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Sessions - Tuesday, July 18, 2006



T1 - Adjusting For Non-Compliance In Clinical Trials
8:00 AMT01.1- Semi-Parametric Structural Proportional Hazards Models for the Effect of Non-Compliance in an HIV Prevention Trial
E. Goetghebeur - Invited Session
8:30 AMT01.2- Estimation of Treatment Effects in Randomized Trials with Noncompliance and a Dichotomous Outcome
O. Bembom - Invited Session
9:00 AMT01.3- Looking for a Few Good Mediators: Causal Analyses of Multiple Mediation Factors in Randomized Trials with Structural Mean Models
T. Ten Have - Invited Session
9:30 AMC. Frangakis, Discussant - Invited Session

T2 - Genomic Data Analysis In Pharmaceutical Research
8:00 AMT02.1- Short Biological Introduction to Microarray Data
H.W.H. Göhlmann - Topic Contributed Session
8:20 AMT02.2- A Method to Boost Power of Small Sample Microarray Experiments by Borrowing Strength across Genes
D. Amaratunga - Topic Contributed Session
8:40 AMT02.3- Testing and Evaluation of Gene Expression Data as Surrogate Biomarkers in Pre-clinical Experiments
Z. Shkedy - Topic Contributed Session
9:00 AMT02.4- Interpreting Microarray Experiments Using Functional Genomics
N. Raghavan - Topic Contributed Session
9:20 AMT02.5- Examples of the Use of Haplotyping in Clinical Trials
B. Fijal - Topic Contributed Session

T3 - Mixture Modelling
8:00 AMT03.1- Multivariate Mixture Models to Describe Longitudinal Patterns of Frailty in American Seniors
J.T. Connor - Contributed Session
8:15 AMT03.2- A New Variant of the EM-Algorithm for Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis
P. Schlattmann - Contributed Session
8:30 AMT03.3- A Simple Procedure for Fitting Two-component Normal Mixture to a Given Data Set
A. Hussein - Contributed Session
8:45 AMT03.4- On Mixture Models for Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes in Macroarrays Data
C. Delmas - Contributed Session
9:00 AMT03.5- Bayesian Mixture Models for Analysis of Time Series of Satellite Imagery: Monitoring Water Quality Measures
C.L. Alston - Contributed Session
9:15 AMT03.6- Rejection Sampling for Mixture Models
H. Dai - Contributed Session
9:30 AMT03.7- Estimation of Selective Pressures using Mixture Models
D.A.J. Ryan - Contributed Session

T4 - Diagnostic And Screening Tests
8:00 AMT04.1- Evaluating the Predictiveness of a Marker
M. Sullivan Pepe - Contributed Session
8:15 AMT04.2- Nonparametric Estimation of Time-dependent ROC Curves
L. Antolini - Contributed Session
8:30 AMT04.3- Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Estimation in Latent Class Models for Evaluation of Several Conditionally Dependent Diagnostic Tests
H. Stryhn - Contributed Session
8:45 AMT04.4- Evaluation of Multi-reader Permutation Procedures to Compare the Areas under Two ROC Curves
H.E. Rockette - Contributed Session
9:00 AMT04.5- Recent Developments in the Dorfman-Berbaum-Metz (DBM) Procedure for Multireader ROC Study Analysis
S.L. Hillis - Contributed Session
9:15 AMT04.6- Multiple Imputation for the Comparison of Two Screening Tests in Two-Phase Alzheimer Studies
O. Harel - Contributed Session
9:30 AMT04.7- Design, Ethical and Statistical Challenges when Studying the Performance of New Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer
M.-H. Mayrand - Contributed Session

