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Sessions - Monday, July 17, 2006



M1 - Sensitivity Analysis In Practice
10:15 AMM01.1- Sensitivity Analysis for Informatively Missing Data in Meta-Analysis
I. White - Invited Session
10:45 AMM01.2- Sensitivity Analysis of Randomized Trials with Coarsened Outcomes: A Case Study
D. Scharfstein - Invited Session
11:15 AMM01.3- Is Multiple Imputation Safe for Everyday Practice?
J. Carlin - Invited Session
11:45 AMJ. Carlin, Discussant - Invited Session

M2 - Developments In Spatial And Syndromic Health Surveillance
10:15 AMM02.1- Reliable Public Health Surveillance
M. Frisén - Topic Contributed Session
10:40 AMM02.2- Metrics for Evaluating Early Detection Methods
K. Kleinman - Topic Contributed Session
11:05 AMM02.3- Detection of Unusual Events Using Extreme Theory
Y. Le Strat - Topic Contributed Session
11:30 AMM02.4- Semiparametric Smoothing for Disease Map Surveillance
H. Zhou - Topic Contributed Session

M3 - Latent Variable Methods
10:15 AMM03.1- Latent Trajectory Modelling of Multiple Binary Data
K.J. Beath - Contributed Session
10:30 AMM03.2- Assessment of the Diagnostic Tests by Gee and Latent Class Modeling
R. Burgut - Contributed Session
10:45 AMM03.3- A Comparison of Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Binary Repeated Measures Data
E. Masaoud - Contributed Session
11:00 AMM03.4- Using Latent Class Model for Evaluating the Performance of Diagnostic Tests in Absence of a Gold Standard: A Simulation Study
E.A. Kanik - Contributed Session
11:15 AMM03.5- Genetic Association in Case-Control Studies - A Latent Variable Method
T. Wang - Contributed Session
11:30 AMM03.6- Fuzzy P-Values and Permutation Tests for Genetic Linkage
E.A. Thompson - Contributed Session
11:45 AMM03.7- Modeling Asymmetric Bivariate Ordered Categorical Data Using a Generalization of Gumbel's Bivariate Logistic Distribution
M. Salehi - Contributed Session

M4 - Survival Analysis I
10:15 AMM04.1- Empirical Likelihood Inference for Censored Median Regression with Weighted Hazard Functions
Y. Zhao - Contributed Session
10:30 AMM04.2- Cox Regression Analysis in Presence of Collinearity: An application to Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Occupational Radiation Exposure
X. Xue - Contributed Session
10:45 AMM04.3- A New Semiparametric Estimation Method for the Accelerated Failure Time Mixture Cure Model
J. Zhang - Contributed Session
11:00 AMM04.4- Constructing Multivariate Prognostic Expression Profiles for Survival Endpoints
D.R. Peterson - Contributed Session
11:15 AMM04.5- Delineating the Effects of Misspecification in a Lifetime Censored Regression Model
M.S. Hossain - Contributed Session
11:30 AMM04.6- Using the Log-normal Distribution to Model Survival Data
A. Salter - Contributed Session

M5 - Ecological Research
10:15 AMM05.1- Not All Who Wander are Lost: Detecting Migration Patterns of Wild Rats in New Zealand Using Genetic Distance Measures
S.D. Miller - Contributed Session
10:30 AMM05.2- Survival and Cumulative Reproduction in Female Red Deer
K. Moyes - Contributed Session
10:45 AMM05.3- Zero-Inflated Regression for Modeling Species Abundance in Relation to Habitat: A Bayesian Approach
M.A. Rodríguez - Contributed Session
11:00 AMM05.4- Bayesian Modelling with Informative Priors for Ecological Applications
S. Low Choy - Contributed Session
11:15 AMM05.5- Direct Methods for Computing Perturbation Analyses, with Application to the Long-Lived Perennial Orchid Himantoglossum Hircinum
D. Miller - Contributed Session
11:30 AMM05.6- A Probabilistic Approach to the Estimation of the Magnitude of Stochastic Factors and the Strength of Species Interactions in Community Dynamics
C.M. Mutshinda - Contributed Session
11:45 AMM05.7- Fisher's Alpha Index of Biodiversity: 1943--2005
G.P.H. Styan - Contributed Session

