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University of Los Andes
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About: University of Los Andes is a education organization based out in Bogotá, Colombia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 17616 authors who have published 25555 publications receiving 413463 citations.
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TL;DR: The aim should be to improve patient care by increasing understanding of the condition by physicians and other healthcare professionals who may be involved in its detection and treatment.
Abstract: Chagas' disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic zoonosis found only in the Americas. Under natural conditions, Trypanosoma cruzi is transmitted by insects belonging to different species of Triatoma. However, several routes of transmission that do not involve insect vectors have also been described, such as transmission via blood products or transplantation of infected organs, and vertical transmission. At present, the number of people infected with Chagas' disease worldwide is estimated to be about 10-12 million. The process of urbanization in Latin America and migratory population movements from endemic countries have led to the disease being diagnosed in non-endemic areas. It is estimated that 20-30% of individuals infected with T. cruzi will develop symptomatic heart disease at some point during their lives. The specific differential characteristics of chronic chagasic cardiopathy, lack of knowledge of the disease among many healthcare workers, and the fact that arrhythmia or sudden death is frequently the first manifestation of disease all make it essential that diagnostic and therapeutic protocols for the disease are developed and disseminated. The aim should be to improve patient care by increasing understanding of the condition by physicians and other healthcare professionals who may be involved in its detection and treatment.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that chronic Chagas' disease follows an evolutionary course from asymptomatic, normal ECG group I stage to arrhythmic (II) and congestive (III) stages.
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University of Connecticut1, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne2, University of Padua3, University of Grenoble4, Imperial College London5, National Taipei University of Technology6, Centre national de la recherche scientifique7, University of Oklahoma8, National Chiao Tung University9, IRSA10, University of Los Andes11, El Bosque University12, Middle East Technical University13
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive evaluation of nine global-scale high-resolution satellite-based rainfall (SBR) products is performed using a minimum of 6 years (within the period of 2000-13) of reference rainfall data derived from rain gauge networks in nine mountainous regions across the globe.
Abstract: An extensive evaluation of nine global-scale high-resolution satellite-based rainfall (SBR) products is performed using a minimum of 6 years (within the period of 2000–13) of reference rainfall data derived from rain gauge networks in nine mountainous regions across the globe. The SBR products are compared to a recently released global reanalysis dataset from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The study areas include the eastern Italian Alps, the Swiss Alps, the western Black Sea of Turkey, the French Cevennes, the Peruvian Andes, the Colombian Andes, the Himalayas over Nepal, the Blue Nile in East Africa, Taiwan, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Evaluation is performed at annual, monthly, and daily time scales and 0.25° spatial resolution. The SBR datasets are based on the following retrieval algorithms: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA), the NOAA/Climate Prediction Center morphing technique (CMORPH), Precipitation Estimatio...
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TL;DR: The authors showed that industries with less tangible assets perform worse in terms of growth and GDP contribution in countries with poorly developed financial systems than industries with more tangible assets. And they also confirmed finance as the link: leverage is less sensitive to tangibility in better-working capital markets, and the more dependent the industry is on external finance, the larger the impact.
Abstract: One characteristic of poorly developed capital markets is the disproportionate weight that the availability of hard assets has in the allocation of financial funds. Where financial contractibility is poor, external finance requires higher proportions of assets that more easily remain with investors if the relationship deteriorates. Consistent with this view, I show that industries with less tangible assets perform disproportionately worse in terms of growth and GDP contribution in countries with poorly developed financial systems. The more dependent the industry is on external finance, the larger the impact. Firm-level evidence also confirms finance as the link: leverage is less sensitive to tangibility in better-working capital markets.
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TL;DR: The concept of transient resonances, which can be induced by adaptively changing the phase of traffic lights, is suggested, which may be important to consider when designing strategies for traffic control in cities, where short trajectories are likely to be relevant.
Abstract: The complex behavior that occurs when traffic lights are synchronized is studied. Two strategies are considered: all lights in phase, and a ``green wave'' with a propagating green signal. It is found that traffic variables such as traveling time, velocity, and fuel consumption, near resonance, follow critical scaling laws. For the green wave, it is shown that time and velocity scaling laws hold even for random separation between traffic lights. These results suggest the concept of transient resonances, which can be induced by adaptively changing the phase of traffic lights. This may be important to consider when designing strategies for traffic control in cities, where short trajectories, and thus transient solutions, are likely to be relevant.
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Alexander Belyaev | 142 | 1895 | 100796 |
Sarah Catherine Eno | 141 | 1645 | 105935 |
Mitchell Wayne | 139 | 1810 | 108776 |
Kaushik De | 139 | 1625 | 102058 |
Pierluigi Paolucci | 138 | 1965 | 105050 |
Randy Ruchti | 137 | 1832 | 107846 |
Gabor Istvan Veres | 135 | 1349 | 96104 |
Raymond Brock | 135 | 1468 | 97859 |
Harrison Prosper | 134 | 1587 | 100607 |
J. Ellison | 133 | 1392 | 92416 |
Gyorgy Vesztergombi | 133 | 1444 | 94821 |
Andrew Brandt | 132 | 1246 | 94676 |
Scott Snyder | 131 | 1317 | 93376 |
Shuai Liu | 129 | 1095 | 80823 |
C. A. Carrillo Montoya | 128 | 1033 | 78628 |