Publications

Munahil Ilyas Muhammad, Aisha Al-Khinji, Mayasa Al-Ansari, Najlaa Al-Marri, Shahad Al-Shaheen, Dhafer Malouche (2026). Allele-stratified activity of RAS inhibitors in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis. Cancers.

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Ghalya Al Tamimi, Noora Al-Korbi, Hissa Al-Kuwari, Deema Al Rewaily, Mohammed Al-Matwi, Ahmad Haj Bakri, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari (2026). Autoimmune disorders and cardiovascular disease: a matched cross-sectional analysis of disease-specific associations in Qatari primary care. Am. Heart J. Plus.

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Hadeel Alashwal, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Hissa Al-Kuwari, Farwa Bismi, Nada A. Maki, Taghreed Abunada, Dhafer Malouche (2026). Bayesian and frequentist meta-analysis of GCB-classification heterogeneity in TP53-reporting DLBCL cohorts at small k: an applied case study with reporting guidance. BMC Med. Res. Methodol..

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Daria Mizza, Khalil ElKhodary, Dhafer Malouche, Mohammed Al-Mousa (2026). Multi-Modal Virtual Reality in Engineering Education: A Design Case Study of Fostering Situational Interest Through Project-Based Learning. iJEP 16(5), 4–27.

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Azza Naija, Omnia Mohamed, Dhafer Malouche, Sumaya Abiib (2026). Global Phthalate Occurrence and Risk Assessment in Drinking Water: A Comprehensive Bayesian and Probabilistic Approach. Sci. Total Environ..

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Ahmad Haj Bakri, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari (2026). Differential laboratory monitoring in autoimmune disease: a matched case-control study from Qatar primary care. J. Transl. Med..

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Alham Al-Sharman, Hanan Khalil, Dhafer Malouche, Saddam Kanaan, Meeyoung Kim, Nabil Saad, Marah Abdelrazeq (2026). Directional Symptom Dependencies in Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease: A Comparative Bayesian Network Analysis. JMDH.

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche (2026). Probabilistic pathways from chronic pain to suicidal ideation in Qatar: a Bayesian-Network study. J. Transl. Med. 24, 899.

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche, Noof Al-Thani, Azza Mustafa, Jazeel Abdulmajeed, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari (2026). Hematological abnormalities in clinically diagnosed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: prevalence, clinical correlates, and fibrosis risk in a case–control study from Qatar. Front. Med..

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Chaker Mzoughi, Dhafer Malouche (2026). Legislating the Future: Statistical Foresight as a Foundation for Anticipatory Law. KILAW 2026. Forthcoming

Aisha Al-Khinji, Muna Yusuf, Noof Al-Thani, Hadeel Al Ashwal, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Hissa Al-Kuwari, Aida Habib, Dhafer Malouche (2026). Why TP53 expression varies in lymphoma: insights from a Bayesian meta-analysis. J. Clin. Transl. Sci..

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Muna Yusuf, Hadeel Al Ashwal, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Aida Habib, Dhafer Malouche, Mohammed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Ahmad Haj Bakri (2026). Translating vaccine durability data into personalized protection for autoimmune disease populations. J. Clin. Transl. Sci..

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Abdullatif Al-Hor, Aisha Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche, Mohammed Al-Kuwari (2026). Comparative cardiovascular risk burden across autoimmune diseases: evidence from a primary care cohort. J. Clin. Transl. Sci..

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Hessa Al Kuwari, Aisha Al-Khinji, Dana Al-Hamed, Alanoud Al Hor, Dhafer Malouche, Javaid Iqbal (2025). NOTCH1 mutation status as a prognostic biomarker in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer.

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Daria Mizza, Mike Reese, Dhafer Malouche (2025). Flipped classroom evaluation and blended learning potential a case study of engagement and inclusion in quantitative education. Smart Learning Environments.

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Aisha Al-Khinji, Noora Al-Korbi, Sheikha Al-Kuwari, Abdullatif Al-Hor, Dhafer Malouche (2025). Immune checkpoint inhibitors in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta analysis of clinical outcomes. Frontiers in Oncology.

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Aisha Ahmad M. A. Al-Khinji, Dhafer Malouche (2025). Modeling Chronic Pain Interconnections Using Bayesian Networks, Insights from the Qatar Biobank Study. Frontiers in Pain Research.

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Hanan Khalil, Dhafer Malouche, et al. (2024). The Comparative Ability of Five Mobility and Balance Outcome Measures in Predicting the Risk of Falls in People with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.

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Ashraf Gad, Dhafer Malouche, et al. (2024). Impact of birth weight to placental weight ratio and other perinatal risk factors on left ventricular dimensions in newborns a prospective cohort analysis. Journal of Perinatal Medicine.

