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Personalized, disease-stage specific, rapid identification of immunosuppression in sepsis by Pappa, Theodora, Rivas, Ariel L., Iandiorio, Michelle J., Hoogesteijn, Almira L., Fair, Jeanne M., Rojas Gil, Andrea Paola, Burriel, Angeliki R., Bagos, Pantelis G., Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos, Ioannidis, Anastasios

“…Introduction Data overlapping of different biological conditions prevents personalized medical decision-making. For example, when the neutrophil percentages of…”
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Early network properties of the COVID-19 pandemic – The Chinese scenario by Rivas, Ariel L., Febles, José L., Smith, Stephen D., Hoogesteijn, Almira L., Tegos, George P., Fasina, Folorunso O., Hittner, James B.

“…•Classic epidemiological control programs assume that the population is homogeneously distributed in geographical areas also regarded to be…”
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Beyond numbers: the informative patterns of immuno-staphylococcal dynamics by Rivas, Ariel L, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Piccinini, Renata

“…To evaluate new drugs, the immune system should be considered. Here we evaluated a proof-of-concept that uncovers bacterial-leukocyte interactions. Analyzing…”
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Where and when to vaccinate? Interdisciplinary design and evaluation of the 2018 Tanzanian anti-rabies campaign by Fasina, Folorunso O., Mtui-Malamsha, Niwael, Mahiti, Gladys R., Sallu, Raphael, OleNeselle, Moses, Rubegwa, Bachana, Makonnen, Yilma J., Kafeero, Fred, Ruheta, Martin, Nonga, Hezron E., Swai, Emmanuel, Makungu, Selemani, Killewo, Japhet, Otieno, Edward G., Lupindu, Athumani M., Komba, Erick, Mdegela, Robinson, Assenga, Justine K., Bernard, Jubilate, Hussein, Mohamed, Marandu, Walter, Warioba, James, Kaaya, Eliona, Masanja, Pius, Francis, Gundelinda, Kessy, Violet M., Savy, Janique, Choyo, Hija, Ochieng, Justus, Hoogesteijn, Almira L., Fasina, Margaret M., Rivas, Ariel L.

“…•A two-phase vaccination against rabies was designed and executed in northern Tanzania, in 2018, which included geo-epidemiological and economic…”
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Decoding Immuno-Competence: A Novel Analysis of Complete Blood Cell Count Data in COVID-19 Outcomes by Kempaiah, Prakasha, Libertin, Claudia R, Chitale, Rohit A, Naeyma, Islam, Pleqi, Vasili, Sheele, Johnathan M, Iandiorio, Michelle J, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Caulfield, Thomas R, Rivas, Ariel L

“…While 'immuno-competence' is a well-known term, it lacks an operational definition. To address this omission, this study explored whether the temporal and…”
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Preventing Data Ambiguity in Infectious Diseases with Four-Dimensional and Personalized Evaluations by Iandiorio, Michelle J, Fair, Jeanne M, Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos, Ioannidis, Anastasios, Trikka-Graphakos, Eleftheria, Charalampaki, Nikoletta, Sereti, Christina, Tegos, George P, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Rivas, Ariel L

“…Diagnostic errors can occur, in infectious diseases, when anti-microbial immune responses involve several temporal scales. When responses span from nanosecond…”
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Assessing the Dynamics and Complexity of Disease Pathogenicity Using 4-Dimensional Immunological Data by Rivas, Ariel L, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Antoniades, Athos, Tomazou, Marios, Buranda, Tione, Perkins, Douglas J, Fair, Jeanne M, Durvasula, Ravi, Fasina, Folorunso O, Tegos, George P, van Regenmortel, Marc H V

“…Investigating disease pathogenesis and personalized prognostics are major biomedical needs. Because patients sharing the same diagnosis can experience…”
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Geo-temporal patterns to design cost-effective interventions for zoonotic diseases -the case of brucellosis in the country of Georgia by Rivas, Ariel L, Smith, Stephen D, Basiladze, V, Chaligava, Tengiz, Malania, Lile, Burjanadze, Irma, Chichinadze, Tamar, Suknidze, Nikoloz, Bolashvili, Nana, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Gilbertson, Kendra, Bertram, Jonathan H, Fair, Jeanne Marie, Webb, Colleen T, Imnadze, Paata, Kosoy, Michael

“…Control of zoonosis can benefit from geo-referenced procedures. Focusing on brucellosis, here the ability of two methods to distinguish disease dissemination…”
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Nature and Consequences of Biological Reductionism for the Immunological Study of Infectious Diseases by Rivas, Ariel L, Leitner, Gabriel, Jankowski, Mark D, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Iandiorio, Michelle J, Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos, Ioannidis, Anastasios, Blum, Shlomo E, Piccinini, Renata, Antoniades, Athos, Fazio, Jane C, Apidianakis, Yiorgos, Fair, Jeanne M, Van Regenmortel, Marc H V

