Submissions from 2021
Maintaining Social Distancing in Pandemic Using Smartphones With Acoustic Waves, Vaibhav Rupapara, Manideep Narra, Naresh Kumar Gunda, and Swapnil Gandhi
Deepfake tweets classification using stacked Bi-LSTM and words embedding, Vaibhav Rupapara, Furqan Rustam, Aashir Amaar, Patrick Bernard Washington, Ernesto Lee, and Imran Ashraf
Efficacy and side effects of Sputnik V, Sinopharm and AstraZeneca vaccines to stop COVID-19; a review and discussion, Tella Sadighpour, Nasrin Ghiasi, Rohollah Valizadeh, and Mohammad Arabsorkhi
COVID-19 and renal involvement; evolving role of thromboinflammation, vascular and glomerular disease in the pathogenesis, Tella Sadighpour, Muhammed Mubarak, Parastoo Sabaeifard, Sanam Saeifar, and Fatemeh Kenari
Gut microbiota in COVID-19 treatment, Tella Sadighpour and Audrey Tolouian
Pediatric asthma attack and home paint exposure, Nadia T. Saif, Julia M. Janecki, Adam Wanner, Andrew A. Colin, and Naresh Kumar
Allergies, allergic comorbidities and the home environment in pediatric asthma in Southern Florida, Nadia T. Saif, Gary I. Kleiner, Lourdes Q. Forster, Eugene R. Hershorin, Andrew A. Colin, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, and Naresh Kumar
Examining liver function in adults with diabetes in the United States, Prashant Sakharkar and Subrata Deb
Impact of extreme weather on healthcare utilization by people with hiv in metropolitan miami, Daniel Samano, Shubhayu Saha, Taylor Corbin Kot, Jonell E. Potter, and Lunthita M. Duthely
Estimating HIV transmissions in a large U.S. clinic-based sample: effects of time and syndemic conditions, Satyanand Satyanarayana, Steven A. Safren, Brooke G. Rogers, Sierra A. Bainter, Katerina A. Christopoulos, Rob J. Fredericksen, William C. Mathews, Richard D. Moore, Michael J. Mugavero, Sonia Napravnik, Adam W. Carrico, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Kenneth H. Mayer, and Heidi M. Crane
Hospitalization rates for complications due to systemic therapy in the United States, Anshul Saxena, Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Raees Tonse, Emir Veledar, Peter McGranaghan, Subrina Sundil, Michael D. Chuong, Matthew D. Hall, Yazmin Odia, Minesh P. Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Hospitalization rates for complications due to systemic therapy in the United States, Anshul Saxena, Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Raees Tonse, Emir Veledar, Peter McGranaghan, Subrina Sundil, Michael D. Chuong, Matthew D. Hall, Yazmin Odia, Minesh P. Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Causal effects in microbiomes using interventional calculus, Musfiqur Sazal, Vitalii Stebliankin, Kalai Mathee, Changwon Yoo, and Giri Narasimhan
Risks and Rewards of Conscientiousness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sebastian W. Schuetz
Combating COVID-19 fake news on social media through fact checking: antecedents and consequences, Sebastian W. Schuetz, Tracy Ann Sykes, and Viswanath Venkatesh
Patch size drives colonization by aquatic insects, with minor priority effects of a cohabitant, Reed C. Scott, Matthew R. Pintar, and William J. Resetarits
Validation of a 3d camera system for cycling analysis, Robson Dias Scoz, Thiago Roberto Espindola, Mateus Freitas Santiago, Paulo Rui de Oliveira, Bruno Mazziotti Oliveira Alves, Luciano Maia Alves Ferreira, and César Ferreira Amorim
Protein signatures of centenarians and their offspring suggest centenarians age slower than other humans, Paola Sebastiani, Anthony Federico, Melody Morris, Anastasia Gurinovich, Toshiko Tanaka, Kevin B. Chandler, Stacy L. Andersen, Gerald Denis, Catherine E. Costello, Luigi Ferrucci, Lori Jennings, David J. Glass, Stefano Monti, and Thomas T. Perls
