Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Greg Scutt, Mike Cross, David Waxman
Summary: This article explores the direct and indirect benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and investigates the impact of different basic parameters on vaccination effectiveness. The study finds that in situations with lower vaccination rates and intermediate values of the basic reproduction number, the indirect benefits may outweigh the direct benefits.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Pedro Mittelman, Anna Rebello Landim, Luisa Genes, Ana Paula A. Assis, Carolina Starling-Manne, Paula V. Leonardo, Fernando A. S. Fernandez, Paulo R. Guimaraes, Alexandra S. Pires
Summary: Species reintroductions can increase network connectance, nestedness, robustness, number of pathways, and total amount of indirect effects, surpassing the impact of simply increasing species richness. Multiple reintroductions in the same area may have a greater restoration effect than single species reintroductions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abd Hair Awang, Iskandar Zainuddin Rela, Azlan Abas, Mohamad Arfan Johari, Mohammad Effendi Marzuki, Mohd Noor Ramdan Mohd Faudzi, Adri Musa
Summary: This study examines the impact of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) on farm performance and economic well-being of peat land oil palm farmers. Empirical results suggest that GAP has direct positive effects on farm performance, leading to significant positive impacts on the economic well-being of farmers.
Article
Immunology
Giovanni Corrao, Federico Rea, Matteo Franchi, Danilo Cereda, Antonio Barone, Catia Rosanna Borriello, Giulia Petra Della Valle, Michele Ercolanoni, Jose Jara, Giuseppe Preziosi, Manuel Maffeo, Francesco Mazziotta, Elisabetta Pierini, Francesco Lecis, Pierfrancesco Sanchirico, Francesco Vignali, Olivia Leoni, Ida Fortino, Massimo Galli, Giovanni Pavesi, Guido Bertolaso
Summary: This study compares the benefits and safety of mRNA-based (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) and adenovirus-vectored (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines in different age and sex subpopulations. The results show that vaccination can lower the incidence rate of COVID-19-related outcomes, and there is a favorable balance between benefits and harms.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Ana Cuic Tankovic, Jelena Musanovic
Summary: Sustainability communication plays a significant role in influencing destination reputation. Through effective sustainability communication on DMO official websites, destination reputation can be indirectly enhanced. Tourism stakeholders should recognize the importance of sustainability to tourists and ensure adequate communication on this topic.
JOURNAL OF DESTINATION MARKETING & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Kwadwo Atta-Owusu, Rune Dahl Fitjar
Summary: Engagement in knowledge exchange is seen as important by universities, but research and teaching performance remain more crucial for career progression. This study investigates why academics participate in knowledge exchange activities and how their perceptions of rewards and benefits are associated with their engagement behavior. Data from academics in seven European universities indicate that direct rewards from the university are linked to less engagement, while indirect benefits are linked to more engagement, particularly in STEM fields.
STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yun Chen, Sishi Guo, Wei Zhu
Summary: Autologous whole-cell cancer vaccines are important medical achievements, but their clinical efficacy is still limited. A recent study reported a new modular cryogenic silicified cancer vaccine that can bind molecular patterns to achieve protective and therapeutic efficacy for personalized immune therapy, and can be stored long-term without loss of efficacy.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Qiong Wu, Hongbo Ren, Shanshan Shi, Yun Su, Jiawen Lu, Qifen Li
Summary: A co-benefits assessment index system is developed for the introduction of a regional integrated energy system (RIES). An initial benefit distribution model based on attribution relationship is established, and a fair and reasonable cost sharing mechanism for RIES is determined. The commercial feasibility is evaluated through benefit-cost analysis from various stakeholders, and the win-win situation of overall and individual interests is achieved according to the designed benefit distribution mechanism.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Federica Vallone, John Galvin, Maria Francesca Cattaneo Della Volta, Athfah Akhtar, Stephanie Chua, Emilie Ghio, Theodoros Giovazolias, Zoe Kazakou, Marina Kritikou, Katerina Koutra, Sanja Kovacevic, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Ivana Maskova, Eirini Mavritsaki, Jelena Nastic, Michala Plassova, Iva Stuchlikova, Maria Clelia Zurlo
Summary: This study explores the direct effects of perceived technostress and academic motivation on students' psychological health, as well as the indirect role of academic motivation in the associations between technostress and anxiety/depression. The results indicate that technostress dimensions such as techno-overload, work-home conflict, amotivation, and extrinsic motivation-introjected have a direct negative effect on students' psychological health, while other dimensions such as techno-ease, techno-reliability, techno-sociality, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation-identified have a direct protective role.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yang Guan, Shengbo Eben Li, Jingliang Duan, Jie Li, Yangang Ren, Qi Sun, Bo Cheng
Summary: In this paper, reinforcement learning (RL) is classified into direct and indirect RL based on how they seek the optimal policy of the Markov decision process problem. The study shows that both direct and indirect RL can derive the actor-critic architecture through policy gradient (PG) forms, indicating their equivalence. Experimental results on a Gridworld task verify the influence and relationships of different forms of PG.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Eeva Tuppurainen, Klaas Dietze, Janika Wolff, Hannes Bergmann, Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo, Anna Fahrion, Charles Euloge Lamien, Frank Busch, Carola Sauter-Louis, Franz J. Conraths, Kris De Clercq, Bernd Hoffmann, Sascha Knauf
Summary: Lumpy skin disease (LSD) caused by a capripoxvirus is a significant cattle disease, and vaccination is crucial for prevention, though choosing the best vaccine presents challenges. Decision makers require scientific information to support their actions, as vaccine products vary in quality, efficacy, safety, and price.
Article
Immunology
Hiroko Okada, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Eiko Goto, Takahiro Kiuchi
Summary: This study examined the association between COVID-19 vaccination behavior and trust in COVID-19-related information sources during the initial period of vaccination in Japan. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, and the results showed that age, household income, underlying medical conditions, and living with family were significantly associated with vaccination behavior. Trust in public health experts and primary care physicians as information sources showed positive associations with vaccination behavior. Increasing trust in these sources and disseminating vaccine information from them can help promote vaccination under emergency approval.
Review
Plant Sciences
Omayra C. Bolanos-Martinez, Richard Strasser
Summary: Human polioviruses are highly infectious and mainly spread through fecal-oral route. Current vaccines, which are injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and live-attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV), have limitations in terms of reduced protection or safety concerns. Plant-based poliovirus vaccines have shown promising results as a safe and low-cost alternative. However, improvements in antigen production are needed.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ana Marques, Joao Ferreira, Ana Cerqueda-Pacheco, Vitoria Pereira, Helena Abreu, Rui Pereira, Maria Joao Pires, Fernanda Seixas, Paula Oliveira, Isabel Gaivao, Mario Pacheco
Summary: This study evaluated the genoprotective potential of three marine macroalgae and their transfer to fish. The results showed that the macroalgae protected against genotoxicity and improved energy balance. However, the transfer of genoprotection properties to fish was not significant, but the transfer of beneficial properties should not be disregarded.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tauel Harper, Katie Attwell
