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SYNTHESIS AND IN VITRO ACTIVITY OF D-LACTIC ACID OLIGOMERS
(2018-09-27)This invention describes the synthesis and pharmacologic activity of n = 2 , n = 3 , n = 4 , n = 5 , and n = 6 D - lactic acid oligomers . D - lactic acid dimer has pharmacologic activity and sequesters L - lactate , andd ... -
Web Archiving in the United States: A 2017 Survey
(2018)From October 2 to November 20, 2017, a working group of individuals representing multiple NDSA member institutions and interest groups conducted a survey of organizations in the United States actively involved in, or plaanning ... -
Monumental architecture in mountain landscapes: the diy-geδ-bay sites of northern Cameroon
(Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2013-06) -
A cache of iron artifacts from the DGB-1 site, northern Cameroon: metallurgical analysis and ethnoarchaeological analogies
(Journal of African Archaeology, 2013) -
Analysis of Feature Intervisibility and Cumulative Visibility Using GIS, Bayesian and Spatial Statistics: A Study from the Mandara Mountains, Northern Cameroon
(PLoS ONE, 2014-11-10)The locations of <italic>diy-geδ-bay</italic> (DGB) sites in the Mandara Mountains, northern Cameroon are hypothesized to occur as a function of their ability to see and be seen from points on the surrounding landscape.. ... -
Mixture model of pottery decorations from Lake Chad Basin archaeological sites reveals ancient segregation patterns
(Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016-03-30)We present a new statistical approach to analysing an extremely common archaeological data typeâ potsherdsâ that infers the structure of cultural relationships across a set of excavation units (EUs). This method, appliied ... -
Ethnoarchaeology as slow science
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Perceptions of Personalized Medicine in an Academic Health System: Educational Findings.
(Journal of contemporary medical education, 2015-01)Prior reports demonstrate that personalized medicine implementation in clinical care is lacking. Given the program focus at Duke University on personalized medicine, we assessed health care providers' perspectives on theeir ... -
Policy implications for familial searching.
(Investigative genetics, 2011-01)In the United States, several states have made policy decisions regarding whether and how to use familial searching of the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database in criminal investigations. Familial searching pushes ... -
Characterization of the standard and recommended CODIS markers.
(Journal of forensic sciences, 2013-01)As U.S. courts grapple with constitutional challenges to DNA identification applications, judges are resting legal decisions on the fingerprint analogy, questioning whether the information from a DNA profile could, in liight ... -
Personal DNA testing in college classrooms: perspectives of students and professors.
(Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers, 2013-06)Discourse on the integration of personal genetics and genomics into classrooms is increasing; however, limited data have been collected on the perspectives of students and professors. We conducted a cross-sectional surveey ... -
Brave New World of human-rights DNA collection.
(Trends in genetics : TIG, 2013-06)Noncriminal DNA databases may serve a societal role in identifying victims of crime and human trafficking. However, how do we safeguard personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? -
Molecular genetic testing and the future of clinical genomics.
(Nature reviews. Genetics, 2013-06)Genomic technologies are reaching the point of being able to detect genetic variation in patients at high accuracy and reduced cost, offering the promise of fundamentally altering medicine. Still, although scientists andd ... -
Educating future providers of personalized medicine.
(North Carolina medical journal, 2013-11) -
Perspectives on genetic and genomic technologies in an academic medical center: the duke experience.
(Journal of personalized medicine, 2015-04-03)In this age of personalized medicine, genetic and genomic testing is expected to become instrumental in health care delivery, but little is known about its actual implementation in clinical practice.We surveyed Duke facuulty ... -
Preliminary perspectives on DNA collection in anti-human trafficking efforts.
(Recent advances in DNA & gene sequences, 2014-01)Forensic DNA methodologies have potential applications in the investigation of human trafficking cases. DNA and relationship testing may be useful for confirmation of biological relationship claims in immigration, identiification ... -
Perspectives of women in prostitution diversion program on DNA collection for a high-risk DNA database
(International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2017-01-01)© 2017 International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences. DNA can be collected from women at high risk of violent crime as a pre-emptive biometric for post-mortem identification. We conducted focus groups with women in ... -
Consent process for US-based family reference DNA samples
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Participant-Partners in Genetic Research: An Exome Study with Families of Children with Unexplained Medical Conditions
(Journal of Participatory Medicine, 2018)
