The Hierarchical Graph-Coupled Hidden Markov Model (hGCHMM) is a useful tool for tracking and predicting the spread of contagious diseases, such as influenza, by leveraging social contact data collected from individual wearable devices. However, the existing inference algorithms depend on the assumption that the infection rates are small in probability, typically close to 0. The purpose of this...

BACKGROUND Telepathology is considered a good alternative for a second opinion consultation. Its implementation is desirable, but studies to confirm its practical application are required. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the reproducibility of histopathologic diagnoses of skin diseases obtained through digital photomicrographs compared with conventional microscopy. METHODS We evaluated the surgical ...

Public health programs — especially vaccination programs — have led to dramatic declines in the incidence of contagious diseases in the United States over the past century.1-3 However, some contagious diseases are now on the rise despite the availability of vaccines. Pertussis vaccines have been available since the 1920s, but the worst pertussis epidemic since 1959 occurred in 2012, with more t...

The contagious aspect of yawning is a well-known phenomenon that exhibits variation in the human population. Despite the observed variation, few studies have addressed its intra-individual reliability or the factors modulating differences in the susceptibility of healthy volunteers. Due to its obvious biological basis and impairment in diseases like autism and schizophrenia, a better understand...

Abstract Child mortality in Europe steadily declined the last decades. Children, especially kindergarten age, however, still suffer from multiple contagious diseases (CD). This is a burden for children and families causes high costs society. While studies examine epidemiology certain diseases, there no cost estimation including various CD. Thus, aim of study to estimate with common CD Germany s...

The second volume of this work has now been issued, and lies before us. Like the first volume, it consists of a number of monographs by different authors. It opens with two papers respectively by Dr. A. Neisser and Dr. R. Ledermann on gonorrhoeal diseases and syphilis, and the effects these contagious diseases may have on the male and female organs with regard to the marriage of either party. Q...

Contagious yawning may be a useful measure of social psychological functioning, and thus it is important to evaluate the variables influencing its expression in laboratory settings. Previous research has documented that humans yawn less frequently in crowded environments and when under direct observation, but the impact of social presence on contagious yawning remains unknown. Here we present t...