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2022-02-07_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 216 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (139 Emergency Departments (ED), 77 Urgent Cares) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, triage notes, …

2022-02-07_Michigandaily_Covidmap, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Daily Michigan COVID-19 Update

The "WHERE WE STAND WITH COVID-19" map was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated daily at 3p.m., Monday - Saturday.

The State of Michigan is working around the clock to test and treat COVID-19 patients. Below is the most recent data healthcare experts across the state have compiled.

The image contained a map, indicating total cases by county, and also provides statistics on Total Confirmed Cases, Total COVID-19 Deaths, Daily Confirmed Cases, and Daily COVID-19 Deaths. There …

2022-02-07_Michiganoverview_Covidcounts, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by Date of Onset Data

Data was downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet which appeared in the Public Use Datasets section under the Cumulative Data link of Michigan's Coronavirus webpage, under the url https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html.

Cases are aggregated by the date of onset of COVID-19 symptoms, if known, otherwise by laboratory specimen date if known, otherwise by case referral date. Deaths are aggregated by the date of death if known, otherwise by the last date of a change to the case status.

Waste Nanomaterial-Modified Asphalt For Economic And Sustainable Pavement Construction, Ali Y. Aboelmagd, Safwan Khedr, Ghada S. Moussa, El-Sayed M. Abdalla

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper aims to evaluate the possibility of using nanosilica fume as an economic and a viable alternative to high-cost nanomaterials as a prelude to the large-scale use of nanomaterials in the pavement. Therefore, nanosilica fume (NSF), as an industrial waste material, was employed at low contents (2, 4, 6, and 8%) and high contents (20, 30, 40, and 50%) by asphalt weight as modifying additives to asphalt binder. The chemically prepared nanosilica (NS), as a high-cost nanomaterial, was employed at the contents of 2, 4, and 6% by asphalt weight for comparison purposes. Transmission electronic microscopy was used for …

Building Knowledge Beyond Our Experience: Integrating Sustainable Development Goals Into Ijpr’S Research Future, Joseph Sarkis, Sherwat Ibrahim

Faculty Journal Articles

The United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) are now entering their decade of action. We are supporting this decade by further encouraging the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) and its scholarly community to lead on contributing to global SDGs through research, knowledge development, and dissemination. There are islands of excellence that are evident from the past 60 years of IJPR research – especially in ecologically sustainable production-related SDG. There are also serious SDG gaps – for example, general environmental, gender, and inclusiveness research – that can provide additional insights that can greatly advance the IJPR disciplines. This thematic analysis …

2022-02-04_Michigandaily_Covidmap, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Daily Michigan COVID-19 Update

The "WHERE WE STAND WITH COVID-19" map was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated daily at 3p.m., Monday - Saturday.

The State of Michigan is working around the clock to test and treat COVID-19 patients. Below is the most recent data healthcare experts across the state have compiled.

The image contained a map, indicating total cases by county, and also provides statistics on Total Confirmed Cases, Total COVID-19 Deaths, Daily Confirmed Cases, and Daily COVID-19 Deaths. There …

2022-02-04_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 216 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (139 Emergency Departments (ED), 77 Urgent Cares) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, triage notes, …

Data For "Agency, Benevolence And Justice", Prithvijit Mukherjee, J. Dustin Tracy

ESI Data Sets

We test for social norms regarding how agents should select between risky prospects for principals, including norms consistent with beneficence and justice propositions from Adam Smith. We elicit norms from subjects serving as "impartial spectator[s]" about choice of risky prospect selected by the agents. We find strong evidence for the existence of norms, consistent with the Smith propositions. Furthermore we find that agents are more likely to select more normative options. In contrast, we find that principals' allocation for bonuses depends on the realization of the risky prospect rather than whether the agents choice was consistent with the norm.

2022-02-02_Michigandaily_Covidmap, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Daily Michigan COVID-19 Update

The "WHERE WE STAND WITH COVID-19" map was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated daily at 3p.m., Monday - Saturday.

The State of Michigan is working around the clock to test and treat COVID-19 patients. Below is the most recent data healthcare experts across the state have compiled.

