Publications / Publicações

Julio M. Singer

(Revised June 2005)

 

Thesis and dissertations

M.Sc.: Análise de Curvas de Crescimento.
Universidade de São Paulo (1977)

Ph.D.: M-Methods in Multivariate Linear Models.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1983)

Books and chapters of books

Koch, G.G., Imrey, P.B., Singer, J.M., Atkinson, S.S. and Stokes, M. E. (1985). Analysis of Categorical Data. Montréal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal.

 

Koch, G.G., Singer, J.M. and Amara, I.A. (1985). A two-stage procedure for the analysis of ordinal categorical data. In Biostatistics: Statistics in Biomedical, Public Health and Environmental Sciences, ed. P.K. Sen. Amsterdam: North Holland, 357-387.

 

Andrade, D.F. and Singer, J.M. (1986). Análise de Dados Longitudinais. São Paulo: Associação Brasileira de Estatística (7o. Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística).

 

Leite, J.G. e Singer, J.M. (1990). Métodos Assintóticos em Estatística: Fundamentos e Aplicações. São Paulo: Associação Brasileira de Estatística (9o. Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística).

 

Koch, G.G., Singer, J.M. and Stokes, M.E. (1992). Some aspects of weighted least squares analysis for longitudinal categorical data. In Statistical Models for Longitudinal Studies of Health, eds. J.H. Dwyer, M. Feinleib, P. Lippert and H. Hoffmeister. (Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Vol. 16). New York: Oxford University Press, 215-258.

 

Sen, P.K. and Singer, J.M. (1993). Large Sample Methods in Statistics: An Introduction with Applications. New York: Chapman and Hall.

 

Singer, J.M. and Andrade, D.F. (2000). Analysis of longitudinal data. In Handbook of Statistics, Volume 18: Bio-Environmental and Public Health Statistics, eds. P.K. Sen and C.R. Rao. Amsterdam: North Holland (115-160).

 

Singer, J.M., André, C.D.S., Lima, L.P. and Conceição, G.M.S. (2002). Association between atmospheric pollution and mortality in São Paulo, Brazil: regression models and analysis strategy. In Statistical Data Analysis based on the L1 Norm and related methods, Y. Dodge (editor). Basel: Birkhäuser, 439-450.

 

Publications in periodicals

 

Cordani, L.K., Gattás, R.R. e Singer, J.M. (1983). Blocos completamente aleatorizados: um modelo alternativo. Ciência e Cultura, 35, 1151-1159.

 

Singer, J.M. and Sen, P.K. (1985). M-Methods in Multivariate linear models. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 17, 168-184.

 

Singer, J.M. and Sen, P.K. (1985). Asymptotic relative efficiency of multivariate M-estimators. Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, 14, 29-43.

Singer, J.M. and Sen, P.K. (1986). M-methods in growth curve analysis. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 13, 251-261.

Singer, J.M., Koch, G.G., Stinnett, S.S. and Warren, D.W. (1988). An example of simultaneous multivariate linear modelling of among and within subject variation. Biometrical Journal, 30, 25-39.

 

Cutait, R., Alves, V., Borges, J.L.A., Lopes, L.C., Singer, J.M., Cutait, D., Goffi, F., Averbach, M. and Carone, E. (1989). Contribuição ao estudo dos antígenos de superfície ABH no câncer colorretal. Revista Brasileira de Coloproctologia, 9, 102-106.

 

Gentil, V., Gorenstein, C., Camargo, C.H.P. and Singer, J.M. (1989). Effects of flunitrazepam on memory and their reversal by two antagonists. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9, 191-197.

 

Gentil, V., Tavares, S., Gorenstein, C., Bello, C., and Singer, J.M. (1990). Acute reversal of flunitrazepam effects by Ro 15-1778 and Ro 15-3505: inverse agonism, tolerance and rebound. Psychopharmacology, 100, 54-59.

 

Grande, R.H., Singer, J.M. and Issao, M. (1990). Retention of pit and fissure sealants on primary molars: effects of tooth age and prophylaxis techniques. Journal of the Okayama Dental Society, 9, 339-343.

 

Singer, J.M., Peres, C.A. and Harle, C.E. (1991). A note on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in generalized ABO systems. Statistics and Probability Letters, 11, 173-175.

 

Botter, D.A. and Singer, J.M. (1991). Experiments with three-treatment, three-period crossover designs: analysis through the general linear model. Biometrical Journal, 33, 401-410.

