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Submissions from 2016
Use of Geographical Information Systems for Risk Identification – Identifying Counties in Georgia With High Risk for Childhood Lead Poisoning, R. Christopher Rustin, Christy Kuriatnyk, Byron Lobsinger, and Simone Charles
Georgia’s Rapid Expansion of Mosquito Surveillance in Response to Zika Virus, R. Christopher Rustin, Deonte Martin, and Rosmarie Kelly
Simpler Approach for Mediation Analysis for Dichotomous Mediators in Logistic Regression, Hani M. Samawi, Jingxian Cai, Haresh Rochani, and Daniel F. Linder
Notes on Kernel Based Mode Estimation Using More Efficient Sampling Designs, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Jingjing Yin, Daniel Linder, and Robert L. Vogel
More Efficient Survival Analysis Using Moving Extreme Ranked Auxiliary Covariate Sampling Method, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Lili Yu, and Robert L. Vogel
Culturally-Appropriate, Contextually-Grounded CBPR Physical Activity Intervention for Rural Residents: Explaining Unanticipated Intervention Outcomes, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Aasha I. Hoogland, Charles E. Hoogland, Shoshana H. Bardach, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Rural/Urban Differences in Drunk Driving and Riding with a Drunk Driver among Students, Bryant Smalley, Jacob Warren, Yelena N. Tarasenko, and K. Nikki Barefoot
Socioeconomic Status and Indoor Environmental Quality in Rural Georgia Homes, Errol Spence, Ferdous Ahmed, Gulzar H. Shah, and Atin Adhikari
Assessment of Balance in Adults with Friedreich’s Ataxia, Jeannie Stephenson, Seok Hun Kim, Clifton Gooch, Kelly L. Sullivan, Israt Jahan, and Theresa A. Zesiewicz
Relationship Between Balance Deficits and Gait Variability in Adults With Friedreich’s Ataxia, Jeannie Stephenson, Seok Hun Kim, Clifton Gooch, Kelly L. Sullivan, and Theresa A. Zesiewicz
Sleep Deficiency is Associated with Lack of Exercise and Higher BMI among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Kelly L. Sullivan
Sleep Deficiency Is Associated with Lack of Exercise and Higher BMI among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Kelly L. Sullivan
EPI-743 for Friedreichs Ataxia Patients with Point Mutations, Kelly L. Sullivan, Mary Freeman, Jessica Shaw, Clifton Gooch, Yangxin Huang, Matthew Klein, Guy Miller, and Theresa A. Zesiewicz
Physical Activity and Mortality among Cancer Survivors in the United States, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Daniel F. Linder, and E. Miller
Detection of Acinetobacter baumanii, Bartonella quintana and Markers of Permethrin Resistance in Human Lice From Madagascar, Shamta Warang, Titilope Ogunleke, Daniel Capps, Lance A. Durden, S. Zohdy, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Comparing Two Correlated Diagnostic Tests Based on Joint Testing of the AUC and the Youden Index, Jingjing Yin, Lili Tian, and Hani Samawi
Comparing Paired Diagnostic Tests Based on Joint Testing of the AUC and the Youden Index, Jingjing Yin, Lili Tian, and Hani M. Samawi
Homoscedastic test for the AFT model, Lili Yu, Liang Liu, and Ding-Geng Chen
EPI-743 Improves Motor Function and CNS Biomarkers in PD: Results From a Phase 2A Pilot Trial, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Kevin Allison, Israt Jahan, Jessica Shaw, F. Murtagh, Tracy Jones, Clifton Gooch, Jason L. Salemi, Matthew Klein, Guy Miller, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Generational Shift of Weight Related Social Norms Causes, Impacts and Solutions, Jian Zhang
Submissions from 2015
Exposure Assessment of Airborne Endotoxin, Glyphosate Residues, and Particles in Farms During Summer Spray Season, Atin Adhikari
Hourly Variations and Inhalable Exposure Levels of Airborne Fungal Spores in Greenhouse Work Environment, Atin Adhikari