The image contained a map, indicating total cases by county, and also provides statistics on Total Confirmed Cases, Total COVID-19 Deaths, Daily Confirmed Cases, and Daily COVID-19 Deaths. There …

Reproductive Diapause In The Ladybird Beetle Cycloneda Munda, John J. Obrycki

Lady Beetle Research Data

Adult Cycloneda munda were collected from Fayette County, Kentucky (38.12°N, 84.54°W). Eggs were collected daily from 4 to 6 females and placed in L:D 16:8, 14:10, 12:12,10:14, at 22°C ± 1.0°C. F1 offspring were individually reared in glass vials at each photoperiod on pea aphids and Ephestia kuehniella eggs to examine the effects of photoperiod on development (Data file 1: C-munda-Dev-Times-at-LD.jmp). Comparisons of the developmental responses to the four LD treatments were made. Pairs of F1 Cycloneda munda adults were maintained at the same larval photoperiod. Pairs were fed and maintained at each photoperiod for 110 days. The date of …

Improved Fish Migration Optimization With The Opposition Learning Based On Elimination Principle For Cluster Head Selection, Xing-Wei Xu, Jeng-Shyang Pan, Ali Wagdy Mohamed, Shu-Chuan Chu

Faculty Journal Articles

In the wireless sensor networks (WSN), the cluster head node receives and aggregates the information collected by the sensors and forwards it to the base station (BS). Appropriate cluster head nodes help reduce the energy consumed for information transmission and prolong the network’s lifetime. The fish migration optimization (FMO) algorithm is an emerging meta-heuristic algorithm, that imitates the grayling foraging and breeding in nature. This paper proposes a modified FMO (modFMO) algorithm, which uses an opposition learning based on the elimination principle and Cauchy-based mutation to enhance the FMO algorithm. The improved modFMO is compared with some excellent algorithms on …

Optimization Of Silicon Nitride Waveguide Platform For On-Chip Virus Detection, Raghi S. El El Shamy, Mohamed A. Swillam, Xun Li

Faculty Journal Articles

This work presents a rigorous and generic sensitivity analysis of silicon nitride on silicon dioxide strip waveguide for virus detection. In general, by functionalizing the waveguide surface with a specific antibodies layer, we make the optical sensor sensitive only to a particular virus. Unlike conventional virus detection methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), integrated refractive index (RI) optical sensors offer cheap and mass-scale fabrication of compact devices for fast and straightforward detection with high sensitivity and selectivity. Our numerical analysis includes a wide range of wavelengths from visible to mid-infrared. We determined the strip waveguide’s single-mode dimensions and the …

Effects Of Metformin Combined With Antifolates On Hepg2 Cell Metabolism And Cellular Proliferation, Sherouk M. Tawfik, Maha R. A. Abdollah, Mohey M. Elmazar, Hassan A. N. El-Fawal

Faculty Journal Articles

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most prevalent types of cancers worldwide, continues to maintain high levels of resistance to standard therapy. As clinical data revealed poor response rates, the need for developing new methods has increased to improve the overall wellbeing of patients with HCC. Furthermore, a growing body of evidence shows that cancer metabolic changes are a key feature of many types of human malignancies. Metabolic reprogramming refers to cancer cells' ability to change their metabolism in order to meet the increased energy demand caused by continuous growth, rapid proliferation, and other neoplastic cell characteristics. For these reasons, …

The Natural Isoflavone Biochanin‐A Synergizes 5‐Fluorouracil Anticancer Activity In Vitro And In Vivo In Ehrlich Solid‐Phase Carcinoma Model, Suher K. Zada, Mohamed Mahmoud, Maha R. A. Abdollah, Mohamed E. Elsesy

Faculty Journal Articles

Isoflavones are considered one of the most extensively studied plant-derived phytoestrogenic compounds. Of these, Biochanin A (Bio-A), a natural isoflavone abundant in cabbage, alfalfa, and red clover, has drawn a lot of attention. As reported in multiple studies, Bio-A possesses a promising anticancer activity against estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. The current study investigated the working hypothesis that Bio-A could synergistically enhance the potency of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in ER+ breast cancer. The hypothesis was tested both in vitro on hormone receptor-positive (MCF-7) and triple-negative breast cancer cells (MDA-MB231). Additionally, in vivo studies were performed in the Ehrlich solid-phase carcinoma mouse …

Dietary Bacillus Subtilis Relieved The Growth Retardation, Hepatic Failure, And Antioxidative Depression Induced By Ochratoxin A In Thinlip Mullet (Liza Ramada), Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Fawzy Magouz, Hasnaa Abu-Ghanima, Amr I. Zaineldin

Faculty Journal Articles

Mycotoxicosis is a severe challenge in the aquafeed industry and is involved in low productivity and high economic loss. On this occasion, available dietary supplements, including probiotics, may relieve the impacts of mycotoxicosis on the performances of aquatic animals. In this study, four test diets were prepared to test the effects of Bacillus subtilis (BS), ochratoxin A (OTA), and their mixture (BS/OTA) on the performances of Mullet (Liza ramada). Fish of similar initial weight (11.38 ± 0.24 g) were divided into four groups stocked in triplicate hapas (0.5 ×0.5 ×1 m) at 15 fish per hapa. Fish fed the control …

