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Submissions from 2014
Using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) Algorithm to Find Factors that Affect Relapse in Leukemia Patients with Missing Data, Angela Murro and Lili Yu
Rates of Chlamydia, Gonorhea and Genital Herpes before and after Spring Break and Homecoming at an American Southeastern University, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Karl E. Peace, E. Deloach, and G. Shah
Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: Engaging Barbers to Administer a Prostate Cancer Education Intervention to Their Customers, Siddhartha Roy, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Levi Ross, and John Luque
Application of Latent Class Analysis for Screening Test of Adolescents Suicidal Behavior in United States (1991-2011 YRBSS Survey), Hani M. Samawi and Ryan Christopher Butterfield
A Review of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Georgia, USA, 1993-2011, Jessica K. Sexton, Asli Aslan, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Rainy Day Funds: Current State and Associations with Structural and Budget Characteristics of Local Health Departments in the U.S., Yelena N. Tarasenko and Gulzar H. Shah
Psychosocial Determinants of Influenza Vaccine Acceptance Among College Students in Statesboro, Georgia, Pei-Ling Tseng, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, and Levi Ross
Improved Estimation and Optimal Linear Combination on Youden Index, Jingjing Yin
Weighted least-squares method for right-censored data in accelerated failure time model, Lili Yu
Submissions from 2013
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 Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department 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
A Survey of Ectoparasites From Guatemalan Peridomestic Animals for Rickettsial Agents, Gregory A. Dasch, Minke Tang, Maria L. Zambrano, M. L. Levin, Danilo Alvarez, Kim A. Lindblade, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Lessons Learned from a Hospital-based Community Health Needs Assessment in a Rural Setting, Marie Denis-Luque, Raymona H. Lawrence, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Dziyana Nazaruk, and Stuart H. Tedders
Molecular Characterization of Rickettsial Agents and Fleas From Colombian Dogs and Cats, Marina E. Eremeeva, William A. Canon-Franco, J. L. Perez-Bedoya, M. L. Zambrano, and Gregory A. Dasch
Isolation and Characterization of Rickettsia rhipicephali and R. philipii From Dermacentor Ticks From California, Marina E. Eremeeva, Maria L. Zambrano, Minke Tang, and Gregory A. Dasch
Cholera Transmission Dynamic Models for Public Health Practitioners, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Modeling the Effect of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Oral Cholera Vaccine Implementation in Haiti, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, David L. Fitter, Rebekah H. Borse, Martin I. Meltzer, and Jordan W. Tappero
A phylogenetic model for cancer evolution, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
Five Years’ Experience With the Novel Human Ehrlichia Sp. In the Upper Midwestern United States: 2009-2013., David F. Neitzel, Diep K. Hoang-Johnson, Tracy K. Miller, Michelle A. Fiest, Lynne M. Sloan, Marina E. Eremeeva, Thomas R. Fritsche, Timothy S. Uphoff, Julie Ray, and Elizabeth Schiffman
Crofab: An Analysis of Its Use in Venomous Snake Bite Management, Tracy L. Nolan, Dudley B. Christie III, Robert L. Vogel, and Dennis W. Ashley
Rickettsia sp. 364D: An Emerging Tick Borne Rickettsiosis in California, Kerry A. Padgett, Denise L. Bonilla, Marina E. Eremeeva, and J. J. Scott
Simple Tests of Diagonal Symmetry for Bivariate Distributions, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Preliminary Report on Tick and Tick-borne Disease Surveillance in West Valley MVCD, T. Su, M. Cheng, L. Hui, J. Kleinjan, R. Hu, Marina E. Eremeeva, J. Thieme, and Q. Vong
Perceptions of Child Overweight among Children and Adolescents (8-15 Years), Their Guardians and Health Care Professionals and Children’s Engagement in Weight Control: Rural vs. Urban Comparison, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Lauren M. Rossen, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
All the Statistics PhD Nurses Need to Know and More, Robert L. Vogel
The Effect of Music-Based Listening Interventions on the Volume. Fat Content, and Caloric Content of Breast milk Produced by Mothers of Premature and Critically Ill Infants, Robert L. Vogel and Barbara S. Weaver
Submissions from 2012
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 Cultural Foods (NTFS 4630), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department 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 for the Human Nutrition (NTFS 3534), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Molecular Characterization of Rickettsial Agents and Fleas (Siphonaptera) From Colombia, Marina E. Eremeeva, William A. Canon-Franco, Jose L. Perez-Bedoya, Maria L. Zambrano, Kyle F. Abramowicz, Kyle G. Dirks, and Gregory A. Dasch
