A5113587223- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Color perception and design
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Global Health Care Issues
Drexel University
2016-2025
University College Cork
2024
Welsh Government
2023
Insight Healthcare
2016
Flinders Medical Centre
2013
The Pirbright Institute
2009-2012
Flinders University
2011
Organic Research Centre
2010
Singapore Immunology Network
2009
Columbia University
2009
The human capacity for vibrotactile frequency discrimination has been compared directly glabrous and hairy skin regions by means of a two-alternative, forced-choice psychophysical procedure in five subjects. Sinusoidal vibratory stimuli, delivered 4-mm-diam probe, were first used to obtain detection threshold values the two sites, finger tip dorsal forearm, at four standard frequencies, 20, 50, 100, 200 Hz. Values confirmed previous results showing thresholds markedly higher on than skin....
The mechanisms underlying distension-evoked peristalsis in the colon are incompletely understood. It is well known that, following colonic distension, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) released from enterochromaffin (EC) cells intestinal mucosa. also that exogenous 5-HT can stimulate peristalsis. These observations have led some investigators to propose endogenous release EC might be involved initiation of peristalsis, distension. However, because no direct evidence exists support this hypothesis,...
It is known that the price of food influences purchasing and consumption decisions individuals; however, little work has examined if healthier relative to unhealthier in an individual's neighborhood associated with overall dietary quality while using data from multiple regions United States. Cross-sectional person-level came The Multi-Ethnic Study Atherosclerosis (exam 5, 2010-2012 n = 2765); a frequency questionnaire assessed diet. Supermarket food/beverage prices Information Resources Inc....
ABSTRACT Clinical endpoints based on repeated measurements arise in many clinical research studies, and require specialized methods for sample size power calculations. In trials that measure counts over time, such as bleeding events hemophilia, the dispersion of their distributions might change upon treatment be correlated. The generalized estimating equations (GEE) approach has been widely used modeling correlated data comparing rates. this paper, we investigate properties GEE when applied...
Abstract Childhood asthma exacerbation has multiple risk factors that occur concurrently in the environment — including extreme meteorological conditions, air pollution, aeroallergens, and respiratory virus infections. Few studies have predicted based on time-varying environmental factors, together. In this study, we constructed an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model to predict “high-risk” days for childhood Philadelphia, PA from 2011 2016, during aeroallergen season of...
Objectives Despite widespread vaccination programmes and consensus recommendations, the understanding of durability COVID-19 against ensuing infection transmission at individual level is incomplete. The objective this study was to estimate effects time-varying covariates including time since symptoms on subsequent positive SARS-CoV-2 test results assess stability these between March 2020 April 2022. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Urban university in USA. Participants Drexel...
ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were t examine the relationship between: (1) nurses' ratings pain and corresponding administration medication to elderly long-term care residents, (2) cognitive status orders/administration. Participants 83 60 years age older, in two groups: cognitiveIy impaired (n = 64), cognitively intact 19). For comparison purposes, 19 impaire subjects matched on an diagnosis provide control fi potentially painful conditions. A retrospective review residents' charts...
An ecologic study design was used to investigate the relationship between exposure air emissions produced by petroleum and chemical industries, average annual cancer incidence major cause mortality rates among whites in Contra Costa County, California. Estimates for industrial sources of sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons oxides nitrogen were subdivide county level refinery plant emissions. Cancer then calculated each areas. In both males females, residential associated with an increased buccal...
Focal epilepsies, such as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), are known to disrupt network activity in areas outside the epileptogenic zone [Tracy et al., 2015]. We devised a measure of instability resting state functional connectivity (FC), capturing variations BOLD correlations between brain regions that is less confounded than "sliding window" approach common literature.We investigated healthy controls and unilateral TLE patients (right left seizure focus groups), utilizing group ICA identify...
IntroductionAlthough people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and obesity have important motivations to lose weight, weight loss is also associated health risks. We examined whether patterns of change in systolic blood pressure (SBP), serum albumin level, fat-free mass (FFM) can help differentiate between healthy high-risk this population.MethodsUsing data from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (CRIC), we estimated a joint multivariate latent class model 6 classes identify...
Background The association between psychosocial stress and coronary heart disease (CHD) may be stronger in women than men differ across types of stressors. In this study, we assessed associations stressors, including job strain, stressful life events, social strain with the incidence CHD women. Methods Results We used longitudinal data from 80 825 WHI-OS (Women's Health Initiative Observational Study) participants a mean age 63.4 years (7.3 years) at baseline. Job was through linkage...
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes an acute vesicular of farm animals. The development successful control strategies is limited by incomplete understanding the immune response to FMDV. Dendritic cells (DC) mediate induction immunity pathogens, but their role in FMDV infection cattle uncharacterized. Bovine monocyte-derived DC (moDC) were exposed integrin-binding and cell culture-adapted strains vitro. MoDC not largely susceptible virus. Binding specific antibodies at neutralizing or...