On leave from the Institute of Measurement Science

Currently working at the School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA

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Julia Volaufova PhD

Professor

LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health

1600 Canal St.

Room 1119

New Orleans, LA 70112

Fax: +1-504-568-2786

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Degrees

• Graduate Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Natural Sciences - 1974
  Comenius University Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
• RNDr Natural Sciences - 1975
  Comenius University Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
• Ph.D Probability and Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics - 1984
  Comenius University Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Selected Publications

• Volaufová J., On the confidence region of a vector parameter, Mathematica Slovaca 30(2):113--120, 1980.
• Volaufová J., Estimation of polynomials in the regression model, Aplikace matematiky 27(3):223--231, 1982.
• Volaufová J. and Kubácek L, Locally and uniformly best estimators in replicated regression model, Aplikace matematiky 28(5):386--390, 1983.
• Kleffe J. and Volaufová J, Optimality of the sample variance --- covariance matrix in repeated measurement designs, Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series A 47(1):90--99, 1985.
• Volaufová J, Estimation of parameters of mean and variance in two stage linear models, Aplikace matematiky 32(1):1--8, 1987.
• Volaufová J. and Volauf P, Estimation of quadratic function of parameter of mean, Aplikace matematiky 34:155-160, 1989.
• Volaufová J. and Witkovsky V, Least squares and minimum MSE estimators of variance components in mixed linear models, Biometrical Journal 33(8):923--36, 1991.
• Volaufová J. and Witkovský V, Estimation of variance components in mixed linear models, Applications of Mathematics 37(2):139--148, 1992.
• Volaufová J., On the variance of two-stage estimator in variance-covariance components model, Applications of Mathematics 38(1):1--9, 1993.
• Volaufová J., MINQUE of variance components in replicated and multivariate linear model with linear restrictions, QÜESTIIÓ 17(2):183--201, 1993.
• Volaufová J and Komorník, J, Weighted multivariate regression estimates solved by random effects approach., Biometrical Journal 36(3):275--283, 1994.
• Kubáček L., Kubáčková L, and Volaufová J, Statistical Models with Linear Structures. Veda, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences pp.iv+471, 1995.
• Bognarova M., Kubacek L., Volaufová J, Comparison of MINQUE and LMVQUIE by simulation, Acta Univ. Palacki. Olomouc. Fac. Rer. Nat., Mathematica 35:25-38, 1996.
• Volaufová J and LaMotte LR, A note on invariant quadratics, Linear Algebra and Its Applications 264:247-253, 1997.
• Rybkin II, You Zhou, Volaufova J, GN Smagin, DH Ryan, and RBS Harri, The effect of restraint stress on food intake and body weight is determined by time of day, Am. J. Physiol R1612-R1622, 1997.
• Volaufová J, Note on the estimation of parameters of mean and variance in n-stage linear models, Aplikace matematiky 33(1):41--48, 1998.
• LaMotte LR and Volaufová J, Prediction Intervals via Consonant Intervals, The Statistician 48 Part 3:419-424, 1999.
• Borne, A.T., AA Truett, MP Monteiro, Volaufova, J., and West, D.B, Changes in skeletal muscle vascular resistance with weight gain: associations with insulin and sympathetic activity, Obes.Res 7(1): 68-75, 1999.
• Ryan Donna H., George A. Bray, Fred Helmcke, Gary Sander, Julia Volaufova, Frank Greenway, Pramilla Subramaniam, and D. Luke Glancy, Serial echocardiographic and clinical evaluation of valvular regurgitation before, during and after treatment with fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine and mazindol or phentermine, Obesity Research 7(4):313—323, 1999.
• 25. George A. Bray, Julia Volaufova, Jean-Pierre Flatt, James P. Delany, Catherine M. Champagne, Corrctive Responses in Human Food Intake Identified from an Analysis of 7-day Food Intake Records, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 200.
• Smith SR, De Jonge L, Zachwieja J, Roy H, Tuong Nguyen, Rood J, Windhauser M, Volaufova J, and Bray GA, Concurrent physical activity increases fat oxidation during the shift to a high-fat diet1-3, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 72:131-8, 2000.
• Bray, G.A., Harsha, D.W., Volaufova, J., Alfonso, A., Obarzanek E., Moore, T., Pao-Wva Lin, Appel, L., Karanja, N., and Wollmer, W, Relation of Body Composition to Blood Pressure, Lipids, Glucose, and Insulin in the DASH Study., Submitted for publication , 2000.
