Papers

   

Keywords:

Mathematics, Probability, Statistics, Data Mining, Epidemiology, Genetics, Sensory Analysis, Olive Oil, Leishmaniasis, Political Science, Tunisian Democracy, Management, Graphical Models, R packages, R shiny, Gender Discrimination, Research and Development.

Statistical Methodology, Mathematics

  1. Dhafer Malouche and Bala Rajaratnam. Gaussian covariance faithful markov trees. Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2011, 2011.

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  2. Dhafer Malouche. Mixed graphical model selection using holm’s procedure. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 38(9):1453–1464, 2009.

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  3. Dhafer Malouche. Determining full conditional independence by low-order conditioning. Bernoulli, 15(4):1179–1189, 2009.

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  4. Dhafer Malouche and Sylvie Sevestre-Ghalila. Estimating high dimensional faithful gaussian graphical models by low-order conditioning. In Proceeding, of 26th IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, pages 595–025, 2008.

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  5. Dhafer Malouche. Natural exponential families associated to pick functions. Test, 7(2):391–412, 1998.

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  6. Dhafer Malouche. L’action quadratique du groupe des homographies sur les familles exponentielles réelles. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences-Series I-Mathematics, 325(9):1029–1032, 1997.

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  7. Gérard Letac and Dhafer Malouche. The markov chain associated to a pick function. Probability theory and related fields, 118(4):439–454, 2000.

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  8. Gérard Letac, Dhafer Malouche, and Stefan Maurer. The real powers of the convolution of a negative binomial distribution and a bernoulli distribution. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 130(7):2107–2114, 2002.

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  9. Célestin C Kokonendji and Dhafer Malouche. A property of count distributions in the hinde–demétrio family. Communications in Statistics—Theory and Methods, 37(12):1823–1834, 2008.

 

Genetics

  1. Safa Aouinti, Véronique Giudicelli, Patrice Duroux, Dhafer Malouche, Sofia Kossida, and Marie-Paule Lefranc. Imgt/statclonotype for pairwise evaluation and visualization of ngs ig and tr imgt clonotype (aa) diversity or expression from imgt/highv-quest. Frontiers in immunology, 7:339, 2016.

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  2. Safa Aouinti, Dhafer Malouche, Véronique Giudicelli, Sofia Kossida, and Marie-Paule Lefranc. Imgt/highv-quest statistical significance of imgt clonotype (aa) diversity per gene for standardized comparisons of next generation sequencing immunoprofiles of immunoglobulins and t cell receptors. PLoS One, 10(11):e0142353, 2015.

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  3. Amel Ghouila, H Jmel, SB Yahia, D Malouche, and S Abdelhak. Multi-som: A novel clustering approach for gene expression analysis. In INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, volume 9, pages 374–374. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2009.

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  4. Amel Ghouila, Sadok Ben Yahia, Dhafer Malouche, Haifa Jmel, Dhafer Laouini, Fatma Z Guerfali, and Sonia Abdelhak. Application of multi-som clustering approach to macrophage gene expression analysis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 9(3):328–336, 2009.

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  5. Imen Arfa, Abdelmajid Abid, Dhafer Malouche, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Théophile Roland Azegue, Imen Mannai, Mohamed Majdi Zorgati, Mohamed Chiheb Ben Rayana, Slim Ben Ammar, Samira Blousa-Chabchoub, et al. Familial aggregation and excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes in tunisia. Postgraduate medical journal, 83(979):348–351, 2007.

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  6. Imen Arfa, Abdelmajid Abid, Sonia Nouira, Houda Elloumi-Zghal, Dhafer Malouche, Imen Mannai, Mohamed Majdi Zorgati, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Ahmed Rebai, Béchir Zouari, et al. Lack of association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (i/d) polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy in tunisian type 2 diabetic patients. Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, 9(1):32–36, 2008.

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  7. I Arfa, S Nouira, A Abid, N Bouafif-Ben Alaya, MM Zorgati, D Malouche, I Manai, MC Ben Rayana, S Blousa-Chabchoub, H Ben Romdhane, et al. Absence d’association entre les polymorphismes du système rénine angiotensine (sra) et l’hypertension artérielle chez les diabétiques de type 2 tunisiens . la tunisie médicale, 88(01):37–40, 2010.

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  8. Imen Arfa, Sonia Nouira, Abdelmajid Abid, N Alaya Bouafif-Ben, MM Zorgati, Dhafer Malouche, Imen Manai, MC Rayana Ben, Samira Blousa-Chabchoub, H Romdhane Ben, et al. Lack of association between renin-angiotensin system (ras) polymorphisms and hypertension in tunisian type 2 diabetics. La tunisie Medicale, 88(1):38–41, 2010.

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  9. Kamakshi Chaithri Ponnaluri, Parimala Narne, Mohd Siraj, Mohd Ishaq, I Arfa, A Abid, D Malouche, N Ben Alaya, TR Azegue, H Benrahma, et al. Risk of diabetes in siblings of index cases with type 2 diabetes: Implications for genetic studies. Asian Journal of Epidemiology, 5(3):348–351, 2007.

