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Using R Shiny to develop a dashboard using IPEDS, U.S. Census, and bureau of labor statistics data by Perkins, Mark A, Carrier, Jonathan W

“…This paper describes the development of an RStudio (now known as Posit) dashboard derived from the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System, the United…”
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Facing the Crisis: Improving the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in the HIV Era by Perkins, Mark D, Cunningham, Jane

“…Although the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on tuberculosis (TB) control efforts, especially in…”
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Semper's cells in the insect compound eye: Insights into ocular form and function by Charlton-Perkins, Mark A., Friedrich, Markus, Cook, Tiffany A.

“…The arthropod compound eye represents one of two major eye types in the animal kingdom and has served as an essential experimental paradigm for defining…”
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Standard Validation Protocol for Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry Methods Applied to Direct Headspace Analysis of Aqueous Volatile Organic Compounds by Perkins, Mark J, Langford, Vaughan S

“…Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in water is conventionally conducted using gas chromatography (GC)-based methods, for which sample preparation…”
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Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice by Wallis, Robert S, MD, Pai, Madhukar, MD, Menzies, Dick, MD, Doherty, T Mark, Prof, Walzl, Gerhard, Prof, Perkins, Mark D, Dr, Zumla, Alimuddin, Prof

“…Summary Human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis can progress to active disease, be contained as latent infection, or be eradicated by the host…”
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Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study by Boehme, Catharina C, Dr, Nicol, Mark P, Prof, Nabeta, Pamela, MD, Michael, Joy S, Prof, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, MD, Tahirli, Rasim, MD, Gler, Ma Tarcela, MD, Blakemore, Robert, BSc, Worodria, William, MMed, Gray, Christen, MPH, Huang, Laurence, Prof, Caceres, Tatiana, BSc, Mehdiyev, Rafail, MD, Raymond, Lawrence, MD, Whitelaw, Andrew, MD, Sagadevan, Kalaiselvan, MSc, Alexander, Heather, PhD, Albert, Heidi, PhD, Cobelens, Frank, PhD, Cox, Helen, PhD, Alland, David, Prof, Perkins, Mark D, MD

“…Summary Background The Xpert MTB/RIF test (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) can detect tuberculosis and its multidrug-resistant form with very high sensitivity and…”
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Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance by Boehme, Catharina C, Nabeta, Pamela, Hillemann, Doris, Nicol, Mark P, Shenai, Shubhada, Krapp, Fiorella, Allen, Jenny, Tahirli, Rasim, Blakemore, Robert, Rustomjee, Roxana, Milovic, Ana, Jones, Martin, O'Brien, Sean M, Persing, David H, Ruesch-Gerdes, Sabine, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Rodrigues, Camilla, Alland, David, Perkins, Mark D

“…Samples from patients with suspected TB were assayed for TB and drug resistance with several different techniques. An automated molecular test showed a…”
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Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Vassall, Anna, van Kampen, Sanne, Sohn, Hojoon, Michael, Joy S, John, K R, den Boon, Saskia, Davis, J Lucian, Whitelaw, Andrew, Nicol, Mark P, Gler, Maria Tarcela, Khaliqov, Anar, Zamudio, Carlos, Perkins, Mark D, Boehme, Catharina C, Cobelens, Frank

“…Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is a promising new rapid diagnostic technology for tuberculosis (TB) that has characteristics that suggest large-scale roll-out. However,…”
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What Ebola tells us about outbreak diagnostic readiness by Perkins, Mark D, Kessel, Mark

“…Healthcare priorities all too often ignore the importance of diagnostics for disease control and case management. The Ebola epidemic illustrates the folly of…”
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Tuberculosis 4: Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice by Wallis, Robert S, Pai, Madhukar, Menzies, Dick, Doherty, T Mark, Walzl, Gerhard, Perkins, Mark D, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…Human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis can progress to active disease, be contained as latent infection, or be eradicated by the host response…”
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Highly Sensitive Detection of Malaria Parasitemia in a Malaria-Endemic Setting: Performance of a New Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Kit in a Remote Clinic in Uganda by Hopkins, Heidi, González, Iveth J., Polley, Spencer D., Angutoko, Patrick, Ategeka, John, Asiimwe, Caroline, Agaba, Bosco, Kyabayinze, Daniel J., Sutherland, Colin J., Perkins, Mark D., Bell, David

“…Background. Current malaria diagnostic tests, including microscopy and antigen-detecting rapid tests, cannot reliably detect low-density infections. Molecular…”
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Untargeted selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry headspace analysis: High‐throughput differentiation of virgin and recycled polyethylene pellets by Langford, Vaughan S., Perkins, Mark J.

