Showing papers by "Georgia College & State University published in 2007"
TL;DR: A list of all crayfishes in the United States and Canada that includes common names; state and provincial distributions; a comprehensive review of the conservation status of all taxa; and references on biology, conservation, and distribution is provided.
Abstract: The American Fisheries Society Endangered Species Committee herein provides a list of all crayfishes (families Astacidae and Cambaridae) in the United States and Canada that includes common names; state and provincial distributions; a comprehensive review of the conservation status of all taxa; and references on biology, conservation, and distribution. The list includes 363 native crayfishes, of which 2 (⟨ 1%) taxa are listed as Endangered, Possibly Extinct, 66 (18.2%) are Endangered, 52 (14.3%) are Threatened, 54 (14–9%) are Vulnerable, and 189 (52.1%) are Currently Stable. Limited natural range continues to be the primary factor responsible for the noted imperilment of crayfishes; other threats include the introduction of nonindigenous crayfishes and habitat alteration. While progress has been made in recognizing the plight of crayfishes, much work is still needed.
339 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of non-pecuniary school characteristics, such as race and poverty, on teacher turnover in Georgia has been investigated, and it was shown that new teachers are more likely to leave schools with lower test scores, lower income, or higher proportions of minorities.
291 citations
TL;DR: The use of different definitions, conceptualizations, and assessment inventories may yield different EI profiles of the same individual or team as discussed by the authors, which has important implications for applied sport psychology, where there is a call for the use of theoretical paradigms, objective and subjective assessments, and empirical research to inform practice.
Abstract: Over the past five years, sport psychology researchers and practitioners have become increasingly vocal in their suggestions that emotional intelligence (EI) may be an important construct in the sport domain. Initial research in sport has been valuable for gaining preliminary insights, but use of disparate theoretical frameworks and assessment techniques confuses rather than clarifies potential links between EI and sport. Specifically, the use of different definitions, conceptualizations, and assessment inventories may yield different EI profiles of the same individual or team. This disparity has important implications for applied sport psychology, where there is a call for the use of theoretical paradigms, objective and subjective assessments, and empirical research to inform practice. The purposes of this paper, therefore, are to: (a) review EI models and assessment inventories; (b) review research on EI in business, health, and sport; and (c) identify directions for future research and professional pra...
135 citations
TL;DR: It is shown that fecal indicator microbe concentrations in offshore waters from Lake Pontchartrain returned to prehurricane concentrations within 2 months of the flooding induced by these hurricanes, suggesting that the fecal indicators observed in the sediment were from human fecal sources.
Abstract: Floodwaters in New Orleans from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were observed to contain high levels of fecal indicator bacteria and microbial pathogens, generating concern about long-term impacts of these floodwaters on the sediment and water quality of the New Orleans area and Lake Pontchartrain. We show here that fecal indicator microbe concentrations in offshore waters from Lake Pontchartrain returned to prehurricane concentrations within 2 months of the flooding induced by these hurricanes. Vibrio and Legionella species within the lake were more abundant in samples collected shortly after the floodwaters had receded compared with samples taken within the subsequent 3 months; no evidence of a long-term hurricane-induced algal bloom was observed. Giardia and Cryptosporidium were detected in canal waters. Elevated levels of fecal indicator bacteria observed in sediment could not be solely attributed to impacts from floodwaters, as both flooded and nonflooded areas exhibited elevated levels of fecal indicator bacteria. Evidence from measurements of Bifidobacterium and bacterial diversity analysis suggest that the fecal indicator bacteria observed in the sediment were from human fecal sources. Epidemiologic studies are highly recommended to evaluate the human health effects of the sediments deposited by the floodwaters.
107 citations
TL;DR: It is revealed that only the utilitarian influence has resulted in statistically significant difference between China and US mobile phone buyers, and another two reference group influences, informational and value-expressive, have relative insignificant impacts.
Abstract: This paper describes a comparative study investigating the influence of different reference group on consumer purchasing behaviour between the mobile phone users of USA and China. This study reveals that among the three reference group influence examined, only the utilitarian influence has resulted in statistically significant difference between China and US mobile phone buyers, and another two reference group influences, informational and value-expressive, have relative insignificant impacts. Based on the results of this study, managerial insights and practical implications for marketing strategies in the mobile phone market are recommended accordingly.
