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... This study compared burst pressure (BP), number of activations, and histological assessment of ex vivo swine small intestine loops transected by stapler, a single fulcrum radiofrequency vessel sealing (RFVS) device, and the newly-developed jaws RFVS. Fifty (n = 50) 20 cm long jejunal loops were randomly assigned to be transected with RFVS devices and linear stapler (Caiman5, Caiman Maryland, Caima ...
Maryland, etc ; land cover; photogrammetry; remote sensing; watersheds; Chesapeake Bay; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Large-scale high-resolution land-cover mapping is a way to comprehend the Earth’s surface and resolve the ecological and resource challenges facing humanity. High-resolution (≤1 m) remotely sensed images can now be captured more easily, with wider coverage, as sensors and satellites develop. Nevertheless, the synchronous renewal of land-cover maps is still challenging when using the common land-co ...
Maryland, etc ; data collection; energy; geometry; lithium batteries; models; prediction; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Capacity estimation is crucial for assessing the health statuses of lithium-ion batteries to develop better battery usage and maintenance strategies. However, it is difficult to satisfy multiple application situations in which each individual prognostic method has its own particular preconditions and application limitations. Thus, in this paper, an ensemble prognostic framework is proposed to inte ...
Elizabeth M. Corley; Moaath K. Mustafa Ali; Hanan Alharthy; Kathryn A. F. Kline; Danielle Sewell; Jennie Y. Law; Seung Tae Lee; Sandrine Niyongere; Vu H. Duong; Maria R. Baer; Ashkan Emadi
Maryland, etc ; cohort studies; confidence interval; genes; mutants; myeloid leukemia; remission; retrospective studies; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The prognostic significance of the length of internal tandem duplication (ITD) insertions in mutant FLT3 genes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is controversial. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the correlation between the ITD base-pair (bp) insertion length and clinical outcomes. The mutational status of the FLT3 gene was evaluated in 402 of 467 consecutive AML patients treated at th ...
Maryland, etc ; Internet; Orchidaceae; botanists; e-mail; forestry; teachers; wood; wood anatomy; Illinois; Show all 10 Subjects
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... William Louis (Bill) Stern passed away on 1 November 2021 at the age of 95. Bill had a long and illustrious career as a botanist. He was a life member of IAWA. From 1951 to around 1982 his focus was on wood anatomy and then his attentions moved on to orchids, culminating in volume 10 of the Anatomy of the Monocotyledons: Orchidaceae in 2014. Bill’s last major wood publication was the incredibly us ...
Maryland, etc ; atomic absorption spectrometry; incinerators; industry; metropolitan areas; remediation; research; traffic; urban development; Show all 9 Subjects
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... This study investigates the impact of changes in local industry, urban development, and proximity to suspected emission sources on airborne metal concentration in Baltimore, Maryland between 2001 and 2019 with particular focus on the urban industrial community of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore. Integrated PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ Harvard Impactors were set up at six locations in the Baltimore City metropolit ...
Maryland, etc ; DNA; Standardbred; Thoroughbred; artificial insemination; chorion; gestation period; labor; pregnancy; Kentucky; Pennsylvania; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Nocardioform placentitis (NP) has been associated with mid to late pregnancy loss in mares. To date, disease outbreaks have been described only in central Kentucky, although sporadic, isolated cases have been reported globally. This study describes a series of cases of NP that occurred in a sample population of 299 mares foaling in southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland in 2020. These ...
Maryland, etc ; acreage; carbon; case studies; climate; cost effectiveness; risk management; roads; sea level; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Sea-level rise (SLR) and coastal flooding in low-lying rural coastal areas will significantly impact residents’ daily lives. The need to understand who may be affected and when is widely acknowledged in order to enable inclusive and cost-effective adaptation planning. Presently, planning resources generally focus on housing impacts; when will a house or neighborhood be inundated and which adaptati ...
Maryland, etc ; Odocoileus virginianus; USDA; adults; deer; integrated pest management; public health; research; tick control; ticks; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Deer are keystone hosts for adult ticks and have enabled the spread of tick distributions. The '4-Poster' deer bait station was developed by the USDA to control ticks feeding on free-ranging deer. Although effective in certain scenarios, the '4-Poster' deer treatment stations require the use of bait to attract deer which may have potential consequences. We captured and GPS monitored 35 deer as a p ...
Maryland, etc ; Pennsylvanian period; coal; geochemistry; mineralization; rare earth elements; zinc; Allegheny Mountain region; Pennsylvania; West Virginia; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The Allegheny Plateau in western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia has relatively flat-lying strata with southwest-northeast-trending anticlines cored by splay faults originating from the thrust faults and southeast-northwest-trending lineaments. The lineaments define both the structural relief of the anticlines and the coal rank. Coal rank in the Pennsylvanian Allegheny G ...
