IJSMR

Co-Editor-in-Chief:

zoccaiGiuseppe Biondi Zoccai
University of Rome, Latina, Italy  Editor's Profile

Associate Editor:

DemoHans-Peter Deigner
Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Yichuan--ZhaoYichuan Zhao
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Editorial Board Members:

DemoYuzhi Cai 
Swansea University, UK
  DemoClaudio Conversano 
University of Cagliari, CA, Italy
     
DemoGiuseppina Albano 
University of Salerno, Italy
  Demo

Jingjing Wu 
University of Calgary, Canada

     
A.D.-BlannA.D. Blann
City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  Alexander-BulinskiSteve Su
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

     
Richard-J.-ButlerRichard J. Butler
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
  DemoDavid Han  (University of Texas, San Antonio, USA)
     
Qiang-(Shawn)-ChengAmjad D. Al-Nasser 
Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
  ChongChi-ChiuAmmar Sarhan
Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
     
Anneleen-DaemenAnneleen Daemen
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
  DemoEmana Getu Degaga
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
     
Gabriella-FerrandinaGabriella Ferrandina
Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  DemoOle Hauch
AstraZeneca, Wilmington, LP, USA
     
Marco-IosaMarco Iosa
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
  Noor-Azina-IsmailNoor Azina Ismail
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

     
Maria-KatharakiMaria Katharaki
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  DemoHafiz M. R. Khan
Florida International University, USA
     
Akiyoshi-KinoshitaAkiyoshi Kinoshita
The Jikei University Daisan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
   DemoLev Klebanov
Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
     
Matthias-KohMatthias Kohl
Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
  DemoChristos Koukouvinos
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

     
BachiouaBachioua Lahcene
University of Ha'il, Hail,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  Guojun-LiGuojun Li
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC), Houston, TX, USA

     
DemoYang "Eric" Liu
SUNY Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA

  DemoPreetam Mahajan
Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
     
Antonio-Maria-Morselli-LabateAntonio Maria Morselli-Labate
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  John-Lam-Hiu-MingJohn Lam Hiu Ming
Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

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


  DemoJosé Antonio Roldán Nofuentes
University of Granada, Granada, Spain

     
bernardBernard Omolo
University of South Carolina, United States
  DemoManuel Ortega-Calvo
Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
     
DemoAmir H. Pakpour
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
  DemoHarshal Tukaram Pandve
Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Narhe, Pune, India

     
DemoPetros Pechlivanoglou
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
  Yonghong-PengYonghong Peng
University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

     
DemoAna Telma Pereira
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  DemoIman Ridda
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
     
DemoAna Telma Pereira
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  DemoIman Ridda
Universiyt of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
     
DemoLuiz Fernando Freire Royes
Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
  DemoJoanne Ryan
"Inserm U1061". Montpellier, France
     
Zumin ShiZumin Shi
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  DemoMauricio F. Silva
Liver Unit of Santa Casa General Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil
     
Richard-L.-SkolaskyRichard L. Skolasky
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  DemoRuiguang Song
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
     
DemoVladimir Spokoiny
Weierstrass Institute, Berlin, Germany
   DemoXiaoqin (Amy) Tang
Geisinger Center for Health Research, Danville, PA, USA
     
ThanoonThanoon Y. Thanoon
University Technology Malaysia,  UTM, Malaysia
   DemoDemoHibret Alemu Tilahun
John Snow Research and Training Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
     
     
Songfeng-WangSongfeng Wang
General Dynamics Information Technology, West Des Moines, IA
   DemoMomiao Xiong
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
     
Jiyuan ZhouJiyuan Zhou
Southern Medical University,
Guangzhou, China
  DemoKartlos  Kachiashvili
Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
     
DemoPeter Congdon
Queen Mary University of London, UK
  DemoYang Liu
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
     
DemoUsha Govindarajulu
SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, U.S.A
   DemoEuijung Ryu 
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Minnesota, USA
     
DemoD S Hooda
GJ University of Science and Technology, India

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Table of Contents

Volume 3 No. 1,  2014

* This issue includes papers published with Open Access


Open AccessThe Suppression Variables in Clinical Research - Pages 1-2
Akiyoshi Kinoshita
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.1

Open AccessModeling Survival After Diagnosis of a Specific Disease Based on Case Surveillance Data - Pages 3-10
Ruiguang Song, Gengsheng Qin, Kathleen McDavid Harrison, Xinjian Zhang and H. Irene Hall
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.2

Open AccessEstablishing Non-Inferiority of a New Treatment in a Three-Arm Trial: Apply a Step-Down Hierarchical Model in a Papulopustular Acne Study and an Oral Prophylactic Antibiotics Study - Pages 11-20
Jung-Tzu Liu , Chyng-Shyan Tzeng and Hsiao-Hui Tsou
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.3

Open AccessQuantifying Maternal and Paternal Disease History Using Log-Rank Score with an Application to a National Cohort Study - Pages 21-31
Rui Feng, Hersh Patel and George Howard
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.4

Open AccessA 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 AccessOptimizing the Fraction of Expensive Direct Measurements in an Exposure Assessment Study - Pages 44-54
Mahmoud Rezagholi and Apostolos Bantekas
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.6

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

A Bayes Study of Bile Acid Constituents on Cholelithiasis and Carcinoma of the Gallbladder - Pages 66-73
Richa Srivastava, Satyanshu K. Upadhyay and Vijay K. Shukla
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.8 

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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Table of Contents

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