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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"early death"”.
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Early therapeutic success in Huntington's chorea: with a commentary on a localised community in the Highlands of Scotland
… if they realised that a comparatively early death offered the only release from years of progressive chorea during which they would slowly develop a dementia and probably a psychosis. The suffering often falls instead to the families who are responsible for the care of these pathetic …
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The Life and Legacy of Edwin Greenlaw: “Teacher and Scholar”
… between literary historians and critics of the early twentieth century in order to trace Greenlaw’s model impact as both a practitioner and leader. His exegesis of Spenser’s political allegory, his numerous edited literature textbooks for the general student, and his activism for a more publicly …
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Improving Workplace Wellness at Kaiser Permanente
… including cardiovascular disease, obesity, and early death. Since the majority of jobs are done at a desk, those in the workforce have become particularly vulnerable to becoming sedentary. Workplace wellness programs are beginning to become a more common practice, and Kaiser Permanente is …
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Potential Modifications to Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Anderson-Fabry Disease
… males, and in some females, this leads to early death due to occlusive disease of the heart, kidney, and brain. This disease is currently treated by infusions of αGal, prolonging patients’ lives but producing antibodies against the enzyme reducing the treatment efficacy. Treatment also …
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Thomas Morley and the business of music in Elizabethan England
… personal ambitions were curtailed by his early death, his publishing activities and the model he provided for contemporary composers led to the creation of a substantial body of nearly one hundred and seventy editions and reprints of music suitable for domestic performance, many of which …
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A Comparison of the Effects of Two Adult Cardiovascular Education Approaches on Risk Reduction Behaviors of Adults and Their Children
… groups who have been shown to be at high risk of early death and disability. The participants were 745 adults whose children were enrolled in the Chicago Heart Health Curriculum Project. Group one (literature-log) consisted of American Health Association literature which was mailed to participants …
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Localization and function of the Drosophila huntingtin protein
… dysfunction, personality changes, dementia, and early death. Although a number of abnormal cellular phenomena have been described in systems modeling HD, the specific events initiating pathology remain unclear. It is widely viewed that inclusions may have a toxic gain-of-function which is central …
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Cytogenetic abnormalities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Sweden. A population based study.
… AML. The CR rates were significantly lower but early death rates similar in sAML vs de novo AML. In a multivariable analysis, AHD-AML (HR 1.51; 95% CI 1.26–1.79) and tAML (1.72; 1.38–2.15) were independent risk factors for poor survival. The negative impact of AHD-AML and tAML on survival was …
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Maternal Effects and Offspring Behavior: Potential Contributors to the Lack of Recruitment in Mississippi Gopher Tortoises (<i>Gopherus polyphemus</i>)
… impede growth and immune responses and result in early death. To assess adult stress, I utilized leukocyte profiles as they are influenced by prolonged elevation of corticosterone. A viable yolk sampling technique was used to collect yolk samples to determine levels of yolk CORT. Hatchlings were …
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Using Community Engagement to Address Injustices: A Case Study of San Francisco Tobacco-Free Coalition
… the leading cause of preventable illnesses and early death both in the U.S. and around the world. Tobacco use plays a major role in health conditions that disproportionately affect African Americans, including heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Ongoing tobacco use within racial and ethnic …
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The fate of neonate calves. A discussion of the bovine infant health implications of dairying in antiquity, using archaeozoological studies of six Orcadian contexts.
… radiographic examination of infant mandibles for early developmental stages in molariform teeth; tooth-wear methodologies are imprecise at this stage before wear commences. Known-age modern bovine foetal and neonate material are collected as a control assemblage for method development (n=73); six …
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The fate of neonate calves. A discussion of the bovine infant health implications of dairying in antiquity, using archaeozoological studies of six Orcadian contexts.
… radiographic examination of infant mandibles for early developmental stages in molariform teeth; tooth-wear methodologies are imprecise at this stage before wear commences. Known-age modern bovine foetal and neonate material are collected as a control assemblage for method development (n=73); six …
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Effect of experimental complex III deficiency on respiratory chain assembly and function
… iron accumulation, lactic acidosis, and early death, MIM 603358). To clarify the mechanisms of BCS1L-related disorders, especially possible changes in supercomplex formation, the specific aims of this thesis were to investigate CIII assembly and supercomplexes in a mouse model harboring …
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the right ventricle in human pulmonary hypertension
… progressive right ventricular (RV) failure and early death. RV function determines survival in all patients with PH but it is difficult to measure accurately using existing clinical techniques. The choice and design of the experiments in this thesis was driven by a desire to improve our …
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Mating costs and gametic barriers to reproduction
… sperm in inter-species matings that caused early death, sterility, and invasive sperm. I further explored sperm-mediated gametic isolation in Caenorhabditis from the perspective of inter-species interactions by experimentally evolving populations with mixed species for six generations to …
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Eating Behavior and Obesity Risk of Youth Living in the City of San Bernardino, California
… the most vulnerable in the Nation to disability, early death, unhealthy offspring, illiteracy, economic disadvantage, and chronic disease. This study analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior (YRBS) and local surveys conducted in the City’s Unified School District from 1999 through 2001. The …
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Genetic Control Of Enteric Nervous System Development And Subtype Specification
… failure, abdominal distention, and sometimes, early death. In HSCR, the enteric nervous system (ENS) does not develop completely, resulting in a region of bowel lacking neurons. HSCR can be treated by surgically removing aganglionic bowel, but many children with HSCR have poor motility even …
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Sympathetic Observations: Widowhood, Spectatorship, and Sympathy in the Fiction of Henry James
… widowed characters in his fiction. I cite the death of his cousin Minny Temple as a defining moment in his literary career and argue that he may have experienced an "emotional widowhood" after her early death. I also discuss the role of widows in his short fiction, which I suggest, is …
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Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) for Salt Tolerance in Soybean and Physiological Response to Salt Stress During Early Growth Stage
… changes induced by salt stress during early growth stage. For the first objective, QTL mapping was performed using an F2:3 population from Jake (tolerant) x Ozark (sensitive). A major QTL was found on chromosome 3 linked to four SNP loci in the same genomic region previously reported, …
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Adjoint sensitivity analysis of the atmospheric impacts of combustion emissions
… the state-level fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) early death impacts of combustion emissions in the US for 2005, 2011 and 2018 (forecast), and how these are driven by sector, chemical species, and location of emission. Results indicate major shifts in the chemical species and sectors that cause …
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