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Hanan Khalil, Dhafer Malouche, et al. (2024). Factors Affecting the Quality of Sleep and Physical Activity Participation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients A Path Analysis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.

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Dhafer Malouche (2023). Describing Conditional Independence Statements Using Undirected Graphs. Axioms.

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Ibtihel Rebhi, Dhafer Malouche (2023). SensMap R package and SensMapGUI shiny web application for sensory and consumer data mapping, Variations on external preference mapping and stability assessment. Journal of Sensory Studies.

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María Losada-Echeberría, Gustavo Naranjo, Dhafer Malouche, Amani Taamalli, Enrique Barrajón-Catalán, Vicente Micol (2023). Influence of drying temperature and harvesting season on phenolic content and antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of olive (Olea europaea) leaf extracts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(1), 54.

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Kaouther Ben‐Hassine, Amani Taamalli, Leila Rezig, Islem Yangui, Cinzia Benincasa, Dhafer Malouche, Naziha Kamoun, Wissem Mnif (2022). Effect of processing technology on chemical, sensory, and consumers' hedonic rating of seven olive oil varieties. Food Science & Nutrition, 10(3), 863–878.

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Kaouther Ben-Hassine, Islem Yangui, Wissem Mnif, Ameni Taamalli, Cinzia Benincasa, Naziha Kamoun, Dhafer Malouche (2022). Chemometric analysis and physicochemical composition of foreign and Tunisian olive oil: consumer preferences. Journal of Food Quality, 2022, 3981028.

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Olfa Saidi, Dhafer Malouche, and others (2021). Impact of contact tracing, respect of isolation, and lockdown in reducing the number of cases infected with COVID-19. Case study, Tunisia's response from March 22 to May 4, 2020. International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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Dhafer Malouche (2021). Implications of Faithfulness in Graphical Models. Sankhya B.

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Safa Salem, Dhafer Malouche, Habiba Ben Romdhane (2019). Tunisian population quality of life: a general analysis using SF-36. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 25(9), 613–621.

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

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Olfa Saidi, Said Hajem, Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri, Nadia Ben Mansour, Mohamed Hsairi, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Julia Critchley, Dhafer Malouche, Martin O’Flaherty, Radhouane Fakhfakh (2019). Premature mortality attributable to smoking among Tunisian men in 2009. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 17.

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Gilbert Yvon Mbesse Kongbonga, Kaouther Ben-Hassine, Hassen Ghalila, Dhafer Malouche (2019). Front-face fluorescence using UV-LED coupled to USB spectrometer to discriminate between virgin olive oil from two cultivars. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 10(2), 119–127.

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Olfa Saidi, Nada Zoghlami, Kathleen E. Bennett, Paola Andrea Mosquera, Dhafer Malouche, Simon Capewell, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Martin O’Flaherty (2019). 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.

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Olfa Saidi, Martin O’Flaherty, Nada Zoghlami, Dhafer Malouche, Simon Capewell, Julia A. Critchley, Piotr Bandosz, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Maria Guzman Castillo (2019). 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, 2123079.

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H. Khlaifi, D. Istrate, J. Demongeot, Dhafer Malouche (2018). Swallowing sound recognition at home using GMM. IRBM, 39(6), 407–412.

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

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Khouloud Talmoudi, Hedia Bellali, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Marc Saez, Dhafer Malouche, Mohamed Kouni Chahed (2017). 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.

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Habiba Zmerli Triki, Mohamed laabir, Céline Lafabrie, Dhafer Malouche, Chrystelle Bancon-Montigny, Catherine Gonzalez, Alan Deidun, Olivier Pringault, Ons Kéfi Daly-Yahia (2017). 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.

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

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

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Ibtihel Rebhi, Dhafer Malouche (2017). An approach for external preference mapping improvement by denoising consumer rating data. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 8(12), 500–508.

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

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Safa Aouinti, Véronique Giudicelli, Patrice Duroux, Dhafer Malouche, Sofia Kossida, Marie-Paule Lefranc (2016). 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.

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Safa Aouinti, Dhafer Malouche, Véronique Giudicelli, Sofia Kossida, Marie-Paule Lefranc (2016). Correction: 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, 11(1), e0146702.

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O Saidi, Dhafer Malouche, M O'Flaherty, N Ben Mansour, H A Skhiri, H Ben Romdhane, L Bezdah (2016). Assessment of cardiovascular risk in Tunisia: applying the Framingham risk score to national survey data. BMJ Open, 6(11), e009195.

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Ghassen Selmi, Zouhour Ben Azouz, Dhafer Malouche (2015). The volume radius function: a new descriptor for the segmentation of volumetric medical images. 2015 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), 1–6.

