Fiji, an upper-middle income state in the Pacific Ocean, has experienced an increase in confirmed case notifications of enteric fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S.Typhi).To characterize the epidemiology of typhoid exposure, we conducted a cross-sectional sero-epidemiological survey measuring IgG against the Vi antigen of S.Typhi t
In late 2001, the Australian government Foot Pad Rubber Insert put asylum seekers at the centre of its re-election campaign by refusing to accept 438 asylum seekers picked up by the Norwegian cargo ship Tampa.It then introduced legislation giving the Commonwealth powers to interdict asylum seekers at sea, and to forcibly return them to the port of
This paper constructs deep neural network (DNN) models for equity-premium forecasting.We compare the forecasting performance of DNN Gift Card models with that of ordinary least squares (OLS) and historical average (HA) models.The DNN models robustly work best and significantly outperform both OLS and HA models in both in- and out-of-sample tests an
Theories of embodied cognition argue that language comprehension involves sensory-motor re-enactments of the actions described.However, the degree of specificity of these re-enactments as well as the relationship between action and language remains a matter of debate.Here we investigate these issues by examining how hand-specific information (left
Articular cartilage degeneration has been proved to cause a variety of joint diseases, among which osteoarthritis is the most typical.Osteoarthritis is characterized by articular cartilage degeneration and persistent pain, which affects the quality of life of patients as well as brings a heavy Mustard Made Baskets burden to society.The occurrence a