Background & Aims: We developed comprehensive models to determine risk of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) or esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) based on genetic and non-genetic factors. Methods: We used pooled data from 3288 patients with BE, 2511 patients with EAC, and 2177 individuals without either (controls) from participants in the international Barrett...
Glaciolacustrine sediments in the Clark Fork River valley at Garden Gulch, near Drummond, Montana, USA record highstand positions of the ice-dammed glacial Lake Missoula and repeated subaerial exposure. During these highstands the lake was at greater than 65% of its recognized maximum capacity. The initial lake transgression deposited a basal sand ...
Published in Ticks and tick-borne diseases
High similarity of morphological traits has historically overshadowed the identities and distributions of poultry-associated soft ticks Argas (Persicargas) miniatus and Argas (Persicargas) persicus in America. In order to model the occurrence of both parasites in the continent, in the current study we performed morphological and molecular analyses ...
Sous l’effet des migrations internationales, de nombreux pays comptent des ressortissants ou des descendants de ressortissants qui habitent dans des pays étrangers. Avec l’essor des moyens de communication, ces personnes peuvent conserver des liens forts avec leur pays d’origine ou celui des leurs ascendants. C’est ainsi que le terme diaspora, usit...
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Published in Environmental monitoring and assessment
The scale of investigation for disturbance-influenced processes plays a critical role in theoretical assumptions about stability, variance, and equilibrium, as well as conservation reserve and long-term monitoring program design. Critical consideration of scale is required for robust planning designs, especially when anticipating future disturbance...
Published in Open Theology
The Nazarenes were founded by a former Reformed minister Samuel Fröhlich about 1830 in Switzerland, but they soon expanded to Central and Eastern Europe. Because of their pacifist beliefs and refusal to swear and to take an oath a large number of the Nazarenes were condemned to severe prison sentences. This religious community was persecuted primar...
Previous studies of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among HIV-infected individuals have been limited by the inability to validate and differentiate atherosclerotic type 1 myocardial infarctions (T1MIs) from other events. We sought to define the incidence of T1MIs and risk attributable to traditional and HIV-specific factors among participants in the N...
L'étude de la biodiversité passée, de sa dynamique et des paramètres déterminant son évolution, est un préalable nécessaire à la compréhension de l’érosion de la biodiversité actuelle. En étudiant les conditions environnementales et historiques associées aux assemblages taxinomiques, il est possible d'inférer les liens dynamiques qui unissent les v...
Published in Social science & medicine (1982)
While pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are increasingly common tools used to foster quality and efficiency in primary care, the evidence concerning their effectiveness is at best mixed. In this article, we explore the influence of welfare systems on four P4P-related dimensions: the level of healthcare funders' commitment to P4Ps (by funding and l...
