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Monday, July 17, 2006



MP1 - Methods For Correlated Data
12:00 (Noon)MP1.101- Marginal Permutation Invariant Covariance Matrices in Linear Models with Applications in the Study of Knee Osteoarthritis
T. Nahtman
12:00 (Noon)MP1.102- Estimating Intraclass Correlation Coefficient from Elliptical Populations
S.E. Ahmed
12:00 (Noon)MP1.103- An Approach to Model Correlations between Binary Responses over Unequal Time Intervals
S.S. Thwin
12:00 (Noon)MP1.104- A Cluster-Deletion Test for Leverage: An Intuitive, User-Friendly GEE Diagnostic
M. Wilchesky
12:00 (Noon)MP1.105- On the Estimation of Fractional Transfer Coefficients in Compartmental Systems
G. Schinaia
12:00 (Noon)MP1.106- A Non-Linear Cumulative Logit Mixed Model with Time Varying Phases and Covariates
J. Rajeswaran
12:00 (Noon)MP1.107- Sample Size for Case-Control Studies with Longitudinal Data
E. Park
12:00 (Noon)MP1.108- Bayesian Modeling of the Mean and Covariance Matrix on Normal Nonlinear Models
E. Cepeda Cuervo
12:00 (Noon)MP1.109- Study of US Treasury Market Using ARCH-M Class Models under Generalized Secant Hyperbolic Conditional Distributional Assumption
J. Hu
12:00 (Noon)MP1.110- SAS/IML or Parameters Estimation for Multistate Higher Order Covariate Dependent Markov Model
R. Chowdhury
12:00 (Noon)MP1.111- Predicting Longitudinal Ordered Response with Missing Data Using Bayesian Method
R. Ghorbani
12:00 (Noon)MP1.112- Methods for Estimating Efficacy for Longitudinal Studies with Noncompliance
G.Y. Yi
12:00 (Noon)MP1.113- Creation and Interpretation Methodology for Modeling Complex Hierarchical Dynamic Systems in Epidemiology: Application to Study of Air-Pollution Health Effects
M. Friger
12:00 (Noon)MP1.114- Concordance Correlation Coefficient for Overdispersed Count Data
J.L. Carrasco
12:00 (Noon)MP1.115- Estimating the Comparability of Two Distinct Variables: How to Model Across Subjects and Repeated Measures
Sh. Zare
12:00 (Noon)MP1.116- Optimal Designs for Clinical Trials with Second-order Polynomial Treatment Effects
B. Winkens
12:00 (Noon)MP1.117- Comparison of the Gee Model and Logistic Regression in Determining Factors Related to Back Pain in Iran
K. Nourijelyani
12:00 (Noon)MP1.118- A Likelihood Approach to Estimating Sensitivity and Specificity with Binocular Diagnostic Data: Application in Ophthalmology
A.R. De Leon

MP2 - Clinical Research And Basic Medical Sciences
12:00 (Noon)MP2.119- Statistical Analysis of Parameters Characterizing Neurological Dysfunction in Newborns
G.S. Ristic
12:00 (Noon)MP2.120- The Effects of Sampling and Sample Preparation on Analytical Sensitivity
R.A. Lewis
12:00 (Noon)MP2.121- Pattern Recognition Techniques for Breast Cancer Prediction
C. Enachescu
12:00 (Noon)MP2.122- Assessing Changes in the fMRI Visual Field Map after Surgery for Epilepsy
R.G. Hoffmann
12:00 (Noon)MP2.123- Statistical Analysis of Electrophoresis Results in External Quality Assessment Schemes
A. Albert
12:00 (Noon)MP2.124- Exploration of Aflatoxin Concentrations in Breast Milk using Functional Data Analysis
K. Harris
12:00 (Noon)MP2.125- Can Subjective Measurements Predict Lymphedema?
J.L. Palmer
12:00 (Noon)MP2.126- Identification of the Mode of Action of Carcinogens
A. Kopp-Schneider

