12 Using several longitudinal datasets describing putative factors affecting influenza incidence and clinical data on the disease 13 and health status of over 150 million human subjects observed over a decade, we investigated the source and the mechanistic 14 triggers of influenza epidemics. We conclude that the initiation of a pan-continental influenza wave emerges from the simulta15 neous rea...

Public discourse about the effect of violent media on aggression has become contentious. We propose that violent media effects can best be understood within a risk and resilience framework that considers multiple factors that facilitate or inhibit aggression. In a prospective study, 430 third through fourth grade children, their peers, and their teachers were surveyed twice during the school ye...

Previous research has consistently found a significant relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and health status; individuals with lower income, education, and occupational prestige have and report more health problems. Interestingly, this relationship has not been consistent across the life cycle; health differences among adolescents across socioeconomic groups are not as clearly defin...

Sex-specific incidence patterns and differences in the disease phenotype between men and women suggest that hormone-related factors are important in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Sex hormones have immunomodulatory properties that may be important in this context. Early menopause has been shown to be a predictor of RA, independent of factors such as smoking, and long-term breast...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Research suggests that individuals high in Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) have information processing biases, which may explain the close relationship between IU and worry. Specifically, high IU individuals show an attentional bias for uncertainty, and negatively interpret uncertain information. However, evidence of a memory bias for uncertainty among high IU individu...

Financial time series have typical characteristics such as outliers, trends, and mean reversion. The existence of outliers will affect the effectiveness unknown parameter estimation in financial forecasting model, so that error model be larger. Quantitative methods are divided into causal method method. uses relationship between predictor variable other variables to predict, infers future value...

OBJECTIVE Primary hyperparathyroidism and calcium supplementation have been linked to cardiovascular outcomes. The study objective was to examine plasma calcium as a predictor of cardiovascular disease in the general population, as results from previous cohort studies are conflicting. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS Plasma calcium was measured in 4003 participants (aged 25-84 years) in ...

Using data from the 1982-84 National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration, this study examines factors associated with long-term care service use by African American, Hispanic, and white frail elders living in the community. Findings indicate that in addition to predisposing, enabling, and need factors, race/ethnicity is a significant predictor of each type of service use.