 

Epidemiology

  1. Olfa Saidi, Nada Zoghlami, Kathleen E Bennett, Paola Andrea Mosquera, Dhafer Malouche, Simon Capewell, Habiba Ben Romdhane, and Martin O’Flaherty. Explaining income-related inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in tunisian adults during the last decade: comparison of sensitivity analysis of logistic regression and wagstaff decomposition analysis. International journal for equity in health, 18(1):177, 2019.

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  2. Olfa Saidi, Martin O’Flaherty, Nada Zoghlami, Dhafer Malouche, Simon Capewell, Julia A Critchley, Piotr Bandosz, Habiba Ben Romdhane, and Maria Guzman Castillo. Comparing strategies to prevent stroke and ischemic heart disease in the tunisian population: Markov modeling approach using a comprehensive sensitivity analysis algorithm. Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2019, 2019.

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  3. O Saidi, M O’Flaherty, N Zoghlami, D Malouche, S Capewell, J Critchley, P Bandosz, F Hentati, B Romdhane, and M Guzman-Castillo. Rf20 comparing strategies to prevent stroke and ischemic heart disease in the tunisian population: markov modeling approach using a comprehensive sensitivity analysis algorithm, 2018.

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  4. Safa Salem, Dhafer Malouche, and Habiba Ben Romdhane. Tunisian population quality of life: a general anal-ysis using sf-36. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 25(9), 2019.

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  5. O Saidi, D Malouche, M O’Flaherty, N Ben Mansour, HA Skhiri, H Ben Romdhane, and L Bezdah. Assessment of cardiovascular risk in tunisia: applying the framingham risk score to national survey data. BMJ open, 6(11):e009195, 2016.

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  6. Safa Aouinti, Héla Mallek, Dhafer Malouche, Olfa Saidi, Olfa Lassouedi, Faycel Hentati, and Habiba Ben Romdhane. Graphical interaction models to extract predictive risk factors of the cost of managing stroke in tunisia. In 2013 International Conference on Computer Medical Applications (ICCMA), pages 1–6. IEEE, 2013.

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  7. Olfa Saidi, Martin O’Flaherty, Nadia Ben Mansour, Wafa Aissi, Olfa Lassoued, Simon Capewell, Julia A Critchley, Dhafer Malouche, and Habiba Ben Romdhane. Forecasting tunisian type 2 diabetes prevalence to 2027: validation of a simple model. BMC public health, 15(1):104, 2015.

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  8. M Karaoud, N Bouafif, D Malouche, C Kouni, and N Achour. La mortalité parmi les enfants âgés de moins de 15 ans en tunisie peut être liée à la température. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 62:S122, 2014.

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  9. M Karaoud, D Malouche, and N Bouafif. Méthodologie de l’analyse de la relation température–mortalité en tunisie. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 62:S141–S142, 2014.

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  10. Khouloud Talmoudi, Hedia Bellali, Nissaf Ben-Alaya, Marc Saez, Dhafer Malouche, and Mohamed Kouni Chahed. Modeling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in central tunisia from 2009-2015: Forecasting models using climate variables as predictors. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 11(8):e0005844, 2017.

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  11. Talmoudi Khouloud, Bellali Hedia, Ben-Alaya Nissaf, Saez Marc, Malouche Dhafer, and Chahed Mohamed Kouni. Comparative performance analysis for generalized additive and generalized linear modeling in epidemiology. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 8(12), 2017.

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  12. R Fehri, H Rifi, A Alboueiri, D Malouche, M Ayadi, H Rais, and A Mezlini. Carcinoma of unknown primary: retrospective study of 437 patients treated at salah azaiez institute. La Tunisie medicale, 91(3):205–208, 2013.

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  13. H. Khlaifi, D. Istrate, J. Demongeot, and D. Malouche. Swallowing sound recognition at home using gmm. IRBM, 39(6):407 – 412, 2018. JETSAN.

 

Sensory Analysis

  1. Ibtihel Rebhi and Dhafer Malouche. Decision making about products development through consumer preferences modeling based on descriptive characteristics of products. In 2017 IEEE/ACS 14th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), pages 423–430. IEEE, 2017.

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  2. Ibtihel Rebhi and Dhafer Malouche. An approach for external preference mapping improvement by denoising consumer rating data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, 8(12):500–508, 2017.

 

Biology, Chemistry, Spatial Analysis

  1. Kaouther Ben Hassine, Amani Taamalli, Dhafer Malouche, Naziha Kammoun, Aida Lazzez, Cinzia Benincasa, Giovanni Sindona, Enzo Perri, Mohamed Hammami, and Mohamed Bouaziz. Influence of variety, geographical site and extraction system on virgin olive oil (voo) linoleic acid composition and its impact on consumer preference. LINOLEIC ACIDS, page 97.