MP3 - Public Health
12:00 (Noon)MP3.127- Bullying and Victimization Behaviors in Boys and Girls in Primary Schools, Bandar Abbas, Iran
F. Nikoosefat Jahromi
12:00 (Noon)MP3.128- The Impact of Underreporting and Bias in Spontaneous Reporting Systems on the Assessment of Drug-Event Associations and Drug-Drug Interactions
D.C. Parks
12:00 (Noon)MP3.129- Prognostic Factors for Short- and Long-Term Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation in Estonia
U. Kirsimagi
12:00 (Noon)MP3.130- Estimating Health Care Seeking Delays from Interview-Reported Illness Durations
R. Heinmüller
12:00 (Noon)MP3.131- Evaluation of Knowledge about Oral Health in Brasilian Students Via Item Response Theory
M.L.M.M. Sundefeld

MP4 - Clinical Trials
12:00 (Noon)MP4.132- Sample Size Determination of Efficacy and Safety Comparisons with Bivariate Nonparametric Tests
J.A. Lee
12:00 (Noon)MP4.133- Need for and Modifications in Clinical Trial Methodology for Evaluation of Indigenous Treatments/Medicinal Drugs
S. Sarmukaddam
12:00 (Noon)MP4.134- Sample Size Estimation for the Randomized Parallel Group Study with Count Data
H. Uehara
12:00 (Noon)MP4.135- From Non-Inferiority to Superiority
K.F. Yee
12:00 (Noon)MP4.136- A Proposal of an Approximate One-Sided Test in Clinical Trials with Multiple Endpoints
Y. Nakazuru

MP5 - Diagnostic And Screening Tests
12:00 (Noon)MP5.137- Conditional ROC Curve Estimation
I. López de Ullibarri
12:00 (Noon)MP5.138- Latent Class Models in Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Illness
D.K. Subbakrishna
12:00 (Noon)MP5.139- Evaluating the Predictiveness of a Continuous Marker with Case-Control Data
Y. Huang
12:00 (Noon)MP5.140- Differentiating Major Depressive Disorder in Youths with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
A. Lopez
12:00 (Noon)MP5.141- Bayesian Methods for Adjustment of Verification Bias
Y. Lu
12:00 (Noon)MP5.142- Confidence Intervals and Regions for Diagnostic Test Likelihood Ratios
D.E. Matthews
12:00 (Noon)MP5.143- Graphical Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests using the Agreement Chart and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves
S.I. Bangdiwala

MP6 - Epidemiological Research
12:00 (Noon)MP6.144- Family Physicians' Characteristics that May Be Associated with Utilization of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Testing in High-Risk Patients: Canadian Quality Circles (CQC) National Project
G. Ioannidis
12:00 (Noon)MP6.145- Applications of Latent Class Growth Modeling in a Longitudinal Study of Tobacco Use
I. Karp
12:00 (Noon)MP6.146- Simple Anthropometric Measures Predict Fasting Hyperinsulinemia and Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Asian Indian Adolescents
R.M. Pandey
12:00 (Noon)MP6.147- Modeling the Joint Effect of Depression and Chronic Somatic Conditions on Disability
N. Schmitz
12:00 (Noon)MP6.148- Flexible Two-Phase Studies in Epidemiology
P. Wild
12:00 (Noon)MP6.149- A National Multicenter Study of Heroin Dependents to Evaluate the Impact of Treatments on Mortality; Handling Missing Data
P. Schifano
12:00 (Noon)MP6.150- Atlas of Chilean Cardiovascular Disease Mortality 1997-2003
L. Nuñez
12:00 (Noon)MP6.151- A Cerebral Palsy Analysis and its Underlying Causes of Death: A Competing Risks Approach
J. Anzures-Cabrera
12:00 (Noon)MP6.152- Indication Bias in the Analysis of Survival Data
D. Cournoyer
12:00 (Noon)MP6.153- A Time-Dependent Cox Regression Model to Determine the Effectiveness of Planned Duration of Residential Drug Abuse Treatment
G.A. Okyere
12:00 (Noon)MP6.154- Identifying Response Shift Statistically at the Individual Level
S.C. Scott
12:00 (Noon)MP6.155- Reproducibility of the Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Case-Control Studies: Study Designs and Statistical Considerations
K. Kopciuk
12:00 (Noon)MP6.156- Selecting the Best Treatment for the Patient's Disease
A. Morabito
12:00 (Noon)MP6.157- Effects of Lifestyle Modification on Cardiac Risk Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
K. Yamaoka