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Safa Aouinti, Dhafer Malouche, Véronique Giudicelli, Sofia Kossida, Marie-Paule Lefranc (2015). 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.

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

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

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M. Karâoud, Dhafer Malouche, N. Bouafif (2014). Méthodologie de l'analyse de la relation température–mortalité en Tunisie. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 62, S141–S142 (congress abstract).

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M. Karâoud, Dhafer Malouche, N. Ben Alaya (2014). Mortalité et température journalière en Tunisie : une étude multi-région. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 62, S218 (congress abstract).

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M. Karâoud, N. Bouafif ép Ben Alaya, Dhafer Malouche (2014). Les effets de la température sur la mortalité chez les personnes âgées en Tunisie. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 62, S219–S220 (congress abstract).

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M. Karâoud, N. Bouafif, Dhafer Malouche, C. Kouni, N. Achour (2014). 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 (congress abstract).

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Habiba Zmerli Triki, Ons Kéfi Daly-Yahia, Dhafer Malouche, Yosr Komiha, Alan Deidun, Mouldi Brahim, Mohamed laabir (2014). 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.

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Kaouther Ben-Hassine, Milad El Riachy, Amani Taamalli, Dhafer Malouche, Mohamed Ayadi, Khouloud Talmoudi, Maroua Aouini, Yosra Jlassi, Cinzia Benincasa, Elvira Romano, Enzo Perri, Apostolos Kiristakis, Mokhtar Hamdi, Naziha Grati‐Kammoun, Mohamed Hammami (2014). Consumer discrimination of Chemlali and Arbequina olive oil cultivars according to their cultivar, geographical origin, and processing system. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 116(7), 812–824.

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

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

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S. Aouinti, H. Mallek, Dhafer Malouche, O. Saidi, O. Lassouedi, F. Hentati, H. B. Romdhane (2013). Graphical interaction models to extract predictive risk factors of the cost of managing stroke in Tunisia. 2013 International Conference on Computer Medical Applications (ICCMA), 1–6.

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R. Fehri, H. Rifi, A. Alboueiri, Dhafer Malouche, M. Ayadi, H. Rais, A. Mezlini (2013). Carcinoma of unknown primary: retrospective study of 437 patients treated at Salah Azaiez Institute. La Tunisie Médicale, 91(3), 205–208.

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K. B. Hassine, A. Taamalli, Dhafer Malouche, N. Kammoun, A. Lazzez, C. Benincasa, M. Bouaziz (2012). Influence of variety, geographical site and extraction system on virgin olive oil (VOO) linoleic acid composition and its impact on consumer preference. Linoleic Acids, 97.

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Dhafer Malouche, Bala Rajaratnam (2011). Gaussian covariance faithful Markov trees. Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2011.

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

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I. Arfa, S. Nouira, A. Abid, N. A. Bouafif-Ben, M. M. Zorgati, Dhafer Malouche, H. R. Ben (2010). Lack of association between renin-angiotensin system (RAS) polymorphisms and hypertension in Tunisian type 2 diabetics. La Tunisie Médicale, 88(1), 38–41.

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I. Arfa, S. Nouira, A. Abid, N. B.-B. Alaya, M. Zorgati, Dhafer Malouche, H. B. Romdhane (2010). 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.

A. Ghouila, H. Jmel, S. Yahia, Dhafer Malouche, S. Abdelhak (2009). Multi-SOM: a novel clustering approach for gene expression analysis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 9(3), 374 (congress abstract).

Dhafer Malouche (2009). Mixed graphical model selection using Holm's procedure. Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, 38(9), 1453–1464.

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

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

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Imen Arfa, Abdelmajid Abid, Sonia Nouira, Houda Elloumi-Zghal, Dhafer Malouche, Imen Mannai, Mohamed Majdi Zorgati, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Ahmed Rebai, Béchir Zouari, Slim Ben Ammar, Mohamed Chiheb Ben Rayana, Slama Hmida, Samira Blousa-Chabchoub, Sonia Abdelhak (2008). 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.

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Dhafer Malouche, S. Sevestre-Ghalila (2008). Estimating high dimensional faithful Gaussian graphical models by low-order conditioning. Proceedings of the 26th IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 595–025.

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

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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, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Béchir Zouari, Mohamed Koussay Dellagi, Sonia Abdelhak (2007). Familial aggregation and excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes in Tunisia. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 83(979), 348–351.

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Gérard Letac, Dhafer Malouche, Stefan Maurer (2002). 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.

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Gérard Letac, Dhafer Malouche (2000). The Markov chain associated to a Pick function. Probability Theory and Related Fields, 118(4), 439–454.

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

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Dhafer Malouche (1997). 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.

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