The sgp gene product (sGP) has been hypothesized to play a number of different roles during EBOV infection, from restoring barrier functions in endothelial cells to modulating the immune response. However, the specific mechanisms that sGP might use in these roles remain largely unknown. This article aims to provide an overview of some of the research that has been conducted on sGP during EBOV infections, and to discuss the potential implications of this research for developing efficacious treatments and vaccines against EBOV.
A student growth percentile (SGP) measures a students achievement relative to peers with similar initial test scores. The SGP calculation is complex, and the information it conveys is valuable to teachers and parents alike. The percentile rank is a familiar metric used in many contexts, so SGP scores are communicated in terms that teachers and parents are already familiar with. In addition, SGP scores communicate comparative growth, allowing us to compare the amount of growth one student has demonstrated over another students’ beginning point, even when those two students have very different raw test score differences.
Research consortia and full community databases both aggregate data from a wide range of sources, but their objectives are different. Research consortia focus on integrating data from a variety of sources to answer specific research questions. While the resulting data can often be integrated with large community databases, the primary purpose of a research consortia is to address scientific questions of interest to researchers.
The sgpData data set is an anonymized, panel dataset that contains 5 years of annual, vertically scaled assessment data in WIDE format. It is an exemplar dataset that models the format for data used with the lower level studentGrowthPercentiles and studentGrowthProjections functions. In sgpData, the first column, ID, provides the unique student identifier. The next five columns, GRADE_2013, GRADE_2014, GRADE_2015, and GRADE_2016, provide the grade levels associated with each of the assessments performed by a student.
In order to access the sgpData data set, users must be able to connect to the internet using a provider that supports virtual private network (VPN) connections. This allows the user to connect from a location outside of the United States. To use this data, the user must be able to create an account on the website of the provider and then log in with that username and password. Once the user has logged in, they can then download the file and begin to analyze it. If the user is not able to connect to the internet, they may want to consider using a proxy server to access the website of the provider. In some cases, the sgpData data set may not be available due to local restrictions or other reasons. This is a common occurrence in Indonesia, where the data set was initially hosted by a server located in the country. This is why the data set has been moved to a new hosting location. The new host location has a sgpdata.