Guest Lecture given at Cultural Foods (NTFS 4630), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health (PUBH 6532), Environmental Health Sciences, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Principles of Environmental Health (PUBH 3136), Undergraduate program in (BSPH), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Principles of Environmental Health (PUBH 3136), Undergraduate program in (BSPH), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Global Health (CHBE 9335), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Human Nutrition (NTFS 3534), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Influence of Serum Lycopene on Fatality among Lung Cancer Patients: An 18-Year Follow Up of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Oreoluwa Adeyinka, Chimuanya Okoli, and Jian Zhang
Serum Levels of Vitamin A and its Precursors and Colorectal Cancer Fatality: An 18-yr Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, and Jian Zhang
Serum Levels of Vitamin A and its Precursors and Colorectal Cancer Fatality: An 18-yr Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, and Jian Zhang
Application of Rapid Molecular Techniques to Track Sources of Pathogens in Water, Asli Aslan
Vitamin B Pathways in Candidatus Riesia Pediculicola (Bioinformatics Analysis), Sarah E. Braswell and Marina E. Eremeeva
Detection of Molecular Markers of Pesticide Resistance and Pathogens in Head Lice, Daniel Capps, Sarah E. Braswell, E. B. Winful, Lance A. Durden, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Ovarian Cancer Disparities in Advanced Stage Diagnosis and Surgery Treatment: Multilevel Analysis of SEER 2001-2011 Data, Chen Chen and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Prevalence of Health Care Provider Counseling about Exercise And Physical Activity Levels Among Cancer Survivors in the U.S, Chen Chen and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Does Ischemic Preconditioning Occur with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? Comparing the Severity of Myocardial Necrosis Between the Patients with OSA and Without OSA After an Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Ravi Desai, Emily Broach, Haresh Rochani, Amanulla Khaji, Eliot Friedman, and Rizwan Sardar
Student Knowledge About and Exposure to Tick-borne Diseases in Georgia, USA, Marina E. Eremeeva, Bionca M. Davis, D. L. Davis, and Paul Ferguson
Silent Risk of Tick-borne Diseases in Georgia, USA, Marina E. Eremeeva, Deltrye L. Jackson, Bionca M. Davis, and Paul Ferguson
How Social Media Is Used During Natural Disasters, Environmental Disasters, and Other Environmental Concerns: A Scoping Review, Kathryn C. Finch, Kassandra R. Snook, Carmen H. Duke, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
How Physical Activity Is Associated With Severe School Absenteeism, Andrew Hansen, Tony Pritchard, Irina Melnic, and Jian Zhang
Methods Improving Estimate of Diagnostic Odds Ratio, Yisong Huang, Jingjing Yin, and Hani M. Samawi
Variations in Public Health Governance, Jeffery A. Jones, Ankit Bangar, Patrick Chang, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Detection of Free- Living Amoebae From Beaches of Southeast Georgia, C. Karcs, Daniel Capps, Megan Mears, Shamta Warang, Asli Aslan, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Efficacy of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate vs Glatiramer Acetate on a Novel Composite Outcome Measure of Inflammatory Disease Activity: Post-Hoc Analysis of the CONFIRM Study, M. Kremenchutzky, R. J. Fox, J. T. Phillips, Mariko Kita, Karl E. Peace, J. B. Lewin, A. Zhang, M Okwuokenye, M Edwards, and J Marantz
Obesity Significantly Intensifies the Depressive Symptom among Adults with Neck or Back Pain, Wayne Lawrence, Adrian Badana, Gloria Barnett, Jessica K. Sexton, Kirsten Oliver, Jamesa V. Hogges, and Jian Zhang
Bacterial Profile of Environmental Waters in Southeastern Georgia, Megan Mears, Daniel Capps, Shamta Warang, Asli Aslan, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder, Chen Mo, Jingjing Yin, and Hani M. Samawi
Local Health Departments Health Informatics and Emergency Preparedness Capacity, Bobbie J. Newell, Gulzar H. Shah, and Ruth E. Whitworth
Occurrence of Microbiological Contaminants in a Watershed Impacted by a Wastewater Treatment Plant, Blessing Odion, Sara Benevente, and Asli Aslan
