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California State University, Long Beach
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About: California State University, Long Beach is a education organization based out in Long Beach, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 10036 authors who have published 13933 publications receiving 377394 citations. The organization is also known as: Cal State Long Beach & Long Beach State.
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TL;DR: Dunlap and colleagues' New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is widely used and, thus, merits testing to determine whether it should be treated as one scale, a set of independent scales, or set of scales as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Dunlap and colleagues’ New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is widely used and, thus, merits testing to determine whether it should be treated as one scale, a set of independent scales, or a set of ...
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TL;DR: The hypothesis that CKDu epidemic among farmers in dry zone of Sri Lanka is associated with, history of drinking water from an abandoned well and spraying glyphosate and other pesticides in paddy fields is strongly favors.
Abstract: The chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) among paddy farmers in was first reported in 1994 and has now become most important public health issue in dry zone of Sri Lanka. The objective was to identify risk factors associated with the epidemic in an area with high prevalence. A case control study was carried out in Padavi-Sripura hospital in Trincomalee district. CKDu patients were defined using health ministry criteria. All confirmed cases (N = 125) fulfilling the entry criteria were recruited to the study. Control selection (N = 180) was done from people visiting the hospital for CKDu screening. Socio-demographic and data related to usage of applying pesticides and fertilizers were studied. Drinking water was also analyzed using ICP-MS and ELISA to determine the levels of metals and glyphosate. Majority of patients were farmers (N = 107, 85.6%) and were educated up to ‘Ordinary Level’ (N = 92, 73.6%). We specifically analyzed for the effect modification of, farming by sex, which showed a significantly higher risk for male farmers with OR 4.69 (95% CI 1.06-20.69) in comparison to their female counterparts. In the multivariable analysis the highest risk for CKDu was observed among participants who drank well water (OR 2.52, 95% CI 1.12-5.70) and had history of drinking water from an abandoned well (OR 5.43, 95% CI 2.88-10.26) and spray glyphosate (OR 5.12, 95% CI 2.33-11.26) as a pesticide. Water analysis showed significantly higher amount of hardness, electrical conductivity and glyphosate levels in abandoned wells. In addition Ca, Mg, Ba, Sr, Fe, Ti, V and Sr were high in abandoned wells. Surface water from reservoirs in the endemic area also showed contamination with glyphosate but at a much lower level. Glyphosate was not seen in water samples in the Colombo district. The current study strongly favors the hypothesis that CKDu epidemic among farmers in dry zone of Sri Lanka is associated with, history of drinking water from a well that was abandoned. In addition, it is associated with spraying glyphosate and other pesticides in paddy fields. Farmers do not use personnel protective equipments and wears scanty clothing due to heat when spraying pesticides.
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TL;DR: R wave amplitude decreased in 18 patients (41 percent) with normal or minimally abnormal resting ventriculograms and less severe coronary artery disease, and increased after exercise in 26 patients with more severe coronary arteries.
Abstract: Coronary angiograms and treadmill stress tests were reviewed in 89 patients. Changes in R wave amplitude were measured in the control and immediate postexercise periods. Of 45 patients with normal coronary arteries, 41 (91 percent) had a decrease in R wave amplitude (P less than 0.01); 3 (7 percent) had an increase in amplitude, including 2 with abnormal left ventriculograms. The remaining patient (2 percent) had abnormal wall motion but no change in R wave amplitude. Among the 44 patients with significant coronary artery disease (70 percent or greater luminal narrowing in one or more vessels), R wave amplitude increased after exercise in 26 (59 percent) with more severe coronary artery disease. R wave amplitude decreased in 18 patients (41 percent) with normal or minimally abnormal resting ventriculograms and less severe coronary artery disease (P less than 0.01). Changes in R wave amplitude reflect ventricular function, an increase in R wave amplitude reflecting more severe dysfunction and severe coronary narrowing. A decreased R wave amplitude indicates normal or minimal dysfunction and is strongly associated with normal coronary angiograms.
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TL;DR: Arthroscopic SCR restored shoulder function and resulted in high rates of return to recreational sports and physical work and between the physical work group and nonphysical work groups.
Abstract: Background:Although sports participation and heavy physical work can contribute to rotator cuff tears, many patients expect to return to these activities after surgery; however, irreparable rotator...
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TL;DR: It is considered whether interhemispheric inhibition is used to achieve unified performance from a bilateral system capable of producing simultaneous and potentially conflicting, outputs and why it has been difficult to obtain clear-cut support for it.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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David A. Weitz | 178 | 1038 | 114182 |
Menachem Elimelech | 157 | 547 | 95285 |
Josh Moss | 139 | 1019 | 89255 |
Ron D. Hays | 135 | 781 | 82285 |
Matthew J. Budoff | 125 | 1449 | 68115 |
Harinder Singh Bawa | 120 | 798 | 66120 |
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh | 118 | 1025 | 56187 |
Dionysios D. Dionysiou | 116 | 675 | 48449 |
Kathryn Grimm | 110 | 618 | 47814 |
Richard B. Kaner | 106 | 557 | 66862 |
William Oh | 100 | 867 | 48760 |
Nosratola D. Vaziri | 98 | 708 | 34586 |
Jagat Narula | 98 | 978 | 47745 |
Qichun Zhang | 94 | 540 | 28367 |
Muhammad Shahbaz | 92 | 1001 | 34170 |