Summary: The study aims to trace the emergence and dissemination of prominent rumors about potential adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Findings indicate the continued significance of traditional media coverage in both promoting and addressing rumors surrounding adverse events, despite the ability of social media networks to amplify such rumors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Miika Linna, Juha Laine, Leena Timonen, Heidi Ahman, Myint Tin Tin Htar
CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION
(2018)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Anke L. Stuurman, Germano Ferreira, Cristiano Alicino, Kaatje Bollaerts, Chiara Paganino, Ralf Rene Reinert, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Cecilia Trucchi, Thomas Vestraeten, Filippo Ansaldi
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dace Zavadska, Zane Odzelevica, Guntis Karelis, Lelde Liepina, Zane Anna Litauniece, Antra Bormane, Irina Lucenko, Jurijs Perevoscikovs, Linda Bridina, Laura Veide, Angelika Krumina, Jelena Storozenko, Wilhelm Erber, Myint Tin Tin Htar, Heinz-Josef Schmitt
Article
Immunology
Laurence Torcel-Pagnon, Vincent Bauchau, Patrick Mahy, Myint Tin Tin Htar, Marianne van der Sande, Cedric Mahe, Tyra Grove Krause, Anne Charrat, Francois Simondon, Xavier Kurz
Review
Immunology
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Anita H. J. van Den Biggelaar, Heather Sings, Germano Ferreira, Margaret Moffatt, Cassandra Hall-Murray, Thomas Verstraeten, Bradford D. Gessner, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Luis Jodar
EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES
(2019)
Review
Immunology
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Heather L. Sings, Maria Syrochkina, Bulent Taysi, Betsy Hilton, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Bradford D. Gessner, Luis Jodar
EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES
(2019)
Review
Immunology
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Jose Morato Martinez, Christian Theilacker, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, David Swerdlow
EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES
(2019)
Article
Immunology
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Maria de Ridder, Toon Braeye, Ana Correa, Chris McGee, Simon de Lusignan, Talita Duarte-Salles, Consuelo Huerta-Alvarez, Elisa Martin-Merino, Lara Tramontan, Giorgia Danieli, Gino Picelli, Nicoline van der Maas, Klara Berencsi, Lisen Arnheim-Dahlstrom, Ulrich Heininger, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Daniel Weibel, Kaatje Bollaerts, Miriam Sturkenboom
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
M. Tin Tin Htar, M. S. Yerramalla, J. C. Moisi, D. L. Swerdlow
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
(2020)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Myint Tin Tin Htar, Sally Jackson, Paul Balmer, Lidia Cristina Serra, Andrew Vyse, Mary Slack, Margarita Riera-Montes, David L. Swerdlow, Jamie Findlow
Article
Infectious Diseases
Charles Nuttens, Jamie Findlow, Paul Balmer, David L. Swerdlow, Myint Tin Tin Htar
Summary: This study analyzed the evolution of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) epidemiology in Europe from 2008 to 2017. Overall incidence of IMD decreased, but there were increases in the incidence of serogroups W and Y, as well as in the older population. It is recommended to adjust vaccination strategies based on epidemiological changes.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liping Huang, Stephane Fievez, Melanie Goguillot, Lucile Marie, Steve Benard, Anne Elkaim, Myint Tin Tin Htar
Summary: This study examines the clinical characteristics, healthcare resource utilization, and costs associated with invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France. The results highlight the severity and economic burden of IMD and emphasize the importance of vaccination for prevention.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carmen Pardo de Santayana, Myint Tin Tin Htar, Jamie Findlow, Paul Balmer
Summary: This article describes the epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), including its incidence trends and serogroup distribution across different regions and age groups. Data from surveillance reports and published articles from 2010 to 2019 in 77 countries were analyzed, showing a low global incidence of IMD with significant variability in circulating disease-causing serogroups. Infants had the highest incidence, followed by young children, adolescents/young adults, and older adults in some countries. Serogroup B was the predominant cause of IMD globally, but there was a notable increase in cases caused by serogroups W and Y from 2010 to 2019 in several regions, highlighting the unpredictable and dynamic nature of the disease. Serogroups A, B, C, W, and Y accounted for the majority of IMD cases despite the availability of vaccines.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Kaatje Bollaerts, Tom de Smedt, Chris McGee, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Marco Villa, Maria Alexandridou, Talita Duarte-Salles, Rosa Gini, Claudia Bartolini, Simon de Lusignan, Myint Tin Tin Htar, Lina Titievsky, Miriam Sturkenboom, Vincent Bauchau