Discrete Time-to-Event and Score-Based Methods with Application to Composite Endpoint for Assessing Evidence of Disease Activity-Free, Macaulay Okwuokenye and Karl E. Peace
Evaluation of Myocardial Structure and Function in Patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia, A. Patel, Kelly L. Sullivan, D. Dasner, C. Pearsall, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, and A. Labovitz
Fruits and Labors of a Purpose Driven Life, Karl E. Peace
The Association Between Arthritis and Depression Intensified by Excessive Body Weight, Maria D. Politis and Jian Zhang
Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: The Impact of Early Clot Reduction with Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis on Pulmonary Hypertension, Ryan D. Reber, Ravi Desai, Matthew Hegewald, Daniel Sheibley, Joseph Bonn, Peter A. Villas, Haresh Rochani, and Lee W. Greenspon
Explicit Estimates for Cell Counts and Modeling the Missing Data Indicators in Three-Way Contingency Table by Log-Linear Models, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel Linder
Maximum Likelihood Estimates by Homogenous Log-Linear Models for Three-Way Contingency Tables with Missing Data with Application to Neuropathology Data, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel Linder
Explicit Estimates for Cell Counts and Modeling the Missing Data Indicators in a Three-Way Contingency Table by Log-Linear Models, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel F. Linder
Correction of Verification Bias by Application of Homogeneous Log-Linear Models for a Single Binary-Scale Diagnostic Test, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Jingjing Yin
Correction of Verification Bias by Application of Homogeneous Log-Linear Models for a Single Binary-Scale Diagnostic Tests, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Jingjing Yin
Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert Vogel, and D. Linder
Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani M. Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert L. Vogel, and Daniel F. Linder
Improving Some Clinical Trials Interference by Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariate, Hani M. Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert L. Vogel, and Daniel F. Linder
More Efficient Logistic Analysis Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling: Application to Children Obesity, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Daniel Linder, Jingjing Yin, Arpita Chatterjee, Lili Yu, and Robert L. Vogel
Analysis of Neonatal Sepsis in Kumasi, Ghana Through Paper-Based Medical Records, Jessica K. Sexton, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Zachary McGalliard, and Daniel F. Linder
Urban-Rural Status and Other Characteristics of Local Health Departments Associated with Their Environmental Health Activities Related to Unused Pharmaceutical Collection and Water Quality, Bushra Shah, Gulzar H. Shah, and Atin Adhikari
How Social Media Is Used During Natural Disasters, Environmental Disasters, and Other Environmental Concerns: A Scoping Review, Kassandra R. Snook, Carmen H. Duke, Kathryn C. Finch, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
A Metabolic Profile of Doctor-Diagnosed Overweight Children, John Twarog, Nikita Patel, and Jian Zhang
Weight Misperception and School Absenteeism in Adolescents, John Twarog and Jian Zhang
Multiple regression model selection, Jingjing Yin and Chen Mo
Improved Estimation of Youden Index and Associated Optimal Cut-off Point Under Different Sampling Schemes, Jingjing Yin, Hani Samawi, and Daniel F. Linder
Improved Estimation of Area Under the ROC Curve Using Ranked Set Sampling, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi, and Yi Hao
Improved Estimation of Diagnostic Cut-Off Point Associated with Youden Index Using Ranked Set Sampling, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi, Chen Mo, and Daniel F. Linder
Exact Confidence Band for Binormal ROC Curve, Jingjing Yin and Lili Tian
On Stratified Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling with Optimal Allocation for Naive and Ratio Estimators, Lili Yu, Hani M. Samawi, Daniel F. Linder, Arpita Chatterjee, Yisong Huang, and Robert L. Vogel