73 citations
TL;DR: The complexity seen in Eocene Rosaceae suggests that hybridization and polyploidy may have played a pivotal role in the early evolution of the family.
Abstract: Many of the oldest definitive members of the Rosaceae are present in the Eocene upland floras of the Okanogan Highlands of northeastern Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. Over a dozen rosaceous taxa representing extant and extinct genera of all four traditionally recognized subfamilies are known from flowers, fruits, wood, pollen, and especially leaves. The complexity seen in Eocene Rosaceae suggests that hybridization and polyploidy may have played a pivotal role in the early evolution of the family. Increased species diversity and the first appearance of additional modern taxa occur during the Late Paleogene in North America and Europe. The Rosaceae become increasingly important components of fossil floras during the Neogene, with taxa adapted to many habitats.
69 citations
TL;DR: The views that mathematics self-efficacy is among the most significant predictors of mathematics achievement; computer self- efficacy and computer playfulness are associated with courseware engagement; and self-regulation is an important component of e-learning are supported.
Abstract: This research applied Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory to examine engagement with courseware in traditional and online remedial mathematics learning environments. The study investigated the relationship of courseware engagement to age, computer self-efficacy, computer playfulness, and self-efficacy for self-regulated mathematics learning. The study also analyzed mathematics achievement in terms of engagement, age, gender, mathematics grade self-efficacy, and self-efficacy for self regulated mathematics learning. Participants were 88 students in a traditional environment and 76 students in an online environment. The two groups differed significantly in age, mathematics grade self-efficacy, computer self-efficacy, computer playfulness, courseware engagement, and mathematics achievement. When controlled for age, all significant differences found between the two groups persisted. When controlled for mathematics self-efficacy, the groups no longer differed significantly in mathematics achievement, but ...
52 citations
TL;DR: It is concluded that population differentiation is accelerated in more sexually dimorphic species, and that comparative phylogeography may provide a more powerful approach to detecting processes, such as an influence of sexual selection on differentiation, than broad‐scale comparative studies.
Abstract: Genetic differentiation arises due to the interaction between natural and sexual selection, migration and genetic drift. A potential role of sexual selection in speciation has received much interest, although comparative studies are inconsistent in finding supporting evidence. A poorly tested prediction is that species subject to a higher intensity of sexual selection should show greater genetic differentiation amongst populations because females from these populations should be more choosy in mate choice. The Goodeinae is a group of endemic Mexican fishes in which female choice has driven some species to be morphologically sexually dimorphic, whereas others are relatively monomorphic. Here, we measured population divergence, using microsatellite loci, within four goodeid species which show contrasting levels of sexual dimorphism. We found higher levels of differentiation between populations of the more dimorphic species, implying less gene flow between populations. We also found evidence of higher levels of genetic differences between the sexes within populations of the dimorphic species, consistent with greater dispersal in males. Adjusted for geographic distance, the mean FST for the dimorphic species is 0.25 compared with 0.16 for the less dimorphic species. We conclude that population differentiation is accelerated in more sexually dimorphic species, and that comparative phylogeography may provide a more powerful approach to detecting processes, such as an influence of sexual selection on differentiation, than broad-scale comparative studies.
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TL;DR: A genetic programming-based decision tree model which facilitates a multi-objective optimization in the context of the software quality classification problem, and the first objective is to minimize the "Modified Expected Cost of Misclassification", which is the recently proposed goal-oriented measure for selecting & evaluating classification models.
Abstract: A key factor in the success of a software project is achieving the best-possible software reliability within the allotted time & budget. Classification models which provide a risk-based software quality prediction, such as fault-prone & not fault-prone, are effective in providing a focused software quality assurance endeavor. However, their usefulness largely depends on whether all the predicted fault-prone modules can be inspected or improved by the allocated software quality-improvement resources, and on the project-specific costs of misclassifications. Therefore, a practical goal of calibrating classification models is to lower the expected cost of misclassification while providing a cost-effective use of the available software quality-improvement resources. This paper presents a genetic programming-based decision tree model which facilitates a multi-objective optimization in the context of the software quality classification problem. The first objective is to minimize the "Modified Expected Cost of Misclassification", which is our recently proposed goal-oriented measure for selecting & evaluating classification models. The second objective is to optimize the number of predicted fault-prone modules such that it is equal to the number of modules which can be inspected by the allocated resources. Some commonly used classification techniques, such as logistic regression, decision trees, and analogy-based reasoning, are not suited for directly optimizing multi-objective criteria. In contrast, genetic programming is particularly suited for the multi-objective optimization problem. An empirical case study of a real-world industrial software system demonstrates the promising results, and the usefulness of the proposed model
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TL;DR: Enterococci enumerations on mEI media indicated that a tributary to the Little Satilla River with 516 CFU/100 ml was the most polluted of all the rivers tested, while B. adolescentis was not detected in the five other estuaries tested.
