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Title: Comparative phylogenetic studies on Schistosoma japonicum and its snail intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis : origins, dispersal and coevolution
Author: Attwood, Stephen W., Ibaraki, Motomu, Saitoh, Yasuhide, Janies, Daniel
Subjects--Topical: Parasites, Coevolution, Public health
Description: Schistosoma japonicum causes major public health problems in China and the Philippines; this parasite, which is transmitted by freshwater snails of the species Oncomelania hupen- sis, causes the disease intestinal schistosomiasis in humans and cat...

Title: Computational assessment of magnetic nanoparticle targeting efficiency in a simplified Circle of Willis arterial model
Author: Hewlin, Rodward L., Jr., Tindall, Joseph
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Cardiovascular system--Diseases, Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Treatment
Description: This paper presents the methodology and computational results of simulated medical drug targeting (MDT) via induced magnetism intended for administering intravenous patient-specific doses of therapeutic agents in a Circle of Willis (CoW) model. Th...

Title: Computational design analysis of a hydrokinetic horizontal parallel stream direct drive counter-rotating Darrieus turbine system : a phase one design analysis study
Author: Hewlin, Rodward L., Jr., Crooks, John M., Williams, Wesley
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Computational fluid dynamics, Renewable energy sources
Description: This paper introduces a phase one computational design analysis study of a hydrokinetic horizontal parallel stream direct-drive (no gear box) counter-rotating Darrieus turbine system. This system consists of two Darrieus rotors that are arranged i...

Title: Consistency analysis of redundant probe sets on Affymetrix three-prime expression arrays and applications to differential mRNA processing
Author: Loraine, Ann, Cui, Xiangqin
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression, Nucleic acids
Description: Affymetrix three-prime expression microarrays contain thousands of redundant probe sets that interrogate different regions of the same gene. Differential expression analysis methods rarely consider probe redundancy, which can lead to inaccurate in...

Title: County-level socioeconomic status adjustment of acute myocardial infarction mortality hospital performance measure in the U.S.
Author: Gunn, Laura, Daley, Sean, Kajendrakumar, Bakthameera, Nandhakumar, Samyuktha, Personett, Christine, Sholes, Michael, Thapa, Swornim, Xue, Chen, Korvink, Michael
Subjects--Topical: Myocardial infarction, Hospital care
Description: The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Hospital Compare (HC) data provides a collection of risk-adjusted hospital performance metrics intended to allow comparison of hospital-provided care. However, CMS does not adjust for so...

Title: Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment
Author: Sorrell, Melanie, Norton, Derek R., McAdams, Jeff, Winterling, Rachael, Dipple, Kathleen
Subjects--Topical: People with visual disabilities, Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities, Academic libraries
Description: An online exhibit accessible by people with a visual impairment was created to accompany a university library’s physical exhibit of microscopic images generated by researchers on campus as “scientific art.” This online exhibit consisted of a Web p...

Title: Crisis for the university student : changing student housing and growing cost burden
Author: Wood, Connor, Schuch, Johanna Claire
Subjects--Topical: Student housing, Housing--Costs, Education, Higher
Description: College cost burden and student debt are among the most pressing discussions in contemporary US society. This conversation has largely been focused on changes in tuition and fees. While this is important, over 60% of the college cost at four-year ...

Title: Culturally appropriate peer-led behavior support program for African Americans with type 2 diabetes
Author: Okoro, Florence, Veri, Shelby, Davis, Valencia
Subjects--Topical: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes, Medical care
Description: Current literature poorly defines the specific ways trained peer supporter influences health care behaviors. This study attempts to identify the key defining features of a culturally appropriate peer support program for African Americans with type...

Title: Current perspectives of telomerase structure and function in eukaryotes with emerging views on telomerase in human parasites
Author: Chakrabarti, Kausik, Dey, Abhishek
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Evolution (Biology)
Description: Replicative capacity of a cell is strongly correlated with telomere length regulation. Aberrant lengthening or reduction in the length of telomeres can lead to health anomalies, such as cancer or premature aging. Telomerase is a master regulator f...