Exploration Of Czts-Based Solar Using The Zrs2 As A Novel Buffer Layer By Scaps Simulation, M. Moustafa, T. Al Zoubi, S. Yasin

Faculty Journal Articles

In this paper, we report on numerical analysis of the CZTS based solar cells performed by the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D). The main objective of this study is to reveal the prospect of using a novel nontoxic n-type ZrS2 transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) as a buffer layer, the first of its kind. The different photovoltaic parameters of the proposed Al-doped ZnO (AZO)/ZrS2/CZTS structure are studied in detail versus each layer's thickness and carrier concentration. Our results reveal an optimized PCE of about 17.61% at corresponding thicknesses of 0.05 μm, 0.1 μm, and 0.3 μm for the window, absorber, and …

Flow And Heat Transfer Characteristics In A Pre-Swirl Rotor-Stator Cavity, Xiaoyu Yang, Zhong Ren, Jing Ren, Philip M. Ligrani

PRC-Affiliated Research

The present study investigates flow and heat transfer characteristics in a rotor-stator pre-swirl system. Considered are rotational Reynolds numbers ReФ ranging from 3.4 × 105 to 6.8 × 105, with jet Reynolds numbers Rew of approximately 8.8 × 104 to 3.81 × 105, and associated turbulent flow parameter λT = Cw/ReФ0.8 varying from 0 to 0.4. Experimentally-measured and numerically-predicted results illustrate the combined and separate influences of jet impingement and rotor entrainment, as they affect and govern flow and heat transfer characteristics within the cavity. These results show that the relative strength of the two effects varies with ReФ and …

Flow Structure And Surface Heat Transfer From Numerical Predictions For A Double Wall Effusion Plate With Impingement Jet Array Cooling, Hwabhin Kwon, Phillip M. Ligrani, Sneha Reddy Vanga, Heesung Park

PRC-Affiliated Research

To provide additional understanding of double wall cooling arrangements, especially local distributions of flow properties which are responsible for hot-side surface and cold-side surface heat transfer variations, investigated are numerically-simulated distributions of turbulent flow structural characteristics. Also considered are numerically-simulated surface heat transfer characteristics, including comparisons with experimentally-measured distributions. The numerical results are obtained using the ANSYS FLUENT Version 19.1 numerical code, with a k-ω SST turbulence model. The present arrangement includes a full-coverage effusion cooling plate, with coolant initially supplied by an impingement jet array. Considered are the effects of effusion blowing ratio, impingement jet Reynolds number, and streamwise …

Integrated Approach For Sustainability Assessment In Power Plant Projects Using Building Information Modeling, Ali Azzam, Mohamed El Zayat, Mohamed Marzouk

Faculty Journal Articles

This research proposes a framework for sustainability assessment for power plant projects. The proposed framework integrates sustainability and Building Information Modeling (BIM) to achieve enhanced results concerning sustainability assessment in the power plants sector. International and regional sustainability rating systems as well as design guidelines are studied to develop a new sustainability assessment system dedicated to power plant projects. A total of 54 criteria, clustered in eight categories, are considered in the rating system. These categories are: 1) Nature and Urban 2) Site, 3) Energy, 4) Water, 5) Materials and Resources, 6) Emissions and Environment, 7) Operation and Management, and …

Effects Of Qualitative Factors And Auditors’ Personal Characteristics On Materiality Judgments, Mohamed Abdel Aziz Hegazy, Samar Salama

Faculty Journal Articles

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of qualitative materiality factors on auditors’ assessment of materiality and the determination of the type of the auditors’ reports. This paper also analyzes whether differences in personal characteristics of auditors can influence their use of qualitative materiality factors in assessing material misstatements.

Synthetic Images, P. A. Inchin, J. Aguilar Guerrero, J B. Snively, Y. Kaneko

Simulation of Infrasonic Acoustic Wave Imprints on Airglow Layers During the 2016 m7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake

The folder includes images synthesized for 8 modeled observation systems, both synthetic images and their unwarping to geographic maps.