MP7 - Health Services Research And Health Economics
12:00 (Noon)MP7.158- Estimation of Medical Expenditure Threshold Exceedance Using a Bayesian SQUARE" Approach"
S. Venturini
12:00 (Noon)MP7.159- Weighted GLMs for Censored Medical Costs
J.C. Hopewell
12:00 (Noon)MP7.160- Efficiency Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Technique: A Story of 28 Clinics in Gülhane Military Medical Academy
M. Akyol
12:00 (Noon)MP7.161- Using Growth Modeling to Study Correlates of Health Changes in the Elderly
M.-F. Dubois
12:00 (Noon)MP7.162- Counting the Undercount: Enumeration of Primary Homeless in Adelaide Using Capture-recapture
Y. Wang
12:00 (Noon)MP7.163- Variations in the Utilization of Revascularization among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in New York City
A. Negassa
12:00 (Noon)MP7.164- Evidence Based Hospital Performance Assessment - A Comprehensive Indices Scores Evaluation System
J. Li

MP8 - Infectious Diseases
12:00 (Noon)MP8.165- Mood Disturbance and Neuropsychological Performance in HIV-1 Infected Population: The Impact of Aging, Gender, IDU, and Education
Y. Yang
12:00 (Noon)MP8.166- The Estimation of Model Parameters for an SIS Disease Infection Process
H.G. Mwambi
12:00 (Noon)MP8.167- Bayesian Inference for 2001 Britain Foot and Mouth Epidemic
I. Chis Ster
12:00 (Noon)MP8.168- Estimating the Illness Stage-Specific Infectiousness of Smallpox
H. Nishiura
12:00 (Noon)MP8.169- Identification de déterminants psychosociaux sous-jacents à l'intention d'utiliser le préservatif auprès des jeunes scolarisés Rwandais
A. Rumenge Nt.
12:00 (Noon)MP8.170- Survival Factors for HIV/AIDS Patients in Thailand
M. Tiensuwan

