Gang Zheng

Adaptive Transmission Disequilibrium Test for Family Trio Design (2009)

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) is a standard method to detect association using family trio design. It is optimal for an additive genetic model. Other TDT-type tests optimal for recessive...

Adaptive Transmission Disequilibrium Test for Family Trio Design (2009)

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) is a standard method to detect association using family trio design. It is optimal for an additive genetic model. Other TDT-type tests optimal for recessive...

Adaptive Transmission Disequilibrium Test for Family Trio Design (2009)

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) is a standard method to detect association using family trio design. It is optimal for an additive genetic model. Other TDT-type tests optimal for recessive...

Voltage-stepping schemes for the simulation of spiking neural networks (2009)

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) is a standard method to detect association using family trio design. It is optimal for an additive genetic model. Other TDT-type tests optimal for recessive...

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

The numerical simulation of spiking neural networks requires particular attention. On the one hand, time-stepping methods are generic but theyhardly reproduce accurately the short-time scale...

Voltage-stepping schemes for the simulation of spiking neural networks (2009)

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

The numerical simulation of spiking neural networks requires particular attention. On the one hand, time-stepping methods are generic but theyhardly reproduce accurately the short-time scale...

Manganese Induces Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration via Microglial Activation in a Rat Model of Manganism (2009)

Zhao, Fang, Cai, Tongjian, Liu, Mingchao, Zheng, Gang, Luo, Wenjing, Chen, Jingyuan

Manganese is an essential trace element required for normal development and bodily functions. However, exposure of the brain to excessive amounts of manganese results in neurotoxicity. Although...

Algebraic observer for a class of switched systems with Zeno phenomenon (2009)

Zheng, Gang, Lei, Yu, Boutat, Driss, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

For a large class of switched systems with zeno phenomenon, classical observer cannot be applied directly since the terms leading to zeno phenomenon are not derivable. However in this paper, by...

Analogue private communication based on hybrid chaotic systems with delays (2009)

Zheng, Gang, Woihida, Aggoune, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

Since most of private communication schemes based on chaotic synchronization are not robust again plain-texts attacks, the introduction of delays in the schemes can be regarded as an efficient method...

Algebraic observer for a class of switched systems with Zeno phenomenon (2009)

Zheng, Gang, Lei, Yu, Boutat, Driss, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

For a large class of switched systems with zeno phenomenon, classical observer cannot be applied directly since the terms leading to zeno phenomenon are not derivable. However in this paper, by...

Analogue private communication based on hybrid chaotic systems with delays (2009)

Zheng, Gang, Woihida, Aggoune, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

Since most of private communication schemes based on chaotic synchronization are not robust again plain-texts attacks, the introduction of delays in the schemes can be regarded as an efficient method...

Computation on the Optimal Control of Networked Control Systems with Multiple Switching Modes Over High Speed Local Area Networks (2008)

Gang Zheng, Wenli Zeng, Fanjiang Xu

Abstract: The optimal control problem for the networked control system with multiple switching modes over high speed local area networks is addressed, where an initial state is a parametric vector....

A Comparative Study of Medical Data Classification Methods Based on Decision Tree and System Reconstruction Analysis (2008)

Tzung-i Tang, Gang Zheng, Yalou Huang, Guangfu Shu, Pengtao Wang

Abstract. This paper studies medical data classification methods, comparing decision tree and system reconstruction analysis as applied to heart disease medical data mining. The data we study is...

Secure Communication Based on Multi-input Multi-output Chaotic System with Large Message Amplitude (2008)

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure communication based on Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) chaotic systems. Single input secure communication based on chaos can be easily extended to multiple...

Secure Communication Based on Multi-input Multi-output Chaotic System with Large Message Amplitude (2008)

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure communication based on Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) chaotic systems. Single input secure communication based on chaos can be easily extended to multiple...

Chaotic solutions in the quadratic integrate-and-fire neuron with adaptation (2008)

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud

The quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) model with adaptation is commonly used as an elementary neuronal model that reproduces the main characteristics of real neurons. In this paper, we introduce a...

