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1. The role of the p-value in the multitesting problem: (Publication); Modern science frequently involves the analysis of large amount of quantitative information and the simultaneous testing of thousands or even hundreds of thousands null hypotheses. In this context, sometimes, ...; Created on 22 November 2019
2. The apparent genetic anticipation in PMS2-associated lynch syndrome families is explained by birth-cohort effect: (Publication); Background: PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome is characterized by a relatively low colorectal cancer penetrance compared with other Lynch syndromes. However, age at colorectal cancer diagnosis varies widely, ...; Created on 26 September 2019
3. Time trends in prevalence and incidence rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Portugal: Generation XXI birth cohort: (Publication); Childhood obesity estimates are steadily increasing worldwide. There is strong evidence that overweight children before puberty maintain this nutritional status for life. This study aimed to estimate the ...; Created on 25 September 2019
4. Time trends in prevalence and incidence rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Portugal: Generation XXI birth cohort: (Publication); Childhood obesity estimates are steadily increasing worldwide. There is strong evidence that overweight children before puberty maintain this nutritional status for life. This study aimed to estimate the ...; Created on 25 September 2019
5. Five-year reintervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative: (Publication); Objective: Patients who undergo endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVR) remain at risk for reintervention and rupture. We sought to define the 5-year rate of reintervention and rupture after ...; Created on 25 September 2019
6. Relationship between damage and mortality in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: Cluster analyses in a large cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry (RELESSER): (Publication); Objectives: To identify patterns (clusters)of damage manifestation within a large cohort of juvenile SLE (jSLE)patients and evaluate their possible association with mortality. Methods: This is a multicentre, ...; Created on 24 September 2019
7. A two-sample test for the equality of univariate marginal distributions for high-dimensional data: (Publication); A recurring theme in modern statistics is dealing with high-dimensional data whose main feature is a large number, p, of variables but a small sample size. In this context our aim is to address the problem ...; Created on 23 September 2019
8. Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait: (Publication); Survival to extreme ages clusters within families. However, identifying genetic loci conferring longevity and low morbidity in such longevous families is challenging. There is debate concerning the survival ...; Created on 23 August 2019
9. The apparent genetic anticipation effect in PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome families is explained by birth-cohort effect: (Publication); Background: PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome is characterized by a relatively low colorectal cancer penetrance compared with other Lynch syndromes. However, age at colorectal cancer diagnosis varies widely, ...; Created on 23 August 2019
10. 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
11. External Validation and Recalculation of the CODEX Index in COPD Patients. A 3CIAplus Cohort Study: (Publication); The CODEX index was developed and validated in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation to predict the risk of death and readmission within one year after discharge. Our study aimed to validate the ...; Created on 22 August 2019
12. Lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1) expression is associated with nodal metastasis in patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: (Publication); The interaction of lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1) with CD161 inhibits Natural Killer cell activation. Overexpression of LLT1 contributes to the immunosuppressive properties of tumor cells. However, there ...; Created on 22 August 2019
13. Hubert's multi‐rater kappa revisited: (Publication); There is a frequent need to measure the degree of agreement among R observers who independently classify n subjects within K nominal or ordinal categories. The most popular methods are usually kappa‐type ...; Created on 06 August 2019
14. Testing equality of a large number of densities under mixing conditions: (Publication); In certain settings, such as microarray data, the sampling information is formed by a large number of possibly dependent small data sets. In special applications, for example in order to perform clustering, ...; Created on 12 December 2018
15. Estimation of the Owen Value Based on Sampling: (Publication); In this paper we introduce a procedure based on sampling to estimate the Owen value of a cooperative game. It is an adaptation of an analogous procedure for the estimation of the Shapley value, and it ...; Created on 09 October 2018
16. THU0359 Relationship between damage clustering and mortality in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: cluster analyses in a large cohort from the spanish society of rheumatology lupus registry: (Publication); Background/Purpose: To identify patterns (clusters) of damage manifestation within a large cohort of juvenile SLE (jSLE) patients and evaluate their possible association with mortality. Methods: This ...; Created on 08 October 2018