Tuesday, July 18, 2006



TP1 - Quantitative Methods In Agriculture
12:00 (Noon)TP1.201- Error Structures in Biplot Analysis of Multi-Environment Trials
M. Balzarini
12:00 (Noon)TP1.202- Use of Mixed Models to Classify Sites in Eucalyptus Urophylla Plantations in Venezuela's Western Plains
O. Carrero
12:00 (Noon)TP1.203- Use of Mixed Models to Develop Site Index Equations for Tectona Grandis Plantations in Venezuela´S Western Plains
M. Jerez
12:00 (Noon)TP1.204- Variance Component Analysis Based on Nested Multivariate Models as a Tool for Varietal Recommendations
M. Anputhas
12:00 (Noon)TP1.205- Mixed Model, Manova and Sem Analysis of Growth in Three Crosses of Sheep
F.J. Babinec
12:00 (Noon)TP1.206- Comparison of Genotypes from Ten Native Populations of Perennial Ryegrass when Assessed in Four Contrasting European Environments
M.S. Dhanoa
12:00 (Noon)TP1.207- Usability of a Fuzzy Logic Approach in Animal Science
O. Gorgulu
12:00 (Noon)TP1.208- Evaluation of Barley DH Lines with Respect to Technological Traits of Series of Experiments
Z. Kaczmarek
12:00 (Noon)TP1.209- Application of Logistic-Normal Models to Study the Epidemiology of White Rot in Garlic
R. Macchiavelli
12:00 (Noon)TP1.210- Statistical Problems in Estimating the Topological Index" for Plant Root-Architecture Data"
L. Murray
12:00 (Noon)TP1.211- Study of Combining Ability and Gene Action of Flag Leaf Area in Wheat
M.R. Naroui Rad
12:00 (Noon)TP1.212- Persistence of Seeds from Crops of Conventional and Herbicide Tolerant Oilseed Rape
R.W. Payne
12:00 (Noon)TP1.213- Developing a 3-D Model for the Movement of Weed Seeds Following Cultivation
A. Mead
12:00 (Noon)TP1.214- Comparison of Covariance Structure Approaches in Repeated Measures Analysis in In-Vitro Screening of Rumen Fluid Samples
Z. Taddese
12:00 (Noon)TP1.215- Milking the Data - Modelling Lactation Curves in Australian Dairy Cattle
E.J.S. Hall
12:00 (Noon)TP1.216- On Deficiency of Estimators of a Normal Mean with Known Coefficient of Variation
K. Bhat
12:00 (Noon)TP1.217- GLMs to Study the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security: A Case Study in Limpopo Province, South Africa
L.K. Debusho
12:00 (Noon)TP1.218- A Genomic Diversity Measure in Double Haploid QTL Population
S. Hebbagodi
12:00 (Noon)TP1.219- Modeling Herbicidal Activity of a Substituted Triazines Class by Integration of Compounds Complex Structural Information
S. Bolboaca
12:00 (Noon)TP1.220- Clustering Posterior Distributions-Application to Somatic Embryogenesis in Maize
T.M. Love
12:00 (Noon)TP1.221- Generalized Procrustes Analysis for Describing Relationships between Maize Hybrids from Multi-environment Yield Trial and Molecular Data
N.C. Bonamico

TP2 - Ecological Research, Environmental Research, Wildlife, Forestry, Fisheries
12:00 (Noon)TP2.222- Insights into Pampean Avian Assemblages under the Theory of Statistical Analysis from Compositional Data
M.I. Alperin
12:00 (Noon)TP2.223- Model Abundance Species Data: Putting the Key Decision about Zero Distribution Back to Ecologists
L. Pla
12:00 (Noon)TP2.224- Inference Concerning the Conversion Efficiency for a Special Predator-Prey System
S.E. Ahmed
12:00 (Noon)TP2.225- Nonparametric Estimation of Survival in the Wild using Capture-Recapture Data: Applications in Ecology and Evolution
O. Gimenez
12:00 (Noon)TP2.226- New Improvements in Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment by Mollusk Valve Opening Analysis
G. Durrieu
12:00 (Noon)TP2.227- Assessment of Lead Contamination of Homes in Lagos City, Nigeria
J.F. Olawuyi
12:00 (Noon)TP2.228- Statistical Study of the Variation of the CAO between Different Stations from the Metropolitan Area of Santiago de Chile
M.A.I. Ormeño
12:00 (Noon)TP2.229- Modelling and Forecast of the Annual Rainfall in Pelotas, Brazil
J.B. da Silva