Chaotic solutions in the quadratic integrate-and-fire neuron with adaptation (2008)

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud

The quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) model with adaptation is commonly used as an elementary neuronal model that reproduces the main characteristics of real neurons. In this paper, we introduce a...

Geometrical Conditions for Output Depending Observability Normal Form (2008)

Geometrical Conditions for Output Depending Observability Normal Form (2008)

We give geometrical conditions, which guarantee the existence of a diffeomorphism in order to transform a nonlinear system without inputs into a canonical normal form depending on its output....

Simulation de réseaux de neurones intègre-et-tire non linéaires par discrétisation du potentiel (2008)

We give geometrical conditions, which guarantee the existence of a diffeomorphism in order to transform a nonlinear system without inputs into a canonical normal form depending on its output....

Kaabi, Mohamed Ghaith, Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

Les travaux précédents sur les simulations de réseaux neuronaux impulsionnels utilisent des méthodes événementielles ou des méthodes é pas de temps. Les méthodes événementielles sont...

Simulation de réseaux de neurones intègre-et-tire non linéaires par discrétisation du potentiel (2008)

Kaabi, Mohamed Ghaith, Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

Les travaux précédents sur les simulations de réseaux neuronaux impulsionnels utilisent des méthodes événementielles ou des méthodes é pas de temps. Les méthodes événementielles sont...

Development and applications of advanced (B0 gradient-based) NMR diffusion experiments (2008)

Zheng, Gang, College Of Health And Science, School Of Biomedical And Health Sciences

Pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become a method of choice for the determination of random motion (i.e., translational diffusion or self-diffusion) of molecules...

Development and applications of advanced (B0 gradient-based) NMR diffusion experiments (2008)

Zheng, Gang, College Of Health And Science, School Of Biomedical And Health Sciences

Pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become a method of choice for the determination of random motion (i.e., translational diffusion or self-diffusion) of molecules...

Genetic model selection in two-phase analysis for case-control association studies (2008)

Zheng, Gang, Ng, Hon Keung Tony

The Cochran–Armitage trend test (CATT) is well suited for testing association between a marker and a disease in case–control studies. When the underlying genetic model for the disease is known,...

Development and applications of advanced (B0 gradient-based) NMR diffusion experiments (2008)

Zheng, Gang, College Of Health And Science, School Of Biomedical And Health Sciences

Pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become a method of choice for the determination of random motion (i.e., translational diffusion or self-diffusion) of molecules...

Joint analysis of case-parents trio and unrelated case-control designs in large scale association studies (2007)

Joo, Jungnam, Tian, Xin, Zheng, Gang, Stylianou, Mario, Lin, Jing-Ping, Geller, Nancy L

Abstract We present a new method for testing association when data from both case-parents trios and unrelated controls are available. Our method combines test statistics for case-parents trio and...

Robust ranks of true associations in genome-wide case-control association studies (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Joo, Jungnam, Lin, Jing-Ping, Stylianou, Mario, Waclawiw, Myron A, Geller, Nancy L

Abstract In whole-genome association studies, at the first stage, all markers are tested for association and their test statistics or p -values are ranked. At the second stage, some most significant...

Multi-Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

Multi-Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

This article gives the sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of a reference frame in which a multi-output nonlinear system is linearizable with a linear part depending on its outputs....

Secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic system (2007)

This article gives the sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of a reference frame in which a multi-output nonlinear system is linearizable with a linear part depending on its outputs....

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic systems. A new multi-input secure data transmission scheme is proposed. Moreover, in...

Secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic system (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic systems. A new multi-input secure data transmission scheme is proposed. Moreover, in...

Single Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

SINGLE OUTPUT DEPENDENT QUADRATIC OBSERVABILITY NORMAL FORM (2007)

This paper gives the sufficient and necessary conditions which guarantee the existence of a diffeomorphism in order to transform a nonlinear system without inputs into a canonical normal form...

Single Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

In this paper, two quadratic observability normal forms dependent on output respectively correspondent to drift dominant term and forced dominant term are firstly discussed. Moreover characteristic...

SINGLE OUTPUT DEPENDENT QUADRATIC OBSERVABILITY NORMAL FORM (2007)

This paper gives the sufficient and necessary conditions which guarantee the existence of a diffeomorphism in order to transform a nonlinear system without inputs into a canonical normal form...

Secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic system (2007)

In this paper, two quadratic observability normal forms dependent on output respectively correspondent to drift dominant term and forced dominant term are firstly discussed. Moreover characteristic...

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic systems. A new multi-input secure data transmission scheme is proposed. Moreover, in...

Secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic system (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper deals with the problem of secure data transmission based on multi-input multi-output delayed chaotic systems. A new multi-input secure data transmission scheme is proposed. Moreover, in...

Voltage-stepping schemes for the simulation of spiking neural networks (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

The numerical simulation of spiking neural networks requires particular attention. On the one hand, time-stepping methods are generic but theyhardly reproduce accurately the short-time scale...

Voltage-stepping schemes for the simulation of spiking neural networks (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Tonnelier, Arnaud, Martinez, Dominique

The numerical simulation of spiking neural networks requires particular attention. On the one hand, time-stepping methods are generic but theyhardly reproduce accurately the short-time scale...

Multi-Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

Multi-Output Dependent Observability Normal Form (2007)

This article gives the sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of a reference frame in which a multi-output nonlinear system is linearizable with a linear part depending on its outputs....

A multiple data secure communication based on synchronization of chaotic systems with zero dynamics (2007)

This article gives the sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of a reference frame in which a multi-output nonlinear system is linearizable with a linear part depending on its outputs....

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Boutat-Baddas, Latifa, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper gives a new scheme of data secure communication based on synchronization of chaotic systems with multi inputs multi outputs and zero dynamics. In addition, a sliding mode observer is...

A multiple data secure communication based on synchronization of chaotic systems with zero dynamics (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Boutat, Driss, Boutat-Baddas, Latifa, Floquet, Thierry, Barbot, Jean-Pierre

This paper gives a new scheme of data secure communication based on synchronization of chaotic systems with multi inputs multi outputs and zero dynamics. In addition, a sliding mode observer is...

Suppression of background gradients in (B0 gradient-based) NMR diffusion experiments (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Nanoscale Organisation And Dynamics Group (BHS) (BHS), Price, William S.

Artifacts arising from background gradients are very common in NMR diffusion (i.e., PGSE) experiments involving B0 gradients because of the unavoidable magnetic susceptibility differences and B0...

Suppression of background gradients in (B0 gradient-based) NMR diffusion experiments (2007)

Zheng, Gang, Nanoscale Organisation And Dynamics Group (BHS) (BHS), Price, William S.

Artifacts arising from background gradients are very common in NMR diffusion (i.e., PGSE) experiments involving B0 gradients because of the unavoidable magnetic susceptibility differences and B0...

Comparison of robust tests for genetic association using case-control studies (2006)

Zheng, Gang, Freidlin, Boris, Gastwirth, Joseph L.

In genetic studies of complex diseases, the underlying mode of inheritance is often not known. Thus, the most powerful test or other optimal procedure for one model, e.g. recessive, may be quite...

A MOLECULAR SWITCHBOARD -LYSINE MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRANSCRIPTION (2006)

A MOLECULAR SWITCHBOARD -LYSINE MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRANSCRIPTION (2006)

A molecular switchboard -Lysine modifications and their impact on transcription Abstract by ZHENG GANG Post-translational modifications greatly increase the complexity of the proteome in eukaryotic...

A MOLECULAR ‘SWITCHBOARD’-LYSINE MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRANSCRIPTION (2006)

A molecular switchboard -Lysine modifications and their impact on transcription Abstract by ZHENG GANG Post-translational modifications greatly increase the complexity of the proteome in eukaryotic...

A MOLECULAR ‘SWITCHBOARD’-LYSINE MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRANSCRIPTION (2006)

A “molecular switchboard”-Lysine modifications and their impact on transcription Abstract by ZHENG GANG Post-translational modifications greatly increase the complexity of the proteome in...

A molecular 'switchboard' - lysine modifications and their impact on transcription [electronic resource] / (2006)

A “molecular switchboard”-Lysine modifications and their impact on transcription Abstract by ZHENG GANG Post-translational modifications greatly increase the complexity of the proteome in...

Zheng, Gang., Gang, Zheng.