48 citations
TL;DR: This article summarizes some of the literature addressing portfolios, including aspects of portfolio development process, the value of portfolios versus continuing education for competency assessment, evidence associated with portfolio usage, and suggestions for organizing nursing portfolios.
Abstract: It is traditionally assumed that licensure of healthcare professionals means that they are minimally competent. Many nursing specialty organizations offer examinations and other processes for certification, suggesting that certification is associated with continued competency. Can standardized examination for certification and continuing education for recertification ensure continued competency? Continuing education and testing provide a limited picture of an individual's knowledge and/or skill acquisition in a limited area at one point in time. However, portfolios promote critical thinking, self-assessment, and individual accountability. A portfolio is a portable mechanism for evaluating competencies that may otherwise be difficult to assess. This article summarizes some of the literature addressing portfolios, including aspects of portfolio development process, the value of portfolios versus continuing education for competency assessment, evidence associated with portfolio usage, and suggestions for organizing nursing portfolios.
TL;DR: This paper found a positive relationship between job satisfaction and various dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior, including job satisfaction, organizational citizenship, and organizational citizenship. But these studies have focused almost exclusively on job satisfaction.
Abstract: Previous research has shown a positive relationship between job satisfaction and various dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior These studies, however, have focused almost exclusively o
TL;DR: The earliest fossil record of a Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus) on the basis of a trunk vertebra from the Late Miocene (Clarendonian NALMA) Pratt Slide local fauna of Nebraska suggests the genus has been present on the central Great Plains for at least five million years.
Abstract: We report the earliest fossil record of a Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus) on the basis of a trunk vertebra from the Late Miocene (Clarendonian NALMA) Pratt Slide local fauna of Nebraska. Vertebral characteristics of the genus are discussed, and the fossil was diagnosed mainly by the presence of a zygosphenal spine. This record suggests Sistrurus existed as a distinct lineage prior to the Late Miocene and that the genus has been present on the central Great Plains for at least five million years.
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical study of investigating recent trend and development of the application of e-banking (banking though internet) in rural areas and its economic impact on local financial institutions is described.
Abstract: This paper describes an empirical study of investigating recent trend and development of the application of e-banking (banking though internet) in rural areas and its economic impact on local financial institutions. The data used in this research are collected through a web-based questionnaire survey. The research objective is to investigate how those smaller and community banks located in rural areas have attempted to catch up with their counterparts in larger cities in terms of the application of e-banking, focusing on emerging issues and challenges. The results are discussed with managerial implications along with suggestions for future research.
TL;DR: Zooarchaeological remains from San Salvador, Bahamas reveal trends in pre-Columbian exploitation of terrestrial, intertidal, and marine resources during the period A.D. 950–1500, suggesting reduced species diversity and “fishing down the marine food web.”
01 Dec 2007-Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal Incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness
TL;DR: In this paper, content and statistical analyses are used to analyze mission statements gathered from nearly all AACSB-accredited business schools and show that mission statements do not effectively identify individual uni...
Abstract: Purpose – Research indicates that high‐performing firms share common components among their mission statements. The present study aims to begin a search for a similar correlation among academic schools of business.Design/methodology/approach – Content and statistical analyses are used to analyze mission statements gathered from nearly all AACSB‐accredited business schools.Findings – Mission statements for AACSB‐accredited schools are less than a page but not extremely short nor memorable. They address multiple stakeholders and usually do not include vision statements, goals or objectives. They often do not reference quality or the AACSB.Research limitations/implications – The sample was AACSB schools. As such, one should be circumspect in generalizing to other areas of business.Practical implications – This paper shows deans and other interested stakeholders what an average mission statement for an AACSB school looks like. It also suggests that mission statements do not effectively identify individual uni...