TP3 - Foresty, Fishery Wildlife
12:00 (Noon)TP3.230- Application of Geostatistics in Inventory of Natural Forests of Iran
R. Akhavan
12:00 (Noon)TP3.231- Volume Equations for Samán (Samanea saman) Trees Growing on Pasture Lands in Zulia, Venezuela
A.Y. Moret
12:00 (Noon)TP3.232- Consistent Estimation of Diameter Distributions for Downed Woody Material in some Variable Probability Sampling Methods
M.J. Ducey
12:00 (Noon)TP3.233- Morphometric Analysis of Ten Populations of Ononis spinosa L. in Iran
M. Bashari
12:00 (Noon)TP3.234- Mixed and Modified Poisson Regression Models for the Analysis of Aggregate Tree Mortality
D.L.R. Affleck
12:00 (Noon)TP3.235- Statistical Analysis of Computed Tomography Scan Data in Plant Canopy Studies
P. Dutilleul
12:00 (Noon)TP3.236- Fractal Dimensionality as Quantitative Characteristic of Mushroom Mycelium
E. Fedchun
12:00 (Noon)TP3.237- Photo-Identification of Bottlenose Dolphins Using MCMC
T.C.F.N. Barata
12:00 (Noon)TP3.238- Applying Generalized Additive Models to Study the Somatic Growth and Reproductive Evolution of the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
C. Cadarso-Suárez
12:00 (Noon)TP3.239- Comparative Analysis of Wood Anatomical Data using GEE Models
R. Aguirre-Hernandez
12:00 (Noon)TP3.240- Using Biometry in Plant Systematics
M. Noori
12:00 (Noon)TP3.241- Modeling Observer Effects on Animal Density and Detection for Combined Distance and Capture-Recapture Data
R.A. Webster

TP4 - Genomics, Proteomics And Microarray Data
12:00 (Noon)TP4.242- Testing the Presence of Recombination Hot-Spots in the HIV Genome and their Association with Local Sequence Properties
V. Minin
12:00 (Noon)TP4.243- Functional Principal Component Analysis via Regularized Basis Expansions and its Application to Protein Structural Data
M. Kayano
12:00 (Noon)TP4.244- Genetic Effect Estimation Via Resampling in Linkage Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci
L.Y. Wu
12:00 (Noon)TP4.245- Estimating the False Discovery Rate Using a Normal Mixture Distribution with Microarray Data
A. Hirakawa
12:00 (Noon)TP4.246- A Comparison of Clustering Methods for Microarray Data Based on Preprocessing
S.Y. Kim
12:00 (Noon)TP4.247- SerbGO: All for GO and One for All
J.L. Mosquera
12:00 (Noon)TP4.248- A Non-Parametric Estimation Approach for Microarray Data Analysis
I. Ortega
12:00 (Noon)TP4.249- Selecting Genes in DNA Microarray Experiments
M. del C. Romero
12:00 (Noon)TP4.250- Using Semantic Similarity for Gene Set Analysis of Microarray Data
A. Sánchez-Pla
12:00 (Noon)TP4.251- Theoretical False Discovery Rate and Sample Size for Microarrays
J. Song

TP5 - Genetics
12:00 (Noon)TP5.252- Regional Admixture Mapping and Structured Association Testing: Conceptual Unification and an Extensible Generalized Linear Model
T.M. Beasley
12:00 (Noon)TP5.253- Using Latent Class Models to Redefine the Phenotype in Complex Diseases
P.H. Carmichael
12:00 (Noon)TP5.254- A Robust TDT-Type Association Test against Genotyping Error
K.-F. Cheng
12:00 (Noon)TP5.255- Resampling in the Ancestral Recombination Graph
K. Cyrenne
12:00 (Noon)TP5.256- Estimation of Allele Frequencies in Tetraploid Populations under Preferential Pairing and Double Reduction
H.N. De Silva
12:00 (Noon)TP5.257- Variants of Estrogen Receptors and CYP450 Enzymes Involved in Estrogen Metabolism in French-Canadian Women: Associations with Bone Measures and Susceptibility to Osteoporosis?
L. Elfassihi
12:00 (Noon)TP5.258- Statistical Strategies for Testing Gene-Environment Interaction in Association Analyses
D. Gendron
12:00 (Noon)TP5.259- Using Random Effects Spline Models for Searching for Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Cell Counts in the Dentate Gyrus
D. Moore
12:00 (Noon)TP5.260- Statistical Methods to Analyze High Dimensional Genomic Data: A Simulation Study
J.R. Gonzalez
12:00 (Noon)TP5.261- A Numerical Study of Waiting Times in Coalescent Theory
A. Yücel

