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Dynamic Study Of A Delayed Fractional-Order Seir Epidemic Model With General Incidence And Treatment Functions, Asma Althemairi, Fatma Hussien, Ahmed A. Farghaly

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This study examines the global features of the SEIR epidemic model in its fractional-order version with time delay. General functions are considered to govern the infection transmission rate, and the rate at which diseased individuals are removed from the infected class. First, we form the proposed model in the Caputo case and perform fundamental mathematical analysis of the model solutions, such as checking for non-negativity and boundedness. The basic reproduction number R0 is then provided after computing the equilibrium points. Following that, sufficient criteria for the global stability of each equilibrium are checked using the relevant Lyapunov functions. It is …

Mathematical Modeling Of A Bimodal Pneumonia Epidemic With Non-Breastfeeding Class, Fekadu Mosisa Legesse, Koya Purnachandra Rao, Temesgen Duressa Keno

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The world health organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding is mandatory for two years. To support this recommendation several research work have been done to suggest that breastfeeding has clear advantages, specially in eradicating morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases like pneumonia in childhood. Having these in consideration this work divides the susceptible individuals in to two different classes depending on the level of adequate nutrition particularly breastfeeding to study the transmission dynamics of Pneumonia. In addition the effect of hygiene care for children under five years is considered. The aim of this work is to examine the effect of breastfeeding …

One Sheet: Special Pathogens Program Region 10 Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Center (Resptc) • Spokane, Wa, Providence - Special Pathogens Program

Additional Resources

No abstract provided.

2 - Special Pathogens Team, Providence - Special Pathogens Program

Special Pathogens Posters

No abstract provided.

Black Lives Monitored, Chaz Arnett

Faculty Scholarship

The police killing of George Floyd added fuel to the simmering flames of racial injustice in America following a string of similarly violent executions during a global pandemic that disproportionately ravaged the health and economic security of Black families and communities. The confluence of these painful realities exposed deep vulnerabilities and renewed a reckoning with the long unfulfilled promise of racial equality, inspiring large-scale protests around the country and across the globe. As with prior movements for racial justice, from slavery abolition to the civil rights movement’s demand to end Jim Crow, protests have been met with extreme force, either …

Nsu Health Professions Division 2022-2023 Course Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

HPD Course Catalogs

Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division:

• Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Optometry
• Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
• College of Dental Medicine
• Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
• Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Virus Outbreaks And International Scienti C Collaboration: A Quantitative Analysis Of Nih Genbank Metadata (1992-2018), Will Devitt, Sarah Bratt, Jian Qin, Jeff Hemsley

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

Countries around the world su er from outbreaks of viral diseases. These outbreaks are worsened by socio-economic inequality, both nationally and internationally. To combat these outbreaks, scientific research is conducted. Our paper analyzes the NIH GenBank virus research network (a net record of virus research from 1992-2018) to discover viral outbreaks and ask how the network responded in the event of these outbreaks, with interest in the changes in collaboration between research teams, increased activity, and when + where this activity occurred with the objective of examining the equity of the international response to public health events. We conclude that …

Annual Campus Safety & Fire Report (Uno), Department Of Public Safety, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Public Safety Reports

Annual safety and fire report for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

High Medicaid Nursing Homes: What Nursing Home And Resident Characteristics Are Associated With Covid 19 Cases?, Abigail A. Cobbina

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The coronavirus pandemic exposed the systemic issues faced by nursing homes with a higher percentage of Medicaid residents. By using the Brown University's Long-Term Care focus facility-level data and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, the study examines the association between the nursing home and resident characteristics with Covid-19 cases in high-Medicaid nursing homes. Fifty-eight facilities in Florida were identified as having residents whose primary support was Medicaid. The findings from the study suggest a higher proportion of Medicaid residents, for-profit status, and chain affiliation status, were associated with a higher prevalence of Covid-19 cases among nursing home …

Unm Pathology Pathfinder Winter 2023, Unm Department Of Pathology

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

An Interesting Case Of Libman-Sacks Endocarditis, Nam Tran, David Kenison, Hasan Seede, Julian Nguyen

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Severe Case Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In A 36-Year-Old Male, Aleeza Ali, Max Kaito, Stanley Dennison, Hanan Zisling, Esam Khalifa, John Romano

East Florida Division GME Research Day 2023

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease that is capable of involving almost any organ in the body, leading to significant morbidity and mortality in affected patients. SLE is characterized by pathogenic autoantibodies that react with antigens and form immune complexes, resulting in tissue damage and a potential wide array of manifestations, including arthralgias, lupus nephritis, pleuritis, and delirium. Experts cite the effect of estrogens or factors related to the X chromosome as possible explanations regarding the increased prevalence of SLE in women over men, with ratios of up to 15:1. Here, we discuss the case of a …

University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine Annual Report For 2022-2023, College Of Medicine

COM Annual Reports

What a historic year it has been for the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the admission of the College’s charter class. We also started the construction of a breathtaking new facility that will offer future medical students and researchers the most advanced learning and research opportunities. This 2022-2023 annual report catalogs the accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students related to teaching, research, scholarship, and community service.

