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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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About: Memorial University of Newfoundland is a education organization based out in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Gadus. The organization has 13818 authors who have published 27785 publications receiving 743594 citations. The organization is also known as: Memorial University & Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Topics: Population, Gadus, Health care, Poison control, Atlantic cod
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TL;DR: It is concluded that correction of the uremic state by renal transplantation leads to normalization of LV contractility in systolic dysfunction, regression of hypertrophy in concentric LVhypertrophy, and improvement of cavity volume in LV dilatation.
Abstract: In chronic uremia, cardiomyopathy manifests itself as systolic dysfunction, concentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, or LV dilatation. To determine the impact of renal transplantation on uremic cardiomyopathy, all dialysis patients participating in a long-term cohort study who received a successful renal transplant were followed with echocardiography. The transplanted group comprised 102 of 433 (24%) endstage renal disease (ESRD) patients. They were significantly younger and, on starting ESRD therapy, had significantly less ischemic heart disease and cardiac failure than the overall ESRD cohort. During followup, ischemic heart disease developed in only 1 patient and none experienced cardiac failure. In the 12% (n = 12) of patients with systolic dysfunction before renal transplant, fractional shortening normalized in all patients, increasing from 21.5 +/- 4.6% to 33.5 +/- 5.6% after transplantation. In the 41% (n = 41) with concentric LV hypertrophy before transplantation, the LV mass index improved from 158 +/- 39 g/m2 to 132 +/- 39 g/m2. LV dilatation was present in 32% (n = 32) of patients before transplantation. After transplantation, LV volume fell from 116 +/- 3.1 ml/m2 to 89 +/- 21 ml/m2, and LV mass index in this group fell from 166 +/- 55 g/m2 to 135 +/- 37 g/m2. It was not possible to associate risk factors characteristic of the uremic state with the improvement in cardiac structure and function, although the fall in LV mass was significantly associated with fall in blood pressure. We conclude that correction of the uremic state by renal transplantation leads to normalization of LV contractility in systolic dysfunction, regression of hypertrophy in concentric LV hypertrophy, and improvement of cavity volume in LV dilatation. The degree of improvement suggests that dialysis patients with uremic cardiomyopathy would benefit from renal transplantation.
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Charles University in Prague1, Durham University2, Memorial University of Newfoundland3, McGill University4, Dalhousie University5, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources6, Alberta Geological Survey7, University of Wisconsin-Madison8, Laurentian University9, Université du Québec à Rimouski10, University of Exeter11, Geological Survey of Canada12, University of Maine13, University at Buffalo14, Laval University15, Université du Québec à Montréal16, Oregon State University17, Simon Fraser University18, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign19, Government of Quebec20, Western Washington University21, State University of New York at Plattsburgh22, University of Copenhagen23, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee24, University of Minnesota25, University of Gothenburg26, Western Michigan University27, University College Dublin28, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland29, Indiana University30, University of Cincinnati31, Norwegian University of Science and Technology32, Université de Montréal33, Tufts University34, University of Waterloo35, University of Manitoba36, Alberta Environment37
TL;DR: The most up-to-date and authoritative margin chronology for the entire ice sheet complex is featured in two publications (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1574 [Dyke et al., 2003] and as mentioned in this paper ).
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TL;DR: The authors found that one half of the students correctly understood the scientific status and role of statements when that understanding required contextualized interpretation on the basis of the relationships among statements in the reports.
Abstract: Ninety-one Grade 12 science students were asked to read five popular reports of science. The students were within 4 months of graduation, and all were taking at least one course of senior biology, chemistry, or physics. On average, the students had completed about four high school science courses. The reports were chosen from widely available published work appearing in newspapers, science magazines, and general interest magazines. The tasks given to students required them to interpret the pragmatic meaning of the reports, that is, the meaning of the reports in relation to the goals and intentions of the authors and the context set by the reports. The students interpreted statements in the reports with a bias towards truth ascription by attributing to the statements a higher degree of certainty than was expressed by the authors. Also, no more than one half of the students accurately understood the scientific status and role of statements when that understanding required contextualized interpretation on the basis of the relationships among statements in the reports. Implications for the development of scientific literacy follow from the fact that these students were top science students, yet they did not fully grasp the fundamentals of interpreting texts that are major sources of new scientific knowledge for most laypeople.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit differences in the infrared spectra of geogenic, biogenic and pyrogenic calcites for the identification of each calcite type, which can assist in distinguishing between the various calcites, and provide insights into homogeneity and preservation state of the calcitic materials in question.
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TL;DR: It is argued that the collective power of combining diverse data will transcend the limited value of the individual data sets and produce unexpected insights and create future networks, observatories and policies that are more adept in protecting biological diversity across the world.
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Daniel Levy | 212 | 933 | 194778 |
Rakesh K. Jain | 200 | 1467 | 177727 |
Peter W.F. Wilson | 181 | 680 | 139852 |
Martin G. Larson | 171 | 620 | 117708 |
Peter B. Jones | 145 | 1857 | 94641 |
Dafna D. Gladman | 129 | 1036 | 75273 |
Guoyao Wu | 122 | 764 | 56270 |
Fereidoon Shahidi | 119 | 951 | 57796 |
David Harvey | 115 | 738 | 94678 |
Robert C. Haddon | 112 | 577 | 52712 |
Se-Kwon Kim | 102 | 763 | 39344 |
John E. Dowling | 94 | 305 | 28116 |
Mark J. Sarnak | 94 | 393 | 42485 |
William T. Greenough | 93 | 200 | 29230 |
Soottawat Benjakul | 92 | 891 | 34336 |