IJSMR

The below articles have been selected by the  Editor in Chief to be the top articles published in the journal. The topic, scientific quality and importance in the field where collectively considered while making this selection

Vol. 4, No. 4 Vol. 4, No. 3 Vol. 4, No. 2 Vol. 4, No. 1  
Vol. 3, No. 3 Vol. 3, No. 2 Vol. 3, No. 1 Vol. 2, No. 4 Vol. 2, No. 3
Vol. 2, No. 2 Vol. 2, No. 1 Vol. 1, No. 2  Vol. 1, No. 1  
 
Volume 4, Number 4Untitled-5
Modeling of the Deaths Due to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Western Africa - Pages 306-321
Robert J. Milletich, Norou Diawara and Anna Jeng
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.1

Open AccessA Natural Experiment for Inferring Causal Association between Smoking and Tooth Loss: A Study of a Workplace Contemporary Cohort - Pages 331-336
Takashi Hanioka, Satoru Haresaku, Nao Suzuki, Kaoru Shimada, Takeshi Watanabe, Miki Ojima, Keiko Fujiie and Masako Watanabe
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.3

Specification of Variance-Covariance Structure in Bivariate Mixed Model for Unequally Time-Spaced Longitudinal Data - Pages 370-377
Melike Bahçecitapar, Özge Karadağ and Serpil Aktaş
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.6

Volume 4, Number 3Untitled-5
Open AccessComparative Analysis of the Effects of Three Antithrombotic Regimens on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Recent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Stent. A Retrospective Cohort Study - Pages 260-269
Renato De Vecchis, Cesare Baldi and Francesco Piemonte
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.3

A Contribution to the Genetic Epidemiology of Structured Populations - Pages 277-281
Alan E. Stark
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.5

Application of Generalized Additive Models to the Evaluation of Continuous Markers for Classification Purposes - Pages 296-305
Mónica López-Ratón, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo, María Xosé Rodríguez-Álvarez, Carmen Cadarso-Suárez and Francisco Gude
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.8

Volume 4, Number 2Untitled-5
On the Relationship between the Reliability and Accuracy of Bio-Behavioral Diagnoses: Simple Math to the Rescue - Pages 172-179
Dom Cicchetti
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.2

Open AccessUsing Propensity Score Matching in Clinical Investigations: A Discussion and Illustration
- Pages 208-216
Carrie Hosman and Hitinder S. Gurm
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.7

Examining Biliary Acid Constituents among Gall Bladder Patients: A Bayes Study Using the Generalized Linear Model - Pages 224-239
Puja Makkar, S.K. Upadhyay, V.K. Shukla and R.S. Singh
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.9

Volume 4, Number 1Untitled-5
Open AccessAge Scale for Assessing Activities of Daily Living - Pages 48-56
Rafael Figueroa, Satoshi Seino, Noriko Yabushita, Yoshiro Okubo, Yosuke Osuka, Miyuki Nemoto, Songee Jung and Kiyoji Tanaka
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.5

Open AccessAn Exponential Melanoma Trend Model - Pages 65-71
Örjan Hallberg
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.7

Time Profile of Time-Dependent Area Under the ROC Curve for Survival Data - Pages 103-113
J. Lambert, R. Porcher and S. Chevret
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.12

Open AccessSurvival Functions in the Presence of Several Events and Competing Risks: Estimation and Interpretation Beyond Kaplan-Meier - Pages 121-139
Patrizia Boracchi and Annalisa Orenti
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.14

Volume 3, Number 3Untitled-5
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

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

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

Volume 3, Number 2Untitled-5
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

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

Volume 3, Number 1Untitled-5
A Bayesian Approach for the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Covariates Subject to Detection Limit - Pages 32-43
Qingxia Chen, Huiyun Wu, Lorraine B.Ware and Tatsuki Koyama
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.5

Open AccessInterpreting Long-Term Trends in Time Series Intervention Studies of Smoke-Free Legislation and Health- Pages 55-65
Ruth Salway, Michelle Sims and Anna B. Gilmore
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.7

Volume 2, Number 4Untitled-5
Open AccessFactors Affecting Self-Image in Patients with a Diagnosis of Eating Disorders on the Basis of a Cluster Analysis - Pages 263-274
Maciej Wojciech Pilecki, Kinga Sałapa and Barbara Józefik
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.3

Modified Kaplan-Meier Estimator Based on Competing Risks for Heavy Censoring Data - Pages 297-304
Ali Zare and Mahmood Mahmoodi
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.6

Volume 2, Number 3Untitled-5
Observation-Driven Model for Zero-Inflated Daily Counts of Emergency Room Visit Data - Pages 220-228
Gary Sneddon, Wasimul Bari and M. Tariqul Hasan
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.7

