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Statistical Issues In Proteomic Research, Jeffrey S. Morris Dec 2007

Statistical Issues In Proteomic Research, Jeffrey S. Morris

Jeffrey S. Morris

No abstract provided.


Assessment Of A Cgh-Based Genetic Instability, David A. Engler, Yiping Shen, J F. Gusella, Rebecca A. Betensky Jul 2007

Assessment Of A Cgh-Based Genetic Instability, David A. Engler, Yiping Shen, J F. Gusella, Rebecca A. Betensky

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.


Survival Analysis With Large Dimensional Covariates: An Application In Microarray Studies, David A. Engler, Yi Li Jul 2007

Survival Analysis With Large Dimensional Covariates: An Application In Microarray Studies, David A. Engler, Yi Li

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Use of microarray technology often leads to high-dimensional and low- sample size data settings. Over the past several years, a variety of novel approaches have been proposed for variable selection in this context. However, only a small number of these have been adapted for time-to-event data where censoring is present. Among standard variable selection methods shown both to have good predictive accuracy and to be computationally efficient is the elastic net penalization approach. In this paper, adaptation of the elastic net approach is presented for variable selection both under the Cox proportional hazards model and under an accelerated failure time …


A Large-Scale Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetic Study Identifies Association At Chr 9q33.2, Steven J. Schrodi May 2007

A Large-Scale Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetic Study Identifies Association At Chr 9q33.2, Steven J. Schrodi

Steven J Schrodi

No abstract provided.


Laser Capture Sampling And Analytical Issues In Proteomics, Howard Gutstein, Jeffrey S. Morris Jan 2007

Laser Capture Sampling And Analytical Issues In Proteomics, Howard Gutstein, Jeffrey S. Morris

Jeffrey S. Morris

Proteomics holds the promise of evaluating global changes in protein expression and post-translational modificaiton in response to environmental stimuli. However, difficulties in achieving cellular anatomic resolution and extracting specific types of proteins from cells have limited the efficacy of these techniques. Laser capture microdissection has provided a solution to the problem of anatomical resolution in tissues. New extraction methodologies have expanded the range of proteins identified in subsequent analyses. This review will examine the application of laser capture microdissection to proteomic tissue sampling, and subsequent extraction of these samples for differential expression analysis. Statistical and other quantitative issues important for …


Chess, Chance And Conspiracy, Mark Segal Dec 2006

Chess, Chance And Conspiracy, Mark Segal

Mark R Segal

Chess and chance are seemingly strange bedfellows. Luck and/or randomness have no apparent role in move selection when the game is played at the highest levels. However, when competition is at the ultimate level, that of the World Chess Championship (WCC), chess and conspiracy are not strange bedfellows, there being a long and colorful history of accusations levied between participants. One such accusation, frequently repeated, was that all the games in the 1985 WCC (Karpov vs Kasparov) were fixed and prearranged move by move. That this claim was advanced by a former World Champion, Bobby Fischer, argues that it ought …