Detection and Characterization of a Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype in Haemaphysalis Leporispalustris, Packard, 1869 From California, Marina E. Eremeeva, L. M. Weiner, Maria L. Zambrano, Gregory A. Dasch, R. S. Lane, R. Hu, I. Vilcins, Martin B. Castro, Denise L. Bonilla, and Kerry A. Padgett
Asymptotic properties of a median tree under the coalescent model, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
Noninvasive Measurements of Cardiac Hemodynamic and Tissue Perfusion Indices in Normal Infants, Eric L. Long, Barbara Weaver, Joshua Glenn, Robert L. Vogel, Andrew Bozeman, Brandon Lerner, Renee Kleris, Joseph M. Van De Water, Don K. Nakayama, and Misael Rodriguez
Rickettsia sp. 364D: An Emerging Tick-borne Rickettsiosis in California, Kerry A. Padgett, Denise L. Bonilla, Marina E. Eremeeva, and J. J. Scott
Trends and Correlates of Health Care Provider Identification of Overweight in Children Ages 2-15 in the U.S., 2001-2010., Lauren M. Rossen, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Amy M. Branum, A. E. Simon, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Daily Walking and Life Expectancy of Elderly People in the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study, Hani M. Samawi
General Pivotal Goodness of Fit Test Based on Kernel Density Estimation, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
A Mixed Method Study of the Relationship between Multiple Morbidity and Colorectal Cancer Screening, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Steven T. Fleming, and Shoshana H. Bardach
Detection of the Ehrlichia Sp. Panola Mountain in Amblyomma Americanum Ticks Using Groel Real-time Pcr and Melting Temperature Analysis, E. Y. Stromdahl, Lynne M. Sloan, Marina E. Eremeeva, M. K. Miller, A. D. Loftis, and Bobbi S. Pritt
The Effects of Smoke-Free Laws on Neonatal Health Outcomes in the U.S., Yelena N. Tarasenko, Scott Hankins, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Trends in Self-Reported Reasons for Forgoing Colorectal Cancer Screening, Yelena N. Tarasenko, E. A. Miller, and J. D. Parker
Health Care Provider, Parental, and Self Identification of Child Overweight and Weight Loss Attempts Among Children Aged 8-15, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Lauren M. Rossen, Amy M. Branum, A. E. Simon, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Community Health Assessment, Stuart H. Tedders and Marie Denis-Luque
Community Health Assessment, Stuart H. Tedders and Marie Denis-Luque
Comparison of In Vivo Optical Spectroscopy and Electrical Cardiometry in Preterm Infants, Barbara Weaver, J. Glenn, Robert L. Vogel, E. L. Long, D. K. Nakayama, and M. Rodriguez
Evaluators as Change Agents: Building Program Capacity, Ownership, and Use of Data, Lynn D. Woodhouse, William C. Livingood, Russell B. Toal, David W. Keene II, Stuart H. Tedders, Simone M. Charles, Raymona H. Lawrence, and Andrea Kellum
Spline quasi-likelihood regression for right censored data, Lili Yu
Submissions from 2011
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
Survival analysis in the presence of complex censoring: Fractional Polynomials in Analyzing Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data, Ding-Geng Chen, Lili Yu, and Yuhlong Lio
Analysis of Cancer Screening Behaviors in Females of Evans County, GA, A. Harrell and Stuart H. Tedders
Research Matchmaker (RM): Extending HIT to Support Georgia’s Community-Sponsored Health Initiatives, G. L. Heaberg, H. Reichgelt, and Stuart H. Tedders
Novel Ehrlichia sp. Pathogenic for Humans in the Midwestern United States: Human Cases 2009 - 2011 and Results of Tick, Rodent, and Deer Studies, Diep K. Hoang-Johnson, David F. Neitzel, Jevon D. McFadden, Kristina M. McElroy, Marina E. Eremeeva, Lynne M. Sloan, Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Gongping Liu, Susan M. Paskewitz, Melissa M. Kemperman, William L. Nicholson, Jennifer H. McQuiston, David Boxrud, David M. Warshauer, Jeffrey P. Davis, Christopher R. Steward, Joni J. Franson, Caroline A. Grady, William E. Irwin, Tracy K. Miller, Michelle A. Feist, Xia Lee, David Murphy, Matthew J. Binnicker, and Bobbi S. Pritt
The Effect of a Nurse Driven Music Therapy Intervention on Preterm Mothers' Milk Volume and Fat Content, Douglas Keith, Barbara Weaver, and Robert L. Vogel
Obscure Neurological Syndrome With Predominant Extrapyramidal Manifestations in Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infection in Sri Lanka, S. Kularatne, R. Rajapakse, S. C. Madagedara, D. M. Nanayakkara, K. Weerakoon, R. Premaratna, Marina E. Eremeeva, and Gregory A. Dasch
Bartonella and Bartonella Infections in China: From the Lab to the Clinic, Q. Liu, Marina E. Eremeeva, and D. Li
Pilot Study of Selected Health Trends in Evans County, GA, Joseph Lowry and Stuart H. Tedders
Increased BMI is Associated with School Absenteeism Among US School Aged Children and Adolescents, Ram Polur, Swati Raychowdhury, Stuart H. Tedders, and Jian Zhang
