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Vaccine efficacy: demystifying an epidemiological concept [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
The paper is an introduction to the concept of vaccine efficacy and its practical applications. We provide illustrative examples aimed at a wider audience.
arxiv  

Self-Efficacy: An Essential Motive to Learn.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2000
During the past two decades, self-efficacy has emerged as a highly effective predictor of students' motivation and learning. As a performance-based measure of perceived capability, self-efficacy differs conceptually and psychometrically from related ...
B. Zimmerman
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Diesel Exhaust Particulates Induce Neutrophilic Lung Inflammation by Modulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated CXCL1/KC Expression in Alveolar Macrophages

Molecules, 2020
Diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) have adverse effects on the respiratory system. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) abnormalities contribute to lung inflammation.
Dong Im Kim, Mi-Kyung Song, Hye-In Kim, Kang Min Han, Kyuhong Lee   +4 more
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Assessing Vaccine Durability in Randomized Trials Following Placebo Crossover [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Randomized vaccine trials are used to assess vaccine efficacy and to characterize the durability of vaccine induced protection. If efficacy is demonstrated, the treatment of placebo volunteers becomes an issue. For COVID-19 vaccine trials, there is broad consensus that placebo volunteers should be offered a vaccine once efficacy has been established ...
arxiv  

Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial

Science, 2021
Description Antibody levels predict vaccine efficacy Symptomatic COVID-19 infection can be prevented by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines.
P. Gilbert, D. Montefiori, A. McDermott, Y. Fong, D. Benkeser, Wei-zhi Deng, Honghong Zhou, Christopher R. Houchens, Karen Martins, L. Jayashankar, F. Castellino, B. Flach, Bob C. Lin, S. O'connell, C. McDanal, Amanda Eaton, M. Sarzotti-Kelsoe, Yiwen Lu, Chenchen Yu, Bhavesh Borate, Lars van der Laan, N. Hejazi, C. Huynh, Jacqueline Miller, Hana M. El Sahly, L. Baden, Mira Baron, Luis de la Cruz, C. Gay, Spyros A. Kalams, Colleen F. Kelley, M. Andrasik, J. Kublin, L. Corey, K. Neuzil, Lindsay N. Carpp, R. Pajon, D. Follmann, R. Donis, R. Koup   +39 more
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Insights from Traditional Chinese Medicine for Restoring Skin Barrier Functions

Pharmaceuticals
The skin barrier is essential for maintaining the body’s internal homeostasis, protecting against harmful external substances, and regulating water and electrolyte balance.
Jieyi Yang, Jiageng Guo, Peiling Tang, Shidu Yan, Xiaodong Wang, Huaying Li, Jinling Xie, Jiagang Deng, Xiaotao Hou, Zhengcai Du, Erwei Hao   +10 more
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Land-Use Filtering for Nonstationary Prediction of Collective Efficacy in an Urban Environment [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Collective efficacy -- the capacity of communities to exert social control toward the realization of their shared goals -- is a foundational concept in the urban sociology and neighborhood effects literature. Traditionally, empirical studies of collective efficacy use large sample surveys to estimate collective efficacy of different neighborhoods ...
arxiv  

Safety and Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background Early clinical data from studies of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine (Novavax), a recombinant nanoparticle vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that contains the full-length spike glycoprotein of the prototype ...
P. Heath, E. Galiza, D. Baxter, M. Boffito, D. Browne, Fiona Burns, D. Chadwick, R. Clark, C. Cosgrove, J. Galloway, A. Goodman, Amardeep Heer, A. Higham, Shalini Iyengar, A. Jamal, Christopher Jeanes, P. Kalra, Christina Kyriakidou, D. McAuley, Agnieszka Meyrick, A. Minassian, J. Minton, P. Moore, Imrozia Munsoor, Helen Nicholls, O. Osanlou, J. Packham, Carol H. Pretswell, Alberto San Francisco Ramos, D. Saralaya, R. Sheridan, Richard Smith, R. Soiza, P. Swift, E. Thomson, J. Turner, M. E. Viljoen, G. Albert, I. Cho, F. Dubovsky, G. Glenn, J. Rivers, A. Robertson, Kathy Smith, S. Toback   +44 more
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Carboxymethyl Chitosan Modified Oxymatrine Liposomes for the Alleviation of Emphysema in Mice via Pulmonary Administration

Molecules, 2022
Pulmonary emphysema is a fatal lung disease caused by the progressive thinning, enlargement and destruction of alveoli that is closely related to inflammation and oxidative stress.
Jianqing Peng, Zimin Cai, Qin Wang, Jia Zhou, Jinzhuan Xu, Di Pan, Tingting Chen, Guangqiong Zhang, Ling Tao, Yi Chen, Xiangchun Shen   +10 more
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Beyond performance metrics: Examining a decrease in students' physics self-efficacy through a social network lens [PDF]

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12, 020124 (2016), 2018
The Modeling Instruction (MI) approach to introductory physics manifests significant increases in student conceptual understanding and attitudes toward physics. In light of these findings, we investigated changes in student self-efficacy while considering the construct's contribution to the career-decision making process.
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