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Exposure to ambient air pollution as a potential explanation of ethnic disparities in atherosclerosis severity and progression
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-09-12)
Disparities in atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular outcomes by race/ethnicity persist in the United States even after accounting for clinical risk factors. Exposure to ambient air pollution, which is associated with ...
EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SOCIO-EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-11-05)
Background: Behavior problems and poor social skills in elementary school are associated with academic and social difficulties in childhood, and later consequences such as educational failure, psychiatric problems, and ...
Robust Anomaly Detection with Applications to Acoustics and Graphs
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-02-06)
Our goal is to develop a robust anomaly detector that can be incorporated into pattern recognition systems that may need to learn, but will never be shunned for making egregious errors. The ability to know what we do not ...
Interrogating the Human CD8+ T Cell Response in HCV Infection
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-03-20)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects nearly 170 million individuals worldwide and remains one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Approximately 15-20% of individuals will spontaneously clear the ...
EQUALIZING CHILD SEX RATIOS IN INDIA: UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS, DISTRIBUTION, COMPOSITION, AND POTENTIAL DRIVERS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-02-28)
Child sex ratios have been falling in recent decades in India, leading to an increasing number of missing girls. Although the country as a whole is becoming more imbalanced, in almost a quarter of districts the child sex ...
Correspondence computations in visual cognition
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-03-19)
15 behavioral experiments were conducted to investigate the role of object
correspondence computations in visual cognition. Correspondence computations refer,
here, to algorithms that identify relationships between objects ...
Data Fusion via Manifold Matching
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-10-23)
Data fusion has been an interesting and challenging research topic, which receives intensive investigation in many areas. The theory and practice of data fusion - the integration of information from disparate sources - are ...
Grid-based Finite Elements System for Solving Laplace-Beltrami Equations on 2-Manifolds
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-10-25)
Solving the Poisson equation has numerous important applications. On a Riemannian 2-manifold, the task is most often formulated in terms of finite elements and two challenges commonly arise: discretizing the space of ...
Formula use in a breastfeeding culture: changing perceptions and patterns of young infant feeding in Vietnam
(Johns Hopkins University, 2015-04-04)
Background: Child malnutrition, including both undernutrition and overweight, is a global issue with consequences for survival, incidence of acute and chronic diseases, healthy development, and the economic productivity ...
An Evaluation of Two Dating Violence Prevention Programs on a College Campus
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-04-17)
Background: Dating violence is a serious and prevalent public health problem that is associated with numerous negative physical and psychological health outcomes (Black et al., 2011; Campbell, 2002; Glass et al., 2003; ...