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Daily surveillance of COVID-19 using the prospective space-time scan statistic in the United States
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Author
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Delmelle, Eric, Hohl, Alexander, Desjardins, Michael R., Lan, Yu
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 (Disease), Virus diseases--Transmission
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Description
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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...
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Title
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Decoupling behavioral and transcriptional responses to color in an eyeless cnidarian
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Author
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Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Circadian rhythms
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Description
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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...
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Densification without growth management? Evidence from local land development and housing trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Author
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Thill, Jean-Claude, Delmelle, Elizabeth, Zhou, Yuhong
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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North Carolina--Charlotte, City planning
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Description
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In urban America, land development and residential real estate have passed through a number of different phases during the post-WWII era. In contemporary discourse on urban sustainability, attention is often expressed in terms of intensity of land...
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Detection of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 gene deletions in Assosa zone, Ethiopia : implication for malaria diagnosis
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Author
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Janies, Daniel, Blackburn, Kayla, Lopez, Karen, Lo, Eugenia
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Communicable diseases, Malaria
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Description
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Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) targeting histidine rich protein 2(HRP2) are widely used for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infections. Besides PfHRP2, the PfHRP3 antigen contributes to the detection of P. falciparum infections in PfH...
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Diel patterning in the bacterial community associated with the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
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Author
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Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney B., Carrier, Tyler J.
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Biology
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Description
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Microbes can play an important role in the physiology of animals by providing essential nutrients, inducing immune pathways, and influencing the specific species that compose the microbiome through competitive or facilitatory interactions. The com...
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Different approaches, similar results : preparing foreign language teachers to implement high‐leverage teaching practices
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Author
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Kissau, Scott, Davin, Kristin J., Haudeck, Helga, Wang, Chuang
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Language and languages--Study and teaching, Student-centered learning
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Description
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Research has identified 10 high-leverage teaching practices (HLTPs) that can impact student learning of a foreign language. While acknowledging the importance of this work, more research is needed to inform the preparation of novice teachers to en...
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Title
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Digital Humanities Institute 2022 : digital humanities and the environment
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Digital humanities, Education--Environmental aspects, Research--Environmental aspects
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Description
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The theme of this Institute is “Digital Humanities and the Environment.” From the natural environment to pedagogical environments, this year’s institute will meditate on DH’s impact with its surroundings. What are important considerations for ensu...
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Title
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Disproportionality Technical Assistance Tool (DTAT) user's guide
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Author
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Algozzine, Bob, Wang, Chuang
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational evaluation, Special education
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Description
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“One of the most complex issues in the field of special education today, disproportionality refers to the ‘overrepresentation’ and ‘under-representation’ of a particular demographic group in special education programs relative to the presence of t...
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Diverging trends in US summer dewpoint since 1948
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Author
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Scheff, Jacob, Burroughs, James Cody
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Climatic changes, Earth sciences
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Description
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Increases in summer humidity are a basic threat to human survival, because the body cannot shed heat by sweating if absolute humidity is too high. However, climate change trends and patterns of extreme humidity have been much less studied than tho...
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Do social connections impact the health and functioning of persons with dementia?
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Author
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian, Hayslip, Bert, Jr.
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Dementia, Alzheimer's disease
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Description
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A recent scoping review by Joshi and colleagues in the multidisciplinary journal of International Psychogeriatrics reports on the existing empirical evidence of social connections as a possible social determinant of cognitive decline in adults wit...
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Do socioeconomic factors drive Aedes mosquito vectors and their arboviral diseases? A systematic review of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus
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Author
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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
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Subjects--Topical
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Arbovirus infections, Virus diseases--Transmission
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Description
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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...
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Drones and support for the use of force
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Author
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Walsh, James Igoe, Schulzke, Marcus
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, International relations
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Description
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Combat drones are transforming attitudes about the use of military force. Military casualties and the costs of conflict sap public support for war and for political and military leaders. Combat drones offer an unprecedented ability to reduce these...
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Title
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Dynamic aerosol and dynamic air-water interface curvature effects on a 2-Gbit/s free-space optical link using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Song, Haoqian, Zhang, Runzhou, Hu, Nanzhe
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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When an orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) beam propagates through the dynamic air-water interface, the aerosol above the water and the water surface curvature could induce various degradations (e.g., wavefront distortion, beam wandering, scattering, ...
