TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of water movement and nitrate dynamics in a lysimeter planted with an orange tree AN - 1735917934; PQ0002257235 AB - Adoption of high input irrigation management systems for South Australian horticultural crops seeks to provide greater control over timing of irrigation and fertilizer applications. The HYDRUS 2D/3D model was used to simulate water movement in the soil under an orange tree planted in a field lysimeter supplied with 68.6mm of irrigation water over 29 days. Simulated volumetric water contents statistically matched those measured using a capacitance soil water probe. Statistical measures (MAE, RMSE, tcal) indicating the correspondence between measured and simulated moisture content were within the acceptable range. The modelling efficiency (E) and the relative efficiency (RE) were in the satisfactory range, except RE at day 19. Simulated daily and cumulative drainage fluxes also matched measured values well. Cumulative drainage flux was 48.9% of applied water, indicating large water losses even under controlled water applications. High drainage losses were due to light texture of the soil and high rainfall (70mm) during the experimental period. Simulated root water uptake was 40% of applied water. The calibrated HYDRUS model was also used to evaluate several scenarios involving nitrate fertigation. The numerical analysis of NO3-N dynamics showed that 25.5% of applied fertilizer was taken up by the orange tree within 15 days of fertigation commencement. The rest of the applied NO3-N (74.5%) remained in the soil, available for uptake, but was also vulnerable to leaching later in the growing season. The seasonal simulation revealed that NO3-N leaching accounted for 50.2% of nitrogen applied as fertilizer, and plant N recovery amounted to 42.1%. The scenario analysis further revealed that timing of a nitrogen application in an irrigation event had little impact on its uptake by citrus in the lysimeter. However, slightly higher NO3-N uptake efficiency occurred when fertigation was applied late in the daily irrigation schedule, or was spread out across all irrigation pulses, rather than being applied early or in the middle. Modelling also revealed that pulsing of irrigation had little impact on nitrate leaching and plant uptake. Applying less irrigation (50% or 75% of ETC) resulted in higher nitrate uptake efficiency. This study showed that timing of water and fertilizer applications to an orange crop can be better regulated to enhance the efficiency of applied inputs under lysimeter conditions. JF - Agricultural Water Management AU - Phogat, V AU - Skewes, MA AU - Cox, J W AU - Alam, J AU - Grigson, G AU - Simnek, J AD - South Australian Research and Development Institute, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 74 EP - 84 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands VL - 127 SN - 0378-3774, 0378-3774 KW - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Modelling KW - Lysimeter KW - Drip irrigation KW - Fertigation KW - Orange KW - Deep drainage KW - Nitrate leaching KW - Citrus KW - Irrigation water KW - Statistics KW - Trees KW - Rainfall KW - Crops KW - Soil KW - Fertilizers KW - Water loss KW - Soils KW - Absorption KW - Lysimeters KW - Vulnerability KW - Timing KW - Water motion KW - Irrigation KW - Capacitance KW - Water content KW - Model Studies KW - Water management KW - Uptake KW - Nitrogen KW - Nitrate KW - Probes KW - Roots KW - Adoption KW - Models KW - Water uptake KW - Australia KW - Leaching KW - Nitrates KW - Drainage KW - Irrigation Efficiency KW - Agrochemicals KW - Light effects KW - Fertilizer application KW - Fertilizer applications KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate KW - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality KW - Q2 09144:Regional studies, expeditions and data reports KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735917934?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Agricultural+Water+Management&rft.atitle=Evaluation+of+water+movement+and+nitrate+dynamics+in+a+lysimeter+planted+with+an+orange+tree&rft.au=Phogat%2C+V%3BSkewes%2C+MA%3BCox%2C+J+W%3BAlam%2C+J%3BGrigson%2C+G%3BSimnek%2C+J&rft.aulast=Phogat&rft.aufirst=V&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=127&rft.issue=&rft.spage=74&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Agricultural+Water+Management&rft.issn=03783774&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.agwat.2013.05.017 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-11-01 N1 - Number of references - 63 N1 - Last updated - 2016-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Irrigation water; Water motion; Fertilizers; Leaching; Water management; Soils; Irrigation; Uptake; Vulnerability; Nitrate; Statistics; Trees; Rainfall; Drainage; Probes; Roots; Adoption; Capacitance; Water content; Crops; Models; Light effects; Water uptake; Soil; Water loss; Fertilizer applications; Nitrogen; Nitrates; Agrochemicals; Fertilizer application; Timing; Absorption; Irrigation Efficiency; Lysimeters; Model Studies; Citrus; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.05.017 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Measuring impacts of community forestry program through repeat photography and satellite remote sensing in the Dolakha district of Nepal AN - 1685802228; PQ0001403361 AB - During the 1990's community-based forest management gained momentum in Nepal. This study systematically evaluates the impacts that this had on land cover change and other associated aspects during the period 1990-2010 using repeat photography and satellite imagery in combination with interviews with community members. The results of the study clearly reflect the success of community-based forest management in the Dolakha district of the mid-hills of Nepal: during the study period, the rate of conversion of sparse forest into dense forest under community-based management was found to be between 1.13% and 3.39% per year. Similarly, the rate of conversion of non-forest area into forest was found to be between 1.11% and 1.96% per year. Community-based forest management has resulted in more efficient use of forest resources, contributed to a decline in the use of slash-and-burn agricultural practices, reduced the incidence of forest fires, spurred tree plantation, and encouraged the conservation and protection of trees on both public and private land. The resulting reclamation of forest in landside areas and river banks and the overall improvement in forest cover in the area has reduced flash floods and associated landslides. JF - Journal of Environmental Management AU - Niraula, Rabin Raj AU - Gilani, Hammad AU - Pokharel, Bharat Kumar AU - Qamer, Faisal Mueen AD - HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal, GPO Box 688, Jhamshikhel, Dhobi Ghat, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal 1 Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 20 EP - 29 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands VL - 126 SN - 0301-4797, 0301-4797 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH) KW - Community forestry KW - Repeat photography KW - Satellite imagery and forest management KW - Forest management KW - River banks KW - Communities KW - Trees KW - Forests KW - Conservation KW - Conversion KW - Photography UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1685802228?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Environmental+Management&rft.atitle=Measuring+impacts+of+community+forestry+program+through+repeat+photography+and+satellite+remote+sensing+in+the+Dolakha+district+of+Nepal&rft.au=Niraula%2C+Rabin+Raj%3BGilani%2C+Hammad%3BPokharel%2C+Bharat+Kumar%3BQamer%2C+Faisal+Mueen&rft.aulast=Niraula&rft.aufirst=Rabin&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=126&rft.issue=&rft.spage=20&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Environmental+Management&rft.issn=03014797&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jenvman.2013.04.006 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-06-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-07 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.006 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Which visual measures affect change in driving difficulty after first eye cataract surgery? AN - 1660413353; PQ0001010945 AB - Objective To investigate self-reported driving difficulty before and after first eye cataract surgery and determine which visual measures are associated with changes in self-reported driving difficulty after surgery. Methods A cohort of 99 older drivers with bilateral cataract were assessed the week before and 12 weeks after first eye cataract surgery. Visual measures including visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereopsis and useful field of view were assessed. Self-reported driving difficulty was measured via the Driving Habits Questionnaire. Cognitive status was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination. Regression analysis was undertaken to determine the association between changes in visual measures and self-reported driving difficulty after first eye cataract surgery. Results Overall, self-reported driving difficulty improved after first eye cataract surgery. However, 16% of participants did not improve and driving difficulty worsened in 11% following surgery. Improvement in driving difficulty score after first eye cataract surgery was associated with improved contrast sensitivity in the operated eye (p <0.001), new glasses after surgery (p <0.001), and fewer chronic health conditions (p =0.016). Conclusion Contrast sensitivity rather than visual acuity was a significant factor affecting change in self-reported driving difficulty after first eye cataract surgery for bilateral patients. This has implications for driver licensing authorities worldwide that rely heavily on visual acuity as a measure of visual fitness to drive. JF - Accident Analysis & Prevention AU - Fraser, Michelle L AU - Meuleners, Lynn B AU - Lee, Andy H AU - Ng, Jonathon Q AU - Morlet, Nigel AD - Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre (C-MARC), School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 10 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom VL - 58 SN - 0001-4575, 0001-4575 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Cataract surgery KW - Driving difficulty KW - Visual measures KW - Sensitivity KW - Accidents KW - Prevention KW - Driving ability KW - Eye KW - Cataracts KW - Surgery KW - Licensing KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660413353?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Accident+Analysis+%26+Prevention&rft.atitle=Which+visual+measures+affect+change+in+driving+difficulty+after+first+eye+cataract+surgery%3F&rft.au=Fraser%2C+Michelle+L%3BMeuleners%2C+Lynn+B%3BLee%2C+Andy+H%3BNg%2C+Jonathon+Q%3BMorlet%2C+Nigel&rft.aulast=Fraser&rft.aufirst=Michelle&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=58&rft.issue=&rft.spage=10&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Accident+Analysis+%26+Prevention&rft.issn=00014575&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.aap.2013.04.015 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sensitivity; Prevention; Accidents; Driving ability; Cataracts; Eye; Surgery; Licensing DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.04.015 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Characterization of Extended-spectrum beta -lactamase-producing Clinical Isolates of Shigella flexneri AN - 1560131258; 19276321 JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Mandal, Jharna AU - Sangeetha, V AU - Nivedithadivya, Nivedithadivya AU - Das, Ankita AU - Parija, Subhash Chandra Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 405 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - Shigella flexneri KW - Nutrition KW - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1560131258?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Characterization+of+Extended-spectrum+beta+-lactamase-producing+Clinical+Isolates+of+Shigella+flexneri&rft.au=Mandal%2C+Jharna%3BSangeetha%2C+V%3BNivedithadivya%2C+Nivedithadivya%3BDas%2C+Ankita%3BParija%2C+Subhash+Chandra&rft.aulast=Mandal&rft.aufirst=Jharna&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=405&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 28 N1 - Last updated - 2014-12-11 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Nutrition; Shigella flexneri ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Severely-malnourished or HIV-infected Children with Pneumonia: A Review AN - 1505344594; 19276312 AB - Presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as acute pneumonia in severely-malnourished and HIV-positive children has received very little attention, although this is very important in the management of pneumonia in children living in communities where TB is highly endemic. Our aim was to identify confirmed TB in children with acute pneumonia and HIV infection and/or severe acute malnutrition (SAM) (weight-for-length/height or weight-for-age z score <-3 of the WHO median, or presence of nutritional oedema). We conducted a literature search, using PubMed and Web of Science in April 2013 for the period from January 1974 through April 2013. We included only those studies that reported confirmed TB identified by acid fast bacilli (AFB) through smear microscopy, or by culture-positive specimens from children with acute pneumonia and SAM and/or HIV infection. The specimens were collected either from induced sputum (IS), or gastric lavage (GL), or broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL), or percutaneous lung aspirates (LA). Pneumonia was defined as the radiological evidence of lobar or patchy consolidation and/or clinical evidence of severe/ very severe pneumonia according to the WHO criteria of acute respiratory infection. A total of 17 studies met our search criteria but 6 were relevant for our review. Eleven studies were excluded as those did not assess the HIV status of the children or specify the nutritional status of the children with acute pneumonia and TB. We identified only 747 under-five children from the six relevant studies that determined a tubercular aetiology of acute pneumonia in children with SAM and/or positive HIV status. Three studies were reported from South Africa and one each from the Gambia, Ethiopia, and Thailand where 610, 90, 35, and 12 children were enrolled and 64 (10%), 23 (26%), 5 (14%), and 1 (8%) children were identified with active TB respectively, with a total of 93 (12%) children with active TB. Among 610 HIV-infected children in three studies from South Africa and 137 SAM children from other studies, 64 (10%) and 29 (21%) isolates of M. tuberculosis were identified respectively. Children from South Africa were infected with HIV without specification of their nutritional status whereas children from other countries had SAM but without indication of their HIV status. Our review of the existing data suggests that pulmonary tuberculosis may be more common than it is generally suspected in children with acute pneumonia and SAM, or HIV infection. Because of the scarcity of data, there is an urgent need to investigate PTB as one of the potential aetiologies of acute pneumonia in these children in a carefully-conducted larger study, especially outside Africa. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer AU - Ahmed, Tahmeed AU - Pietroni, Mark A C AU - Faruque, Abu S G AU - Ashraf, Hasan AU - Bardhan, Pradip K AU - Hossain, Md Iqbal AU - Das, Sumon Kumar AU - Salam, Mohammed Abdus Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 308 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology KW - Nutritional status KW - Bacilli KW - Data processing KW - Mycobacterium KW - Edema KW - Infection KW - Children KW - Malnutrition KW - Human immunodeficiency virus KW - Lung KW - Reviews KW - Microscopy KW - Tuberculosis KW - Sputum KW - Pneumonia KW - J 02400:Human Diseases UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1505344594?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Amicrobiologyb&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Pulmonary+Tuberculosis+in+Severely-malnourished+or+HIV-infected+Children+with+Pneumonia%3A+A+Review&rft.au=Chisti%2C+Mohammod+Jobayer%3BAhmed%2C+Tahmeed%3BPietroni%2C+Mark+A+C%3BFaruque%2C+Abu+S+G%3BAshraf%2C+Hasan%3BBardhan%2C+Pradip+K%3BHossain%2C+Md+Iqbal%3BDas%2C+Sumon+Kumar%3BSalam%2C+Mohammed+Abdus&rft.aulast=Chisti&rft.aufirst=Mohammod&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=308&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Number of references - 49 N1 - Last updated - 2014-04-17 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Nutritional status; Bacilli; Data processing; Edema; Children; Infection; Malnutrition; Lung; Reviews; Microscopy; Tuberculosis; Sputum; Pneumonia; Mycobacterium; Human immunodeficiency virus ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Distribution of Vibrio species in Shellfish and Water Samples Collected from the Atlantic Coastline of South-East Nigeria AN - 1505340864; 19276313 AB - Crayfish, lobster, and sea-water samples collected from five fishing islands on the Atlantic coast-Bight of Biafra (Bonny)-belonging to Ibaka Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State of Nigeria were bacteriologically evaluated on thiosulphate citrate bile-salt sucrose (TCBS) agar for Vibrio load and pathotypes. Mean log sub( 10) Vibrio counts of 7.64 plus or minus 2.78 cfu/g (in crayfish), 5.07 plus or minus 3.21 cfu/g (in lobster), and 3.06 plus or minus 2.27 cfu/mL (in sea-water) were obtained in rainy season (June-July) while counts in the dry season (November-December) were 6.25 plus or minus 1.93 cfu/g, 5.99 plus or minus 1.54 cfu/g, and 3.84 plus or minus 1.78 cfu/mL respectively. The physicochemical measurements (temperature, pH, and total dissolved solutes) of the sea-water did not vary significantly in the two seasons across all five islands. Vibrio species isolated were Vibrio cholerae (both O1 and non-O1 serotypes), V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus, V. mimicus, and V. fluvialis. Both Ogawa and Inaba subtypes of V. cholerae O1 serotype were found. In addition, the Hikojima subtype, which had not been previously reported in the region, was isolated in two samples. The results show that these Vibrio species are endemic in the area. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Eyisi, Onyedikachukwu A L AU - Nwodo, Uchechukwu U AU - Iroegbu, Christian U Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 314 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology KW - Atlantic coastline KW - Cholera KW - Vibrio KW - Hikojima KW - Sea-water KW - Shellfish KW - Nigeria KW - Agar KW - Serotypes KW - Cambaridae KW - Freshwater KW - Nutrition KW - Solutes KW - Endemic species KW - Islands KW - Rainy season KW - Marine environment KW - Vibrio parahaemolyticus KW - Sucrose KW - Freshwater crustaceans KW - AS, Atlantic KW - Homarus americanus KW - pH effects KW - Marine crustaceans KW - Temperature effects KW - Marine KW - Citrates KW - A, Atlantic KW - Vibrio cholerae KW - Colony-forming cells KW - Dry season KW - Citric acid KW - J 02410:Animal Diseases KW - Q1 08625:Non-edible products KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1505340864?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Distribution+of+Vibrio+species+in+Shellfish+and+Water+Samples+Collected+from+the+Atlantic+Coastline+of+South-East+Nigeria&rft.au=Eyisi%2C+Onyedikachukwu+A+L%3BNwodo%2C+Uchechukwu+U%3BIroegbu%2C+Christian+U&rft.aulast=Eyisi&rft.aufirst=Onyedikachukwu+A&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=314&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Number of references - 20 N1 - Last updated - 2016-12-22 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Solutes; Endemic species; Rainy season; Freshwater crustaceans; Shellfish; Dry season; Citrates; Nutrition; Marine crustaceans; Temperature effects; Agar; Islands; Serotypes; Marine environment; Sucrose; Colony-forming cells; pH effects; Citric acid; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Cambaridae; Homarus americanus; Nigeria; AS, Atlantic; A, Atlantic; Marine; Freshwater ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fever of Unknown Origin Attributable to Haematocolpos Infected with Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Resistant to Nalidixic Acid: A Case Report AN - 1500790655; 19276320 AB - The prevalence of nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella Typhi (NARST) infection is increasing worldwide. We are reporting an unusual case of infected haematocolpos presenting as urinary obstruction in a patient with fever of unknown origin (FUO). This case report highlights the importance of quinolone-resistant typhoid fever in the differential diagnosis of any acute febrile illness in countries, like India, where Salmonella infection is endemic. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Saxena, Sonal AU - Dwivedi, Mayank AU - Batra, Priyam AU - Dutta, Renu Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 403 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Serotypes KW - Salmonella typhi KW - Infection KW - India KW - Fever KW - Differential diagnosis KW - Case reports KW - Urine KW - Salmonella enterica KW - Nalidixic acid KW - Typhoid fever KW - J 02400:Human Diseases KW - H 0500:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1500790655?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Amicrobiologyb&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Fever+of+Unknown+Origin+Attributable+to+Haematocolpos+Infected+with+Salmonella+enterica+Serotype+Typhi+Resistant+to+Nalidixic+Acid%3A+A+Case+Report&rft.au=Saxena%2C+Sonal%3BDwivedi%2C+Mayank%3BBatra%2C+Priyam%3BDutta%2C+Renu&rft.aulast=Saxena&rft.aufirst=Sonal&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=403&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 5 N1 - Last updated - 2014-04-17 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fever; Differential diagnosis; Serotypes; Case reports; Nalidixic acid; Typhoid fever; Infection; Urine; Salmonella typhi; Salmonella enterica; India ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Malnutrition among 3 to 5 Years Old Children in Baghdad City, Iraq: A Cross-sectional Study AN - 1500780133; 19276323 AB - The unstable geopolitical situation in Iraq since 2003 still affects the health of people, especially children. Several factors may indirectly affect a child's nutritional status. The main aim of this study was to identify factors contributing to malnutrition among 3 to 5 years old children in Baghdad city, Iraq. Two hundred twenty children aged 3 to 5 years were chosen randomly from four kindergartens in Baghdad city according to the cross-sectional design. The nutritional status of the children was assessed using a weight-for-age z-score based on the World Health Organization 2007 cutoffpoints, in which any child with a z-score of <-2 is considered to be malnourished. The overall prevalence rate of underweight children was 18.2%. There was no significant difference in the prevalence rate between males and females (p=0.797). However, the percentage of underweight children was slightly higher among females (18.9%) compared to males (17.6%). There was no association between parents' educational level or employment status and childhood malnutrition. There was no association between a family's movement from their house and childhood malnutrition (p=0.322). Living in an unsafe neighbourhood and having a family member killed during the past five years were significantly associated with childhood malnutrition (p=0.016 and 0.018 respectively). Childhood malnutrition is still a public-health concern in Baghdad city, especially after the war of 2003. Malnutrition is significantly associated with living in unsafe neighbourhoods and at least one family member having been killed during the past five years. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Ghazi, Hasanain Faisal AU - Mustafa, Jamsiah AU - Aljunid, Syed AU - Isa, Zaleha Md AU - Abdalqader, Mohammed A Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 350 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Malnutrition KW - Housing KW - War KW - Residential areas KW - Employment KW - Children KW - Iraq KW - Urban areas KW - H 0500:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1500780133?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Malnutrition+among+3+to+5+Years+Old+Children+in+Baghdad+City%2C+Iraq%3A+A+Cross-sectional+Study&rft.au=Ghazi%2C+Hasanain+Faisal%3BMustafa%2C+Jamsiah%3BAljunid%2C+Syed%3BIsa%2C+Zaleha+Md%3BAbdalqader%2C+Mohammed+A&rft.aulast=Ghazi&rft.aufirst=Hasanain&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=350&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 20 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-29 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Malnutrition; Housing; War; Residential areas; Employment; Children; Urban areas; Iraq ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Food Insecurity and Its Sociodemographic Correlates among Afghan Immigrants in Iran AN - 1500779554; 19276317 AB - The study determined the prevalence of food insecurity and its sociodemographic determinants among Afghan immigrants in two major cities of Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 310 adult females from immigrant Afghan households in Tehran (n=155) and Mashhad (n=155), who were recruited through multistage sampling. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews, using a questionnaire. Food security was measured by a locally-adapted Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. More than 60% suffered from moderate-to-severe food insecurity, 37% were mildly food-insecure while about 23% were food-secure. Food insecurity was significantly more prevalent in female-headed households, households whose head and spouse had lower level of education, belonged to the Sunni sect, and those with illegal residential status, unemployment/low job status, not owning their house, low socioeconomic status (SES), and living in Mashhad. Prevalence of food insecurity was relatively high among Afghan immigrants in Iran. This calls for the need to develop community food security strategies for ensuring their short- and long-term health. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Omidvar, Nasrin AU - Ghazi-Tabatabie, Mahmoud AU - Sadeghi, Rasoul AU - Mohammadi, Fatemeh AU - Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 356 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Iran KW - Cities KW - Iran, Tehran KW - Education KW - Housing KW - Unemployment KW - Households KW - Immigrants KW - Residential areas KW - Food security KW - Socioeconomics KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1500779554?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Food+Insecurity+and+Its+Sociodemographic+Correlates+among+Afghan+Immigrants+in+Iran&rft.au=Omidvar%2C+Nasrin%3BGhazi-Tabatabie%2C+Mahmoud%3BSadeghi%2C+Rasoul%3BMohammadi%2C+Fatemeh%3BAbbasi-Shavazi%2C+Mohammad+Jalal&rft.aulast=Omidvar&rft.aufirst=Nasrin&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=356&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 27 N1 - Last updated - 2014-06-12 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cities; Education; Housing; Unemployment; Households; Residential areas; Immigrants; Socioeconomics; Food security; Iran; Iran, Tehran ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Eating Habits and Body-weights of Students of the University of Belgrade, Serbia: A Cross-sectional Study AN - 1500779421; 19276314 AB - The purpose of this survey was to quantify the prevalence of overweight and obesity among a sample of students in Belgrade University, Serbia and to describe their main eating habits. A total of 1,624 questionnaire responses were analyzed (response rate 97.3%). The students were recruited during mandatory annual check-ups in April-June 2009. All subjects completed the questionnaire; height (in cm) and weight (in km) were measured by two physicians. Results were assessed statistically. Almost every fourth male student was overweight. Strikingly, 15% of female students were underweight. Highly-significant difference was found between average body mass index (BMI) of male and female students (F=317.8, p=0.001). Students' BMI did not correlate with average family income or with the frequency of taking breakfast (p=-0.064, p=0.152 for males and rho =0.034, p=0.282 for females respectively). There is a growing demand for global health strategies which would encourage healthy body-image and figure; thus, these initiatives should mobilize the society on a national and international level. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Gazibara, Tatjana AU - Tepavcevic, Darija B Kisic AU - Popovic, Aleksandra AU - Pekmezovic, Tatjana Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 330 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Body mass KW - Serbia KW - Obesity KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1500779421?