[School of Medicine] Department of Pharmacology.

A molecular 'switchboard' - lysine modifications and their impact on transcription (2006)

Robust trend tests for genetic association in case-control studies using family data (2005)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2006.

Tian, Xin, Joo, Jungnam, Zheng, Gang, Lin, Jing-Ping

Abstract We studied a trend test for genetic association between disease and the number of risk alleles using case-control data. When the data are sampled from families, this trend test can be...

Selection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in disease association data (2005)

Joo, Jungnam, Tian, Xin, Zheng, Gang, Lin, Jing-Ping, Geller, Nancy L

Abstract We studied several methods for selecting single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a disease association study. Two major categories for analytical strategy are the univariate and the set...

Projective invariant hand geometry / (2005)

Cultural value change in nine East Asian and Pacific Island nations (1982 to 2002). (2004)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2005.

Allen, Michael Wayne, Ng, Sik Hung, Ikeda, K., Jawan, J.A, Sufi, A.H, Waninara, W, ...

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A statistical method for adjusting covariates in linkage analysis with sib pairs (2003)

Wu, Colin O, Zheng, Gang, Leifer, Eric, Follmann, Dean, Lin, Jing-Ping

Abstract Background We propose a statistical method that includes the use of longitudinal regression models and estimation procedures for adjusting for covariate effects in applying the...

Statistical Issues Arising in Disparate Impact Cases and the Use of the Expectancy Curve in Assessing the Validity of Pre-Employment Tests (2003)

Gastwirth, Joseph L., Miao, Weiwen, Zheng, Gang

Disparate impact cases concern the potential adverse effect seemingly neutral employment practices, such as passing a pre-employment test or possessing a fixed level of education, have on minority...

Fisher information in order statistics and ordered randomly censored data /--by Gang Zheng. (2000)

Synthesis and biological significance of novel chlorins and bacteriochlorins /--Gang Zheng. (1999)

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Applications of electrochemical methods to study the kinetics of rapid reactions of radical cations / (1999)

Photocopy of typescript.

Inhibition of cellular proliferation by the Wilms tumor suppressor WT1 requires association with the inducible chaperone Hsp70 (1998)

Thesis (M.S.)--Utah State University. Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1999.

Maheswaran, Shyamala, Englert, Christoph, Zheng, Gang, Lee, Sean Bong, Wong, Jenise, Harkin, D. Paul, ...

Study designs and their misapplications /--by Gang Zheng. (1996)

Synthetic studies on Si-N-S containing inorganic monomers : precursors to sulfur analogs of polyphosphazenes / (1995)

Report (M.S.)--Michigan Technological University, 1996.

Optimal filtering and quantitative edge detector evaluation /--by Gang Zheng. (1991)

Thesis (M.S.)--Hampton University, 1995.

A robust estimate of the correlation coefficient for bivariate normal distribution using ranked set sampling (0000)

Thesis (M.S.)--Drexel University, 1992.

Inhibition of cellular proliferation by the Wilms tumor suppressor WT1 requires association with the inducible chaperone Hsp70

A robust estimate of the correlation coefficient for a bivariate normal distribution using balanced ranked set sampling is studied. We show that this estimate is at least as efficient as the...

Maheswaran, Shyamala, Englert, Christoph, Zheng, Gang, Lee, Sean Bong, Wong, Jenise, Harkin, D. Paul, ...

The Wilms tumor suppressor WT1 encodes a zinc finger transcription factor that is expressed in glomerular podocytes during a narrow window in kidney development. By immunoprecipitation and protein...

Rerouting lipoprotein nanoparticles to selected alternate receptors for the targeted delivery of cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents

Zheng, Gang, Chen, Juan, Li, Hui, Glickson, Jerry D.

We report that a lipoprotein-based nanoplatform generated by conjugating tumor-homing molecules to the protein components of naturally occurring lipoproteins reroutes them from their normal...

Robust Genomic Control for Association Studies

Zheng, Gang, Freidlin, Boris, Gastwirth, Joseph L.

Population-based case-control studies are a useful method to test for a genetic association between a trait and a marker. However, the analysis of the resulting data can be affected by population...

