Corey S Sparks
Biographic Data
| ID | 76458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corey S Sparks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corey S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sparks |
| SIGNATURE | SPARKS C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4289-0075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Sleep duration is related to increased mortality risk through white blood cell counts in a large national sample
OBJECTIVES: Sleep, like many biological processes, is linked with immunity and inflammation such that "abnormal" sleep is associated with changes in circulating immune cells. These sleep patterns are also associated with increased mortality risk, and it may be that altered immune cell counts are one biological pathway through which sleep affects mortality. We used NHANES survey data to examine the associations between sleep duration, total white …
Spatial Analysis of the Alcohol, Intimate Partner Violence, and HIV Syndemic Among Women in South Africa
White-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) alter ranging patterns in response to habitat type
The first family formation among young Americans: The role of family process
Machine learning algorithms for predicting undernutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia
Objective: Child undernutrition is a global public health problem with serious implications. In this study, we estimate predictive algorithms for the determinants of childhood stunting by using various machine learning (ML) algorithms. Design: This study draws on data from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey of 2016. Five ML algorithms including eXtreme gradient boosting, k-nearest neighbours (k-NN), random forest, neural network and the …
Levels and determinants of HIV testing uptake among Ghanaian men
The uptake of HIV testing has always been found to be lower among men compared with women in many developing countries. The aim of this study was to ascertain the level and determinants of HIV testing uptake among men aged 15 to 59 in Ghana. This article was based on data from the 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys. A bivariate statistical method was used to calculate the levels of uptake while three logit models were fitted…
Interdisciplinary Approach to Spationtemporal Population Dynamics. The North Orkney Population History Project
The North Orkney Population History Project is a multidisciplinary data collection, digitization, and analysis effort that aims to reconstruct longitudinal demographic, environmental, and economic change. We describe the motivation, methodological approach, data sources, and some initial findings of the project. Detailed contextual information about a single community allows for the joint analysis of the changing population and changing landscape…
Digital Humanities as Anamorphosis
This article theorizes the digital humanities (DH) as a speculative art via a media history of anamorphosis. Anamorphosis, an art technique that warps linear perspective, captures the work of DH because it collocates technical apparatus, scientific examination, and artistic endeavor. The workings of anamorphosis show that repetition and retrospection are necessary procedures for DH. Considering DH from the skewed perspective of anamorphosis allow…
Population Research Briefs in Population Research and Policy Review
Sexual Harassment in the Military: Individual Experiences, Demographics, and Organizational Contexts
Purpose: Sexual harassment remains a persistent problem in the U.S. military despite extensive research and policy initiatives. Theoretical explanations identify individual circumstances (e.g., power differentials) and organizational factors (e.g., climate, culture). However, data constraints limit the capacity to link individual contexts with independent measures of environments. Data/Methods: A unique Defense Equality Opportunity Climate Survey…
Historic Roots of Modern Residential Segregation in a Southwestern Metropolis: San Antonio, Texas in 1910 and 2010
This study seeks to understand the historic roots of modern segregation by comparing residential racial patterns in the city of San Antonio over time. The year 1910 is recreated for San Antonio by georeferencing and digitizing historic Sanborn maps and aligning residential structures with historical census and city directory race data for the head of household. The historical point data are aggregated to the census block level and compared to 201…
How Does the Context of Reception Matter? The Role of Residential Enclaves in Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Among Mexican-Origin Mothers
An Application of Bayesian Methods to Small Area Poverty Rate Estimates
Racial segregation and maternal smoking during pregnancy: A multilevel analysis using the racial segregation interaction index
Decomposing Kenyan socio-economic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and measles immunization
Both health care indicators require a broad strengthening of health systems with a special focus on disadvantaged sub-groups
Infant mortality and intra‐household competition in the Northern Islands of Orkney, Scotland, 1855–2001
