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Contrasting male and female trends in tobacco-attributed mortality in China: evidence from successive nationwide prospective cohort studies
Wellcome Trust, MRC, BHF, CR-UK, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Chinese MoST and NSFC.
Epidemiology: Reflections on Testing the Validity of Psychiatric Interviews
Laboratory tests that validate psychiatric disorder are unavailable. Accordingly, the validity of structured diagnostic interviews such as the Diagnostic Interview Schedule have...
Nested by design: model fitting and interpretation in a mixed model era
Summary Nested data structures are ubiquitous in the study of ecology and evolution, and such structures need to be modelled appropriately. Mixed‐effects models offer a powerful...
Reduced Vitamin D in Acute Stroke
Background and Purpose— Stroke leads to a reduction in bone mineral density, altered calcium homeostasis, and an increase in hip fractures. Vitamin D deficiency is well document...
Characterization of the integrin alpha v beta 6 as a fibronectin-binding protein.
Integrins are a complex family of divalent cation-dependent cell adhesion receptors composed of one alpha and one beta subunit noncovalently bound to one another. A subset of in...
Species-Diagnostic Differences in a Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer from the Sibling Species Anopheles Freeborni and Anopheles Hermsi (Diptera:Culicidae)
Approximately 460 base pairs (bp) of DNA sequence that included the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) and some flanking 5.8S and 28S ribosomal RNA coding regions were co...
The relationship of worker productivity to cognitive dissonance about wage inequities.
2 hypotheses derived from dissonance theory were tested: (a) when a person is paid by the hour his productivity will be greater when he perceives his pay as inequitably large th...
Friendsickness in the Transition to College: Precollege Predictors and College Adjustment Correlates
In this study friendsickness (preoccupation with and concern for the loss of or change in precollege friendships) is seen as a significant source of distress for college student...