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Curtin University
Education•Perth, Western Australia, Australia•
About: Curtin University is a education organization based out in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Zircon. The organization has 14257 authors who have published 48997 publications receiving 1336531 citations. The organization is also known as: WAIT & Western Australian Institute of Technology.
Topics: Population, Zircon, Poison control, Context (language use), Health care
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25 Feb 2010
TL;DR: This book describes recent advances in alcohol research which have direct relevance for the development of effective alcohol policies at the local, national and international levels.
Abstract: From a public health perspective, alcohol is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality. This book describes recent advances in alcohol research which have direct relevance for the development of effective alcohol policies at the local, national and international levels. The central purpose of the book is to empower those responsible for public health and social welfare.
1,723 citations
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Mohammad H. Forouzanfar1, Lily Alexander1, H. Ross Anderson2, Victoria F Bachman1 +718 more•Institutions (295)
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.
1,656 citations
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Duke University1, University of Texas at Austin2, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies3, American Museum of Natural History4, Xi'an Jiaotong University5, Beijing Genomics Institute6, New Mexico State University7, University of Sydney8, University of California9, Uppsala University10, University of Copenhagen11, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology12, University of Georgia13, Griffith University14, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies15, Oak Ridge National Laboratory16, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research17, Aarhus University18, Washington University in St. Louis19, University of California, Santa Cruz20, Cardiff University21, Kunming Institute of Zoology22, China Agricultural University23, Tulane University24, Louisiana State University25, Copenhagen Zoo26, Oregon Health & Science University27, Federal University of Pará28, Technical University of Denmark29, Canterbury Museum30, Curtin University31, Novosibirsk State University32, Smithsonian Institution33, National University of Singapore34, National Museum of Natural History35, Nova Southeastern University36, Occidental College37, University of Edinburgh38, Harvard University39, University of California, San Francisco40, University of Florida41, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign42
TL;DR: A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships and identifies the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups the authors named Passerea and Columbea.
Abstract: To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods created to handle genome-scale data. We recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships. We identified the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups we named Passerea and Columbea, representing independent lineages of diverse and convergently evolved land and water bird species. Among Passerea, we infer the common ancestor of core landbirds to have been an apex predator and confirm independent gains of vocal learning. Among Columbea, we identify pigeons and flamingoes as belonging to sister clades. Even with whole genomes, some of the earliest branches in Neoaves proved challenging to resolve, which was best explained by massive protein-coding sequence convergence and high levels of incomplete lineage sorting that occurred during a rapid radiation after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event about 66 million years ago.
1,624 citations
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Christopher J L Murray1, Ryan M Barber, Kyle J Foreman2, Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren +608 more•Institutions (251)
TL;DR: Patterns of the epidemiological transition with a composite indicator of sociodemographic status, which was constructed from income per person, average years of schooling after age 15 years, and the total fertility rate and mean age of the population, were quantified.
1,609 citations
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Macquarie University1, University of Minnesota2, VU University Amsterdam3, University of Oslo4, Centre national de la recherche scientifique5, Tohoku University6, Curtin University7, Landcare Research8, Polish Academy of Sciences9, University of Tokyo10, Utrecht University11, University of Córdoba (Spain)12, University of New South Wales13
TL;DR: Global-scale quantification of relationships between plant traits gives insight into the evolution of the world's vegetation, and is crucial for parameterizing vegetation-climate models.
Abstract: Summary • Global-scale quantification of relationships between plant traits gives insight into the evolution of the world’s vegetation, and is crucial for parameterizing vegetation‐ climate models. • A database was compiled, comprising data for hundreds to thousands of species for the core ‘leaf economics’ traits leaf lifespan, leaf mass per area, photosynthetic capacity, dark respiration, and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations, as well as leaf potassium, photosynthetic N-use efficiency (PNUE), and leaf N : P ratio. • While mean trait values differed between plant functional types, the range found within groups was often larger than differences among them. Future vegetation‐ climate models could incorporate this knowledge. • The core leaf traits were intercorrelated, both globally and within plant functional types, forming a ‘leaf economics spectrum’. While these relationships are very general, they are not universal, as significant heterogeneity exists between relationships fitted to individual sites. Much, but not all, heterogeneity can be explained by variation in sample size alone. PNUE can also be considered as part of this trait spectrum, whereas leaf K and N : P ratios are only loosely related.
1,606 citations
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David Smith | 129 | 2184 | 100917 |
Christopher G. Maher | 128 | 940 | 73131 |
Mike Wright | 127 | 775 | 64030 |
Shaobin Wang | 126 | 872 | 52463 |
Mietek Jaroniec | 123 | 571 | 79561 |
John B. Holcomb | 120 | 733 | 53760 |
Simon A. Wilde | 118 | 390 | 45547 |
Jian Liu | 117 | 2090 | 73156 |
Meilin Liu | 117 | 827 | 52603 |
Guochun Zhao | 113 | 406 | 40886 |
Mark W. Chase | 111 | 519 | 50783 |
Robert U. Newton | 109 | 753 | 42527 |
Simon P. Driver | 109 | 455 | 46299 |
Peter R. Schofield | 109 | 693 | 50892 |
Gao Qing Lu | 108 | 546 | 53914 |