Browsing by Subject "California"
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An Analysis of Water Management Strategies in Drought Prone Areas
(2018-04-26)There is an old adage in the West: “whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting”. In the American West, as well as locales all over the globe, water scarcity is a subject rife with conflicts and emotion. Human beings ... -
An Economic and Policy Analysis of the Introduction of High-Speed Rail in California: Phase One from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles and Anaheim
(2012-04-26)Should Phase One of California’s high-speed rail (HSR) system be built? With a rapidly growing population and congested airports and highways, California plans to build the nation’s first, true HSR system, with 800 miles ... -
Burnout in the NICU setting and its relation to safety culture.
(BMJ quality & safety, 2014-10)Burnout is widespread among healthcare providers and is associated with adverse safety behaviours, operational and clinical outcomes. Little is known with regard to the explanatory links between burnout and these adverse ... -
Closing the “Energy-Efficiency Gap”: An Empirical Analysis of Property Assessed Clean Energy
(2012-04-27)Until federal regulators halted operations, a handful of municipal PACE programs across the US offered property-secured loans from city or county funds to homeowners for residential clean energy investments. These loans, ... -
Cryptococcus gattii VGIII isolates causing infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California: identification of the local environmental source as arboreal.
(PLoS Pathog, 2014-08)Ongoing Cryptococcus gattii outbreaks in the Western United States and Canada illustrate the impact of environmental reservoirs and both clonal and recombining propagation in driving emergence and expansion of microbial ... -
Daily intake of antioxidants in relation to survival among adult patients diagnosed with malignant glioma.
(BMC Cancer, 2010-05-19)BACKGROUND: Malignant glioma is a rare cancer with poor survival. The influence of diet and antioxidant intake on glioma survival is not well understood. The current study examines the association between antioxidant intake ... -
Exploring Leadership in California’s Environmental Policy Space
(2020-04-20)California’s federal policymakers often consider their state to be an environmental policy leader. These policymakers see the state as a laboratory for innovative environmental policies to address a range of challenges including ... -
Follow the Leader? Evaluating California as an electricity model for the future
(2009-04-23)As the search for low carbon sources of electricity in the US continues it makes sense to consider those systems which are already providing electricity without significant CO2 emissions. In the US there are a few states ... -
Gobbling Up Habitat? Impact of Wild Turkeys on Native Bird Habitat Selection
(2008-04-25)The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an invasive species currently causing heated debate in California. Not only is there a question as to whether or not the bird is actually invasive, as a very similar species of wild ... -
Impact of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on California's Electricity Grid
(2009-04-24)Several automakers are preparing for the next generation of passenger transportation, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). These vehicles are slated to be commercially available starting in 2010. PHEVs operate similar ... -
MEASURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT: POLICY OPTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
(2003)NOAA manages the coastal zone in the United States under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). One of the goals of the act is to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the coastal zone management (CZM) ... -
Protecting Surf Breaks and Surfing Areas in California
(2015-04-21)In California, surfing is part of a 24 billion dollar coastal economy, a form of water-based recreation recognized in state coastal policy, and is positively identified with the state’s broad history and culture. Where surfing ... -
Right coronary wall CMR in the older asymptomatic advance cohort: positive remodeling and associations with type 2 diabetes and coronary calcium.
(J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 2010-12-30)BACKGROUND: Coronary wall cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a promising noninvasive approach to assess subclinical atherosclerosis, but data are limited in subjects over 60 years old, who are at increased risk. ... -
Study protocol: the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) study--a cluster randomized controlled effectiveness study.
(Trials, 2010-10-12)BACKGROUND: Many patients with diabetes have poor blood pressure (BP) control. Pharmacological therapy is the cornerstone of effective BP treatment, yet there are high rates both of poor medication adherence and failure ... -
Understanding the Complex Relationship between Critical Thinking and Science Reasoning among Undergraduate Thesis Writers.
(CBE life sciences education, 2018-01)Developing critical-thinking and scientific reasoning skills are core learning objectives of science education, but little empirical evidence exists regarding the interrelationships between these constructs. Writing effectively ... -
Water Usage Geospatial Tool and Maintenance Plan for a Southern California Demonstration Garden
(2012-04-24)Southern California faces the potential of future water shortages due to increasing population and uncertain supplies of water. Over half of water consumption in the region is attributed to residential use with over half ...