Type IA topoisomerases as targets for infectious disease treatments, Ahmed Seddek, Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai, and Yuk Ching Tse-Dinh
Type IA Topoisomerases as Targets for Infectious Disease Treatments, Ahmed Seddek, Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai, and Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh
Pathologic response rates after neoadjuvant therapy for sarcoma: A single institution study, Crystal Seldon, Gautam Shrivastava, Melanie Fernandez, John Jarboe, Sheila Conway, Juan Pretell, Laura Freedman, Aaron Wolfson, Wei Zhao, Deukwoo Kwon, Andrew Rosenberg, Ty Subhawong, Jonathan Trent, and Raphael Yechieli
Harm reduction for the treatment of patients with severe injection-related infections: description of the Jackson SIRI Team, David P. Serota, Hansel E. Tookes, Belén Hervera, Babley M. Gayle, Cara R. Roeck, Edward Suarez, David W. Forrest, Michael A. Kolber, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Allan E. Rodriguez, and Susanne Doblecki-Lewis
Saltwater and phosphorus drive unique soil biogeochemical processes in freshwater and brackish wetland mesocosms, Shelby Servais, John S. Kominoski, Marco Fernandez, and Kristina Morales
Pnpla3 single nucleotide polymorphism prevalence and association with liver disease in a diverse cohort of persons living with hiv, Kenneth E. Sherman, Susan D. Rouster, Heidi Meeds, Javier Tamargo, Jun Chen, Richard Ehman, and Marianna Baum
A novel index-based decision support toolkit for safe reopening following a generalized lockdown in low and middle-income countries, Abu S. Shonchoy, Khandker S. Ishtiaq, Sajedul Talukder, Nasar U. Ahmed, and Rajiv Chowdhury
A novel index-based decision support toolkit for safe reopening following a generalized lockdown in low and middle-income countries, Abu S. Shonchoy, Khandke S. Ishtiaq, Sajedul Talukder, and Nasar U. Ahmed
Intranasal oxytocin in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, Linmarie Sikich, Alexander Kolevzon, Bryan H. King, Christopher J. McDougle, Kevin B. Sanders, Soo Jeong Kim, Marina Spanos, Tara Chandrasekhar, Pilar Trelles, Carol M. Rockhill, Michelle L. Palumbo, Allyson Witters Cundiff, Alicia Montgomery, Paige Siper, Mendy Minjarez, Lisa A. Nowinski, Sarah Marler, Lauren C. Shuffrey, Cheryl Alderman, and Jordana Weissman
The association between social determinants of health and self-reported diabetic retinopathy: An exploratory analysis, Emily L. Silverberg, Trevor W. Sterling, Tyler H. Williams, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodriguez de la Vega, and Noël C. Barengo
The Association between Social Determinants of Health and Self-Reported Diabetic Retinopathy: An Exploratory Analysis, Emily L. Silverberg, Trevor W. Sterling, Tyler H. Williams, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodriguez de la Vega, and Noël C. Barengo
Decreased levels of soluble cd44 in a high-risk population following a smoking cessation program, Drew H. Smith, Shahm Raslan, Isildinha M. Reis, Abdurrahman Al-Awady, Isabella Buitron, Melanie Perez, Huaping Liu, Jerri Halgowich, Claudia Gordon, Monica Webb Hooper, Noël C. Barengo, and Elizabeth J. Franzmann
Decreased Levels of Soluble CD44 in a High-Risk Population following a Smoking Cessation Program, Drew H. Smith, Shahm Raslan, Isildinha M. Reis, Abdurrahman Al-Awady, Isabella Buitron, Melanie Perez, Huaping Liu, Jerri Halgowich, Claudia Gordon, Monica Webb Hooper, Noël C. Barengo, and Elizabeth J. Franzmann
Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths, Yash Sondhi, Emily A. Ellis, Seth M. Bybee, Jamie C. Theobald, and Akito Y. Kawahara
