Publications by authors named "A E Stillman"
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- Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a rare but serious illness with high mortality rates and significant long-term effects on survivors, including physical, emotional, and financial challenges.
- A mixed-methods study involving surveys and interviews highlighted that IMD survivors experience extensive physical and psychological issues, severely impacting their quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.
- Caregivers of survivors also face emotional and financial burdens, often needing to take time off work, which further strains family income.
Introduction: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has a low incidence but is a life-threatening illness with a 10-15% mortality rate. Even with timely treatment, survivors may experience acute and long-term health complications. While meningococcal vaccines are recommended for adolescents and young adults in the USA, vaccination coverage remains uneven across serotypes.
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- Warming temperatures in spring and autumn are extending the breeding season for migratory birds in North America, but their success depends on their ability to adapt to changes in prey availability.
- A study on black-throated blue warblers in New Hampshire used fecal DNA analysis to investigate their diets during the breeding season and found significant variations in diet composition related to seasonal prey availability.
- The findings indicate that these warblers are flexible in their dietary choices and can adjust to seasonal changes, which may help them cope with climate-driven shifts in insect populations.
In this study, we present a method based on Monte Carlo Dropout (MCD) as Bayesian neural network (BNN) approximation for confidence-aware severity classification of lung diseases in COVID-19 patients using chest X-rays (CXRs). Trained and tested on 1208 CXRs from Hospital 1 in the USA, the model categorizes severity into four levels (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAxonal injury, sleep disturbances, and memory following traumatic brain injury.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol
September 2024
Objectives: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with sleep deficits, but it is not clear why some report sleep disturbances and others do not. The objective of this study was to assess the associations between axonal injury, sleep, and memory in chronic and acute TBI.
Methods: Data were acquired from two independent datasets which included 156 older adult veterans (69.