TP6 - Miscellaneous
12:00 (Noon)TP6.262- New Tests for Equality of Coefficients of Variation of K Normal Distributions
K.A. Rao
12:00 (Noon)TP6.263- Characterization of Distributions through Conditional Expectation of Function of Generalized Order Statistics
A.H. Khan
12:00 (Noon)TP6.264- A New Skew Model
A.I. Sanhueza
12:00 (Noon)TP6.265- Martingale Local Methods for Specifying Scalar Natural Evaporation
L. Kabeya Mukeba
12:00 (Noon)TP6.266- Risk Assessment of the Mixture of Chemicals with Missing and Interval Measurements such as Dioxins or PCBs
H. Nakao
12:00 (Noon)TP6.267- The Statistical Theory of Storytelling: Quantifying the Arts
J. Sherwin
12:00 (Noon)TP6.268- Gender, Science and Education in Chile: Discovering Gender in the Pedagogic Speech (Formal Study Plan) of the Third Cycle Education, Universidad Austral De Chile 2003-2004
E. Arcos
12:00 (Noon)TP6.269- Estimating the Number of Prion Seeds in Yeast: A Stochastic Modelling Approach
L.J. Byrne
12:00 (Noon)TP6.270- Bayesian Metabolite Fingerprinting
V. Partovi Nia
12:00 (Noon)TP6.271- SAS Macro to Evaluate Standard and Nonstandard Stability Data According to ICH Q1E
R. Kubiak
12:00 (Noon)TP6.272- Detection of Milk Ejection during the Human Milk Expression: Continuous Assessment of Milk Volume
D.A. Doherty

Thursday, July 20, 2006



THP1 - Methods for Categorical Data
12:00 (Noon)THP1.301- Mantel-Haenszel Projection Method Estimators for Sparse K2xJ(J>2) Tables
S. Hattori
12:00 (Noon)THP1.302- Power Calculations for Zero-Inflated Models
J.M. Williamson
12:00 (Noon)THP1.303- Baseline Category Logit Model for Turkish Suicide Data
M. Bahcecitapar
12:00 (Noon)THP1.304- Biadditive Polynomial Models for Two Way Tables: An Application to Genotype by Environment Interaction
A. Barhdadi
12:00 (Noon)THP1.305- Semi-parametric Estimation for the Dispersion Parameter in the Analysis of Over or Under Dispersed Count Data
K.K. Saha
12:00 (Noon)THP1.306- Analysis of Ordered Discrete-response Questions
D.W. Smith
12:00 (Noon)THP1.307- Statistical Methods to Analyse Ordinal Categorical Data Arising from the Clinical Trial of Drugs from the Pharmaceutical Industry
N. Shariff

THP2 - Causal Inference
12:00 (Noon)THP2.308- Statistical Test for Strong Ignorable Condition through Instrumental Variable
Z. Cai
12:00 (Noon)THP2.309- Marginal Structural Mean Models for Optimal Dynamic-Regimes
L.C. Orellana
12:00 (Noon)THP2.310- Bounds on Causal Effects under Assumptions of Bias Due to Confounding
Y. Chiba
12:00 (Noon)THP2.311- Statistical Modeling and Estimation of Causal Effects in Continuous Time
J.J. Lok
12:00 (Noon)THP2.312- New Method for Calculating Causal Relationships
I. Barukcic