M6 - Clinical Trials I
10:15 AMM06.1- Preference-Based Analysis of Treatment Acceptability and Effect in Randomised Trials
S.D. Walter - Contributed Session
10:30 AMM06.2- Designing Clinical Trials to Reduce Subjects' Inconvenience and to Allow Flexible Sampling
O. Volkov - Contributed Session
10:45 AMM06.3- Genetic Randomization as a Prerequisite for Survival Comparison between Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and Conservative Drug Treatment
M. Pfirrmann - Contributed Session
11:00 AMM06.4- The Importance of Baseline Data in Clinical Trials
H.C.M. van der Knaap - Contributed Session
11:15 AMM06.5- Analysis of Stratified Multi-centre Trials with Small Centres Sizes
R.M. Pickering - Topic Contributed Session
11:30 AMM06.6- Developing Individualized Efficacy Measures for Clinical Trials
D.A. Schoenfeld - Contributed Session

M7 - Biological Process Models For Data In Space And Time
1:00 PMM07.1- Use of Monte Carlo Particle Filters to Fit and Compare Models for the Dynamics of Wild Animal Populations
L. Thomas - Invited Session
1:30 PMM07.2- Wildlife Population Modelling: Existing and New Methods
P. Besbeas - Invited Session
2:00 PMM07.3- Monitoring of Biological Processes in Time and Space
C. Demetrio - Invited Session
2:30 PMP. Brown, Discussant - Invited Session

M8 - Handling Covariates Measured With Error
1:00 PMM08.1- Advances in Measurement Error Methodology Related to Nutrition
L.S. Freedman - Topic Contributed Session
1:30 PMM08.2- Survival Analysis with Mismeasured Covariates
Y. Li - Topic Contributed Session
2:00 PMM08.3- Correcting for Measurement Error in Compliance-adjusted Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials
S. Vansteelandt - Topic Contributed Session
2:30 PMM. Davidian, Discussant - Topic Contributed

M9 - Computational Methods
1:00 PMM09.1- Selection of Artificial Neural Network Models for Survival Data
F. Ambrogi - Contributed Session
1:15 PMM09.2- Using the r-th Order Univariate Hermite Distributions to Analyze Count Data Sets. Some Applications in Agriculture
P. Puig - Contributed Session
1:30 PMM09.3- Predicting Functional Independence after Stroke: Logistic Regression Versus Random Forests
I.R. König - Contributed Session
1:45 PMM09.4- PRIM-RPCA: A Novel Recursive Bump Hunting Strategy for High Dimensional Data
J-E. Dazard - Contributed Session
2:00 PMM09.5- A Recursive Partitioning Procedure to Explore Short Term Effects of Weather on Health
R. Miglio - Contributed Session
2:15 PMM09.6- Hurricane Track Prediction: A Density-based Combining Model
P. Agati - Contributed Session
2:30 PMM09.7- Biometrics Signal Processing Using FPGA
V. Shukla - Contributed Session

M10 - Advances In Regression Methods
1:00 PMM10.1- A Comparison of Classification and Regression Trees (CART), Logistic Regression, Generalized Additive Models, and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) for Predicting AMI Mortality
P.C. Austin - Contributed Session
1:15 PMM10.2- Constraint Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Relative Risks in a Binomial Regression Model
J. Wellmann - Contributed Session
1:30 PMM10.3- Statistical Analysis of Olfactometer Data
I. Ricard - Contributed Session
1:45 PMM10.4- Poisson Regression when Response Variable Contains Extra Adjustment Error
R. Song - Contributed Session
2:00 PMM10.5- Segmented Regression: Some Methods and Case Studies
F. Potter - Contributed Session
2:15 PMM10.6- Semiparametric Transformation for Non-linear Regression Model
M. Ito - Contributed Session
2:30 PMM10.7- How to Identify Statistically Significant among Several Putative, Inter-Correlated Interactions?
M. Abrahamowicz - Contributed Session

M11 - Pharmaceutical Applications
1:00 PMM11.1- A General Technique for Setting Specification Limits in Stability Studies
J. Wroughton - Contributed Session
1:15 PMM11.2- Calibrating the Concentration from a Serial Dilution Process
J.J.Z. Liao - Contributed Session
1:30 PMM11.3- Smoothing Techniques for Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles (with Conservation of the AUC)
N.M. Khutoryansky - Contributed Session
1:45 PMM11.4- In-Study Validation Methods for Biomolecular Screening Assays
B.J. Eastwood - Contributed Session
2:00 PMM11.5- Statistical Estimation of Drug-Receptor Model Parameters; Comparing the Performances of Traditional Methods with a Nonlinear Least Square Method
Y. Aoki - Contributed Session
2:15 PMM11.6- A New Approach of Diurnal Variation Analysis of Intraocular Pressure in Normal-Tension Glaucoma Using Circular Nonlinear Mixed Effect Model
H. Suganami - Contributed Session