“…Evolution has conserved "economic" systems that perform many functions, faster or better, with less. For example, three to five leukocyte types protect from…”
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Cleaning products, environmental awareness and risk perception in Mérida, Mexico by Martínez-Peña, Ruth Magnolia, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Rothenberg, Stephen J, Cervera-Montejano, María Dolores, Pacheco-Ávila, Julia G

“…Cleaning products are associated with many health and environmental problems. Contamination of water resources by cleaning products is more likely to occur…”
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Feedback-based, system-level properties of vertebrate-microbial interactions by Rivas, Ariel L, Jankowski, Mark D, Piccinini, Renata, Leitner, Gabriel, Schwarz, Daniel, Anderson, Kevin L, Fair, Jeanne M, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Wolter, Wilfried, Chaffer, Marcelo, Blum, Shlomo, Were, Tom, Konah, Stephen N, Kempaiah, Prakash, Ong'echa, John M, Diesterbeck, Ulrike S, Pilla, Rachel, Czerny, Claus-Peter, Hittner, James B, Hyman, James M, Perkins, Douglas J

“…Improved characterization of infectious disease dynamics is required. To that end, three-dimensional (3D) data analysis of feedback-like processes may be…”
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Biologically grounded scientific methods: The challenges ahead for combating epidemics by Rivas, Ariel L., Hoogesteijn, Almira L.

“…•Scientific methods should be grounded in the field where they are applied.•Biomedicine has not developed methodological sciences as much as other…”
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Test positivity – Evaluation of a new metric to assess epidemic dispersal mediated by non-symptomatic cases by Fasina, Folorunso O., Salami, Mudasiru A., Fasina, Modupe M., Otekunrin, Olutosin A., Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Hittner, James B.

“…Epidemic control may be hampered when the percentage of asymptomatic cases is high. Seeking remedies for this problem, test positivity was explored between the…”
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Data structuring may prevent ambiguity and improve personalized medical prognosis by Libertin, Claudia R., Kempaiah, Prakasha, Gupta, Yash, Fair, Jeanne M., van Regenmortel, Marc H.V., Antoniades, Athos, Rivas, Ariel L., Hoogesteijn, Almira L.

“…Topics expected to influence personalized medicine (PM), where medical decisions, practices, and treatments are tailored to the individual patient, are…”
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Birth weight, birth order, and age at first solid food introduction influence child growth and body composition in 6‐ to 8‐year‐old Maya children: The importance of the first 1000 days of life by Sanchez‐Escobedo, Samantha, Azcorra, Hugo, Bogin, Barry, Hoogesteijn, Almira L., Sámano, Reyna, Varela‐Silva, Maria I., Dickinson, Federico

“…Objectives To analyze the relationship of birth weight, birth order, breastfeeding duration, and age of introduction of solid foods with height, fat mass, and…”
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The Third Cognitive Revolution: The consequences and possibilities for biomedical research by Hittner, James B, Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Fair, Jeanne M, van Regenmortel, Marc HV, Rivas, Ariel L

“…Graphical Abstract The Third Cognitive Revolution poses particular challenges for biomedical research to adopt new knowledge. Interdisciplinary education at…”
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Food Habits of Jaguar and Puma in a Protected Area and Adjacent Fragmented Landscape of Northeastern Mexico by Hernández-SaintMartín, Anuar D, Rosas-Rosas, Octavio C, Palacio-Núñez, Jorge, Tarango-Arambula, Luis A, Clemente-Sánchez, Fernando, Hoogesteijn, Almira L

“…We analyzed the food habits of the jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) in a protected area surrounded by a fragmented landscape in northeastern…”
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Comparative Study of Lead Concentration in Feathers of Urban and Rural Passerines in Merida, Mexico by Nava-Diaz, Remedios, Hoogesteijn, Almira L., Erosa, Mercy Dzul, Febles, Jose L., Mendez-Gonzalez, Rosa M.

“…Lead is a commonly monitored heavy metal because of potential health effects on exposed organisms. We quantified lead in secondary feathers of two passerine…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A BRAIN NUCLEUS INVOLVED IN SONG PRODUCTION IN ZEBRA FINCHES (TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA) IS DISRUPTED BY AROCLOR 1248 by Hoogesteijn, Almira L, Kollias, George V, De Caprio, Anthony P, Winkler, David W, DeVoogd, Timothy J

“…We studied whether polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may alter the development of song control brain nuclei in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) offspring of…”
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Reproductive impairment in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) by Hoogesteijn, Almira L., DeVoogd, Timothy J., Quimby, Fred W., De Caprio, Tony, Kollias, George V.

“…The effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as compounds that may disrupt endocrine activity and, consequently, alter reproductive performance were…”
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