Browsing by Subject "Demography"
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A Heterotopic Xenograft Model of Human Airways for Investigating Fibrosis in Asthma.
(American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2017-03)Limited in vivo models exist to investigate the lung airway epithelial role in repair, regeneration, and pathology of chronic lung diseases. Herein, we introduce a novel animal model in asthma-a xenograft system integrating ... -
A multicenter phase I/II study of obatoclax mesylate administered as a 3- or 24-hour infusion in older patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia.
(PloS one, 2014-01)An open-label phase I/II study of single-agent obatoclax determined a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and schedule, safety, and efficacy in older patients (≥ 70 yr) with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML).Phase I evaluated ... -
Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.
(Journal of lower genital tract disease, 2017-01)Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Haiti. Given this high disease burden, we sought to better understand women's knowledge of its causes and the sociodemographic and health correlates of ... -
Balancing the good and the bad: Assessing the positive and negative effects of alien species on native plant demography
(2022)Alien species are considered one of the primary threats to native plant populations and their control is often prominent among proposed management actions. While negative alien effects are well documented, there are also ... -
COMADRE: a global data base of animal demography.
(J Anim Ecol, 2016-03)UNLABELLED: The open-data scientific philosophy is being widely adopted and proving to promote considerable progress in ecology and evolution. Open-data global data bases now exist on animal migration, species distribution, ... -
Concurrent use of methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, GHB, and flunitrazepam among American youths.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2006-09)The magnitude and the characteristics of the use of methamphetamine, MDMA (Ecstasy), LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide), ketamine, GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate), and flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) were examined in a probability ... -
Detection and Characterization of Human Pegivirus 2, Vietnam.
(Emerging infectious diseases, 2018-11)We report human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) infection in Vietnam. We detected HPgV-2 in some patients with hepatitis C virus/HIV co-infection but not in patients with HIV or hepatitis A, B, or C virus infection, nor in healthy ... -
Determinants of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) Ownership and Use in Ghana
(2011)Malaria is hyper-endemic in Ghana, and remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, especially in pregnant women and children under the age of five. The use of insecticide-treated nets is an effective ... -
Determinants of Teenage Childbearing in the United States
(2015)This dissertation consists of two original empirical studies on the determinants of teenage childbearing in the United States. The first study examines the impact of educational attainment on teenage childbearing, using ... -
Environmental Impacts on the Population Dynamics of a Tropical Seabird in the Context of Climate Change: Improving Inference through Hierarchical Modeling
(2008-04-25)Under the increasing threat of climate change, it is imperative to understand the impact that environmental phenomena have on the demography and behavior of natural populations. In the last few decades an ever increasing ... -
Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India
(2014)In this dissertation, I examine at the aggregate and individual levels, why contemporary fertility preferences diverge from actual fertility. I use three waves of cross-sectional survey data from the National Family Health ... -
Essays on Migration, Social Networks and Employment
(2022)Immigrants rely on social networks upon arrival to their country of destination to access resources, find a job, and begin the process of incorporation. However, the contours of how and under what circumstances networks ... -
Essays on Population, Environment and Development
(2018)Ecological factors and the policy environment are central constraints on population well-being. This dissertation emphasizes the role of shocks to help understand the nature of such constraints, and explores the relationship ... -
Experimental manipulation of seed shadows of an Afrotropical tree determines drivers of recruitment.
(Ecology, 2012-03)The loss of animals in tropical forests may alter seed dispersal patterns and reduce seedling recruitment of tree species, but direct experimental evidence is scarce. We manipulated dispersal patterns of Manilkara mabokeensis, ... -
Family Structure and Child Malnutrition in China: Three Essays
(2013)Over the past three decades, the phenomenon of children's health in China has been marked by a co-existence of overweight and underweight. As the primary institution for a child, family is an opportune place for ... -
Family Ties, Economic Resources, and the Well-Being of Older Adults Across Communities in China
(2013)Many older adults in the developing world rely on their adult children for financial, instrumental, and emotional support. The People's Republic of China (PRC), which will experience rapid population aging in the current ... -
Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar.
(Food security, 2021-06-24)Ending hunger and alleviating poverty are key goals for a sustainable future. Food security is a constant challenge for agrarian communities in low-income countries, especially in Madagascar. We investigated agricultural ... -
Genetic variants of DNA repair genes predict the survival of patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer receiving platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
(Journal of translational medicine, 2016-05-31)Adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) remains controversial for its uncertain role in improving overall survival (OS). Nucleotide excision repair (NER) removes DNA-adducts ... -
Growing Up in the Face of Economic Hardship: The Effects of Job Loss, Material Deprivation, and Subjective Financial Stress on Children and Parents
(2018)Most research on the effects of economic hardship on children and parents has only considered the effects of income poverty, while ignoring the roles of two other dimensions of economic hardship - subjective financial stress ... -
Host gene expression classifiers diagnose acute respiratory illness etiology.
(Sci Transl Med, 2016-01-20)Acute respiratory infections caused by bacterial or viral pathogens are among the most common reasons for seeking medical care. Despite improvements in pathogen-based diagnostics, most patients receive inappropriate antibiotics. ...