Avolition as the core negative symptom in schizophrenia: relevance to pharmacological treatment development, Gregory P. Strauss, Lisa A. Bartolomeo, and Philip D. Harvey
Potential ecological and socio-economic effects of a novel megaherbivore introduction: The hippopotamus in Colombia, Amanda L. Subalusky, Elizabeth P. Anderson, Germán Jiménez, David M. Post, David Echeverri Lopez, Sebastián García-R., Laura J. Nova León, Juan F. Reátiga Parrish, Ana Rojas, Sergio Solari, and Luz F. Jiménez-Segura
Is laryngeal hypersensitivity the basis of unexplained or refractory chronic cough?, Krishna M. Sundar, Amanda Carole Stark, Nan Hu, and Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer
A new trade war with an opium component: Can the U.S. opioids crisis be solved by banning fentanyl in China?, Wenjie Sun and Thomas Breslin
Clinical features and viral RNA shedding of imported and local cases with COVID-19 in Wenzhou, China, Wenjie Sun, Jing Wu, Jianping Huang, and Guiqing He
Do post-COVID-19 symptoms exist? A longitudinal study of COVID-19 sequelae in Wenzhou, China, Wenjie Sun, Min Zhou, Jing Cai, and Jing Wu
COVID-19 Testing and the Impact of the Pandemic on the Miami Adult Studies on HIV Cohort, Javier A. Tamargo, Haley R. Martin, Janet Diaz-Martnez, and Mary Jo Trepka
Sustaining or declining physical activity: Reports from an ethnically diverse sample of older adults, Ruth Tappen, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Sareen S. Gropper, David Newman, and Cassandre Horne
A facile and scalable approach in the fabrication of tailored 3d graphene foam via freeze drying, Tony Thomas and Arvind Agarwal
Research progress in plant molecular systematics of lauraceae, Yongjing Tian, Jingbo Zhou, Yunyan Zhang, Shuang Wang, Ying Wang, Hong Liu, and Zhongsheng Wang
The relationship between hiv duration, insulin resistance and diabetes risk, Eduard Tiozzo, Allan Rodriguez, Janet Konefal, Gary J. Farkas, Jennifer L. Maher, and John E. Lewis
Systematic review and meta-analysis of lung cancer brain metastasis and primary tumor receptor expression discordance, Raees Tonse, Muni Rubens, Haley Appel, Martin C. Tom, Matthew D. Hall, Yazmin Odia, Michael W. McDermott, Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, Minesh P. Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Integration of systemic therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases, Raees Tonse, Martin C. Tom, Minesh P. Mehta, Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, and Rupesh Kotecha
Factors associated with unplanned readmissions and costs following resection of brain metastases in the United States, Raees Tonse, Alexandra Townsend, Muni Rubens, Vitaly Siomin, Michael W. McDermott, Martin C. Tom, Matthew D. Hall, Yazmin Odia, Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, Minesh P. Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Following de novo triglyceride dynamics in ovaries of Aedes aegypti during the previtellogenic stage, Lilian Valadares Tose, Chad R. Weisbrod, Veronika Michalkova, Marcela Nouzova, Fernando G. Noriega, and Francisco Fernandez-Lima
Author Correction: Following de novo triglyceride dynamics in ovaries of Aedes aegypti during the previtellogenic stage (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (9636), 10.1038/s41598-021-89025-6), Lilian Valadares Tose, Chad R. Weisbrod, Veronika Michalkova, Marcela Nouzova, Fernando G. Noriega, and Francisco Fernandez‑Lima
Identification of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Classes and Development of Hyperinflammation Score in Pediatric COVID-19, Balagangadhar R. Totapally, Laufer Laufer, Veronica Etinger, and Otto Ramos
