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San Francisco State University

EducationSan Francisco, California, United States
About: San Francisco State University is a education organization based out in San Francisco, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Planet. The organization has 5669 authors who have published 11433 publications receiving 408075 citations. The organization is also known as: San Francisco State & San Francisco State Normal School.


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TL;DR: Significant improvement in FMD, C-reactive protein, and interleukin-6 with intensive lifestyle changes in the experimental group suggests > or = 1 potential mechanism underlying the clinical benefits seen in previous trials.
Abstract: Intensive lifestyle changes have been shown to regress atherosclerosis, improve cardiovascular risk profiles, and decrease angina pectoris and cardiac events. We evaluated the influence of the Multisite Cardiac Lifestyle Intervention Program, an ongoing health insurance-covered lifestyle intervention conducted at our site, on endothelial function and inflammatory markers of atherosclerosis in this pilot study. Twenty-seven participants with coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or risk factors for CAD (nonsmokers, 14 men; mean age 56 years) were enrolled in the experimental group and asked to make changes in diet (10% calories from fat, plant based), engage in moderate exercise (3 hours/week), and practice stress management (1 hour/day). Twenty historically (age, gender, CAD, and CAD risk factors) matched participants were enrolled in the control group with usual standard of care. At baseline endothelium-dependent brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) was performed in the 2 groups. Serum markers of inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and angiogenesis were performed only in the experimental group. After 12 weeks, FMD had improved in the experimental group from a baseline of 4.23 ± 0.13 to 4.65 ± 0.15 mm, whereas in the control group it decreased from 4.62 ± 0.16 to 4.48 ± 0.17 mm. Changes were significantly different in favor of the experimental group (p

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline a conceptual framework for categorization, and then discuss three types of cross-category dependence: crosscategory consideration crosscategory learning, and product bundling.
Abstract: In many purchase environments, consumers use information from a number of product categories prior to making a decision. These purchase situations create dependencies in choice outcomes across categories. As such, these decision problems cannot be easily modeled using the single-category, single-choice paradigm commonly used by researchers in marketing. We outline a conceptual framework for categorization, and then discuss three types of cross-category dependence: cross-category consideration cross-category learning, and product bundling. We argue that the key to modeling choice dependence across categories is knowledge of the goals driving consumer behavior.

107 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that walking in two worlds not only masks the complexity of choices faced by Native Alaskan and American Indian students, but also dangerously reduces their options, leading to fewer options.
Abstract: The metaphor of teaching students to “walk in two worlds” is frequently used to describe the goals of education for indigenous groups in the United States. Far more than a poetic device, the metaphor runs deep in our collective consciousness and permeates many everyday conversations. In this article, we critically examine five assumptions that lie behind the metaphor. We argue that walking in two worlds not only masks the complexity of choices faced by Native Alaskan and American Indian students, but also dangerously reduces their options.

107 citations

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TL;DR: The role of porcupine/Wnt palmitoylation in human embryonic kidney 293T cells and in the chick neural tube is tested, leading to the conclusion that vertebrate Wnt1 and Wnt3a possess at least one additional site for porcupines-mediated lipid-modification.
Abstract: A long-term goal of developmental biology is to understand how morphogens establish gradients that promote proper tissue patterning. A number of reports describe the formation of the Wg (Wnt1) gradient in Drosophila and have shown that Porcupine, a predicted membrane-bound O-acyl transferase, is required for the correct distribution of Wg protein. The discovery that Wnts are palmitoylated on a conserved cysteine residue suggests that porcupine activity and Wnt palmitoylation are important for the generation of Wnt gradients. To establish the role of porcupine in Wnt gradient formation in vertebrates, we tested the role of porcupine/Wnt palmitoylation in human embryonic kidney 293T cells and in the chick neural tube. Our results lead us to conclude that: (1) vertebrate Wnt1 and Wnt3a possess at least one additional site for porcupine-mediated lipid-modification; (2) porcupine-mediated lipid-modification of Wnt proteins promotes their activity in 293T cells and in the chick neural tube; and (3) porcupine-mediated lipid-modification reduces the range of activity of Wnt1 and Wnt3a in the chick neural tube. These findings highlight the importance of porcupine-mediated lipid modifications in the formation of vertebrate Wnt activity gradients.

107 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a large dinoflagellate bloom, unprecedented in nearly three decades of observation, that developed in San Francisco Bay (SFB) during September 2004.
Abstract: [1] We describe a large dinoflagellate bloom, unprecedented in nearly three decades of observation, that developed in San Francisco Bay (SFB) during September 2004. SFB is highly enriched in nutrients but has low summer-autumn algal biomass because wind stress and tidally induced bottom stress produce a well mixed and light-limited pelagic habitat. The bloom coincided with calm winds and record high air temperatures that stratified the water column and suppressed mixing long enough for motile dinoflagellates to grow and accumulate in surface waters. This event-scale climate pattern, produced by an upper-atmosphere high-pressure anomaly off the U.S. west coast, followed a summer of weak coastal upwelling and high dinoflagellate biomass in coastal waters that apparently seeded the SFB bloom. This event suggests that some red tides are responses to changes in local physical dynamics that are driven by large-scale atmospheric processes and operate over both the event scale of biomass growth and the antecedent seasonal scale that shapes the bloom community.

107 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Yuri S. Kivshar126184579415
Debra A. Fischer12156754902
Sandro Galea115112958396
Vijay S. Pande10444541204
Howard Isaacson10357542963
Paul Ekman9923584678
Russ B. Altman9161139591
John Kim9040641986
Santi Cassisi8947130757
Peng Zhang88157833705
Michael D. Fayer8453726445
Raymond G. Carlberg8431628674
Geoffrey W. Marcy8355082309
Ten Feizi8238123988
John W. Eaton8229826403
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202313
2022104
2021575
2020566
2019524
2018522