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Eating+Habits+and+Body-weights+of+Students+of+the+University+of+Belgrade%2C+Serbia%3A+A+Cross-sectional+Study&rft.au=Gazibara%2C+Tatjana%3BTepavcevic%2C+Darija+B+Kisic%3BPopovic%2C+Aleksandra%3BPekmezovic%2C+Tatjana&rft.aulast=Gazibara&rft.aufirst=Tatjana&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=330&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 1 N1 - Last updated - 2014-03-10 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Obesity; Serbia ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Enteric Pathogens and Reactive Arthritis: A Systematic Review of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shigella-associated Reactive Arthritis AN - 1500771885; 19276311 AB - Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a spondyloarthropathic disorder characterized by inflammation of the joints and tissues occurring after gastrointestinal or genitourinary infections. Diagnostic criteria for ReA do not exist and, therefore, it is subject to clinical opinion resulting in cases with a wide range of symptoms and definitions. Using standardized diagnostic criteria, we conducted a systematic literature review to establish the global incidence of ReA for each of the three most commonly-associated enteric pathogens: Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Shigella. The weighted mean incidence of reactive arthritis was 9, 12, and 12 cases per 1,000 cases of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shigella infections respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review of worldwide data that use well-defined criteria to characterize diarrhoea-associated ReA. This information will aid in determining the burden of disease and act as a planning tool for public-health programmes. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Ajene, Anuli N AU - Fischer Walker, Christa L AU - Black, Robert E Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 299 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Campylobacter KW - Enteric infections KW - Incidence KW - Reactive arthritis KW - Salmonella KW - Shigella KW - Symptoms KW - Data processing KW - Anadromous species KW - Joint diseases KW - Pathogens KW - Infection KW - Nutrition KW - Inflammation KW - Literature reviews KW - Reviews KW - Arthritis KW - Standards KW - J 02310:Genetics & Taxonomy KW - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms KW - H 0500:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1500771885?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Enteric+Pathogens+and+Reactive+Arthritis%3A+A+Systematic+Review+of+Campylobacter%2C+Salmonella+and+Shigella-associated+Reactive+Arthritis&rft.au=Ajene%2C+Anuli+N%3BFischer+Walker%2C+Christa+L%3BBlack%2C+Robert+E&rft.aulast=Ajene&rft.aufirst=Anuli&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=299&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 46 N1 - Last updated - 2015-02-18 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Symptoms; Literature reviews; Anadromous species; Pathogens; Nutrition; Data processing; Arthritis; Joint diseases; Infection; Inflammation; Reviews; Standards; Campylobacter; Shigella; Salmonella ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Back to School: The Library of Congress in the Classroom AN - 1496970056; 201401084 AB - Over the past twenty years, technology has allowed the Library of Congress to make many of its collections accessible in classrooms around the world, helping teachers and students to explore a variety of subjects. The Library's robust educational outreach program helps educators maximize this opportunity. At the heart of the program is an unparalleled collection of objects and documents that anyone can explore, save, and use free of charge on the LC web site, loc.gov. The Library's support for educators is not limited to providing access to its collections. It has a treasure trove of free tools, professional development and subject-area expertise that allows them to bring the world's history and culture to life in their classrooms. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Wesson, Stephen AD - Educational Outreach Division of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 10 EP - 14 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 5 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Secondary schools KW - Library of Congress KW - Educational materials KW - Primary schools KW - Outreach services KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1496970056?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Back+to+School%3A+The+Library+of+Congress+in+the+Classroom&rft.au=Wesson%2C+Stephen&rft.aulast=Wesson&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=10&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2015-06-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Educational materials; Secondary schools; Outreach services; Primary schools; Library of Congress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - If You Build It, They Will Learn AN - 1496970010; 201401082 AB - This article discusses the Rosenwald Schools, which came from an initiative of Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) and Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) to build schools for African America children throughout the south. In 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Rosenwald Schools to its list of Americas Most Endangered Historic Places, and declared the building program as one of the most important partnerships to advance African American education in the early 20th century. Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1975), Rosenwald's son, donated his vast collection of rare books and master prints to the Library of congress and the National Gallery of Art. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - de Simone, Daniel AD - Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 8 EP - 9 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 5 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Antiquarian materials KW - Schools KW - Library of Congress KW - Donations KW - African Americans KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1496970010?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=If+You+Build+It%2C+They+Will+Learn&rft.au=de+Simone%2C+Daniel&rft.aulast=de+Simone&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=8&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Schools; Donations; African Americans; Antiquarian materials; Library of Congress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Congressional Legacy: The Peter Force Library AN - 1496969687; 201401085 AB - As the nation sought to reconstruct the Union after the Civil War, so, too, did the Library of Congress seek to build a collection that documented fully Americas history. At the time, the nearly 100,000 volumes in the Library of Congress fell short of the task. Rand Spofford in his Special Report to Congress Joint Committee on the Library, dated Jan. 25, 1867 appealed to the committee to approve the purchase of the private library of Peter Force. The response was quick and unanimous. A recommendation to appropriate the sum of $100,000 would be made to the full Congress. President Andrew Johnsons signature, five weeks later, made it law. Force was a collector and editor of historical documents. All told, Forces private library comprises more than 60,000 items relating to the discovery, settlement and history of America. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - [Unknown] Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 6 EP - 7 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 5 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Private libraries KW - USA KW - National libraries KW - Library history KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1496969687?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=A+Congressional+Legacy%3A+The+Peter+Force+Library&rft.au=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aulast=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=6&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Private libraries; National libraries; Library history; USA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Consumer Faith: An Exploration Of Trust In Food And The Impact Of Religious Dietary Norms And Certification AN - 1494749297; 201400853 AB - Formal affiliation or subscription to a religious group presents an additional element or layer of trust that people negotiate throughout their experiences in purchasing and consuming food. This paper reports qualitative findings from an Australian pilot study of food and consumer trust, derived from in-depth interviews with nineteen participants across four religious groups. The grounded theory approach reveals that religion is, in varying degrees, an important arbiter of trust in food. The data also illustrate the diverse management of religious certification and dietary norms, as well as the unique content and character of foods that are prohibited among Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist devotees. Adapted from the source document. JF - Food, Culture & Society AU - Nath, Jemal AU - Henderson, Julie AU - Coveney, John AU - Ward, Paul AD - School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia jemal.nath@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 421 EP - 436 PB - Berg Publishers, Oxford UK VL - 16 IS - 3 SN - 1552-8014, 1552-8014 KW - food, trust, religion, qualitative research, Australia KW - Management KW - Hindus KW - Purchasing KW - Trust KW - Australia KW - Consumers KW - Jews KW - Religious Beliefs KW - Muslims KW - article KW - 1535: sociology of religion; sociology of religion UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1494749297?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Food%2C+Culture+%26+Society&rft.atitle=Consumer+Faith%3A+An+Exploration+Of+Trust+In+Food+And+The+Impact+Of+Religious+Dietary+Norms+And+Certification&rft.au=Nath%2C+Jemal%3BHenderson%2C+Julie%3BCoveney%2C+John%3BWard%2C+Paul&rft.aulast=Nath&rft.aufirst=Jemal&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=421&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Food%2C+Culture+%26+Society&rft.issn=15528014&rft_id=info:doi/10.2752%2F175174413X13673466711840 LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Trust; Consumers; Religious Beliefs; Jews; Hindus; Purchasing; Muslims; Management; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175174413X13673466711840 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Calculation of the power loss coefficient of steam turbine as a part of the cogeneration plant AN - 1464581913; 18742295 AB - A cogeneration plant operates under very variable conditions within a reporting period (usually one year) and this frustrates the achievement of the high standards stipulated by the EU Directive from 2004. Taking into consideration these difficulties, one needs to start with the decomposition of the cogeneration plant in order to determine a virtual part of the plant that can meet the requirements of the Directive on the basis of conducted measurements and calculations. In this way, the plant can be partially qualified as eligible for economic and financial benefits. JF - Energy AU - Urosevic, Dragan AU - Gvozdenac, Dusan AU - Grkovic, Vojin AD - Victoria Croup, Hajduk Vetjkova II, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia, gvozden@un.ac.crs Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - Sep 2013 SP - 642 EP - 651 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 59 SN - 0360-5442, 0360-5442 KW - Environment Abstracts KW - Turbines KW - Energy KW - Economics KW - Decomposition KW - Cogeneration KW - ENA 08:International UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1464581913?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvabstractsmodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Energy&rft.atitle=Calculation+of+the+power+loss+coefficient+of+steam+turbine+as+a+part+of+the+cogeneration+plant&rft.au=Urosevic%2C+Dragan%3BGvozdenac%2C+Dusan%3BGrkovic%2C+Vojin&rft.aulast=Urosevic&rft.aufirst=Dragan&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=&rft.spage=642&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Energy&rft.issn=03605442&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 27 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Turbines; Energy; Economics; Decomposition; Cogeneration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PROTECTING HERITAGE ON AUSTRALIA'S COASTS: A ROLE FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT? AN - 1443380596; 18671301 AB - This article examines two experiences with strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Australia, one complete the other in progress. The first applied SEA to a plan for a liquefied natural gas hub precinct on the National Heritage listed Kimberley coast of Western Australia, and the second applies SEA to a coastal management, planning and development framework for the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef on the coast of Queensland. Both cases illustrate the approach of the Australian governments to SEA, highlighting the benefits of the approach yet certain flaws in application and process. The research consists of an extensive evaluation of the relevant legislation, its application and reform, together with a thorough literature review. Results highlight concerns in relation to the objective of SEA in Australia, its initiation and timing, consideration of alternatives, and governance. Conclusions are that SEA in Australia will be enhanced if the purpose is more explicitly focused on environmental protection, if SEA is applied early to a reasonable range of alternative sites, and if the Australian Government continues to play an active role in relation to matters of national environmental significance. JF - Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management AU - Marsden, S AD - Law School, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia, simon.marsden@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 1350014 EP - 1-21 VL - 15 IS - 3 SN - 1464-3332, 1464-3332 KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley Coast KW - ISEW, Australia, Queensland KW - ISW, Australia, Western Australia KW - Environmental assessment KW - Environmental protection KW - Barrier reefs KW - Coastal zone management KW - ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef KW - Coastal zone KW - Liquefied natural gas KW - Shore protection KW - Literature reviews KW - Nature conservation KW - Legislation KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - O 4080:Pollution - Control and Prevention KW - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms KW - M2 551.5:General (551.5) KW - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1443380596?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Environmental+Assessment+Policy+and+Management&rft.atitle=PROTECTING+HERITAGE+ON+AUSTRALIA%27S+COASTS%3A+A+ROLE+FOR+STRATEGIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+ASSESSMENT%3F&rft.au=Marsden%2C+S&rft.aulast=Marsden&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=1350014&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Environmental+Assessment+Policy+and+Management&rft.issn=14643332&rft_id=info:doi/10.1142%2FS1464333213500142 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-12-22 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Shore protection; Liquefied natural gas; Literature reviews; Environmental assessment; Nature conservation; Legislation; Environmental protection; Coastal zone management; Barrier reefs; Coastal zone; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley Coast; ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef; ISEW, Australia, Queensland; ISW, Australia, Western Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1464333213500142 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Herders' Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Northern Pakistan AN - 1434033509; 18534759 AB - Migratory pastoralism is an adaptation to a harsh and unstable environment, and pastoral herders have traditionally adapted to environmental and climatic change by building on their in-depth knowledge of this environment. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, and particularly in the arid and semiarid areas of northern Pakistan, pastoralism, the main livelihood, is vulnerable to climate change. Little detailed information is available about climate trends and impacts in remote mountain regions; herders' perceptions of climate change can provide the information needed by policy makers to address problems and make decisions on adaptive strategies in high pastoral areas. A survey was conducted in Gilgit-Baltistan province of Pakistan to assess herders' perceptions of, and adaptation strategies to climate change. Herders' perceptions were gathered in individual interviews and focus group discussions. The herders perceived a change in climate over the past 10-15 years with longer and more intense droughts in summer, more frequent and heavier snowfall in winter, and prolonged summers and relatively shorter winters. These perceptions were validated by published scientific evidence. The herders considered that the change in climate had directly impacted pastures and then livestock by changing vegetation composition and reducing forage yield. They had adopted some adaptive strategies in response to the change such as altering the migration pattern and diversifying livelihoods. The findings show that the herder communities have practical lessons and indigenous knowledge related to rangeland management and adaptation to climate change that should be shared with the scientific community and integrated into development planning. JF - Environmental Management AU - Joshi, S AU - Jasra, WA AU - Ismail, M AU - Shrestha, R M AU - Yi, S L AU - Wu, N AD - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal, nwu@icimod.org Y1 - 2013/09// PY - 2013 DA - September 2013 SP - 639 EP - 648 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 52 IS - 3 SN - 0364-152X, 0364-152X KW - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts KW - Climate change KW - Climatic changes KW - Summer KW - Drought KW - Development KW - Pasture KW - Migration KW - Winter KW - Climate and vegetation KW - Mountains KW - Vulnerability KW - Droughts KW - Pakistan KW - Adaptations KW - Chemical composition of snow KW - Recruitment KW - Climatic trends KW - Vegetation KW - Livestock KW - Decision making KW - Rangelands KW - Adaptability KW - Perception KW - Mountain regions KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04060:Management and Conservation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1434033509?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Management&rft.atitle=Herders%27+Perceptions+of+and+Responses+to+Climate+Change+in+Northern+Pakistan&rft.au=Joshi%2C+S%3BJasra%2C+WA%3BIsmail%2C+M%3BShrestha%2C+R+M%3BYi%2C+S+L%3BWu%2C+N&rft.aulast=Joshi&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=52&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=639&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Management&rft.issn=0364152X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00267-013-0062-4 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 38 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adaptations; Climatic changes; Recruitment; Vegetation; Development; Migration; Pasture; Livestock; Mountains; Rangelands; Decision making; Perception; Droughts; Climate and vegetation; Chemical composition of snow; Climate change; Climatic trends; Mountain regions; Drought; Adaptability; Summer; Vulnerability; Winter; Pakistan DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0062-4 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Energy-Water Nexus: The Energy Sector's Water Use AN - 1537585952; 2011-582517 AB - Water and energy are critical resources that are reciprocally linked. Energy is required for the pumping, conveyance, treatment and conditioning, and distribution of water and for collection, treatment, and discharge of wastewater. Meeting energy sector needs depends upon the local availability of water, often in large quantities, for mineral fuel production, hydropower, and thermoelectric power plant cooling. This report addresses how the US energy sector uses and relies on water; it provides summary descriptions divided into four topics: (1) Water for Energy Primer, (2) Fuel Production, (3) Electric Grid and Generation, and (4) Policy Response Options and Considerations. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 30 2013, 11 pp. AU - Carter, Nicole T Y1 - 2013/08/30/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 30 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy KW - Energy resources and policy - Electric power KW - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources KW - United States KW - Hydroelectric power KW - Production KW - Energy sector KW - Fuel KW - Water KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585952?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Carter%2C+Nicole+T&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=Nicole&rft.date=2013-08-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Energy-Water+Nexus%3A+The+Energy+Sector%27s+Water+Use&rft.title=Energy-Water+Nexus%3A+The+Energy+Sector%27s+Water+Use&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43199/2013-08-30/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43199 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Proposed U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1537585606; 2011-582518 AB - In 2012, the US and Mexico signed an agreement, the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement (the Agreement) that marks the start of an energy partnership in an area of international waters that the US Department of the Interior's (DOI's) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) estimates to contain as much as 172 million barrels of oil and 304 billion cubic feet of natural gas. With no deadline for US review of the proposed Agreement and no schedule for review in the Senate, the Agreement might not attract interest during the remainder of the 113th Congress. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 29 2013, 25 pp. AU - Hagerty, Curry L AU - Uzel, James C Y1 - 2013/08/29/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 29 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products KW - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration KW - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management KW - Environment and environmental policy - Oceanography and ocean resources KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - United States KW - Partnership KW - Petroleum industry KW - Mexico KW - Ocean KW - Environmental policy KW - Natural gas KW - Water KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585606?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Hagerty%2C+Curry+L%3BUzel%2C+James+C&rft.aulast=Hagerty&rft.aufirst=Curry&rft.date=2013-08-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Proposed+U.S.-Mexico+Transboundary+Hydrocarbons+Agreement%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Proposed+U.S.-Mexico+Transboundary+Hydrocarbons+Agreement%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43204/2013-08-29/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43204 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - War in Afghanistan: Campaign Progress, Political Strategy, and Issues for Congress AN - 1537585051; 2011-582519 AB - US efforts in the war in Afghanistan are at a critical juncture. In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama announced that the US troop presence in Afghanistan would draw down by an additional 34,000 troops, to about 33,000, by February 2014, and that the US war would end by the end of 2014. This report briefly summarizes the strategic context for US efforts in Afghanistan; analyzes recent campaign progress, remaining campaign requirements, and steps that might be required to make those gains sustainable; and it offers questions that may help Congressional oversight of further US efforts. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 29 2013, 21 pp. AU - Dale, Catherine Y1 - 2013/08/29/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 29 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - International relations - War KW - Government - Public officials KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Obama, Barack KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - War KW - Afghanistan KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585051?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Dale%2C+Catherine&rft.aulast=Dale&rft.aufirst=Catherine&rft.date=2013-08-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=War+in+Afghanistan%3A+Campaign+Progress%2C+Political+Strategy%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=War+in+Afghanistan%3A+Campaign+Progress%2C+Political+Strategy%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43196/2013-08-29/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43196 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Chevron Deference: Court Treatment of Agency Interpretations of Ambiguous Statutes AN - 1537585881; 2011-582520 AB - An administrative agency may generally only exercise that authority which is provided to it by Congress. Often, however, congressional delegations of authority are imprecise, and, as a result, agencies must construe ambiguous terms and make interpretive decisions. The Supreme Court, in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v Natural Resources Defense Council, outlined a limited role for courts in reviewing these types of agency interpretations. This report discusses the Chevron decision; explains when Chevron deference applies; highlights common agency statutory interpretations that generally do not receive deference under Chevron; and reviews the recent Supreme Court opinion in City of Arlington v FCC. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 28 2013, 13 pp. AU - Shedd, Daniel T AU - Garvey, Todd Y1 - 2013/08/28/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 28 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - United States Federal communications commission KW - Supreme court KW - Courts KW - Natural resources KW - Authority KW - ChevronTexaco Corporation KW - Delegation of authority KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585881?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Shedd%2C+Daniel+T%3BGarvey%2C+Todd&rft.aulast=Shedd&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft.date=2013-08-28&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Chevron+Deference%3A+Court+Treatment+of+Agency+Interpretations+of+Ambiguous+Statutes&rft.title=Chevron+Deference%3A+Court+Treatment+of+Agency+Interpretations+of+Ambiguous+Statutes&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43203/2013-08-28/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43203 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1537585376; 2011-582540 AB - In the US, the value of pollination by bees and other insects to agricultural production is estimated at 16 billion dollars annually, but there is concern about whether a "pollinator crisis" has been occurring in recent decades. Worldwide reports indicate that populations of both managed honey bees and native bees have been declining, with colony losses in some cases described as severe or unusual. Congress provided for increased funding for bee research, among other support to protect pollinators, as part of the 2008 farm bill and in both the House and Senate-passed versions of the 2013 farm bill. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 27 2013, 25 pp. AU - Johnson, Renee AU - Corn, M Lynne Y1 - 2013/08/27/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 27 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Environment and environmental policy - Animals KW - Politics - Political ideologies and movements KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research KW - United States KW - Agricultural policy KW - Colonies KW - Farms KW - Production KW - Population KW - Insects KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585376?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Johnson%2C+Renee%3BCorn%2C+M+Lynne&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Renee&rft.date=2013-08-27&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Bee+Health%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Bee+Health%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43191/2013-08-27/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43191 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials and Publication of Disclosure Reports AN - 1537585846; 2011-582541 AB - High-level officials in all three branches of the federal government are required to publicly disclose detailed information concerning their financial holdings and transactions in income producing property and assets, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real property, as well as information on income, gifts, and reimbursements from private non-governmental sources. Covered federal officials must disclose this information not only for themselves, but also must disclose much of the same required financial information with regard to their spouses and dependent children. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 22 2013, 6 pp. AU - Maskell, Jack Y1 - 2013/08/22/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 22 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Business and service sector - Accounting KW - Culture and religion - Calendars, special days, and ceremonies KW - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Government - Forms of government KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Children and youth KW - Federal government KW - Bonds KW - Assets KW - Real property KW - Gifts KW - Stocks KW - Property KW - Children KW - Income KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585846?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Maskell%2C+Jack&rft.aulast=Maskell&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft.date=2013-08-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Financial+Disclosure+by+Federal+Officials+and+Publication+of+Disclosure+Reports&rft.title=Financial+Disclosure+by+Federal+Officials+and+Publication+of+Disclosure+Reports&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43186/2013-08-22/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43186 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Early Life Arsenic Exposure and Acute and Long-term Responses to Influenza A Infection in Mice AN - 1458533962; 18741290 AB - Background: Arsenic is a significant global environmental health problem. Exposure to arsenic in early life has been shown to increase the rate of respiratory infections during infancy, reduce childhood lung function, and increase the rates of bronchiectasis in early adulthood. Objective: We aimed to determine if early life exposure to arsenic exacerbates the response to early life influenza infection in mice. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were exposed to arsenic in utero and throughout postnatal life. At 1 week of age, a subgroup of mice were infected with influenza A. We then assessed the acute and long-term effects of arsenic exposure on viral clearance, inflammation, lung structure, and lung function. Results: Early life arsenic exposure reduced the clearance of and exacerbated the inflammatory response to influenza A, and resulted in acute and long-term changes in lung mechanics and airway structure. Conclusions: Increased susceptibility to respiratory infections combined with exaggerated inflammatory responses throughout early life may contribute to the development of bronchiectasis in arsenic-exposed populations. Citation: Ramsey KA, Foong RE, Sly PD, Larcombe AN, Zosky GR. 2013. Early life arsenic exposure and acute and long-term responses to influenza A infection in mice. Environ Health Perspect 121:1187-1193; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306748 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Ramsey, Kathryn A AU - Foong, Rachel E AU - Sly, Peter D AU - Larcombe, Alexander N AU - Zosky, Graeme R AD - Division of Clinical Sciences, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Y1 - 2013/08/22/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 22 SP - 1187 EP - 1193 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Arsenic KW - Age KW - Bronchiectasis KW - Influenza A KW - Respiration KW - Environmental health KW - Mice KW - Infection KW - Children KW - Inflammation KW - Influenza KW - Long-term effects KW - Lung KW - Structure-function relationships KW - Respiratory function KW - Respiratory tract KW - X 24360:Metals KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - V 22400:Human Diseases KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458533962?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Early+Life+Arsenic+Exposure+and+Acute+and+Long-term+Responses+to+Influenza+A+Infection+in+Mice&rft.au=Ramsey%2C+Kathryn+A%3BFoong%2C+Rachel+E%3BSly%2C+Peter+D%3BLarcombe%2C+Alexander+N%3BZosky%2C+Graeme+R&rft.aulast=Ramsey&rft.aufirst=Kathryn&rft.date=2013-08-22&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1187&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306748 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Long-term effects; Age; Arsenic; Structure-function relationships; Bronchiectasis; Lung; Respiration; Influenza A; Children; Infection; Respiratory tract; Inflammation; Influenza; Environmental health; Mice; Respiratory function DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306748 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Characteristics of the Cash Assistance Caseload AN - 1537585543; 2011-582542 AB - The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides states, territories, and Indian tribes with federal grants for benefits and services to ameliorate the effects, and address the root causes, of child poverty. This report examines the TANF cash assistance caseload, focusing on how the composition and characteristics of families receiving assistance have changed over time. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 21 2013, 21 pp. AU - Falk, Gene Y1 - 2013/08/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 21 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life KW - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development KW - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Native races KW - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance KW - Indians KW - Poverty relief KW - Block grants KW - Poverty KW - Family KW - Social policy KW - Benefits KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585543?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Falk%2C+Gene&rft.aulast=Falk&rft.aufirst=Gene&rft.date=2013-08-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Temporary+Assistance+for+Needy+Families+%28TANF%29%3A+Characteristics+of+the+Cash+Assistance+Caseload&rft.title=Temporary+Assistance+for+Needy+Families+%28TANF%29%3A+Characteristics+of+the+Cash+Assistance+Caseload&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43187/2013-08-21/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43187 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress August 21, 2013 - R42694 AN - 1504418004; 2011-564915 AB - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a potential free trade agreement (FTA) among 12, and perhaps more, countries. The US and 11 other countries of the Asia-Pacific region -- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam -- are negotiating the text of the FTA with Japan expected to negotiate in July 2013. This report examines the issues related to the proposed TPP, the state and substance of the negotiations (to the degree they are publicly available), the areas under negotiation, the policy and economic contexts of the TPP, and the issues for Congress that the TPP presents. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 21 2013, 59 pp. AU - Fergusson, Ian F AU - Cooper, William H AU - Jurenas, Remy AU - Williams, Brock R Y1 - 2013/08/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 21 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - International relations - Diplomacy KW - Administration of justice - Legal procedure KW - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration KW - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection KW - United States KW - Partnership KW - Free trade and protection KW - Japan KW - Vietnam KW - Negotiation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504418004?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Fergusson%2C+Ian+F%3BCooper%2C+William+H%3BJurenas%2C+Remy%3BWilliams%2C+Brock+R&rft.aulast=Fergusson&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft.date=2013-08-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+Trans-Pacific+Partnership+Negotiations+and+Issues+for+Congress+August+21%2C+2013+-+R42694&rft.title=The+Trans-Pacific+Partnership+Negotiations+and+Issues+for+Congress+August+21%2C+2013+-+R42694&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R42694/2013-08-21/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42694 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mimicking of Estradiol Binding by Flame Retardants and Their Metabolites: A Crystallographic Analysis AN - 1677960185; 18741291 AB - Background: Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), used in many types of consumer goods, are being studied because of concerns about possible health effects related to endocrine disruption, immunotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and neurotoxicity. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), the most widely used BFR, and human metabolites of certain congeners of polybrominated diphenyl ether (e.g., 3-OH-BDE-47) have been suggested to inhibit estrogen sulfotransferase, potentially affecting estrogen metabolism. Objectives: Our primary goal was to understand the structural mechanism for inhibition of the hormone-metabolizing enzyme estrogen sulfotransferase by certain BFRs. We also sought to understand various factors that facilitate the binding of flame retardants in the enzyme binding pocket. Methods: We used X-ray crystallography to obtain atomic detail of the binding modes of TBBPA and 3-OH-BDE-47 to estrogen sulfotransferase for comparison with binding of the endogenous substrate estradiol. Results: The crystal structures reveal how BFRs mimic estradiol binding as well as the various interactions between the compounds and protein residues that facilitate its binding. In addition, the structures provide insights into the ability of the sulfotransferase substrate binding pocket to accommodate a range of halogenated compounds that satisfy minimal structural criteria. Conclusions: Our results show how BFRs or their metabolites can bind to and inhibit a key hormone-metabolizing enzyme, potentially causing endocrine disruption. Citation: Gosavi RA, Knudsen GA, Birnbaum LS, Pedersen LC. 2013. Mimicking of estradiol binding by flame retardants and their metabolites: a crystallographic analysis. Environ Health Perspect 121:1194-1199; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306902 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Gosavi, Rajendrakumar A AU - Knudsen, Gabriel A AU - Birnbaum, Linda S AU - Pedersen, Lars C AD - Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Y1 - 2013/08/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 19 SP - 1194 EP - 1199 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Estrogens KW - Flame retardants KW - Enzymes KW - Crystallography KW - Metabolites KW - Health KW - Disruption KW - Binding UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677960185?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Mimicking+of+Estradiol+Binding+by+Flame+Retardants+and+Their+Metabolites%3A+A+Crystallographic+Analysis&rft.au=Gosavi%2C+Rajendrakumar+A%3BKnudsen%2C+Gabriel+A%3BBirnbaum%2C+Linda+S%3BPedersen%2C+Lars+C&rft.aulast=Gosavi&rft.aufirst=Rajendrakumar&rft.date=2013-08-19&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1194&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306902 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306902 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy AN - 1504417256; 2011-564925 AB - Given its relatively low savings rate, the US economy depends heavily on foreign capital inflows from countries with high savings rates (such as China) to meet its domestic investment needs and to fund the federal budget deficit. Some US policymakers have expressed concern over the size of China's holdings of US government debt. Some contend that China might decide to sell a large share of its US securities holdings and destabilize the US economy. Others argue that China could use its large holdings of US debt as a bargaining chip in its dealing with the US. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 19 2013, 19 pp. AU - Morrison, Wayne M AU - Labonte, Marc Y1 - 2013/08/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 19 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance KW - Business and service sector - Accounting KW - Government - Forms of government KW - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth KW - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - United States KW - Federal government KW - Saving KW - Foreign investments KW - Debt KW - Budget, Government KW - Capital KW - China (People's Republic) KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417256?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Morrison%2C+Wayne+M%3BLabonte%2C+Marc&rft.aulast=Morrison&rft.aufirst=Wayne&rft.date=2013-08-19&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=China%27s+Holdings+of+U.S.+Securities%3A+Implications+for+the+U.S.+Economy&rft.title=China%27s+Holdings+of+U.S.+Securities%3A+Implications+for+the+U.S.+Economy&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/RL34314/2013-08-19/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL34314 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Wyden, Udall Statement on Reports of Compliance Violations Made under NSA Collection Programs AN - 1679098604; SU00709 AB - Senators Wyden and Udall call on Obama administration to reveal more information about National Security Agency's violations of laws protecting Americans' privacy. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 1 KW - Americans KW - Intelligence oversight KW - Privacy law KW - Right to privacy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098604?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Wyden%2C+Udall+Statement+on+Reports+of+Compliance+Violations+Made+under+NSA+Collection+Programs&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-08-16&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://www.wyden.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Feinstein Statement on NSA Compliance AN - 1679098508; SU00708 AB - Senator Feinstein clarifies that most of National Security Agency's compliance incidents do not involve Americans. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Americans KW - Intelligence oversight KW - Noncitizens KW - Right to privacy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098508?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Feinstein+Statement+on+NSA+Compliance&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-08-16&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.feinstein.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: United States Senator Dianne Feinstein N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Predictors of Serum Chlorinated Pesticide Concentrations among Prepubertal Russian Boys AN - 1660067027; 18963501 AB - Background: Few studies have evaluated predictors of childhood exposure to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), a class of lipophilic persistent chemicals. Objectives: Our goal was to identify predictors of serum OCP concentrations-hexachlorobenzene (HCB), beta -hexachlorocyclohexane ( beta -HCH), and p,p-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p-DDE)-among boys in Chapaevsk, Russia. Methods: Between 2003 and 2005, 499 boys 8-9 years of age were recruited in a prospective cohort. The initial study visit included a physical examination; blood collection; health, lifestyle, and food-frequency questionnaires; and determination of residential distance from a local factory complex that produced HCB and beta -HCH. Fasting serum samples were analyzed for OCPs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. General linear regression models were used to identify predictors of the boys' serum HCB, beta -HCH, and p,p-DDE concentrations. Results: Among 355 boys with OCP measurements, median serum HCB, beta -HCH, and p,p-DDE concentrations were 158, 167, and 284 ng/g lipid, respectively. Lower body mass index, longer breastfeeding duration, and local dairy consumption were associated with higher concentrations of OCPs. Boys who lived 3 years in Chapaevsk predicted higher beta -HCH concentrations, and having parents who lacked a high school education predicted higher p,p-DDE concentrations. Conclusions: Among this cohort of prepubertal Russian boys, predictors of serum OCPs included consumption of local dairy products, longer local residence, and residential proximity to the local factory complex. Citation: Lam T, Williams PL, Burns JS, Sergeyev O, Korrick SA, Lee MM, Birnbaum LS, Revich B, Altshul LM, Patterson DG Jr, Turner WE, Hauser R. 2013. Predictors of serum chlorinated pesticide concentrations among prepubertal Russian boys. Environ Health Perspect 121:1372-1377; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306480 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Lam, Thuy AU - Williams, Paige L AU - Burns, Jane S AU - Sergeyev, Oleg AU - Korrick, Susan A AU - Lee, Mary M AU - Birnbaum, Linda S AU - Revich, Boris AU - Altshul, Larisa M AU - Patterson, Donald G AU - Turner, Wayman E AU - Hauser, Russ AD - Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, and Y1 - 2013/08/16/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 16 SP - 1372 EP - 1377 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 2 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Manufacturing engineering KW - Factories KW - Pesticides KW - Plants KW - Health KW - Chlorination KW - Industrial engineering KW - Serums UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660067027?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Predictors+of+Serum+Chlorinated+Pesticide+Concentrations+among+Prepubertal+Russian+Boys&rft.au=Lam%2C+Thuy%3BWilliams%2C+Paige+L%3BBurns%2C+Jane+S%3BSergeyev%2C+Oleg%3BKorrick%2C+Susan+A%3BLee%2C+Mary+M%3BBirnbaum%2C+Linda+S%3BRevich%2C+Boris%3BAltshul%2C+Larisa+M%3BPatterson%2C+Donald+G%3BTurner%2C+Wayman+E%3BHauser%2C+Russ&rft.aulast=Lam&rft.aufirst=Thuy&rft.date=2013-08-16&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=1372&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306480 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306480 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Mexico's Peña Nieto Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations AN - 1679099262; MD01877 AB - Reports on structural plans for Enrique Peña Nieto's administration; major policy concerns, including reduction of violence; difficulties faced; and issues of interest to U.S. Congress, such as border security and drug trafficking. AU - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service AD - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service PY - 2013 SP - 30 KW - Border security KW - Cabinet officers KW - Energy policy KW - Fiscal policy KW - Human rights KW - Immigration KW - Judicial system KW - Mérida Initiative KW - Mexico-United States relations KW - Organizational structure KW - Poverty KW - Rivers KW - Trade relations KW - Violence KW - Water KW - Peña Nieto, Enrique KW - Peña Nieto, Enrique UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679099262?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_md&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Mexico%27s+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+Administration%3A+Priorities+and+Key+Issues+in+U.S.-Mexican+Relations&rft.au=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aulast=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-08-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.state.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report; Location of original: Available [Online]: State Department N1 - People - Peña Nieto, Enrique N1 - Last updated - 2015-06-16 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues AN - 1537585633; 2011-582544 AB - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains several provisions to encourage employer-sponsored health coverage, particularly among small businesses. Several events have altered ACA's implementation since its enactment in 2010. This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost, summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses, analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses, and presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty). Tables, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 15 2013, 23 pp. AU - Lowry, Sean AU - Gravelle, Jane G Y1 - 2013/08/15/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 15 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory KW - Business and service sector - Insurance KW - Cost KW - United States KW - Health insurance KW - Small business KW - Patients KW - Health policy KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585633?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Lowry%2C+Sean%3BGravelle%2C+Jane+G&rft.aulast=Lowry&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft.date=2013-08-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+Affordable+Care+Act+and+Small+Business%3A+Economic+Issues&rft.title=The+Affordable+Care+Act+and+Small+Business%3A+Economic+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43181/2013-08-15/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43181 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Mexico's Pena Nieto Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations AN - 1537585326; 2011-582543 AB - In 2012, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) retook the Mexican presidency after 12 years in opposition, leaving analysts wondering how differently PRI President Enrique Pena Nieto will govern than his PRI predecessors, who ruled Mexico from 1929 to 2000. Supporters maintain that Pena Nieto heads a "new PRI" government that is free from the corruption that characterized the party in the past and is enacting bold reforms that proved elusive for the last two National Action Party (PAN) administrations. Skeptics question how Pena Nieto will remain independent from old-time PRI power brokers and PRI interest groups resistant to change. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 15 2013, 26 pp. AU - Seelke, Clare Ribando AU - Finklea, Kristin M Y1 - 2013/08/15/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 15 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Culture and religion - Intellectual life KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - Government - Public officials KW - Law and ethics - Ethics KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Mexicans KW - Presidents KW - Mexico KW - Regulation KW - Corruption KW - Decision-making KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585326?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Seelke%2C+Clare+Ribando%3BFinklea%2C+Kristin+M&rft.aulast=Seelke&rft.aufirst=Clare&rft.date=2013-08-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Mexico%27s+Pena+Nieto+Administration%3A+Priorities+and+Key+Issues+in+U.S.-Mexican+Relations&rft.title=Mexico%27s+Pena+Nieto+Administration%3A+Priorities+and+Key+Issues+in+U.S.-Mexican+Relations&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R42917/2013-08-15/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42917 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Telecommunications and Media Convergence: Selected Issues for Consideration AN - 1537585531; 2011-582545 AB - The 1996 Telecommunications Act resulted in a major revision of the Communications Act of 1934. This report provides an overview of selected topics that provide a broad overview of issues that are central to the telecommunications/media convergence debate: broadband deployment; broadband regulation and access; broadcast media ownership rules; funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; emergency communications; facilities siting legal issues; Federal Communications Commission oversight and reform; Internet governance and the domain name system; reauthorization of statutory copyright and communications provisions in the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act; spectrum policy and wireless broadband deployment; and Universal Service Fund reform. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 14 2013, 14 pp. AU - Gilroy, Angele A Y1 - 2013/08/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 14 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Science and technology policy - Telecommunications and communication systems KW - Social conditions and policy - Communication KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Media - Television KW - Business and service sector - Entertainment business KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology KW - Science and technology policy - Astronomy and space research and technology KW - Culture and religion - Intellectual life KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - Law and ethics - Intellectual property, copyright, patent, and trademark law KW - Communication KW - Government and politics KW - Regulation KW - Satellites KW - Telecommunications KW - Surveillance KW - Corporation for public broadcasting KW - United States Federal communications commission KW - Mobile communication systems KW - Television KW - Copyright KW - Broadband communication systems KW - Decision-making KW - Internet KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585531?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Gilroy%2C+Angele+A&rft.aulast=Gilroy&rft.aufirst=Angele&rft.date=2013-08-14&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Telecommunications+and+Media+Convergence%3A+Selected+Issues+for+Consideration&rft.title=Telecommunications+and+Media+Convergence%3A+Selected+Issues+for+Consideration&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43178/2013-08-14/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43178 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - In Brief: Assessing the January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG) AN - 1537585579; 2011-582546 AB - On January 5, 2012, President Obama announced a new defense strategy entitled "Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense," and commonly referred to as the defense strategic guidance or DSG. The DSG was significant at the time because it was explicitly intended to reshape future Department of Defense (DOD) priorities, activities, and budget requests for the following decade. This CRS report highlights and analyzes key strategic-level issues raised by the DSG. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 13 2013, 9 pp. AU - Dale, Catherine AU - Towell, Pat Y1 - 2013/08/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 13 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Government - Public officials KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - United States KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - Leadership KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585579?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Dale%2C+Catherine%3BTowell%2C+Pat&rft.aulast=Dale&rft.aufirst=Catherine&rft.date=2013-08-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=In+Brief%3A+Assessing+the+January+2012+Defense+Strategic+Guidance+%28DSG%29&rft.title=In+Brief%3A+Assessing+the+January+2012+Defense+Strategic+Guidance+%28DSG%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R42146/2013-08-13/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42146 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Issues for Consideration AN - 1504417997; 2011-564909 AB - This report provides a discussion of the National Drug Control Strategy, the National Drug Control Budget, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP's) evaluation of the National Drug Control Strategy implementation. It then provides an analysis of selected legislative and oversight issues that Congress may consider when debating the reauthorization of ONDCP. Policymakers may question the status of the war on drugs, whether drug use should be seen as more of a law enforcement issue or a public health issue, and whether drug control resources are more effective when directed toward prevention and treatment or toward law enforcement. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 13 2013, 13 pp. AU - Sacco, Lisa N AU - Finklea, Kristin Y1 - 2013/08/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 13 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Law enforcement KW - Health policy KW - Surveillance KW - Drug related crime KW - Public health KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417997?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Sacco%2C+Lisa+N%3BFinklea%2C+Kristin&rft.aulast=Sacco&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft.date=2013-08-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Reauthorizing+the+Office+of+National+Drug+Control+Policy%3A+Issues+for+Consideration&rft.title=Reauthorizing+the+Office+of+National+Drug+Control+Policy%3A+Issues+for+Consideration&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R41535/2013-08-13/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41535 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Size-Fractionated Particle Number Concentrations and Daily Mortality in a Chinese City AN - 1458534174; 18741288 AB - Background: Associations between airborne particles and health outcomes have been documented worldwide; however, there is limited information regarding health effects associated with different particle sizes. Objectives: We explored the association between size-fractionated particle number concentrations (PNCs) and daily mortality in Shenyang, China. Methods: We collected daily data on cause-specific mortality and PNCs for particles measuring 0.25-10 mu m in diameter between 1 December 2006 and 30 November 2008. We used quasi-Poisson regression generalized additive models to estimate associations between PNCs and mortality, and we used natural spline smoothing functions to adjust for time-varying covariates and long-term and seasonal trends. Results: Mean numbers of daily deaths were 67, 32, and 7 for all natural causes, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory diseases, respectively. Interquartile range (IQR) increases in PNCs for particles measuring 0.25-0.50 mu m were significantly associated with total and cardiovascular mortality, but not respiratory mortality. Effect estimates were larger for PNCs during the warm season than the cool season, and increased with decreasing particle size. IQR increases in PNCs of 0.25-0.28 mu m, 0.35-0.40 mu m, and 0.45-0.50 mu m particles were associated with 2.41% (95% CI: 1.23, 3.58%), 1.31% (95% CI: 0.52, 2.09%), and 0.45% (95% CI: 0.04, 0.87%) higher total mortality, respectively. Associations were generally stable after adjustment for mass concentrations of ambient particles and gaseous pollutants. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that particles < 0.5 mu m in diameter may be most responsible for adverse health effects of particulate air pollution and that adverse health effects may increase with decreasing particle size. Citation: Meng X, Ma Y, Chen R, Zhou Z, Chen B, Kan H. 2013. Size-fractionated particle number concentrations and daily mortality in a Chinese city. Environ Health Perspect 121:1174-1178; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206398 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Meng, Xia AU - Ma, Yanjun AU - Chen, Renjie AU - Zhou, Zhijun AU - Chen, Bingheng AU - Kan, Haidong AD - School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Y1 - 2013/08/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 13 SP - 1174 EP - 1178 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Particle size KW - Air pollution KW - Mortality KW - Sulfur dioxide KW - Pollution effects KW - China, People's Rep. KW - Particulates KW - Cardiovascular diseases KW - Seasonal variations KW - Urban areas KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458534174?