The Methodology of Human Diseases Risk Prediction Tools - Pages 239-248
H. Mannan, R. Ahmed, M. Sanagou, S. Ivory and R. Wolfe
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.9

Volume 2, Number 2Untitled-5
Open AccessA Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Estimating Malaria Prophylactic Effect After Two Treatments - Pages 76-87
Cletus Kwa Kum, Daniel Thorburn, Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Pedro Gil and Anders Björkman
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.01

Comparison of Post Hoc Multiple Pairwise Testing Procedures as Applied to Small k-Group Logrank Tests - Pages 104-116
Moonseong Heo and Andrew C. Leon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.04

Volume 2, Number 1Untitled-5
A Dynamical Study of Risk Factors in Intracerebral Hemorrhage using Multivariate Approach - Pages 23-33
Afaq Ahmed Siddiqui, Junaid S. Siddiqui, Mohammad Wasay, S. Iqbal Azam and Asif Ahmed
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.03

Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of Models to Predict Hospital Admission for Emergency Department Patients - Pages 55-66
Bin Xie
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.07

Volume 1, Number 2Untitled-5
Bayesian Analysis of Transition Model for Longitudinal Ordinal Response Data: Application to Insomnia Data - Pages 148-161
S. Noorian and M. Ganjali
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.02.08

Validation of Gene Expression Profiles in Genomic Data through Complementary Use of Cluster Analysis and PCA-Related Biplots- Pages 162-173
Niccolò Bassani, Federico Ambrogi, Danila Coradini, Patrizia Boracchi and Elia Biganzoli
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.02.09

Volume 1, Number 1Untitled-5
Enriched-Data Problems and Essential Non-Identifiability- Pages 16-44
Geert Molenberghs, Edmund Njeru Njagi, Michael G. Kenward and Geert Verbeke
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.01.02

Power Calculations for Two-Wave, Change from Baseline to Follow-Up Study Designs - Pages 45-50
M. Colin Ard and Steven D. Edland
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.01.03

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Volume 2 No. 4,  2013

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


Open AccessProgression and Death as Competing Risks in Ovarian Cancer - Pages 249-254
Christine Eulenburg, Sven Mahner, Linn Woelber and Karl Wegscheider
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.1

Searching for Stability as we Age: The PCA-Biplot Approach - Pages 255-262
Renata Noce Kirkwood, Scott C.E. Brandon, Bruno de Souza Moreira and Kevin J. Deluzio
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.2

Open AccessFactors Affecting Self-Image in Patients with a Diagnosis of Eating Disorders on the Basis of a Cluster Analysis - Pages 263-274
Maciej Wojciech Pilecki, Kinga Sałapa and Barbara Józefik
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.3

Long-Run Macroeconomic Determinants of Cancer Incidence - Pages 275-288
Fabrizio Ferretti, Simon Jones and Bryan McIntosh
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.4

Open AccessSnapshot of Statistical Methods Used in Geriatric Cohort Studies: How Do We Treat Missing Data in Publications? - Pages 289-296
Diklah Geva, Danit Shahar, Tamara Harris, Sigal Tepper, Geert Molenberghs and Michael Friger
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.5

Modified Kaplan-Meier Estimator Based on Competing Risks for Heavy Censoring Data - Pages 297-304
Ali Zare and Mahmood Mahmoodi
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.6

Open AccessLongitudinal Data Analysis of Symptom Score Trajectories Using Linear Mixed Models in a Clinical Trial - Pages 305-315
C. Engel, C. Meisner, A. Wittorf, W. Wölwer, G. Wiedemann, C. Ring, R. Muche and S. Klingberg
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.7

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Volume 2 No. 2,  2013

**All articles are now available with Open Access


A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Estimating Malaria Prophylactic Effect After Two Treatments - Pages 76-87
Cletus Kwa Kum, Daniel Thorburn, Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Pedro Gil and Anders Björkman
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.01

A Generalization of the «Lady-Tasting-Tea» Procedure to Link Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Psychiatric Research - Pages 88-93
Bruno Falissard, Daniel Milman and David Cohen
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.02

Accounting for the Hierarchical Structure in Veterans Health Administration Data: Differences in Healthcare Utilization between Men and Women Veterans - Pages 94-103
Heather G. Allore, Yuming Ning, Cynthia A. Brandt and Joseph L. Goulet
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.03

Comparison of Post Hoc Multiple Pairwise Testing Procedures as Applied to Small k-Group Logrank Tests - Pages 104-116
Moonseong Heo and Andrew C. Leon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.04

