Browsing by Author "Zhao, Hongwei"
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McNulty-Nebel, Alyssa Danielle (2022-07-26)Introduction, the COVID-19 pandemic entering its third year highlights a need for further information on how SARS-CoV-2 impacts communities. This text establishes the burden of disease on different age groups and minorities, ...
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Zhang, Bangning (2023-03-21)Childhood cancer, usually defined as cancer in children aged 0–14 years, is the leading cause of disease-related death among children and adolescents in Texas, with very few established risk factors. Examining childhood ...
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Phillips, Charles D; Adepoju, Omolola; Stone, Nimalie; Moudouni, Darcy K McMaughan; Nwaiwu, Obioma; Zhao, Hongwei; Frentzel, Elizabeth; Mehr, David; Garfinkel, Steven (BMC Geriatrics, 2012)
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Lee, Jusung (2019-07-12)Introduction: Diabetes is a pressing health issue both globally and in the US. Diabetes requires individual and social efforts for its successful management. This dissertation investigates how individuals’ physical activity ...
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Zhang, Hao (2019-08-28)Retirement is a major life event which involves changes in the identity, relationship, social status and life style for the retirees. It has a complex relationship with health and health insurance which has not been clearly ...
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Nwaiwu, Obioma Benjamin Ifeanyi (2015-12-12)The population of older adults (aged 65 years and above) in the United States, as a proportion of the population, is increasing. Between 1900 and 2010, a 300 percent increase in the proportion of this group was recorded. ...
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Zhang, Yichen (2019-03-12)In the United States, as of 2016 there were around 28 million individuals with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) conditions. If uncontrolled, CNCP can have enormous economic, societal and health consequences. Currently, a ...
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Zhang, Yichen (2019-03-12)In the United States, as of 2016 there were around 28 million individuals with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) conditions. If uncontrolled, CNCP can have enormous economic, societal and health consequences. Currently, a ...
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Benden, Mark E.; Zhao, Hongwei; Jeffrey, Christina E.; Wendel, Monica L.; Blake, Jamilia J. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014)
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Chen, Long (2017-05-08)Microcystin (MC-LR) is a potent toxin and its presence in drinking water create a serious risk to human health. This paper presents the degradation of MC-LR in water by iron-based molecules, ferrates (Fe^VIO4^2- , Fe^VO4^3- ...
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Dabo, Bashir (2016-09-02)Immunization against influenza is effective in preventing its seasonal outbreaks. However, lack of access to vaccines, poor knowledge and misconception of vaccine safety are among the major deterrents to the use of seasonal ...
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Creel, Liza Michelle (2015-05-26)Hearing loss affects approximately 1-3 live births per 1,000. Infants admitted to the NICU are at greater risk of hearing loss than infants in the newborn nursery. Family history, as well as very low birth weight and ...
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McMaughan, Darcy; Nwaiwu, Obioma; Zhao, Hongwei; Frentzel, Elizabeth; Mehr, David; Imanpour, Sara; Garfinkel, Steven; Phillips, Charles (BMC Geriatrics, 2016)
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Lu, Ming (2014-12-06)The primary goal of this research is to develop statistical methods to determine if observed real responses are adequately modeled by (possibly stochastic) simulation models that incorporate first-order autoregressive ...
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Zhao, Hongwei (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)We studied the local single-particle tunneling characteristics [as observed with scanning tunnel microscopy (STM)] for N D and S D tunneling, where N is a normal metal, S is a s-wave superconductor, and D is a d-wave ...
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Fan, Qiping (2023-04-10)Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2010 to 2020, this doctoral dissertation studies the national mental health (MH) crisis and disparities among US adolescents and young adults. Chapter one ...
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Honvoh, Gilson D (2017-11-30)Activity-permissive learning environments, such as school-based behavioral interventions, are increasingly employed to combat the prevalence of childhood obesity. These interventions introduce stand-biased desks into ...
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Schneider, Drew Eric (2016-01-19)Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to identify any difference between sitting and standing time in high school students’ pre and post stand-biased desk intervention. Methods: ActivPal3™ activity monitors were ...
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Dakuri, Lakshmi V (2015-05-12)The purpose of this pilot study was to test the quality of data collected by a mobile hearing screening application (hEAR) against the gold standard of pure tone audiometry administered by a certified audiologist. hEAR ...
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Chen, Shuai (2012-07-16)Cost-effectiveness analysis is widely conducted in the economic evaluation of new treatment options. In many clinical and observational studies of costs, data are often censored. Censoring brings challenges to both medical ...