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Baylor Professor Wins National Award for Defense-related Statistical Expertise Baylor Professor Wins National Award for Defense-related Statistical Expertise Arts & Sciences News April 20, 2021 WACO, Texas (April 20, 2021) –– Rodney Sturdivant, Ph.D., associate professor of statistical science in the Baylor University College of Arts & Sciences, has won the Army Wilks Memorial Award given jointly by the U.S. Army and the American Statistician Association (ASA). The award is given each year ...

Russias Sputnik V vaccine 97.6% effective in real-world studyRussian scientists have found the Sputnik V vaccine 97.6% effective against COVID-19 in a "real-world" assessment based on data from 3.8 million people, Moscows Gamaleya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Monday. The new effectiveness rate is higher than the 91.6% rate outlined in results from a large-scale trial of Sputnik V that was published in The Lancet medical journal earlier this year, and compar 8 days a...

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Population heatmap of Tehran Dark red and dark blue indicates higher and lower levels of population density, respectively. A person who owns a car or who has a college education may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of cases in Tehran, Iran, one of the early epicenters of the pandemic. While such variables do not inherently lower a person’s risk, they do indicate an infrastructure of protection that persists despite how densely populated a person’s district might be. ...

Date Time ASM Convenes Partners to Advance Next Generation Sequencing in Support of Public Health The COVID-19 pandemic has shone new light on the importance of genomic sequencing in understanding pathogens and controlling the spread of disease. Harnessing the transformative power of this technology – in response to SARS-CoV-2 but also in anticipation of the next pandemic – requires the active engagement from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including hospitals, academic medical centers an...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone new light on the importance of genomic sequencing in understanding pathogens and controlling the spread of disease....

Toggle open close In March, the White House announced the American Jobs Plan—a proposal to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and other projects—paid for by an increase in the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.REF As lawmakers consider the merits of the proposal, it is helpful to review important aspects of how corporate taxation affects economic activity and to give an estimate of the effects of the higher tax rate. The estimate presented here uses a simple set of el...

Harvard Medical School A new source of energy expending brown fat cells has been uncovered by Harvard Medical School researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center, which they said points towards potential new therapeutic options for obesity. By MAX BINGHAM | Joslin Diabetes Center According to the new report, published April 12 in Nature Metabolism, the key lies in the expression of a receptor called Trpv1, a protein known to sense noxious stimuli, including pain and temperature. ...

Dr. Palacio is an Assistant Professor at the Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad del Norte, located in Barranquilla, Colombia were she teaches Data Analysis and Knowledge Management at the undergrad and graduate levels respectively. She is an industrial engineer and holds a masters degree from Universidad del Norte and a Ph.D in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. Her work focuses on applying knowledge management systems, initiatives and tools to improve performanc...

CEO Monday: WiGIS Kenya founders Carol & May on the dynamics surrounding women in the GIS field Shares The GIS (Geographic Information Systems) space in Kenya is a relatively new field, encompassing the field of geospatial information including Geospatial Information Systems. Caroline Akoth and May Kitiyo are the co- founders of Women in GIS (WiGIS) initiative in Kenya, an a non-profit organization that aims at creating a community of visionary women in Geospatial Technlogy to bridge the gender...