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Herd immunity
Herd immunity is an important yet often misunderstood concept in epidemiology. As immunity accumulates in a population — naturally during the course of an epidemic or through vaccination — the spread of an infectious disease...
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Herd immunity
Herd immunity is an important yet often misunderstood concept in epidemiology. As immunity accumulates in a population — naturally during the course of an epidemic or through vaccination — the spread of an infectious disease...
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Revisiting How Perceived Uncertainty and Herd Behavior Influence Technology Choice
Understanding how herd behavior occurs in the information systems context is important because such behavior influences many choice decisions, is the reason for some decision anomalies, and explains the reasons behind the rise...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Modelling COVID-19 dynamics and potential for herd immunity by vaccination in Austria, Luxembourg and Sweden.
Françoise Kemp, Daniele Proverbio, Atte Aalto, Laurent Mombaerts, Aymeric Fouquier d'Hérouël, Andreas Husch, Christophe Ley, Jorge Gonçalves, Alexander Skupin, Stefano Magni
Sep 02, 2021
Against the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions have been widely applied and vaccinations have taken off. The upcoming question is how the interplay between vaccinations and social measures will shape infections...
Unmasking herd protection by an oral cholera vaccine in a cluster-randomized trial.
Mohammad Ali, Firdausi Qadri, Deok Ryun Kim, Taufiqul Islam, Justin Im, Faisal Ahmmed, Yun Chon, Ashraful Islam Khan, Khalequ Zaman, Florian Marks, John D Clemens
Apr 18, 2019
BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that inactivated, whole-cell oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) confer both direct protection on vaccinees and herd protection on populations. Because our earlier cluster-randomized effectiveness...
Cholera cluster-randomized trial fried-egg design vaccine effectiveness Administration Oral Adolescent Adult Aged Bangladesh Child Child Preschool Cholera Cholera Vaccines Cluster Analysis Female Humans Immunity Herd Infant Male Middle Aged Poverty Areas Proportional Hazards Models Treatment Outcome Urban Population Vaccination vaccines Inactivated Young Adult
Re-evaluating herd protection by Vi typhoid vaccine in a cluster randomized trial.
Mohammad Ali, Dipika Sur, Suman Kanungo, Firdausi Qadri, Deok Ryun Kim, Taufiqul Islam, Justin Im, Faisal Ahmmed, Yun Chon, Ashraful Islam Khan, K Zaman, Florian Marks, Shanta Dutta, Sujit K Bhattacharya, John D Clemens
Nov 26, 2019
BACKGROUND: In a cluster randomized trial (CRT) of a Vi polysaccharide vaccine against typhoid in the slums of Kolkata we found evidence of vaccine herd protection. However, transmission of typhoid into clusters from the outside...
Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00125008 Vi polysaccharide vaccine Cluster randomized trial fried egg design Typhoid Fever vaccine effectiveness Adolescent Adult Child Child Preschool Cluster Analysis Female Humans Immunity Herd india Male Poverty Areas Typhoid Fever Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
Herd-immunity across intangible borders
Barry Colfer
Nov 07, 2021
The responses to COVID-19 in Ireland and the UK differed, and will have consequences for life in these islands that will extend far beyond the current crisis. Ireland went into lockdown relatively early on 12 March, while after...
Reverse adaptive krill herd locally weighted support vector regression for forecasting and trading exchange traded funds
This study introduces a Reverse Adaptive Krill Herd-Locally Weighted Support Vector Regression (RKH-LSVR) model. The Reverse Adaptive Krill Herd (RKH) algorithm is a novel metaheuristic optimization technique inspired by the...
The Behavioral Effects of Feeding Enrichment on a Zoo-Housed Herd of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Caroline Marie Driscoll
Jan 01, 0001
A comprehensive study on the behavioral effects of feeding enrichment was conducted on six African elephants housed at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC. The herd is comprised of are two adult males, three adult...
Published by: Winthrop University
Reverse adaptive krill herd locally weighted support vector regression for forecasting and trading exchange traded funds
This study introduces a Reverse Adaptive Krill Herd-Locally Weighted Support Vector Regression (RKH-LSVR) model. The Reverse Adaptive Krill Herd (RKH) algorithm is a novel metaheuristic optimization technique inspired by the...
