{"title":"The Ampadu APT − qT − X Family of Distributions Induced by V with an Illustration to Data in the Health Sciences","authors":"C. Ampadu","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.02.000526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.02.000526","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132845013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive Design and the Estimand Framework","authors":"M. Okwuokenye","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000524","url":null,"abstract":"the observed difference in proportions cured between the treatment and control groups without considering the difference in patient characteristics in the population at these two (interim and final) stages, the resulting estimate may not reflect the estimand. This is because the estimate of the unobserved population quantity is obtained from a population that does not reflect the patients randomized. Similarly, if study adaptation Abstract Adaptive designs allow prospectively planned modifications of a study without undermining the integrity and validity of the study. The draft ICH E9 addendum recommends the estimand framework in design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials for assessment of effectiveness of therapies. Herein, we discuss the possible impact and scientific implications when incorporating the estimand framework to adaptively designed clinical trials. It is hoped that this will elucidate how this framework provides a language for discussing relevant questions, related to the attributes of the estimand, that may arise from study adaptations.","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115011121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Etikan, Ogunjesa Babatope, Meliz Yuvalı, S. Ilgi
{"title":"Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Nigeria’s Life Expectancy at Birth","authors":"I. Etikan, Ogunjesa Babatope, Meliz Yuvalı, S. Ilgi","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000523","url":null,"abstract":"The distinct ripple effects brought about by globalization is clearly evident in the lifestyle of the 21st century human population, with more stint in the advanced nations of the world. The quest to help the population live more smarter owing to the application of social oriented technologies with health care benefits and sustainability of the environment are all considered leverages to achieving good standard living. In the context of the health industry, today’s medical field is characterized by efficient and effective preventive and curative medical practices that tends to keep the human population healthy, thus improving the lifespan of human as a result of provision and unhindered access to essential social and basic amenities, minimization of health disparities in the population, improved work balance and sensitization on healthy nutritional benefits are all vital factors contributing to this goal. Before the advent of human economic development and growth, poverty, lack of basic amenities and diseases are noted to be the key deciminating scourges that ravage the human population and reduction of human life longevity. Raza et al., (2012) attributed many death occurrences before age 54 years in the 20th century to death from diseases, especially due to HIV/AIDS with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for the greatest causality. In view of this, different government of countries in the world recognized the need to keep their population healthy and strong in a bid to improve productivity, especially among their working force and to ensure the reduction in disease burden which invariably optimize public spending and encourage economic prosperity. This led to the development of a metric called life expectancy to measure nations’ performance index in prolonged longevity.","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128329865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biostatistical Analysis on Fagopyrum Tataricum Gaertn","authors":"Bin Zhao, Kuiyun Huang, Xia Jiang, Jinming Cao","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000522","url":null,"abstract":"Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn (Tartary buckwheat) is an annual dicotyledonous pseudo cereal of the Polygonate family [1]. It can grow under low input conditions and be adapted to marginal lands with harsh environments [2], and it is cultivated mainly in southern China, northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal [4]. Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn is one of the main minor grain crops and important medicinal crops rich in flavonoids over the world. Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn has a great efficacy to reduce hypoglycemia hypolipidemic, even can be used to support the prevention and treatment of diabetes, high blood fat, hypertension and other diseases because of inutrient— rich and it’s rich in flavonoid. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn due to its effects on the yield and quality of Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn. Starch physicochemical characteristics represent the important parameters of Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn quality.","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123461907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Chukwuma Michael, Eriobu Nkiru Obioma, Ashinze Mkpuruoma Akudo
{"title":"Principal Component Analysis of Factors Affecting Ovulation Interval of Selected Women","authors":"Matthew Chukwuma Michael, Eriobu Nkiru Obioma, Ashinze Mkpuruoma Akudo","doi":"10.33552/abba.2019.01.000521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abba.2019.01.000521","url":null,"abstract":"The time between two menstrual flows in which egg is released from the ovary into the fallopian tube in readiness for fertilization is called ovulation [1]. Being able to determine the period of ovulation is one of the major challenges to conception and unwanted/unexpected conception. The general believe is that ovulation occurs halfway into the normal menstrual cycle. There are signs and symptoms of ovulation which can help to notice the occurrence of ovulation [2]. The most important sign according to [2] is virginal mucous. Other signs like dizziness, increased body temperature and feverishness exist. Predicting ovulation; that is, knowing when it will occur and when it has occurred is very important for conception [3]. In human population the average duration of ovulation occurrence is 28 days. However, most women experience deviations from this universal parameter. Ultimately, many women experience variation in the interval of their ovulation.","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114998111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ampadu-G Family of Distributions with Application to the T − X (W) Class of Distributions","authors":"C. Ampadu","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000518","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130054449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Signal Processing for Analytics in Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","authors":"E. Sheybani, G. Javidi","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000519","url":null,"abstract":"Biostatistics and biometric (bio-systems) are exciting fields that try to answer a broad range of questions in the interface of medicine, science, statistics, and engineering. It is hard to imagine where medicine and science would be today without advanced bio-systems, wireless sensor networks, robotics, 3D printers, nanoparticles, and big date analytics, to name a few. Technology has had a dramatic effect on the trend of biostatistics and biometric, producing what may be the most challenging period in the history of human beings. One form of the convergence of technology in science and medicine is advanced bio-systems. Bio-systems provide alternative means for analysis and visualization of the scientific and medical information and services, providing patients and researchers with an extraordinary new range of options.","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121799574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Etikan, Rukayya Alkassim, O. Tosun, S YavuzSanisoğlu, Meliz Yuvalı
{"title":"Determine Significant Factors Related to Malaria among Pregnant Women in Nigeria by Logistic Regression Analysis","authors":"I. Etikan, Rukayya Alkassim, O. Tosun, S YavuzSanisoğlu, Meliz Yuvalı","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000517","url":null,"abstract":"A life hostile parasitic infectious disease conveyed by female anopheles mosquitoes is called malaria [1]. In human body, malaria is caused by a protozoan of the Plasmodium type of the four subspecies, which include P.falciparum, P.vivax, P.malariae and P.ovale. The subspecie that causes greatest sickness and death in African countries was P. falciparum. This parasitic disease is transmitted by the bites of female anopheles mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles which is the most efficient and responsible for disease transmission in Africa [2]. Initially the parasite starts by infecting the liver where it begins to build up. After some days, the developing parasites are discharged into the blood stream to infect the red blood cells, where they continue to increase, ultimately bursting the red blood cells and infecting others in advance. If they reach high numbers, they may cause severe disease or even death as well [3].","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132622679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biology: In the Language of the People","authors":"T. Marler, D. Odell","doi":"10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABBA.2019.01.000516","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":434648,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133126201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}