The translocator protein (TSPO) genetic polymorphism A147T is associated with worse survival in male glioblastoma patients, Katie M. Troike, Arlet M.Acanda de la Rocha, Tyler J. Alban, Matthew M. Grabowski, Balint Otvos, Gino Cioffi, Kristin A. Waite, Jill S.Barnholtz Sloan, Justin D. Lathia, Tomás R. Guilarte, and Diana J. Azzam
Synaptic processes and immune-related pathways implicated in Tourette syndrome, Fotis Tsetsos, Fotis Tsetsos, Dongmei Yu, Jae Hoon Sul, Alden Y. Huang, Cornelia Illmann, Cornelia Illmann, Lisa Osiecki, Lisa Osiecki, Sabrina M. Darrow, Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Erica Greenberg, Kirsten R. Muller-Vahl, Manfred Stuhrmann, Manfred Stuhrmann, Yves Dion, Guy A. Rouleau, Harald Aschauer Harald Aschauer, and Mara Stamenkovic
Pristimantis achupalla sp. N., a new minute species of direct-developing frog (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) inhabiting bromeliads of the montane forest of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru, Alex Ttito and Alessandro Catenazzi
Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco-evolutionary studies, Megan L. Vahsen, Rachel M. Gentile, Jennifer L. Summers, Helena S. Kleiner, Benjamin Foster, Regina M. McCormack, Evan W. James, Rachel A. Koch, Dailee L. Metts, Colin Saunders, James Patrick Megonigal, Michael J. Blum, and Jason S. McLachlan
Alcohol use disorder causes global changes in splicing in the human brain, Derek Van Booven, Mengying Li, J. Sunil Rao, Ilya O. Blokhin, R. Dayne Mayfield, Estelle Barbier, Markus Heilig, and Claes Wahlestedt
Calcification-driven CO2emissions exceed "blue Carbon" sequestration in a carbonate seagrass meadow, Bryce R. Van Dam, Mary A. Zeller, Christian Lopes, Ashley R. Smyth, Michael E. Böttcher, Christopher L. Osburn, Tristan Zimmerman, Daniel Pröfrock, James W. Fourqurean, and Helmuth Thomas
Academic women and their children: Parenting during COVID-19 and the impact on scholarly productivity, Olga Vega, Kristina S. Brown, Deanna L. Hensley Kasitz, and Sara Bender
Two new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from Cordillera de Colán, Peru, Pablo Javier Venegas, Luis Alberto García-Ayachi, Jesús Ormeño, Santiago Bullard, Alessandro Catenazzi, and Ana Paula Motta
Effects of exercise and diet on body composition and physical function in older hispanics with type 2 diabetes, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Fabricia Azevedo da Costa Cavalcanti, Fernanda Civitella, Monica Hollifield, Stephanie Caceres, Jorge Carreno, Trudy Gaillard, Fatma G. Huffman, Jorge Camilo Mora, and Marcos Roberto Queiroga
Perspectives on the Health Effects of Hurricanes: A Review and Challenges, Samantha L. Waddell, Dushyantha T. Jayaweera, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, John C. Beier, and Naresh Kumar
Virtual town halls addressing vaccine hesitancy among racial/ethnic minorities: Preliminary findings, Eric F. Wagner, Robbert J. Langwerden, Staci Leon Morris, and Melissa K. Ward
Modelling and simulation of solar thermal power generation network, Bowen Wang
Conservation and reintroduction of the rare and endangered orchid Paphiopedilum armeniacum, Meina Wang, Suzhen Li, Lijun Chen, Jian Li, Liqiang Li, Wenhui Rao, Hong Liu, Jianbin Chen, and Hai Ren
Observed Shear-Relative Rainfall Asymmetries Associated with Landfalling Tropical Cyclones, Xiang Wang, Haiyan Jiang, Xun Li, and Jun A. Zhang
Contrasting behaviors between the rapidly intensifying and slowly intensifying tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins, Xinxi Wang and Haiyan Jiang
Provider Perceptions of Barriers to HIV Care Among Women with HIV in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Possible Solutions: A Qualitative Study, Melissa K. Ward, Yazmine de la Cruz, Sofia B. Fernandez, Gladys E. Ibañez, Michèle Jean-Gilles, Jessy G. Dévieux, Petra Brock, Robert Ladner, Mary Catherine Beach, and Mary Jo Trepka
