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2015 journal article

Optimal sampling frequency and timing of threatened tropical bird populations: A modeling approach

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 303, 70–77.

By: J. Banks *, H. Banks n, K. Rinnovatore n & C. Jackson *

author keywords: Arabuko-Sokoke Forest; Inverse problem; Kenya; Least squares optimization; Leslie matrix; Sheppardia gunningi
TL;DR: It is illustrated how resource managers might take a strategic approach, using simple quantitative models, to develop an optimal sampling scheme that considers important species traits, such as breeding season, and balances the tradeoff between resources and accuracy. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Operative factors associated with short-term outcome in horses with large colon volvulus: 47 cases from 2006 to 2013

EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL, 47(3), 279–284.

By: L. Gonzalez n , C. Fogle n , W. Baker, F. Hughes*, J. Law n, A. Motsinger-Reif n, A. Blikslager n 

author keywords: horse; large colon volvulus; strangulation; pelvic flexure; surgery
MeSH headings : Animals; Biopsy; Colon / pathology; Hemorrhage / pathology; Hemorrhage / veterinary; Horse Diseases / surgery; Horses; Intestinal Volvulus / pathology; Intestinal Volvulus / surgery; Intestinal Volvulus / veterinary; Logistic Models; Retrospective Studies
TL;DR: Histomorphometric measurements of interstitium-to-crypt ratio and degree of haemorrhage predict short-term outcome in cases of large colon volvulus. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Likelihood approximations for big nonstationary spatial temporal lattice data

Statistica Sinica, 25(1), 329–349.

By: J. Guinness & M. Fuentes

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Incorporating covariates in skewed functional data models

Biostatistics (Oxford, England), 16(3), 413–426.

By: M. Li n, A. Staicu n  & H. Bondell n

MeSH headings : Biostatistics; Case-Control Studies; Computer Simulation; Diffusion Tensor Imaging / statistics & numerical data; Humans; Models, Statistical; Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis; Multivariate Analysis; Normal Distribution; Principal Component Analysis; Software
TL;DR: The proposed cSFM framework provides a unifying platform for pointwise quantile estimation and trajectory prediction and considers a computationally feasible procedure that handles densely as well as sparsely observed functional data. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Immuno-modulatory strategies for reduction of HIV reservoir cells

JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 372, 146–158.

By: H. Banks n, K. Flores n, S. Hu n, E. Rosenberg*, M. Buzon *, X. Yu *, M. Lichterfeld*

author keywords: Immune response; Mathematical model; Inverse problem; Stability analysis
MeSH headings : Anti-HIV Agents / chemistry; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / virology; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / virology; Cell Proliferation; Computer Simulation; HIV Infections / immunology; HIV Infections / therapy; HIV-1; Homeostasis; Humans; Models, Biological; Viral Load; Virus Latency
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the strategy of reactivating the reservoir combined with enhancement of the killing rate of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells is able to eradicate the reservoir. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Hypothesis testing at the extremes: fast and robust association for high-throughput data

BIOSTATISTICS, 16(3), 611–625.

By: Y. Zhou n  & F. Wright n

author keywords: Density approximation; Exact testing; Permutation
MeSH headings : Biostatistics; Breast Neoplasms / genetics; Computer Simulation; Cystic Fibrosis / genetics; Databases, Nucleic Acid / statistics & numerical data; Female; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / statistics & numerical data; High-Throughput Screening Assays / statistics & numerical data; Humans; Likelihood Functions; Linear Models; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Sample Size; Software
TL;DR: An approximation to exact association tests of trend that is accurate and fast enough for standard use in high-throughput settings, and can easily provide standard two-sided or doubled [Formula: see text]-values is presented. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Homogeneity Pursuit

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, 110(509), 175–194.

By: Z. Ke, J. Fan & Y. Wu*

author keywords: Clustering; Sparsity
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Gene Expression in Transformed Lymphocytes Reveals Variation in Endomembrane and HLA Pathways Modifying Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Phenotypes

The American Journal of Human Genetics, 96(2), 318–328.

By: W. O’Neal *, P. Gallins*, R. Pace*, H. Dang *, W. Wolf*, L. Jones*, X. Guo *, Y. Zhou n  ...

MeSH headings : Cystic Fibrosis / genetics; Cystic Fibrosis / pathology; Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress / genetics; Gene Expression Profiling; Genes, MHC Class I / genetics; Genetic Variation; Humans; Linear Models; Phenotype; Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid / genetics; Sequence Deletion / genetics
TL;DR: Gene expression provided a powerful tool to identify unrecognized heritable variation, complementing ongoing GWASs in this rare disease and enriched for heritable genetic variation and expression quantitative traits. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

EVALUATING THE ECO-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF RESTORED STREAMS USING VISUAL ASSESSMENT AND MACROINVERTEBRATE METRICS

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION, 51(1), 68–83.

By: B. Doll n , G. Jennings n, J. Spooner n, D. Penrose n & J. Usset n

author keywords: rivers; streams; restoration; macroinvertebrates; watershed; stream assessment
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Development of prediction equations to estimate the apparent digestible energy content of lipids when fed to lactating sows

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 93(3), 1165–1176.

