• 응용통계연구
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.331-348
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• 2019

전이성 종양의 성장패턴 차이와 변화율에 따른 종양 이질성(tumor heterogeneity)을 파악하는 것은 종양세포의 약물에 대한 민감성을 파악하고 적절한 치료법을 찾아내기 위해 중요하다. 일반적으로 N개의 표본의 집단이 구분된다면 t-test 혹은 ANOVA 분석을 통해 집단별 평균의 차이에 대한 검정이 가능하다. 그러나 본 논문에서 다루는 데이터와 같이 집단이 구분되지 않는 경우 이러한 방법들은 사용될 수 없다. 표본들 사이의 이질성을 검정하기 위한 통계적 방법들이 연구되어 왔다. 최소 조합 t-검정 방법은 그 중 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 상이한 비율로 데이터를 양분하는 조합도 고려하는 최대 조합 t-검정 방법을 제안한다. 한편, 표본의 이질성을 검정하는 것이 군집분석에서 최적의 군집의 개수가 2개 이상인지를 검정하는 것과 같음에 착안하여 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 최대 조합 t-검정과 gap통계량을 이용하면 이전에 제안된 방법보다 개선된 제1종의 오류를 범할 확률과 검정력을 갖는다는 것을 모의실험을 통해 확인하였고 실제 자료 분석을 통해 결과를 도출하였다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.49.1-49.7
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• 2022

Many packages for a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been developed to discover genetic variants. Although variations across studies must be considered, there are not many currently-accessible packages that estimate between-study heterogeneity. Thus, we propose a python based application called Beta-Meta which can easily process a meta-analysis by automatically selecting between a fixed effects and a random effects model based on heterogeneity. Beta-Meta implements flexible input data manipulation to allow multiple meta-analyses of different genotype-phenotype associations in a single process. It provides a step-by-step meta-analysis of GWAS for each association in the following order: heterogeneity test, two different calculations of an effect size and a p-value based on heterogeneity, and the Benjamini-Hochberg p-value adjustment. These methods enable users to validate the results of individual studies with greater statistical power and better estimation precision. We elaborate on these and illustrate them with examples from several studies of infertility-related disorders.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 1993

P. gingivalis has been implicated as a strong pathogen in periodontal disease and known to have three serotypes of P. gingivalis. The purpose of this study is to investigate on the relationship between virulence, metabolic acids and genetic heterogeneity of P. gingivalis. P. gingivalis W50 standard strain and five strains of P. gingivalis serotype b Korean isolates were used in this study. For in vitro virulence test, lyophilized whole cell P. gingivalis were suspended, and sonicated with ultrasonic dismembranometer. Sonicated samples were applied to cultured cells derived from periodontal ligament, and cell activity was assayed with growth and survival assay. The metabolic acids were also extracted, and determined by High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Pst I-digested bacterial genomic DNA was electrophoresed, and densitometric analysis was performed to study the genetic heterogeneity. All of the P. gingivalis serotype b produced butyric acid. In cell activity study, butyric acid inhibited the cell activity irrespective of its concentration. Densitometric analysis showed restriction fragment length polymorphism. These results suggested that there existed heterogeneity of the metabolic acids and the virulence of P. gingivalis and such heterogeneity might be related to genetic heterogeneity.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.280-282
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• 2002

In analysis of pumping test data, generally infinite domain has been assumed. However, in many cases, this assumption was not readily satisfied. Some boundaries conditions and natural heterogeneity of hydrogeologic properties would play critical roles on groundwater flow and contaminant transport. This study examined effects of some boundary conditions and heterogeneity on the groundwater flow and contaminant transport with basic numerical groundwater modeling, which provides implications for remediation of contaminated groundwater.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1757-1762
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• 2011

Aflatoxins are natural contaminants of poultry feeds and feed ingredients and cause liver damage, immunosuppression, reduction in performance and mortality in broilers. A number of studies have been carried out to study the effects of aflatoxin on feed conversion ratio in broilers. The results on feed conversion ratio of 10 research articles in broilers fed with aflatoxin from first day of age to six weeks of age were compiled and were subjected to meta-analysis. Chi-square test and $Tau^2$ (heterogeneity co-efficient) were applied to test for significance of heterogeneity of studies. To integrate results, fixed effect model by Inverse Variance method (IV method) was used when heterogeneity was insignificant and otherwise random effect model by DerSimonian and Laird Method (DL method) was used. The results of meta-analysis showed that the adverse effect of aflatoxin on feed conversion ratio at the end of first week was negligible, second week was medium and third to six weeks was very large.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.301-309
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• 2017

