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Long-Term Use of Cardiovascular Medications: Identifying and Encouraging Optimal Duration
(2017-09-20)In the face of increasingly widespread availability and uptake of medications to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease, this dissertation is motivated by two broad research questions regarding the duration of cardiovascular ... -
Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics and Disturbance History of a Tsuga-Dominated Forest in New England
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1993)The post—glacial history of two adjacent sites in the Harvard Forest, a 10—ha swamp (Black Gum Swamp) and a 0.006—ha hollow (Hemlock Hollow) in a Tsuga canadensis forest were investigated using pollen analysis. The sites ... -
Long-term, treatment-free survival in select patients with distant metastatic papillary thyroid cancer
(Bioscientifica Ltd, 2014)Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) generally has a favorable prognosis. However, patients with distant metastatic disease experience progression of disease with a higher mortality. A subset of patients not ... -
Longing for the ideal: images of Marie Taglioni in the romantic ballet
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Longing for the ideal: Images of Marie Taglioni in the romantic ballet
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Longing for the Longue Durée
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)The authors of The History Manifesto respond to the Viewpoint commentary and extend the dialogue between the book’s arguments and the recent historiography of science, technology, and medicine -
Longinus and a theological view of Zeus as god of the sky
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Longitudinal Analyses of the Effects of Trade Unions
(University of Chicago Press, 1984)This paper examines how measurement error biases longitudinal estimates of union effects. It develops numerical examples, statistical models, and econometric estimates which indicate that measurement error is a major problem ... -
Longitudinal analysis of the lung microbiota of cynomolgous macaques during long-term SHIV infection
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Longitudinal studies of the lung microbiome are challenging due to the invasive nature of sample collection. In addition, studies of the lung microbiome in human disease are usually performed after disease ... -
Longitudinal Analysis of the Premature Infant Intestinal Microbiome Prior to Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Case-Control Study
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammatory disease of the newborn bowel, primarily affecting premature infants. Early intestinal colonization has been implicated in the pathogenesis of NEC. The objective of this ... -
Longitudinal and secular trends in dietary supplement use: Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1986–2006
(Elsevier, 2014)Most studies on the prevalence of supplement use in the United States were cross-sectional or evaluated trends in limited variety of supplements. The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal and secular ... -
Longitudinal Assessment of Growth in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Results From the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: We sought to characterize growth between birth and age 3 years in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent the Norwood procedure. Methods and Results: We performed a secondary analysis using ... -
Longitudinal Assessment of PCBs and Chlorinated Pesticides in Pregnant Women from Western Canada
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: Maternal exposures to organochlorines prior to pregnancy are considered a risk to neonatal welfare, specifically in relation to neurocognitive functions. There is growing interest in the evaluation of maternal ... -
Longitudinal associations of age and prenatal lead exposure on cortisol secretion of 12–24 month-old infants from Mexico City
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Cortisol has functions on homeostasis, growth, neurodevelopment, immune function and the stress response. Secretion follows a diurnal rhythm that mediates these processes. Our objective was to examine the ... -
Longitudinal Changes in Multiple Biomarkers Are Associated with Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Doxorubicin, Taxanes, and Trastuzumab
(American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), 2015)BACKGROUND: Biomarkers may play an important role in identifying patients at risk for cancer therapy cardiotoxicity. Our objectives were to define the patterns of change in biomarkers with cancer therapy and their associations ... -
Longitudinal Changes in the Dietary Inflammatory Index: An Assessment of the Inflammatory Potential of Diet over Time in Postmenopausal Women
(2016)Background/objective The dietary inflammatory index (DII) measured at one time point is associated with risk of several chronic diseases but disease risk may change with longitudinal changes in DII scores. Data are lacking ... -
Longitudinal Changes in White Matter Tract Integrity across the Adult Lifespan and Its Relation to Cortical Thinning
(Public Library of Science, 2016)A causal link between decreases in white matter (WM) integrity and cortical degeneration is assumed, but there is scarce knowledge on the relationship between these changes across the adult human lifespan. We investigated ... -
Longitudinal Characterization of the FTD-ALS Spectrum
(2015-05-20)Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) are heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases that, despite presenting divergent clinical features, can occur within the same person. Based on shared ... -
Longitudinal Clinical Outcomes and Cost- Effectiveness Evaluation of a Comprehensive School- Based Dental Prevention Program – ForsythKids
(2016-08-16)We aimed to evaluate longitudinal clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of a comprehensive school-based caries prevention program, ForsythKids. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Health, we solicited ... -
Longitudinal confocal microscopy imaging of solid tumor destruction following adoptive T cell transfer
(Landes Bioscience, 2013)A fluorescence-based, high-resolution imaging approach was used to visualize longitudinally the cellular events unfolding during T cell-mediated tumor destruction. The dynamic interplay of T cells, cancer cells, cancer ...