Research on the Influential Factors of Bilingual Teaching Based on Colin Baker Model Case Study of Macroeconomics
Bilingual teaching is the manifestation of the internationalization of high education and the key index of undergraduate teaching evaluation. Based on the modified Colin Baker model and the questionnaire of two universities in...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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Marc Ellman, Mark Leiser, Melissa Forbes, Janine Soper, Erin Callahan, Denelle Godek, Vidya Setty, Tarik Qasim, Brandy McLachlan, Christy Kenny, Todd Brenneman, Geoffrey Mills, Colin Tucker, Amy K. Davenport, Kim Ryan, Jeff Lehrman, Christina Dappollone, Joel Schofer, Charlie Weingroff
Jan 01, 0001
Ursinus Improves in National Rankings Racism in Everywhere The Dawn of a New S.T.A.R. Royersford Teachers Strike Restaurant Night is Back! Stories from Abroad Help, I'm an E-mail Addict! Political Parties, Presidents, and...
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Published by: Ursinus College
Twin Pregnancies in Dairy Cattle
Multiple pregnancies have devastating consequences on the herd economy of dairy cattle. This observational study examines incidence patterns based on data from the ultrasonographic examination of 1130 multiple pregnancies in...
Bioinspired genotype-phenotype linkages
The idea of compartmentalization of genotype and phenotype in cells is key for enabling Darwinian evolution. This contribution describes bioinspired systems that use in vitro compartments-water-in-oil droplets and gel-shell...
Facilitating Programme-Level Assessment Working Teams to Develop Shared Rubrics Across a UG and PG Programme Portfolio in Business Education
This chapter is a reflective study reporting on a College-wide common rubrics initiative in a Technological University (TU) in Ireland. Assessment and feedback are enduring issues for the higher education sector both in Ireland...
classroom management Education Learning Assessment and Measurement Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Dynamics and risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis in the emerging dairy regions of Ethiopia.
GA Mekonnen, AJK Conlan, S Berg, BT Ayele, A Mihret, A Olani, H Asgedom, ETHICOBOTS consortium, JLN Wood, G Ameni
Mar 01, 2021
The Ethiopian government has several initiatives to expand and intensify the dairy industry; however, the risk of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) spread is a challenge. To assess the rate of expansion and risk factors for transmission...
Were there royal herds? Understanding herd management and mobility using isotopic characterizations of cattle tooth enamel from Early Dynastic Ur.
Tina L Greenfield, Augusta M McMahon, Tamsin C O'Connell, Hazel Reade, Chris Holmden, Alexandra C Fletcher, Richard L Zettler, Cameron A Petrie
Jul 16, 2022
During the third millennium BC, Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in modern Iraq-Syria), was dominated by the world's earliest cities and states, which were ruled by powerful elites. Ur, in...
Factors to Consider When Designing Multimedia CBL Tools in Health Professional Programs
Multimedia case studies are effective constructivist instructional tools that can help to design contextually authentic scenarios while also scaffolding instruction to help students move beyond their current skill and knowledge...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The variable prevalence of bovine tuberculosis among dairy herds in Central Ethiopia provides opportunities for targeted intervention.
Gizat Almaw, Andrew J K Conlan, Gobena Ameni, Balako Gumi, Alemseged Alemu, Sintayehu Guta, Solomon Gebre, Abebe Olani, Abebe Garoma, Dereje Shegu, Letebrhan Yimesgen, Demeke Nigussie, James L N Wood, Tamrat Abebe, Adane Mihret, Stefan Berg
Aug 02, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important disease for dairy productivity, as well as having the potential for zoonotic transmission. Previous prevalence studies of bTB in the dairy sector in central Ethiopia have suggested high...
Published by: PLOS ONE
The variable prevalence of bovine tuberculosis among dairy herds in Central Ethiopia provides opportunities for targeted intervention.
Gizat Almaw, Andrew JK Conlan, Gobena Ameni, Balako Gumi, Alemseged Alemu, Sintayehu Guta, Solomon Gebre, Abebe Olani, Abebe Garoma, Dereje Shegu, Letebrhan Yimesgen, Demeke Nigussie, James LN Wood, Tamrat Abebe, Adane Mihret, Stefan Berg, ETHICOBOTS consortium
Aug 03, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important disease for dairy productivity, as well as having the potential for zoonotic transmission. Previous prevalence studies of bTB in the dairy sector in central Ethiopia have suggested high...
A Novel Long and Short-Term Memory Network-Based Krill Herd Algorithm for Explainable Art Sentiment Analysis in Interior Decoration Environment
Zhiqiang Gao
Jan 01, 2023
Aiming at the problem that most existing models of art sentiment analysis only consider text encoding from the word level, this paper proposes a novel long and short-term memory network-based krill herd algorithm for explainable...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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