ENMTools 1.0: an R package for comparative ecological biogeography, Dan L. Warren, Nicholas J. Matzke, Marcel Cardillo, John B. Baumgartner, Linda J. Beaumont, Michael Turelli, Richard E. Glor, Nicholas A. Huron, Marianna Simões, Teresa L. Iglesias, Julien C. Piquet, and Russell Dinnage
Adoption and implementation barriers for worksite health programs in the United States, Marc Weinstein and Kalila Cheddie
Ruthless Utilitarianism? COVID-19 State Triage Protocols May Subject Patients to Racial Discrimination and Providers to Legal Liability, Miriam F. Weismann and Cheryl Holder
Invasion, establishment, and spread of invasive mosquitoes from the Culex coronator complex in urban areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida, André B.B. Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Gabriel Cardenas, Augusto Carvajal, Johana Medina, William D. Petrie, and John C. Beier
Urbanization favors the proliferation of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus in urban areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida, André B.B. Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, Douglas O. Fuller, Gabriel Cardenas, William D. Petrie, and John C. Beier
Conservation planning in an uncertain climate: Identifying projects that remain valuable and feasible across future scenarios, Sean M. Wineland, Rachel Fovargue, Ken C. Gill, Shabnam Rezapour, and Thomas M. Neeson
Florida as a COVID-19 Epicenter: Exploring the Role of Institutions in the State's Response, Kaila Witkowski, N. Emel Ganapati, Yeo Jungwon, and Sara Belligoni
COVID-19 vaccine-related unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy: Pattern on screening breast MRI allowing for a benign assessment, Jervon Wright, Michael J. Plaza, and Sara Fernandez
ESG Disclosure, REIT Debt Financing and Firm Value, Zhonghua Wu and Zifeng Feng
Arabic validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the 5C scale for assessment of COVID-19 vaccines psychological antecedents, Mohamed Yacoub, Iffat Elbarazi, Ramy Shaaban, and Samar Abd ElHafeez
Building a diverse workforce and thinkforce to reduce health disparities, Richard Yanagihara, Marla J. Berry, Monica J. Carson, Sandra P. Chang, Heather Corliss, Marc B. Cox, Georges Haddad, Christine Hohmann, Scott T. Kelley, Eun Sook Yu Lee, Bruce G. Link, Richard J. Noel, Julie Pickrel, James T. Porter, Gregory J. Quirk, Temesgen Samuel, Jonathan K. Stiles, Angela U. Sy, Deborah A. Taira, and Mary Jo Trepka
Train the Neural Network by Abstract Images, Liqun Yang, Yan Liu, Wei Zeng, and Yijun Yang
On the Synthesis of the Astronomically Elusive 1-Ethynyl-3-Silacyclopropenylidene (c-SiC4H2) Molecule in Circumstellar Envelopes of Carbon-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars and Its Potential Role in the Formation of the Silicon Tetracarbide Chain (SiC4), Zhenghai Yang, Srinivas Doddipatla, Ralf I. Kaiser, Anatoliy A. Nikolayev, Valeriy N. Azyazov, and Alexander M. Mebel
A culture of conservation: How an ancient forest plantation turned into an old-growth forest reserve – The story of the Wamulin forest, Zhi jie Yang, Qun rui Zheng, Ming xiu Zhuo, Hong da Zeng, James Aaron Hogan, and Teng Chiu Lin
Convergent and diver gent brain structural and functional abnormalities associated with developmental dyslexia, Xiaohui Yan, Ke Jiang, Hui Li, Ziyi Wang, Kyle Perkins, and Fan Cao
Changes in Consumption in the Early COVID-19 Era: Zip-Code Level Evidence from the U.S., Hakan Yilmazkuday
