Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...
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Benjamin S. Halpern1,2,3*., Catherine Longo1., Courtney Scarborough1., Darren Hardy1,9.,
Benjamin D. Best1
Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...
BACKGROUND: On the basis of the 2014 guidelines for hypertension therapy in the United States,
many eligible adults remain untreated. We projected the cost-effectiveness of treating
hypertension in U.S. adults according to the 2014 guidelines.
METHODS: We used the Cardiovascular Disease Policy Model to simulate drug-treatment and
monitoring costs, costs...
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. Moran1,2, Michelle C. Odden3, Anusorn Thanataveerat2, Keane Y. Tzong2, Petra W.
Rasmussen2, David Guzman4
BACKGROUND: After 2 decades of focused efforts to eradicate polio, the impact of eradication activities on health
systems continues to be controversial. This study evaluated the impact of polio eradication activities on routine immunization
(RI) and primary healthcare (PHC).
METHODS: Quantitative analysis assessed the effects of polio eradication campaigns on...
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Abid, Amina Moham-
mad Adamu, Samesh Adhikari, Mercy Ahun, Aminu Ali, Aline Bahati,
Kate Bass, David
OBJECTIVE: The associations of some risk factors with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are attenuated in
older age; whereas others appear robust. The present study aimed to compare CVD risk factors across
older age. METHODS: Participants (n = 4883) in the Cardiovascular Health Study free of prevalent CVD,
were stratified into three...
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Patricia M. Kearney g, Chris defilippi h, Shani Shastri i, Mark J. Sarnak j,
David S. Siscovick k, l, m
BACKGROUND: After 2 decades of focused efforts to eradicate polio, the impact of eradication activities on health
systems continues to be controversial. This study evaluated the impact of polio eradication activities on routine immunization
(RI) and primary healthcare (PHC).
METHODS: Quantitative analysis assessed the effects of polio eradication campaigns on...
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): Meghan Lynch; Benjamin Schwartz; Dora Ward; Allison Prather
Qualitative Data Analysis: Pauley Tedoff
In the future, Earth will be warmer, precipitation events will be more extreme, global mean sea level will rise, and many arid and semiarid regions will be drier. Human modifications of landscapes will also occur at an accelerated rate as developed areas increase in size and population density. We now...
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, Paul R. Bierman4, David D.
Breshears5, Benjamin T. Crosby6, Michael Ellis7, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou8
In the future, Earth will be warmer, precipitation events will be more extreme, global mean sea level will rise, and many arid and semiarid regions will be drier. Human modifications of landscapes will also occur at an accelerated rate as developed areas increase in size and population density. We now...
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. Bierman4, David D. Breshears5,
Benjamin T. Crosby6, Michael Ellis7, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou8, ArjunM