Low-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents1

Corbin, Ian R, Li, Hui, Chen, Juan, Lund-Katz, Sissel, Zhou, Rong, Glickson, Jerry D, ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are a naturally occurring endogenous nanoplatform in mammalian systems. These nanoparticles (22 nm) specifically transport cholesterol to cells expressing the LDL...

Inhibition of cellular proliferation by the Wilms tumor suppressor WT1 requires association with the inducible chaperone Hsp70

Maheswaran, Shyamala, Englert, Christoph, Zheng, Gang, Lee, Sean Bong, Wong, Jenise, Harkin, D. Paul, ...

The Wilms tumor suppressor WT1 encodes a zinc finger transcription factor that is expressed in glomerular podocytes during a narrow window in kidney development. By immunoprecipitation and protein...

Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping of Quantitative-Trait Loci by Selective Genotyping

Chen, Zehua, Zheng, Gang, Ghosh, Kaushik, Li, Zhaohai

The principles of linkage disequilibrium mapping of dichotomous diseases can be well applied to the mapping of quantitative-trait loci through the method of selective genotyping. In 1999, M. Slatkin...

Rerouting lipoprotein nanoparticles to selected alternate receptors for the targeted delivery of cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents

Zheng, Gang, Chen, Juan, Li, Hui, Glickson, Jerry D.

We report that a lipoprotein-based nanoplatform generated by conjugating tumor-homing molecules to the protein components of naturally occurring lipoproteins reroutes them from their normal...

Robust Genomic Control for Association Studies

Zheng, Gang, Freidlin, Boris, Gastwirth, Joseph L.

Population-based case-control studies are a useful method to test for a genetic association between a trait and a marker. However, the analysis of the resulting data can be affected by population...

Low-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents1

Corbin, Ian R, Li, Hui, Chen, Juan, Lund-Katz, Sissel, Zhou, Rong, Glickson, Jerry D, ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are a naturally occurring endogenous nanoplatform in mammalian systems. These nanoparticles (22 nm) specifically transport cholesterol to cells expressing the LDL...

A statistical method for adjusting covariates in linkage analysis with sib pairs

Wu, Colin O, Zheng, Gang, Leifer, Eric, Follmann, Dean, Lin, Jing-Ping

Selection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in disease association data

Joo, Jungnam, Tian, Xin, Zheng, Gang, Lin, Jing-Ping, Geller, Nancy L

We studied several methods for selecting single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a disease association study. Two major categories for analytical strategy are the univariate and the set selection...

Robust trend tests for genetic association in case-control studies using family data

Tian, Xin, Joo, Jungnam, Zheng, Gang, Lin, Jing-Ping

We studied a trend test for genetic association between disease and the number of risk alleles using case-control data. When the data are sampled from families, this trend test can be adjusted to...

Resampling methods for ranked set samples

Modarres, Reza, Hui, Terrence P., Zheng, Gang

Photodynamic molecular beacon as an activatable photosensitizer based on protease-controlled singlet oxygen quenching and activation

Zheng, Gang, Chen, Juan, Stefflova, Klara, Jarvi, Mark, Li, Hui, Wilson, Brian C.

Molecular beacons are FRET-based target-activatable probes. They offer control of fluorescence emission in response to specific cancer targets, thus are useful tools for in vivo cancer imaging....

Total Innovation Management: a novel paradigm of innovation management in the 21st century

Qingrui Xu, Jin Chen, Zhangshu Xie, Jingjiang Liu, Gang Zheng, Yong Wang

Based on an ecosystem view of innovation management and in-depth case studies of firms in China and abroad, a novel paradigm of innovation management—Total Innovation Management (TIM)—is put...

Haier’s Tao of innovation: a case study of the emerging Total Innovation Management model

Qingrui Xu, Ling Zhu, Gang Zheng, Fangrui Wang

Through in-depth investigations and analyses of the Haier case, we enriched and developed further a new paradigm of innovation management—Total Innovation Management (TIM). The TIM framework and...

Improving the best linear unbiased estimator for the scale parameter of symmetric distributions by using the absolute value of ranked set samples

GANG ZHENG, MOHAMMAD AL-SALEH

Ranked set sampling is a cost efficient sampling technique when actually measuring sampling units is difficult but ranking them is relatively easy. For a family of symmetric location-scale...