M12 - Mixed Effects Modelling
1:00 PMM12.1- Type I and Type II Error under Random-Effects Misspecification in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
S. Litière - Contributed Session
1:15 PMM12.2- Multidimensional P-spline Mixed Models: A Computationally Efficient Method
M. Durban - Contributed Session
1:30 PMM12.3- Modelling Variances with Random Effects in Non Linear Mixed Models with an Example in Growth Curve Analysis
J.L. Foulley - Contributed Session
1:45 PMM12.4- Mixed-PLS Models to Predict Genotype x Environment Interaction
I. Dieng - Contributed Session
2:00 PMM12.5- Modeling for Extra-regression Variability in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
M.E. Nja - Contributed Session
2:15 PMM12.6- Modelling the Random Effects Covariance Matrix in the Generalized Additive Mixed Model
E. Tan - Contributed Session
2:30 PMM12.7- Nonlinear Mixed Effect Modelling for Improving Site-Specific Prediction of Dominant Height Growth of Eucalyptus Globulus Plantations
Y. Wang - Contributed Session

M13 - Statistics In Genomics And Proteomics
3:15 PMM13.1- Extracting Meaning from High-Dimensional Expression Data
J. Quackenbush - Invited Session
3:30 PMM13.2- Bayesian Analysis of Multifactorial Gene Expression Designs, and Identification of Gene Pathway Signatures
M. West - Invited Session
3:45 PMM13.3- Rank Aggregation of Putative microRNA Targets
S. Lin - Invited Session
4:00 PMM13.4- Some Issues Associated with Testing for Gene Differential Expression
G. McLachlan - Invited Session
4:15 PMS. Datta, Discussant - Invited Session

M14 - Diagnostic And Screening Tests
3:15 PMM14.1- ROC Methodology: An Overview of the Last 50 Years
J.A. Hanley - Topic Contributed Session
3:30 PMM14.2- Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Performance
P. Macaskill - Topic Contributed Session
3:45 PMM14.3- Statistical Test Evaluation in the Absence of a Gold Standard
A. Hadgu - Topic Contributed Session
4:00 PMM14.4- Evaluation of a Diagnostic Test: Fundamentals
O.S. Miettinen - Topic Contributed Session
4:15 PMC. Begg, Discussant - Topic Contributed

M15 - Meta-Analysis I
3:15 PMM15.1- Methods for Combining Individual Patient Data and Aggregate Data in Evidence Synthesis
R.D. Riley - Contributed Session
3:30 PMM15.2- Correlations in Multivariate Meta-Analyses: What Associations are Being Measured?
K. Ishak - Contributed Session
3:45 PMM15.3- Confidence Intervals and P-values for Meta Analysis with Publication Bias
M.D. Henmi - Contributed Session
4:00 PMM15.4- One-Stage Parametric Meta-Analysis of Time-to-Event Outcomes Using Individual Patients Data
F. Siannis - Contributed Session
4:15 PMM15.5- Meta-analysis and the Reversed Theorem of the Means
M.D. deB. Edwardes - Contributed Session
4:30 PMM15.6- An Asymptotic Correction for the Egger Test in Meta-Analysis
C. Lozada-Can - Contributed Session
4:45 PMM15.7- Detecting Outliers in Meta Analysis Using Likelihood Functions as Functions
M. Brimacombe - Contributed Session

M16 - Missing Data Methods
3:15 PMM16.1- Analysing Longitudinal Quality of Life Data with Missing Data due to Disease Progression and Death
S. Le Cessie - Contributed Session
3:30 PMM16.2- Indirect Missingness Mechanisms in a Selection Model
H. Thijs - Contributed Session
3:45 PMM16.3- Robust Likelihood-based Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Missing Values
R. Little - Contributed Session
4:00 PMM16.4- Dynamic Linear Models for Informatively Censored Longitudinal Data
D.M. Farewell - Contributed Session
4:15 PMM16.5- Analysis of Experiments with a One-Way Design in the Presence of Censored Data
L.J. Young - Contributed Session
4:30 PMM16.6- Maximum Likelihood Computation for Retrospective Sampling and Missing Data Problems
C.J. Wild - Contributed Session
4:45 PMM16.7- Methods for Handling Covariate Data Missing by Design in Prognostic Studies
R. Sutradhar - Contributed Session

