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Submissions from 2011
On Inference of Overlapping Coefficients in Two Lomax Populations Using Different Sampling Methods, Amal Helu and Hani M. Samawi
Nonparametric Overlap Coefficient Estimate Using Ranked Set Sampling, Amal Helu, Hani Samawi, and Robert L. Vogel
Sticker Shock: An Exploration of Supply Charge Capture Outcomes, Gerald R. Ledlow, James H. Stephens, and Heidi Hulsey Fowler
Estimating Species Trees from Unrooted Gene Trees, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
A Bayesian Model for Gene Family Evolution, Liang Liu, Lili Yu, Venugopal Kalavacharla, and Zhanji Liu
A Social Network Analysis Approach to Understand Changes in a Cancer Disparities Community Partnership Network, John S. Luque, Dinorah Martinez Tyson, Shalanda A. Bynum, Shalewa A. Noel-Thomas, Kristen J. Wells, Susan T. Vadaparampil, Clement K. Gwede, and Cathy D. Meade
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in a Hispanic Migrant Farmworker Community through Faith-Based Clinical Outreach, John S. Luque, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Talar Markossian, Ji-Hyun Lee, Rachel Turner, Sara Proctor, Janelle Menard, and Cathy D. Meade
Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach with Latina Farmworkers, John S. Luque, Mondi Mason, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Andrea Hinojosa, and Cathy D. Meade
Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers, John S. Luque, Brian M. Rivers, Clement K. Gwede, Maisha Kambon, B. Lee Green, and Cathy D. Meade
Utilizing Technology to Improve the Administration of Instructional Physical Activity Programs in Higher Education., Bridget F. Melton
Graduate teaching assistant perceptions of changes development, Bridget F. Melton and Yasar Bodur
Early Cardiac Pacemaker Placement for Life-Threatening Bradycardia in Traumatic Spinal-Cord Injury, Jacob R. Moerman, Benjamin D. Christie, Leon N. Sykes, Robert L. Vogel, Tracy L. Nolan, and Ashley W. Dennis
Anthropological Insights on Effective Community-Based Coalition Practice: An Introduction, Chad T. Morris and John S. Luque
Characteristics of ‘Tween’ Participants and Non-Participants in the VERB™ Summer Scorecard Physical Activity Promotion Program, Jen Nickelson, Moya L. Alfonso, Robert J. McDermott, Elizabeth C. Bumpus, Carol A. Byrant, and Julie A. Baldwin
Case Study in Optimal Dosing in Duodenal Ulcer, Karl E. Peace
Clinically Optimal Dosing in the Treatment of Duodenal Ulcers: A Case Study of a Phase III SNDA Clinical Program, Karl E. Peace
Perceived Job Satisfaction and Job Stress, and Their Effect on Health: A Pilot Study of Women in the Workplace, J. Pinkston and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Dining Out: A Nutrition Activity, Amy Jo Riggs, Bridget F. Melton, and Helen W. Bland
Varied Set Size Ranked Set Sampling with Application to Mean and Ratio Estimation, Hani Samawi
Distribution-Free Runs Test for Conditional Symmetry, Hani M. Samawi and Amal Helu
Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on Overlapping Coefficient, Hani M. Samawi, Amal Helu, and Robert L. Vogel
Tests of Homogeneity for Partially Matched-Pairs Data, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
HIPAA’s Role in E-Mail Communications between Doctors and Patients: Privacy, Security, and Implications of the Bill, James H. Stephens and Anthony V. Parrillo
Genetic Matching: A Better Algorithm for Adjusting Covariate Imbalance for Statistical Data Analysis and Modeling, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
Joint Modeling of the Treatment Effect in Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event Endpoint and Safety Covariates, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
A Needs Assessment to Develop Community Partnerships: Initial Steps Working with a Major Agricultural Community, Ashley D. Walker, Jill Bezyak, Elizabeth Gilbert, and April Trice
Using Photovoice with NGO Workers in Sierra Leone: A Case for Community Based Research, Ashley D. Walker and Jody Oomen-Early
A Descriptive Study of Relief Behaviors of Persons with Migraine Headaches, K. Welchel, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Helen W. Bland
Effective Lifestyle Habits and Coping Strategies for Stress Tolerance among College Students, Paul D. Welle and Helen W. Bland
Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach With Latina Farmworkers in Rural Southern Georgia, Kristen J. Wells, John S. Luque, Branko Miladinovic, Natalia Vargas, Yasmin Asvat, Richard G. Roetzheim, and Ambuj Kumar
Nonparametric Quasi-Likelihood for Right Censored Data, Lili Yu