• Bray, G.A., J.P. DeLany, D.W. Harsha, J. Volaufova and C.C. Champagne., Champagne. Evaluation of body fat in fatter and leaner 10 y old African American and white children: the Baton Rouge Children's Study, Am J Clin Nutr 73:687 702, 2001.
• Smith, S.R., deJonge, L., Zachweija, J.J., Volaufova, J., and Bray, G.A, Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption: Interaction with Dietary Fat Content, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise , 2001.
• A. M. Brown, D. K. Mayfield, J. Volaufova and G, Argyropoulos: The gene structure and minimal promoter of the human agouti related protein, Gene 277 1-2 231-8, 2001.
• Smith, K.B., Volaufova, J., and West, D.B, Increased flavor preference and lick aktivitiy for sucrose and corn oil in SWR/J versus AKR/J mice, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 281(2):R596 606, 2001.
• Smith, S.R., Lovejoy, J.C., Greenway, F, Ryan, D.H., deJonge, L., de la Bretonne, J., Volaufova, J., and Bray, G.A.., Contributions of total body fat, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue compartments, and visceral adipose tissue to the metabolic complications of obesity, Metabolism Vol 50, No 4 425-435, 2001.
• Volaufová J, Some estimation problems in a two-stage linear model - revisited, Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications 22:171 – 178, 2001.
• Richards Smith, BK., Belton BN., Poole AC., Mancuso JJ., Churchill GA., Li R., Volaufova J, Zuberi A, and York B, QTL analysis of self-selected macronutrient diet intake: fat, carbohydrate, and total kilocalories, Pysiol Genomics 11: 205-217, 2002.
• Bray GA, Lovejoy JC, Most-Windhauser M, Smith SR, Volaufova J, Denkins Y, de Jonge L, Rood J, Lefevre M, Eldridge AL, Peters JC, A 9-mo randomized clinical trial comparing fat-substituted and fat-reduced diets in healthy obese men: the Ole Study., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 76 (5): 928-934, 2002.
• Roy, H.J., Windhauser Most, M., Sparti A., Lovejoy, J.C., Volaufova, J., Peters, J.C., and Bray G.A, Effect on body weight of replacing dietary fat with Olestra for two or ten weeks in healthy men and women, Journal of the American College of Nutrition 21 (3): 259-267, 2002.
• Berthaud Hans-Rudolf, Henning Grant, Campbell Matthew, Volaufova Julia, and Costa Marcello, Video-based spatio-temporal maps for analysis of gastric motility in vitro: effects of vagal simulation in guinea pigs, Neurogastroenterology & Motility , 2002.
• DeLany, J.P., Bray, G.A., Harsha, D.W., Volaufova, J, Energy expenditure in preadolescent African American and white boys and girls: the Baton Rouge Children's Study, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75 (4): 705-713, 2002.
• Bray, G.A., J.P. DeLany, D.W. Harsha, J. Volaufova and C.C. Champagne., Prediction of body fat in 12-y-old African American and white children: evaluation of methods, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 76 (5): 980-990, 2002.
• Champagne CM, Bray GA, Kurtz AA, Monteiro JBR, Tucker E, Volaufova J, Delany JP, Energy intake and energy expenditure: A controlled study comparing dietitians and non-dietitians, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102 (10): 1428-1432, 2002.
• Smith SR, Lovejoy JC, Rood J, Windhauser M, Wickersham PJ, Volaufova J, Ryan D, Tulley R, Bray GA, Effects of triiodothyronine on bone metabolism in healthy ambulatory men, Thyroid 13(4):357-364, 2003.
• Brenda K. Smith Richards, Brenda N. Belton, Barbara York, Julia Volaufova, Short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) deficiency in mice alters postingestive but not immediate (5s) orosensory response to dietary fat, American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology , 2003.
• George A. Bray, Julia Volaufova, Jean-Pierre Flatt, James P. Delany, Catherine M. Champagne, Corrctive Responses in Human Food Intake Identified from an Analysis of 7-day Food Intake Records, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 2003.
• Waters WF, Magill RA, Bray GA, Volaufova J, Smith SR, Lieberman HR, Hurry M, Anderson T, Ryan DH, A comparison of tyrosine, against phentermine, caffeine, and d-amphetamine during sleep deprivation, Nutritional Neuroscience 6(4):221-235, 2003.
• Magill RA, Waters WF, Bray GA, Volaufova J, Smith SR, Lieberman HR, McNevin N, Ryan DH, Effects of tyrosine, phentermine, caffeine, d-amphetamine, and placebo on cognitive and motor performance deficits during sleep deprivation, Nutritional Neuroscience 6(4):237-246, 2003.
• DeLany, J., Bray, G.A., Harsha, D.W., Volaufova J, Energy expenditure in African American and White boys and girls in the 2-year follow-up of the Baton Rouge Children’s study, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79:268-73, 2004.
• Volaufová J, Some estimation problems in multistage linear models., Linear Algebra and Its Applications 388: 389-397, 2004.