Biostatistics category: 339 books
Scan Statistics
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
Scan statistics is currently one of the most active and important areas of research in applied probability and statistics, having applications to a wide variety of fields: archaeology, astronomy, bioinformatics, biosurveillance, molecular biology, genetics, computer science, electrical engineering,...
Theory and Practice of Risk Assessment
ICRA 5, Tomar, Portugal, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
This book covers the latest results in the field of risk analysis. Presented topics include probabilistic models in cancer research, models and methods in longevity, epidemiology of cancer risk, engineering reliability and economical risk problems. The contributions of this volume originate from...
by Joel S. Owen, Jill Fiedler-Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
This book provides a user-friendly, hands-on introduction to the Nonlinear Mixed Effects Modeling (NONMEM) system, the most powerful tool for pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic analysis.
• Introduces requisite background to using Nonlinear Mixed Effects Modeling (NONMEM), covering data requirements,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Noninvasive electrocardiographic monitoring is a fundamental part of cardiology. Depending on continuous improvements and developments of new technologies, these methods are essential for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients. The rapid changes in the capabilities, technologies and diagnostic...
Benefit-Risk Assessment Methods in Medical Product Development
Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Guides You on the Development and Implementation of B–R Evaluations
Benefit–Risk Assessment Methods in Medical Product Development: Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments provides general guidance and case studies to aid practitioners in selecting specific benefit–risk (B–R)...
by Ying Yuan, Hoang Q. Nguyen, Peter F. Thall
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Reliably optimizing a new treatment in humans is a critical first step in clinical evaluation since choosing a suboptimal dose or schedule may lead to failure in later trials. At the same time, if promising preclinical results do not translate into a real treatment advance, it is important to determine...
Health and Lifestyle
Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
This book addresses the origins, determinants and magnitude of the global problem of sedentary behaviour, along with concise yet in-depth solutions for tackling it.
As a consequence of major technological advances in modern society, many people find themselves in environments characterized...
AIME 91
Proceedings of the Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Maastricht, June 24–27, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
This book contains 26 papers describing research in the do- main of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The papers are grouped around the following themes: Methodology, knowledge representation, clinical applications, modelling, uncertain- ty management, knowledge acquisition, and the user perspec-...
Discovery and Representation of Causal Relationships from a Large Time-Oriented Clinical Database: The RX Project
The RX Project
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
As a hospital physician it is impossible to escape the notion that the difficult medical problems one encounters are also being confronted by other' physicians throughout the world. It is equally apparent that without special effort one's own patient observations will not be shared with others. Without...
Ranking and Prioritization for Multi-indicator Systems
Introduction to Partial Order Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
This book provides axioms of partial order and some basic material, for example consequences of “criss-crossing” of data profiles, the role of aggregations of the indicators and the powerful method of formal concept analysis. The interested reader will learn how to apply fuzzy methods in partial order analysis and what ‘antagonistic indicator’ means.
Collaborative Mathematics and Statistics Research
Topics from the 9th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
This volume contains rigorously reviewed papers on the topics presented by students at The 9th Annual University of North Carolina at Greensboro Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference (UNCG RMSC) that took place on November 2, 2013. All papers are coauthored by student researchers and their...
The Work of Raymond J. Carroll
The Impact and Influence of a Statistician
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
This volume contains Raymond J. Carroll's research and commentary on its impact by leading statisticians. Each of the seven main parts focuses on a key research area: Measurement Error, Transformation and Weighting, Epidemiology, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Regression for Independent...
by Christy Chuang-Stein, Simon Kirby
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This book offers a high-level treatise of evidence-based decisions in drug development. Because of the inseparable relationship between designs and decisions, a good portion of this book is devoted to the design of clinical trials. The book begins with an overview of product development and regulatory...