 

Cutait, R., Alves, V.A.F., Lopes, L.C., Cutait, D.E., Borges, J.L.A., Singer, J.M., Silva, J.H. e Goffi, F. (1991). Restaging of colorectal cancer based on the identification of lymphnodes micrometastases through immunoperoxidase staining of CEA and cytokeratins. Diseases of the Colon-Rectum, 34, 917-920.

 

Grande, R.H.M., Singer, J.M., Santos, J.F.F. and Nicolau, J. (1992). Effectiveness of three mouthrinses to inhibit acid formation by dental plaque under home-use conditions. Clinical Preventive Dentistry, 14, 19-23.

 

Rodrigues, C.R.M.D., Ando, T., Singer, J.M., Freitas, E.R. e Pinotti, M.A. (1992). Estudo sobre a ocorrência de traumatismos decorrentes do uso de fio dental em crianças de 5 a 12 anos. Revista de Odontologia da USP, 6, 50-56.

 

Martins, I.S., Coelho, L.T., Mazzilli, R.N., Singer, J.M., Souza, C.U., Antonieto Junior, A.E., Pasini, U., Nieto, R.A., Álvares, E.D., e Okani, E.T. (1993). Doenças cardiovasculares ateroscleróticas, dislipidemias, hipertensão, obesidade e diabetes melito em população da área metropolitana da região sudeste do Brasil. I - Metodologia da pesquisa. Revista de Saúde Pública, 27, 250-261.

 

Grande, R.H.M., Singer, J.M. e Issao, M. (1993). Efeito da técnica de profilaxia na retenção de um selante para fóssulas e fissuras. Revista da Associação Paulista de Cirurgiões Dentistas, 47, 1155-1159.

 

Singer, J.M. (1993). Comentarios al articulo "La Bioestadística en Chile" de Marshall, G. Revista de la Sociedad Chilena de Estadística, 10, 58-61.

 

Singer, J.M. and Andrade, D.F. (1994). On the choice of appropriate error terms in profile analysis. The Statistician, 43, 259-266.

 

Saldiva, P.H.N., Lichtenfels, A.J.F.C., Paiva, P.S.O. Barone, I.A., Martins, M.A., Massad, E., Pereira, J.C.R., Xavier, V.P., Singer, J.M. and Böhm, G.M. (1994). Association between air pollution and mortality due to respiratory diseases in children in São Paulo, Brazil: a preliminary report. Environmental Research, 65, 218-225.

 

Rodrigues, C.R.M.D., Ando, T., Singer, J.M. and Issáo, M. (1996). Training effect on the ability to use dental floss by children. Journal of Dentistry for Children, 63, 39-41.

 

Villena-Sarmiento, R., Leber, P, Rodrigues, C.R.M.D.,. Singer, J.M. e Issáo, M. (1996). Remoção de placa bacteriana com escovas de cabeça tripla e convencional em crianças de 3 a 5 anos: estudo comparativo. Revista Brasileira de Odontologia, 53, 20-22.

 

Singer, J.M., Peres, C.A. and Harle, C.E. (1996). Performance of Wald's tests for the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with fixed sample sizes. Revista Brasileira de Probabilidade e Estatística, 10, 59-68.

 

Drumond, F.B. and Singer, J.M. (1996). Comparison of scale-invariant M-estimators in regression models. Revista de Matemática e Estatística, 14, 145-154.

 

Botter, D.A. e Singer, J.M. (1996). Experimentos com intercâmbio de dois tratamentos e dois períodos: estratégias para análise e aspectos computacionais. Revista Brasileira de Estatística, 58, 81-103.

 

Takiuchi, A., Rodrigues, C.R.M.D., Singer, J.M. e Sañudo, A. (1997). Avaliação "in vitro" da superfície de resinas compostas e ionômeros de vidro submetidas a tratamento com géis fluoretados. Revista de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo, 11, 55-60.

 

Singer, J.M. and Andrade, D.F. (1997). Regression models for the analysis of pretest/posttest data. Biometrics, 53, 729-735.

 

Losso, E.M., Singer, J.M. and Nicolau, J. (1997). Effect of gustatory stimulation on flow rate and protein content of human parotid saliva according to the side of preferential mastication. Archives of Oral Biology, 42, 83-87.

 

Grande, R.H.M., Santos, J.F.F., Nicolau, J., Oliveira, E. and Singer, J.M. (1997). The influence of a mineralizing mouthrinse on the mineral contents and on the pH of dental plaque. Journal of Clinical Dentistry, 8, 134-137.

 

Ho, L.L. and Singer, J.M. (1997). Regression models for bivariate counts. Revista Brasileira de Probabilidade e Estatística, 11, 175-197.