일반적으로 각 N개의 모집단에서 2개 이상의 표본이 추출되었을 때, $H_0:{\mu}_1={\cdots}={\mu}_N$의 가설에 대하여 검정할 수 있지만 각 모집단으로부터 표본이 한 개씩 추출된다면 ${\bar{X}}$가 존재하지 않으므로 모평균의 차이 검정은 불가능하다. 하지만 하나씩 추출된 표본으로 구성된 집단을 두 집단으로 나누어 임의의 평균을 생성함으로써 평균의 차이를 비교한다면 표본들 사이에 존재할 수 있는 이질성을 파악할 수 있다. 따라서 우리는 두 집단으로 나눌 수 있는 조합의 수만큼 평균 차이를 검정할 수 있는 최소 조합 t-검정 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 최종적으로 본 논문에서는 한 개씩 추출된 표본들 사이의 이질성을 확인하기 위하여 평균 차이를 검정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였고 모의실험 연구를 통해 성능을 확인하였고 실제 자료 분석을 통해 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국정보기술응용학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보기술응용학회 2005년도 6th 2005 International Conference on Computers, Communications and System
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• pp.357-360
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• 2005

Domestic enterprises are surveyed and analyzed to find the empirical relationship between environmental characteristics and electronic commerce(EC) performance. Dynamism, hostility and heterogeneity are selected as environmental characteristics. EC performance is articulated as EC utilization, EC satisfaction and EC usefulness. Empirical test presents that dynamism has a statistically significant relationship with EC performance except EC usefulness, but hostility and heterogeneity have no statistically significant relationship with EC performance. The impact of industry type on environmental characteristics and EC performance is also tested.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권3호
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• pp.226-236
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• 2021

Background: Although the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza fluorescent immunoassay (FIA) is widely used to identify influenza A and B, the diagnostic accuracy of this test remains unclear. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of this test compared to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and a hierarchical summary receiver-operating characteristic curve (HSROC) of this test for identifying influenza A and B were determined using meta-analysis. A sensitivity subgroup analysis was performed to identify potential sources of heterogeneity within selected studies. Results: We identified 17 studies involving 8,334 patients. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR of the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza FIA for identifying influenza A were 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.71-0.83), 0.99 (95% CI, 0.98-0.99), and 251.26 (95% CI, 139.39-452.89), respectively. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR of this test for identifying influenza B were 0.72 (95% CI, 0.60-0.82), 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99), and 140.20 (95% CI, 55.92-351.54), respectively. The area under the HSROC for this test for identifying influenza A was similar to that for identifying influenza B. Age was considered a probable source of heterogeneity. Conclusion: Pooled sensitivities of the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza FIA for identifying influenza A and B did not quite meet the target level (≥80%). Thus, caution is needed when interpreting data of this study due to substantial betweenstudy heterogeneity.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.85-100
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• 1997

지구 통계학적 방법을 이용하여 수도권 쓰레기 매립지 수리전도도의 비균질성에 대하여 분석하고 오염 이동해석을 실시하였다. 수리전도도는 가압 실내투수시험 자료와 현장 투수시험 자료를 이용하였고 지구통계학적 방법으로는 일반크리깅과 조건부 시뮬레이션 방법을 이용하였다. 그 결과 조건부 시뮬레이션에 의한 수리전도도의 비균질성이 일반크리깅에 의한 것보다 크게 나타났으며 비균질성이 큰 조건부 시뮬레이션에 의하여 구해진 수리전도도 상의 오염물이동성이 일반크리깅에 의하여 구해진 수리전도도 상의 이동 결과 보다 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.684-694
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• 2020

Objective: The purpose was to review the diagnostic performance of the length of tumor capsular contact (LCC) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting prostate cancer extraprostatic extension (EPE). Materials and Methods: PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched up to March 24, 2019. We included diagnostic accuracy studies that evaluated LCC on MRI for EPE detection using radical prostatectomy specimen histopathology as the reference standard. Quality of studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool. Sensitivity and specificity were pooled and graphically presented using hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) plots. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses were conducted to explore heterogeneity. Results: Thirteen articles with 2136 patients were included. Study quality was generally good. Summary sensitivity and specificity were 0.79 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.73-0.83) and 0.67 (95% CI 0.60-0.74), respectively. Area under the HSROC was 0.81 (95% CI 0.77-0.84). Substantial heterogeneity was present among the included studies according to Cochran's Q-test (p < 0.01) and Higgins I² (62% and 86% for sensitivity and specificity, respectively). In terms of heterogeneity, measurement method (curvilinear vs. linear), prevalence of Gleason score ≥ 7, MRI readers' experience, and endorectal coils were significant factors (p ≤ 0.01), whereas method to determine the LCC threshold, cutoff value, magnet strength, and publication year were not (p = 0.14-0.93). Diagnostic test accuracy estimates were comparable across all assessed MRI sequences. Conclusion: Greater LCC on MRI is associated with a higher probability of prostate cancer EPE. Due to heterogeneity among the studies, further investigation is needed to establish the optimal cutoff value for each clinical setting.