Maryland, etc ; Monte Carlo method; data collection; drawdown; environmental quality; models; phosphorus; prediction; soil; uncertainty analysis; variance; Show all 11 Subjects
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... In this study we conducted a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis using the Annual P Loss Estimator (APLE) model focusing on model predictions of soil test phosphorus (STP). We calculated and evaluated the sensitivity coefficients of predicted STP and changes in STP using 1‐ and 10‐yr simulations with and without P application. We also compared two methods for estimating prediction uncertainties: ...
Maryland, etc ; bibliometric analysis; climate change; culture and humanities; ecosystems; forests; humans; pollution; research; society; China; Wisconsin; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Research on mountain ecosystem services (MES) under the influence of climate change and human activities has gradually become the focus of academic attention in recent years. Here, this study analyzes the research hotspots and frontiers of this field based on metrics including main research forces, core journals and papers, research hotspots and topics by using the methods of bibliometrics and tex ...
Maryland, etc ; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; appetite; food choices; fresh produce; issues and policy; meat; seafoods; surveys; Show all 9 Subjects
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... A recent policy in the U.S. authorized monthly benefits from a nutrition assistance program - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - to be used online to increase grocery access and promote healthy eating. This study examined online grocery attitudes and purchasing behaviors among low-income SNAP-eligible households with young children with and without online grocery experience. An exp ...
Maryland, etc ; blood glucose; blood pressure; flavonoids; food intake; glucose; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; longevity; metabolic syndrome; obesity; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Despite research that suggests flavonoids protect against metabolic syndrome (MetS) and evidence that intake of these compounds differs by race, knowledge about whether flavonoid-MetS associations vary among racial groups is limited. This study sought to estimate usual total flavonoid intake in African American and White adults and assess its sex- and sex/race-specific associations with MetS and i ...
Maryland, etc ; air pollutants; case studies; environmental management; gardens; green infrastructure; nutrient uptake; rain; stakeholders; stormwater; subwatersheds; uncertainty; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Green infrastructure (GI) is becoming a common solution to mitigate stormwater-related problems. Given the uncertain costs of GI relative to other stormwater management strategies, stakeholders investing in GI need performance-analysis tools that consider the full suite of benefits and the impacts of uncertainty to help justify GI expenditures. This study provides a quantitative and comparative an ...
Maryland, etc ; climate; climate change; climate models; greenhouse gases; infrastructure; research; risk assessment; statistical analysis; temperature; time series analysis; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Increased greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere has led to significant climate warming and changes in precipitation and temperature characteristics. These trends, which are expected to continue, will affect water infrastructure and raise the need to update associated planning and design policies. The potential effects of climate change can be addressed, in part, by incorporating outputs o ...
Maryland, etc ; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Solanaceae; aggregation pheromones; chemical control; evolution; females; males; pesticide resistance; pests; potatoes; sex pheromones; Colorado; Show all 13 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: Colorado potato beetle [Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae] is a widespread key pest of potatoes and other solanaceous crops of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Its evolution of multiple pesticide resistance is a continuing threat if chemical control is relied upon for pest management. An integrated approach including semiochemicals and other non‐pesticidal ta ...
Diann J. Prosser; Hannah L. Schley; Nathan Simmons; Jeffery D. Sullivan; Josh Homyack; Matthew Weegman; Glenn H. Olsen; Alicia M. Berlin; Rebecca L. Poulson; David E. Stallknecht; Christopher K. Williams
Maryland, etc ; Aythya affinis; Influenza A virus; adults; avian influenza; death; ecology; geese; risk; sample size; surgery; telemetry; viruses; waterfowl; Chesapeake Bay; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Despite the recognized role of wild waterfowl in the potential dispersal and transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, little is known about how infection affects these birds. This lack of information limits our ability to estimate viral spread in the event of an HPAI outbreak, thereby limiting our abilities to estimate and communicate risk. Here, we present telemetry data fr ...
... We explored customer perspectives of a farmers market incentive program for nutrition assistance beneficiaries in Maryland. Surveys were completed by a purposive sample of customers (n = 279) from four farmers markets. A sub-sample (n = 106) completed semi-structured interviews on barriers and facilitators to program use. Facilitators included availability of universal incentive tokens across mark ...
... Stream morphology is affected by changes on the surrounding landscape. Understanding the effects of urbanization on stream morphology is a critical factor for land managers to maintain and improve vulnerable stream corridors in urbanizing landscapes. Stormwater practices are used in urban landscapes to manage runoff volumes and peak flows, potentially mitigating alterations to the flow regime that ...