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University of the Witwatersrand
Education•Johannesburg, South Africa•
About: University of the Witwatersrand is a education organization based out in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 25215 authors who have published 52766 publications receiving 1347668 citations. The organization is also known as: Wits University & University of Witwatersrand.
Topics: Population, Context (language use), Health care, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Public health
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University of Leeds1, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds2, University of Cambridge3, Macquarie University4, Durham University5, University of the Witwatersrand6, Conservation International7, Stellenbosch University8, World Conservation Monitoring Centre9, National Autonomous University of Mexico10, University of Kansas11, James Cook University12
TL;DR: Estimates of extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth's terrestrial surface show the importance of rapid implementation of technologies to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and strategies for carbon sequestration.
Abstract: Climate change over the past approximately 30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species and has been implicated in one species-level extinction. Using projections of species' distributions for future climate scenarios, we assess extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth's terrestrial surface. Exploring three approaches in which the estimated probability of extinction shows a power-law relationship with geographical range size, we predict, on the basis of mid-range climate-warming scenarios for 2050, that 15-37% of species in our sample of regions and taxa will be 'committed to extinction'. When the average of the three methods and two dispersal scenarios is taken, minimal climate-warming scenarios produce lower projections of species committed to extinction ( approximately 18%) than mid-range ( approximately 24%) and maximum-change ( approximately 35%) scenarios. These estimates show the importance of rapid implementation of technologies to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and strategies for carbon sequestration.
7,089 citations
TL;DR: Prevalence and severity of health loss were weakly correlated and age-specific prevalence of YLDs increased with age in all regions and has decreased slightly from 1990 to 2010, but population growth and ageing have increased YLD numbers and crude rates over the past two decades.
7,021 citations
TL;DR: The results for 1990 and 2010 supersede all previously published Global Burden of Disease results and highlight the importance of understanding local burden of disease and setting goals and targets for the post-2015 agenda taking such patterns into account.
6,861 citations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center2, FHI 3603, University of Zimbabwe4, Johns Hopkins University5, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation6, Chiang Mai University7, Fenway Health8, Harvard University9, Kenya Medical Research Institute10, University of the Witwatersrand11, University of California, San Francisco12, University of Nebraska Medical Center13, National Institutes of Health14, University of California, Los Angeles15, University of Washington16
TL;DR: In this article, Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples.
Abstract: Background Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples. Methods In nine countries, we...
5,871 citations
Gregory A. Roth1, Gregory A. Roth2, Degu Abate3, Kalkidan Hassen Abate4 +1025 more•Institutions (333)
TL;DR: Non-communicable diseases comprised the greatest fraction of deaths, contributing to 73·4% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 72·5–74·1) of total deaths in 2017, while communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes accounted for 18·6% (17·9–19·6), and injuries 8·0% (7·7–8·2).
5,211 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles A. Dinarello | 190 | 1058 | 139668 |
| Andrew D. Hamilton | 151 | 1334 | 105439 |
| Nilesh J. Samani | 149 | 779 | 113545 |
| Christopher Hill | 144 | 1562 | 128098 |
| Clifford J. Woolf | 141 | 509 | 86164 |
| Xin Chen | 139 | 1008 | 113088 |
| Robert Huber | 139 | 671 | 73557 |
| Sinead Farrington | 133 | 1422 | 91099 |
| Henry Lubatti | 130 | 1214 | 87247 |
| Deepak Kar | 128 | 1053 | 75598 |
| Mauro Villa | 128 | 1044 | 76521 |
| Trevor Vickey | 128 | 873 | 76664 |
| Fred Wickens | 127 | 902 | 75018 |
| J. D. Hansen | 122 | 975 | 76198 |
| Lisa F. Berkman | 120 | 411 | 67397 |