This study applies principles from the theory of household life cycles to the study of early childhood mortality in the population of the Northern Orkney Islands, Scotland. The primary hypothesis is that unfavorable household economic conditions resulting from changes in household demographic composition increase the risk of death for children under the age of 5 years because of limited resources and intra‐household competition. We apply Cox prop…
County-level poverty estimates for the contiguous United States, 2001, 2005
Efforts to estimate various sociodemographic variables in small geographical areas are proving difficult with the replacement of the Census long form with the American Community Survey (ACS). Researchers interested in sub-national demographic processes have generally relied on Census long form data products in order to answer research questions. ACS data products promise to begin providing up-to-date profiles of the nation's population and econom…
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
Parental investment and socioeconomic status influences on children's height in Honduras: An analysis of national data
Objectives: This research analyzes variation in children's height‐for‐age z ‐scores from a nationally representative sample of children from Honduras in 2006. This work draws on theoretical perspectives from parental investment theory to describe the mediating effects that parental investment may have on children's health and nutrition, even in low socioeconomic status households. Methods: This research uses the 2006 Demographic and Health Survey…
Life histories, blood revenge, and reproductive success among the Waorani of Ecuador
The Waorani may have the highest rate of homicide of any society known to anthropology. We interviewed 121 Waorani elders of both sexes to obtain genealogical information and recollections of raids in which they and their relatives participated. We also obtained complete raiding histories of 95 warriors. An analysis of the raiding histories, marital trajectories, and reproductive histories of these men reveals that more aggressive warriors have l…
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
An application of the variable-r method to subpopulation growth rates in a 19th century agricultural population
This paper presents an analysis of the differential growth rates of the farming and non-farming segments of a rural Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this method, I
Cranial Modification Among 19Th Century Osages: Admixture And Loss Of An Ethnic Marker
Among 19th century Osage full-bloods, a modified cranium, specifically a flattened occiput, was an integral part of ethnic expression. An early archival source documenting this practice is a sculpted bust of Black Spirit, who, along with five other members of the Osage tribe, toured Paris in 1827, where a local artisan skillfully crafted this marble likeness of an exotic visitor from America’s frontier. When viewed in profile this bust clearly de…
Changing Times, Changing Faces: Franz Boas's Immigrant Study in Modern Perspective
Franz Boas's study of the changes in bodily form of descendants of immigrants has stood for over ninety years as proof of environmental influences on cranial form. Recent reanalysis of his data have shown differing interpretations of the importance of his findings. Here, we explore the historical, political, and social setting of the study that could have led Boas to overstate the importance of his findings. We also include a discussion of the is…
A reassessment of human cranial plasticity: Boas revisited
In 1912, Franz Boas published a study demonstrating the plastic nature of the human body in response to changes in the environment. The results of this study have been cited for the past 90 years as evidence of cranial plasticity. These findings, however, have never been critiqued thoroughly for their statistical and biological validity. This study presents a reassessment of Boas' data within a modern statistical and quantitative genetic framewor…
Changing Times, Changing Faces: Franz Boas's Immigrant Study in Modern Perspective
Franz Boas's study of the changes in bodily form of descendants of immigrants has stood for over ninety years as proof of environmental influences on cranial form. Recent reanalysis of his data have shown differing interpretations of the importance of his findings. Here, we explore the historical, political, and social setting of the study that could have led Boas to overstate the importance of his findings. We also include a discussion of the is…
Racial segregation and maternal smoking during pregnancy: A multilevel analysis using the racial segregation interaction index
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
Cranial Modification Among 19Th Century Osages: Admixture And Loss Of An Ethnic Marker
Among 19th century Osage full-bloods, a modified cranium, specifically a flattened occiput, was an integral part of ethnic expression. An early archival source documenting this practice is a sculpted bust of Black Spirit, who, along with five other members of the Osage tribe, toured Paris in 1827, where a local artisan skillfully crafted this marble likeness of an exotic visitor from America’s frontier. When viewed in profile this bust clearly de…
Infant mortality and intra‐household competition in the Northern Islands of Orkney, Scotland, 1855–2001
