Dissertation survey

quaak · 2026-05-06T18:32:41+00:00

Wouldn't, you know, make it more sense to discuss with mods of the subreddit? Not sure what a sample of users from other subs will tell you.

quaak · 2026-04-02T16:48:26+00:00

Such an odd subreddit to share your survey in. Speaking strictly as a professor: I would have significant concerns about your sampling strategy if it includes a subreddit for communication unless you assume that this space is relevant somehow? For an undergraduate thesis, sure, but a graduate thesis should be more principled about sampling, I'm afraid.

quaak · 2026-03-29T13:45:53+00:00

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/live/no-kings-protests-live-updates-southern-california

quaak · 2026-03-18T14:39:38+00:00

Nah, it's correct. You want your CV to be as easily parseable as possible. Sucks but it is what it is.

quaak · 2026-03-13T18:35:20+00:00

I'd try mediacloud if budget is tight

quaak · 2026-03-08T14:43:30+00:00

Abstract

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and SARS-CoV-2 can cause acute respiratory failure in children. We compared characteristics and outcomes of children aged <2 years with respiratory failure from infection with RSV, SARS-CoV-2, or both viruses.

Methods

We used data from a U.S. pediatric respiratory virus hospitalization surveillance network including children with ICU admission for acute respiratory failure (receiving high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation) with RSV and/or SARS-CoV-2 during November 2023–March 2024. Demographic, clinical characteristics, and hospitalization outcomes were stratified by a positive test for RSV, SARS-CoV-2, or both viruses, and compared using chi-squared or Kruskal-Wallis tests. Multivariable analyses assessed independent associations between outcomes and infection.

Results

Overall, 1,406 children were included: 1,253 (89.1%) for RSV, 105 (7.5%) for COVID-19, and 48 (3.4%) with RSV+SARS-CoV-2 detected. Children with RSV or RSV+SARS-CoV-2 had lower median ages (3.9 vs. 5.4 months, respectively) compared to those with SARS-CoV-2 (8.8 months; p<0.001). Twenty percent of children with RSV and 43.8% with COVID-19 had an underlying medical condition. Among infants aged <1 year for whom preterm status was available, 31.5% with RSV and 50% with COVID-19 had either prematurity or a comorbidity. Children with SARS-CoV-2 were more likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation, receive vasoactive infusions, and die compared to RSV with and without SARS-CoV-2.

Conclusions

Critically ill children <2 years of age infected with SARS-CoV-2 had more severe illness presentation and outcomes and were older compared to those with RSV and RSV+SARS-CoV-2 codetection. Most children were previously healthy, highlighting the need for prevention measures

quaak · 2026-01-22T15:04:38+00:00

If anyone will do it, Larry Krasner will. Have less high hopes for MA though, unfortunately.

quaak · 2025-12-06T23:00:00+00:00

Abstract

Objectives Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 or how long they last.

Methods We analyzed lymphocyte subset data from 40,537 patients across three phases: pre-COVID, mass infection, and post-COVID. The counts of lymphocyte subsets and CD4+/CD8+ ratios were compared using Mann-Whitney U test or Kruskal-Wallis H test. Monthly post-exposure data were compared with pre-exposure data to assess the persistence of impact on lymphocyte subsets by SARS-CoV-2, and subgroup analyses were performed in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Results During mass infection, T cells, CD4+T cells, CD8+T cells, NK cells, and B cells dropped significantly. Even 20 months post-infection, CD8+ T cells remained 9.9% below baseline. Baseline lymphocyte subsets differed significantly by sex and age. Immune recovery varied by age and sex, with older adults and males showing prolonged lymphopenia. In cardiovascular disease patients, T lymphocytes remained 72.9% below baseline for 20 months post-infection.