Applying Mixed-Effects Location Scale Modeling to Examine Within-Person Variability in Physical Activity Self-Efficacy - Pages 117-122
Genevieve Fridlund Dunton, Audie A. Atienza, Jimi Huh, Cynthia Castro, Donald Hedeker and Abby C. King
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.05

A Comparison of Error Correcting Output Coding Methods for Multiclass Classification by Using Support Vector Machine: The Prediction of Self-Monitoring of Blood Sugar - Pages 123-134
Özge Aksehirli, Handan Ankarali, Duygu Aydin and Davut Baltaci
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.06

Predictive Models for the Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux from the View of Statisticians - Pages 135-143
Zahra Aryan and Abdol-Mohammad Kajbafzadeh
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.07

A Multistate Markov Model Based on CD4 Cell Count for HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) - Pages 144-151
Gurprit Grover, Adesh Kumar Gadpayle, Prafulla Kumar Swain and Barnali Deka
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.08

SFA vs. DEA for Measuring Healthcare Efficiency: A Systematic Review - Pages 152-166
George Katharakis, Maria Katharaki and Theofanis Katostaras
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.09

 

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Volume 2 No. 3,  2013

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


A Comparative Economic Analysis of Immunization Programs for Pertussis and Measles: The Use of ARIMA Model to Study the Epidemiological Situation in England and Wales - Pages 167-180
Dorota Zdanowska Girard
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.1

Open AccessPrediction of Childhood Asthma Using Conditional Probability and Discrete Event Simulation - Pages 181-191
T. Monleón-Getino, C. Puig, O. Vall, M. Ríos, A. Chiandetti and O. Garcia-Algar
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.2

Open AccessAnalysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Arthritis Status and Severity Using Survey Data - Pages 192-199
Masaru Teramoto and Sheniz Moonie
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.3

Open AccessAn Exponential Model for Melanoma Mortality Trends - Pages 200-203
Örjan Hallberg
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.4

Analysis of Genetic Relationship Among 11 Iranian Ethnic Groups with Bayesian Multidimensional Scaling Using HLA Class II Data - Pages 204-208
Najaf Zare, Shirin Farjadian and Samaneh Maleknia
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.5

Open AccessAn Application of Gamma Generalized Linear Model for Estimation of Survival Function of Diabetic Nephropathy Patients - Pages 209-219
Gurprit Grover, Alka Sabharwal and Juhi Mittal
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.6

Observation-Driven Model for Zero-Inflated Daily Counts of Emergency Room Visit Data - Pages 220-228
Gary Sneddon, Wasimul Bari and M. Tariqul Hasan
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.7

Open AccessEfficiency of Co-Expression of Transcription Factors Pdx1, Ngn3, NeuroD and Pax6 with Insulin: A Statistical Approach - Pages 229-238
Don F. du Toit, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Benedict J. Page and Venant Tchokonte-Nana
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.8

The Methodology of Human Diseases Risk Prediction Tools - Pages 239-248
H. Mannan, R. Ahmed, M. Sanagou, S. Ivory and R. Wolfe
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.9

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Volume 2 No. 1, 2013

**All articles are now available with Open Access


Editorial - Pages i-iv

Use of Natriuretic Peptides as a Guidance for Treating Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Unresolved Issues and Novel Insights - Pages 1-13
Renato De Vecchis and Claudia Esposito
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.01

Time-Dependent Relationships Between Human Brain and Body Temperature After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - Pages 14-22
Charmaine Childs, Kun Liu, Andy Vail and Jianxin Pan
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.02

A Dynamical Study of Risk Factors in Intracerebral Hemorrhage using Multivariate Approach - Pages 23-33
Afaq Ahmed Siddiqui, Junaid S. Siddiqui, Mohammad Wasay, S. Iqbal Azam and Asif Ahmed
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.03

Application of Probabilistic Linkage: Compare Health Care Costs among Menopausal Women with Different Symptoms by Linking Women’s Registry & Claims Data - Pages 34-39
O. Baser, L. Xie and J. Du
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.04

Impact of Various Effects of Smoking in the Mouth on Motivating Dental Patients to Quit Smoking - Pages 40-46
Takashi Hanioka, Akihito Tsutsui, Mito Yamamoto, Satoru Haresaku, Kaoru Shimada, Takeshi Watanabe, Tadayuki Matsuo and Miki Ojima
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.05

Cautions of Using Allele-Based Tests Under Heterosis - Pages 47-54
Bernard Omolo, Hongmei Zhang and Wilfried Karmaus
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.06

Development and Validation of Models to Predict Hospital Admission for Emergency Department Patients - Pages 55-66
Bin Xie
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.07

Heterogeneity in Preferences for Primary Care Consultations: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment - Pages 67-75
Alessandro Mengoni, Chiara Seghieri and Sabina Nuti
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.08