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About: University of Louisville is a education organization based out in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 24600 authors who have published 49248 publications receiving 1573346 citations. The organization is also known as: UofL.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Transplantation, Cancer, Stem cell
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TL;DR: In children with significant symptoms of ADHD, the prevalence of SDB is not different from that of the general pediatric population and that rapid eye movement sleep in these children is disturbed and may contribute to the severity of their behavioral manifestations, which can lead to mild ADHD-like behaviors.
Abstract: Objectives. This study examined the hypothesis that domains of neurobehavioral function would be selectively affected by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Therefore, we assessed potential relationships between objectively measured sleep disturbances and neurobehavioral function in children with reported symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and also determined the incidence of snoring and other sleep problems in 5- to 7-year-old children in the local community and potential relationships to parental snoring and passive smoking. Methods. Parents of 5- to 7-year-old children in public schools were surveyed about their child’s sleeping habits using a validated questionnaire. The questionnaire also asked whether they believed their child to be hyperactive or have ADHD. Children with reported symptoms of ADHD and control children were randomly selected and invited to the Sleep Medicine Center for an overnight polysomnographic assessment and a battery of neurocognitive tests. Results. The questionnaire response rate was 47.6% (n = 5728). Frequent and loud snoring was reported for 673 children (11.7%). Similarly, 418 (7.3%) children were reported to have hyperactivity/ADHD, 313 (76.5%) of which were boys. Eighty-three children with parentally reported symptoms of ADHD were invited for full evaluation at the Sleep Medicine Center together with 34 control children. After assessment with the Conners’ Parent Rating Scale, 44 children were designated as having “significant” symptoms of ADHD, 27 as “mild,” and 39 designated as “none” (controls). Overnight polysomnography indicated that obstructive sleep apnea was present in 5% of those with significant ADHD symptoms, 26% of those with mild symptoms, and 5% of those with no symptoms. In the cohort, no sleep variable accounted for more than a negligible proportion of the variance in domains of neurobehavioral function. Conclusions. An unusually high prevalence of snoring was identified among a group of children designated as showing mild symptoms of ADHD based on the Conners’ ADHD index identified from a community sample. However, whereas SDB is not more likely to occur among children with significant ADHD symptoms, it is significantly highly prevalent among children with mild hyperactive behaviors. Sleep studies further revealed that rapid eye movement disturbances are more likely to occur in children with significant symptoms, and they seem to impose significant but mild effects on daytime neurobehavioral functioning. We conclude that in children with significant symptoms of ADHD, the prevalence of SDB is not different from that of the general pediatric population and that rapid eye movement sleep in these children is disturbed and may contribute to the severity of their behavioral manifestations. Furthermore, SDB can lead to mild ADHD-like behaviors that can be readily misperceived and potentially delay the diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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TL;DR: This study sought to determine, using various diagnostic methods, whether C. pneumoniae was present in the coronary arteries of patients with coronary atherosclerosis, and whether these structures were compatible with Chlamydia organisms.
Abstract: Background: Atherosclerosis is pathologically similar to a chronic inflammatory response. Recent reports have suggested that Chlamydia pneumoniae may play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclero...
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TL;DR: The current manner in which enteral tube feeding is delivered in the ICU results in grossly inadequate nutritional support and barely one half of patient caloric requirements are met because of underordering by physicians and reduced delivery through frequent and often inappropriate cessation of feedings.
Abstract: ObjectiveTo evaluate those factors that impact on the delivery of enteral tube feeding.DesignProspective study.SettingMedical intensive care units (ICU) and coronary care units at two university-based hospitals.PatientsForty-four medical ICU/coronary care unit patients (mean age, 57.8 yrs; 70% male)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the effect that national culture has on the propensity for small independent manufacturing enterprises to cooperate with other firms for technological innovation and use equity in their own manufacturing operations.
Abstract: We consider the effect that national culture has on the propensity for small, independent manufacturing enterprises to (1) cooperate with other firms for technological innovation and (2) use equity...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and tested a theoretical model of the initial stages of recommendation-based decision-making by consumers, focusing on the factors that influence the likelihood of consumers using strong-tie sources (e.g., friends and family) and weak-tie source (i.e., acquaintances or strangers) or recommendations.
Abstract: This article reports the development and testing of a theoretical model of the initial stages of recommendation-based decision making by consumers. Although consumers use a variety of recommendation sources, they have different motivations for the use of different sources. The model focuses on the factors that influence the likelihood of consumers using strong-tie sources (e.g., friends and family) and weak-tie sources (e.g., acquaintances or strangers) or recommendations. The factors used in the model are the prior knowledge level of the consumer about the product being considered, the perceived decision task difficulty level, and the type of evaluative cues sought by the consumer. Hypotheses are tested using data collected in an extensive field study with consumers. Two paths or routes of influence on the use of recommendation sources are proposed and confirmed in the study.
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Robert M. Califf | 196 | 1561 | 167961 |
Aaron R. Folsom | 181 | 1118 | 134044 |
Yang Gao | 168 | 2047 | 146301 |
Stephen J. O'Brien | 153 | 1062 | 93025 |
James J. Collins | 151 | 669 | 89476 |
Anthony E. Lang | 149 | 1028 | 95630 |
Sw. Banerjee | 146 | 1906 | 124364 |
Hermann Kolanoski | 145 | 1279 | 96152 |
Ferenc A. Jolesz | 143 | 631 | 66198 |
Daniel S. Berman | 141 | 1363 | 86136 |
Aaron T. Beck | 139 | 536 | 170816 |
Kevin J. Tracey | 138 | 561 | 82791 |
C. Dallapiccola | 136 | 1717 | 101947 |
Michael I. Posner | 134 | 414 | 104201 |
Alan Sher | 132 | 486 | 68128 |