TL;DR: The authors conducted a study that surveyed 569 undergraduate business majors from seven universities to determine if students who were accounting majors were as likely to cheat or act in an academically dishonest manner as were students with other business majors.
Abstract: Research suggests that a significant number of undergraduate students have cheated at some point during their college careers. This is of particular concern to the accounting profession and accounting educators given the ethical crisis within the profession and corporate America. This paper discusses the results of a study that surveyed 569 undergraduate business majors from seven universities. The objectives of this study were threefold: first, to determine if students who were accounting majors were as likely to cheat or act in an academically dishonest manner as were students with other business majors; second, to determine if accounting students agree on whether certain behavior constitutes dishonesty; and third, to determine if those accounting students who did admit to cheating in college also cheated in high school. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between accounting majors and other business majors with regards to the number who admitted to cheating. There was significant disagreement among accounting majors as to what constitutes dishonest behavior. Finally, the results indicated that a significant number of those accounting majors who admitted to cheating in college also admitted to cheating in high school. Implications for the accounting educator and potential solutions are discussed.
TL;DR: This paper summarizes both the rationale and the methodologies that might be used to assess the roles of neuroanatomical structures involved in the psychological processes that serve as the bases of creativity.
TL;DR: This paper used the panel data approach to test the hypothesis that authoritarianism helps rapid economic growth while democracy hampers it in seven Asian economies, including South Korea, Singapore, and China.
Abstract: The impressive economic growth in a select group of Asian economies in the last several decades prompts some to argue that authoritarianism helps rapid economic growth while democracy hampers it. In this paper, we used the panel data approach to test this hypothesis for seven Asian economies, including South Korea, Singapore, and China. Our results reject the strong version of this hypothesis but fail to reject the weak version of it. Specifically, we found insignificant impacts of political freedom but significant effects of economic freedom on advancing economic convergence in these economies.
TL;DR: It is normal to feel sad or distressed during difficult periods, but if the feelings persist it may be clinical depression, which can lead to suicide.
TL;DR: This paper developed a model based on the ability of the family business to use familiness, a specific bundle of attributes deriving from a family's culture, as a competitive advantage for the family firm.
Abstract: Using the family business succession, resourcebased view of firms, familiness, and organizational clan literatures, this article develops a model based on the ability of the family business to use familiness, a specific bundle of attributes deriving from a family’s culture, as a competitive advantage for the family firm. In particular, this resource-based framework of family business shows how familiness can distinguish between family firms that succeed beyond the second generation and those that do not. Implications for future research are discussed.
TL;DR: The authors found that the more often a team is televised, relative to the total number of own-and opponent-televised games, the greater the change in the number of AP votes that team receives, even after accounting for own and opponent's on-field performance.
Abstract: A potential source of bias in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 football rankings is television exposure. Using the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 college football seasons, the authors observe, all else equal, that AP voters change the ranking of teams differently on the basis of television exposure: The more often a team is televised, relative to the total number of own- and opponent-televised games, the greater the change in the number of AP votes that team receives, even after accounting for own and opponent's on-field performance.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the predictive power of analyst coverage of firms that have recently cross-listed into the U.S. This setting is useful for examining these questions because, following cross-listing, firms often experience an increase in analyst coverage and an improvement in information environment.
Abstract: This paper investigates financial analysts' predictive power of future performance and earnings quality, based on their selective coverage of firms that have recently cross-listed into the U.S. This setting is useful for examining these questions because, following cross-listing, firms often experience an increase in analyst coverage and an improvement in their information environment. We find that analyst coverage is positively related to analysts' expectation about firms' future performance and negatively related to analysts' concern over firms' earnings quality. Furthermore, country-level legal origin and disclosure index are two significant determinants of analyst coverage of cross-listed firms. In addition, the intensity of analyst coverage can predict future abnormal stock price performance. Our latter finding augments those in Das, Guo, and Zhang (2006), who investigate the predictive role of analyst coverage following IPOs. The benefit of our setting is that, unlike the post-IPO period, cross-listing firms do not appear to experience mis-pricing that might confound the results. Overall, our study further documents the substantial informational benefits to cross-listing, but suggests that these informational benefits may not be complete, since financial analysts appear to have predictive power and selectively provide coverage for firms with favorable future prospects.