COVID-19 effects on the S&P 500 index, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Introduction to the special issue on COVID-19: Economic and financial effects, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Unequal welfare costs of staying at home across socioeconomic and demographic groups, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Welfare costs of COVID-19: Evidence from US counties, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Welfare costs of travel reductions within the United States due to COVID-19, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Identifying methylation patterns in dental pulp aging: Application to age-at-death estimation in forensic anthropology, Sara C. Zapico, Quentin Gauthier, Aleksandra Antevska, and Bruce R. McCord
Rethink left-behind experience: new categories and its relationship with aggression, Chunyang Zhang, Yijun Lin, Yuyang Zhou, and Wei Xu
INPP4B protects from metabolic syndrome and associated disorders, Manqi Zhang, Yasemin Ceyhan, Elena M. Kaftanovskaya, Judy L. Vasquez, Jean Vacher, Filip K. Knop, Lubov Nathanson, Alexander I. Agoulnik, Michael M. Ittmann, and Irina U. Agoulnik
Dual-emission ratio fluorescence for selective and sensitive detection of ferric ions and ascorbic acid based on one-pot synthesis of glutathione protected gold nanoclusters, Shuai Zhang, Cong Zhang, Xiaodong Shao, Rentian Guan, Yingying Hu, Keying Zhang, Wenjing Liu, Min Hong, and Qiaoli Yue
Gas-phase synthesis of benzene via the propargyl radical self-reaction, Long Zhao, Wenchao Lu, Musahid Ahmed, Marsel V. Zagidullin, Valeriy N. Azyazov, Alexander N. Morozov, Alexander M. Mebel, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Tropical cyclones cumulatively control regional carbon fluxes in Everglades mangrove wetlands (Florida, USA), Xiaochen Zhao, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Luis M. Farfán, Henry Briceño, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Rafael Travieso, and Evelyn E. Gaiser
COVID-19 and Eating Problems in Daily Life: The Mediating Roles of Stress, Negative Affect and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Yuyang Zhou, Xiujie Yang, Ruike Sheng, and Xiaoyan Liu
Mortality and Attrition Rates within the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among People Living with HIV in Guangxi, China: An Observational Cohort Study, Jinhui Zhu, Mohammed Adnan Yousuf, Wenmin Yang, Qiuying Zhu, Zhiyong Shen, Guanghua Lan, Yi Chen, Huanhuan Chen, Wensheng Fan, Hui Xing, Yiming Shao, Yuhua Ruan, and Liming Li
Ending the Pandemic: Are Rapid COVID-19 Tests a Step Forward or Back?, Tony Zitek, MD and Joseph B. B. Fraiman, MD
Smoking as a Risk Factor for Surgical Site Complications in Implant-Based Breast Surgery, Isaac Zucker, Antoun Bouz, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodriguez de la Vega, and Noel C. Barengo
Faculty Publications from 2020
Factors Associated With Low Physical Activity in Two Latin American Populations at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes: An Exploratory Analysis, Tania Acosta, Rafael Tuesca, Karen Florez, Noël C. Barengo, Luis Anillo, Victor Flórez-García, Jorge Acosta, Liliana Carvajal, Sandra de la Rosa, María Julieta Pachón, and Pablo Aschner
Child Obesity Prevention Intervention in Kuwaiti Summer Camps Targeting Health Behaviors in Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Screen Time, Ghanima Alfaleh, Fatma Huffman, Tan Li, and Joan A. Vaccaro
Symptoms, Stress, and HIV-Related Care Among Older People Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Miami, Florida, Angel B. Algarin, Emil Varas-Rodriguez, Chelsea Valdivia, Kristopher P. Fennie, Linda Larkey, and Nan Hu
Rathat: A self-targeting printable brain implant system, Leila M. Allen, Maanasa Jayachandran, Tatiana D. Viena, Meifung Su, Bruce L. McNaughton, and Timothy A. Allen