“…Rationale Recycled plastics are increasingly used for packaging of fast‐moving consumer goods (FMCG). Compared with packaging made from virgin polymers, there…”
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ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit for point-of-care and laboratory-based testing for Ebola virus disease: a field validation study by Broadhurst, Mara Jana, MD, Kelly, John Daniel, MD, Miller, Ann, PhD, Semper, Amanda, DPhil, Bailey, Daniel, PhD, Groppelli, Elisabetta, PhD, Simpson, Andrew, FRCPath, Brooks, Tim, FRCPath, Hula, Susan, MSc, Nyoni, Wilfred, MSc, Sankoh, Alhaji B, DLT, Kanu, Santigi, DLT, Jalloh, Alhaji, Ton, Quy, MD, Sarchet, Nicholas, RN, George, Peter, MD, Perkins, Mark D, MD, Wonderly, Betsy, BSc, Murray, Megan, Prof, Pollock, Nira R, Dr

“…Summary Background At present, diagnosis of Ebola virus disease requires transport of venepuncture blood to field biocontainment laboratories for testing by…”
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Genetic control of cellular morphogenesis in Müller glia by Charlton‐Perkins, Mark, Almeida, Alexandra D., MacDonald, Ryan B., Harris, William A.

“…Cell shape is critical for the proper function of every cell in every tissue in the body. This is especially true for the highly morphologically diverse neural…”
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Dose-dependent suppression of hippocampal contextual memory formation, place cells, and spatial engrams by the NMDAR antagonist (R)-CPP by Zhu, Mengwen, Perkins, Mark G., Lennertz, Richard, Abdulzahir, Alifayaz, Pearce, Robert A.

“…We recently reported that the competitive NMDAR antagonist (R,S)-3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)-propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) does not suppress NMDAR-mediated…”
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Multifunctional glial support by Semper cells in the Drosophila retina by Charlton-Perkins, Mark A, Sendler, Edward D, Buschbeck, Elke K, Cook, Tiffany A

“…Glial cells play structural and functional roles central to the formation, activity and integrity of neurons throughout the nervous system. In the retina of…”
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Diagnostic preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks by Perkins, Mark D, MD, Dye, Christopher, FRS, Balasegaram, Manica, MD, Bréchot, Christian, Prof, Mombouli, Jean-Vivien, PhD, Røttingen, John-Arne, Prof, Tanner, Marcel, Prof, Boehme, Catharina C, Dr

“…Summary Diagnostics are crucial in mitigating the effect of disease outbreaks. Because diagnostic development and validation are time consuming, they should be…”
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Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance by Use of On-Demand, Near-Patient Technology by HELB, Danica, JONES, Martin, SAFI, Hassan, BLAKEMORE, Robert, NGOC LAN, N. T, JONES-LOPEZ, Edward C, LEVI, Michael, BURDAY, Michele, AYAKAKA, Irene, MUGERWA, Roy D, MCMILLAN, Bill, WINN-DEEN, Emily, STORY, Elizabeth, CHRISTEL, Lee, DAILEY, Peter, PERKINS, Mark D, PERSING, David H, ALLAND, David, BOEHME, Catharina, WALLACE, Ellen, HO, Ken, KOP, Joann, OWENS, Michelle R, RODGERS, Richard, BANADA, Padmapriya

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Confronting the scientific obstacles to global control of tuberculosis by Young, Douglas B, Perkins, Mark D, Duncan, Ken, Barry, 3rd, Clifton E

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a major threat to global health, recently exacerbated by the emergence of highly drug-resistant forms of the disease-causing pathogen and…”
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Artificial intelligence in medical education: Typologies and ethical approaches by Pregowska, Agnieszka, Perkins, Mark

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI) has an increasing role to play in medical education and has great potential to revolutionize health professional education systems…”
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