CONSISTENT PATTERN OF EPIDEMIC SLOWING ACROSS MANY GEOGRAPHIES LED TO LONGER, FLATTER INITIAL WAVES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Consistent pattern of epidemic slowing across many geographies led to longer, flatter initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To define appropriate planning scenarios for future pandemics of respiratory pathogens, it is important to understand the initial transmission dynamics of COVID-19 during 2020.Here, we fit an age-stratified compartmental model with a flexible underlying transmission term to daily COVID-19 death data from states in the contiguous U.S.and to national

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Mindfulness meditation and improvement in depressive symptoms among Spanish- and English speaking adults: A randomized, controlled, comparative efficacy trial.

ObjectiveLatino immigrants experience acculturative stress and increased depression risk.Mindfulness meditation improves depressive symptoms, yet the vast majority of research has focused on English speaking populations.MethodsIn this randomized clinical trial with 2 parallel treatment groups, adults with moderate levels of perceived stress (n = 76

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Experimental modelling of spruce needles ignition by the carbonaceous heated up to high temperatures particle

Forest fires occur as a result of natural and man-made causes.It is known that particles heated to high temperatures are a common source of high temperature.The purpose of the work is the physical simulation of the typical forest fuel ignition (spruce needles ignition) by the carbon particle heated to high temperatures and the identification of the

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