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Title
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Submicroscopic infection and G6PD deficiency in malaria patients
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Author
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Witherspoon, Logan, Witherspoon, Logan, Kepple, Daniel, Lo, Eugenia, Abagero, Beka
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Date Created
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2022, 2022, 2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Malaria, Public health
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Description
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Plasmodium vivax malaria is a neglected tropical disease, despite being more geographically widespread than any other form of malaria. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a cytosolic enzyme with a vital role for the integrity and functioni...
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Association of sleep attitudes with sleep hygiene, duration, and quality : a survey exploration of the moderating effect of age, gender, race, and perceived socioeconomic status
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Author
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Ruggiero, Aria, Peach, Hannah D., Gaultney, Jane F.
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Subjects--Topical
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Sleep, Public health
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Description
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Objectives: Sleep health is becoming more widely accepted as a possible preventative strategy against chronic disease and negative psychosocial outcomes. It is important to understand whether attitudes towards sleep vary by demographic characteris...
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COVID-19 pandemic severity, lockdown regimes, and people’s mobility : early evidence from 88 countries
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Author
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Thill, Jean-Claude, Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Paul, Kamal Chandra
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Subjects--Topical
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Public health, COVID-19 (Disease), Social distancing (Public health)
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Description
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This study empirically investigates the complex interplay between the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, mobility changes in retail and recreation, transit stations, workplaces, and residential areas, and lockdown measures in 88 countries aroun...
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Comparative phylogenetic studies on Schistosoma japonicum and its snail intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis : origins, dispersal and coevolution
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Author
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Attwood, Stephen W., Ibaraki, Motomu, Saitoh, Yasuhide, Janies, Daniel
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Subjects--Topical
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Parasites, Coevolution, Public health
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Description
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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...
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Gentrification, housing costs, & healthcare accessibility
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Author
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Smithey, Morgan, Banks, Erin, Cao, Nhi
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Public health, Housing policy
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Description
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Rapidly rising home values often accompany gentrification, leading to increased property taxes for homeowners (Ding & Hwang, 2020). Higher property taxes increase the risk of becoming cost-burdened, “in Mecklenburg County, 75% of homeowners earnin...
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Spatial analytics based on confidential data for strategic planning in urban health departments
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Author
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Thill, Jean-Claude, Yonto, Daniel, Issel, L. Michele
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Public health, Data protection
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Description
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Spatial data analytics can detect patterns of clustering of events in small geographies across an urban region. This study presents and demonstrates a robust research design to study the longitudinal stability of spatial clustering with small case...
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Separating features from functionality : a computational analysis of vaccination apps
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Author
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Shaw, George, Nadkarni, Devaki, Phann, Eric, Sielaty, Rachel Ashby
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Mobile apps, Public health
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Description
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Some latest estimates show that approximately 95% of Americans own a smartphone with numerous functions such as SMS text messaging, the ability to take high-resolution pictures, and mobile software apps. Mobile health apps focusing on vaccination ...
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A novel sampling method to measure socioeconomic drivers of Aedes albopictus distribution in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Author
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Whiteman, Ari, Delmelle, Eric, Rapp, Tyler, Chen, Shi
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Public health
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Description
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Climate change, urbanization, and globalization have facilitated the spread of Aedes mosquitoes into regions that were previously unsuitable, causing an increased threat of arbovirus transmission on a global scale. While numerous studies have addr...