 

Andrade, D.F. and Singer, J.M. (1998). Profile analysis for randomized complete block experiments. Journal of Applied Statistics, 25, 237-244.

 

Pereira, L. A. A., Loomis, D., Conceição, G.M.S., Braga, A.L.F., Arcas, R.M., Kishi, H.S., Singer, J.M., Böhm, G.M. and Saldiva, P.H.N. (1998). Association between air pollution and intrauterine mortality in São Paulo, Brazil. Environmental Health Perspectives, 106, 325-329.

 

Grande, R.H.M., Ballester, R.Y., Singer, J.M. and Santos, J.F.F. (1998). Microleakage of a universal adhesive used as a fissure sealant. American Journal of Dentistry, 11, 109-113.

 

Grande, R.H.M., Oliveira, E., Singer, J.M., Santos, J.F.F. e Nicolau, J. (1998). Efeitos do uso contínuo de solução para bochecho sobre o pH e o conteúdo mineral da placa bacteriana. Revista da Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de são Paulo, 5, 143-147.

 

Marcourakis, T., Gorenstein, C., Ramos, R.T. and Singer, J.M. (1999). Serum levels of clomipramine and desmethylclomipramine and clinical improvement in panic disorder. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 13, 40-44.

 

Spallicci, M.D., Albuquerque, P.B., Zugaib, M. and Singer, J.M. (1999). Ação da hialuronidase na maturação do colo uterino em gestações a termo: um estudo piloto. Revista de Medicina do Hospital Universitário, 9, 51-55.

Soler, J.M.P. and Singer, J.M. (2000). Optimal covariance adjustment in growth curve models. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 33, 101-110.

Bernardo, P.C., Paiva, J.A.S., Rodrigues, C.M.D.R., Singer, J.M.S. e Sañudo, A. (2000). Avaliação clínica de um cimento de ionômero de vidro utilizado como selante oclusal. Pesquisa Odontológica Brasileira, 14, 53-57.

Spallicci, M.D.B., Chiea, M.A., Albuquerque, P.B., Singer, J.M., Bittar, R.E. e Zugaib, M. (2000). Ação da hialuronidase na maturação do colo uterino em gestações a termo. Revista de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 11, 93-102.

Luz, M.A.A.C., Garone Netto, N., Arana-Chavez, V.E., Sobral, M.A.P. and Singer, J.M. (2000). Evaluation of chemical and/or mechanical treatments of the smear layer as revealed by scanning electron microscopy – a blind comparative study. Pesquisa Odontológica Brasileira, 14, 101-106.

Witzel, M.F., Grande, R.H.M. and Singer, J.M. (2000). Bonding systems used for sealing: evaluation of microleakage. Journal of Clinical Dentistry, 11, 47-52..

Ho, L.L. and Singer, J.M. (2001). Generalized least squares methods for bivariate Poisson regression. Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods, 30, 263-277.

Conceição, G.M.S., Miraglia, S.G.E.K., Kishi, H.S., Saldiva, P.H.N. and Singer, J.M. (2001). Air pollution and children mortality: a time series study in São Paulo, Brazil. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109, 347-350.

 

Witzel, M.F., Braga, R.R., Grande, R.H.M., Ballester, R.Y. e Singer, J.M. (2001). Influência de cargas cíclicas imediatas na resistência da união porcelana/dentina – estudo preliminar. Revista da Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de são Paulo, 8, 295-300.

 

Aoki, R., Bolfarine, H. and Singer, J.M. (2001). Null intercept measurement error regression models. TEST, 10, 441-454.

 

Conceição, G.M.S., Saldiva, P.H.N. e Singer, J.M. (2001). Modelos Lineares Generalizados e Modelos Aditivos Generalizados para análise da associação entre poluição atmosférica e marcadores de morbi-mortalidade: uma introdução baseada em dados da cidade de São Paulo. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 4, 206-219.

 

Lima, L.P., André, C.D.S e Singer, J.M. (2001). Modelos Aditivos Generalizados: metodologia e prática. Revista Brasileira de Estatística, 62, 37-69.

 

Loguercio, A.D., Reis, A., Mazzocco, K.C., Dias, A.L., Busato, A.L.S., Singer, J.M. and Rosa, P. (2002). Microleakage in class II composite resin restorations: total bonding and open sandwich technique. Journal of Adhesive Dentistry, 4, 137-144.

 

Aguilar, L.T., Rezende, N.P.M., Reis, A., Loguercio, A.D., Grande, R.H.M., Ballester, R.Y. and Singer, J.M. (2002). Tensile bond strength of adhesive systems – effects of primer and thermocycling. Pesquisa Odontológica Brasileira, 16, 37-42.