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Size-Fractionated+Particle+Number+Concentrations+and+Daily+Mortality+in+a+Chinese+City&rft.au=Meng%2C+Xia%3BMa%2C+Yanjun%3BChen%2C+Renjie%3BZhou%2C+Zhijun%3BChen%2C+Bingheng%3BKan%2C+Haidong&rft.aulast=Meng&rft.aufirst=Xia&rft.date=2013-08-13&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1174&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206398 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Particle size; Mortality; Sulfur dioxide; Pollution effects; Cardiovascular diseases; Particulates; Seasonal variations; Urban areas; China, People's Rep. DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206398 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Phenols: Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid and Variability in Urinary Concentrations during Pregnancy AN - 1458532388; 18741297 AB - Background: Maternal urinary biomarkers are often used to assess fetal exposure to phenols and their precursors. Their effectiveness as a measure of exposure in epidemiological studies depends on their variability during pregnancy and their ability to accurately predict fetal exposure. Objectives: We assessed the relationship between urinary and amniotic fluid concentrations of nine environmental phenols, and the reproducibility of urinary concentrations, among pregnant women. Methods: Seventy-one women referred for amniocentesis were included. Maternal urine was collected at the time of the amniocentesis appointment and on two subsequent occasions. Urine and amniotic fluid were analyzed for 2,4- and 2,5-dichlorophenols, bisphenol A, benzophenone-3, triclosan, and methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, and butylparabens using online solid phase extraction-high performance liquid chromatography-isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry. Results: Only benzophenone-3 and propylparaben were detectable in more than half of the amniotic fluid samples; for these phenols, concentrations in amniotic fluid and maternal urine collected on the same day were positively correlated ( rho = 0.53 and 0.32, respectively). Other phenols were detected infrequently in amniotic fluid (e.g., bisphenol A was detected in only two samples). The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) of urinary concentrations in samples from individual women ranged from 0.48 and 0.62 for all phenols except bisphenol A (ICC = 0.11). Conclusion: Amniotic fluid detection frequencies for most phenols were low. The reproducibility of urine measures was poor for bisphenol A, but good for the other phenols. Although a single sample may provide a reasonable estimate of exposure for some phenols, collecting multiple urine samples during pregnancy is an option to reduce exposure measurement error in studies regarding the effects of phenol prenatal exposure on health. Citation: Philippat C, Wolff MS, Calafat AM, Ye X, Bausell R, Meadows M, Stone J, Slama R, Engel SM. 2013. Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols: concentrations in amniotic fluid and variability in urinary concentrations during pregnancy. Environ Health Perspect 121:1225-1231; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206335 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Philippat, Claire AU - Wolff, Mary S AU - Calafat, Antonia M AU - Ye, Xiaoyun AU - Bausell, Rebecca AU - Meadows, Molly AU - Stone, Joanne AU - Slama, Remy AU - Engel, Stephanie M AD - Inserm, Institut Albert Bonniot (U823), Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France Y1 - 2013/08/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 13 SP - 1225 EP - 1231 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Bioindicators KW - Amniotic fluid KW - Prenatal experience KW - Mass spectrometry KW - biomarkers KW - Mass spectroscopy KW - Fetuses KW - Phenols KW - Pregnancy KW - Bisphenol A KW - Amniocentesis KW - Urine KW - Meadows KW - Triclosan KW - Internet KW - X 24340:Cosmetics, Toiletries & Household Products KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458532388?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Prenatal+Exposure+to+Environmental+Phenols%3A+Concentrations+in+Amniotic+Fluid+and+Variability+in+Urinary+Concentrations+during+Pregnancy&rft.au=Philippat%2C+Claire%3BWolff%2C+Mary+S%3BCalafat%2C+Antonia+M%3BYe%2C+Xiaoyun%3BBausell%2C+Rebecca%3BMeadows%2C+Molly%3BStone%2C+Joanne%3BSlama%2C+Remy%3BEngel%2C+Stephanie+M&rft.aulast=Philippat&rft.aufirst=Claire&rft.date=2013-08-13&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1225&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206335 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Amniotic fluid; Prenatal experience; biomarkers; Phenols; Fetuses; Mass spectroscopy; Pregnancy; Bisphenol A; Amniocentesis; Urine; Meadows; Triclosan; Internet; Bioindicators; Mass spectrometry DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206335 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Domestic Radon Exposure and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Prospective Census-Based Cohort Study AN - 1458532007; 18741299 AB - Background: In contrast with established evidence linking high doses of ionizing radiation with childhood cancer, research on low-dose ionizing radiation and childhood cancer has produced inconsistent results. Objective: We investigated the association between domestic radon exposure and childhood cancers, particularly leukemia and central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Methods: We conducted a nationwide census-based cohort study including all children < 16 years of age living in Switzerland on 5 December 2000, the date of the 2000 census. Follow-up lasted until the date of diagnosis, death, emigration, a child's 16th birthday, or 31 December 2008. Domestic radon levels were estimated for each individual home address using a model developed and validated based on approximately 45,000 measurements taken throughout Switzerland. Data were analyzed with Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for child age, child sex, birth order, parents' socioeconomic status, environmental gamma radiation, and period effects. Results: In total, 997 childhood cancer cases were included in the study. Compared with children exposed to a radon concentration below the median (< 77.7 Bq/m3), adjusted hazard ratios for children with exposure greater than or equal to the 90th percentile ( greater than or equal to 139.9 Bq/m3) were 0.93 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.16) for all cancers, 0.95 (95% CI: 0.63, 1.43) for all leukemias, 0.90 (95% CI: 0.56, 1.43) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 1.05 (95% CI: 0.68, 1.61) for CNS tumors. Conclusions: We did not find evidence that domestic radon exposure is associated with childhood cancer, despite relatively high radon levels in Switzerland. Citation: Hauri D, Spycher B, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid N, Weber D, Spoerri A, Kuehni C, Roosli M, for the Swiss National Cohort and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG). 2013. Domestic radon exposure and risk of childhood cancer: a prospective census-based cohort study. Environ Health Perspect 121:1239-1244; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306500 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Hauri, Dimitri AU - Spycher, Ben AU - Huss, Anke AU - Zimmermann, Frank AU - Grotzer, Michael AU - von der Weid, Nicolas AU - Weber, Damien AU - Spoerri, Adrian AU - Kuehni, Claudia E AU - Roosli, Martin AD - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland Y1 - 2013/08/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 13 SP - 1239 EP - 1244 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Central nervous system KW - Emigration KW - Age KW - Socioeconomics KW - Oncology KW - Switzerland KW - Models KW - Leukemia KW - Acute lymphatic leukemia KW - gamma Radiation KW - Mortality KW - Data processing KW - Pediatrics KW - Tumors KW - Children KW - Radon KW - Cancer KW - Birth KW - Health risks KW - Socio-economic aspects KW - Ionizing radiation KW - Radiation measurements KW - Census KW - X 24390:Radioactive Materials KW - H 8000:Radiation Safety/Electrical Safety KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458532007?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Domestic+Radon+Exposure+and+Risk+of+Childhood+Cancer%3A+A+Prospective+Census-Based+Cohort+Study&rft.au=Hauri%2C+Dimitri%3BSpycher%2C+Ben%3BHuss%2C+Anke%3BZimmermann%2C+Frank%3BGrotzer%2C+Michael%3Bvon+der+Weid%2C+Nicolas%3BWeber%2C+Damien%3BSpoerri%2C+Adrian%3BKuehni%2C+Claudia+E%3BRoosli%2C+Martin&rft.aulast=Hauri&rft.aufirst=Dimitri&rft.date=2013-08-13&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1239&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306500 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Central nervous system; Age; Emigration; Data processing; Pediatrics; Oncology; Tumors; Children; Cancer; Radon; Models; Birth; Socio-economic aspects; Ionizing radiation; Acute lymphatic leukemia; gamma Radiation; Census; Mortality; Socioeconomics; Health risks; Leukemia; Radiation measurements; Switzerland DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306500 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Wyden Statement on President Obama's Proposed Reforms to the FISC and PATROIT Act AN - 1679098791; SU00701 AB - Senator Wyden applauds President Obama's surveillance program reforms and notes failure to address warrantless intelligence collection under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 1 KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Intelligence reform KW - Telephone services KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) KW - Obama, Barack H. KW - Obama, Barack H. UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098791?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Wyden+Statement+on+President+Obama%27s+Proposed+Reforms+to+the+FISC+and+PATROIT+Act&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://www.wyden.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - People - Obama, Barack H. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Is the Relationship between Prenatal Exposure to PCB-153 and Decreased Birth Weight Attributable to Pharmacokinetics? AN - 1671598650; 18741296 AB - Background: A recent meta-analysis based on data from > 7,000 pregnancies reported an association between prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-153 exposure and reduced birth weight. Gestational weight gain, which is associated negatively with PCB levels in maternal and cord blood, and positively with birth weight, could substantially confound this association. Objective: We sought to estimate the influence of gestational weight gain on the association between PCB-153 exposure and birth weight using a pharmacokinetic model. Methods: We modified a recently published pharmacokinetic model and ran Monte Carlo simulations accounting for variability in physiologic parameters and their correlations. We evaluated the pharmacokinetic model by comparing simulated plasma PCB-153 levels during pregnancy to serial measurements in 10 pregnant women from another study population. We estimated the association between simulated plasma PCB-153 levels and birth weight using linear regression models. Results: The plasma PCB-153 level profiles generated with the pharmacokinetic model were comparable to measured levels in 10 pregnant women. We estimated a 118-g decrease in birth weight (95% CI: -129, -106 g) for each 1- mu g/L increase in simulated cord plasma PCB-153, compared with the 150-g decrease estimated based on the previous meta-analysis. The estimated decrease in birth weight was reduced to -6 g (95% CI: -18, 6 g) when adjusted for simulated gestational weight gain. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that associations previously noted between PCB levels and birth weight may be attributable to confounding by maternal weight gain during pregnancy. Citation: Verner MA, McDougall R, Glynn A, Andersen ME, Clewell HJ III, Longnecker MP. 2013. Is the relationship between prenatal exposure to PCB-153 and decreased birth weight attributable to pharmacokinetics? Environ Health Perspect 121:1219-1224; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206457 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Verner, Marc-Andre AU - McDougall, Robin AU - Glynn, Anders AU - Andersen, Melvin E AU - Clewell, Harvey J AU - Longnecker, Matthew P AD - Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Y1 - 2013/08/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 09 SP - 1219 EP - 1224 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Computer and Information Systems Abstracts (CI); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Birth KW - Polychlorinated biphenyls KW - Computer simulation KW - Gain KW - Rope KW - Health KW - Weight reduction KW - Pregnancy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671598650?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Is+the+Relationship+between+Prenatal+Exposure+to+PCB-153+and+Decreased+Birth+Weight+Attributable+to+Pharmacokinetics%3F&rft.au=Verner%2C+Marc-Andre%3BMcDougall%2C+Robin%3BGlynn%2C+Anders%3BAndersen%2C+Melvin+E%3BClewell%2C+Harvey+J%3BLongnecker%2C+Matthew+P&rft.aulast=Verner&rft.aufirst=Marc-Andre&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1219&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206457 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206457 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluating Nanoparticle Breakthrough during Drinking Water Treatment AN - 1642233301; 18741286 AB - Background: Use of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in consumer products is resulting in NPs in drinking water sources. Subsequent NP breakthrough into treated drinking water is a potential exposure route and human health threat. Objectives: In this study we investigated the breakthrough of common NPs-silver (Ag), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and zinc oxide (ZnO)-into finished drinking water following conventional and advanced treatment. Methods: NPs were spiked into five experimental waters: groundwater, surface water, synthetic freshwater, synthetic freshwater containing natural organic matter, and tertiary wastewater effluent. Bench-scale coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation simulated conventional treatment, and microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) simulated advanced treatment. We monitored breakthrough of NPs into treated water by turbidity removal and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: Conventional treatment resulted in 2-20%, 3-8%, and 48-99% of Ag, TiO2, and ZnO NPs, respectively, or their dissolved ions remaining in finished water. Breakthrough following MF was 1-45% for Ag, 0-44% for TiO2, and 36-83% for ZnO. With UF, NP breakthrough was 0-2%, 0-4%, and 2-96% for Ag, TiO2, and ZnO, respectively. Variability was dependent on NP stability, with less breakthrough of aggregated NPs compared with stable NPs and dissolved NP ions. Conclusions: Although a majority of aggregated or stable NPs were removed by simulated conventional and advanced treatment, NP metals were detectable in finished water. As environmental NP concentrations increase, we need to consider NPs as emerging drinking water contaminants and determine appropriate drinking water treatment processes to fully remove NPs in order to reduce their potential harmful health outcomes. Citation: Abbott Chalew TE, Ajmani GS, Huang H, Schwab KJ. 2013. Evaluating nanoparticle breakthrough during drinking water treatment. Environ Health Perspect 121:1161-1166; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306574 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chalew, Talia EAbbott AU - Ajmani, Gaurav S AU - Huang, Haiou AU - Schwab, Kellogg J AD - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Y1 - 2013/08/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 09 SP - 1161 EP - 1166 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts (SO); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Zinc oxide KW - Titanium dioxide KW - Simulation KW - Dissolution KW - Health KW - Drinking water KW - Silver KW - Nanostructure UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1642233301?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Evaluating+Nanoparticle+Breakthrough+during+Drinking+Water+Treatment&rft.au=Chalew%2C+Talia+EAbbott%3BAjmani%2C+Gaurav+S%3BHuang%2C+Haiou%3BSchwab%2C+Kellogg+J&rft.aulast=Chalew&rft.aufirst=Talia&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1161&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306574 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306574 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Research on the Premotor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Etiological Implications AN - 1492641092; 18963485 AB - Background: The etiology and natural history of Parkinson's disease (PD) are not well understood. Some non-motor symptoms such as hyposmia, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, and constipation may develop during the prodromal stage of PD and precede PD diagnosis by years. Objectives: We examined the promise and pitfalls of research on premotor symptoms of PD and developed priorities and strategies to understand their clinical and etiological implications. Methods: This review was based on a workshop, Parkinson's Disease Premotor Symptom Symposium, held 7-8 June 2012 at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Discussion: Research on premotor symptoms of PD may offer an excellent opportunity to characterize high-risk populations and to better understand PD etiology. Such research may lead to evaluation of novel etiological hypotheses such as the possibility that environmental toxicants or viruses may initiate PD pathogenesis in the gastrointestinal tract or olfactory bulb. At present, our understanding of premotor symptoms of PD is in its infancy and faces many obstacles. These symptoms are often not specific to PD and have low positive predictive value for early PD diagnosis. Further, the pathological bases and biological mechanisms of these premotor symptoms and their relevance to PD pathogenesis are poorly understood. Conclusion: This is an emerging research area with important data gaps to be filled. Future research is needed to understand the prevalence of multiple premotor symptoms and their etiological relevance to PD. Animal experiments and mechanistic studies will further understanding of the biology of these premotor symptoms and test novel etiological hypothesis. Citation: Chen H, Burton EA, Ross GW, Huang X, Savica R, Abbott RD, Ascherio A, Caviness JN, Gao X, Gray KA, Hong JS, Kamel F, Jennings D, Kirshner A, Lawler C, Liu R, Miller GW, Nussbaum R, Peddada SD, Comstock Rick A, Ritz B, Siderowf AD, Tanner CM, Troster AI, Zhang J. 2013. Research on the premotor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: clinical and etiological implications. Environ Health Perspect 121:1245-1252; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306967 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chen, Honglei AU - Burton, Edward A AU - Ross, GWebster AU - Huang, Xuemei AU - Savica, Rodolfo AU - Abbott, Robert D AU - Ascherio, Alberto AU - Caviness, John N AU - Gao, Xiang AU - Gray, Kimberly A AU - Hong, Jau-Shyong AU - Kamel, Freya AU - Jennings, Danna AU - Kirshner, Annette AU - Lawler, Cindy AU - Liu, Rui AU - Miller, Gary W AU - Nussbaum, Robert AU - Peddada, Shyamal D AU - Rick, Amy Comstock AU - Ritz, Beate AU - Siderowf, Andrew D AU - Tanner, Caroline M AU - Troster, Alexander I AU - Zhang, Jing AD - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/08/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 09 SP - 1245 EP - 1252 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 2 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - USA, North Carolina KW - Historical account KW - Etiology KW - Toxicants KW - Parkinson's disease KW - Reviews KW - Viruses KW - Environmental health KW - Priorities KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492641092?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Research+on+the+Premotor+Symptoms+of+Parkinson%27s+Disease%3A+Clinical+and+Etiological+Implications&rft.au=Chen%2C+Honglei%3BBurton%2C+Edward+A%3BRoss%2C+GWebster%3BHuang%2C+Xuemei%3BSavica%2C+Rodolfo%3BAbbott%2C+Robert+D%3BAscherio%2C+Alberto%3BCaviness%2C+John+N%3BGao%2C+Xiang%3BGray%2C+Kimberly+A%3BHong%2C+Jau-Shyong%3BKamel%2C+Freya%3BJennings%2C+Danna%3BKirshner%2C+Annette%3BLawler%2C+Cindy%3BLiu%2C+Rui%3BMiller%2C+Gary+W%3BNussbaum%2C+Robert%3BPeddada%2C+Shyamal+D%3BRick%2C+Amy+Comstock%3BRitz%2C+Beate%3BSiderowf%2C+Andrew+D%3BTanner%2C+Caroline+M%3BTroster%2C+Alexander+I%3BZhang%2C+Jing&rft.aulast=Chen&rft.aufirst=Honglei&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=1245&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306967 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Historical account; Etiology; Toxicants; Reviews; Parkinson's disease; Viruses; Priorities; Environmental health; USA, North Carolina DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306967 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Methods to Calculate the Heat Index as an Exposure Metric in Environmental Health Research AN - 1458535786; 18741278 AB - Background: Environmental health research employs a variety of metrics to measure heat exposure, both to directly study the health effects of outdoor temperature and to control for temperature in studies of other environmental exposures, including air pollution. To measure heat exposure, environmental health studies often use heat index, which incorporates both air temperature and moisture. However, the method of calculating heat index varies across environmental studies, which could mean that studies using different algorithms to calculate heat index may not be comparable. Objective and Methods: We investigated 21 separate heat index algorithms found in the literature to determine a) whether different algorithms generate heat index values that are consistent with the theoretical concepts of apparent temperature and b) whether different algorithms generate similar heat index values. Results: Although environmental studies differ in how they calculate heat index values, most studies' heat index algorithms generate values consistent with apparent temperature. Additionally, most different algorithms generate closely correlated heat index values. However, a few algorithms are potentially problematic, especially in certain weather conditions (e.g., very low relative humidity, cold weather). To aid environmental health researchers, we have created open-source software in R to calculate the heat index using the U.S. National Weather Service's algorithm. Conclusion: We identified 21 separate heat index algorithms used in environmental research. Our analysis demonstrated that methods to calculate heat index are inconsistent across studies. Careful choice of a heat index algorithm can help ensure reproducible and consistent environmental health research. Citation: Anderson GB, Bell ML, Peng RD. 2013. Methods to calculate the heat index as an exposure metric in environmental health research. Environ Health Perspect 121:1111-1119; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206273 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Anderson, GBrooke AU - Bell, Michelle L AU - Peng, Roger D AD - Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Y1 - 2013/08/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 09 SP - 1111 EP - 1119 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Temperature effects KW - Relative humidity KW - Weather KW - Temperature KW - Algorithms KW - Environmental health KW - Humidity KW - Pollution effects KW - Air temperature KW - Environmental studies KW - Air pollution KW - Computer programs KW - USA KW - software KW - Heat KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24300:Methods KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458535786?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Methods+to+Calculate+the+Heat+Index+as+an+Exposure+Metric+in+Environmental+Health+Research&rft.au=Anderson%2C+GBrooke%3BBell%2C+Michelle+L%3BPeng%2C+Roger+D&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=GBrooke&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1111&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206273 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Relative humidity; Temperature effects; Environmental studies; Computer programs; Weather; software; Heat; Algorithms; Air temperature; Temperature; Pollution effects; Humidity; Environmental health; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206273 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - European Union Wind and Solar Electricity Policies: Overview and Considerations AN - 1537585605; 2011-582547 AB - This report covers European Union (EU) renewable electricity generation -- specifically onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity. Onshore wind and solar PV have experienced the largest amounts of deployment in the EU to date. EU energy policy is complex and multi-dimensional; and, furthermore, each of the 28 member countries has a unique set of policies and incentives that add further complexity to the policy structure. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 8 2013, 39 pp. AU - Brown, Phillip Y1 - 2013/08/08/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 08 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - International relations - Regional organizations KW - Energy resources and policy - Electric power KW - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy KW - Electric power KW - European Union KW - Energy policy KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585605?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Brown%2C+Phillip&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Phillip&rft.date=2013-08-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=European+Union+Wind+and+Solar+Electricity+Policies%3A+Overview+and+Considerations&rft.title=European+Union+Wind+and+Solar+Electricity+Policies%3A+Overview+and+Considerations&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43176/2013-08-07/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43176 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Problems in the Military: Oversight Issues for Congress AN - 1504417326; 2011-564908 AB - This report will discuss the prevalence of different psychological health concerns within the Armed Forces, current mental health screening and treatments, and DOD responses. It will also provide an overview of the recommendations of key reports and studies, past congressional actions and funding, and current issues for Congress. Finally, the report discusses specific mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol and drug use disorders, depressive disorders, traumatic brain injury, and suicide in more detail. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 8 2013, 68 pp. AU - Blakeley, Katherine AU - Jansen, Don J Y1 - 2013/08/08/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 08 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction KW - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems KW - Alcohol KW - Suicide KW - Drinking behavior KW - Mental health KW - Surveillance KW - Armed forces KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417326?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Blakeley%2C+Katherine%3BJansen%2C+Don+J&rft.aulast=Blakeley&rft.aufirst=Katherine&rft.date=2013-08-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Post-Traumatic+Stress+Disorder+and+Other+Mental+Health+Problems+in+the+Military%3A+Oversight+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Post-Traumatic+Stress+Disorder+and+Other+Mental+Health+Problems+in+the+Military%3A+Oversight+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43175/2013-08-08/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43175 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - National Security Strategy: Mandates, Execution to Date, and Issues for Congress AN - 1537585027; 2011-582548 AB - This report offers a brief overview of the role of national security strategy in conducting the business of national security; and it reviews the major statutory and non-statutory mandates for national security activities, addressing both requirements and execution to date. It analyzes key issues that may be of interest to Congress in exercising oversight of executive branch strategy-making, including the frequency of strategy updates; the synchronization of timelines and content among different strategies; the prioritization of objectives; the assignment of roles and responsibilities among relevant agencies; the links between strategy and resourcing; and the value of a competition of ideas. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 6 2013, 27 pp. AU - Dale, Catherine Y1 - 2013/08/06/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 06 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations KW - Executives KW - Business KW - Competition KW - Surveillance KW - National defense KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585027?