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Multi-Criteria Analysis Of Offshore Wind Energy Site Suitability In North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
There is growing social, political, and economic interest in developing renewable energy technologies in an effort to create a more sustainable and secure energy market. Wind energy has potential to satisfy energy needs ...
Associations between farmers market managers’ motivations and market-level Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT) availability and business vitality
(2015-12-08)
Farmers markets are promoted to improve access
to healthy food for low-income consumers by
providing affordable produce via Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit
Transfer (SNAP/EBT). Having ...
Healthcare providers’ experiences screening for intimate partner violence among migrant and seasonal farmworking women: A phenomenological study
(2015-10-06)
Background Migrant and seasonal farmworking (MSFW) women
patients experience substantially more intimate partner violence (IPV)
than the general population, but few health-care providers screen
patients for IPV. While ...
Insulin/IGF1-PI3K-dependent nucleolar localization of a glycolytic enzyme – phosphoglycerate mutase 2, is necessary for proper structure of nucleolus and RNA synthesis
(2015)
Phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM), a conserved, glycolytic enzyme has been
found in nucleoli of cancer cells. Here, we present evidence that accumulation of
PGAM in the nucleolus is a universal phenomenon concerning not ...
Emerging roles for the pH-sensing G protein-coupled receptors in response to acidotic stress
(2015)
Protons (hydrogen ions) are the simplest form of ions universally produced by cellular metabolism including aerobic respiration and glycolysis. Export of protons out of cells by a number of acid transporters is essential ...
Increased Long-Term Mortality among Black CABG Patients Receiving Preoperative Inotropic Agents
(2015-07)
The aim of this study was to examine racial differences in long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), stratified by preoperative use of inotropic agents. Black and white patients who required ...
Enhanced Mitochondrial Superoxide Scavenging Does Not Improve Muscle Insulin Action in the High Fat-Fed Mouse
(2015-05)
Improving mitochondrial oxidant scavenging may be a viable strategy for the treatment of insulin resistance and diabetes. Mice overexpressing the mitochondrial matrix isoform of superoxide dismutase (sod2tg mice) and/or ...
Assessment of Snow Status Changes Using L-HH Temporal-Coherence Components at Mt. Dagu, China
(2015)
Multitemporal Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR)
horizontally transmitted and horizontally received (HH) coherence data was decomposed
into temporal-coherence, spatial-coherence, and thermal noise ...
Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty
(2015-09)
Introduction
Clinicians and residency programs are increasing their use of social media (SM) websites for educational and promotional uses, yet little is known about the use of these sites by residents and faculty. The ...
Single-institution comparative study on the outcomes of salvage cryotherapy versus salvage robotic prostatectomy for radio-resistant prostate cancer
(2015)
Background
Although primary treatment of localized prostate cancer provides excellent oncologic control, some men who chose radiotherapy experience a recurrence of disease. There is no consensus on the most appropriate ...