Regina C. LaRocque, Emily S. Jentes, Stefan H.F. Hagmann, Edward T. Ryan, Pauline V. Han, David G. Kleinbaum and Global TravEpiNet Consortium
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.1

Open AccessAssociation between Obesity, Race and Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study - Pages 224-230
Xin He, Xiaoxiao Lu, Shuo Chen, Marc C. Hochberg and Mei-Ling Ting Lee
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.2

Open AccessComparative Risk-Benefit Analysis of Different Classes of Biologic Agents in Patients with Psoriasis: A Case Study on the Pros and Cons of Mixed Treatment Comparison in Synthesizing Complex Evidence Networks - Pages 231-247
Mariangela Peruzzi, Delia Colombo, Isotta Chimenti, Elena De Falco, Antonio Abbate, Giacomo Frati and Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.3

Predicting Risks of Increased Morbidity among Atrial Fibrillation Patients using Consumption Classes - Pages 248-256
Peter Congdon, Qiang Cai, Gary Puckrein and Liou Xu
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.4

Improved Ridge Regression Estimators for Binary Choice Models: An Empirical Study - Pages 257-265
Kristofer Månsson, B.M. Golam Kibria and Ghazi Shukur
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.5

Research Article: Survival Analysis of Under Five Mortality in Rural Parts of Ethiopia - Pages 266-281
Yared Seyoum and M.K. Sharma
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.6

Forecasting Rate of Decline in Infant Mortality in South Asia Using Random Walk Approximation - Pages 282-290
Tapan Kumar Chakrabarty
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.7

Total Hip and Knee Replacement in Eastern Libya: A Post-Conflict Case Series - Pages 291-297
Eman Elzwai, Rasha Elhnid, Zuhir Bodalal, Mustafa El Fadli and Salem Langhi
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.8

Open AccessConditional Two Level Mixture with Known Mixing Proportions: Applications to School and Student Level Overweight and Obesity Data from Birmingham, England - Pages 298-308
Shakir Hussain, Mehdi AL-Alak and Ghazi Shukur
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.9

Open AccessThe Current State of Validation of Administrative Healthcare Databases in Italy: A Systematic Review - Pages 309-320
Iosief Abraha, Massimiliano Orso, Piero Grilli, Francesco Cozzolino, Paolo Eusebi, Paola Casucci, Mauro Marchesi, Maria Laura Luchetta, Luisa Fruttini, Raoul Ciappelloni, Rita De Florio, Gianni Giovannini and Alessandro Montedori
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.10

A Simple Approach to Sample Size Calculation for Count Data in Matched Cohort Studies - Pages 321-330
Dexiang Gao, Gary K. Grunwald and Stanley Xu
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.11

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Volume 3 No.2,  2014

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


Open AccessBiologic Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis or Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Systematic Review with Pairwise and Network Meta-Analysis - Pages 74-87
Mariangela Peruzzi, Delia Colombo, Elena De Falco, Isotta Chimenti, Antonio Abbate, Giacomo Frati and Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.1

The Bivariate Erlang and its Application in Modeling Recurrence Times of Kidney Dialysis Data - Pages 88-93
Norou Diawara, S.H. Sathish Indika, Melva Grant and Edgard M. Maboudou-Tchao
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.2

Open AccessDeployment of Six Sigma Methodology in Pars Plana Vitrectomy - Pages 94-102
Ibrahim Sahbaz, Mehmet Tolga Taner, Huseyin Sanisoglu, Taner Kar, Gamze Kagan, Ebubekir Durmus, Meltem Tunca, Engin Erbas, Ilker Armagan and Mehmet Kemal Kagan
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.3

A Bayesian Shared Parameter Model for Analysing Longitudinal Skewed Responses with Nonignorable Dropout - Pages 103-115
M. Ganjali and T. Baghfalaki
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.4

The Influence of Family Factors on Smoking Behavior in Turkey - Pages 116-125
Sevgi Yurt Oncel and Fazil Aliev
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.5

Open AccessAdoption of Six Sigma’s DMAIC to Reduce Complications in IntraLase Surgeries - Pages 126-133
İbrahim Şahbaz, Mehmet Tolga Taner, Mustafa Eliaçık, Gamze Kağan and Engin Erbaş
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.6

Application of Cox’s Proportional Hazard Model and Construction of Life Table for Under-Five - Pages 134-144
Salam Shantikumar Singh
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.7

Open AccessEfficient Blockwise Permutation Tests Preserving Exchangeability - Pages 145-152
Chunxiao Zhou, Chris E. Zwilling, Vince D. Calhoun and Michelle Y. Wang
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.8

Open AccessAn Independent and External Validation of the ACC NCDR Bleeding Risk Score among a National Multi-Site Community Hospital Registry of Cardiac Interventions - Pages 153-160
David R. Dobies, Kimberly R. Barber and Amanda L. Cohoon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.9

Open AccessTesting the Equivalence of Survival Distributions using PP- and PPP-Plots - Pages 161-173
Trevor F. Cox
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.10

Comparison of Some Methods of Testing Statistical Hypotheses: (Part I. Parallel Methods) - Pages 174-197
K.J. Kachiashvili
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.11

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium as Foundational - Pages 198-202
Alan E. Stark and Eugene Seneta
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.12

Open AccessAdjusting Complex Heterogeneity in Treatment Assignment in Observational Studies - Pages 203 -214
Jichang Yu, Haibo Zhou, Xianchen Liu, Fei Zou and Richard J. Willke
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.13

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University of Rome, Latina, Italy  Editor's Profile

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Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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Swansea University, UK
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University of Calgary, Canada

     
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City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Queensland University of Technology, Australia

     
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Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
     
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Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
     
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Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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AstraZeneca, Wilmington, LP, USA
     
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Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

     
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National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Florida International University, USA
     
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The Jikei University Daisan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
     
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Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

     
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U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC), Houston, TX, USA

     
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SUNY Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA

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Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
     
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University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

     
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, OK, USA


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University of Granada, Granada, Spain

     
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University of South Carolina, United States
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Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
     
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Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Narhe, Pune, India

     
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University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

     
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University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
     
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University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Universiyt of New South Wales,
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Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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"Inserm U1061". Montpellier, France
     
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University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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Liver Unit of Santa Casa General Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil
     
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The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
     
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Weierstrass Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Geisinger Center for Health Research, Danville, PA, USA
     
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University Technology Malaysia,  UTM, Malaysia
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John Snow Research and Training Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
     
     
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General Dynamics Information Technology, West Des Moines, IA
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
     
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Southern Medical University,
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Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
     
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Queen Mary University of London, UK
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
     
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SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, U.S.A
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Minnesota, USA
     
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