M17- Spatial Modelling I
3:15 PMM17.1- Detection of Geographic Clusters of Events
R.J. Rosychuk - Contributed Session
3:30 PMM17.2- A Spatio-Temporal Susceptible-Infected Model for Longitudinal Binary Data
P.E. Brown - Contributed Session
3:45 PMM17.3- Bayesian Modelling of Disease Rates
E. Amiri - Contributed Session
4:00 PMM17.4- Semiparametric Composite Likelihood Inference in Spatial Generalized Linear Mixed Models
T.V. Apanasovich - Contributed Session
4:15 PMM17.5- Behaviour of a Correlation Coefficient Estimator for Misaligned Data in Spatial Context
N. Desassis - Contributed Session
4:30 PMM17.6- Spatial Smoothing Technique in Field Experiments
C.T. Jose - Contributed Session
4:45 PMM17.7- GIS Modelling of the Distribution of Mosquito/Larvae Repellant Plant Species in Kenya for Conservation Purpose
F.W. Kahora - Contributed Session

M18 - Experimental Design
3:15 PMM18.1- Bayesian Optimal Design for the Exponential Family Single Path Change Point Problem
J. Atherton - Contributed Session
3:30 PMM18.2- A Planning-Tool for Logistic Two-phase Studies
W. Schill - Contributed Session
3:45 PMM18.3- Randomized Discontinuation Trials with Binary Responses: Design and Analysis
V. Fedorov - Contributed Session
4:00 PMM18.4- Restricted Randomization-Based Inference in Randomized Controlled Trials
T. Hasegawa - Contributed Session
4:15 PMM18.5- How to Make Inference from Experiments Conducted on Populations with Different Disease Determinants
S.D. Mark - Contributed Session
4:30 PMM18.6- A-optimal Block Designs for 2*2 Factorial Experiments with 00 Censored
A. Gerami - Contributed Session
4:45 PMM18.7- Optimal Designs for Logistic Regression with a First Order Linear Predictor
K.G. Russell - Contributed Session

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

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

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 - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP3.129- Prognostic Factors for Short- and Long-Term Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation in Estonia
U. Kirsimagi - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP3.130- Estimating Health Care Seeking Delays from Interview-Reported Illness Durations
R. Heinmüller - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP3.131- Evaluation of Knowledge about Oral Health in Brasilian Students Via Item Response Theory
M.L.M.M. Sundefeld - Poster Session

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

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

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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.145- Applications of Latent Class Growth Modeling in a Longitudinal Study of Tobacco Use
I. Karp - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.146- Simple Anthropometric Measures Predict Fasting Hyperinsulinemia and Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Asian Indian Adolescents
R.M. Pandey - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.147- Modeling the Joint Effect of Depression and Chronic Somatic Conditions on Disability
N. Schmitz - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.148- Flexible Two-Phase Studies in Epidemiology
P. Wild - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.150- Atlas of Chilean Cardiovascular Disease Mortality 1997-2003
L. Nuñez - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.151- A Cerebral Palsy Analysis and its Underlying Causes of Death: A Competing Risks Approach
J. Anzures-Cabrera - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.152- Indication Bias in the Analysis of Survival Data
D. Cournoyer - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.154- Identifying Response Shift Statistically at the Individual Level
S.C. Scott - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.155- Reproducibility of the Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Case-Control Studies: Study Designs and Statistical Considerations
K. Kopciuk - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.156- Selecting the Best Treatment for the Patient's Disease
A. Morabito - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP6.157- Effects of Lifestyle Modification on Cardiac Risk Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
K. Yamaoka - Poster Session

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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP7.159- Weighted GLMs for Censored Medical Costs
J.C. Hopewell - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP7.161- Using Growth Modeling to Study Correlates of Health Changes in the Elderly
M.-F. Dubois - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP7.162- Counting the Undercount: Enumeration of Primary Homeless in Adelaide Using Capture-recapture
Y. Wang - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP7.163- Variations in the Utilization of Revascularization among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in New York City
A. Negassa - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP7.164- Evidence Based Hospital Performance Assessment - A Comprehensive Indices Scores Evaluation System
J. Li - Poster Session

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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP8.166- The Estimation of Model Parameters for an SIS Disease Infection Process
H.G. Mwambi - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP8.167- Bayesian Inference for 2001 Britain Foot and Mouth Epidemic
I. Chis Ster - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP8.168- Estimating the Illness Stage-Specific Infectiousness of Smallpox
H. Nishiura - Poster Session
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. - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)MP8.170- Survival Factors for HIV/AIDS Patients in Thailand
M. Tiensuwan - Poster Session