Journal of Applied Statistics - Volume 35 - Issue 12 - 2008

	Assessing the association between two spatial or temporal sequences 1323 – 1343 Author: Ronny Vallejos
	Optimization of parameters for the fabrication of gelatin nanoparticles by the Taguchi robust design method 1345 – 1353 Authors: M. Jahanshahi; M. H. Sanati; Z. Babaei
	The large-sample performance of backwards variable elimination 1355 – 1370 Author: Peter C. Austin
	Point and confidence interval estimates for a global maximum via extreme value theory 1371 – 1381 Author: Shaul K. Bar-Lev
	Semiparametric estimation for the dispersion parameter in the analysis of over- or underdispersed count data 1383 – 1397 Author: Krishna K. Saha
	Some robust parameter designs from orthogonal arrays 1399 – 1408 Authors: P. Angelopoulos; C. Koukouvinos
	On adaptive linear regression 1409 – 1422 Authors: Arnab Maity; Michael Sherman
Book Reviews
	BOOK REVIEW 1423 – 1424 Author: Jacques A. Pienaar
	BOOK REVIEW 1425 – 1426 Author: Jacques A. Pienaar
Original Articles
	BOOK REVIEW 1427 – 1428 Author: Stuart Barber