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Title: Changes in Lysozyme flexibility upon mutation are frequent, large and long-ranged
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Verma, Deeptak, Livesay, Dennis R.
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Statistics
Description: We investigate changes in human c-type lysozyme flexibility upon mutation via a Distance Constraint Model, which gives a statistical mechanical treatment of network rigidity. Specifically, two dynamical metrics are tracked. Changes in flexibility ...

Title: Semiparametric time-varying coefficient regression model for longitudinal data with censored time origin
Author: Shou, Qiong
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Statistics
Description: In preventive HIV vaccine efficacy trials, thousands of HIV-negative volunteers are randomized to receive vaccine or placebo, and are monitored for HIV infection. The primary objective is to assess vaccine efficacy to prevent HIV infection. An imp...

Title: VARIABLE SELECTION FOR FUNCTIONAL INDEX COEFFICIENT MODELS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE AND ENGINEERING
Author: Yang, Bingduo
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Statistics, Finance
Description: Variable selection with a non-concave penalty function has become popular in recent years, since it has ability to select significant variables and to estimate unknown regression coefficients simultaneously. In this dissertation, I consider variab...

Title: WRITING TO LEARN STATISTICS IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
Author: Northrup, Christian
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Statistics
Description: This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a rich description of problem-solving processes of students as they solved problems. Through analysis of 329 written samples provided by students, it...