17. Comments on "One-tailed asymptotic inferences for the difference of proportions: analysis of 97 methods of inference" by Alvarez Hernandez M, Martin Andres A and Herranz Tejedor I. (2018): (Publication); Two-tailed asymptotic inferences for the difference d = p2 − p1 with independent proportions have been widely studied in the literature. Nevertheless, the case of one tail has received less attention, ...; Created on 03 October 2018
18. A probability inequality for sums of independent Banach space valued random variables: (Publication); Let (B, parallel to center dot parallel to) be a real separable Banach space. Let phi(center dot) and psi(center dot) be two continuous and increasing functions defined on [0, infinity) such that phi(0) ...; Created on 01 October 2018
19. Performance of BRCA1/2 mutation prediction models in male breast cancer patients: (Publication); To establish whether existing mutation prediction models can identify which male breast cancer (MBC) patients should be offered BRCA1 and BRCA2 diagnostic DNA screening, we compared the performance of ...; Created on 22 May 2018
20. Large-scale external validation and comparison of prognostic models: an application to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: (Publication); Background: External validations and comparisons of prognostic models or scores are a prerequisite for their use in routine clinical care but are lacking in most medical fields including chronic obstructive ...; Created on 22 May 2018
21. An extension of Feller'<span class="highlight">s strong law of large numbers</span> ...: (Publication); This paper presents a general result that allows for establishing a link between the Kolmogorov-Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund strong law of large numbers and Feller's strong law of large numbers in a Banach spac ...; Created on 22 May 2018
22. Nonparametric Estimation of Transition Probabilities for a General Progressive Multi-State Model Under CrossSectional Sampling: (Publication); Nonparametric estimation of the transition probability matrix of a progressive multi-state model is consideredunder cross-sectional sampling. Two diﬀerent estimators adapted to possibly right-censored ...; Created on 20 February 2018
23. A weighted estimator of conditional hazard rate with left-truncated and dependent data: (Publication); Based on empirical likelihood method, we construct new weighted estimators of conditional density and conditional survival functions when the interest random variable is subject to random left-truncation; ...; Created on 24 January 2018
24. Correcting for spatial heterogeneity in plant breeding experiments with P-splines: (Publication); An important aim of the analysis of agricultural field experiments is to obtain good predictions for genotypic performance, by correcting for spatial effects. In practice these corrections turn out to ...; Created on 24 January 2018
25. Empirical characteristic function tests for GARCH innovation distribution using multipliers: (Publication); Goodness-of-fit tests for the innovation distribution in GARCH models based on measuring deviations between the empirical characteristic function of the residuals and the characteristic function under ...; Created on 23 January 2018
26. Modelling spatial trends in sorghum breeding field trials using a two-dimensional P-spline mixed model: (Publication); Adjustment for spatial trends in plant breeding field trials is essential for efficient evaluation and selection of genotypes. Current mixed model methods of spatial analysis are based on a multi-step ...; Created on 18 September 2017
27. Equilibria in a competitive model arising from linear production situations with a common-pool resource: (Publication); In this paper we deal with linear production situations in which there is a limited common-pool resource, managed by an external agent. The profit that a producer can attain depends on the amount of common-pool ...; Created on 18 September 2017
28. A note on symmetrization procedures for the laws of large numbers: (Publication); In this note, general symmetrization procedures for both the weak and strong laws of large numbers concerning the row sums from arrays of rowwise independent Banach space valued random variables are established. ...; Created on 18 September 2017
29. Keys to Success in High Level Water Polo Teams: (Publication); The aim of this study was to identify specific offensive performance indicators that distinguish the top clubs from the others in the Male Honour Division of the Spanish Water Polo League. A total of 88 ...; Created on 18 September 2017
30. No relationship between patent foramen ovale and Migraine frequency: (Publication); Background: Pathophysiology of migraine is not fully known. A link has been proposed between migraine and patent foramen ovale (PFO). However, there are conflicting data regarding the causal relationship ...; Created on 18 September 2017
31. FWDselect: An R Package for Variable Selection in Regression Models: (Publication); In multiple regression models, when there are a large number (p) of explanatory variables which may or may not be relevant for predicting the response, it is useful to be able to reduce the model. To this ...; Created on 08 September 2017
32. Revisiting environmental Kuznets curves through the energy price lens: (Publication); The goal of this paper is to provide new insights to elucidate the inconclusive results from the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) empirical literature. For the first time in empirical literature, an econometric ...; Created on 08 September 2017
33. Berry–Esseen type bound of conditional mode estimation under truncation and strong mixing assumptions: (Publication); In order to investigate the convergence rate of the asymptotic normality for the estimator of the conditional mode function for the left-truncation model, we derive a Berry–Esseen type bound of the estimator ...; Created on 04 November 2016