MentalSquares − A Generic Bipolar Support Vector Machine for Mental Disorder Classification, Diagnostic Analysis, and Neurobiological Data Mining, Wen-Rang Zhang, Anand K. Pandurangi, Karl E. Peace, and Yan-Qing Zhang
Submissions from 2010
Estimating Odds Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani Samawi
A Qualitative Study of Stressors, Stress Symptoms, and Coping Mechanisms Among College Students Using Nominal Group Process, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Stephen Patrick Gonzalez
Drive Alive: Teen Seat Belt Survey Program, Katie M. Burkett, Steve Davidson, Carol Cotton, James Barlament, Laurel Loftin, James H. Stephens, Martin Dunbar, and Ryan Butterfield
Interval-Censoring in Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials, Ding-Geng Chen, Karl E. Peace, Lili Yu, Y. L. Lio, and Yibin Wang
Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior Including Demographic Characteristics in Five Georgia Counties, Kelley G. Chester, Laura H. Gunn, and Gerald R. Ledlow
Leadership Execution: Perfection vs. Implementation, M. N. Coppola and Gerald R. Ledlow
Application Of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Asset Mapping to Locate Colorectal Cancer Screening Resources in the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN), Clement K. Gwede, Beverly G. Ward, John S. Luque, Susan T. Vadaparampil, Desiree Rivers, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Shalewa A. Noel-Thomas, and Cathy D. Meade
Leadership for Health Professionals: Theory, Skills and Applications, Gerald R. Ledlow and Nicholas M. Coppola
An R Package for Species Tree Analysis, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
A Maximum Pseudo-Likelihood Approach for Estimating Species Trees under the Coalescent Model, Liang Liu, Lili Yu, and Scott V. Edwards
Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study for Prostate Cancer Education in an Urban African American Community, John S. Luque, Brian M. Rivers, Maisha Kambon, Ronald Brookins, B. Lee Green, and Cathy D. Meade
The Growing Problem in College Students: Obesity, Bridget F. Melton, Yasar Bodur, and R. C. Clouse
Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Southeastern Georgia through a Community Coalition - An Applied Approach, Bridget F. Melton, Daniel R. Czech, Amy Jo Riggs, Starla McCollum, Marlo Rouse-Arnett, A. Barry Joyner, Elaine S. Marshall, and Melinda L. Czech
Trends in Physical Activity Interest in the College and University Setting, Bridget F. Melton, Andrew R. Hansen, and Jonathon Gross
The Relation between Adolescent Self Assessment of Health and Risk Behaviors: Could a Global Measure of Health Provide Indications of Health Risk Exposures?, Stephen Nkansah-Amankraa and Ashley D. Walker
Stratified Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi
An Optimal Sing Test for One-sample Bivariate Location Model Using an Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi, Mohammed Al-Haj Ebrahem, and Noha Al-Zubaidin
On the Optimality of Bivariate Ranked Set Sample Design for Matched Pairs Sign Test, Hani M. Samawi and Mavis Pararai
On Distribution-Free Runs Test for Symmetry Using Extreme Ranked Set Sampling with an Application Involving Base Deficit Score, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Christopher K. Senkowski
Children Insurance Disparity in Georgia: In Comparison With Other States Using Data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, Hani Samawi and James H. Stephens
Characteristics of Problem Drinking in an Urban South American Indigenous Population, Paul J. Seale, Sylva Shellenberger, Neila Sanchez, Robert L. Vogel, Elibeth Villalobos, Fred S. Girton, Dana M. Seale, and Ike S. Okosun
Canceling the Radiologist Contract, James H. Stephens
Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
We Have to Do Something for Ourselves": Using Photovoice and Participatory Action Research to Assess the Barriers to Abandoned Child and Orphan Caregiving in Sierra Leone, Ashley D. Walker and Jody Oomen-Early
Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University, Kiley Winston-Morgan, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Laura H. Gunn
On the Eigenstructures of Functional K-Potent Matrices and Their Integral Forms, Yan Wu and Daniel F. Linder
Submissions from 2009
Incorporating Weight Management Curriculum into Physical Activity Courses, K. Hice, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Stephen J. Rossi, and Daniel R. Czech
Valuing Volunteers: The Impact of Volunteerism on Hospital Performance, Renee B. Hotchkiss, Myron D. Fottler, and Lynn Unruh