Longitudinal Study of Gait Dysfunction in Friedreich's Ataxia Using the GAITRite Walkway System, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Clifton Gooch, Seok Hun Kim, Jennifer Farmer, Israt Jahan, Yangxin Huang, Jason L. Salemi, Kelly L. Sullivan, and Jeannie Stephenson
Correlation of GAITRite Walkway System and Biodex Balance System Measures to the FARS Score in Friedreich's Ataxia Patients: A Validation Study, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Seok Hun Kim, Clifton Gooch, Jennifer Farmer, Yangxin Huang, Jason Salemi, Israt Jahan, Kelly L. Sullivan, Lynn Weckers, and Jeannie Stephenson
Blood pressure dynamic among pediatric population, 1988 – 2012, Jian Zhang
Negative Consequence of Dichotomizing a Continuous Variable – Case Study of Pediatric Blood Pressure, Jian Zhang
A Generalized Birth and Death Process for Modeling the Fates of Gene Duplication, Jing Zhao, Ashley Teufel, David Liberles, Lili Yu, and Liang Liu
Submissions from 2014
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health (PUBH 6532), Environmental Health Sciences, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Exposure and Impact Analysis (ENVH 7233) course, Environmental Health Sciences Discipline, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Global Health (CHBE 9335), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Human Nutrition (NTFS 3534), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Keynote Speech: Public Health and Economic Impacts Associated with Illegal Mining Activities in Ghana, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Vaccination Uptake Among Health Care Workers and Institutional Policies to Promote Vaccination in Hospice and Home Health Agencies in the U.S., Bettye A. Apenteng and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Detection and Quantitation of Candidatus Riesia Pediculola in Human Lice, Sarah E. Braswell, E. A. Tiugaeva, Helaina D. Capps, Lance A. Durden, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Georgia, USA, Danielle Capps, C. M. Logan, Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk, Gregory A. Dasch, Johanna S. Salzer, Lorenza Beati, Lance A. Durden, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Regression Estimators Using Stratified Ranked Set Sampling, Arpita Chatterjee, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Daniel F. Linder, Jingxian Cai, and Robert L. Vogel
Regression Estimators Using Stratified Ranked Set Sampling an Application to Bilirubin Level in Jaundice Babies Who Stay in Neonatal Intensive Care, Arpita Chatterjee, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Daniel F. Linder, Jingxian Cai, and Robert L. Vogel
Regression Estimators Using Stratified Ranked Set Sampling an Application to Bilirubin Level in Jaundice Babies Who Stay in Neonatal Intensive Care, Arpita Chatterjee, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Daniel F. Linder, Jingxian Cai, and Robert L. Vogel
Influenza Vaccination among Cancer Survivors, U.S. 2005-2012, Chen Chen and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Identification of Outer Membrane Assembly Proteins in the Genus Rickettsia, Gregory A. Dasch, Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Examining the Rural Influence on Non Medical Prescription Drug Use (NMPDU) in a University Population: Pilot Phase 1, Emily Eisenhart, Bettye A. Apenteng, Claire Robb, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Jamie S. Cromley, Adrian Badana, and Daniel F. Linder
The Riesia Microbial Genome, Marina E. Eremeeva
School Principals, Nurses and Parents: the Educational Challenge and Contemporary Experiences With Head Lice in Georgia, USA, Marina E. Eremeeva, Sarah E. Braswell, Angel J. Woods, and J. Zhang
Detection of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in South-eastern Georgia, USA. Abstract 475, Marina E. Eremeeva, C. M. Logan, Lorenza Beati, and Lance A. Durden
The Effectiveness of Corticosteroids on Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in HIV-Positive Adults, Angela Murro and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