This study applies principles from the theory of household life cycles to the study of early childhood mortality in the population of the Northern Orkney Islands, Scotland. The primary hypothesis is that unfavorable household economic conditions resulting from changes in household demographic composition increase the risk of death for children under the age of 5 years because of limited resources and intra‐household competition. We apply Cox prop…
Sexual Harassment in the Military: Individual Experiences, Demographics, and Organizational Contexts
Purpose: Sexual harassment remains a persistent problem in the U.S. military despite extensive research and policy initiatives. Theoretical explanations identify individual circumstances (e.g., power differentials) and organizational factors (e.g., climate, culture). However, data constraints limit the capacity to link individual contexts with independent measures of environments. Data/Methods: A unique Defense Equality Opportunity Climate Survey…
An application of the variable-r method to subpopulation growth rates in a 19th century agricultural population
This paper presents an analysis of the differential growth rates of the farming and non-farming segments of a rural Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this method, I
Historic Roots of Modern Residential Segregation in a Southwestern Metropolis: San Antonio, Texas in 1910 and 2010
This study seeks to understand the historic roots of modern segregation by comparing residential racial patterns in the city of San Antonio over time. The year 1910 is recreated for San Antonio by georeferencing and digitizing historic Sanborn maps and aligning residential structures with historical census and city directory race data for the head of household. The historical point data are aggregated to the census block level and compared to 201…
An Application of Bayesian Methods to Small Area Poverty Rate Estimates
A reassessment of human cranial plasticity: Boas revisited
In 1912, Franz Boas published a study demonstrating the plastic nature of the human body in response to changes in the environment. The results of this study have been cited for the past 90 years as evidence of cranial plasticity. These findings, however, have never been critiqued thoroughly for their statistical and biological validity. This study presents a reassessment of Boas' data within a modern statistical and quantitative genetic framewor…
Cranial Modification Among 19Th Century Osages: Admixture And Loss Of An Ethnic Marker
Among 19th century Osage full-bloods, a modified cranium, specifically a flattened occiput, was an integral part of ethnic expression. An early archival source documenting this practice is a sculpted bust of Black Spirit, who, along with five other members of the Osage tribe, toured Paris in 1827, where a local artisan skillfully crafted this marble likeness of an exotic visitor from America’s frontier. When viewed in profile this bust clearly de…
Changing Times, Changing Faces: Franz Boas's Immigrant Study in Modern Perspective
Franz Boas's study of the changes in bodily form of descendants of immigrants has stood for over ninety years as proof of environmental influences on cranial form. Recent reanalysis of his data have shown differing interpretations of the importance of his findings. Here, we explore the historical, political, and social setting of the study that could have led Boas to overstate the importance of his findings. We also include a discussion of the is…
Life histories, blood revenge, and reproductive success among the Waorani of Ecuador
The Waorani may have the highest rate of homicide of any society known to anthropology. We interviewed 121 Waorani elders of both sexes to obtain genealogical information and recollections of raids in which they and their relatives participated. We also obtained complete raiding histories of 95 warriors. An analysis of the raiding histories, marital trajectories, and reproductive histories of these men reveals that more aggressive warriors have l…
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
An application of the variable-r method to subpopulation growth rates in a 19th century agricultural population
This paper presents an analysis of the differential growth rates of the farming and non-farming segments of a rural Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this method, I
Parental investment and socioeconomic status influences on children's height in Honduras: An analysis of national data
Objectives: This research analyzes variation in children's height‐for‐age z ‐scores from a nationally representative sample of children from Honduras in 2006. This work draws on theoretical perspectives from parental investment theory to describe the mediating effects that parental investment may have on children's health and nutrition, even in low socioeconomic status households. Methods: This research uses the 2006 Demographic and Health Survey…
County-level poverty estimates for the contiguous United States, 2001, 2005
Efforts to estimate various sociodemographic variables in small geographical areas are proving difficult with the replacement of the Census long form with the American Community Survey (ACS). Researchers interested in sub-national demographic processes have generally relied on Census long form data products in order to answer research questions. ACS data products promise to begin providing up-to-date profiles of the nation's population and econom…
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
