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1. Assessment of assumptions of statistical analysis methods in randomised clinical trials: the what and how: (Publication); When analysing and presenting results ofrandomised clinical trials, trialists rarely report if or how underlying statisticalassumptions were validated. To avoid data-driven biased trial results, it should ...; Created on 29 January 2020
2. Testing for superiority between two variance functions: (Publication); This paper focuses on the problem of testing the null hypothesis that the variance functions of two populations are equal versus one-sided alternatives under a general nonparametric heteroscedastic regression ...; Created on 16 September 2019
3. Multiscale supervised classification of point clouds with urban and forest applications: (Publication); We analyze the utility of multiscale supervised classification algorithms for object detection and extraction from laser scanning or photogrammetric point clouds. Only the geometric information (the point ...; Created on 22 November 2019
4. Methylation Assessment for the Prediction of Malignancy in Mediastinal Adenopathies Obtained by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Lung Cancer: (Publication); The evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes is critical for the correct staging of patients with lung cancer (LC). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally ...; Created on 26 September 2019
5. Addition of a 161-SNP polygenic risk score to family history-based risk prediction: Impact on clinical management in non- BRCA1/2 breast cancer families: (Publication); Background The currently known breast cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are presently not used to guide clinical management. We explored whether a genetic test that incorporates ...; Created on 26 September 2019
6. An alternative approach to establishing unbiased colorectal cancer risk estimation in Lynch syndrome: (Publication); Purpose: Biallelic pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes cause a recessive childhood cancer predisposition syndrome known as constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD). Family members ...; Created on 26 September 2019
7. On the estimation of variance parameters in non-standard generalised linear mixed models: application to penalised smoothing: (Publication); We present a novel method for the estimation of variance parameters in generalised linear mixed models. The method has its roots in Harville (J Am Stat Assoc 72(358):320–338, 1977)’s work, but it is able ...; Created on 25 September 2019
8. On the optimism correction of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in logistic prediction models: (Publication); When the same data are used to fit a model and estimate its predictive performance, this estimate may be optimistic, and its correction is required. The aim of this work is to compare the behaviour of ...; Created on 25 September 2019
9. Gestational Weight Gain and Offspring Bone Mass: Different Associations in Healthy Weight Versus Overweight Women: (Publication); Weight management strategies during pregnancy reduce child cardiometabolic risk. However, because maternal weight has an overall positive correlation with offspring bone mass, pregnancy weight management ...; Created on 25 September 2019
10. Dimension reduction estimation for central mean subspace with missing multivariate response: (Publication); Multivariate response data often arise in practice and they are frequently subject to missingness. Under this circumstance, the standard sufficient dimension reduction (SDR) methods cannot be used directly. ...; Created on 25 September 2019
11. Late HIV Diagnosis but Earlier Antiretroviral Treatment Initiation in Northwest Spain: Impact of Current Treatment Guidelines: (Publication); Background: Current HIV treatment guidelines recommend antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation for all HIV-infected individuals regardless of CD4 count. This study evaluates the immunological and virological ...; Created on 24 September 2019
12. Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in a random population sample in people aged 40 and over: (Publication); Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the osteoarticular disease with the highest prevalence worldwide. In industrialized countries, 80% of the population > 65 years suffers from it. Objectives: To determine ...; Created on 24 September 2019
13. Discovery of an autoantibody signature for the early diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative: (Publication); Objective: To find autoantibodies (AAbs) in serum that could be useful to predict incidence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Design: A Nucleic-acid Programmable Protein Arrays (NAPPA) platform ...; Created on 24 September 2019
14. Plug-in marginal estimation under a general regression model with missing responses and covariates: (Publication); In this paper, we consider a general regression model where missing data occur in the response and in the covariates. Our aim is to estimate the marginal distribution function and a marginal functional, ...; Created on 24 September 2019
15. Goodness-of-fit tests for quantile regression with missing responses: (Publication); Goodness–of–fit tests for quantile regression models, in the presence of missing observations in the response variable, are introduced and analyzed in this paper. The different proposals are based on the ...; Created on 19 September 2019
16. Predicting pollution incidents through semiparametric quantile regression models: (Publication); In this paper we present a method to forecast pollution episodes using measurements of the pollutant concentration along time. Specifically, we use a backfitting algorithm with local polynomial kernel ...; Created on 18 September 2019