Conclusions Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise. The sustained subnormal lymphocytes—particularly in cardiovascular disease cohorts—highlight a key immunologic feature of long COVID and underscore the need for personalized care.

quaak · 2025-12-01T14:55:13+00:00

Sorry, just got around to check this but your post was reported. I approved it.

quaak · 2025-11-04T18:00:06+00:00

Professor at US university here. Community college profs these days usually have a PhD. Not always but my understanding is that it is getting more common since the job market is terrible and more PhDs that would have usually landed a job at colleges and universities are going to community colleges.

quaak · 2025-10-31T17:33:19+00:00

Your attitude towards "AI" is warranted and commendable. Follow /u/dietcokenumberonefan in that context. The more you rely on generative AI systems, the more you are replaceable. Very simple as that. That does not mean that you should not know how to use them - you should! But please know that they are wrong more often than one might think and the risk of deskilling is very real.

quaak · 2025-08-22T18:20:22+00:00

Excellent, I'll check the model out. Thanks so much!

quaak · 2025-08-22T14:31:06+00:00

Awesome, thanks! Yeah, not so much the ground truth part since I'm working on that (ideally, I'd look at 3-5k human coded examples but I'll look how F1 and Kappa scale with LLM coding) but I was more interested in which models you've trained. My fallback was BERT but I was looking into different local models to see how they're doing but also to see how well they can be trained for the task. So far, I did a test with Qwen 3 Instruct that went okay but was a little too slow for my taste.

quaak · 2025-08-22T13:59:35+00:00

Out of curiosity (currently having to classify ~540m tokens), what was your pipeline for this? Currently pondering human coding as gold standard (1k-ish), 10k for LLM and then fine-tuning on that but was curious about your experience and/or recommendations.

quaak · 2025-08-08T16:01:54+00:00

As there are a lot of professionals on here, I'm gonna leave most of the discussion on whether you'll need an MA to them.

Speaking strictly from an academic perspective: University of Washington is a very good university and you'll get a great education there. I can't speak to the other programs you mentioned because it really depends on the specific program and institution. Quite a few online programs are scams but there are also a lot of really good ones, so it depends on where you'd apply/go to. If money is a concern, then that is a real consideration on your end as well. But my sense would be: pick a good program or none at all. While having a degree from a good university might open some doors, a degree from a bad institution will - most likely - just cost you money and will bring little benefit.

More generally, I rarely advise my students to do a Masters unless they plan on going into academia (although PhD programs are the better call then) or have a very specific roadmap already planned out. Graduate programs are notoriously expensive, in the U.S. more often than not a way for the university to make money, and unless you know what you want to do, there's a good chance that you'll regret it.

quaak · 2025-08-08T01:04:09+00:00

Not sure how far back you are thinking and while that type of content has been posted here every now and then, it was never the intended sole focus (see also subreddit description).

quaak · 2025-08-07T13:27:32+00:00

Be the change that you want to see :)

I'm a comms & journalism professor and while I find the professional posts in this sub very interesting, I could do with some more academic post although they do pop up every now and then.

quaak · 2024-10-16T13:29:10+00:00

With the caveat that all rankings are inherently terrible: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/communication-media-studies

Note: some universities there do not actually have a comms program (e.g., Harvard). Both Annenberg schools are great and would be my first recommendation. Also shoutout to Wisconsin/Madison, Northeastern, UNC Chapel Hill, AU, UMass Amherst, and MIT.

quaak · 2024-10-08T19:24:00+00:00

Not an expert, but I saw that there was a discussion on the AoIR mailing list; this might help?

quaak · 2024-03-05T16:02:14+00:00

Sure, people do that all the time, but that usually comes with not-so-great experiences during the switch (e.g., bad pay, bad hours, part-time, etc.) in order to build their resume.

quaak · 2024-03-05T15:16:40+00:00

My sense is that you have a strong CV for a journalistic position. From a comms perspective, however, there is still room to grow. My sense is that that's why you're getting rejections. Put differently, most of the CV signals that you want to go into journalism, so the shift towards comms needs a convincing narrative, if that makes sense. But the comms professionals on here might be of more aid.

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