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Optimal evaluation policies to identify students with reading disabilities Open

Akshaya Suresh, Edward H. Kaplan, Edieal J. Pinker, Jeffrey R. Gruen · 2024

Reading disabilities affect 10-20% of students in the US. Untreated students fall behind their typically developing peers, leading to poor long-term outcomes. While instructional interventions can help, they are most effective when impleme…

Scaling SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentrations to population estimates of infection Open

Edward H. Kaplan, Alessandro Zulli, Marcela Granados Sánchez, Jordan Peccia · 2022

Environmental science Biology Medicine

Monitoring the progression of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks requires accurate estimation of the unobservable fraction of the population infected over time in addition to the observed numbers of COVID-19 cases, as the latter present a distorted view…

Modeling local coronavirus outbreaks Open

Joseph T. Chang, Edward H. Kaplan · 2021

Computer science Mathematics Medicine

This article presents an overview of methods developed for the modeling and control of local coronavirus outbreaks. The article reviews early transmission dynamics featuring exponential growth in infections, and links this to a renewal epi…

Scaling SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations to Population Estimates of Infection Open

Edward H. Kaplan, Alessandro Zulli, Marcela Granados Sánchez, Jordan Peccia · 2021

Environmental science Biology Medicine

Monitoring the progression of SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreaks requires accurate estimates of infection rates. Estimation methods based on observed cases are biased due to changes in testing over time. Here we report an approach based upon scaling dai…

Predicting daily COVID-19 case rates from SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations across a diversity of wastewater catchments Open

Alessandro Zulli, Annabelle Pan, Stephen M. Bart, Forrest W. Crawford, Edward H. Kaplan , et al. · 2021

Environmental science Geography Biology

We assessed the relationship between municipality COVID-19 case rates and SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in the primary sludge of corresponding wastewater treatment facilities. Over 1,000 daily primary sludge samples were collected from six was…

Predicting daily COVID-19 case rates from SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations across a diversity of wastewater catchments Open

Alessandro Zulli, Annabelle Pan, Stephen M. Bart, Forrest W. Crawford, Edward H. Kaplan , et al. · 2021

Environmental science Biology Medicine

We assessed the relationship between municipality COVID-19 case rates and SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in the primary sludge of corresponding wastewater treatment facilities. Over 1700 daily primary sludge samples were collected from six wast…

Snapshot Models of Undocumented Immigration Open

Scott Rodilitz, Edward H. Kaplan · 2020

Geography Economics Sociology

Accurately estimating the size of the undocumented immigrant population is a critical component of assessing the health and security risks of undocumented immigration to the United States. To provide one such estimate, we use data from the…

Repeat SARS-CoV-2 Testing Models for Residential College Populations Open

Joseph Tung‐Chieh Chang, Forrest W. Crawford, Edward H. Kaplan · 2020

Medicine Computer science Biology

Residential colleges are considering re-opening under uncertain futures regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider repeat SARS-CoV-2 testing models for the purpose of containing outbreaks in the residential campus community. The goal of …

Aligning SARS-CoV-2 Indicators via an Epidemic Model: Application to Hospital Admissions and RNA Detection in Sewage Sludge Open

Edward H. Kaplan, Dennis Wang, Mike Wang, Amyn A. Malik, Alessandro Zulli , et al. · 2020

Environmental science Biology Medicine

Ascertaining the state of coronavirus outbreaks is crucial for public health decision-making. Absent repeated representative viral test samples in the population, public health officials and researchers alike have relied on lagging indicat…

SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in primary municipal sewage sludge as a leading indicator of COVID-19 outbreak dynamics Open

Jordan Peccia, Alessandro Zulli, Doug E. Brackney, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Edward H. Kaplan , et al. · 2020

Environmental science Geography Biology

We report a time course of SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in primary sewage sludge during the Spring COVID-19 outbreak in a northeastern U.S. metropolitan area. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in all environmental samples, and when adjusted for…

Logistics of Aggressive Community Screening for Coronavirus 2019 Open

Edward H. Kaplan, Howard P. Forman · 2020

Medicine Biology

Universal, Repeated Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Isolation of Infected Patients Curbed Spread in a Long-Term Care Nursing Facility

Opuscula Altaica : Essays Presented in Honor of Henry Schwarz Open

Edward H. Kaplan, Donald W. Whisenhunt · 2019

Computer science

Opuscula Altaica : Essays Presented in Honor of Henry Schwarz, edited by Edward H. Kaplan and Donald W. Whisenhunt: We are pleased to present herewith a largely Mongol miscellany in honor of a most remarkable man, Henry Schwarz. I first me…

The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States: Estimates based on demographic modeling with data from 1990 to 2016 Open

Mohammad M. Fazel‐Zarandi, Jonathan S. Feinstein, Edward H. Kaplan · 2018

Geography Mathematics Sociology

We apply standard demographic principles of inflows and outflows to estimate the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States, using the best available data, including some that have only recently become available. Our analysis c…

Estimating Aging Effects in Running Events Open