THE LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OF BORDER PEOPLES INSULAR RIAU, WEST KALIMANTAN, EAST KALIMANTAN, NORTH SULAWESI, AND THE EASTERN SUNDA ISLANDS

The language attitude of border peoples Insular Riau, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and the Eastern Sunda Islands

This research aims at describing (1) the language use of border area societies (Insular Riau, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and the Eastern Sunda 5 Piece Bunk Bed Bedroom Islands) in terms of local language (BD), Indonesian (BI), and foreign language (BA) in the domains of family, society, and occupation, (2) language activity o

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Multi-strain modeling of influenza vaccine effectiveness in older adults and its dependence on antigenic distance

Abstract Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) varies seasonally due to host, virus and vaccine characteristics.To investigate how antigenic matching and dosage impact VE, we developed a mechanistic knowledge-based mathematical model.Immunization with a split vaccine is modeled for exposure to A/H1N1 or A/H3N2 virus strains.The model accounts for cr

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How health-related messaging increase intentions to download and use mobile contact (COVID-19) tracing apps: Preliminary findings

This study contributes to current discussions regarding the use of digital solutions and especially (mobile) contact tracingcontact-tracing apps (MCTA) in COVID-19 containment.This study is timely because several countries around the world andworld, including African countriescountries, face an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines and as a result co

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