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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Transmission pathway"”.
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Characterization of E. coli strains from rural communities in the Vhembe District (Limpopo South Africa)
… reservoirs such as soil, water, hands as the transmission pathway. Objective: The primary objective of the study was to characterize E. coli strains from rural communities of Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa. Methodology: Households of 7 villages in the Vhembe district were randomly …
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Evaluating pooled testing designs in community and healthcare settings for infectious disease management and in particular for epidemics
… a representative relationship network, disease transmission pathway (an extended SEIR model) and the testing poli- cies to be evaluated. The thesis details the development of these models and how the modelling has been extended as more has become known of SARS-CoV-2 dynamics. The settings of a …
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Influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH)
… different geographic location and exposure pathways for collected water samples, (3) investigate pathogen load/microbial profile between temporary settlement and recovered settlement two years after 2015 Nepal earthquake, (4) assess the effect of WaSH interventions on pathogen prevalence and …
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Performance Limits of Active Noise Control for Nonlinear Systems: A Machine Learning Perspective
… ANC, both the nonlinear dynamics of the transmission pathway and additional noise restrict the efficacy of linear control strategies, particularly in automotive contexts. These factors lead to practical and theoretical limits on performance. To investigate the practical performance …
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Investing the effects of body-coupled ultrasound on the auditory system for a novel hearing aid
… this perceptual effect to a bone conduction pathway, even though further studies in animal subjects have demonstrated that the fluids in the cochlea are a central component in the activation of the auditory system. Here, we present research in which we stimulated guinea pigs with US and …
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Imitation Game: Military Institutions and Westernization in Indonesia and Japan
… emulation depends on the interaction of: (1) the transmission pathway between the foreign model and the potential emulator supplying new theories of victory and corporatism, and (2) the quality of the emulator's personnel infrastructure (career management and education systems) shaping the …