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Dale%2C+Catherine&rft.aulast=Dale&rft.aufirst=Catherine&rft.date=2013-08-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=National+Security+Strategy%3A+Mandates%2C+Execution+to+Date%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=National+Security+Strategy%3A+Mandates%2C+Execution+to+Date%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43174/2013-08-06/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43174 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Urinary Paraben Concentrations and Ovarian Aging among Women from a Fertility Center AN - 1660067186; 18963491 AB - Background: Parabens are preservatives commonly used in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and foods. There is documented widespread human exposure to parabens, and some experimental data suggest that they act as estrogenic endocrine disruptors. As far as we are aware, no epidemiologic studies have assessed female reproductive health effects in relation to paraben exposure. Objective: We examined the association of urinary paraben concentrations with markers of ovarian reserve in a prospective cohort study of women seeking fertility treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Methods: Measures of ovarian reserve were day-3 follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), antral follicle count (AFC), and ovarian volume. Paraben concentrations [methylparaben (MP), propylparaben (PP), and butylparaben (BP)] were measured in spot urine samples collected prior to the assessment of outcome measures. We used linear and Poisson regression models to estimate associations of urinary paraben concentrations (in tertiles) with ovarian reserve measures. Results: Of the women enrolled in 2004-2010, 192 had at least one ovarian reserve outcome measured (mean age plus or minus SD, 36.1 plus or minus 4.5 years; range, 21.0-46.7 years). MP and PP were detected in > 99% of urine samples and BP in > 75%. We found a suggestive trend of lower AFC with increasing urinary PP tertiles [mean percent change (95% CI) for tertiles 2 and 3 compared with tertile 1, respectively, were -5.0% (-23.7, 18.4) and -16.3% (-30.8, 1.3); trend p-value (ptrend) = 0.07] as well as higher day-3 FSH with higher urinary PP tertiles [mean change (95% CI) for tertiles 2 and 3 compared with tertile 1 were 1.16 IU/L (-0.26, 2.57) and 1.02 IU/L (-0.40, 2.43); ptrend = 0.16]. We found no consistent evidence of associations between urinary MP or BP and day-3 FSH or AFC, or between urinary MP, PP, or BP and ovarian volume. Conclusions: PP may be associated with diminished ovarian reserve. However, our results require confirmation in further studies. Citation: Smith KW, Souter I, Dimitriadis I, Ehrlich S, Williams PL, Calafat AM, Hauser R. 2013. Urinary paraben concentrations and ovarian aging among women from a fertility center. Environ Health Perspect 121:1299-1305; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205350 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Smith, Kristen W AU - Souter, Irene AU - Dimitriadis, Irene AU - Ehrlich, Shelley AU - Williams, Paige L AU - Calafat, Antonia M AU - Hauser, Russ AD - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Y1 - 2013/08/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 02 SP - 1299 EP - 1305 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 2 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Fertility KW - Back propagation KW - Assessments KW - Urine KW - Reserves KW - Health KW - Polypropylenes KW - Trends UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660067186?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Urinary+Paraben+Concentrations+and+Ovarian+Aging+among+Women+from+a+Fertility+Center&rft.au=Smith%2C+Kristen+W%3BSouter%2C+Irene%3BDimitriadis%2C+Irene%3BEhrlich%2C+Shelley%3BWilliams%2C+Paige+L%3BCalafat%2C+Antonia+M%3BHauser%2C+Russ&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Kristen&rft.date=2013-08-02&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=1299&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205350 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205350 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Background and Reauthorization AN - 1537585365; 2011-582549 AB - The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a non-reciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to US imports of certain products from eligible sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Congress first authorized AGOA in 2000 to encourage export-led growth and economic development in SSA and improve US economic relations with the region. Most observers agree that AGOA has successfully led to increased and more diversified exports to the US from sub-Saharan African countries, but Congress may wish to address a number of issues and challenges as it considers possible reauthorization of AGOA. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 2 2013, 17 pp. AU - Williams, Brock R Y1 - 2013/08/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 02 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - International relations - International relations KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - United States KW - Economic relations KW - Economic development KW - Africans KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585365?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Williams%2C+Brock+R&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Brock&rft.date=2013-08-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=African+Growth+and+Opportunity+Act+%28AGOA%29%3A+Background+and+Reauthorization&rft.title=African+Growth+and+Opportunity+Act+%28AGOA%29%3A+Background+and+Reauthorization&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43173/2013-08-02/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43173 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Short-term Exposure to Particulate Matter Constituents and Mortality in a National Study of U.S. Urban Communities AN - 1458535951; 18741283 AB - Background: Although the association between PM2.5 mass and mortality has been extensively studied, few national-level analyses have estimated mortality effects of PM2.5 chemical constituents. Epidemiologic studies have reported that estimated effects of PM2.5 on mortality vary spatially and seasonally. We hypothesized that associations between PM2.5 constituents and mortality would not vary spatially or seasonally if variation in chemical composition contributes to variation in estimated PM2.5 mortality effects. Objectives: We aimed to provide the first national, season-specific, and region-specific associations between mortality and PM2.5 constituents. Methods: We estimated short-term associations between nonaccidental mortality and PM2.5 constituents across 72 urban U.S. communities from 2000 to 2005. Using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chemical Speciation Network data, we analyzed seven constituents that together compose 79-85% of PM2.5 mass: organic carbon matter (OCM), elemental carbon (EC), silicon, sodium ion, nitrate, ammonium, and sulfate. We applied Poisson time-series regression models, controlling for time and weather, to estimate mortality effects. Results: Interquartile range increases in OCM, EC, silicon, and sodium ion were associated with estimated increases in mortality of 0.39% [95% posterior interval (PI): 0.08, 0.70%], 0.22% (95% PI: 0.00, 0.44), 0.17% (95% PI: 0.03, 0.30), and 0.16% (95% PI: 0.00, 0.32), respectively, based on single-pollutant models. We did not find evidence that associations between mortality and PM2.5 or PM2.5 constituents differed by season or region. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that some constituents of PM2.5 may be more toxic than others and, therefore, regulating PM total mass alone may not be sufficient to protect human health. Citation: Krall JR, Anderson GB, Dominici F, Bell ML, Peng RD. 2013. Short-term exposure to particulate matter constituents and mortality in a national study of U.S. urban communities. Environ Health Perspect 121:1148-1153; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206185 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Krall, Jenna R AU - Anderson, GBrooke AU - Dominici, Francesca AU - Bell, Michelle L AU - Peng, Roger D AD - Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Y1 - 2013/08/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 02 SP - 1148 EP - 1153 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Sulfates KW - Nitrate KW - Silicon KW - Organic carbon KW - Particulate matter KW - Particulates KW - Time series analysis KW - Models KW - Carbon KW - Chemical speciation KW - Regression analysis KW - Urban areas KW - Particle size KW - Ammonium KW - Weather KW - Mortality KW - Data processing KW - Nitrates KW - Sulfate KW - Sodium KW - EPA KW - USA KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH KW - X 24300:Methods KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458535951?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Short-term+Exposure+to+Particulate+Matter+Constituents+and+Mortality+in+a+National+Study+of+U.S.+Urban+Communities&rft.au=Krall%2C+Jenna+R%3BAnderson%2C+GBrooke%3BDominici%2C+Francesca%3BBell%2C+Michelle+L%3BPeng%2C+Roger+D&rft.aulast=Krall&rft.aufirst=Jenna&rft.date=2013-08-02&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1148&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206185 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Weather; Ammonium; Nitrate; Silicon; Data processing; Particulate matter; Models; Sulfate; Sodium; Carbon; Chemical speciation; Regression analysis; Sulfates; Particle size; Nitrates; Organic carbon; Particulates; Time series analysis; EPA; Urban areas; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206185 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using systems modelling to explore the potential for root exudates to increase phosphorus use efficiency in cereal crops AN - 1735912432; PQ0002257723 AB - Enhanced citrate release from crop roots has been one of the recent breeding targets for increased phosphorus (P) use efficiency (PUE), due to the potential of root citrate to solubilise soil P. However, it is unclear about the level of citrate efflux required to significantly impact on crop PUE in different soils. This paper presents a modelling approach to assess the field level impact of root exudates on crop PUE. The farming systems model, APSIM, was modified to include the effect of root citrate efflux on P availability in soil, crop P uptake and growth. With parameters derived from literature, the model was used to simulate the long-term impact of root citrate across soil and climatic conditions. Preliminary results showed contrasting long-term and short-term impacts due to either the accumulated effect of solubilisation or the depletion of soil P reserve. The major impact of enhanced citrate efflux is to increase the efficiency of applied P. The enhanced model enables simulations of a wide range of combinations of Genotype by Environment by Management (GxExM) scenarios, to address knowledge gaps, and to assist in design of field testing for validating the performance of new wheat varieties across environments. JF - Environmental Modelling & Software AU - Wang, Enli AU - Ridoutt, Brad G AU - Luo, Zhongkui AU - Probert, Mervyn E AD - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - August 2013 SP - 50 EP - 60 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom VL - 46 SN - 1364-8152, 1364-8152 KW - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts KW - Root citrate release KW - Solubilisation KW - Phosphorus uptake KW - APSIM KW - Wheat KW - Environmental Effects KW - Phosphorus KW - Roots KW - Model Testing KW - Genotypes KW - Climatic conditions KW - Aquaculture KW - Environmental factors KW - Crops KW - Soil KW - Triticum aestivum KW - Computer programs KW - Potential resources KW - Breeding KW - Varieties KW - Soils KW - Absorption KW - Growth rate KW - Climate KW - Simulation KW - Citrates KW - Model Studies KW - Uptake KW - Environment management KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate KW - SW 0810:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735912432?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Modelling+%26+Software&rft.atitle=Using+systems+modelling+to+explore+the+potential+for+root+exudates+to+increase+phosphorus+use+efficiency+in+cereal+crops&rft.au=Wang%2C+Enli%3BRidoutt%2C+Brad+G%3BLuo%2C+Zhongkui%3BProbert%2C+Mervyn+E&rft.aulast=Wang&rft.aufirst=Enli&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=&rft.spage=50&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Modelling+%26+Software&rft.issn=13648152&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.envsoft.2013.02.009 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-12-22 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Potential resources; Climate; Soils; Phosphorus; Uptake; Citrates; Environmental factors; Aquaculture; Soil; Computer programs; Breeding; Simulation; Genotypes; Wheat; Environment management; Climatic conditions; Crops; Environmental Effects; Varieties; Absorption; Roots; Model Testing; Model Studies; Triticum aestivum DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.02.009 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Response Mechanisms AN - 1641843253; 2011-760736 AB - Congress has consistently supported humanitarian efforts worldwide as a means of responding to crises in the short term, taking the lead, and promoting a US presence. This report examines US humanitarian assistance in international crises and disaster situations. It considers the sources and types of US government aid, the response mechanisms of key US agencies and departments, and possible issues for Congress -- including competing aid and budget priorities, burden-sharing, donor-fatigue, the transparency and efficacy of US humanitarian assistance, consequences of such assistance, and potential links to broader US foreign policy goals. Tables. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 1 2013, 15 pp. AU - Margesson, Rhoda Y1 - 2013/08/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 01 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - International relations - International relations KW - United States KW - Disasters KW - Foreign relations KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1641843253?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Margesson%2C+Rhoda&rft.aulast=Margesson&rft.aufirst=Rhoda&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=International+Crises+and+Disasters%3A+U.S.+Humanitarian+Assistance+Response+Mechanisms&rft.title=International+Crises+and+Disasters%3A+U.S.+Humanitarian+Assistance+Response+Mechanisms&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33769.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-01-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. RL33769 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Injurious Species Listings under the Lacey Act: A Legal Briefing AN - 1537585431; 2011-582550 AB - The Lacey Act addresses illegal wildlife trade to protect species at risk and bars importing species found to be injurious to the US. Two bills before Congress, H.R. 996/S. 1153, address the effectiveness of the act, proposing deadlines to the regulatory process of adding injurious species. However, other issues, such as whether the act is effective at constricting the spread of unintended imports, such as mussels, remain. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Aug 1 2013, 25 pp. AU - Alexander, Kristina Y1 - 2013/08/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Aug 01 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Environment and environmental policy - Animals KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - United States KW - Risk KW - Wildlife KW - Regulation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585431?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Alexander%2C+Kristina&rft.aulast=Alexander&rft.aufirst=Kristina&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Injurious+Species+Listings+under+the+Lacey+Act%3A+A+Legal+Briefing&rft.title=Injurious+Species+Listings+under+the+Lacey+Act%3A+A+Legal+Briefing&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43170/2013-08-01/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43170 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Community concern about the sale of high-caffeine drinks to children under 12 years of age: Western Australia population survey results AN - 1520327120; 201411694 AB - In 2001, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand developed a regulatory standard for 'energy drinks' (non-alcoholic water-based carbonated beverages containing caffeine, B complex vitamins and other substances), now referred to as formulated caffeinated beverages (FCBs) that was introduced in 2003.[1] Standard 2.6.4 protects public health and safety by: (1) controlling the maximum level of caffeine and other substances used in product formulation; (2) requiring labelling statements advising maximum consumption levels; and (3) warning against consumption by children, pregnant and lactating women and caffeine-sensitive people.[2] During the development of the Standard, there was significant community concern in relation to potential access to caffeinated beverages by children.[3] There was also concern about the potential to carry over fortification from FCBs to other products because FCBs were proposed to be used as ingredients in other beverages commonly consumed by children, such as soft drinks. The Standard aims to limit the availability, appeal, marketing and promotion of FCBs to children, and labels include a statement outlining that authorities recommend limiting caffeine intake. Almost a decade later, in response to continued health concerns, with the increasing number and types of foods on the market containing caffeine and the higher amounts of caffeine in foods, the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council ordered a comprehensive review of the 2003 policy guideline on the addition of caffeine to foods.[4]. Adapted from the source document. JF - Health Promotion Journal of Australia AU - Pollard, Christina Mary AU - Meng, Xingqiong AU - McStay, Catrina AD - School of Public Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia; Department of Health in Western Australia, 189 Royal Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - August 2013 SP - 156 EP - 157 PB - CSIRO Publishing VL - 24 IS - 2 SN - 1036-1073, 1036-1073 KW - Food consumption KW - Healthy food KW - Drinks KW - Australia KW - Caffeine KW - Children KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1520327120?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.atitle=Community+concern+about+the+sale+of+high-caffeine+drinks+to+children+under+12+years+of+age%3A+Western+Australia+population+survey+results&rft.au=Pollard%2C+Christina+Mary%3BMeng%2C+Xingqiong%3BMcStay%2C+Catrina&rft.aulast=Pollard&rft.aufirst=Christina&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=156&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.issn=10361073&rft_id=info:doi/10.1071%2FHE13033 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Drinks; Caffeine; Healthy food; Children; Food consumption; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE13033 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The fly-in, fly out debate: what happens to the communities? AN - 1520326937; 201408470 AB - The fly-in, fly-out and drive-in, drive out (FIFO) workforce in Western Australia (WA) has increased by 400% over the past 20 years.[1] The recent commentary in this Journal highlights the need for a better understanding of this population group and cautioned against making generalised statements about their health due to a lack of empirical evidence.[2]. Adapted from the source document. JF - Health Promotion Journal of Australia AU - Burns, Sharyn AD - Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia S.Burns@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - August 2013 SP - 158 PB - CSIRO Publishing VL - 24 IS - 2 SN - 1036-1073, 1036-1073 KW - Western Australia KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Labour force KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1520326937?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.atitle=The+fly-in%2C+fly+out+debate%3A+what+happens+to+the+communities%3F&rft.au=Burns%2C+Sharyn&rft.aulast=Burns&rft.aufirst=Sharyn&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=158&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.issn=10361073&rft_id=info:doi/10.1071%2FHE13056 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Occupational health and safety; Western Australia; Labour force DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE13056 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Booze barns: fuelling hazardous drinking in Australia? AN - 1520310671; 201410049 AB - Latest data confirm that drinking by Australians persists as a public health problem, despite a plateauing of consumption levels in recent years. In 2011-12, 19.5% of adults exceeded the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines (http//www.nhmrc.gov.au/your-health/alcohol-guidelines, verified 5 August 2013) considered to be risky to their lifetime health by consuming more than two standard drinks on average per day. During the same period, 31% of men and 14% of women aged 15-17 years exceeded alcohol guidelines for single occasion risk in the previous year. When compared with other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, Australia's per capita consumption of alcohol is above the OECD average of 9.1 L.[1]. Adapted from the source document. JF - Health Promotion Journal of Australia AU - Howat, Peter AU - Binns, Colin AU - Jancey, Jonine AD - Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - August 2013 SP - 85 EP - 86 PB - CSIRO Publishing VL - 24 IS - 2 SN - 1036-1073, 1036-1073 KW - Alcohol consumption KW - Australia KW - Health KW - Problem drinking KW - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development KW - Public health KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1520310671?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.atitle=Booze+barns%3A+fuelling+hazardous+drinking+in+Australia%3F&rft.au=Howat%2C+Peter%3BBinns%2C+Colin%3BJancey%2C+Jonine&rft.aulast=Howat&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=85&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Health+Promotion+Journal+of+Australia&rft.issn=10361073&rft_id=info:doi/10.1071%2FHE13068 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Alcohol consumption; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Health; Australia; Problem drinking; Public health DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE13068 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Post-harvest damage to stored grain by rodents in village environments in Laos AN - 1443379946; 18671780 AB - Rodents can cause significant damage to grain stores in developing countries, affecting food security and income of small-holder farmers. This study assessed a method to measure the losses caused by rodents to grain stores in rural upland areas of Laos, where black rats, Rattus rattus, are the main rodent pest species. Known amounts of grain were put into metal bowls, placed inside farmer grain stores, and monitored every 2 wk after harvest for a dry and wet season rice crop. There were 2.5-3.0 droppings and 1.4-2.2 hairs per 100-g sample. There was a positive relationship between the number of fecal droppings and hairs from within the bowls and from samples from the grain stores. Weight loss was 10.3% in the dry season and 7.4% in the wet season. There was a weak but positive relationship between fecal droppings and weight loss. It was not possible to ascribe rodent damage to environmental or hygiene conditions. Loss by rodents was calculated at 117 kg, which could feed a Lao household for 1.5 months. Improvements in the methodology are needed to control for interference with the bowls. An experimental approach is suggested to examine potential factors that might influence rodent damage. JF - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation AU - Brown, PR AU - McWilliam, A AU - Khamphoukeo, K AD - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Peter.Brown@csiro.au PY - 2013 SP - 104 EP - 109 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 82 SN - 0964-8305, 0964-8305 KW - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts KW - Metals KW - Biodeterioration KW - Biodegradation KW - Food KW - Oryza sativa KW - Rattus rattus KW - Hair KW - Crops KW - Body weight loss KW - Grain KW - Pests KW - Hygiene KW - Developing countries KW - W 30950:Waste Treatment & Pollution Clean-up KW - A 01330:Food Microbiology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1443379946?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Abiotechresearch&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Biodeterioration+%26+Biodegradation&rft.atitle=Post-harvest+damage+to+stored+grain+by+rodents+in+village+environments+in+Laos&rft.au=Brown%2C+PR%3BMcWilliam%2C+A%3BKhamphoukeo%2C+K&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=PR&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=82&rft.issue=&rft.spage=104&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+Biodeterioration+%26+Biodegradation&rft.issn=09648305&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-21 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Body weight loss; Biodeterioration; Metals; Biodegradation; Food; Grain; Pests; Hygiene; Developing countries; Hair; Crops; Oryza sativa; Rattus rattus ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Improved point scale climate projections using a block bootstrap simulation and quantile matching method AN - 1427006196; 18319633 AB - Statistical downscaling methods are commonly used to address the scale mismatch between coarse resolution Global Climate Model output and the regional or local scales required for climate change impact assessments. The effectiveness of a downscaling method can be measured against four broad criteria: consistency with the existing baseline data in terms of means, trends and distributional characteristics; consistency with the broader scale climate data used to generate the projections; the degree of transparency and repeatability; and the plausibility of results produced. Many existing downscaling methods fail to fulfil all of these criteria. In this paper we examine a block bootstrap simulation technique combined with a quantile prediction and matching method for simulating future daily climate data. By utilising this method the distributional properties of the projected data will be influenced by the distribution of the observed data, the trends in predictors derived from the Global Climate Models and the relationship of these predictors to the observed data. Using observed data from several climate stations in Vanuatu and Fiji and out-of-sample validation techniques, we show that the method is successful at projecting various climate characteristics including the variability and auto-correlation of daily temperature and rainfall, the correlations between these variables and between spatial locations. This paper also illustrates how this novel method can produce more effective point scale projections and a more credible alternative to other approaches in the Pacific region. JF - Climate Dynamics AU - Kokic, Philip AU - Jin, Huidong AU - Crimp, Steven AD - CSIRO, GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, Philip.Kokic@csiro.au Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - August 2013 SP - 853 EP - 866 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 41 IS - 3-4 SN - 0930-7575, 0930-7575 KW - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts KW - Prediction KW - Variability KW - Rainfall KW - Climate change KW - Statistical analysis KW - Correlations KW - ISEW, Pacific, Vanuatu KW - Baseline studies KW - Assessments KW - Temperature effects KW - Transparency KW - Climate models KW - ISEW, Pacific, Fiji KW - Climates KW - Temperature KW - Simulation KW - Projections KW - Ecosystem disturbance KW - Model Studies KW - Global climate KW - Numerical simulations KW - Q2 09243:Structure, mechanics and thermodynamics KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - SW 5010:Network design KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427006196?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Climate+Dynamics&rft.atitle=Improved+point+scale+climate+projections+using+a+block+bootstrap+simulation+and+quantile+matching+method&rft.au=Kokic%2C+Philip%3BJin%2C+Huidong%3BCrimp%2C+Steven&rft.aulast=Kokic&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=513&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Biosocial+Science&rft.issn=00219320&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017%2FS0021932003005911 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 26 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Transparency; Temperature effects; Baseline studies; Climate change; Simulation; Ecosystem disturbance; Global climate; Climate models; Numerical simulations; Correlations; Statistical analysis; Prediction; Rainfall; Temperature; Variability; Assessments; Climates; Projections; Model Studies; ISEW, Pacific, Fiji; ISEW, Pacific, Vanuatu DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1791-z ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Inhaled corticosteroids and the increased risk of pneumonia AN - 1427003688; 18328941 AB - Recently it has been suggested that there is a causal association between the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and the risk of developing pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). An increased risk of pneumonia associated with ICS use has been seen in trials with different design, different study populations and with evidence of a dose-response relationship. However, as none of these clinical trials were originally designed to assess pneumonia risk, radiographic confirmation of pneumonia was not always obtained. The extent to which pneumonia events have been confounded with acute exacerbations of COPD is unclear. As increased pneumonia events were not associated with increased mortality it remains unclear what the clinical significance of these findings are. Further complicating the association between ICSs and pneumonia is that meta-analyses restricted to budesonide trials have not shown an increased risk of pneumonia, and no association has been seen in patients with asthma. A number of mechanisms by which ICSs could increase the risk of pneumonia have been proposed, principally related to their immunosuppressive effect. Well-designed clinical trials with predefined endpoints and objective pneumonia definitions are needed before the real risk of pneumonia conferred by ICSs can be established. In the meantime, it seems reasonable to reduce ICSs given to COPD patients to the lowest effective doses, reduce the risk in individual patients by ensuring appropriate vaccination and to be vigilant for the possibility of pneumonia in patients with COPD on ICSs as they largely overlap with those of an acute exacerbation. JF - Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease AU - Marzoratti, Lucia AU - Iannella, Hernan A AU - Waterer, Grant W AD - School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Level 4 MRF Building, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth 6847, Australia Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - Aug 2013 SP - 225 EP - 234 PB - Sage Publications Ltd., 6 Bonhill St. London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom VL - 7 IS - 4 SN - 1753-4658, 1753-4658 KW - Toxicology Abstracts KW - Mortality KW - budesonide KW - Population studies KW - Asthma KW - Clinical trials KW - Vaccination KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease KW - Corticoids KW - Reviews KW - Dose-response effects KW - Pneumonia KW - Immunosuppression KW - X 24310:Pharmaceuticals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427003688?