TL;DR: Overall, behavioral responses to single compounds largely paralleled the relative abilities of those compounds to stimulate leg chemoreceptor cells as determined previously with physiological methods.
Abstract: In some crustaceans, compounds that weakly stimulate peripheral chemoreceptor cells elicit disproportionately large behavioral responses. Here, we investigated whether this is the case in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Resting animals were exposed to either a blank or ammonium, glucose, glutamate, glycine, maltose, or trehalose at predicted final concentrations of 200 μM to 2 mM. Glycine significantly increased the time spent walking. Maltose increased the time spent walking and the number of clasps of the small claws (dactyl clasps). Trehalose triggered leg probing/waving and dactyl clasping. Ammonium and glutamate failed to elicit responses. These results are consistent with the varied efficacies of those compound in stimulating leg chemoreceptor cells as determined previously with physiological methods. Glucose, however, elicited all three behaviors that we quantified - a result inconsistent with the earlier finding that glucose fails to elicit action potentials in the leg's nerve. To deter...
TL;DR: This case examines a longitudinal set of real-world implementation projects using a software solution for real-time sense-and-respond capabilities at a major US airline and the results and lessons gained from this deployment.
Abstract: Commercial airlines face an extremely challenging operating and competitive environment. To remain in business they must comply with ever-changing regulatory requirements while, at the same time, minimizing their operational costs without sacrificing customer expectations of service levels. Increasingly, airlines are realizing that a “plan-execute†mode of operation must give way to a “sense-respond†mode of operation; in other words they must become a real-time (agile) organization, capable of sensing the occurrence of unforeseen events such as the placement of a last-minute shipping order, flight delays, and cancellations, and respond effectively in real-time to such events. To enable enterprises in general, and the airline industry in particular, to improve their sense-and-respond capabilities and ensure better resource utilization, a number of software vendors are offering event stream processing and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) solutions. This case examines a longitudinal set of real-world implementation projects using such a solution at a major US airline (referred to as Southern International Airlines) and the results and lessons gained from this deployment.
TL;DR: The histology of the reproductive organs is studied in the protandric hermaphroditic Tellimya ferruginosa and Montacuta percompressa and it is postulated that spermatogenic bodies attached to gills or other surfaces in the female's mantle cavity arise from transplanted larval gonads.
Abstract: The histology of the reproductive organs is studied in the protandric hermaphroditic Tellimya ferruginosa. In NW Europe the species reproduces from May through August. Sperm transfer takes place when mature testis follicles are transplanted to the gills or walls of the mantle cavity in recipient hermaphroditic or female bivalves. Transplantation is accompanied by histological changes and sperm cells are released when transplants perish with age. Details are given on the reproduction in Montacuta percompressa which takes place from March through October in North Carolina, USA. All shelled bivalves are females and it is postulated that spermatogenic bodies attached to gills or other surfaces in the female's mantle cavity and previously considered to be dwarf males arise from transplanted larval gonads. The ultrastructure of the euspermatozoa and/or the anucleate paraspermatozoa is described in T. ferruginosa, T. tenella, and M. percompressa. The sperm of the first two species share a number of significant apomorphies with those of another montacutid, Brachiomya stigmatica. In the simultaneous hermaphroditic M. substriata the nucleate paraspermatozoa associate with the euspermatozoa to form spherical spermatozeugmata that are stored in the testis. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
01 Dec 2007
TL;DR: If the ancestral pollen type for the Calyceraceae, Asteraceae, and Goodeniaceae clade is the Gamocarpha type (convex intercolpar regions; no colpar ledges and no ektexine bridges), then the appearance of these structures within each family may be a synapomorphy supporting their close phylogenetic relationship suggested by molecular analyses.