Decomposing Kenyan socio-economic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and measles immunization
Both health care indicators require a broad strengthening of health systems with a special focus on disadvantaged sub-groups
Infant mortality and intra‐household competition in the Northern Islands of Orkney, Scotland, 1855–2001
This study applies principles from the theory of household life cycles to the study of early childhood mortality in the population of the Northern Orkney Islands, Scotland. The primary hypothesis is that unfavorable household economic conditions resulting from changes in household demographic composition increase the risk of death for children under the age of 5 years because of limited resources and intra‐household competition. We apply Cox prop…
An Application of Bayesian Methods to Small Area Poverty Rate Estimates
Racial segregation and maternal smoking during pregnancy: A multilevel analysis using the racial segregation interaction index
How Does the Context of Reception Matter? The Role of Residential Enclaves in Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Among Mexican-Origin Mothers
Historic Roots of Modern Residential Segregation in a Southwestern Metropolis: San Antonio, Texas in 1910 and 2010
This study seeks to understand the historic roots of modern segregation by comparing residential racial patterns in the city of San Antonio over time. The year 1910 is recreated for San Antonio by georeferencing and digitizing historic Sanborn maps and aligning residential structures with historical census and city directory race data for the head of household. The historical point data are aggregated to the census block level and compared to 201…
Sexual Harassment in the Military: Individual Experiences, Demographics, and Organizational Contexts
Purpose: Sexual harassment remains a persistent problem in the U.S. military despite extensive research and policy initiatives. Theoretical explanations identify individual circumstances (e.g., power differentials) and organizational factors (e.g., climate, culture). However, data constraints limit the capacity to link individual contexts with independent measures of environments. Data/Methods: A unique Defense Equality Opportunity Climate Survey…
Interdisciplinary Approach to Spationtemporal Population Dynamics. The North Orkney Population History Project
The North Orkney Population History Project is a multidisciplinary data collection, digitization, and analysis effort that aims to reconstruct longitudinal demographic, environmental, and economic change. We describe the motivation, methodological approach, data sources, and some initial findings of the project. Detailed contextual information about a single community allows for the joint analysis of the changing population and changing landscape…
Digital Humanities as Anamorphosis
This article theorizes the digital humanities (DH) as a speculative art via a media history of anamorphosis. Anamorphosis, an art technique that warps linear perspective, captures the work of DH because it collocates technical apparatus, scientific examination, and artistic endeavor. The workings of anamorphosis show that repetition and retrospection are necessary procedures for DH. Considering DH from the skewed perspective of anamorphosis allow…
Population Research Briefs in Population Research and Policy Review
Levels and determinants of HIV testing uptake among Ghanaian men
The uptake of HIV testing has always been found to be lower among men compared with women in many developing countries. The aim of this study was to ascertain the level and determinants of HIV testing uptake among men aged 15 to 59 in Ghana. This article was based on data from the 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys. A bivariate statistical method was used to calculate the levels of uptake while three logit models were fitted…
White-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) alter ranging patterns in response to habitat type
The first family formation among young Americans: The role of family process
Machine learning algorithms for predicting undernutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia
Objective: Child undernutrition is a global public health problem with serious implications. In this study, we estimate predictive algorithms for the determinants of childhood stunting by using various machine learning (ML) algorithms. Design: This study draws on data from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey of 2016. Five ML algorithms including eXtreme gradient boosting, k-nearest neighbours (k-NN), random forest, neural network and the …
Sleep duration is related to increased mortality risk through white blood cell counts in a large national sample
OBJECTIVES: Sleep, like many biological processes, is linked with immunity and inflammation such that "abnormal" sleep is associated with changes in circulating immune cells. These sleep patterns are also associated with increased mortality risk, and it may be that altered immune cell counts are one biological pathway through which sleep affects mortality. We used NHANES survey data to examine the associations between sleep duration, total white …
Spatial Analysis of the Alcohol, Intimate Partner Violence, and HIV Syndemic Among Women in South Africa
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