BACKGROUND. When the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in United States, epidemiologic and clinical information about severe fatal cases was limited. We report first 47 of New York City. METHODS. The City Department Health Mental Hygiene conducted enhanced surveillance for hospitalizations deaths associated with virus. collected basic demographic all patients who died compared abstracted data from medical records a sample hospitalized survived. RESULTS. From 24 April through 1 July 2009,...

To describe diabetes prevalence in New York City by race/ethnicity and nativity.Data were from the 2002-2008 Community Health Surveys. Respondents categorized on basis of self-reported birth country: foreign-born South Asian (Indian subcontinent), other Asian, U.S.-born non-Hispanic black, white, Hispanic. Diabetes status was defined provider diagnosis. Multivariable models examined country.Prevalence among Asians nearly twice that (13.6 vs. 7.4%, P = 0.001). In multivariable analyses,...

Curiosity about cigarettes is a reliable predictor of susceptibility to smoking and established use among youth. Related research has been limited cigarettes, lacks national-level estimates. Factors associated with curiosity tobacco products, such as advertising, have postulated but rarely tested.To describe the prevalence smokeless tobacco, cigars youth explore association between self-reported advertising exposure.Data from 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey, nationally representative...

Editors' Introduction: Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Literature: Intersections and, Interventions Get access Jennifer C. James, James George Washington University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cynthia Wu Agnes Scott College MELUS, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2006, Pages 3–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/melus/31.3.3 Published: 01 2006

ABSTRACT To understand epigenetic inheritance in mammals, we investigate cell division modes and histone patterns the mouse olfactory epithelium using an injury-induced regeneration model. Horizontal basal cells (HBCs), adult stem this tissue, undergo asymmetric division, coinciding with H4 vivo . Primary HBCs recapitulate both for H4, H3, H3.3, but not H2A-H2B. Upon mitotic exit, correlates differential enrichment of a key ‘stemness’ transcription factor p63 asynchronous re-initiation....

Despite declining use of conventional tobacco products, youth non-cigarette has become prevalent; however, quitting behaviors remain largely unexplored.To examine nationally representative data on quit intentions and past-year attempts to all among current users.In 2013, were analyzed from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS). Weighted prevalence estimates for users are presented.Prevalence 52.8% 51.5%, respectively, users. Among non-mutually exclusive groups, cigarette smokers had...

The present study was initiated because of concerns expressed by NHLBI-funded mid-career investigators regarding perceived difficulties in the renewal their grant awards. This led us to ask: "Are experiencing disproportionate advancement professional careers?" Our portfolio analysis indicates that there has been a significant and evolving shift demographics research project (RPG) awardees at NHLBI. In 1998, (ages 41–55) constituted approximately 60% all with remaining 40% being equally...

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) annually invests approximately $22 billion in bio-medical research through its extramural grant programs. Since fiscal year (FY) 2010, all persons involved during the previous project have been required to be listed on annual progress report. These new data enabled production first-ever census NIH-funded workforce. Data were extracted from All Personnel Reports submitted for NIH grants funded FY 2009, including position title, months effort,...

Warning labels on tobacco products are a means to communicate information about the negative health effects of use current and potential users. Most begins in early adolescence, making it particularly important understand degree which warning reach adolescents.To examine extent youth report (1) seeing warnings cigarettes smokeless (SLT) U.S. (2) that makes them think risks associated with use.Exposure SLT, as well adolescents thinking response warnings, was examined among middle high school...

The development of social network analysis techniques and comprehensive online bibliographic databases has led to studies scientific co-authorship networks. This study compares collaboration among researchers associated with two epidemiological cohort studies, the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Strong Heart (SHS), using journal article citations published from 1990 through 30 June 2011. Descriptive analyses their publications authors were computed, graphs produced, statistics calculated....

This article investigates whether countries in East Asia are acting anomalously from traditional balancing and bandwagoning assumptions the face of China's reemergencel form sending ambiguous alignment signals toward United States return for more autonomy by states that have no official alliance with Beijing. Incorporating Lim Cooper's redefinition hedging, this study focuses on conditions under which neighbors adopt hedging behaviors. aims to show coercive capability indicators, including...

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How has China contributed toward the conclusion of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)? The extant literature tends to either undervalue China’s role or emphasizes absence willingness realize RCEP. However, it is difficult form region-wide multilateral preferential trade agreements (PTAs), such as RCEP, without any significant contribution from a regional hegemon, China. This paper, thus, argues that significantly RCEP by engendering incentives for member countries join...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or disease-2019 (COVID-19), emerged in December 2019 and has since then progressed into a global pandemic (Lai et al., 2020). However, the Taiwan model helped contain COVID-19 epidemic successfully for more than one year (Wu, Unexpectedly, sporadic cases began to emerge late April 2021, causing large-scale outbreak (Kao, Shuhua, 2021).
 
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This article addresses the identifiable conditions for hedging strategies. By examining specific cases of policy choices and political situations in a triangular framework, author suggests that Taiwan’s behavior against China is sensitive to local variation power capabilities, economic intention, security commitment from United States.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or disease-2019 (COVID-19), emerged in December 2019 Wuhan, China and has since then spurred a global pandemic (Lai et al., 2020). Taiwan China, separated only by 130 km across the Strait, have frequent cross-strait interactions with each other; millions of people travel to from between two countries (Wang & Lin, Considering these facts, Lauren Gardner, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, even predicted...

Abstract The thermal ring‐opening reactions, autoxidation and hydrogenation of polymethy‐lenecyclobutene (PMCB) poly‐1‐methyl‐3‐methylenecyclobutene (PMMCB), were investigated. Both polymers prepared by cationic polymerization consisted almost entirely 1,5‐repeating units containing cyclobutene rings in the polymer backbone. showed well behaved exothermic processes at elevated temperatures which apparently resulted crosslinking. These investigated differential scanning calorimetry...

No AccessJournal of UrologyClinical Urology: Case Reports1 Mar 1998VASCULAR ENCASEMENT OF CASTLEMAN'S DISEASE MIMICKING A SARCOMA LI-JEN WANG, YON-CHEONG WONG, CHARLES C.J. WU, and CHUEN HSUEH WANGLI-JEN WANG More articles by this author , WONGYON-CHEONG WONG WUCHARLES WU HSUEHCHUEN View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63792-3AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail "VASCULAR...

Our study shows that alliance commitment is the key to maintenance of status quo between a weak challenger and major- power attacker. In order verify our theory, we employ data from Benson’s typology compel lent military alliances conduct empirical tests for theoretical hypothesis. The statistical results comply with indicating trustful strong creates negative effects on quo. We examine cases Korean War US-China-Taiwan relations buttress arguments. latter case also need modify original model...