17. Testing critical points of nonparametric regression curves: application to the management of stalked barnacles: (Publication); Several aquatic living resources are overexploited. An example of this is a barnacle fishery, which is a commercial species that commands high prices in the market. We feel that not enough is known about ...; Created on 23 August 2019
18. A comparative analysis of long-term mortality after carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting: (Publication); Background The value of carotid intervention is predicated on long-term survival for patients to derive a stroke prevention benefit. Randomized trials report no significant difference in survival after ...; Created on 22 August 2019
19. Long-term Reintervention After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: (Publication); Objective: To describe the long-term reintervention rate after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVR), and identify factors predicting reintervention. Summary of Background Data: EVR is ...; Created on 22 August 2019
20. An instrumental variable procedure for estimating Cox models with non‐proportional hazards in the presence of unmeasured confounding: (Publication); Two‐stage instrumental variable methods are commonly used for estimating average causal effects in the presence of an unmeasured confounder. In the context of the proportional hazard Cox regression models, ...; Created on 22 August 2019
21. A hybrid ARIMA–SVM model for the study of the remaining useful life of aircraft engines: (Publication); In this research, an algorithm is presented for predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of aircraft engines from a set of predictor variables measured by several sensors located in the engine. RUL prediction ...; Created on 10 October 2018
22. A quantile regression model for bounded responses based on the exponential-geometric distribution: (Publication); The paper first introduces a new two-parameter continuous probability distribution with bounded support from the extended exponential-geometric distribution. Closed- form expressions are given for the ...; Created on 09 October 2018
23. A model specification test for the variance function in nonparametric regression: (Publication); The problem of testing for the parametric form of the conditional variance is considered in a fully nonparametric regression model. A test statistic based on a weighted L2-distance between the empirical ...; Created on 09 October 2018
24. A two-sample test for the error distribution in nonparametric regression based on the characteristic function: (Publication); A test for the equality of error distributions in two nonparametric regression models is proposed. The test statistic is based on comparing the empirical characteristic functions of the residuals calculated ...; Created on 09 October 2018
25. Liberal red blood cell transfusions impair quality of life after cardiac surgery: (Publication); BACKGROUND: The optimal blood management after cardiac surgery remains controversial. Moreover, blood transfusions may have an impact on long-term outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to characterize ...; Created on 01 October 2018
26. Injury prediction in aerobic gymnastics based on anthropometric variables: (Publication); Objective Use logistic regression to determine a mathematical model which is able to predict injuries in aerobic gymnastics (AG) athletes, according to certain anthropometric characteristics. Subjects ...; Created on 11 October 2018
27. Predictive factors of satisfaction and quality of life after immediate breast reconstruction using the BREAST-Q: (Publication); Aims and objectives: To analyse quality of life and satisfaction after immediate breast reconstruction due to cancer and its determining factors. Background: Studying breast reconstruction is important ...; Created on 08 October 2018
28. Sequential double cross-validation for assessment of added predictive ability in high-dimensional OMIC applications: (Publication); Enriching existing predictive models with new biomolecular markers is an important task in the new multi-omic era. Clinical studies increasingly include new sets of omic measurements which may prove their ...; Created on 03 October 2018
29. On the estimation of variance parameters in non-standard generalised linear mixed models: application to penalised smoothing: (Publication); We present a novel method for the estimation of variance parameters in generalised linear mixed models. The method has its roots in Harville (J Am Stat Assoc 72(358):320–338, 1977)’s work, but it is able ...; Created on 02 October 2018
30. Plasma microRNAs as biomarkers for Lamin A/C-related dilated cardiomyopathy: (Publication); Lamin A/C gene (LMNA)-related familial dilated cardiomyopathy (fDCM) is an aggressive heart disease that often leads to transplantation and sudden death. The aim of our study was to evaluate the circulating ...; Created on 01 October 2018
31. Penalized profile least squares-based statistical inference for varying coefficient partially linear errors-in-variables models: (Publication); The purpose of this paper is two fold. First, we investigate estimation for varying coefficient partially linear models in which covariates in the nonparametric part are measured with errors. As there ...; Created on 01 October 2018
32. Quantile regression and its empirical likelihood with missing response at random: (Publication); In this paper, we study the linear quantile regression model when response data are missing at random. Based on the inverse probability weight method, we establish an estimation equation on quantile regression ...; Created on 01 October 2018
33. Penalized empirical likelihood for quantile regression with missing covariates and auxiliary information: (Publication); Based on the inverse probability weight method, we, in this article, construct the empirical likelihood (EL) and penalized empirical likelihood (PEL) ratios of the parameter in the linear quantile regression ...; Created on 01 October 2018