THP3 - Clustering And Classification
12:00 (Noon)THP3.313- Methodological Contribution to Control Heteroscedasticity in Discriminant Analysis Studies
R. Glèlè Kakaï
12:00 (Noon)THP3.314- Random Forests and Decision Trees Classifiers : Effects of Data Quality on the Learning Curve
Y. Brostaux
12:00 (Noon)THP3.315- Dependence of Classifiers Fusion Accuracy on Diversity of Classifiers in the Analyses of Medical Data
M. Cwiklinska-Jurkowska
12:00 (Noon)THP3.316- Competition or Companionship between Statistical Methods and Neural Networks
N. Fallah
12:00 (Noon)THP3.317- Factor and Discriminant Analysis for Revealing of Informative Characteristics of Rats Behavior with Different Behavioral Models
E.V. Verbitskaya
12:00 (Noon)THP3.318- The Analysis of Pixel Intensity (Myocardial Signal Density) Data: The Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion by Imaging Methods
W.F. McCarthy
12:00 (Noon)THP3.319- Cheese Chanco Typification in Textural Aspects: An Instrumental Approach. Case of the X Region, Chile (1)
I. Molina
12:00 (Noon)THP3.320- Seeking Homogeneity in Statistical Variables Using Cluster Analysis
O. Williams
12:00 (Noon)THP3.321- Similarity Measures for Compositional Data with Duality between Principal Components and Principal Coordinates Analysis
N. Winzer
12:00 (Noon)THP3.322- Multivariate Analysis Methods in Systems Biology
E. Kurali
12:00 (Noon)THP3.323- Biometry of Chromosomal Variability of the Diploid Cytotypes in the Genus Triticum L. in Iran
N. Kharazian
12:00 (Noon)THP3.324- Bayesian Unsupervised Structural Classification of Proteins
P. Marttinen
12:00 (Noon)THP3.325- Using Numerical Taxonomy for Phylogenetic Studies of Trigonella Species in Iran
M. Zakeri
12:00 (Noon)THP3.326- Classifying Genotypes using Molecular Markers: A Biplot Methodology Approach
J.R. Demey
12:00 (Noon)THP3.327- The Meta-Analysis of Functional MRI Data Using Model-Based Clustering
J. Neumann

THP4 - Epidemiological Methods
12:00 (Noon)THP4.328- Quantifying Confounding by Indication Bias Due to Missing Information: A Simulation Study
L. Levesque
12:00 (Noon)THP4.329- Case Series Analyses of Censoring Events
H.J. Whitaker
12:00 (Noon)THP4.330- Design and Analysis of Case-crossover Study with Multiple Events
B. Zhang
12:00 (Noon)THP4.331- Dynamic Factor Model to Identify Common Trends in Road Traffic Accidents in Asian Countries
S.D. Dharmaratne
12:00 (Noon)THP4.332- Application of Mixed Poisson Processes to Cancer Data
S. Midorikawa
12:00 (Noon)THP4.333- Generalization of Greenwood's Formula for Standard Error of the Age-adjusted Relative Survival Ratio
A. Pokhrel
12:00 (Noon)THP4.334- Survivorship Instantaneous Log-Odds Ratio from Empirical Functions
J.A. Jung

THP5 - Experimental Design
12:00 (Noon)THP5.335- Comparisons between Group Sequential and Adaptive Designs in a Real Example
S.-F. Hsu Schmitz
12:00 (Noon)THP5.336- A Conceptual Basis for a New Approach to the Planning and Statistical Analysis of Experiments
J.G.C. da Silva
12:00 (Noon)THP5.337- Some Notes on BIB Designs with Repeated Blocks and Different Cardinalities
T.A. Oliveira
12:00 (Noon)THP5.338- Experimental Design for Study of Synergism
S.A. Shemet
12:00 (Noon)THP5.339- DA - Maximin Marginal Designs for Generalized Linear Mixed Models
F.E.S. Tan
12:00 (Noon)THP5.340- Comparing the Techniques for Sample Size Calculations in Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test: A Simulation Study
S Y. Sanisoglu
12:00 (Noon)THP5.341- Crossover Experiments Protected against Subject Dropout
R.K. Lodwick
12:00 (Noon)THP5.342- Harmonizing Statistical Design Concepts in Diverse Areas of Experimentation
B.L. Adeleke

