Publications by Kara C. Hoover
Population Variation in Odor Sensitivity
Genetic Variation in Odor Sensitivity Relative to Subsistence Kara C. Hoover 6/9/2021 Genetic Variation in Odor Sensitivity Odorant binding proteins are enigmatic molecules that play a peri-receptor role in human olfactory processing, binding to odor molecules and enabling them to reach the receptor. Allelic variation in these genes can be li...
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Map of variation in a gene that reduces sensitivity to odors
Data The data used for this project are from my research on variation in genes that control our sense of smell. Map The data visualized by the map are gene frequencies for a mutation that reduces odor sensitivity. The map is interactive and you can click on a colored bubble to get a pop-up that tells you the type of diet that group practices. Th...
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Weather Events in the United States with the Greatest Human Population Health and Economic Impacts (1996-2011)
Synopsis Severe weather events, such as storms and floods, can result in fatalities, injuries, and property damage. The purpose of the research reported here is to identify the weather events with the greatest public health and economic impacts. The data used for the report are from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NO...
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SpeedStopTimes Shiny App Pitch
A Shiny App for Predicting Car Speed Based on Stopping Time Kara C. Hoover 6/9/2021 Introducing the SpeedStopTimes App The SpeedStopTimes Shiny App will tell you what the speed of a care is based on stopping time. Simply use the slider to decrease (left) or inrease (right) the stopping time of the car (in feet) to find the speed the car was g...
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Variation in resilience, health, and colonialism in the early modern Ryukyu Islands
Abstract The resilience of socio-ecological systems is enhanced by levels of human well-being which reduce vulnerabilities and promote effective learning responses to change and uncertainty. As an important element of well-being, health serves as a useful proxy for resilience. Human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts can be used to ext...
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NLP Project Milestone
The Goal To build a Shiny App that completes input text (in English) using a predictive model, drawing on concepts in Natural Language Processing and R tools for text mining. The data are character strings of tweets, newspaper items, and blogs. For ease of reading, this report excludes much of the background code, which is available at https://gi...
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Pitching a Shiny App for Predicting the Next Word
Pitch for Shiny App that Predicts the Next Word Kara C. Hoover 6/29/2021 SLIDE 1: About the app - Description - a shiny app to predict the next word based on entered text - Instructions - enter a short phrase into the text box without quotes or symbols - How it functions - input text is cleaned and analyzed for length - ...
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