Journal ArticleBMC bioinformatics · February 2017
BackgroundThe Stochastic Process Model (SPM) represents a general framework for modeling the joint evolution of repeatedly measured variables and time-to-event outcomes observed in longitudinal studies, i.e., SPM relates the stochastic dynamics of ...
Full textOpen AccessCite
Journal ArticleACM-BCB 2016 - 7th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics · October 2, 2016
Stochastic Process Model has many applications in analysis of longitudinal biodemographic data. In general, such data contain various physiological variables (sometimes known as covariates or physiological indices). Longitudinal data can also contain genet ...
Full textOpen AccessCite
ConferenceProceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Life Science, and Operations Management, SMRLO 2016 · March 11, 2016
Connection between stress resistance and longevity in biological organisms is widely discussed and confirmed experimentally. Much less is known about the roles of genetic and non-genetic factors in regulation of such connection. Earlier studies emphasized ...
Full textOpen AccessCite
Journal ArticleFrontiers in genetics · January 2016
This paper shows that the effects of causal SNPs on lifespan, estimated through GWAS, may be confounded and the genetic structure of the study population may be responsible for this effect. Simulation experiments show that levels of linkage disequilibrium ...
Full textOpen AccessCite