Maximizing a Family of Optimal Statistics over a Nuisance Parameter with Applications to Genetic Data Analysis

Gang Zheng

In this article, a simple algorithm is used to maximize a family of optimal statistics for hypothesis testing with a nuisance parameter not defined under the null hypothesis. This arises from genetic...

Joint analysis of case-parents trio and unrelated case-control designs in large scale association studies

Joo, Jungnam, Tian, Xin, Zheng, Gang, Stylianou, Mario, Lin, Jing-Ping, Geller, Nancy L

We present a new method for testing association when data from both case-parents trios and unrelated controls are available. Our method combines test statistics for case-parents trio and unrelated...

Robust ranks of true associations in genome-wide case-control association studies

Zheng, Gang, Joo, Jungnam, Lin, Jing-Ping, Stylianou, Mario, Waclawiw, Myron A, Geller, Nancy L

In whole-genome association studies, at the first stage, all markers are tested for association and their test statistics or p-values are ranked. At the second stage, some most significant markers...

Confidence interval estimating procedures for standardized incidence rates

Ng, Hon Keung Tony, Filardo, Giovanni, Zheng, Gang

Performances of some common confidence interval construction procedures for direct standardized incidence or mortality rate were compared. The asymptotic method, the method based on matching moments,...

Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimators Based on Ranked Set Samples

Gang Zheng, Mohammad Al-Saleh

Asymptotic relative efficiency, estimating equation, judgment error, modified maximum likelihood equation, order statistics, ranked set sampling, robustness,

Fisher information in hybrid censored data

Park, Sangun, Balakrishnan, N., Zheng, Gang

A hybrid censoring is a mixture of Type I and II censoring. Type I and Type II hybrid censoring models are considered in this work. When n items are placed on a life-test, the experiment terminates...

Maximum likelihood estimation of dependence parameter using ranked set sampling

Modarres, Reza, Zheng, Gang

We study the maximum likelihood estimation of the dependence parameter of a general bivariate distribution using ranked set sampling. We compare the Fisher information about the dependence parameter...

On the Fisher information in randomly censored data

Zheng, Gang, Gastwirth, Joseph L.

After expressing the Fisher information in randomly censored data in terms of hazard rates, we examine the loss of Fisher information under the Koziol-Green random censoring model. Because the same...

A characterization of the factorization of hazard function by the Fisher information under Type II censoring with application to the Weibull family

Naphthalocyanine-reconstituted LDL nanoparticles for in vivo cancer imaging and treatment

Expressing the asymptotic Fisher information in Type II censored data in terms of the hazard function, we show that the factorization of the hazard function can be characterized by the linear...

Song, Liping, Li, Hui, Sunar, Ulas, Chen, Juan, Corbin, Ian, Yodh, Arjun G, ...

Low density lipoproteins (LDLs) are naturally occurring nanoparticles that are biocompatible, biodegradable and non-immunogenic. Moreover, the size of LDL particle is precisely controlled (~22 nm) by...

Excess false positive rate caused by population stratification and disease rate heterogeneity in case-control association studies

Li, Zhaohai, Zhang, Hong, Zheng, Gang, Gastwirth, Joseph L., Gail, Mitchell H.

Case-control association studies using unrelated cases and controls may suffer from potential confounding due to population stratification. Bias and variance distortion caused by population...

Pseudo maximum likelihood estimates using ranked set sampling with applications to estimating correlation

Terrence Hui, Reza Modarres, Gang Zheng

Ranked set sampling, Concomitant variable, Bivariate normal distribution, Pseudo maximum likelihood estimator, 62D05, 62F12, 62E20,

Tail Strength to Combine Two p Values: Their Correlation Cannot Be Ignored

Zang, Yong, Fung, Wing K., Zheng, Gang

Adaptive Transmission Disequilibrium Test for Family Trio Design

Min Yuan, Xin Tian, Gang Zheng, Yaning Yang

The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) is a standard method to detect association using family trio design. It is optimal for an additive genetic model. Other TDT-type tests optimal for recessive...

A robust estimate of the correlation coefficient for bivariate normal distribution using ranked set sampling