34. Comment on ‘An improved score interval with a modified midpoint for a binomial proportion: (Publication); Yu et al. [An improved score interval with a modified midpoint for a binomial proportion. J Stat Comput Simul. 2014;84:1022–1038] propose a novel confidence interval (CI) for a binomial proportion by modifying ...; Created on 04 November 2016
35. Model checks for nonparametric regression with missing data: a comparative study: (Publication); This paper analyses the behaviour of the goodness-of-fit tests for regression models. To this end, it uses statistics based on an estimation of the integrated regression function with missing observations ...; Created on 04 November 2016
36. Relationship between damage clustering and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus in early and late stages of the disease: cluster analyses in a large cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology ...: (Publication); Objectives: To identify patterns (clusters) of damage manifestations within a large cohort of SLE patients and evaluate the potential association of these clusters with a higher risk of mortality. Methods: ...; Created on 24 October 2016
37. The jackknife estimate of covariance for two Kaplan-Meier integrals with covariates: (Publication); In this paper the Jackknife estimate of covariance of two Kaplan–Meier integrals with covariates is introduced. Its strong consistency is established under mild conditions. Several applications of the ...; Created on 04 September 2017
38. Adjusted p‐values for SGoF multiple test procedure: (Publication); In the field of multiple comparison procedures, adjusted p-values are an important tool to evaluate the significance of a test statistic while taking the multiplicity into account. In this paper, we introduce ...; Created on 01 September 2017
39. TPmsm: Estimation of the transition probabilities in 3-state models: (Publication); One major goal in clinical applications of multi-state models is the estimation of transition probabilities. The usual nonparametric estimator of the transition matrix for non-homogeneous Markov processes ...; Created on 01 September 2017
40. Power, FDR and conservativeness of BB-SGoF method: (Publication); Beta-binomial sequential goodness-of-fit (or BB-SGoF) method for multiple testing has been recently proposed as a suitable modification of the sequential goodness-of-fit (SGoF) multiple testingmethod ...; Created on 01 September 2017
41. Equol status and changes in faecal microbiota in 1 menopausal women receiving long-term treatment for menopause symptoms with a soy-isoflavone concentrate: (Publication); The knowledge regarding the intestinal microbial types involved in isoflavone bioavailability and metabolism is still limited. The present work reports the influence of a treatment with isoflavones for ...; Created on 01 September 2017
42. Circulating inflammatory miRNA signature in response to different doses of aerobic exercise: (Publication); While moderate acute exercise has been associated with strong anti-inflammatory mechanisms, strenuous exercise has been linked to deleterious inflammatory perturbations. It is therefore fundamental to ...; Created on 01 September 2017
43. Sgof: An R Package for Multiple Testing Problems: (Publication); In this paper we present a new R package called sgof for multiple hypothesis testing. The principal aim of this package is to implement SGoF-type multiple testing methods, known to be more powerful than ...; Created on 04 September 2017
44. Estimation of a monotone percentile residual life function under random censorship: (Publication); In this paper, we introduce a new estimator of a percentile residual life function with censored data under a monotonicity constraint. Specifically, it is assumed that the percentile residual life is a ...; Created on 04 September 2017
45. Asymptotic normality of estimators in heteroscedastic semi-parametric model with strong mixing errors: (Publication); Created on 08 September 2017
46. Asymptotic properties of conditional distribution estimator with truncated, censored and dependent data: (Publication); In this paper we study the strong and weak convergence with rates for the estimators of the conditional distribution function as well as conditional cumulative hazard rate function for a left truncated ...; Created on 08 September 2017
47. A Simulation Study on the Impact of Strong Dependence in High-Dimensional Multiple-Testing I: The Case without Effects: (Publication); When working with high-dimensional biological data the so-called multiple hypothesis testing problem emerges. That is, when many separate tests are performed, several will be significant by chance provoking ...; Created on 10 January 2019
48. Asymptotic properties of conditional quantile estimator for censored dependent observations: (Publication); In this paper, we establish strong uniform convergence and asymptotic normality of the conditional quantile estimator for the censorship model when the data exhibit some kind of dependence. It is assumed ...; Created on 08 September 2017
49. Cooperative games and cost allocation problems: (Publication); The objective of this paper is to provide a general view of the literature of applications of transferable utility cooperative games to cost allocation problems. This literature is so large that we concentrate ...; Created on 08 September 2017
50. Feasible estimation in generalized structured models: (Publication); This article introduces a feasible estimation method for a large class of semi and nonparametric models. We present the family of generalized structured models which we wish to estimate. After highlighting ...; Created on 08 September 2017