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Boston College

EducationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
About: Boston College is a education organization based out in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 9749 authors who have published 25406 publications receiving 1105145 citations. The organization is also known as: BC.


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TL;DR: Sediment trapping may also occur within the wave boundary layer on the continental shelf, leading to high concentrations within a layer only on the order of 10 cm thick, but which may represent an important cross-shelf conduit of sediment as discussed by the authors.

233 citations

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TL;DR: This work analyzes a model of globally coupled nonlinear oscillators with randomly distributed frequencies and proves that, for coupling strengths below a certain threshold, this system would always relax to an incoherent state.
Abstract: We analyze a model of globally coupled nonlinear oscillators with randomly distributed frequencies. Twenty-five years ago it was conjectured that, for coupling strengths below a certain threshold, this system would always relax to an incoherent state. We prove this conjecture for the system linearized about the incoherent state, for frequency distributions with compact support. The relaxation is exponentially fast at intermediate times but slower than exponential at long times. The decay mechanism is remarkably similar to Landau damping in plasmas, even though the model was originally inspired by biological rhythms.

232 citations

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TL;DR: It is proposed that a psychological perspective can help to revitalize the decent work agenda by infusing a more specific focus on individual experiences and by reconnecting decent work to its social justice origins.
Abstract: This contribution, which serves as the lead article for the Research Topic entitled "From Meaning of Working to Meaningful Lives: The Challenges of Expanding Decent Work," explores current challenges in the development and operationalization of decent work. Based on an initiative from the International Labor Organization [ILO] (1999) decent work represents an aspirational statement about the quality of work that should be available to all people who seek to work around the globe. Within recent years, several critiques have been raised about decent work from various disciplines, highlighting concerns about a retreat from the social justice ethos that had initially defined the concept. In addition, other scholars have observed that decent work has not included a focus on the role of meaning and purpose at work. To address these concerns, we propose that a psychological perspective can help to revitalize the decent work agenda by infusing a more specific focus on individual experiences and by reconnecting decent work to its social justice origins. As an illustration of the advantages of a psychological perspective, we explore the rise of precarious work and also connect the decent work agenda to the Psychology-of-Working Framework and Theory (Blustein, 2006; Duffy et al., 2016).

232 citations

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TL;DR: This is the first report of confirmed GBM treated with standard therapy together with a restricted ketogenic diet, and as rapid regression of GBM is rare in older patients following incomplete surgical resection and standard therapy alone, the response observed in this case could result in part from the action of the calorie restrictedketogenic diet.
Abstract: Background: Management of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has been difficult using standard therapy (radiation with temozolomide chemotherapy). The ketogenic diet is used commonly to treat refractory epilepsy in children and, when administered in restricted amounts, can also target energy metabolism in brain tumors. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with progressive memory loss, chronic headaches, nausea, and a right hemisphere multi-centric tumor seen with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Following incomplete surgical resection, the patient was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme expressing hypermethylation of the MGMT gene promoter. Methods: Prior to initiation of the standard therapy, the patient conducted water-only therapeutic fasting and a restricted 4:1 (fat: carbohydrate + protein) ketogenic diet that delivered about 600 kcal/day. The patient also received the restricted ketogenic diet concomitantly during the standard treatment period. The diet was supplemented with vitamins and minerals. Steroid medication (dexamethasone) was removed during the course of the treatment. The patient was followed using MRI and positron emission tomography with fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG-PET). Results: After two months treatment, the patient's body weight was reduced by about 20% and no discernable brain tumor tissue was detected using either FDG-PET or MRI imaging. Biomarker changes showed reduced levels of blood glucose and elevated levels of urinary ketones. MRI evidence of tumor recurrence was found 10 weeks after suspension of strict diet therapy. Conclusion: This is the first report of confirmed GBM treated with standard therapy together with a restricted ketogenic diet. As rapid regression of GBM is rare in older patients following incomplete surgical resection and standard therapy alone, the response observed in this case could result in part from the action of the calorie restricted ketogenic diet. Further studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of restricted ketogenic diets, administered alone or together with standard treatment, as a therapy for GBM and possibly other malignant brain tumors.

232 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and utilized a list of non-financial disclosures to determine the factors that impact disclosure choices in annual reports and found that larger companies and companies with a global focus provide higher levels of both forward-looking and historical non- financial disclosure in their annual reports.

232 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Eric J. Topol1931373151025
Gang Chen1673372149819
Wei Li1581855124748
Daniel L. Schacter14959290148
Asli Demirguc-Kunt13742978166
Stephen G. Ellis12765565073
James A. Russell124102487929
Zhifeng Ren12269571212
Jeffrey J. Popma12170272455
Mike Clarke1131037164328
Kendall N. Houk11299754877
James M. Poterba10748744868
Gregory C. Fu10638132248
Myles Brown10534852423
Richard R. Schrock10372443919
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202398
2022250
20211,282
20201,275
20191,082
20181,058