T5 - Quatitative Methods in Agriculture
8:00 AMT05.1- Comparison of the Abundance of Non-target Species in Field Trials for Genetically Modified Varieties - A Confidence Interval Approach in the Generalized Linear Model
F. Schaarschmidt - Contributed Session
8:15 AMT05.2- Some Hiccups in Statistical Analysis of Soil Fertility Data
P.M. Njuho - Contributed Session
8:30 AMT05.3- The Analysis of Multi-environment Trials in Crop Breeding Programs under Differing Models for Genetic Variance
A.M. Kelly - Contributed Session
8:45 AMT05.4- Women and Men Choosing their Prefered Maize Varieties: Modelling Variety Ranks on Criteria Rankings
E. Obudho - Contributed Session
9:00 AMT05.5- Examination of Some Variance Components of N-Alkane Estimated Intake and Digestibility in Cattle Grazing on Kikuyu (Pennisetum Clandestium) Pasture
B. Kachigunda - Contributed Session
9:15 AMT05.6- Non-Linear Models for Growth Curve of Nigeria Local Chickens
S.O. Peters - Contributed Session
9:30 AMT05.7- Function Analysis of the Lactation Curve of White Fulani Cows
M.O. Ozoje - Contributed Session

T6 - Epidemiological Methods
8:00 AMT06.1- Estimating the Risk of Secondary Transmission of vCJD: A Hidden Markov Model Approach
M. Chadeau-Hyam - Contributed Session
8:15 AMT06.2- Mathematical Modelling of Within-field Propagation of a Disease and its Insect Vector
J. Vaillant - Contributed Session
8:30 AMT06.3- Robustness of Prevalence Estimates Derived from Misclassified Data from Administrative Databases
M. Ladouceur - Contributed Session
8:45 AMT06.4- Estimation of Gap-Time Distribution with Recurrent Event Data under an Informative Monitoring Period
A. Adekpedjou - Topic Contributed Session
9:00 AMT06.5- Gradients and Odds Ratios
J.W. Drane - Contributed Session
9:15 AMT06.6- Some Often Forgotten Issues in Statistics Applied to Epidemiology
Ch.E. Minder - Contributed Session
9:30 AMT06.7- Testing for Additive Gene-Environment Interaction
F. Chen - Contributed Session

T7 - Threshold Regression And First Hitting Time Models
10:15 AMT07.1- What Hides Behind the Data?
O. Aalen - Invited Session
10:45 AMT07.2- Threshold Regression in Medicine, Biology and Health: A Review of Concepts, Theory, Methods and Applications
G.A. Whitmore - Invited Session
11:15 AMT07.3- On a Class of Simple Lifetime Regression Models, Multiple Time Scales and First-Hitting Time Models
T. Duchesne - Invited Session
11:15 AMD. Oakes, Discussant - Invited Session

T8 - Recent Advances In Functional And Longitudinal Data Analysis
10:15 AMT08.1- Bayesian Hierarchical Spatially Correlated Functional Data Analysis with Application to Colon Carcinogenesis
V. Baladandayuthpani - Topic Contributed Session
10:45 AMT08.2- Quadratic Inference Functions for Mixed Effects Models in Longitudinal Data Analysis
A. Qu - Topic Contributed Session
11:15 AMT08.3- Modeling Functional/Longitudinal Dynamic Systems with Applications to Long-Term HIV Dynamics
H. Wu - Topic Contributed Session

T9 - Medical Surveillance And Monitoring
10:15 AMT09.1- Composite Tests Using Matrix Pooling: Minimizing Costs, Maximizing Results
B. Hedt - Contributed Session
10:30 AMT09.2- Optimized Frequency of Post-Therapeutic Follow-Up Visits
T. Filleron - Contributed Session
10:45 AMT09.3- Combining HIV and AIDS Surveillance Data to Reconstruct HIV/AIDS Epidemics
A. Alioum - Contributed Session
11:00 AMT09.4- Survival Extrapolation in Cost-Effectiveness Studies
N. Demiris - Contributed Session
11:15 AMT09.5- Improving Interpretability of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) through Appropriate Statistical Methods: Case Studies from the Smallholder Rubber Sector of Sri Lanka
W. Wijesuriya - Contributed Session
11:30 AMT09.6- A Flexible Space-Time Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection
K. Takahashi - Contributed Session
11:45 AMT09.7- Simple Measures for Reporting the Magnitude of Small Area Variation in Rates
B.N. Murthy - Contributed Session