Title: Cytosolic DNA sensors and CNS responses to viral pathogens
Author: Marriott, Ian, Jeffries, Austin
Subjects--Topical: DNA, Virus diseases
Description: Viral central nervous system (CNS) infections can lead to life threatening encephalitis and long-term neurological deficits in survivors. Resident CNS cell types, such as astrocytes and microglia, are known to produce key inflammatory and antivira...

Title: Daily surveillance of COVID-19 using the prospective space-time scan statistic in the United States
Author: Delmelle, Eric, Hohl, Alexander, Desjardins, Michael R., Lan, Yu
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Virus diseases--Transmission
Description: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first discovered in late 2019 in Wuhan City, China. The virus may cause novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in symptomatic in- dividuals. Since December of 2019, there have...

Title: Decomposing dynamical couplings in mutated scFv antibody fragments into stabilizing and destabilizing effects
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Ramaprasad, Azhagiya Singam Ettayapuram, Uddin, Shahid, Casas-Finet, Jose
Subjects--Topical: Amino acid sequence, Immunoglobulins
Description: Conformational fluctuations within scFv antibodies are characterized by a novel perturbation-response decomposition of molecular dynamics trajectories. Both perturbation and response profiles are stratified into stabilizing and destabilizing condi...

Title: Decoupling behavioral and transcriptional responses to color in an eyeless cnidarian
Author: Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression, Circadian rhythms
Description: Background Animals have specific molecular, physiological, and behavioral responses to light that are influenced by wavelength and intensity. Predictable environmental changes – predominantly solar and lunar cycles – drive endogenous daily oscilla...

Title: Do socioeconomic factors drive Aedes mosquito vectors and their arboviral diseases? A systematic review of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus
Author: Delmelle, Eric, Whiteman, Ari, Loaiza, Jose R., Yee, Donald A., Poh, Karen C., Watkins, Alexandria S., Lucas, Keira J., Rapp, Tyler J., Kline, Lillie, Ahmed, Ayman, Chen, Shi, Oguzie, Judith Uche
Subjects--Topical: Arbovirus infections, Virus diseases--Transmission
Description: As the threat of arboviral diseases continues to escalate worldwide, the question of, “What types of human communities are at the greatest risk of infection?” persists as a key gap in the existing knowledge of arboviral diseases transmission dynam...

Title: Editorial : integrative learning in US undergraduate public health education : effective high-impact practices
Author: Harver, Andrew, Hein, Katie Darby, Petersen, Donna J., Rhodes, Terrel L., 1949-
Subjects--Topical: Public health--Study and teaching (Higher), Interdisciplinary approach in education
Description: Editorial

Title: Effect of local norms on racial and ethnic representation in gifted education
Author: Matthews, Michael S., 1968-, Peters, Scott J., Rambo-Hernandez, Karen, Plucker, Jonathan A.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education--Research, Gifted children--Education, Racism in schools
Description: Educators have sought to understand and address the disproportional representation of students from certain student subgroups in gifted education. Most gifted identification decisions are made with national comparisons where students must score ab...

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid adults report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of adult enrollees in CCNC networks
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Mbugua, Anne, Barbato, David
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Managed Care, North Carolina, Survey
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC adult managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid adults report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of adult enrollees in CCNC networks
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Mbugua, Anne, Barbato, David
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Managed Care, North Carolina, Survey
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC adult managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid children report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of child enrollees in CCNC network
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Barbato, David, Mbugua, Anne
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Survey, Managed Care, North Carolina
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC child managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: Examining the social and emotional consequences of the inequity of access to gifted programs : a study using PRISMA methods
Author: Eident, Canaan, Matthews, Michael S., 1968-, Gilson, Cindy M., Byker, Erik Jon
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Gifted children--Education, Educational equalization
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the social and emotional consequences of the inequity of access to gifted programs in the United States’ school system. To complete this study, we used a modified version of the Preferred Reporting Items fo...