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  1. Bayesian unsupervised learning methods have many applications in the analysis of biological data. For example, for the cancer expression array datasets presented in this study, they can be used to resolve poss...

    Authors: Yiming Ying, Peng Li and Colin Campbell
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 4):S7
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 4

  2. With the improvement of genotyping technologies and the exponentially growing number of available markers, case-control genome-wide association studies promise to be a key tool for investigation of complex dis...

    Authors: Nicolas Omont, Karl Forner, Marc Lamarine, Gwendal Martin, François Képès and Jérôme Wojcik
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 4):S6
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 4

  3. Due to the continuous improvements of high throughput technologies and experimental procedures, the number of sequenced genomes is increasing exponentially. Ultimately, the task of annotating these data relies...

    Authors: Jérôme Azé, Lucie Gentils, Claire Toffano-Nioche, Valentin Loux, Jean-François Gibrat, Philippe Bessières, Céline Rouveirol, Anne Poupon and Christine Froidevaux
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 4):S3
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 4

  4. In this paper we describe work in progress in developing kernel methods for enzyme function prediction. Our focus is in developing so called structured output prediction methods, where the enzymatic reaction i...

    Authors: Katja Astikainen, Liisa Holm, Esa Pitkänen, Sandor Szedmak and Juho Rousu
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 4):S2
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 4

  5. The performance of disease surveillance systems is evaluated and monitored using a diverse set of statistical analyses throughout each stage of surveillance implementation. An overview of their main elements i...

    Authors: Andres G Lescano, Ria Purwita Larasati, Endang R Sedyaningsih, Khanthong Bounlu, Roger V Araujo-Castillo, Cesar V Munayco-Escate, Giselle Soto, C Cecilia Mundaca and David L Blazes
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S7
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  6. Timeliness is a critical asset to the detection of public health threats when using syndromic surveillance systems. In order for epidemiologists to effectively distinguish which events are indicative of a true...

    Authors: Kieran M Moore, Graham Edge and Andrew R Kurc
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S6
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  7. Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collecting data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are...

    Authors: Sheri Happel Lewis and Richard Wojcik
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S5
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  8. Infectious disease surveillance is a primary public health function in resource-limited settings. In 2003, an electronic disease surveillance system (Alerta) was established in the Peruvian Navy with support f...

    Authors: Giselle Soto, Roger V Araujo-Castillo, Joan Neyra, Miguel Fernandez, Carlos Leturia, Carmen C Mundaca and David L Blazes
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S4
    Content type: Proceedings Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  9. Electronic syndromic surveillance for early outbreak detection may be a simple, effective tool to rapidly bring reliable and actionable outbreak data to the attention of public health authorities in the develo...

    Authors: Hadi Siswoyo, Meda Permana, Ria P Larasati, Jeffryman Farid, Asep Suryadi and Endang R Sedyaningsih
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S3
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  10. This paper describes and assesses the electronic surveillance of outbreaks based on the early warning for four endemic diseases – typhoid fever, amebic dysentery, viral hepatitis A and brucellosis – in Lebanon...

    Authors: Nada Ghosn, Alia Nasredine, Yolla Merhy Baddour, Denis Coulombier and Samah Nasserdine
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S2
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  11. In some high-income countries, public health surveillance includes systems that use computer and information technology to monitor health data in near-real time, facilitating timely outbreak detection and situ...

    Authors: Jean-Paul Chretien and Sheri Happel Lewis
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 3):S1
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 3

  12. During the Experts Meeting on Lung Cancer, participants emphasized the usefulness of erlotinib as second-line therapy for lung cancer. They noted that, although there are no comparative studies, erlotinib coul...

    Authors: Aldo Castagnari
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 2):S4
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 2

  13. Treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer is dependent on disease stage. For patients with metastasis or locally advanced disease, the importance of finding therapeutic schemes that may benefit this population i...

    Authors: Nicholas Thatcher
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 2):S3
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 2

  37. Authors: Carmen Garrigósc, M Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez, Carmen Cabellos, Óscar Murillo, Enriqueta Force, Ferrán Taberner, Marta Cardiel and Francesc Gudiol
    Citation: BMC Proceedings 2008 2(Suppl 1):P21
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 1

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