Systematic Screening for SARS-CoV-2 to Detect Asymptomatic Infections: An Epitome of Taiwan’s Outbreak by Chih-Chien Cheng, Chia-Chen Liu, Ju-Chuan Yen, Ting-Fang Chiu, Yi-Ning Liu, Thomas Y. Hsueh, Sheng-Huang Hsiao

“…Increased studies have revealed that asymptomatic carriers substantially impact the epidemic and that asymptomatic transmission is very common. …”
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Ode to Oseltamivir and Amantadine? by JM Conly, BL Johnston

“…Influenza A and B viruses are the two major types of influenza viruses that cause human epidemic disease. Influenza A viruses are further categorized into subtypes based on two surface antigens: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). …”
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Clinical testing of antiretroviral drugs as future prevention against vaginal and rectal transmission of HIV infection – a review of currently available results by Vysloužil Jakub, Kubová Kateřina, Tkadlečková Veronika Nováková, Vetchý David

“…The original purpose of vaginally applied microbicides was to slow down the HIV epidemic among the population until an effective vaccination was developed. …”
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Follicular T cells and the control of IgE responses by Pablo F. Cañete, Di Yu

“…Atopy is considered the epidemic of the 21st century, and while decades of research have established a direct link between Th2 cells driving pathogenic IgE-mediated allergic disease, only in the past years have T follicular helper (Tfh) cells emerged as pivotal drivers of these responses. …”
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Roles of the Chemokine System in Development of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease by Longbiao Yao, Oana Herlea-Pana, Janet Heuser-Baker, Yitong Chen, Jana Barlic-Dicen

“…The escalating epidemic of obesity has increased the incidence of obesity-induced complications to historically high levels. …”
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Modelling seasonal influenza in Israel by Oren Barnea, Rami Yaari, Guy Katriel, Lewi Stone

“…Mathematical modeling approaches are used to study the epidemic dynamics of seasonal influenza in Israel. …”
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The role of a vaccine booster for a fractional order model of the dynamic of COVID-19: a case study in Thailand by Puntipa Pongsumpun, Puntani Pongsumpun, I-Ming Tang, Jiraporn Lamwong

“…The model incorporates real epidemic data from Thailand and includes a sensitivity analysis of parameters influencing disease spread. …”
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Local and global stability analysis of HIV/AIDS by using a nonstandard finite difference scheme by Amjid Hussain Morani, Maha Mohammed Saeed, Muhammad Aslam, Atif Mehmoud, Ali Shokri, Herbert Mukalazi

“…This expanded model offers a more comprehensive understanding of the epidemic’s spread. We calculate the basic reproduction number (R0) to quantify the virus’s transmission potential. …”
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The Effect of Seasonal Weather Variation on the Dynamics of the Plague Disease by Rigobert C. Ngeleja, Livingstone S. Luboobi, Yaw Nkansah-Gyekye

“…In this paper, we formulate a periodic epidemic model system by incorporating seasonal transmission rate in order to study the effect of seasonal weather variation on the dynamics of plague disease. …”
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alchimia dall’inferno al paradiso nella divina commedia. l’influsso su dante dell’opera alchemica aurora consurgens, parzialmente attribuita a san tommaso d’aquino by Marino Alberto Balducci

“…The symbolic vision of a terrible epidemic, affecting the deep infernal zones, appears in the Divine Comedy associated with the wrong, fraudulent, and arrogant use of alchemical science (Inf. …”
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HIV Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Critical Knowledge and Intervention Gaps by Jaimie P. Meyer, Nadine E. Chen, Sandra A. Springer

“…The criminal justice system bears a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. Continuity of care is critical for HAART-based prevention of HIV-related morbidity and mortality. …”
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Resilience in Crisis: The Impact of HRM Practices on Job Performance and Emotional Exhaustion Among University Employees by Mirdin ZILIC, Mihaela Alexandra TUDOR

“…This study emphasized how important HRM practices are to preserving job performance and reducing emotional exhaustion among university staff members during the COVID19 epidemic. The results highlighted the necessity of specialized HRM approaches that tackle the difficulties encountered by university staff, guaranteeing their welfare and continued productivity in times of emergency.…”
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A Game Mechanism of Individual Value Decision-Making Based on SVO Differences by Xu Shi, Lu-yun Qiu, Zhi-geng Fang, Xia-qing Liu, Yang-yang Du

“…This paper defined the SVO types by means of Slider Measure method on the basis of environment description, constructed a decision-making game model in accordance with SVO differences, and finally analysed the mechanism of people’s decision-making. Taking the epidemic situation as the background, this paper conducted an empirical analysis with the sample of college students. …”
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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE IN SWINE: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS by V. S. Rusaleyev

“…Due to increased number of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae cases in pigs, and the emergence of actinobacillus-resistant forms, it is necessary to perform a more thorough study and discussion of this problem. The disease epidemic surveillance is based on continuous monitoring aimed at porcine Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae identification, confirmation and registration, determination of its characteristics and trends in development of sensitivity to antimicrobial preparations. …”
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Psychological self-care strategies for ICU nurses under situation of public health emergency (浅谈突发公共卫生事件应急状态下重症护士的自我心理调节) by QIAN Yongcui (钱永翠)

“…This paper, taking COVID-19 epidemic as an example, briefly analyzed the mental status of ICU nurses under the situation of public health emergency. …”
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HIV-Associated Neurotoxicity: The Interplay of Host and Viral Proteins by Sushama Jadhav, Vijay Nema

“…HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is being observed since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic due to a change in the functional integrity of cells from the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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Activity-based routing algorithm in opportunistic mobile social networks by Sheng Zhang, Houzhong Liu, Caisen Chen, Zhaojun Shi, William Wei Song

“…The simulation results show that the proposed routing algorithm can not only improve the successful delivery ratio of messages but also reduce the network delay and the network overhead obviously, in comparison with the classical opportunistic routing algorithms, such as community-aware message opportunistic transmission algorithm, community-based message transmission scheme algorithm, PRoPHET, Epidemic algorithm, and interest characteristic probability prediction algorithm.…”
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Hypoadiponectinemia: A Link between Visceral Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Tiziana Di Chiara, Christiano Argano, Salvatore Corrao, Rosario Scaglione, Giuseppe Licata

“…MetS is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide as a consequence of the “epidemic” obesity, with a considerable impact on the global incidence of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. …”
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An Adaptive System for Home Monitoring Using a Multiagent Classification of Patterns by Ali Rammal, Sylvie Trouilhet, Nicolas Singer, Jean-Marie Pécatte

“…The patterns are used at a personal level, for example to raise an alert, but also to evaluate global risks (epidemic, heat wave). These data are dynamic; the system has to maintain the built patterns and has to create new patterns. …”
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Raves, clubs and ecstasy: the impact of peer pressure by Baojun Song, Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Marcin Mejran, Leilani Henso, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…It is found that backward bifurcations describe situations when sufficient peer pressure can cause an epidemic of ecstasy use. Furthermore, factors that have the greatest influence on ecstasy use as predicted by the model are highlighted. …”
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