By: D. Rosero, J. Odle* , C. Arellano n, R. Boyd* & E. Heugten

author keywords: digestibility; free fatty acids; lactating sow; lipid saturation; prediction equation
MeSH headings : Animal Feed / analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology; Animals; Diet / veterinary; Dietary Fats / metabolism; Dietary Fats / pharmacology; Dietary Supplements; Digestion / physiology; Energy Metabolism / drug effects; Energy Metabolism / physiology; Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / metabolism; Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / pharmacology; Female; Lactation / physiology; Lipid Metabolism / drug effects; Lipid Metabolism / physiology; Models, Biological; Models, Statistical; Swine / physiology
TL;DR: The proposed equation involving FFA concentration and U:S resulted in highly accurate estimations of DE content (relative error, +0.2 to -2.3%) of commercial sources of lipids for lactating sows. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Comparison of toxicity values across zebrafish early life stages and mammalian studies: Implications for chemical testing

Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.), 55, 3–10.

By: N. Ducharme, D. Reif, J. Gustafsson & M. Bondesson

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Comparing Bridge Deck Runoff and Stormwater Control Measure Quality in North Carolina

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 141(1), 04014045.

By: R. Winston n, M. Lauffer, K. Narayanaswamy, A. McDaniel, B. Lipscomb, A. Nice, W. Hunt n

author keywords: Highway runoff; Road runoff; Nutrient; Sediment; Heavy metals; SCM; BMP; Urban; Water quality; Bridges
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Assessment of critical exposure and outcome windows in time-to-event analysis with application to air pollution and preterm birth study

BIOSTATISTICS, 16(3), 509–521.

By: H. Chang *, J. Warren *, L. Darrow*, B. Reich n  & L. Waller *

author keywords: Air pollution; Fine particulate matter; Joint effects; Preterm birth; Time-dependent exposure; Time-to-event model; Time-varying effect
MeSH headings : Air Pollution / adverse effects; Bayes Theorem; Biostatistics; Computer Simulation; Female; Georgia / epidemiology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Models, Statistical; Particulate Matter / adverse effects; Pregnancy; Premature Birth / epidemiology; Premature Birth / etiology; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Risk Factors
TL;DR: A Bayesian hierarchical model is applied to a dataset of geocoded birth records in the Atlanta metropolitan area between 1999-2005 to examine the risk of PTB associated with gestational exposure to ambient fine particulate matter. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

A fast EM algorithm for fitting joint models of a binary response and multiple longitudinal covariates subject to detection limits

COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS, 85, 37–53.

By: P. Bernhardt*, D. Zhang n & H. Wang *

author keywords: Detection limit; EM algorithm; Joint model; Logistic regression; Multiple longitudinal covariates; Normal approximation
TL;DR: A fast, approximate EM algorithm is developed that reduces the dimension of integration in the E-step of the algorithm to one, regardless of the number of random effects in the joint model, and is applied to analyze the GenIMS data set. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 review

The community ecology of pathogens: coinfection, coexistence and community composition

[Review of ]. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 18(4), 401–415.

By: E. Seabloom *, E. Borer *, K. Gross n, A. Kendig *, C. Lacroix *, C. Mitchell *, E. Mordecai n, A. Power *

author keywords: Coinfection; community ecology; disease ecology; dispersal; drift; metacommunity; metapopulation; pathogen; selection; speciation
MeSH headings : Biological Evolution; Coinfection; Ecology / methods; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Models, Biological; Stochastic Processes
TL;DR: This synthesis examines pathogen (microparasite) communities using a stochastic metacommunity model as a starting point to bridge community and disease ecology perspectives and demonstrates that a deeper understanding of pathogen community dynamics will emerge from approaches working at the interface of disease and community ecology. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Retrofitting Residential Streets with Stormwater Control Measures over Sandy Soils for Water Quality Improvement at the Catchment Scale

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 141(4).

By: J. Page n, R. Winston n, D. Mayes, C. Perrin n & W. Hunt n

author keywords: Stormwater control measures; Urban runoff; Low-impact development; Retrofit; Right-of-way; Green street
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

Nature Neuroscience, 18(2), 199–209.

By: C. O'Dushlaine, L. Rossin, P. Lee, L. Duncan, N. Parikshak, S. Newhouse, S. Ripke, B. Neale ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Partially supervised spatiotemporal clustering for burglary crime series identification

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY, 178(2), 465–480.

By: B. Reich n  & M. Porter*

author keywords: Bayesian hierarchical model; Crime linkage; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Model-based clustering
TL;DR: This work proposes a Bayesian model‐based clustering approach for criminal events that utilizes spatiotemporal crime locations as well as crime features describing the offender's modus operandi, and produces posterior clustering probabilities which allow analysts to act on model output only as warranted. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
5. Gender Equality (Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Doubly robust learning for estimating individualized treatment with censored data

BIOMETRIKA, 102(1), 151–168.

By: Y. Zhao *, D. Zeng *, E. Laber n, R. Song n , M. Yuan * & M. Kosorok *

author keywords: Censored data; Doubly robust estimator; Individualized treatment rule; Risk bound; Support vector machine
TL;DR: Nonparametric methods for estimating an optimal individualized treatment rule in the presence of censored data are developed and a doubly robust estimator is proposed which requires correct specification of either the censoring model or survival model but not both. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Domain selection for the varying coefficient model via local polynomial regression

COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS, 83, 236–250.

By: D. Kong n, H. Bondell n & Y. Wu n

author keywords: Bandwidth selection; Oracle properties; Penalized local polynomial fitting; SCAD
TL;DR: The estimators enjoy the oracle properties in the sense that they have the same bias and asymptotic variance as the local polynomial estimators as if the sparsity is known as a priori. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

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