Emergence of a Novel Ehrlichia sp. Agent Pathogenic for Humans in the Midwestern United States, Bobbi S. Pritt, Jevon D. McFadden, Ellen Y. Stromdahl, David F. Neitzel, Diep K. Hoang-Johnson, Lynne M. Sloan, G. Liu, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Susan M. Paskewitz, Melissa M. Kemperman, Caroline A. Grady, David Boxrud, Kristina M. McElroy, Jennifer H. McQuiston, David M. Warshauer, J. P. Davis, Christopher R. Steward, William E. Irwin, Joni J. Franson, Matthew J. Binnicker, Robin Patel, C. M. Nelson, T. K. Miller, Michelle A. Feist, X. Lee, S. Tongdean, J. Brezinka, M. Skoglund, S. A. Martin, Kay Bogumill, Mary E. Bjorgaard, Scott A. Cunningham, Jonathan Cope, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Steady State Ranked Gibbs Sampler, Hani M. Samawi, Martin X. Dunbar, and Ding-Geng Chen
An Optimal Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on the Overlapping Coefficient Using an Extreme Ranked Set Sample: Application to Noninvasive Measurement of Cardiac Output by Electrical Velocimetry in Neonates, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
A More Efficient Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on the Overlapping Coefficient Using Extreme Ranked Set Sample, Robert L. Vogel and Hani M. Samawi
Effects of Music Therapy-Based Listening Interventions on the Quantity and Quality of Breast Milk Produced by Mothers Using a Breast Pump, Robert L. Vogel, Barbara Weaver, and Douglas Keith
Effect of a Maternal Simulated Intervention on Physiologic and Developmental Behaviors of 28-34 Week Gestation Infants in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Robert L. Vogel, Barbara Weaver, and Kendra Russell
Using Formative Evaluation and QI Processes in Five Unique Community Programs as They Move Toward Meeting Local and Cross-site Outcomes: Year Two Findings and Lessons Learned, Lynn D. Woodhouse, Russell B. Toal, David W. Keene II, William C. Livingood, Laura H. Gunn, Cassandra Arroyo, Simone M. Charles, and Stuart H. Tedders
Submissions from 2010
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 Human Nutrition (NTFS 3534), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Comparison of Bacteroides Human Markers for Pollution Diagnostics in Recreational Waters, Asli Aslan and Joan B. Rose
Interval-Censoring in Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials, Ding-Geng Chen, Karl E. Peace, Lili Yu, Y. L. Lio, and Yibin Wang
Using a Checklist to Improve Family Communications in Trauma Care, Bradley M. Dennis, Leon N. Sykes, Robert L. Vogel, Cecil E. Brown, Tracy L. Nolan, Kyle Flowers, Don K. Nakayama, and Dennis W. Ashley
Latinos Reduciendo el Diabetes en Southeast Georgia, Mondi Mason, L. Anderson, Andrea Hinojosa, C. Florez, S. Herrera, L. Florez, and Stuart H. Tedders
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection with a Vancomycin MIC>1MCG/ML, M. A. Meyer, J. Lin, M. Meloy, Kathryn Kennedy, and Robert L. Vogel
Childhood Asthma in Georgia: Comparison with Other States Together, Hani M. Samawi, James H. Stephens, and Gerald R. Ledlow
A Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on the Overlapping Coefficient, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Amal Helu
On Tests of Homogeneity for Partially Matched-Pair Data, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Amal Helu
Factors Leading to an Increased Frequency of ER Visits Among Uninsured Patients With an Established Medical Home, Varadan Sevilimedu, Richard Dent, Robert L. Vogel, and Miriam Rittenmeyer
Assessing Risk in Health and Health Disparities, Robert L. Vogel
Essential Statistics for Surgeons, Robert L. Vogel
Helpful Suggestions When Reading the Medical Literature, Robert L. Vogel
Evaluation of a Multi-Site Asthma Program Initiative: Linking Program Activities with Distal Outcomes to Demonstrate Systems Change, Lynn D. Woodhouse, Russ Toal, Laura H. Gunn, DeAnna Keene, Cassandra Arroyo, Stuart H. Tedders, Simone Charles, and Trang Nguyen
Rural-Urban Differences in Access to Preventive Care Services, Jiyoon Yoon and Stuart H. Tedders
Extended Quasi-likelihood for right censored data, Lili Yu
Nonarametric quasi-likelihood for right censored data, Lili Yu
Submissions from 2009
Guest Lecture given at Health Disparity and the Rural Underserved (CHBE 9331) course, Epidemiology, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Maternal and Infant Characteristics Affecting Neonatal Mortality in Georgia Infants between 1995-2004, Vaibhav Garg, Laura H. Gunn, and Diana Sturges
Electrical Cardiometry in the NICU, is it Feasible?, M. Rodriguez, B. Weaver, A. Bozeman, B. Ngoc, Robert L. Vogel, and Joseph M. Van De Water
On Nonparametric Tests for Partially Correlated Data With Application to Public Health Issues, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Robert L. Vogel, and Laura H. Gunn
Analysis of Subgroup Data in Clinical Trials, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
An Easy and Convenient Method for Constructing Contrasts, Robert Vogel
Designing Clinical Research, Robert L. Vogel
Electrical Cardiometry in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Robert L. Vogel
Public Health Issues in Georgia, Robert L. Vogel
Public Health Issues in Georgia, Robert L. Vogel
Testing a Test and Studying a Study, Robert L. Vogel
The Feasibility of Electrical Cardiometry in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Robert L. Vogel
