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University of British Columbia

EducationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About: University of British Columbia is a education organization based out in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 89939 authors who have published 209679 publications receiving 9226862 citations. The organization is also known as: UBC & The University of British Columbia.


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TL;DR: X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that spatial charge ordering occurs in the pseudogap state of YBa2Cu3O6.67 as discussed by the authors, which competes with high-temperature superconductivity, and their relative strengths can be tuned using a magnetic field.
Abstract: X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that spatial charge ordering occurs in the pseudogap state of YBa2Cu3O6.67. Moreover, this charge ordered state competes with high-temperature superconductivity, and their relative strengths can be tuned using a magnetic field.

830 citations

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TL;DR: Overall, the current literature supports clearly the dose-response relationship between physical activity and the seven chronic conditions identified, and higher levels of physical activity reduce the risk for premature all-cause mortality.
Abstract: This systematic review examines critically the scientific basis for Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Healthy Active Living for adults. Particular reference is given to the dose-response relationship between physical activity and premature all-cause mortality and seven chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, colon cancer, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus) and osteoporosis). The strength of the relationship between physical activity and specific health outcomes is evaluated critically. Literature was obtained through searching electronic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, EMBASE), cross-referencing, and through the authors' knowledge of the area. For inclusion in our systematic review articles must have at least 3 levels of physical activity and the concomitant risk for each chronic disease. The quality of included studies was appraised using a modified Downs and Black tool. Through this search we identified a total of 254 articles that met the eligibility criteria related to premature all-cause mortality (N = 70), cardiovascular disease (N = 49), stroke (N = 25), hypertension (N = 12), colon cancer (N = 33), breast cancer (N = 43), type 2 diabetes (N = 20), and osteoporosis (N = 2). Overall, the current literature supports clearly the dose-response relationship between physical activity and the seven chronic conditions identified. Moreover, higher levels of physical activity reduce the risk for premature all-cause mortality. The current Canadian guidelines appear to be appropriate to reduce the risk for the seven chronic conditions identified above and all-cause mortality.

830 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a synthesis of 61 experimental warming studies, of up to 20 years duration, in tundra sites worldwide, was used to understand the sensitivity of tundras vegetation to climate warming and to forecast future biodiversity and vegetation feedbacks to climate.
Abstract: 35 Abstract Understanding the sensitivity of tundra vegetation to climate warming is critical to forecasting future biodiversity and vegetation feedbacks to climate. In situ warming experiments accelerate climate change on a small scale to forecast responses of local plant communities. Limitations of this approach include the apparent site-specificity of results and uncertainty about the power of short-term studies to anticipate longer term change. We address these issues with a synthesis of 61 experimental warming studies, of up to 20 years duration, in tundra sites worldwide. The response of plant groups to warming often differed with ambient summer temperature, soil moisture and experimental duration. Shrubs increased with warming only where ambient temperature was high, whereas graminoids increased primarily in the coldest study sites. Linear increases in effect size over time were frequently observed. There was little indication of saturating or accelerating effects, as would be predicted if negative or positive vegetation feedbacks were common. These results indicate that tundra vegetation exhibits strong regional variation in response to warming, and that in vulnerable regions, cumulative effects of long-term warming on tundra vegetation - and associated ecosystem consequences - have the potential to be much greater than we have observed to date.

830 citations

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Joan B. Soriano1, Parkes J Kendrick2, Katherine R. Paulson2, Vinay Gupta2  +311 moreInstitutions (178)
TL;DR: It is shown that chronic respiratory diseases remain a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with growth in absolute numbers but sharp declines in several age-standardised estimators since 1990.

829 citations

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TL;DR: This article found that response format and acquiescence response style significantly shifted correlations between hypothesized opposites away from showing bipolarity and found that pleasure was the bipolar opposite of displeasure and arousal of sleepiness.
Abstract: Numerous previous studies found monopolar rather than bipolar dimensions of affect (defined as emotion represented in language), but may have included methodological biases against bipolarity. The present study of self-report data (N = 150) on 11 affect scales showed that response format and acquiescence response style significantly shifted correlations between hypothesized opposites away from showing bipolarity. When these biases were taken into account, pleasure was found to be the bipolar opposite of displeasure and arousal of sleepiness. In turn, pleasure-displeasure and degree of arousal formed a twodimensional bipolar space that accounted for almost all of the reliable variance in Thayer's four factors of activation plus a measure of depression. Dominance and submissiveness factors were also included in the study, but invalidity of the scales used precluded any conclusions regarding their bipolarity.

828 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Gordon H. Guyatt2311620228631
John C. Morris1831441168413
Douglas Scott1781111185229
John R. Yates1771036129029
Deborah J. Cook173907148928
Richard A. Gibbs172889249708
Evan E. Eichler170567150409
James F. Sallis169825144836
Michael Snyder169840130225
Jiawei Han1681233143427
Michael Kramer1671713127224
Bruce L. Miller1631153115975
Peter A. R. Ade1621387138051
Marc W. Kirschner162457102145
Kaj Blennow1601845116237
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023307
20221,209
202113,228
202012,052
201910,934