The Church Surviving Crisis An Examination Of Leaders' Disaster Response, Joel A. Tudman

Doctor of Ministry

In March of the year 2020, the church would change drastically and quickly. In-person gatherings shifted to online worship. The pandemic fostered change for the church and it had to adapt to a digital era overnight. Abrupt change of such for churches and other organizations called for business meetings and a change in the application of the vision. Some churches upgraded audio and video equipment to facilitate their vision effectively and some closed their doors. The world has seen many crises and the church has always long suffered right along with the world. When a crisis strikes the world like …

Disciplining Doctors: A Call For Caution When Responding To Physicians' Counter-Consensus Speech In The Time Of Covid-19, Timothy Macdonnell

Scholarly Articles

The COVID-19 pandemic affected nearly every aspect of life in the United States, including most notably, work-life, home-life, and community-life. During the pandemic, the government took extraordinary steps to try and reduce the spread of the disease by closing businesses, mandating the wearing of masks, and requiring vaccines. Government officials repeatedly justified their actions by stating that they were "following the science." However not all members of the scientific/medical community agreed with these actions. Some of these counter-consensus opinions were labeled mis/dis/mal/information.

As the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, calls to punish doctors for COVID-19 misinformation increased. Some doctors who claimed …

Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Handbook 2023-2024, Southern Adventist University

Student Handbooks, Undergraduate

No abstract provided.

Network Science: Me & My Network. Activity Guide For Facilitators, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

Worlds of Connections Resources

Crosscutting Concept 4. Systems and system models. A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.

Objective -- Youth will model their social connections as systems related to their identities. Youth will be able to understand the social relationships in their lives as part of social systems related to their identities and model these social systems as ego-networks.

The Hipaa Privacy Rule At Age 25: Privacy For Equitable Ai, Barbara J. Evans

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Significance Of The Immunofluorescence Staining Patterns And Titres Of The Antinuclear Antibody Test In Paediatric Rheumatology Setting, Özge Baba, Hakan Kisaoğlu, Mukaddes Kalyoncu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) is among the most frequently ordered tests in paediatric rheumatology setting. Diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren syndrome is closely related with a positive ANA and classified as ANA associated diseases. Besides, ANA test is ordered in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to assess the risk for uveitis and a positive ANA could be detected in children with nonrheumaticrheumatic conditions. In this study, we aimed to investigate frequency of positive ANA in paediatric rheumatology setting and the association of immunofluorescence staining patterns and titres of ANA with rheumatic diseases. Materials and methods: Immunofluorescence staining …

The Impact Of Antiphospholipid Antibodies In Takayasu Arteritis, Esra Firat Şentürk, Abdulsamet Erden, Alper Sari, Berkan Armağan, Levent Kiliç, Umut Kalyoncu, Ömer Karadağ, Şazi̇ye Şule Apraş Bi̇lgen, Sedat Ki̇raz, Ali̇ İhsan Ertenli̇, Ali̇ Akdoğan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The significance of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) is controversial in Takayasu arteritis (TA). This study was conducted to explore the frequency of aPL and their association with disease-related complications in TA. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the presence of anti-cardiolipin (aCL), anti-beta 2 glycoprotein- 1(aß2G1) antibodies, and lupus anticoagulant (LA) in TA patients. TA patients admitted to the Department of Rheumatology of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine between December 2015 and September 2016 who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for TA were consecutively enrolled in the study. Patients were grouped according …

Tularemia Seroprevalence In Humans In The Region Of The Hittite-Arzawa War (Inner Aegean Region), Where The First Biological Weapon Was Used 3300 Years Ago, İsmai̇l Davarci, Canan Eryildiz, Duygu Perçi̇n Renders, Ufuk Berberoğlu, Şaban Gürcan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: According to Egyptian records, tularemia emerged in the Canaan region, where it was first identified and spread to Anatolia over the Euphrates. It was used as an active biological weapon for the first time in the Hittite-Arzawa War in 1320-1318 BC. This study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of tularemia in the Inner Aegean Region, which is thought to be the region where this war was fought 3300 years ago. Materials and methods: Tularemia seropositivity in humans was investigated in 27 villages/neighborhoods in 3 districts in each of Manisa, Kütahya, and Uşak provinces. Before the study, the participants were …