Assessment Of The 2006 Abuja Fertilizer Declaration With Emphasis On Nitrogen Use Efficiency To Reduce Yield Gaps In Maize Production, Ntinyari Winnie, Mekonnen Giweta, Joseph Gweyi-Onyango, Benson Mochoge, James Mutegi, Generose Nziguheba, Cargele Masso

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The Abuja Fertilizer Declaration in 2006 recommended the increase of fertilizer use from the current practice for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to achieve food sufficiency and improve soil fertility status. However, the current recommended rates of fertilizer have not been evaluated for specific crops on their potential to reduce the yield gap and optimize nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). In this study, with nitrogen (N) being a significant yield-determinant nutrient, four N use scenarios were drawn from existing recommendations and were evaluated under field conditions for maize crops in two catchments of the Lake Victoria basin. The scenarios included Business as Usual …

Repellency Of Wild Oregano Plant Volatiles, Plectranthus Amboinicus, And Their Essential Oils To The Silverleaf Whitefly, Bemisia Tabaci, On Tomato, Cyrane Pouët, Emilie Deletre, Béatrice Rhino

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) whitefly is a major economically damaging pest of many crops such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Pesticides are widely used to control B. tabaci while the use of aromatic plants is an alternative control method. The aim of this study was to assess the B.tabaci repellent effect of wild oregano, Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng, a widespread aromatic plant in the West Indies. We tested three origins of wild oregano, including northern, central, and southern Martinique (French West Indies). Our results showed that all essential oils of wild oregano had either masking properties or were true repellents—the …

Do The Invasive Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), And The Maize Lepidopteran Stemborers Compete When Sharing The Same Food?, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Peter Malusi, Sevgan Subramanian, Dora Chao Kilalo, Gerald Juma, Paul André Calatayud

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

In insect communities, the outcome of intra- and inter-specific competitions for food utilisation depend primarily upon density and duration even inter-specific competitions can occur when they are not sharing the same feeding niche such as between foliar feeders and stemborers. Experimental manipulations of larval densities and the durations of common diet feeding of fall armyworm (FAW), S. frugiperda, and the African lepidopteran stemborers, Busseola fusca, Sesamia calamistis and Chilo partellus, were conducted to determine how the density and the duration of resource utilization affected larval survival and the relative growth rate (RGR) in intra- and inter-specific interactions. The results showed …

Understanding Changes In Cassava Root Dry Matter Yield By Different Planting Dates, Crop Ages At Harvest, Fertilizer Application And Varieties, Rebecca Oiza Enesi, Stefan Hauser, Pieter Pypers, Christine Kreye, Meklit Tariku, Johan Six

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Cassava is a perennial crop that can adapt to periods of drought at different times in a growing season, which permits scheduling planting and harvest to develop production systems supplying roots continuously. However, farmers plant and harvest cassava at the onset of rains which creates glut and results in unattractive root prices. Thus, farmers need to understand how cassava varieties respond to different planting dates and crop ages at harvest to be able to use opportunities in income generation that may arise from flexible planting and harvest dates resulting from price and dry matter (DM) variabilities. Thus, this study was …

The Period Of Insect Research In The Tropics: A Bibliometric Analysis, M. C. Moshobane, T. T. Khoza, S. Niassy

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (Int J Trop Insect Sci) is a peer-reviewed journal established in 1980 to promote insect science mainly in the tropics. This study aimed to provide a Bibliometric overview of Int J Trop Insect Sci publications and citations between 2012 and 2020, ending September 2020. A sample of 488 documents extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) was analysed using widely used bioclimatic indicators. The articles were written by 1726 authors. During this period, the most productive authors comprised S Roy, followed by S Ekesi, S Subramanian and M Tamo. The dominant keyword was …

2022-01-31_Michigandaily_Covidmap, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Daily Michigan COVID-19 Update

The "WHERE WE STAND WITH COVID-19" map was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated daily at 3p.m., Monday - Saturday.

The State of Michigan is working around the clock to test and treat COVID-19 patients. Below is the most recent data healthcare experts across the state have compiled.

The image contained a map, indicating total cases by county, and also provides statistics on Total Confirmed Cases, Total COVID-19 Deaths, Daily Confirmed Cases, and Daily COVID-19 Deaths. There …

2022-01-31_Michiganoverview_Covidcounts, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by Date of Onset Data

Data was downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet which appeared in the Public Use Datasets section under the Cumulative Data link of Michigan's Coronavirus webpage, under the url https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html.

Cases are aggregated by the date of onset of COVID-19 symptoms, if known, otherwise by laboratory specimen date if known, otherwise by case referral date. Deaths are aggregated by the date of death if known, otherwise by the last date of a change to the case status.

2022-01-30_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 216 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (139 Emergency Departments (ED), 77 Urgent Cares) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, …

The Poetry Of Ennodius: Translated With An Introduction And Notes, Bret Mulligan

Books

The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 473/4–521 CE), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate the literary and cultural references essential for understanding this poet.