T10 - Pattern Recognition
10:15 AMT10.1- Iris Segmentation in Human Eye Images
A. Basit - Contributed Session
10:30 AMT10.2- Iris Recognition using Corner Detection
P. Gupta - Contributed Session
10:45 AMT10.3- An Improved Iris Recognition System Using Zigzag Collarette Area and Support Vector Machines
K. Roy - Contributed Session
11:00 AMT10.4- Improving Keystroke Dynamics User Authentication Identifying Discriminating Features
F.A.B. Colugnati - Contributed Session
11:15 AMT10.5- Keystroke Biometric Recognition Studies on Long-Text Input over the Internet
C. Tappert - Contributed Session
11:30 AMT10.6- A Method for Creating a 3D Face Image from a 2D Face Image
S. Morgera - Contributed Session
11:45 AMT10.7- A Statistical Biometric View of Biometric Authentication/Identification
P.B. Imrey - Contributed Session

T11 - Causal Inference
10:15 AMT11.1- More Realistic Assumptions for Controlling Confounding in Observational Studies of Time-Varying Exposures
M.M. Joffe - Contributed Session
10:30 AMT11.2- Estimating Treatment Effect Heterogeneity for Binary Clustered Data
E.J. Mascha - Contributed Session
10:45 AMT11.3- Estimation of Treatment Effect Adjusting for Non-Compliance Using the Intensity Score Method - An Application to a Large Primary Prevention Study for Coronary Events
Y. Tanaka - Contributed Session
11:00 AMT11.4- Utilizing Propensity Scores to Estimate Causal Effect in Randomized Clinical Trials with All-or-None Compliance
T. Guo - Contributed Session
11:15 AMT11.5- Effect of Age on Fecundability: An Illustration of Differences between Longitudinal and Transversal Measurements
M. Chavance - Contributed Session
11:30 AMT11.6- The Complier-Average Causal Effect (CACE) of Psychological Treatment for Depression
M. Maracy - Contributed Session
11:45 AMT11.7- Causal Analyses of Censored Survival Data with Time-Varying Treatment
S.J. Bond - Contributed Session

T12 - Clinical Trials II
10:15 AMT12.1- Simultaneously Optimizing Dose and Schedule of a New Cytotoxic Agent
T.M. Braun - Contributed Session
10:30 AMT12.2- An Experimental Design for Clinical Trials Evaluating Combination Agents
C.E. McLaren - Contributed Session
10:45 AMT12.3- Design and Analysis of Crossover Clinical Trials with Censored Survival Data
H.H. Song - Contributed Session
11:00 AMT12.4- Nonparametric Inference of Adverse Events under Dependent Censoring
M. Nishikawa - Contributed Session
11:15 AMT12.5- Efficiency of Enrichment Designs in Phase II/III Combination Studies
C. Chen - Contributed Session
11:30 AMT12.6- Planning for Clinical Trials from Phase II to Phase III: Combine or not to Combine
S.J. Wang - Contributed Session
11:45 AMT12.7- Sample Size Calculation for Multicenter Randomized Trial: Taking the Center Effect into Account
E. Vierron - Contributed Session

T13 - New Development In Statistical Methods For Incomplete Data With Complex Observation Process
1:00 PMT13.1- Problems in Survival and Event History Analysis Arising from Intermittent Follow-up of Individuals
J. Lawless - Invited Session
1:25 PMT13.2- Gap Time Modeling
T. Scheike - Invited Session
1:50 PMT13.3- Interval Censoring: Identifiability and Related Topics
G. Gomez - Invited Session
2:15 PMT13.4- Regression Analysis of Failure Time Data with Informative Interval Censoring
Z. Zhang - Invited Session