Covid-19 Modeling Based On Real Geographic And Population Data, Emi̇r Baysazan, Ahmet Ni̇hat Berker, Hasan Mandal, Hakan Kaygusuz

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Intercity travel is one of the most important parameters for combating a pandemic. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in different computational studies involving intercity connections. In this study, the effects of intercity connections during an epidemic such as COVID-19 are evaluated using a new network model. Materials and methods: This model considers the actual geographic neighborhood and population density data. This new model is applied to actual Turkish data by means of provincial connections and populations. A Monte Carlo algorithm with a hybrid lattice model is applied to a lattice with 8802 data points. Results: Around Monte Carlo …

Risk Factors For Icu Mortality In Patients With Hematological Malignancies: A Singlecenter, Retrospective Cohort Study From Turkey, Şahender Gülbi̇n Aygencel Bikmaz, Onur Gökçe, Meryem Merve Haşi̇moğlu, Nazlihan Boyaci, Melda Türkoğlu, Zeynep Arzu Yegi̇n, Zübeyde Nur Özkurt, Abdullah Münci̇ Yağci

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) often require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to organ failure, disease progression or treatment-related complications, and they generally have a poor prognosis. Therefore, understanding the factors affecting ICU mortality in HM patients is important. In this study, we aimed to identify the risk factors for ICU mortality in our critically ill HM patients. Materials and methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of HM patients who were hospitalized in our medical ICU between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018. We recorded some parameters of these patients and compared these parameters …

Evaluation Of Prognostic Scoring Systems In Patients Hospitalized From The Emergency Department In A Low-Income Region: Northern Syria After Internal Turmoil As A Different Universe, Burak Çeli̇k, Bahadir Karaca

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: In low-income or underdeveloped countries with conflict and internal unrest, healthcare facilities and staff are limited. For these reasons, it is necessary to use the most straightforward scoring systems to ensure that health facilities and staff are used effectively and to expedite processes through early and effective interventions for patients. In this study, we evaluate and compare the scoring systems used to predict patient prognosis for Emergency Department (ED) patients in northern Syria, which is an area marred by conflict and internal unrest. Materials and methods: In this study, patients hospitalized in the Afrin, Azez Vatan, Jarablus, Tel Abyad, …

Alabama Association Of Realtors V. Department Of Health And Human Services, Adam B. Mcdonald

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Research News, Publications, 2023, Volume 1, Soumyajit Majumdar

Publications (2015-)

Publications that appeared during the period of January 1 through March 31, 2023

Mycotic Aneurysm A Rare Complication From Infection Masquerading As Lung Cancer, Rithvik Nallapareddy, Md, Mary Anne Nidiry, Md

Poster Presentations

No abstract provided.

Network Science: Hoop Network. Activity Guide For Facilitators, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

Worlds of Connections Resources

Crosscutting Concept 4. Systems and system models. A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.

Objective: Youth will demonstrate how parts of a network are interdependent.

This guide is designed to give activity leaders the core themes for using network models to analyze systems. The basic network ideas and skills in this activity can be used in numerous career paths to study patterns of behavior and reveal hidden connections. Sociologists, computer scientists, biologists, anthropologists, engineers, neuroscientists, and many others can use network science in their …

Introduction To The Special Issue On Immunology, Colby Tofel-Grehl, Brooke A. Whitworth

Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the absence of needed resources for teachers to engage students in learning about infectious disease as both a socioscientific issue and a scientific phenomenon (Kafai et al. 2022). With infectious disease largely absent from the NGSS, teachers had to creatively link lessons that contextualized and examined key aspects of infectious disease education during the COVID-19 pandemic. We saw in real time the impacts of popular news, social media, and public mood on broader socioscientific behaviors such as vaccination, masking, and social distancing. We watched as people’s understanding of the nature of science (Lederman 2013) …

Molecular Regulation Of The Salicylic Acid Hormone Pathway In Plants Under Changing Environmental Conditions, Christina A. M. Rossi, Eric J. R. Marchetta, Jong Hum Kim, Christian Castroverde

Biology Faculty Publications

Salicylic acid (SA) is a central plant hormone mediating immunity, growth, and development. Recently, studies have highlighted the sensitivity of the SA pathway to changing climatic factors and the plant microbiome. Here we summarize organizing principles and themes in the regulation of SA biosynthesis, signaling, and metabolism by changing abiotic/biotic environments, focusing on molecular nodes governing SA pathway vulnerability or resilience. We especially highlight advances in the thermosensitive mechanisms underpinning SA-mediated immunity, including differential regulation of key transcription factors (e.g., CAMTAs, CBP60g, SARD1, bHLH059), selective protein–protein interactions of the SA receptor NPR1, and dynamic phase separation of the recently identified …