Abstract: Pollen morphology of 13 species from all six genera of Calyceraceae (Acicarpha, Boopis, Calycera, Gamocarpha, Moschopsis, and Nastanthus) and representatives of the Campanulaceae and Goodeniaceae is examined with light (LM), scanning (SEM), and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy. Acicarpha, Calycera, and Nastanthus pollen grains are distinguished by angulaperturate apertures, colpar ledges and surface depressions between colpi known as intercolpar concavities (IC). Pollen of Gamocarpha and Moschopsis is tricolporate rather than angulaperturate and without an IC. Some species of Boopis are similar to the preceding genera (e.g., B. graminea), while others (e.g., B. gracilis) are angulaperturate with ICs. Structural features derived from fractured pollen in SEM and sections in TEM show pollen walls composed of prominent columellae ca. 0.55–1.1 µm high and <0.25 µm wide. The columellae terminate distally into a complex of shortened columellae ca. 1.5 µm in length and are separated by an illdefined irregular internal tectum layer. This structural complex is well known in several tribes of the Asteraceae and referred to as the Anthemoid type. In those grains with an IC, the structure consists of essentially short (ca. 1 µm), unbranched columellae, similar to those found within the Asteraceae subfamily Barnadesioideae (Dasyphyllum and Schlechtendalia). Goodeniaceae (including Brunonia) pollen has angulaperturate apertures, spinules (i.e., minute spines), problematic IC and some structural similarity to Calyceraceae pollen. The tendency within Calyceraceae to develop colpar ledges, ektexine bridges, and ICs may be a synapomorphy uniting the family with Goodeniaceae. If the ancestral pollen type for the Calyceraceae, Asteraceae, and Goodeniaceae clade is the Gamocarpha type (convex intercolpar regions; no colpar ledges and no ektexine bridges), then the appearance of these structures within each family may be a synapomorphy supporting their close phylogenetic relationship suggested by molecular analyses.
01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: This paper presents ongoing research regarding a new service architecture for information seeking and retrieval, which offers a new way of thinking about seeking and retrieving of role-based, situation- aware information in the context of a crisis situation.
Abstract: Crisis response is an information intensive process, which produces and consumes large quantities of information from, and for, different relief/response organizations. The traditional centralized IT system design principle dominantly used to address inter- organizational information retrieval over boundaries is no longer feasible due to its lack of flexibility and adaptability to deal with dynamically changing information needs caused by the unpredictable nature of a crisis. In this paper we present our ongoing research regarding a new service architecture for information seeking and retrieval, which offers a new way of thinking about seeking and retrieval of role-based, situation- aware information in the context of a crisis situation. Index terms-Information seeking and retrieval, crisis response, situation awareness
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TL;DR: Aggressive outpatient modification of metabolic abnormalities in diabetes patients should be attempted to decrease risk of CVD-related hospitalization and lower the economic impact of these combined conditions.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Determine relationship of diabetes with risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations and the effect on hospital length of stay and charges. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of Georgia hospital discharge data for 1998 through 2001. PATIENTS Patients hospitalized principally with one of six cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions (myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, cardiac dysrhythmia, heart failure, cerebrovascular events, peripheral vascular disease) were identified in the hospital discharge data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Aggregated CVD-related hospitalization rates, length of stay, and charges were compared by presence of diabetes. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity. RESULTS A total of 3,900,337 discharges were recorded between 1998 to 2001. Of these, 468,957 discharges (12%) had one of the six selected CVD diagnoses (average age 67 years, average length of stay 4.7 days, average total charge $15,702, 48% women, 76% non-Hispanic Whites, 22% non-Hispanic Blacks, and 1% Hispanics). Diabetes was a concurrent diagnosis in 30% of these CVD-related discharges. CVD hospitalization rates were significantly higher and length of stay and total charges were significantly greater among non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks-but not in Hispanics-with diabetes compared to persons without diabetes. Diabetes had a similar effect on CVD hospitalizations among men and women, but the effect of diabetes was lessened with increasing age. CONCLUSION These data suggests that aggressive outpatient modification of metabolic abnormalities in diabetes patients should be attempted to decrease risk of CVD-related hospitalization and lower the economic impact of these combined conditions.
TL;DR: 28 male Long-Evans rats prepared with lesions of the middle cerebral artery displayed deficits in spatial navigational learning in a simple version of the Morris Water Maze task not seen in animals prepared with the same injury but administered 4 treatments with topiramate after surgery.
Abstract: 28 male Long-Evans rats prepared with lesions of the middle cerebral artery displayed deficits in spatial navigational learning in a simple version of the Morris Water Maze task not seen in animals prepared with the same injury but administered 4 treatments with topiramate after surgery.