 

Aoki, R., Bolfarine, H. and Singer, J.M. (2002). Asymptotic efficiency of method of moments estimators under null intercept measurement error regression models. Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 16, 157-166.

 

Conceição, G.M.S., Saldiva, P.H.N. e Singer, J.M. (2002). Associação entre séries de mortalidade/morbidade e concentrações de poluentes atmosféricos: uma estratégia para análise estatística. Revista Brasileira de Estatística, 63, 75-98.

 

Aoki, R., Achcar, J.A., Bolfarine, H. and Singer, J.M. (2003). Bayesian analysis of null intercept errors-in-variables regression for pretest/posttest data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 30, 3-12.

 

Parizotto, S.P.C.O., Rodrigues, C.R.M.D., Singer, J.M. and Sef, H.C. (2003). Effectiveness of low cost toothbrushes, with or without dentifrice, in the removal of bacterial plaque in deciduous dentition. Pesquisa Odontológica Brasileira, 17, 17-23.

 

Witzel, M.F., Braga, R.R., Singer, J.M. and Azevedo, C.L.N. (2003). Bond strength between polymer resin-based cement and porcelain/dentin surfaces: influence of polymerization mode and early cyclic loading. International Journal of Prosthodontics, 16, 145-149.

 

Reis, A., Loguercio, A.D., Azevedo, C.L.N., Carvalho, R.M., Singer, J.M. and Grande, R.L.M. (2003). Moisture spectrum of demineralized dentin for adhesive systems with different solvent bases. Journal of Adhesive Dentistry, 5, 183-192.

 

Stanek, E.J. III, Singer, J.M. and Lencina, V.B. (2004). A unified approach to estimation and prediction under simple random sampling. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 121, 325-338.

 

Giampaoli, V. and Singer, J.M. (2004). Comparison of two Normal populations with restricted means. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 46, 511-529.

 

Singer, J.M., Poleto, F.Z. and Rosa, P. (2004). Parametric and nonparametric analyses of repeated ordinal categorical data. Biometrical Journal, 46, 460-473.

 

Einbeck, J., André, C.D.S. and Singer, J.M. (2004). Local smoothing with robustness against outlying predictors. Environmetrics, 15, 541-554.

 

Giampaoli, V. and Singer, J.M. (2004). Bayes factors for comparing two restricted means: an example involving hypertense individuals. Journal of Data Science, 2, 399-418.

 

Stanek, E.J. III and Singer, J.M. (2004). Predicting random effects from finite population clustered samples with response error. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99, 1119-1130.

 

Singer, J.M., Nobre, J.S. and Sef, H.C. (2004). Regression models for pretest/posttest data in blocks. Statistical Modelling, 4, 1-15.

 

Kenshima, S., Grande, R.H.M., Singer, J.M. and Ballester, R.Y. (2004). Effect of thermal cycling and filling technique on linkage of composite resin restorations. Journal of Applied Oral Science, 12, 307-311.

 

Lencina, V.B., Singer, J.M. and Stanek, E.J. III. (2005). Much ado about nothing: the mixed models controversy revisited. International Statistical Review, 73, 9-20.

 

Christino-Neto, P., Reis, A., Loguercio, A.D., Singer, J.M., Shellard, E. and Grande, R.H.M. (2005). Adhesive systems used for sealing contaminated pit and fissure systems: leakage evaluation. Brazilian Oral Research. (Accepted).

 

Singer, J.M. and Cúri, M. (2005). Modelling regression and dispersion parameters in a complex repeated measures experiment. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. (Accepted).

 

Korytnicki, D., Mayer, M.P.A., Daronch, M., Singer, J.M. and Grande, R.H.M. (2005). Effects of Nd:YAG laser on enamel microhardness and dental plaque composition: in situ study. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery (Accepted).

 

Lora, M.I., Ho, L.L. e Singer, J.M. (2005). Modelo de efeitos aleatórios para dados pareados com observações omissas: um exemplo na área de avaliação de gestão ambiental. Produto e Produção. (Accepted).

 

Ramires-Romito, A.C.D., Reis, A., Loguercio, A.D., Hipólito, V.D., Góes, M.F., Singer, J.M. and Grande, R.H.M. (2005). Micro-tensile bond strength of sealant and adhesive systems applied on occlusal primary enamel. American Journal of Dentistry. (Accepted).

 

Technical reports and manuscripts submitted for publication

Vasconcelos, A.J., Campos, O.P., Vieira Filho, A.H.G., Singer, J.M. e Zugaib, M. (2002). Estudo prospectivo das variações perinatais de humor.