THP6 - Model Selection, Diagnostics, Robustness And Sensitivity
12:00 (Noon)THP6.343- Influence Diagnostics in Elliptical Linear Mixed Models
G.A. Paula
12:00 (Noon)THP6.344- A Further Note on the Goodness of Fit Tests for the Generalized Poisson Distribution Based on the Empirical Moment Generating Function
S.D. Francis
12:00 (Noon)THP6.345- Inference for Practical Problems Using Design-based Prediction- A New Approach
E.J. Stanek III
12:00 (Noon)THP6.346- A General Goodness-of-Fit Test for Markov and Hidden Markov Models
A.C. Titman
12:00 (Noon)THP6.347- Analysis of the SF-36: The Beta-Binomial Distribution Approach
I. Arostegui
12:00 (Noon)THP6.348- Model Selection and Conditional Inference for the Extreme Value Distributions with Applications to Rainfall Data
E. Diaz-Francés
12:00 (Noon)THP6.349- Robust M-procedures in the General Multivariate Nonlinear Model
C.F. Henriquez-Roldan
12:00 (Noon)THP6.350- A Lepage-Type Test for Generalised Secant Hyperbolic Distribution
O.Y. Kravchuk

THP7 - Advances In Regression Methods
12:00 (Noon)THP7.351- The Logistic Regression Model and the Quasi-complete Separation Condition
E.A. Colosimo
12:00 (Noon)THP7.352- A Statistical Stepwise Algorithm for Fitting Three-Layer Feed-Forward Neural Networks with Dichotomous Outcomes: A Non-parametric Approach Based on Comparing Areas under Correlated Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves
S.M. Sadat-Hashemi
12:00 (Noon)THP7.353- Generating Different Data Sets for Generalized Linear Regression Models with the Same Estimates
S.S. Zocchi
12:00 (Noon)THP7.354- Asymptotic Performance of Cross-Validation Methods in Linear Regression
A.K. Uludag
12:00 (Noon)THP7.355- Better Inference for Logistic Regression in Sparse Data
S.B. Bull
12:00 (Noon)THP7.356- Regression Methods to Modeling Populational Health Based on Leisure Opportunities
M.A. Mascarenhas
12:00 (Noon)THP7.357- LS-PLS Regression: Combining Categorical Design Variables with Blocks of Spectroscopic Measurements
B.-H. Mevik
12:00 (Noon)THP7.358- Bootstrap and Jackknife Regression Parameter Estimations under the Different Replications and Sample Size Conditions
S. Sahinler

THP8 - Spatial Modelling
12:00 (Noon)THP8.359- A Marked Point Process Perspective in Fitting Spatial Point Process Models
Y. Guan
12:00 (Noon)THP8.360- Coregionalization Analysis with a Drift: Theoretical and Simulation Results, and Illustration by a Forest Ecology Example
B. Pelletier
12:00 (Noon)THP8.361- Smoothing Models for Facilitating the Detection of Hot Spots
K. Charland
12:00 (Noon)THP8.362- A Generalization of Papadakis' Method for Adjustment of Genetic Data to Environmental Effects
P. Baradat
12:00 (Noon)THP8.363- Exploratory Statistical Techniques for Analysing Spatial Point Patterns. Application to the Incidence of Cancer in a Community
D. Enachescu
12:00 (Noon)THP8.364- Investigating Spatial Similarities in the Epidemiology of Childhood Leukemia and Diabetes in Yorkshire, UK, using Shared Component and Proportional Mortality Models with Temporal Effects
R.G. Feltbower
12:00 (Noon)THP8.365- Transforming Zip Code Areal Data to a Uniform Grid Structure: The Case of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in California
R. Lipton

THP9 - Survival Analysis
12:00 (Noon)THP9.366- Bayesian Survival Modeling of the Time-Dependent Effect of a Time-Dependent Covariate
S. Haneuse
12:00 (Noon)THP9.367- Comparison of Techniques to Handle Interval Censored Data
E. Strapasson
12:00 (Noon)THP9.368- Analysis of Repeated Multiple Events in a Follow-up Study
T. Yanagawa
12:00 (Noon)THP9.369- Correcting for Misclassification in Interval-Censored Data
M.J. Garcia-Zattera
12:00 (Noon)THP9.370- Regression Analysis of Mean Quality-Adjusted Lifetime with Censored Data
H. Wang