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Uncovering the relationships between military community health and affects expressed in social media
Military populations present a small, unique community whose mental and physical health impacts the security of the nation. Recent literature has explored social media’s ability to enhance disease surveillance and characterize distinct communities with ...
Svitlana Volkova +3 more
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Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) provides more comprehensive, efficient, and non‐invasive sampling of biological communities than conventional methods.
James Skelton +2 more
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Known and Unknown Transboundary Infectious Diseases as Hybrid Threats
The pathogenicity, transmissibility, environmental stability, and potential for genetic manipulation make microbes hybrid threats that could blur the distinction between peace and war.
Willy A. Valdivia-Granda
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Using temporal context to improve biosurveillance [PDF]
Current efforts to detect covert bioterrorist attacks from increases in hospital visit rates are plagued by the unpredictable nature of these rates. Although many current systems evaluate hospital visit data 1 day at a time, we investigate evaluating multiple days at once to lessen the effects of this unpredictability and to improve both the timeliness
Ben Y, Reis +2 more
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Literature review on antimony concentrations in foodstuffs and consumer risk assessment
Abstract This study aimed to produce a comprehensive review of published data and Swiss enforcement laboratory analyses on antimony (Sb) concentrations in foodstuffs, including their sources, speciation, and potential health risks to consumers. Sb concentration data were compiled through an extensive survey of both scientific and grey literature.
Ursina Morgenthaler +2 more
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Military personnel are at high risk of contracting vector-borne and zoonotic infections, particularly during overseas deployments, when they may be exposed to endemic or emerging infections not prevalent in their native countries.
Edmund N.C. Newman +13 more
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Self-Tracker:Praktiken der Selbstvermessung in digitalen Vernetzungskulturen
Apps und Fitness-Tracker haben die Anwendungskultur der Bio-Surveillance verändert. Ihre Feedbacktechnologien erleichtern nicht nur Praktiken der gesunden Lebensführung, sondern multiplizieren auch soziale Kontrolle.
Reichert, R. (Ramón)
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Addressing spatial confounding in geostatistical regression models: An R‐INLA approach
Abstract Spatial confounding, which has been studied extensively in recent years, can explain inconsistencies between results obtained by regression models with and without spatial modelling. While the most common solutions for spatial confounding mitigation often target areal data or geostatistical data modelling by splines, we aim to extend some ...
Jérémy Lamouroux +4 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2009 [PDF]
Based on ten indicators, assesses progress in the readiness of states, federal government, and hospitals to respond to public health emergencies, with a focus on the H1N1 flu.
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Evaluation of Epidemic Intelligence Systems Integrated in the Early Alerting and Reporting Project for the Detection of A/H5N1 Influenza Events [PDF]
Web-based expert systems dedicated to epidemic intelligence were developed to detect health threats. The Early Alerting and Reporting (EAR) project, launched under the Global Health Initiative, aimed at assessing the feasibility and opportunity of ...
ASTAGNEAU Pascal +9 more
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