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Joint Generalized Models For Multi-Dimensional Outcomes: A Case Study Of Neuroscience Data From Multi-Modalities, Xiao-Feng Wang Apr 2012

Joint Generalized Models For Multi-Dimensional Outcomes: A Case Study Of Neuroscience Data From Multi-Modalities, Xiao-Feng Wang

Xiaofeng Wang

This paper is motivated from the analysis of neuroscience data in a study of neural and muscular mechanisms of muscle fatigue. Multidimensional outcomes of different natures were obtained simultaneously from multiple modalities, including handgrip force, electromyography (EMG), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We first study individual modeling of the univariate response depending on its nature. A mixed-effects beta model and a mixed-effects simplex model are compared for modeling the force/EMG percentages. A mixed-effects negative-binomial model is proposed for modeling the fMRI counts. Then, I present a joint modeling approach to model the multidimensional outcomes together, which allows us to …


The Effects Of Error Magnitude And Bandwidth Selection For Deconvolution With Unknown Error Distribution, Xiao-Feng Wang, Deping Ye Mar 2012

The Effects Of Error Magnitude And Bandwidth Selection For Deconvolution With Unknown Error Distribution, Xiao-Feng Wang, Deping Ye

Xiaofeng Wang

The error distribution is generally unknown in deconvolution problems with real applications. A separate independent experiment is thus often conducted to collect the additional noise data in those studies. In this paper, we study the nonparametric deconvolution estimation from a contaminated sample coupled with an additional noise sample. A ridge-based kernel deconvolution estimator is proposed and its asymptotic properties are investigated depending on the error magnitude. We then present a data-driven bandwidth selection algorithm with combining the bootstrap method and the idea of simulation extrapolation. The finite sample performance of the proposed methods and the effects of error magnitude are …


A Generalized Regression Model For Region Of Interest Analysis Of Fmri Data, Xiao-Feng Wang, Zhiguo Jiang, Janis J. Daly, Guang H. Yue Jan 2012

A Generalized Regression Model For Region Of Interest Analysis Of Fmri Data, Xiao-Feng Wang, Zhiguo Jiang, Janis J. Daly, Guang H. Yue

Xiaofeng Wang

In this study functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) was used to evaluate cortical motor network adaptation after a rehabilitation program for upper extremity motor function in chronic stroke patients. Patients and healthy controls were imaged when they attempted to perform shoulder–elbow and wrist–hand movements in a 1.5 T Siemens scanner. We perform fMRI analysis at both single- and group-subject levels. Activated voxel counts are calculated to quantify brain activation in regions of interest. We discuss several candidate regression models for making inference on the count data, and propose an application of a generalized negative-binomial model (GNBM) with structured dispersion in …