T14 - JABES Journal Showcase Session
1:00 PMT14.1- Population-Averaged Nonlinear Regression Models for Epidemiologic Exposure Studies of Volatile Organic Compounds
B. Johnson - Topic Contributed Session
1:25 PMT14.2- Is McMC Always Better? An Evaluation on a Genetics Application
N.A. Sheehan - Topic Contributed Session
1:50 PMT14.3- Bayesian Graphical Models: Applications to Quantitative Modelling, Inference and Prediction in Aquatic and Fisheries Ecology
E. Rivot - Topic Contributed Session
2:30 PMB.J.T. Morgan, Discussant - Topic Contributed

T15 - Spatial Modelling II
1:00 PMT15.1- Posterior Probability in the Analysis of Hospital Dependent Spatial Variation of Health Care Supply
V. Barbieri - Contributed Session
1:15 PMT15.2- Misspecified Spatial Structure of Residuals in Ecological Poisson Regression
A. Latouche - Contributed Session
1:30 PMT15.3- Joint Disease Mapping in Veterinary Epidemiology: A Multivariate Bayesian Geostatistical Approach
E. Dreassi - Contributed Session
1:45 PMT15.4- Non-nested Geographical Scales in Ecological Poisson Regression Models
L. Fortunato - Contributed Session
2:00 PMT15.5- Comparing Spatial Models for Data Given on Disparate Scales: A Study Relating Childhood Leukaemia to Benzene Emissions
S. Sturtz - Contributed Session
2:15 PMT15.6- The Usefulness of Some Soil Properties and Plant Traits for the Estimation of Spatial Variation in a 3**(5) Field Experiment with Pea
J. Golaszewski - Contributed Session
2:30 PMT15.7- A Class of Tests for Spatial Clustering of Health Events Based on Case-Control Point Data
T. Tango - Contributed Session

T16 - Survival Analysis II
1:00 PMT16.1- Patient Trajectories as Predictors of Survival
L. Billard - Contributed Session
1:15 PMT16.2- Comparison of Algorithms to Generate Event Times Conditional on Time-Dependent Covariates
M.-P. Sylvestre - Contributed Session
1:30 PMT16.3- On the Use of Fractional Polynomials to Model Time-varying Effects in the Cox Model
W. Sauerbrei - Contributed Session
1:45 PMT16.4- Analysis of Interval-censored Data from Circular Migrant and Non-migrant Sexual Partnerships Using the EM Algorithm
K. Zuma - Contributed Session
2:00 PMT16.5- Truncated Probability Models of Age Dependent First Conception Delay and their Applications to Estimate Fertility Parameters
D.C. Nath - Contributed Session
2:15 PMT16.6- Response-adaptive Randomization for Clinical Trials with Survival Time Outcomes
L. Zhang - Contributed Session
2:30 PMT16.7- Non-Ignorable Missing Covariate Data in Parametric Survival Models
K.L. Boyd - Contributed Session

T17 - Field Trial Design
1:00 PMT17.1- Rectangular Experiments: Restricted Randomization or Row-Column Designs?
R.A. Bailey - Contributed Session
1:15 PMT17.2- Control Treatments in Agricultural Experiments with Split Units
S. Mejza - Contributed Session
1:30 PMT17.3- Neighbour Methods for Field Experiments under Spatial Dependence
J.A. Eccleston - Contributed Session
1:45 PMT17.4- Strengths and Limitations of Mega-Environment Identification Using GGE Biplots Model
S. Tzortzios - Contributed Session
2:00 PMT17.5- On New Measures of Sustainability
S. Basak - Contributed Session
2:15 PMT17.6- Determination of Optimum Shape and Size of Plots - A New Method
S. Pal - Contributed Session
2:30 PMT17.7- Construction of Unreplicated, Spatial and Crossover Designs using CYCDesign
E.R. Williams - Contributed Session

