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Open AccessThe impact of fentanyl on state- and county-level psychostimulant and cocaine overdose death rates by race in Ohio from 2010 to 2020: a time series and spatiotemporal analysis
Over the past decade in the USA, increases in overdose rates of cocaine and psychostimulants with opioids were highest among Black, compared to White, populations. Whether fentanyl has contributed to the rise ...
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Novel urine biomarkers to distinguish UTI from culture-negative pyuria
Emergency departments (EDs) often rely on urinalysis (UA) to rapidly identify urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children. However, the suboptimal test characteristics of UA can lead to false-positive results....
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A multivariate spatio-temporal model of the opioid epidemic in Ohio: a factor model approach
Opioid misuse is a significant public health issue and a national epidemic with a high prevalence of associated morbidity and mortality. The epidemic is particularly severe in Ohio which has some of the highes...
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Open AccessIncreased breast cancer risk in women with neurofibromatosis type 1: a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a cancer predisposing syndrome. Studies suggest that women < 50 years old (y.o.) with NF1 have an increased breast cancer (BC) incidence and BC associated mortality. However, ...
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On Telling Faculty the Truth
A type of administrative lie (involving department chairs evaluating faculty) is illustrated. After arguing that the model cases are not “white lies” an ethical justification is sought for the practice. Conseq...
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System Optimization Configuration and Cross-Subsidy Estimation Tool for Off-Grid PV/Wind Power Systems in West China
This paper describes a joint effort of the Institute for Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEE), and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support China’s rural electri...
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Positive feedback, lock-in, and environmental policy
During the last several decades, modern economic methods have been brought to bear on problems of environmental policy, with powerful and influential results. However, this policy-making paradigm often relies ...
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Gene Regulation During Intermittent Hypdxia: Evidence for the Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species
Intermittent hypoxia occurs in many breathing disorders including sleep apneas, asthma, chronic lung diseases and can have cardio-respiratory consequences including hypertension and altered ventilatory respons...