34. Asymptotic distribution-free tests for semiparametric regressions with dependent data: (Publication); This article proposes a new general methodology for constructing nonparametric and semiparametric Asymptotically Distribution-Free (ADF) tests for semiparametric hypotheses in regression models for possibly ...; Created on 22 May 2018
35. Improving stability of prediction models based on correlated omics data by using network approaches: (Publication); Building prediction models based on complex omics datasets such as transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics remains a challenge in bioinformatics and biostatistics. Regularized regression techniques are ...; Created on 22 May 2018
36. Bootstrap-based procedures for inference in nonparametric receiver-operating characteristic curve regression analysis: (Publication); Prior to using a diagnostic test in a routine clinical setting, the rigorous evaluation of its diagnostic accuracy is essential. The receiver-operating characteristic curve is the measure of accuracy most ...; Created on 22 May 2018
37. Computationally Efficient Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the Error Distribution in Nonparametric Regression: (Publication); Several procedures have been proposed for testing goodness-of-fit to the error distribution in nonparametric regression models. The null distribution of the associated test statistics is usually approximated ...; Created on 14 May 2018
38. Inverse Probability Weighted Cox Regression for Doubly Truncated Data: (Publication); Doubly truncated data arise when event times are observed only if they fall within subject-specific, possibly random, intervals. While non-parametric methods for survivor function estimation using doubly ...; Created on 20 February 2018
39. Quantile regression for partially linear varying-coefficient model with censoring indicators missing at random: (Publication); In this paper, we focus on the partially linear varying-coefficient quantile regression model when the data are right censored and the censoring indicator is missing at random. Based on the calibration ...; Created on 24 January 2018
40. Determining optimum wavelengths for leaf water content estimation from reflectance: A distance correlation approach: (Publication); This paper proposes a method to estimate leaf water content from reflectance in four commercial vineyard varieties by estimating the local maxima of a distance correlation function. First, it applies four ...; Created on 24 January 2018
41. Sample Size Impact on the Categorisation of Continuous Variables in Clinical Prediction: (Publication); Recent advances in information technologies are generating a growth in the amount of available biomedical data. In this paper, we studied the impact sample size may have on the categorisation of a continuous ...; Created on 10 October 2018
42. Sample Size Impact on the Categorisation of Continuous Variables in Clinical Prediction: (Publication); Recent advances in information technologies are generating a growth in the amount of available biomedical data. In this paper, we studied the impact sample size may have on the categorisation of a continuous ...; Created on 10 October 2018
43. On the Combination of Omics Data for Prediction of Binary Outcomes: (Publication); Enrichment of predictive models with new biomolecular markers is an important task in high-dimensional omic applications. Increasingly, clinical studies include several sets of such omics markers available ...; Created on 10 October 2018
44. A weighted bootstrap approximation for comparing the error distributions in nonparametric regression: (Publication); Several procedures have been proposed for testing the equality of error distributions in two or more nonparametric regression models. Here we deal with methods based on comparing estimators of the cumulative ...; Created on 09 October 2018
45. A new approach to categorising continuous variables in prediction models: Proposal and validation: (Publication); When developing prediction models for application in clinical practice, health practitioners usually categorise clinical variables that are continuous in nature. Although categorisation is not regarded ...; Created on 22 May 2018
46. A simple algorithm for the identification of clinical COPD phenotypes: (Publication); This study aimed to identify simple rules for allocating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients to clinical phenotypes identified by cluster analyses. Data from 2409 COPD patients of ...; Created on 22 May 2018
47. Convergence in distribution of the L2-deviations of the kernel-type variogram estimators with applications: (Publication); In this work, some properties of the L2-deviations of the Nadaraya-Watson variogram estimators are analyzed, for both the anisotropic and the isotropic settings. Their convergence in distribution is established, ...; Created on 23 January 2018
48. Highly sensitive marker panel for guidance in Lung Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Units: (Publication); While evidence for lung cancer screening implementation in Europe is awaited, Rapid Diagnostic Units have been established in many hospitals to accelerate the early diagnosis of lung cancer. We seek to ...; Created on 18 September 2017
49. Comparison of two discrimination indexes in the categorisation of continuous predictors in time-to-event studies: (Publication); The Cox proportionalhazards model is the most widely used survival predictionmodel for analysing time-to-event data. To measure the discrimination ability of a survival model the concordance probability ...; Created on 18 September 2017
50. Sample size impact on the categorisation of continuous variables in clinical predictions: (Publication); Recent advances in information technologies are generating a growth in the amount of available biomedical data. In this paper, we studied the impact sample size may have on the categorisation of a continuous ...; Created on 18 September 2017