 

Aoki, R., Singer, J.M., Achcar, J.A. and Bolfarine, H. (2003). Comparison of two treatments with dubiously classified units: a Bayesian approach.

 

Aoki, R., Singer, J.M. and Bolfarine, H. (2003). Local influence for measurement error regression models for the analysis of pretest/posttest data.

 

Carvalho, T. Curi, A.L.H., Andrade, D.F., Singer, J.M., Benetti, M. and Mansur, A.J. (2005). Reabilitação cardiovascular de cardiopatas isquêmicos submetidos a tratamento clínico, angioplastia coronária transluminal percutânea e revascularização cirúrgica do miocárdio.

 

Spallicci, M.D.B., Chiea, M.A., Singer, J.M., Albuquerque, P.B. and Bittar, R.E. (2005). Randomized double-blind trial of cervical ripening by hialuronidase in pregnancies at term.

 

San Martino, S., Singer, J.M. and Stanek III, E.J. (2005). Performance of balanced two-stage empirical preditors of realized cluster latent values from finite populations: a simulation study.

 

Braga, L.L., Boaro, L.C.C., Kuroe, T., Azevedo, C.L.N. and Singer, J.M. (2005). Influence of cavity dimensions and their derivatives (volume and ‘C’ factor on contraction stress development and microleakage of composite restorations.

 

Lencina, V.B. and Singer, J.M. (2005). Exact F tests under two-way mixed models for unbalanced data.

 

Publications in Proceedings

Singer, J.M. and Sen, P.K. (1984). A note on the asymptotic behaviour of maximum likelihood estimators. Atas do 6o. Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística. Rio de Janeiro: Associação Brasileira de Estatística, 205-211.

 

Singer, J.M. (1987). Alguns procedimentos para análise de dados categorizados ordinais. Atas do XV Colóquio Brasileiro de Matemática. Rio de Janeiro: IMPA, 217-231.

 

Peres, C.A., Singer, J.M. and Bussab, W.O. (1988). On the multiple roles of statisticians in a developing country: the experiences of Brazil. Proceedings of the XIVth International Biometric Conference. Namur (Belgium): International Biometric Society, 69-78.

 

Singer, J.M. e Domenech, C.H. (1989). Medidas resumo: uma alternativa para análise de dados longitudinais. Anais do 3o. Simpósio de Estatística Aplicada à Experimentação Agronômica e 34a. Reunião Anual da Região Brasileira da Sociedade Internacional de Biometria. Lavras (MG): Escola Superior de Agronomia de Lavras, 420-442.

 

Pereira, C.A.P., Singer, J.M. e Carvalho, J.F. (1990). Previsão eleitoral por contagem rápida na eleição presidencial nicaragüense de 1990. Atas do 9o. Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística. São Paulo: Associação Brasileira de Estatística, 162-175.

 

Singer, J.M. (1996). Análise estatística de dados longitudinais. Textos para discussão - As inovações nas informações sociais e econômicas, Volume 3, ST 110. Encontro Nacional de Produtores e Usuários de Informações Sociais, Econômicas e Territoriais. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE.

 

Spallicci, M.D.B., Albuquerque, P.B., Singer, J.M. and Zugaib, M. (1999). Action of intracervical administration of hyaluronidase in the ripening of uterine cervix in pregnancies at term: a pilot study. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine. Bologna: Monduzzi Editore.

Bolfarine, H., Aoki, R. and Singer, J.M. (2000). Null intercept measurement error models. Proceedings of the 15th. International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Bilbao, Spain: 172-177.

Bangdiwala, S.I., Amarillo, M.L., Komoltri, C., Muñoz, S., Rodriguez, M.N., Singer, J.M. and Ughade, S. (2002). Teaching consultancy through direct experience in research projects: the approach of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS 6). Cape Town, South Africa, International Statistical Institute, 3H2, 1-5.

Singer, J.M. (2003). Longitudinal models with an application to insurance data. In Proceedings of the First Brazilian Conference on Statistical Modelling in Insurance and Finance, J. Dhaene, N. Kolev and P. Morettin, eds. Ubatuba, SP, Brazil, September 1-6, 2003. São Paulo: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, USP, 29-36.

 

Other Publications

 

Singer, J.M. e Andrade, D.F. (2001): Anexo Matemático e Estatístico do Manual da redação: Folha de São Paulo. São Paulo: Publifolha.

 

D’Almeida, M.L.O., Kawauche, T.M.T., Neves, J.M., Lima, A.C.P. e Singer, J.M. (2003). Software para programas interlaboratoriais. Controle e Instrumentação, 7, 70-73.