Arts-Based Charter Schools as Urban Redevelopment Catalysts: Santa Ana, California’s Orange County School of the Arts

Stirpulina saulaen. sp. is the first reported clavagellid from the Pacific Province of North America. Specimens of this clavagellid are from the Ladd Formation of the Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, southern California. The age of these specimens is Late Turonian based upon the presence of the ammoniteSubprionocyclusspp. both above and below the clavagellids in the section. These are, therefore, the oldest reported clavagellids from the western hemisphere, and they give positive support to the European Turonian reports of the genusStirpulina.The deposits indicate an open-shelf habitat of shallow to moderate depth, and the associated fauna suggests a warm temperate to subtropical marine climate. This is consistent with the previously reported Cretaceous distribution for the group.

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Substantial Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses Elicited by Natural Infection and mRNA Vaccination

10.1101/2021.04.15.440089 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rafael Assis ◽

Aarti Jain ◽

Rie Nakajima ◽

Al Jasinskas ◽

Saahir Kahn ◽

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Keyword(s):

Time Course ◽

Orange County ◽

Natural Infection ◽

Vaccination Campaign ◽

Antibody Responses ◽

Prediction Algorithm ◽

Multiple Time ◽

Santa Ana ◽

Natural Exposure ◽

Finger Stick

AbstractWe analyzed data from two ongoing serologic surveys, a longitudinal cohort of health care workers (HCW) from the University of California Irvine Medical Center (Orange County, CA, USA), collected from May and December 2020 through March 2021, and a cross sectional county-wide study in July 2020 (actOC; Orange County, CA) and a more focused community study in the city of Santa Ana (Santa Ana Cares; Orange County, CA, USA), collected in December 2020 - in order to compare the antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 natural infection and vaccination. In addition, we serially tested 9 volunteers at multiple time points to analyze the time course of vaccine-induced antibody response in more detail. In May 2020, 1060 HCW were enrolled and had finger stick samples collected. Finger stick samples were again collected in December 2020, before vaccination, as well as January, February and March 2021 during vaccination campaign. A total of 8,729 finger stick blood specimens were probed and analyzed for IgG and IgM antibodies using a coronavirus antigen microarray (COVAM).The microarray contained 10 SARS-CoV-2 antigens including nucleocapid protein (NP) and several varying fragments of the spike protein, as well as 4 SARS, 3 MERS, 12 Common CoV, and 8 Influenza antigens.Based on a random forest based prediction algorithm, between May and December, prior to vaccine rollout, we observed that seropositivity in the HCW cohort increased from 4.5% to 13%. An intensive vaccination campaign with mRNA vaccines was initiated on December 16, 2020 and 6,724 healthcare workers were vaccinated within 3 weeks. The observed seropositivity of the HCW specimens taken in the last week of January 2021 jumped to 78%, and by the last week in February it reached 93%, and peaked at 98% seropositive in March. The antibody profile induced by natural exposure differed from the profile induced after mRNA vaccination. Messenger RNA vaccines induced elevated antibody (Ab) reactivity levels against the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike, and cross-reactive responses against SARS and MERS RBD domains. Nucleocapsid protein (NP), which is an immunodominant antigen induced after natural exposure, is not present in the vaccine and can be used as a biomarker of past exposure. The results show that naturally-exposed individuals mount a stronger anti-spike response upon vaccination than individuals that were not previously exposed. Longitudinal specimens taken at approximately weekly intervals from 9 individuals show variation in the response to the mRNA vaccine, with some showing a vigorous response to the first dose (prime) and others requiring a subsequent dose (boost) to reach high anti-SARS-CoV-2 levels. Antibody titers determined by serial dilution of the specimens were used to accurately compare antibody levels in these samples. mRNA vaccinees after the boost have higher Ab titers (up to 10 times higher) than convalescent plasmas from donors who recovered from natural infection. The results of this study exemplify the time course and outcomes expected from similar mRNA mass vaccination campaigns conducted in other institutions.

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“It's Not Easy Being Green”: Charter Schools, the Arts, and Students with Diverse Needs

Arts Education Policy Review ◽

10.1080/10632913.2014.883895 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 115 (2) ◽

pp. 44-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alice Hammel ◽

Kelly Fischer

Keyword(s):

Charter Schools ◽

The Arts

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GWEP TAG-TEAM Response: COVID-19 Health Disparities in Orange County, California

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.343 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 90-90

Author(s):

Jung-Ah Lee ◽

Julie Rousseau ◽

Neika Saville ◽

Sonia Sehgal ◽

Lisa Gibbs

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Disparities ◽

Orange County ◽

Health Centers ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

Mental Health Crisis ◽

Community Partner ◽

Federally Qualified Health Centers ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Santa Ana

Abstract Health disparities follow zip codes, and in Orange County, CA, both COVID-19 cases and deaths are highly concentrated in our diverse geriatric populations in Santa Ana (44,075) and Anaheim (40,984) where our two UCI Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are located, and Garden Grove (16,174) and Buena Park (7,581), where University of California Irvine (UCI) TAG-TEAM GWEP community partner FQHCs are located. Collectively, our FQHCs serve diverse populations, with 83-88% of patients identifying as Hispanic/Latino or Asian. As we support these clinics in becoming Age-Friendly Health Systems, UCI’s GWEP pivoted to provide COVID-19 education in the form of multi-lingual materials and videos available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, and Farsi. Additionally, through our Age-Friendly Geriatrics Tele-ECHO Series we are working to build Mental Health care competencies among these FQHC providers since the pandemic morbidity and mortality disparities have resulted in a profound mental health crisis in our communities.

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Electron Microscopy in Molecular Biology

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100060027 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 2-3

Author(s):

Cecil E. Hall

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Molecular Biology ◽

Noise Level ◽

Molecular Structures ◽

Material Structure ◽

The Arts ◽

Shadow Casting ◽

Electron Image ◽

High Degree ◽

Very High

The visualization of organic macromolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, viruses and virus components has reached its high degree of effectiveness owing to refinements and reliability of instruments and to the invention of methods for enhancing the structure of these materials within the electron image. The latter techniques have been most important because what can be seen depends upon the molecular and atomic character of the object as modified which is rarely evident in the pristine material. Structure may thus be displayed by the arts of positive and negative staining, shadow casting, replication and other techniques. Enhancement of contrast, which delineates bounds of isolated macromolecules has been effected progressively over the years as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 by these methods. We now look to the future wondering what other visions are waiting to be seen. The instrument designers will need to exact from the arts of fabrication the performance that theory has prescribed as well as methods for phase and interference contrast with explorations of the potentialities of very high and very low voltages. Chemistry must play an increasingly important part in future progress by providing specific stain molecules of high visibility, substrates of vanishing “noise” level and means for preservation of molecular structures that usually exist in a solvated condition.

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