T18 - Microarray Data I
1:00 PMT18.1- Multidimensional Local False Discovery Rate for Microarray Studies
A. Ploner - Contributed Session
1:15 PMT18.2- Instability of False Discovery Rate Estimation from Microarray Gene Expression Data
X. Qiu - Contributed Session
1:30 PMT18.3- Testing for Differentially Expressed Pathways in Microarray Experiments
A.K.K. Strandberg - Contributed Session
1:45 PMT18.4- Risks and Benefits of Pooling Biological Samples in Gene Expression Studies
L. Edler - Contributed Session
2:00 PMT18.5- Deconfounding Microarray Analysis: Independent Measurements of Cell Type Proportions Used in a Regression Model to Resolve Tissue Heterogeneity Bias
A. Ziegler - Contributed Session
2:15 PMT18.6- Signal Quality Measurements for cDNA Microarrays
T.L. Bergemann - Contributed Session
2:30 PMT18.7- On the Stability of Gene Expression Profiles Derived via Sparse Penalised Likelihood Methods: A Case Study
M. Zucknick - Contributed Session

T19 - Statistics In Dentistry: Where Complexities Meet Each Other
3:15 PMT19.1- Topics in Event History Analysis for Oral Health Research
T. Gerds - Invited Session
3:45 PMT19.2- Misclassification in Oral Health Studies
H. Kuechenhoff - Invited Session
4:15 PMT19.3- Applications of Multivariate Survival Analysis to Dental Research
S.-K. Chuang - Invited Session
4:45 PMA. Kingmann and T. De Rouen, Discussants - Invited Session

T20 - Functional Data Analysis
3:15 PMT20.1- Introduction to the Modelling of Dynamic Processes
J.O. Ramsay - Topic Contributed Session
3:40 PMT20.2- Functional Data Analysis in Evolutionary Biology
N.E. Heckman - Topic Contributed Session
4:05 PMT20.3- Concurvity Bias: A Warning Bell for FDA?
T. Ramsay - Topic Contributed Session
4:30 PMT20.4- Penalized Solutions to Functional Regression Problems
J. Harezlak - Topic Contributed Session

T21 - Nonparametric Methods
3:15 PMT21.1- Choosing the Optimal Size of Multivariate Regression Trees (MRT)
M.-H. Ouellette - Contributed Session
3:30 PMT21.2- Nonparametric Error-in-Variables Quantile Regression
A.L. Rojas - Contributed Session
3:45 PMT21.3- Rates for Nonparametric Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of Log-Concave Densities
M.I. Stewart - Contributed Session
4:00 PMT21.4- Nonparametric Tests for Dependent Observations Obtained at Varying Time Points
S. May - Contributed Session
4:15 PMT21.5- Rank-based Regression for Analysis of Repeated Measures
Y.-G. Wang - Contributed Session
4:30 PMT21.6- Testing for Multiple Change Points under Umbrella Alternatives
F. Al-Awadhi - Contributed Session
4:45 PMT21.7- A Lego System for Conditional Inference
T. Hothorn - Contributed Session

T22 - Dose Finding And Dose-Response Models
3:15 PMT22.1- Estimating the Dose Response Patterns in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial
C. Hirotsu - Contributed Session
3:30 PMT22.2- Bayesian Approaches to Dose-response Calibration Models
B. Shafii - Contributed Session
3:45 PMT22.3- Dose-Finding in Phase I Clinical Trials Based on Toxicity Probability Intervals
Y. Ji - Contributed Session
4:00 PMT22.4- Adaptive Model-Based Approach for Designing Dose-Finding Studies
V. Dragalin - Contributed Session
4:15 PMT22.5- Gatekeeping Procedures for Dose Finding with Multiple Endpoints
A.C. Tamhane - Contributed Session
4:30 PMT22.6- Asymmetry in the Dose Response Curve in Relation to the Four Parameter Logistic Model
A. Manola - Contributed Session
4:45 PMT22.7- Semiparametric Modelling of a Dose-Response Relationship in the Treatment of Childhood Amblyopia
D.A. Stephens - Contributed Session

