This tutorial on advanced statistical methods for meta‐analysis can be seen as a sequel to
the recent Tutorial in Biostatistics on meta‐analysis by Normand, which focused on …

Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the US, and some 650,000 receive
emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to …

Data mining is the discovery of interesting, unexpected or valuable structures in large
datasets. As such, it has two rather different aspects. One of these concerns large …

I have many persons to thank for their part in the writing of this monograph. First and
foremost, John Grego was responsible for the successful proposal that led to the lecture …

Statistical Genomics: Linkage, Mapping, and QTL Analysis Page 1 Page 2 Statistical Genomics
Linkage, Mapping, and QTL Analysis CRCPress Ben Hui Liu Boca Raton London New York …

and chapter 7 focuses on modeling of spatial distribution of diseases. Finally, chapter 8
explains data-driven and knowledge-driven modeling for risk assessment and management …

For frequency counts, the situation of extra zeros often arises in biomedical applications.
This is demonstrated with count data from a dental epidemiological study in Belo Horizonte …

This paper describes an EM algorithm for nonparametric maximum likelihood (ML)
estimation in generalized linear models with variance component structure. The algorithm …

Differences in age at natural menopause by occupation, education, and place of residence
were examined using a cross-sectional population sample of Finnish women aged 45–64 …

We here consider testing the hypothesis of homogeneity against the alternative of a two-
component mixture of densities. The paper focuses on the asymptotic null distribution of 2 …