Comparative Health Systems: Jordan, H. Madanat and Hani M. Samawi
Achievement and Satisfaction in Blended Learning Versus Traditional, Bridget Melton, Helen Bland, and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Suicidal Behaviors, Self Rated Health and Multiple Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: Exploring New Perspectives With High School Students in Suicide Prevention Research, Stephen Nkansah-Amankraa, Ashley D. Walker, and Alena Clark
Vitamin C Concentration, Syneresis and Consumer Perceptions of a Fermented Dairy Product Upon Fortification with Cucumber and Raspberry, Ann C. Onyenwoke, Joelle Romanchik-Cerpovicz, Laura D. Frost, and Helen W. Bland
Monitoring Adverse Experiences in Clinical Drug Development, Karl E. Peace
Bivariate or Composite Plots of Endpoints, Karl E. Peace and Kao-Tai Tsai
The Matched Pairs Sign Test Using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling Based on Different Ranking Schemes, Hani Samawi and Mohammad F. Al-Saleh
The Health System of the Russian Federation, James H. Stephens, Alexander V. Sergeev, and Elena A. Plantova
Multivariate Dose Response Test, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
An Easy and Convenient Method for Constructing Contrasts, Robert L. Vogel
Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Health, Johnson M. Walker and Gerald R. Ledlow
Complete Identification of Permissible Sampling Rates for First-Order Sampling of Multi-Band Bandpass Signals, Yan Wu and Daniel F. Linder
Submissions from 2008
Factors Affecting Obesity Among High School Students in Rural Georgia: Nutritional Practices, Helen W. Bland, J. Welle, and Amy Jo Riggs
Behavior Change: A Lifestyle Change, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Decision Making and Communication, Gerald R. Ledlow and James H. Stephens
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Bridget F. Melton
Stress Management Activity: Stigma Box. In Lois Ritter, Bridget F. Melton
Using Blended Learning in Health Education Instruction, Bridget F. Melton, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Swati Raychowdhury
Higher Education Administration's Role in Obesity Prevention, Bridget F. Melton and M. J. Ludwig
The Communication and Rhetoric of Terrorism, H. Dan O'Hair, Robert L. Heath, Kevin J. Ayotte, and Gerald R. Ledlow
Is Informed Consent as Ethical as It Could Be?, Karl E. Peace
Safety of Drugs is, Indeed, a Lifecycle Exercise, Karl E. Peace
Assessing the Validity of Statistical Inferences in Public Health Research: An Evidence-Based, "Best Practices" Approach, Karl E. Peace, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Charlie J. Hardy
Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations Using Ranked Set Sample, Hani Samawi and Mohammad F. Al-Saleh
On Matched Pairs Sign Test Using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling: An Application to Environmental Issues, Hani M. Samawi, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh, and Obaid Al-Saidy
Submissions from 2007
A Note on Inclusion Probability in Ranked Set Sampling and Some of Its Variations, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
On the Approximation of Multiple Integrals Using Multivariate Ranked Simulated Sampling, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
Your Fitness, Daniel R. Czech, James L. McMillan, Bridget F. Melton, A. V. Parrillo, Amy J. Riggs, and Stephen J. Rossi
Your Health, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Assessment of Drug Safety, Karl E. Peace
A Survival Analysis Instead of an Endpoint Analysis for Antibiotic Data, Karl E. Peace
The Design and Analysis of Pivotal Proof of Efficacy Trials in the Development of Drugs to Treat Panic Disorder, Karl E. Peace
On Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling for Ratio and Regression Estimators, Hani M. Samawi and Mohammad Al-Saleh
Episiotomy and Obstetric Trauma in Nevada: Evidence from Linked Hospital Discharge and Birth Data, Gulzar H. Shah, Joseph A. Greenway, and Wei Yang
Multivariate Dose-Response Analysis of Ordinal Response Data, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
YinYang Dynamic Neurobioological Modeling and Diagnostic Analysis of Major Depressive and Bipolar Disorders, Wen-Rang Zhang, Anand K. Pandurangi, and Karl E. Peace
Toward a New Standard for Classification and Analysis of Bipolar Disorders with Mixed States, Wen-Rang Zhang, Karl E. Peace, and Anand K. Pandurangi
Yin Yang Mental Squares - An Equilibrium-Based System for Bipolar Neurobiological Pattern Classification and Analysis, Wen-Ran Zhang and Karl E. Peace