T23 - Estimation Methods For Correlated Data
3:15 PMT23.1- Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Sparse Binary Outcome Data: Comparison of Estimation Methods
M.-E. Beauchamp - Contributed Session
3:30 PMT23.2- The Reliability of Approximate Likelihood Techniques for GLMMs
D. Collins - Contributed Session
4:15 PMT23.3- Mixture Spatio-Temporal Modelling Using Biological Population Data
G. Tsiotas - Contributed Session
3:45 PMT23.4- REML Estimation of Variance Parameters in Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models Using the SAEM Algorithm
C. Meza - Contributed Session
4:00 PMT23.5- Estimating Correlation with Multiply Censored Data
E.A.C. Newton - Contributed Session
4:30 PMT23.6- A Simulation-Based Comparison of Methods for Analysing Binary Outcomes from Cluster Randomised Trials
O.C. Ukoumunne - Contributed Session
4:45 PMT23.7- Applications of Linear Mixed Models Diagnostics
T. Zewotir - Contributed Session

T24 - Genomics and Proteomics
3:15 PMT24.1- Accounting for Dependence in Similarity Data from DNA Fingerprinting
G. Hepworth - Contributed Session
3:30 PMT24.2- Poisson Approximation Based Monoisotopic Peak Finding in Mass Spectra Obtained by Combined Fractional Diagonal Chromatography
T. Burzykowski - Contributed Session
3:45 PMT24.3- Modelling Peak Intensities from Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Profiles using Zero-modified Distributions
J.H. Barrett - Contributed Session
4:00 PMT24.4- Making Sense of Two-Dimensional Gel Images
F. Seillier-Moiseiwitsch - Contributed Session
4:15 PMT24.5- A Moving-Window Goodness-of-fit Test to Detect Horizontal Gene Transfer
O. Thas - Contributed Session
4:30 PMT24.6- Genomic Instability Measures Following Array CGH
R.A. Betensky - Contributed Session
4:45 PMT24.7- Nonparametric Statistical Method for Partial Areas under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, with Application to Genomic Studies
Y. He - Contributed Session

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

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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.223- Model Abundance Species Data: Putting the Key Decision about Zero Distribution Back to Ecologists
L. Pla - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.224- Inference Concerning the Conversion Efficiency for a Special Predator-Prey System
S.E. Ahmed - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.225- Nonparametric Estimation of Survival in the Wild using Capture-Recapture Data: Applications in Ecology and Evolution
O. Gimenez - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.226- New Improvements in Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment by Mollusk Valve Opening Analysis
G. Durrieu - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.227- Assessment of Lead Contamination of Homes in Lagos City, Nigeria
J.F. Olawuyi - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP2.229- Modelling and Forecast of the Annual Rainfall in Pelotas, Brazil
J.B. da Silva - Poster Session

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

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

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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.253- Using Latent Class Models to Redefine the Phenotype in Complex Diseases
P.H. Carmichael - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.254- A Robust TDT-Type Association Test against Genotyping Error
K.-F. Cheng - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.255- Resampling in the Ancestral Recombination Graph
K. Cyrenne - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.256- Estimation of Allele Frequencies in Tetraploid Populations under Preferential Pairing and Double Reduction
H.N. De Silva - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.258- Statistical Strategies for Testing Gene-Environment Interaction in Association Analyses
D. Gendron - Poster Session
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 - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.260- Statistical Methods to Analyze High Dimensional Genomic Data: A Simulation Study
J.R. Gonzalez - Poster Session
12:00 (Noon)TP5.261- A Numerical Study of Waiting Times in Coalescent Theory
A. Yücel - Poster Session

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