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  2. Kaouther Ben Hassine, Amani Taamalli, Mourad Ben Slama, Talmoudi Khouloud, Apostolos Kiristakis, Cinzia Benincasa, Enzo Perri, Dhafer Malouche, Mohamed Hammami, Salwa Bornaz, et al. Characterization and preference mapping of autochthonous and introduced olive oil cultivars in tunisia. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 117(1):112–121, 2015.

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  3. Kaouther Ben-Hassine, Amani Taamalli, Sana Ferchichi, Anis Mlaouah, Cinzia Benincasa, Elvira Romano, Guido Flamini, Aida Lazzez, Naziha Grati-Kamoun, Enzo Perri, Dhafer Malouche, and Mohamed Hammami. Physicochemical and sensory characteristics of virgin olive oils in relation to cultivar, extraction system and storage conditions. Food research international, 54(2):1915–1925, 2013.

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  4. Gilbert Yvon Mbesse Kongbonga, Kaouther Ben Hassine, Hassen Ghalila, Dhafer Malouche, et al. Front-face fluorescence using uv-led coupled to usb spectrometer to discriminate between virgin olive oil from two cultivars. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 10(02):119, 2019.

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  5. Habiba Zmerli Triki, Mohamed Laabir, Céline Lafabrie, Dhafer Malouche, Chrystelle Bancon-Montigny, Catherine Gonzalez, Alan Deidun, Olivier Pringault, and Ons Kéfi Daly-Yahia. Do the levels of industrial pollutants influence the distribution and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in the recently-deposited sediment of a mediterranean coastal ecosystem? Science of the Total Environment, 595:380–392, 2017.

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  6. Habiba Zmerli Triki, Ons Kéfi Daly-Yahia, Dhafer Malouche, Yosr Komiha, Alan Deidun, Mouldi Brahim, et al. Distribution of resting cysts of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate alexandrium pseudogonyaulax in recently deposited sediment within bizerte lagoon (mediterranean coast, tunisia). Marine pollution bulletin, 84(1-2):172– 181, 2014.

 

Politics, Surveys

  1. Dhafer Malouche. Arab spring success story: Tunisians vote. Yale Global, 2019.

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  2. Lindsay Benstead, Ellen Lust, Dhafer Malouche, and Jakob Wichmann. Tunisian elections bring hope in uncertain times. Washington Post, 27:2014, 2014.

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  3. Lindsay J Benstead, Ellen M Lust, Dhafer Malouche, Gamal Soltan, and Jakob Wichmann. Winners and losers after arab spring. Yale Global, 2013.

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  4. Lindsay Benstead, E Lust, Dhafer Malouche, Gamal Soltan, and Jakob Wichmann.<a href=“https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/tunisia/2013-02-14/islamists-arent-obstacle” Islamists aren’t the obstacle. Foreign Affairs, 14, 2013.

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  5. Lindsay J Benstead, Ellen Lust, and Dhafer Malouche. Tunisian revolution is work in progress</>. The Epoch Times, 27, 2012.

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  6. Lindsay J Benstead, Kristen Kao, Pierre F Landry, Ellen M Lust, and Dhafer Malouche. Using tablet computers to implement surveys in challenging environments. Survey Practice, 10(2):1–9, 2017.

 

Other topics

  1. P. Ranjanomennahary, S. Sevestre Ghalila, D Malouche, A. Marchadier, M. Rachidi, Cl. Benhamou, and C. Chappard. Comparison of radiograph-based texture analysis and bone mineral density with three-dimensional microarchitecture of trabecular bone. Medical Physics, 38(1):420–428, 2011.

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  2. G. Selmi, Z. B. Azouz, and D. Malouche. The volume radius function: A new descriptor for the segmentation of volumetric medical images. In 2015 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), pages 1–6, Nov 2015.

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  3. Nejla Kerfai, Bahia Bejar Ghadhab, and Dhafer Malouche. Performance measurement and quality costing in tunisian manufacturing companies. The TQM Journal, 28(4):588–596, 2016.

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  4. Khawla Ghribi, Sylvie Sevestre, Zahia Guessoum, Javier Gil-Quijano, Dhafer Malouche, and Anis Youssef. A survey on multi-agent management approaches in the context of intelligent energy systems. In 2014 International Conference on Electrical Sciences and Technologies in Maghreb (CISTEM), pages 1–8. IEEE, 2014.

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  5. I. Mekki, D Malouche, S Smeti, H Hajji, M Mahouachi, Elloumi M, and N Atti. Study of the breeding systems of sheeps in the montagnous area of north-western tunisia. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 31(108), 2019.

 

Preprints

  1. Rim Lahmandi-Ayed, Dhafer Malouche. More investment in Research and Development for better Education in the future? Submitted on 23 Jul 2018.

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  2. Hela Jeddi, Dhafer Malouche, Wage gap between men and women in Tunisia. Submitted on 6 Nov 2015

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  3. Dhafer Malouche, Bala Rajaratnam, Benjamin T. Rolfs.<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2641> Duality in Graphical Models. Submitted on 9 Oct 2013.

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  4. Dhafer Malouche, Bala Rajaratnam. Gaussian Covariance faithful Markov Trees. Submitted on 14 Dec 2009.