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A Novel Susceptibility Locus for Type 1 Diabetes on Chr12q13 Identified by a Genome-Wide Association Study

Hakonarson, H.; Qu, H.; Bradfield, J. P.; Marchand, L.; Kim, C. E.; Glessner, J. T.; Grabs, R.; Casalunovo, T.; Taback, S. P.; Frackelton, E. C.; Eckert, A. W.; Annaiah, K.; Lawson, M. L.; Otieno, George Ochieng; Santa, E.; Shaner, J. L.; Smith, R. M.; Onyiah, C. C.; Skraban, R.; Chiavacci, R. M.; Robinson, L. J.; Stanley, C. A.; Kirsch, S. E.; Devoto, M.; Monos, D. S.; Grant, S. F. A.; Polychronakos, C. (American Diabetes Association, 2008-04)

OBJECTIVE—In stage 1 of our genome-wide association (GWA) study for type 1 diabetes, one locus at 16p13 was detected (P = 1.03 × 10−10) and confirmed in two additional cohorts. Here we describe the results of testing, in ...

Factors Influencing Diffusion of Electronic Medical Records: A Case Study in Three Healthcare Institutions in Japan

Otieno, G. O.; Hosoi, R. (The Health Information Management Association of Australia Limited, 2006)

This study examines the effect of three factors: information technology (IT) skills of healthcare workers, present status of computerisation in their organisations, and workers' attitudes on the diffusion of electronic ...

Sophistication of information technology in healthcare: a comparison among a sample of hospitals in Japan

Otieno, George Ochieng; Toyama, Hinako; Asonuma, Motohiro; Koide, Daisuke; Naitoh, Keiko (Electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2007)

This study examines the level of clinical sophistication of information technology (IT) in a sample of hospitals in Japan and benchmarks the extent of clinical sophistication in Japan with the findings from similar surveys ...

ORMDL3 variants associated with asthma susceptibility in North Americans of European ancestry

Sleiman, P. M. A.; Annaiah, K.; Imielinski, M.; Bradfield, J. P.; Kim, C. E.; Frackelton, E. C.; Glessner, J. T.; Eckert, A. W.; Otieno, F. G.; Santa, E.; Thomas, K.; Smith, R. M.; Glaberson, W.; Garris, M.; Gunnlaugsson, S.; Chiavacci, R. M.; Allen, J.; Spergel, J.; Grundmeier, R.; Grunstein, M. M.; Magnusson, M.; Bisgaard, H.; Grant, S. F. A.; Hakonarson, H. (Elsevier, 2008-12)

High-resolution mapping and analysis of copy number variations in the human genome: a data resource for clinical and research applications

Ochieng, Otieno, George; Shaikh, T.H.; Gai, X.; Perin, J.C.; Glessner, J.T.; Casalunovo, T.; Xie, H.; Murphy, K.; O'Hara, R.; Conlin, L.K.; D'Arcy, M.; Frackelton, E.C.; Geiger, E.A.; Haldeman-Englert, C.; Imielinski, M.; Kim, C.E.; Medne, L.; Annaiah, K.; Bradfield, J.P.; Dabaghyan, E. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2009-09-19)

We present a database of copy number variations (CNVs) detected in 2026 disease-free individuals, using high-density, SNP-based oligonucleotide microarrays. This large cohort, comprised mainly of Caucasians (65.2%) and ...

Food Security Problems in Borabu Division, Nyamira District

Keraka, M. (Food Security Problems in Borabu Division, Nyamira District, 2005-09-13)

This paper highlights the food security problems in Borabu Division, Nyamira District. It focuses on the concept of the relationship between population growth and land use. Secondly, it examines the influence of changing ...

Nurses' views on the use, quality and user satisfaction with electronic medical records: questionnaire development.

Otieno, OG; Toyama, H; Asonuma, M; Kanai - Pak, M; Naitoh K (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2007)

AIM: This paper is a report of the development of an instrument to measure nurses' views on the use, quality and user satisfaction with electronic medical records systems. BACKGROUND: Use of electronic medical records ...

Association analysis of the FTO gene with obesity in children of Caucasian and African ancestry reveals a common tagging SNP

Grant, S.F.; Li, M.; Bradfield, J.P.; Kim, C.E.; Annaiah, K.; Santa, E.; Glessner, J.T.; Casalunovo, T.; Frackelton, E.C.; Otieno, George Ochieng; Shaner, J.L.; Smith, R.M.; Imielinski, M.; Eckert, A. W.; Chiavacci, R. M.; Berkowitz, R.I.; Hakonarson, H. (Public Library of Science, 2008-03)

Recently an association was demonstrated between the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs9939609, within the FTO locus and obesity as a consequence of a genome wide association (GWA) study of type 2 diabetes in adults. ...