scholarly journals Has Pandemic Threat Stoked Xenophobia? How COVID‐19 Influences California Voters’ Attitudes toward Diversity and Immigration*

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea Daniels ◽  
Paul DiMaggio ◽  
G. Cristina Mora ◽  
Hana Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes Toward Diversity ◽  
Pandemic Threat

Personality, Attitudes Toward Diversity, and Propensity to Trust

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy P. Strauss ◽  
Judith Sparks ◽  
Florence Peyre-Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes Toward Diversity ◽  
Propensity To Trust

scholarly journals Takeover Bids in Europe in Times of a World-wide Pandemic Threat: A Delicate Balance Between the Fundamental Freedoms and the Protection of Europe’s and the Member States’ Strategic Assets

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 353-362
Author(s):  
Marieke Wyckaert
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Delicate Balance ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The Future ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Pandemic Threat ◽  
Takeover Bids

This paper explores takeover bids in Europe in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The search for a balance between maintaining the open market as a European achievement and the protection of national security and public order is not a new phenomenon. This search is not easy with the future FDI Regulation and will raise additional questions.The FDI Regulation became very concrete thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic: At the beginning of the crisis, the Commission presented a Communication setting out guidelines for FDI to be applied prior to the regulation.

scholarly journals The evolution of COVID-19 pandemic wave and optimal levels of vaccination to reduce negative effects in society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Coccia
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Viral Agent ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Constant State ◽  
Pandemic Threat ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Innovative Drugs ◽  
Pandemic Wave

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a pandemic threat with new mutations of the viral agent (SARS-CoV 2) that are generating a constant state of attention in manifold countries. Innovative drugs, such as vaccines can sustain, as far as possible, immunity of people and decrease negative effects in society. The study here, using data of vaccines and confirmed cases of COVID-19 between countries from March to May 2021, clarifies different optimal levels of vaccination associated with the growth of pandemic wave for reducing infected individuals in society. Findings reveal that a vaccination campaign in the initial phase of pandemic wave has a lower optimal level of doses administered per 100 inhabitants, but the growth of pandemic wave moves up the optimal level of vaccines from 58.5 in March to more than 86 doses per 100 people in May 2021. This study suggests that the optimal strategy and response to pandemic crisis is a rapid vaccination rollout, before the takeoff of pandemic wave, for an effective response to reduce numbers of COVID-19 related infected individuals and deaths and negative effects of pandemic crisis on environment and socioeconomic systems.

scholarly journals Chimeric Fusion (F) and Attachment (G) Glycoprotein Antigen Delivery by mRNA as a Candidate Nipah Vaccine

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Loomis ◽  
Anthony T. DiPiazza ◽  
Samantha Falcone ◽  
Tracy J. Ruckwardt ◽  
Kaitlyn M. Morabito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nipah Virus ◽  
Neutralizing Antibody ◽  
T Cell Response ◽  
Antigen Delivery ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
C Terminus ◽  
Glycoprotein Antigen ◽  
Pandemic Threat ◽  
Covalently Linked ◽  
Selection Of

Nipah virus (NiV) represents a significant pandemic threat with zoonotic transmission from bats-to-humans with almost annual regional outbreaks characterized by documented human-to-human transmission and high fatality rates. Currently, no vaccine against NiV has been approved. Structure-based design and protein engineering principles were applied to stabilize the fusion (F) protein in its prefusion trimeric conformation (pre-F) to improve expression and increase immunogenicity. We covalently linked the stabilized pre-F through trimerization domains at the C-terminus to three attachment protein (G) monomers, forming a chimeric design. These studies detailed here focus on mRNA delivery of NiV immunogens in mice, assessment of mRNA immunogen-specific design elements and their effects on humoral and cellular immunogenicity. The pre-F/G chimera elicited a strong neutralizing antibody response and a superior NiV-specific Tfh and other effector T cell response compared to G alone across both the mRNA and protein platforms. These findings enabled final candidate selection of pre-F/G Fd for clinical development.

scholarly journals Zika Virus: Diagnostics for an Emerging Pandemic Threat

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 860-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse J. Waggoner ◽  
Benjamin A. Pinsky
Keyword(s):  
Dengue Virus ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Chikungunya Virus ◽  
Febrile Illness ◽  
Zikv Infection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Clinical Criteria ◽  
Virus Diagnostics ◽  
Pandemic Threat

Zika virus (ZIKV) is anAedesmosquito-borne flavivirus that emerged in Brazil in 2015 and then rapidly spread throughout the tropical and subtropical Americas. Based on clinical criteria alone, ZIKV cannot be reliably distinguished from infections with other pathogens that cause an undifferentiated systemic febrile illness, including infections with two common arboviruses, dengue virus and chikungunya virus. This minireview details the methods that are available to diagnose ZIKV infection.

The Birth of a Survey

2012 ◽  
pp. 452-474
Author(s):  
Mary Cain Fehr ◽  
Mary Frances Agnello ◽  
Steven M. Crooks ◽  
Fethi Inan ◽  
Raymond Flores
Keyword(s):  
Department Chair ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Diversity Awareness ◽  
Diverse Classrooms ◽  
Attitudes Toward Diversity ◽  
Survey Validity ◽  
Changing Demographics

Assessing the effectiveness of academic programs is a critical element of institutional research. Changing demographics in the United States compel us to measure the effectiveness of academic programs to address issues of diversity. At a large public university in the Southwestern U.S., a team of researchers constructed a diversity awareness survey as part of its institutional research. This survey was created in response to several factors: (1) results from a university-wide survey of graduating seniors regarding attitudes toward diversity were alarming; (2) the College of Education was undergoing NCATE accreditation review, and assessment had become part of institutionalized procedures in the college; (3) the Curriculum and Instruction department chair requested it; (4) the teacher certification program was guided by a mission to prepare teachers to be effective in diverse classrooms. This process appeared simple at first, but proved to be a lengthy, complex series of steps on a not-so-linear path. After three years, we are just now reaching a point where we believe the survey validity is strong and the questions need no further revision.

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