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Biosocial+Science&rft.atitle=Effects+of+Polygyny+and+Consanguinity+on+High+Fertility+in+the+Rural+Arab+Population+in+South+Jordan&rft.au=Sueyoshi%2C+Shuji%3BOhtsuka%2C+Ryutaro&rft.aulast=Sueyoshi&rft.aufirst=Shuji&rft.date=2003-10-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=513&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Biosocial+Science&rft.issn=00219320&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017%2FS0021932003005911 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 45 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-09 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Corticoids; Dose-response effects; Reviews; budesonide; Asthma; Population studies; Vaccination; Clinical trials; Pneumonia; Immunosuppression; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753465813480550 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Oc013--A Simplified Method For Busulfan Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Using Dried Blood Spot Sampling In Pediatric Patient Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation AN - 1426560041 AB - The hematocrit (Hct) values of 2 children were in the range of 25.6% to 30.3%, indicating the direct influence of Hct on the measured Bu levels measured by DBS sampling. [...]these 2 sampling methods can be used interchangeably with due consideration of the Hct value when whole blood sample is used. JF - Clinical Therapeutics AU - Uppugunduri, CRS AU - Ansari, M AU - Théorêt, Y AU - Déglon, J AU - Versace, F AU - Gumy-Pause, F AU - Dayer, P AU - Desmeules, J AU - Daali, Y Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - Aug 2013 CY - Bridgewater PB - Elsevier Limited VL - 35 IS - 8 SN - 01492918 KW - Medical Sciences KW - Blood KW - Stem cells KW - Methods UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1426560041?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthcompleteshell&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Clinical+Therapeutics&rft.atitle=Oc013--A+Simplified+Method+For+Busulfan+Therapeutic+Drug+Monitoring+Using+Dried+Blood+Spot+Sampling+In+Pediatric+Patient+Undergoing+Stem+Cell+Transplantation&rft.au=Uppugunduri%2C+CRS%3BAnsari%2C+M%3BTh%C3%A9or%C3%AAt%2C+Y%3BD%C3%A9glon%2C+J%3BVersace%2C+F%3BGumy-Pause%2C+F%3BDayer%2C+P%3BDesmeules%2C+J%3BDaali%2C+Y&rft.aulast=Uppugunduri&rft.aufirst=CRS&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=e5&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Clinical+Therapeutics&rft.issn=01492918&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.clinthera.2013.07.012 LA - English DB - ProQuest Central N1 - Copyright - Copyright Elsevier Limited Aug 2013 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-10 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.07.012 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PP121--CYP2C9 genotypes associated with higher sulfolane levels in children receiving intravenous busulfan prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation AN - 1426554057 AB - Cumulative incidence of overall survival and event-free survival were estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test was used to compare the difference between genotype groups or groups divided on the basis of MR, in a univariate analysis. JF - Clinical Therapeutics AU - Uppugunduri, CRS AU - Daali, Y AU - Rezgui, MA AU - Huezo Diaz, P AU - Tyagi, AK AU - Rousseau, J AU - Duval, M AU - Bittencourt, H AU - Krajinovic, M AU - Ansari, M Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - Aug 2013 CY - Bridgewater PB - Elsevier Limited VL - 35 IS - 8 SN - 01492918 KW - Medical Sciences KW - Stem cells KW - Metabolites KW - Multivariate analysis KW - Genotype & phenotype UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1426554057?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthcompleteshell&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Clinical+Therapeutics&rft.atitle=PP121--CYP2C9+genotypes+associated+with+higher+sulfolane+levels+in+children+receiving+intravenous+busulfan+prior+to+hematopoietic+stem+cell+transplantation&rft.au=Uppugunduri%2C+CRS%3BDaali%2C+Y%3BRezgui%2C+MA%3BHuezo+Diaz%2C+P%3BTyagi%2C+AK%3BRousseau%2C+J%3BDuval%2C+M%3BBittencourt%2C+H%3BKrajinovic%2C+M%3BAnsari%2C+M&rft.aulast=Uppugunduri&rft.aufirst=CRS&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=e52&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Clinical+Therapeutics&rft.issn=01492918&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.clinthera.2013.07.144 LA - English DB - ProQuest Central N1 - Copyright - Copyright Elsevier Limited Aug 2013 N1 - Last updated - 2013-08-23 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.07.144 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Junior Australian football injury research: Are we moving forward? AN - 1419368182; 18274073 AB - Summarise the progress of junior Australian football (AF) injury research in line with the six stages of the 'Translating Research into Injury Prevention Practice' (TRIPP) model, in order to direct future research for the area. Systematically searched narrative review. Bibliographic research databases (Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus[TM]) were used to search for original studies in which injuries in junior AF players were investigated. 18 studies (NHMRC levels of evidence ranging from NHMRC II-IV) addressed junior AF injuries within the TRIPP model. Injury surveillance (stage 1) was represented by five studies, aetiology and mechanism of injury (stage 2) was represented by various contributions from 12 studies, and injury prevention (stages 3-6) was represented by five papers. All papers addressing TRIPP stage 1 suffered from methodological discrepancies and inconsistencies in the data that are reported. Hence, a consistent injury definition and ongoing injury surveillance remains a priority. Injury research at the junior level of AF is predominantly situated at stage 2 of the TRIPP process. It can be postulated that most junior AF injury prevention programs are based upon senior AF research and anecdotal evidence due to the paucity of studies addressing stages 3-6. JF - Physical Therapy in Sport AU - Chalmers, Samuel AU - Magarey, Mary E AU - Scase, Ebonie AD - Exercise for Health and Human Performance Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - Aug 2013 SP - 175 EP - 182 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 14 IS - 3 SN - 1466-853X, 1466-853X KW - Physical Education Index KW - Football (American KW - Programs KW - Injuries KW - Preventive health KW - Australian football KW - Sports KW - Practice KW - injuries) KW - Youth KW - Athletes KW - PE 110:Physical Therapy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1419368182?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aphysicaleducation&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Therapy+in+Sport&rft.atitle=Junior+Australian+football+injury+research%3A+Are+we+moving+forward%3F&rft.au=Chalmers%2C+Samuel%3BMagarey%2C+Mary+E%3BScase%2C+Ebonie&rft.aulast=Chalmers&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=14&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=175&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Physical+Therapy+in+Sport&rft.issn=1466853X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ptsp.2013.06.001 LA - English DB - Physical Education Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2013-08-12 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Football (American; Programs; Injuries; Preventive health; Australian football; Practice; Sports; injuries); Youth; Athletes DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2013.06.001 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - High cell density cultivation of a novel Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20 in a fed-batch system using glycerol to produce feedstock for biodiesel and omega-3 oils AN - 1419360107; 18267044 AB - A recently isolated Australian Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20 was investigated using small-scale (2 L) bioreactors for the potential of co-producing biodiesel and high-value omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Higher initial glucose concentration (100 g/L compared to 40 g/L) did not result in markedly different biomass (48 g/L) or fatty acid (12-14 g/L) yields by 69 h. This comparison suggests factors other than carbon source were limiting biomass production. The effect of both glucose and glycerol as carbon sources for Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20 was evaluated in a fed-batch process. Both glucose and glycerol resulted in similar biomass yields (57 and 56 g/L, respectively) by 69 h. The agro-industrial waste from biodiesel production-glycerol-is a suitable carbon source for Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20. Approximately half the fatty acids from Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20 are suitable for development of sustainable, low emission sources of transportation fuels and bioproducts. To further improve biomass and oil production, fortification of the feed with additional nutrients (nitrogen sources, trace metals and vitamins) improved the biomass yield from 56 g/L (34 % total fatty acids) to 71 g/L (52 % total fatty acids, cell dry weight) at 69 h; these yields are to our knowledge around 70 % of the biomass yields achieved, however, in less than half of the time by other researchers using glycerol and markedly greater than achieved using other industrial wastes. The fast growth and suitable fatty acid profile of this newly isolated Aurantiochytrium sp. strain TC 20 highlights the potential of co-producing the drop-in biodiesel and high value omega-3 oils. JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology AU - Lee Chang, Kim Jye AU - Dumsday, Geoff AU - Nichols, Peter D AU - Dunstan, Graeme A AU - Blackburn, Susan I AU - Koutoulis, Anthony AD - Energy Transformed National Research Flagship, CSIRO, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia, kim.leechang@csiro.auaff4aff5 PY - 2013 SP - 6907 EP - 6918 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 97 IS - 15 SN - 0175-7598, 0175-7598 KW - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts KW - Nitrogen sources KW - Fuels KW - Cell density KW - Oils KW - Glucose KW - Nutrients KW - Carbon sources KW - Biomass KW - Batch culture KW - Glycerol KW - Industrial wastes KW - Bioreactors KW - Vitamins KW - Fatty acids KW - Polyunsaturated fatty acids KW - Diesel KW - Biofuels KW - Trace metals KW - W 30950:Waste Treatment & Pollution Clean-up KW - A 01330:Food Microbiology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1419360107?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Amicrobiologyb&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Applied+Microbiology+and+Biotechnology&rft.atitle=High+cell+density+cultivation+of+a+novel+Aurantiochytrium+sp.+strain+TC+20+in+a+fed-batch+system+using+glycerol+to+produce+feedstock+for+biodiesel+and+omega-3+oils&rft.au=Lee+Chang%2C+Kim+Jye%3BDumsday%2C+Geoff%3BNichols%2C+Peter+D%3BDunstan%2C+Graeme+A%3BBlackburn%2C+Susan+I%3BKoutoulis%2C+Anthony&rft.aulast=Lee+Chang&rft.aufirst=Kim&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=97&rft.issue=15&rft.spage=6907&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Applied+Microbiology+and+Biotechnology&rft.issn=01757598&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00253-013-4965-z LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 45 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-06 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Nitrogen sources; Fuels; Cell density; Glucose; Oils; Nutrients; Carbon sources; Biomass; Batch culture; Industrial wastes; Glycerol; Vitamins; Bioreactors; Fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Diesel; Trace metals; Biofuels DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-4965-z ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Invaded range of the blackberry pathogen Phragmidium violaceum in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and the search for its provenance AN - 1412562182; 18246578 AB - Field surveys in 2006 confirmed that the exotic rust fungus Phragmidium violaceum was widespread on Rubus armeniacus and Rubus laciniatus in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. The origin and dispersal pattern of this obligate biotrophic pathogen in the USA were investigated by comparing the genetic diversity and structure of 27 isolates each from the USA and Europe, and 20 isolates from Australia where an invasion occurred in 1984. Analysis of 11 microsatellite loci revealed 74 unique genotypes, with the European population having a significantly higher level of allelic diversity and number of private alleles compared to populations from the USA and Australia. Principal coordinate analysis (PCA), analysis of molecular variance and pairwise comparisons of Phi confirmed a strong level of differentiation among continental populations, with little divergence between isolates from the USA and Europe, but a high level of differentiation between these isolates and those from Australia. These results were broadly supported by the Bayesian cluster analysis, which indicated that at K = 3 the clustering of the isolates corresponds to their geographic origin. Bayesian clustering, PCA as well as insignificant migration estimates from Europe to the USA suggest that the USA population is not a direct descendant from the European P. violaceum population. There was a weak association between genetic and geographic distance among the USA isolates, suggesting invasion was initially localized prior to dispersal or that the population may have been present for some time prior to first detection in 2005. JF - Biological Invasions AU - Morin, Louise AU - Gomez, Don R AU - Evans, Katherine J AU - Neill, Tara M AU - Mahaffee, Walt F AU - Linde, Celeste C AD - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, louise.morin@csiro.au Y1 - 2013/08// PY - 2013 DA - Aug 2013 SP - 1847 EP - 1861 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 15 IS - 8 SN - 1387-3547, 1387-3547 KW - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Ecology Abstracts KW - Differentiation KW - Phragmidium violaceum KW - Invasions KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - K 03310:Genetics & Taxonomy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1412562182?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Biological+Invasions&rft.atitle=Invaded+range+of+the+blackberry+pathogen+Phragmidium+violaceum+in+the+Pacific+Northwest+of+the+USA+and+the+search+for+its+provenance&rft.au=Morin%2C+Louise%3BGomez%2C+Don+R%3BEvans%2C+Katherine+J%3BNeill%2C+Tara+M%3BMahaffee%2C+Walt+F%3BLinde%2C+Celeste+C&rft.aulast=Morin&rft.aufirst=Louise&rft.date=2013-08-01&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=1847&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Biological+Invasions&rft.issn=13873547&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs10530-013-0413-3 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Number of references - 1 N1 - Last updated - 2014-03-24 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Invasions; Phragmidium violaceum DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-013-0413-3 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing on "Strengthening Privacy Rights and National Security: Oversight of FISA Surveillance Programs," July 31, 2013 AN - 1679098702; SU00696 AB - Senator Leahy addresses congressional hearing on need for balance between privacy rights and national security concerns. AU - United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary AD - United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Congressional hearings KW - Data collection KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - National security letters KW - Right to privacy KW - Snowden, Edward J. Leaks (2013- ) KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098702?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Statement+of+Senator+Patrick+Leahy+%28D-Vt.%29%2C+Chairman%2C+Senate+Judiciary+Committee%2C+Hearing+on+%22Strengthening+Privacy+Rights+and+National+Security%3A+Oversight+of+FISA+Surveillance+Programs%2C%22+July+31%2C+2013&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate.+Committee+on+the+Judiciary&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate.+Committee+on+the+Judiciary&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-07-31&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.judiciary.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Statement ; Location of original: Available [Online]: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Regulation of Fertilizers: Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia AN - 1641843240; 2011-760690 AB - The explosion on April 17, 2013, at the West Fertilizer Company fertilizer distribution facility in West, TX, has led to questions about the oversight and regulation of agricultural fertilizer. Facilities holding chemicals must comply with regulations attempting to ensure occupational safety, environmental protection, and homeland security. This report focuses on some of the federal regulatory programs overseeing storage of ammonium nitrate and anhydrous ammonia by retailers. The report discusses federal occupational safety, environmental, and security statutes and regulations applicable to each chemical. Select policy issues regarding these federal regulatory programs are highlighted. Tables, Figures. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 31 2013, 18 pp. AU - Shea, Dana A AU - Schierow, Linda-Jo AU - Szymendera, Scott D Y1 - 2013/07/31/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 31 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Environment and environmental policy - Buildings and structures KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Storage KW - Chemicals KW - Regulation KW - Environmental policy KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1641843240?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Shea%2C+Dana+A%3BSchierow%2C+Linda-Jo%3BSzymendera%2C+Scott+D&rft.aulast=Shea&rft.aufirst=Dana&rft.date=2013-07-31&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Regulation+of+Fertilizers%3A+Ammonium+Nitrate+and+Anhydrous+Ammonia&rft.title=Regulation+of+Fertilizers%3A+Ammonium+Nitrate+and+Anhydrous+Ammonia&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R43070.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-01-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. R43070 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in Congress and Related Resources AN - 1537585528; 2011-582551 AB - There have been numerous reports recently in the media on sexual assault incidents in the US armed services -- followed by questions on what actions the Department of Defense (DOD), the Administration, and Congress have taken to address the issue. This report lists a comprehensive chronology of official activities in response to incidents of military sexual assault and legislative action on the issue. It is divided into three sections: the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Administration's actions, Congressional action, and legislation in the 113th Congress, as well as a resources section with citations and links to related articles, hearings, and reports. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 30 2013, 23 pp. AU - Torreon, Salazar Y1 - 2013/07/30/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 30 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - United States KW - Defenses KW - Sex crimes KW - Hearing KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585528?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Torreon%2C+Salazar&rft.aulast=Torreon&rft.aufirst=Salazar&rft.date=2013-07-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Military+Sexual+Assault%3A+Chronology+of+Activity+in+Congress+and+Related+Resources&rft.title=Military+Sexual+Assault%3A+Chronology+of+Activity+in+Congress+and+Related+Resources&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43168/2013-07-30/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43168 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Retaining and Preserving Federal Records in a Digital Environment: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1504417611; 2011-564910 AB - This report provides background and information on the increasing volume of electronic records and the variety of platforms used to create them. It then presents data on agencies' increasing use of electronic media to create federal records and examines the potential implications of increasing creation and use of electronic mediums, including the complications of mixed platforms, the difficulties of ensuring a record's trustworthiness, and understanding and preparing for the risks of using electronic platforms. The report also details and analyzes actions by the Administration of President Barack Obama to streamline and clarify agencies' record-keeping responsibilities, focusing on electronic records. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 26 2013, 18 pp. AU - Ginsberg, Wendy Y1 - 2013/07/26/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 26 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Government - Public officials KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Media - Mass media KW - Government - Public administration KW - Obama, Barack KW - Risk KW - Presidents KW - Electronic government KW - Digital media KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417611?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Ginsberg%2C+Wendy&rft.aulast=Ginsberg&rft.aufirst=Wendy&rft.date=2013-07-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Retaining+and+Preserving+Federal+Records+in+a+Digital+Environment%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Retaining+and+Preserving+Federal+Records+in+a+Digital+Environment%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43165/2013-07-26/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43165 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The President's Budget: Overview of Structure and Timing of Submission to Congress AN - 1537585672; 2011-582552 AB - The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (P.L. 67-13; 42 Stat. 20), as amended and later codified in the US Code, requires the President to submit a consolidated federal budget annually to Congress toward the beginning of each regular session. This report begins with a brief overview of the origins and typical content of the President's budget. This report also provides information on the statutory deadlines for submission to Congress and the submission dates of the President's budget for FY1923-FY2014. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 25 2013, 17 pp. AU - Christensen, Michelle D Y1 - 2013/07/25/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 25 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Government - Public officials KW - Business and service sector - Accounting KW - Government - Forms of government KW - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance KW - United States KW - Federal government KW - Presidents KW - Budget, Government KW - Accounting KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585672?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Christensen%2C+Michelle+D&rft.aulast=Christensen&rft.aufirst=Michelle&rft.date=2013-07-25&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+President%27s+Budget%3A+Overview+of+Structure+and+Timing+of+Submission+to+Congress&rft.title=The+President%27s+Budget%3A+Overview+of+Structure+and+Timing+of+Submission+to+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43163/2013-07-25/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43163 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions, and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress AN - 1767319877; 2011-910325 AB - Trafficking in persons, or human trafficking, refers to the subjection of men, women, and children to exploitative conditions that can be tantamount to slavery. This report explores issues related to several US foreign policy responses to human trafficking, including (1) foreign country reporting, (2) foreign product blacklisting, (3) foreign aid, (4) foreign aid restrictions, (5) conditions on trade preference program beneficiaries, (6) financial prohibitions against specially-designated traffickers, and (7) preventing US government participation in trafficking overseas. US approaches highlight a series of initiatives, often implemented unilaterally, that exceed the international commitments set forth in treaties. Tables, Figures. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 24 2013, 29 pp. AU - Wyler, Liana Sun Y1 - 2013/07/24/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 24 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - United States KW - Blacklisting KW - Human trafficking KW - Men KW - Women KW - Economic assistance KW - Prohibition KW - Foreign relations KW - Treaties KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1767319877?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Wyler%2C+Liana+Sun&rft.aulast=Wyler&rft.aufirst=Liana&rft.date=2013-07-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Trafficking+in+Persons%3A+International+Dimensions%2C+and+Foreign+Policy+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Trafficking+in+Persons%3A+International+Dimensions%2C+and+Foreign+Policy+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42497.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2016-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42497 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Senate Committee Funding: Description of Process and Analysis of Disbursements AN - 1537585388; 2011-582553 AB - Operating budgets for all standing and select committees of the Senate (except for the Committee on Appropriations and the Select Committee on Ethics) are authorized pursuant to a simple resolution, and funding is provided in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill and other appropriation acts. This report is organized in three sections: an overview of the committee funding process in the Senate and funding levels since 2001; Senate floor and committee action on committee funding in the 112th and 113th Congresses; and committee expenditure patterns during the previous five Congresses. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 24 2013, 12 pp. AU - Glassman, Matthew E AU - Didech, Daniel Y1 - 2013/07/24/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 24 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Law and ethics - Ethics KW - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance KW - Ethics KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Budget, Government KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585388?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Glassman%2C+Matthew+E%3BDidech%2C+Daniel&rft.aulast=Glassman&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft.date=2013-07-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Senate+Committee+Funding%3A+Description+of+Process+and+Analysis+of+Disbursements&rft.title=Senate+Committee+Funding%3A+Description+of+Process+and+Analysis+of+Disbursements&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43160/2013-07-24/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43160 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Feinstein Statement on House Amendment on Phone Records Program AN - 1679098927; SU00685 AB - Senator Feinstein recommends against defunding business records intelligence collection program. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 1 KW - Business records KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Intelligence budgeting KW - Intelligence oversight KW - Right to privacy KW - Telephone services KW - Chambliss, Clarence Saxby KW - Chambliss, Clarence Saxby UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098927?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Feinstein+Statement+on+House+Amendment+on+Phone+Records+Program&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.feinstein.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: United States Senator Dianne Feinstein N1 - People - Chambliss, Clarence Saxby N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Remarks as Prepared for Delivery for the Center for American Progress Event on NSA Surveillance AN - 1679098637; SU00686 AB - Senator Wyden talks about public reaction to "secret" interpretation of USA PATRIOT Act and calls for revision of electronic surveillance laws. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 29 KW - Center for American Progress KW - Public opinion KW - Right to privacy KW - September 11 Attacks (2001) KW - Transparency in government KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Podesta, John D. KW - Alexander, Keith B. KW - Snowden, Edward J. KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Podesta, John D. KW - Alexander, Keith B. KW - Snowden, Edward J. 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Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Speech ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Center for American Progress N1 - People - Alexander, Keith B.; Podesta, John D.; Snowden, Edward J.; Udall, Mark E. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of a Wildfire Smoke Forecasting System as a Tool for Public Health Protection AN - 1677974386; 18741282 AB - Background: Exposure to wildfire smoke has been associated with cardiopulmonary health impacts. Climate change will increase the severity and frequency of smoke events, suggesting a need for enhanced public health protection. Forecasts of smoke exposure can facilitate public health responses. Objectives: We evaluated the utility of a wildfire smoke forecasting system (BlueSky) for public health protection by comparing its forecasts with observations and assessing their associations with population-level indicators of respiratory health in British Columbia, Canada. Methods: We compared BlueSky PM2.5 forecasts with PM2.5 measurements from air quality monitors, and BlueSky smoke plume forecasts with plume tracings from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hazard Mapping System remote sensing data. Daily counts of the asthma drug salbutamol sulfate dispensations and asthma-related physician visits were aggregated for each geographic local health area (LHA). Daily continuous measures of PM2.5 and binary measures of smoke plume presence, either forecasted or observed, were assigned to each LHA. Poisson regression was used to estimate the association between exposure measures and health indicators. Results: We found modest agreement between forecasts and observations, which was improved during intense fire periods. A 30- mu g/m3 increase in BlueSky PM2.5 was associated with an 8% increase in salbutamol dispensations and a 5% increase in asthma-related physician visits. BlueSky plume coverage was associated with 5% and 6% increases in the two health indicators, respectively. The effects were similar for observed smoke, and generally stronger in very smoky areas. Conclusions: BlueSky forecasts showed modest agreement with retrospective measures of smoke and were predictive of respiratory health indicators, suggesting they can provide useful information for public health protection. Citation: Yao J, Brauer M, Henderson SB. 2013. Evaluation of a wildfire smoke forecasting system as a tool for public health protection. Environ Health Perspect 121:1142-1147; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306768 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Yao, Jiayun AU - Brauer, Michael AU - Henderson, Sarah B AD - School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Y1 - 2013/07/23/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 23 SP - 1142 EP - 1147 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Smoke KW - Wildfires KW - Indicators KW - Health KW - Forecasting KW - Plumes KW - Tools KW - Public health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677974386?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Evaluation+of+a+Wildfire+Smoke+Forecasting+System+as+a+Tool+for+Public+Health+Protection&rft.au=Yao%2C+Jiayun%3BBrauer%2C+Michael%3BHenderson%2C+Sarah+B&rft.aulast=Yao&rft.aufirst=Jiayun&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1142&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306768 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-06-30 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306768 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Bulky DNA Adducts in Cord Blood, Maternal Fruit-and-Vegetable Consumption, and Birth Weight in a European Mother-Child Study (NewGeneris) AN - 1677959245; 18741292 AB - Background: Tobacco-smoke, airborne, and dietary exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been associated with reduced prenatal growth. Evidence from biomarker-based studies of low-exposed populations is limited. Bulky DNA adducts in cord blood reflect the prenatal effective dose to several genotoxic agents including PAHs. Objectives: We estimated the association between bulky DNA adduct levels and birth weight in a multicenter study and examined modification of this association by maternal intake of fruits and vegetables during pregnancy. Methods: Pregnant women from Denmark, England, Greece, Norway, and Spain were recruited in 2006-2010. Adduct levels were measured by the 32P-postlabeling technique in white blood cells from 229 mothers and 612 newborns. Maternal diet was examined through questionnaires. Results: Adduct levels in maternal and cord blood samples were similar and positively correlated (median, 12.1 vs. 11.4 adducts in 108 nucleotides; Spearman rank correlation coefficient = 0.66, p < 0.001). Cord blood adduct levels were negatively associated with birth weight, with an estimated difference in mean birth weight of -129 g (95% CI: -233, -25 g) for infants in the highest versus lowest tertile of adducts. The negative association with birth weight was limited to births in Norway, Denmark, and England, the countries with the lowest adduct levels, and was more pronounced in births to mothers with low intake of fruits and vegetables (-248 g; 95% CI: -405, -92 g) compared with those with high intake (-58 g; 95% CI: -206, 90 g) Conclusions: Maternal exposure to genotoxic agents that induce the formation of bulky DNA adducts may affect intrauterine growth. Maternal fruit and vegetable consumption may be protective. Citation: Pedersen M, Schoket B, Godschalk RW, Wright J, von Stedingk H, Tornqvist M, Sunyer J, Nielsen JK, Merlo DF, Mendez MA, Meltzer HM, Lukacs V, Landstrom A, Kyrtopoulos SA, Kovacs K, Knudsen LE, Haugen M, Hardie LJ, Guetzkow KB, Fleming S, Fthenou E, Farmer PB, Espinosa A, Chatzi L, Brunborg G, Brady NJ, Botsivali M, Arab K, Anna L, Alexander J, Agramunt S, Kleinjans JC, Segerbaeck D, Kogevinas M. 2013. Bulky DNA adducts in cord blood, maternal fruit-and-vegetable consumption, and birth weight in a European mother-child study (NewGeneris). Environ Health Perspect 121:1200-1206; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206333 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Pedersen, Marie AU - Schoket, Bernadette AU - Godschalk, Roger W AU - Wright, John AU - von Stedingk, Hans AU - Tornqvist, Margareta AU - Sunyer, Jordi AU - Nielsen, Jeanette K AU - Merlo, Domenico F AU - Mendez, Michelle A AU - Meltzer, Helle M AU - Lukacs, Viktoria AU - Landstrom, Anette AU - Kyrtopoulos, Soterios A AU - Kovacs, Katalin AU - Knudsen, Lisbeth E AU - Haugen, Margaretha AU - Hardie, Laura J AU - Guetzkow, Kristine B AU - Fleming, Sarah AU - Fthenou, Eleni AU - Farmer, Peter B AU - Espinosa, Aina AU - Chatzi, Leda AU - Brunborg, Gunnar AU - Brady, Nigel J AU - Botsivali, Maria AU - Arab, Khelifa AU - Anna, Livia AU - Alexander, Jan AU - Agramunt, Silvia AU - Kleinjans, Jos C AU - Segerbaeck, Dan AU - Kogevinas, Manolis AD - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain Y1 - 2013/07/23/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 23 SP - 1200 EP - 1206 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Birth KW - Fruits KW - Blood KW - Vegetables KW - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons KW - Rope KW - Adducts KW - Deoxyribonucleic acid UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677959245?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Bulky+DNA+Adducts+in+Cord+Blood%2C+Maternal+Fruit-and-Vegetable+Consumption%2C+and+Birth+Weight+in+a+European+Mother-Child+Study+%28NewGeneris%29&rft.au=Pedersen%2C+Marie%3BSchoket%2C+Bernadette%3BGodschalk%2C+Roger+W%3BWright%2C+John%3Bvon+Stedingk%2C+Hans%3BTornqvist%2C+Margareta%3BSunyer%2C+Jordi%3BNielsen%2C+Jeanette+K%3BMerlo%2C+Domenico+F%3BMendez%2C+Michelle+A%3BMeltzer%2C+Helle+M%3BLukacs%2C+Viktoria%3BLandstrom%2C+Anette%3BKyrtopoulos%2C+Soterios+A%3BKovacs%2C+Katalin%3BKnudsen%2C+Lisbeth+E%3BHaugen%2C+Margaretha%3BHardie%2C+Laura+J%3BGuetzkow%2C+Kristine+B%3BFleming%2C+Sarah%3BFthenou%2C+Eleni%3BFarmer%2C+Peter+B%3BEspinosa%2C+Aina%3BChatzi%2C+Leda%3BBrunborg%2C+Gunnar%3BBrady%2C+Nigel+J%3BBotsivali%2C+Maria%3BArab%2C+Khelifa%3BAnna%2C+Livia%3BAlexander%2C+Jan%3BAgramunt%2C+Silvia%3BKleinjans%2C+Jos+C%3BSegerbaeck%2C+Dan%3BKogevinas%2C+Manolis&rft.aulast=Pedersen&rft.aufirst=Marie&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1200&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206333 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206333 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Perinatally Administered Bisphenol A as a Potential Mammary Gland Carcinogen in Rats AN - 1660066927; 18597922 AB - Background: Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) affects mammary gland development in rodents and primates. Prenatal exposure to environmentally relevant doses of BPA increased the number of intraductal hyperplasias and ductal carcinomas in situ by 50 days of age in Wistar-Furth rats. Objective: We aimed to determine whether BPA exposure of dams during gestation only or throughout lactation affects the incidence of mammary gland neoplasia in female offspring. Methods: We treated pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats with BPA at 0, 0.25, 2.5, 25, or 250 mu g BPA/kg BW/day from gestational day (GD) 9 to birth and from GD9 to postnatal day (PND) 21. Mammary glands from BPA-exposed offspring were examined at four time points for preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions. To assess circulating BPA levels, we exposed pregnant rats to vehicle or 250 mu g BPA/kg BW/day during gestation only or during gestation/lactation and analyzed sera from dams, fetuses, and nursing pups for total and unconjugated BPA. Results: Total and unconjugated BPA were detected in sera from 100% of dams and fetuses and 33% of pups exposed to 250 mu g BPA/kg BW/day. Unconjugated BPA levels in exposed dams and fetuses (gestational) and in exposed dams and pups (gestational/lactational) were within levels found in humans. Preneoplastic lesions developed in BPA-exposed female offspring across all doses as early as PND50. Unexpectedly, mammary gland adenocarcinomas developed in BPA-exposed offspring by PND90. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that developmental exposure to environmentally relevant levels of BPA during gestation and lactation induces mammary gland neoplasms in the absence of any additional carcinogenic treatment. Thus, BPA may act as a complete mammary gland carcinogen. Citation: Acevedo N, Davis B, Schaeberle CM, Sonnenschein C, Soto AM. 2013. Perinatally administered bisphenol A acts as a mammary gland carcinogen in rats. Environ Health Perspect 121:1040-1046; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306734 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Acevedo, Nicole AU - Davis, Barbara AU - Schaeberle, Cheryl M AU - Sonnenschein, Carlos AU - Soto, Ana M AD - Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Y1 - 2013/07/23/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 23 SP - 1040 EP - 1046 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Rats KW - Bisphenol A KW - Dams KW - Exposure KW - Gestation KW - Carcinogens KW - Fetuses KW - Mammary glands UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660066927?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Perinatally+Administered+Bisphenol+A+as+a+Potential+Mammary+Gland+Carcinogen+in+Rats&rft.au=Acevedo%2C+Nicole%3BDavis%2C+Barbara%3BSchaeberle%2C+Cheryl+M%3BSonnenschein%2C+Carlos%3BSoto%2C+Ana+M&rft.aulast=Acevedo&rft.aufirst=Nicole&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1040&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306734 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-08-08 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306734 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Agricultural Guest Workers: Legislative Activity in the 113th Congress AN - 1537585498; 2011-582554 AB - The US imports agricultural guest workers in much smaller numbers than in the past as part of a temporary worker program known as the H-2A visa program. The H-2A program, and agricultural guest worker programs more generally, are controversial. Some view them as a necessary source of legal workers and call for their reform and expansion, while others view the H-2A program as exploitative and argue that it must be thoroughly overhauled if it is to be allowed to continue operating. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 23 2013, 7 pp. AU - Bruno, Andorra Y1 - 2013/07/23/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 23 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Law and ethics - Citizenship, immigration, and immigration law and policy KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - United States KW - Agricultural policy KW - Visas KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1537585498?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Bruno%2C+Andorra&rft.aulast=Bruno&rft.aufirst=Andorra&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Agricultural+Guest+Workers%3A+Legislative+Activity+in+the+113th+Congress&rft.title=Agricultural+Guest+Workers%3A+Legislative+Activity+in+the+113th+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43161/2013-07-23/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43161 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The International Whaling Convention (IWC) and Legal Issues Related to Aboriginal Rights AN - 1767319981; 2011-910326 AB - The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has 88 members divided almost evenly between countries that condone whaling and those that favor whale conservation. This situation leads to contentious votes and accusations that decisions are not based on science but on politics, in particular, whether or not a country favors whaling. Members of Congress have introduced measures to advance US policy within the Commission to respond to IWC actions. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 22 2013, 18 pp. AU - Alexander, Kristina Y1 - 2013/07/22/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 22 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - United States KW - Conventions KW - International whaling commission KW - Science KW - Whaling KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1767319981?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Alexander%2C+Kristina&rft.aulast=Alexander&rft.aufirst=Kristina&rft.date=2013-07-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+International+Whaling+Convention+%28IWC%29+and+Legal+Issues+Related+to+Aboriginal+Rights&rft.title=The+International+Whaling+Convention+%28IWC%29+and+Legal+Issues+Related+to+Aboriginal+Rights&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R40571.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2016-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R40571 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Population-based Case-Control Study of Urinary Arsenic Species and Squamous Cell Carcinoma in New Hampshire, USA AN - 1458534141; 18741284 AB - Background: Chronic high arsenic exposure is associated with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin, and inorganic arsenic (iAs) metabolites may play an important role in this association. However, little is known about the carcinogenicity of arsenic at levels commonly observed in the United States. Objective: We estimated associations between total urinary arsenic and arsenic species and SCC in a U.S. population. Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control SCC study (470 cases, 447 controls) in a U.S. region with moderate arsenic exposure through private well water and diet. We measured urinary iAs, monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), and summed these arsenic species ( capital sigma As). Because seafood contains arsenolipids and arsenosugars that metabolize into DMA through alternate pathways, participants who reported seafood consumption within 2 days before urine collection were excluded from the analyses. Results: In adjusted logistic regression analyses (323 cases, 319 controls), the SCC odds ratio (OR) was 1.37 for each ln-transformed microgram per liter increase in ln-transformed capital sigma As concentration [ln( capital sigma As)] (95% CI: 1.04, 1.80). Urinary ln(MMA) and ln(DMA) also were positively associated with SCC (OR = 1.34; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.71 and OR = 1.34; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.74, respectively). A similar trend was observed for ln(iAs) (OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 0.97, 1.49). Percent iAs, MMA, and DMA were not associated with SCC. Conclusions: These results suggest that arsenic exposure at levels common in the United States relates to SCC and that arsenic metabolism ability does not modify the association. Citation: Gilbert-Diamond D, Li Z, Perry AE, Spencer SK, Gandolfi AJ, Karagas MR. 2013. A population-based case-control study of urinary arsenic species and squamous cell carcinoma in New Hampshire, USA. Environ Health Perspect 121:1154-1160; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206178 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Gilbert-Diamond, Diane AU - Li, Zhigang AU - Perry, Ann E AU - Spencer, Steven K AU - Gandolfi, AJay AU - Karagas, Margaret R AD - Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Y1 - 2013/07/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 19 SP - 1154 EP - 1160 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts KW - Diets KW - Arsenic KW - Skin KW - squamous cell carcinoma KW - Metabolites KW - Urine KW - Carcinogenicity KW - Water wells KW - Seafood KW - USA, New Hampshire KW - Metabolism KW - dimethylarsinic acid KW - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458534141?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=A+Population-based+Case-Control+Study+of+Urinary+Arsenic+Species+and+Squamous+Cell+Carcinoma+in+New+Hampshire%2C+USA&rft.au=Gilbert-Diamond%2C+Diane%3BLi%2C+Zhigang%3BPerry%2C+Ann+E%3BSpencer%2C+Steven+K%3BGandolfi%2C+AJay%3BKaragas%2C+Margaret+R&rft.aulast=Gilbert-Diamond&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft.date=2013-07-19&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1154&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206178 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; Arsenic; Skin; Carcinogenicity; Metabolites; squamous cell carcinoma; Seafood; dimethylarsinic acid; Urine; Water wells; Metabolism; USA, New Hampshire DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206178 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Health and Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: The Need for Improved Exposure Assessment AN - 1458534117; 18741279 AB - Background: Nearly 3 billion people worldwide rely on solid fuel combustion to meet basic household energy needs. The resulting exposure to air pollution causes an estimated 4.5% of the global burden of disease. Large variability and a lack of resources for research and development have resulted in highly uncertain exposure estimates. Objective: We sought to identify research priorities for exposure assessment that will more accurately and precisely define exposure-response relationships of household air pollution necessary to inform future cleaner-burning cookstove dissemination programs. Data Sources: As part of an international workshop in May 2011, an expert group characterized the state of the science and developed recommendations for exposure assessment of household air pollution. Synthesis: The following priority research areas were identified to explain variability and reduce uncertainty of household air pollution exposure measurements: improved characterization of spatial and temporal variability for studies examining both short- and long-term health effects; development and validation of measurement technology and approaches to conduct complex exposure assessments in resource-limited settings with a large range of pollutant concentrations; and development and validation of biomarkers for estimating dose. Addressing these priority research areas, which will inherently require an increased allocation of resources for cookstove research, will lead to better characterization of exposure-response relationships. Conclusions: Although the type and extent of exposure assessment will necessarily depend on the goal and design of the cookstove study, without improved understanding of exposure-response relationships, the level of air pollution reduction necessary to meet the health targets of cookstove interventions will remain uncertain. Citation: Clark ML, Peel JL, Balakrishnan K, Breysse PN, Chillrud SN, Naeher LP, Rodes CE, Vette AF, Balbus JM. 2013. Health and household air pollution from solid fuel use: the need for improved exposure assessment. Environ Health Perspect 121:1120-1128; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206429 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Clark, Maggie L AU - Peel, Jennifer L AU - Balakrishnan, Kalpana AU - Breysse, Patrick N AU - Chillrud, Steven N AU - Naeher, Luke P AU - Rodes, Charles E AU - Vette, Alan F AU - Balbus, John M AD - Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Y1 - 2013/07/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 19 SP - 1120 EP - 1128 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts KW - Bioindicators KW - Data processing KW - Spatial distribution KW - Conferences KW - Fuels KW - Resource allocation KW - Intervention KW - Pollution effects KW - Air pollution control KW - biomarkers KW - Combustion KW - Air pollution KW - Pollutants KW - Households KW - Dose-response effects KW - Energy KW - Priorities KW - Research programs KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24300:Methods KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458534117?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Health+and+Household+Air+Pollution+from+Solid+Fuel+Use%3A+The+Need+for+Improved+Exposure+Assessment&rft.au=Clark%2C+Maggie+L%3BPeel%2C+Jennifer+L%3BBalakrishnan%2C+Kalpana%3BBreysse%2C+Patrick+N%3BChillrud%2C+Steven+N%3BNaeher%2C+Luke+P%3BRodes%2C+Charles+E%3BVette%2C+Alan+F%3BBalbus%2C+John+M&rft.aulast=Clark&rft.aufirst=Maggie&rft.date=2013-07-19&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1120&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206429 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Data processing; Pollutants; Conferences; Energy; Fuels; Dose-response effects; biomarkers; Combustion; Bioindicators; Spatial distribution; Resource allocation; Pollution effects; Intervention; Air pollution control; Households; Priorities; Research programs DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206429 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Amendment to H.R. 2397, as Reported, Offered by Mr. Amash of Michigan AN - 1679098684; SU00681 AB - Proposes amendment prohibiting funding of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders that target individuals who are not under investigation. AU - United States. Congress. House AD - United States. Congress. House PY - 2013 SP - 1 KW - Bill drafting KW - Court orders KW - Criminal investigation KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Amash, Justin A. KW - Amash, Justin A. UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098684?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Amendment+to+H.R.+2397%2C+as+Reported%2C+Offered+by+Mr.+Amash+of+Michigan&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-07-18&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.house.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Amendment ; Location of original: Available [Online]: U.S. House of Representatives N1 - People - Amash, Justin A. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - The Administration's Use of FISA Authorities AN - 1679098628; SU00678 AB - Transcribes House Judiciary Committee hearing on legal authority provided by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to conduct surveillance activities. AU - United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary AD - United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary PY - 2013 SP - 153 KW - Classification of information KW - Congressional hearings KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act (2008) KW - Prism Program KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) KW - Bradbury, Steven G. KW - Goodlatte, Robert W. KW - Litt, Robert S. KW - Douglas, Stephanie KW - Baker, Stewart A. KW - Sensenbrenner, Frank James, Jr. KW - Martin, Kate A. KW - Jaffer, Jameel KW - Cole, James M. KW - Conyers, John, Jr. KW - Inglis, John C. KW - Bradbury, Steven G. KW - Goodlatte, Robert W. KW - Litt, Robert S. KW - Douglas, Stephanie KW - Baker, Stewart A. KW - Sensenbrenner, Frank James, Jr. KW - Martin, Kate A. KW - Jaffer, Jameel KW - Cole, James M. KW - Conyers, John, Jr. KW - Inglis, John C. 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National Security Agency/Central Security Service; United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Hearing ; Location of original: Available [Online]: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee N1 - People - Baker, Stewart A.; Bradbury, Steven G.; Cole, James M.; Conyers, John, Jr.; Douglas, Stephanie; Goodlatte, Robert W.; Inglis, John C.; Jaffer, Jameel; Litt, Robert S.; Martin, Kate A.; Sensenbrenner, Frank James, Jr. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Franking Privilege: Mass Mailings and Mass Communications in the House, 1997-2012 AN - 1735654001; 2011-899478 AB - Despite significant reductions in congressional mail postage costs over the past 25 years, critics continue to raise concerns that the franking privilege is both financially wasteful and gives an unfair advantage to incumbents in congressional elections. In particular, mass mailings have come under increased scrutiny as critics argue that the vast majority of franked mail is unsolicited and, in effect, publicly funded campaign literature. This report provides an analysis of House Member mass mailings (1997-2008, 2012) and mass communications (2009-2012). Tables, Figures. JF - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, Jul 11 2013, 10 pp. AU - Glassman, Matthew Eric Y1 - 2013/07/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 11 PB - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center KW - Cost KW - Elections KW - Communication KW - Franking privilege KW - Campaign literature KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735654001?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Glassman%2C+Matthew+Eric&rft.aulast=Glassman&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft.date=2013-07-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Franking+Privilege%3A+Mass+Mailings+and+Mass+Communications+in+the+House%2C+1997-2012&rft.title=Franking+Privilege%3A+Mass+Mailings+and+Mass+Communications+in+the+House%2C+1997-2012&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/RL34458_130611.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL34458 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Ambient Ozone Concentrations and the Risk of Perforated and Nonperforated Appendicitis: A Multicity Case-Crossover Study AN - 1427013242; 18418168 AB - Background: Environmental determinants of appendicitis are poorly understood. Past work suggests that air pollution may increase the risk of appendicitis. Objectives: We investigated whether ambient ground-level ozone (O sub(3)) concentrations were associated with appendicitis and whether these associations varied between perforated and nonperforated appendicitis. Methods: We based this time-stratified case-crossover study on 35,811 patients hospitalized with appendicitis from 2004 to 2008 in 12 Canadian cities. Data from a national network of fixed-site monitors were used to calculate daily maximum O sub(3) concentrations for each city. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate city-specific odds ratios (ORs) relative to an interquartile range (IQR) increase in O sub(3) adjusted for temperature and relative humidity. A random-effects meta-analysis was used to derive a pooled risk estimate. Stratified analyses were used to estimate associations separately for perforated and nonperforated appendicitis. Results: Overall, a 16-ppb increase in the 7-day cumulative average daily maximum O sub(3) concentration was associated with all appendicitis cases across the 12 cities (pooled OR = 1.07; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.13). The association was stronger among patients presenting with perforated appendicitis for the 7-day average (pooled OR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.36) when compared with the corresponding estimate for nonperforated appendicitis [7-day average (pooled OR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.09)]. Heterogeneity was not statistically significant across cities for either perforated or nonperforated appendicitis (p > 0.20). Conclusions: Higher levels of ambient O sub(3) exposure may increase the risk of perforated appendicitis. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Kaplan, Gilaad G AU - Tanyingoh, Divine AU - Dixon, Elijah AU - Johnson, Markey AU - Wheeler, Amanda J AU - Myers, Robert P AU - Bertazzon, Stefania AU - Saini, Vineet AU - Madsen, Karen AU - Ghosh, Subrata AU - Villeneuve, Paul J AD - Department of Medicine, Y1 - 2013/07/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 11 SP - 939 EP - 943 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - air pollution KW - appendicitis KW - environmental health KW - risk factors KW - Air pollution KW - Cities KW - Pollution monitoring KW - Temperature KW - Pollution effects KW - Humidity KW - Ozone KW - Hospitals KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427013242?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Ambient+Ozone+Concentrations+and+the+Risk+of+Perforated+and+Nonperforated+Appendicitis%3A+A+Multicity+Case-Crossover+Study&rft.au=Kaplan%2C+Gilaad+G%3BTanyingoh%2C+Divine%3BDixon%2C+Elijah%3BJohnson%2C+Markey%3BWheeler%2C+Amanda+J%3BMyers%2C+Robert+P%3BBertazzon%2C+Stefania%3BSaini%2C+Vineet%3BMadsen%2C+Karen%3BGhosh%2C+Subrata%3BVilleneuve%2C+Paul+J&rft.aulast=Kaplan&rft.aufirst=Gilaad&rft.date=2013-07-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=939&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206085 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Pollution monitoring; Cities; Temperature; Humidity; Pollution effects; Hospitals; Ozone DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206085 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Foreign Surveillance and the Future of Standing to Sue Post-Clapper AN - 1438600227; 2011-496524 AB - The recent controversy over the reports of government targeting efforts comes months after the Supreme Court ruled in a case called Clapper v Amnesty International. In Clapper, the Court dismissed a facial constitutional challenge to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on constitutional standing grounds. Notwithstanding the Clapper decision, in light of the recent revelations about the government's intelligence gathering methods, several lawsuits have been filed by individuals who are customers of the companies allegedly subject to court orders requiring the disclosure of data to the government. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 10 2013, 12 pp. AU - Nolan, Andrew Y1 - 2013/07/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 10 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Social conditions and policy - Psychology KW - Education and education policy - Educational psychology and learning ability KW - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Administration of justice - Judgments and sentences KW - Intelligence KW - Supreme court KW - Courts KW - Amnesty KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600227?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Nolan%2C+Andrew&rft.aulast=Nolan&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft.date=2013-07-10&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Foreign+Surveillance+and+the+Future+of+Standing+to+Sue+Post-Clapper&rft.title=Foreign+Surveillance+and+the+Future+of+Standing+to+Sue+Post-Clapper&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/212077.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43107 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Buy American Act in Brief: Preferences for 'Domestic' Supplies and Construction Materials in Federal Procurements AN - 1735655779; 2011-899480 AB - The Buy American Act of 1933 is the earliest and arguably the best known of the various statutes regarding federal procurement of domestic products. Essentially, the act attempts to protect domestic businesses and labor by establishing a price preference for domestic end products and construction materials in government acquisitions. The act is of perennial interest to Congress, which has periodically enacted or considered measures to expand the scope of domestic preferences in federal procurements or, more rarely, to narrow it. Tables. JF - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, Jul 9 2013, 11 pp. AU - Manuel, Kate M Y1 - 2013/07/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 09 PB - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center KW - Business KW - Purchasing KW - Prices KW - Labor KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735655779?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Manuel%2C+Kate+M&rft.aulast=Manuel&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+Buy+American+Act+in+Brief%3A+Preferences+for+%27Domestic%27+Supplies+and+Construction+Materials+in+Federal+Procurements&rft.title=The+Buy+American+Act+in+Brief%3A+Preferences+for+%27Domestic%27+Supplies+and+Construction+Materials+in+Federal+Procurements&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/R43140_130709.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43140 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Serum Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Concentrations in Relation to Birth Outcomes in the Mid-Ohio Valley, 2005-2010 AN - 1660066404; 18741293 AB - Background: Previous research suggests perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Objective: We conducted a population-based study of PFOA and PFOS and birth outcomes from 2005 through 2010 in a Mid-Ohio Valley community exposed to high levels of PFOA through drinking-water contamination. Methods: Women provided serum for PFOA and PFOS measurement in 2005-2006 and reported reproductive histories in subsequent follow-up interviews. Reported singleton live births among 1,330 women after 1 January 2005 were linked to birth records (n = 1,630) to identify the outcomes of preterm birth (< 37 weeks gestation), pregnancy-induced hypertension, low birth weight (< 2,500 g), and birth weight (grams) among full-term infants. Results: We observed little or no evidence of association between maternal serum PFOA or PFOS and preterm birth (n = 158) or low birth weight (n = 88). Serum PFOA and PFOS were both positively associated with pregnancy-induced hypertension (n = 106), with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) per log unit increase in PFOA and PFOS of 1.27 (95% CI: 1.05, 1.55) and 1.47 (95% CI: 1.06, 2.04), respectively, but associations did not increase monotonically when categorized by quintiles. Results of subanalyses restricted to pregnancies conceived after blood collection were consistent with the main analyses. There was suggestion of a modest negative association between PFOS and birth weight in full-term infants (-29 g per log unit increase; 95% CI: -66, 7), which became stronger when restricted to births conceived after the blood sample collection (-49 g per log unit increase; 95% CI: -90, -8). Conclusion: Results provide some evidence of positive associations between measured serum perfluorinated compounds and pregnancy-induced hypertension and a negative association between PFOS and birth weight among full-term infants. Citation: Darrow LA, Stein CR, Steenland K. 2013. Serum perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations in relation to birth outcomes in the Mid-Ohio Valley, 2005-2010. Environ Health Perspect 121:1207-1213; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206372 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Darrow, Lyndsey A AU - Stein, Cheryl R AU - Steenland, Kyle AD - Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Y1 - 2013/07/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 09 SP - 1207 EP - 1213 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Birth KW - Blood KW - Sulfonates KW - Gestation KW - Valleys KW - Serums KW - Infants KW - Hypertension UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660066404?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Serum+Perfluorooctanoic+Acid+and+Perfluorooctane+Sulfonate+Concentrations+in+Relation+to+Birth+Outcomes+in+the+Mid-Ohio+Valley%2C+2005-2010&rft.au=Darrow%2C+Lyndsey+A%3BStein%2C+Cheryl+R%3BSteenland%2C+Kyle&rft.aulast=Darrow&rft.aufirst=Lyndsey&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1207&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206372 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206372 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Particulate Air Pollution, Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability, and Cardiac Arrhythmia in Retirement Community Residents with Coronary Artery Disease AN - 1458535758; 18741281 AB - Background: Decreased heart rate variability (HRV) has been associated with future cardiac morbidity and mortality and is often used as a marker of altered cardiac autonomic balance in studies of health effects of airborne particulate matter. Fewer studies have evaluated associations between air pollutants and cardiac arrhythmia. Objectives: We examined relationships between cardiac arrhythmias, HRV, and exposures to airborne particulate matter. Methods: We measured HRV and arrhythmia with ambulatory electrocardiograms in a cohort panel study for up to 235 hr per participant among 50 nonsmokers with coronary artery disease who were greater than or equal to 71 years of age and living in four retirement communities in the Los Angeles, California, Air Basin. Exposures included hourly outdoor gases, hourly traffic-related and secondary organic aerosol markers, and daily size-fractionated particle mass. We used repeated measures analyses, adjusting for actigraph-derived physical activity and heart rate, temperature, day of week, season, and community location. Results: Ventricular tachycardia was significantly increased in association with increases in markers of traffic-related particles, secondary organic carbon, and ozone. Few consistent associations were observed for supraventricular tachycardia. Particulates were significantly associated with decreased ambulatory HRV only in the 20 participants using ACE (angiotensin I-converting enzyme) inhibitors. Conclusions: Although these data support the hypothesis that particulate exposures may increase the risk of ventricular tachycardia for elderly people with coronary artery disease, HRV was not associated with exposure in most of our participants. These results are consistent with previous findings in this cohort for systemic inflammation, blood pressure, and ST segment depression. Citation: Bartell SM, Longhurst J, Tjoa T, Sioutas C, Delfino RJ. 2013. Particulate air pollution, ambulatory heart rate variability, and cardiac arrhythmia in retirement community residents with coronary artery disease. Environ Health Perspect 121:1135-1141; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205914 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Bartell, Scott M AU - Longhurst, John AU - Tjoa, Thomas AU - Sioutas, Constantinos AU - Delfino, Ralph J AD - Program in Public Health, and Y1 - 2013/07/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 09 SP - 1135 EP - 1141 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - USA, California, Los Angeles KW - Mortality KW - Aerosols KW - Physical activity KW - Organic carbon KW - Heart rate KW - Elderly KW - Temperature KW - Basins KW - Pollution effects KW - Particulates KW - Enzyme inhibitors KW - Morbidity KW - Air pollution KW - Ozone KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458535758?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Particulate+Air+Pollution%2C+Ambulatory+Heart+Rate+Variability%2C+and+Cardiac+Arrhythmia+in+Retirement+Community+Residents+with+Coronary+Artery+Disease&rft.au=Bartell%2C+Scott+M%3BLonghurst%2C+John%3BTjoa%2C+Thomas%3BSioutas%2C+Constantinos%3BDelfino%2C+Ralph+J&rft.aulast=Bartell&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1135&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205914 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Aerosols; Physical activity; Heart rate; Organic carbon; Temperature; Elderly; Pollution effects; Basins; Particulates; Morbidity; Enzyme inhibitors; Air pollution; Ozone; USA, California, Los Angeles DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205914 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Urinary Glycol Ether Metabolites in Women and Time to Pregnancy: The PELAGIE Cohort AN - 1458534035; 18741287 AB - Background: Glycol ethers are present in a wide range of occupational and domestic products. Animal studies have suggested that some of them may affect ovarian function. Objective: We examined the relation between women's exposure to glycol ethers and time to pregnancy. Methods: We used chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry to measure eight glycol ether metabolites in urine samples from randomly selected women in the PELAGIE mother-child cohort who had samples collected before 19 weeks of gestation. Using time to pregnancy information collected at the beginning of the pregnancy (women were asked how many months it took for them to conceive), we estimated associations between metabolite levels and time to pregnancy in 519 women with complete data using discrete-time Cox proportional hazards models to adjust for potential confounders. Results: We detected glycol ether metabolites in 6% (for ethoxyacetic acid) to 93% (for phenoxyacetic and butoxyacetic acids) of urine samples. Phenoxyacetic acid was the only metabolite with a statistically significant association with longer time to pregnancy [fecundability OR = 0.82; 95% CI: 0.63, 1.06 for the second and third quartile combined; fecundability OR = 0.70; 95% CI: 0.52, 0.95 for a fourth-quartile ( greater than or equal to 1.38 mg/L) vs. first-quartile concentration (< 0.14 mg/L)]. This association remained stable after multiple sensitivity analyses. Conclusion: Phenoxyacetic acid, which was present in most of the urine samples tested in our study, was associated with increased time to pregnancy. This metabolite and its main parent compound, 2-phenoxyethanol, are plausible causes of decreased fecundability, but they may also be surrogates for potential coexposures to compounds frequently present in cosmetics. Citation: Garlantezec R, Warembourg C, Monfort C, Labat L, Pulkkinen J, Bonvallot N, Multigner L, Chevrier C, Cordier S. 2013. Urinary glycol ether metabolites in women and time to pregnancy: the PELAGIE cohort. Environ Health Perspect 121:1167-1173; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206103 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Garlantezec, Ronan AU - Warembourg, Charline AU - Monfort, Christine AU - Labat, Laurence AU - Pulkkinen, Juha AU - Bonvallot, Nathalie AU - Multigner, Luc AU - Chevrier, Cecile AU - Cordier, Sylvaine AD - INSERM (Institut national de la sante et de la recherche medicale), U1085 IRSET (Institut de Recherche en Sante, Environnement et Travail), Rennes, France Y1 - 2013/07/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 09 SP - 1167 EP - 1173 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Data processing KW - Phenoxyacetic acid KW - Chromatography KW - Glycol ethers KW - Statistical analysis KW - Mass spectrometry KW - Metabolites KW - Cosmetics KW - Mass spectroscopy KW - Pregnancy KW - Models KW - Sensitivity analysis KW - Urine KW - Gestation KW - Ethers KW - Females KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - X 24300:Methods KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458534035?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Urinary+Glycol+Ether+Metabolites+in+Women+and+Time+to+Pregnancy%3A+The+PELAGIE+Cohort&rft.au=Garlantezec%2C+Ronan%3BWarembourg%2C+Charline%3BMonfort%2C+Christine%3BLabat%2C+Laurence%3BPulkkinen%2C+Juha%3BBonvallot%2C+Nathalie%3BMultigner%2C+Luc%3BChevrier%2C+Cecile%3BCordier%2C+Sylvaine&rft.aulast=Garlantezec&rft.aufirst=Ronan&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1167&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206103 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Chromatography; Phenoxyacetic acid; Urine; Gestation; Glycol ethers; Statistical analysis; Cosmetics; Metabolites; Mass spectroscopy; Models; Pregnancy; Sensitivity analysis; Mass spectrometry; Females; Ethers DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206103 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance AN - 1439233450; 18597928 AB - Background: Only recently has the environment been clearly implicated in the risk of antibiotic resistance to clinical outcome, but to date there have been few documented approaches to formally assess these risks. Objective: We examined possible approaches and sought to identify research needs to enable human health risk assessments (HHRA) that focus on the role of the environment in the failure of antibiotic treatment caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Methods: The authors participated in a workshop held 4-8 March 2012 in Quebec, Canada, to define the scope and objectives of an environmental assessment of antibiotic-resistance risks to human health. We focused on key elements of environmental-resistance-development "hot spots," exposure assessment (unrelated to food), and dose response to characterize risks that may improve antibiotic-resistance management options. Discussion: Various novel aspects to traditional risk assessments were identified to enable an assessment of environmental antibiotic resistance. These include a) accounting for an added selective pressure on the environmental resistome that, over time, allows for development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB); b) identifying and describing rates of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in the relevant environmental "hot spot" compartments; and c) modifying traditional dose-response approaches to address doses of ARB for various health outcomes and pathways. Conclusions: We propose that environmental aspects of antibiotic-resistance development be included in the processes of any HHRA addressing ARB. Because of limited available data, a multicriteria decision analysis approach would be a useful way to undertake an HHRA of environmental antibiotic resistance that informs risk managers. Citation: Ashbolt NJ, Amezquita A, Backhaus T, Borriello P, Brandt KK, Collignon P, Coors A, Finley R, Gaze WH, Heberer T, Lawrence JR, Larsson DG, McEwen SA, Ryan JJ, Schonfeld J, Silley P, Snape JR, Van den Eede C, Topp E. 2013. Human health risk assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance. Environ Health Perspect 121:993-1001; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206316 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Ashbolt, Nicholas J AU - Amezquita, Alejandro AU - Backhaus, Thomas AU - Borriello, Peter AU - Brandt, Kristian K AU - Collignon, Peter AU - Coors, Anja AU - Finley, Rita AU - Gaze, William H AU - Heberer, Thomas AU - Lawrence, John R AU - Larsson, DGJoakim AU - McEwen, Scott A AU - Ryan, James J AU - Schonfeld, Jens AU - Silley, Peter AU - Snape, Jason R AU - Van den Eede, Christel AU - Topp, Edward AD - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Y1 - 2013/07/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 09 SP - 993 EP - 1001 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Risk assessment KW - Health risks KW - Canada, Quebec KW - Hot spots KW - Environmental assessment KW - Dose-response effects KW - Antibiotics KW - Pathogens KW - Antibiotic resistance KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439233450?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Human+Health+Risk+Assessment+%28HHRA%29+for+Environmental+Development+and+Transfer+of+Antibiotic+Resistance&rft.au=Ashbolt%2C+Nicholas+J%3BAmezquita%2C+Alejandro%3BBackhaus%2C+Thomas%3BBorriello%2C+Peter%3BBrandt%2C+Kristian+K%3BCollignon%2C+Peter%3BCoors%2C+Anja%3BFinley%2C+Rita%3BGaze%2C+William+H%3BHeberer%2C+Thomas%3BLawrence%2C+John+R%3BLarsson%2C+DGJoakim%3BMcEwen%2C+Scott+A%3BRyan%2C+James+J%3BSchonfeld%2C+Jens%3BSilley%2C+Peter%3BSnape%2C+Jason+R%3BVan+den+Eede%2C+Christel%3BTopp%2C+Edward&rft.aulast=Ashbolt&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=993&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206316 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Health risks; Environmental assessment; Hot spots; Dose-response effects; Antibiotics; Pathogens; Antibiotic resistance; Canada, Quebec DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206316 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Internships, Fellowships, and Other Work Experience Opportunities in the Federal Government AN - 1735655917; 2011-899479 AB - The federal government offers many opportunities for internships, fellowships, and work experiences; however, there is no single centralized source for finding information on every opportunity. This report describes the major and most popular Internet resources for such opportunities and gives applicants a place to begin their search. It is intended as a selective guide for students of all levels: high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate. Tables. JF - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, Jul 8 2013, 14 pp. AU - Bailey, Christina Miracle AU - Manning, Jennifer E Y1 - 2013/07/08/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 08 PB - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center KW - High schools KW - Federal government KW - Students KW - Internet KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735655917?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Bailey%2C+Christina+Miracle%3BManning%2C+Jennifer+E&rft.aulast=Bailey&rft.aufirst=Christina&rft.date=2013-07-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Internships%2C+Fellowships%2C+and+Other+Work+Experience+Opportunities+in+the+Federal+Government&rft.title=Internships%2C+Fellowships%2C+and+Other+Work+Experience+Opportunities+in+the+Federal+Government&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/98-654_130708.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. 98-654 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Cooling Water Intake Structures: Summary of EPA's Proposed Rule AN - 1504417612; 2011-564912 AB - Thermoelectric generating plants and manufacturing facilities withdraw large volumes of water for production and, especially, to absorb heat from their industrial processes and represents more than one-half of water withdrawn daily for various uses in the US. Water withdrawal presents special problems for aquatic resources -- The process of drawing surface water into the plant through cooling water intake structures (CWIS) can simultaneously pull in fish, shellfish, and tiny organisms, injuring or killing them. Congress enacted Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) specifically to address CWIS. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 8 2013, 26 pp. AU - Copeland, Claudia Y1 - 2013/07/08/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 08 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management KW - Culture and religion - Intellectual life KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Manufacturing and manufactured goods KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - United States KW - Production KW - Manufacturing KW - Regulation KW - Decision-making KW - Water KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417612?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Copeland%2C+Claudia&rft.aulast=Copeland&rft.aufirst=Claudia&rft.date=2013-07-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Cooling+Water+Intake+Structures%3A+Summary+of+EPA%27s+Proposed+Rule&rft.title=Cooling+Water+Intake+Structures%3A+Summary+of+EPA%27s+Proposed+Rule&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R41786/2013-07-08/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41786 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Proposed Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the 113th Congress: S. 1009 Compared with S. 696 and Current Law AN - 1504417577; 2011-564913 AB - The 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) gave the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority to regulate production and use of industrial chemicals in US commerce in the interest of protecting health and the environment from unreasonable risks. The proposed S. 1009 would authorize EPA to require manufacturers to develop new information in the context of an evaluative framework for chemical risk assessment and management, and S. 696 would allow US implementation of three international agreements. This report compares key provisions of S. 696 and S. 1009 with provisions of TSCA Title I. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 8 2013, 85 pp. AU - Schierow, Linda-Jo Y1 - 2013/07/08/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 08 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Chemicals KW - United States KW - Risk KW - United States Environmental protection agency KW - Production KW - Authority KW - Environmental health KW - Commerce KW - Law KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417577?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Schierow%2C+Linda-Jo&rft.aulast=Schierow&rft.aufirst=Linda-Jo&rft.date=2013-07-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Proposed+Reform+of+the+Toxic+Substances+Control+Act+%28TSCA%29+in+the+113th+Congress%3A+S.+1009+Compared+with+S.+696+and+Current+Law&rft.title=Proposed+Reform+of+the+Toxic+Substances+Control+Act+%28TSCA%29+in+the+113th+Congress%3A+S.+1009+Compared+with+S.+696+and+Current+Law&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43136/2013-07-08/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43136 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1438598335; 2011-496525 AB - The question of how the US should respond to China's military modernization effort is of particular importance to the US Navy, because many US military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy's budget. As the US Navy faces significant budget cuts, the Asia-Pacific region remains a top strategic priority. With China's clout rising and its military might expanding, President Barack Obama's deputies and military commanders increasingly portray Asia as a key to American national security. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 5 2013, 107 pp. AU - O'Rourke, Ronald Y1 - 2013/07/05/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 05 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Obama, Barack KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - Navy KW - Asia KW - China (People's Republic) KW - National defense KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598335?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=O%27Rourke%2C+Ronald&rft.aulast=O%27Rourke&rft.aufirst=Ronald&rft.date=2013-07-05&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=China+Naval+Modernization%3A+Implications+for+U.S.+Navy+Capabilities+--+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=China+Naval+Modernization%3A+Implications+for+U.S.+Navy+Capabilities+--+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/212022.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33153 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Upgrading of bio-oil into advanced biofuels and chemicals. Part I. Transformation of GC-detectable light species during the hydrotreatment of bio-oil using Pd/C catalyst AN - 1671537107; 18742645 AB - Bio-oil cannot be directly used as biofuel mainly due to its abundant oxygen-containing functional groups. Therefore, bio-oil must be upgraded to produce high quality biofuels. As the first part of this series, this paper reports the transformation of GC-detectable light components during the hydrotreatment of bio-oil using noble-metal catalyst Pd/C over a wide range of reaction temperature (150-300 degree C). Our results show that aldehydes were easily hydrogenated, with cyclopentanone and 2-methyl cyclopenta-none among the observed products. During hydrotreatment, carboxylic acids such as propionic, butanoic and pentanoic acids were also observed in the liquid products. Furthermore, evolution of propyl guaiacol, ethyl guaiacol, methyl guaiacol, guaiacol and syringol confirms the depolymerisation of the lignin-derived oligomers during the hydrotreatment of bio-oil. The hydrogenation of the phenolic compounds also took place. In addition, the FT-IR analysis of the O-containing functional groups, especially carbonyl groups, confirms the trends found by GC-MS. JF - Fuel AU - Gunawan, Richard AU - Li, Xiang AU - Lievens, Caroline AU - Gholizadeh, Mortaza AU - Chaiwat, Weerawut AU - Hu, Xun AU - Mourant, Daniel AU - Bromly, John AU - Li, Chun-Zhu AD - Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 SP - 709 EP - 717 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 111 SN - 0016-2361, 0016-2361 KW - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (AN); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH) KW - Upgrading KW - Transformations KW - Fuels KW - Catalysts KW - Palladium KW - Liquids KW - Functional groups KW - Evolution KW - Yes:(AN) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671537107?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fuel&rft.atitle=Upgrading+of+bio-oil+into+advanced+biofuels+and+chemicals.+Part+I.+Transformation+of+GC-detectable+light+species+during+the+hydrotreatment+of+bio-oil+using+Pd%2FC+catalyst&rft.au=Gunawan%2C+Richard%3BLi%2C+Xiang%3BLievens%2C+Caroline%3BGholizadeh%2C+Mortaza%3BChaiwat%2C+Weerawut%3BHu%2C+Xun%3BMourant%2C+Daniel%3BBromly%2C+John%3BLi%2C+Chun-Zhu&rft.aulast=Gunawan&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=111&rft.issue=&rft.spage=709&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Fuel&rft.issn=00162361&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Number of references - 23 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-09 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evolution of aromatic structures during the reforming of bio-oil: Importance of the interactions among bio-oil components AN - 1671450980; 18742658 AB - Steam reforming of bio-oils is a viable way to produce syngas, but certain challenges need to be overcome before its commercial application. One of the main issues is the formation of tar and coke. Investigation of the evolution/formation of aromatic structures in steam reforming is an effective way to understand the mechanism of tar/coke formation. In this study, the pyrolysis, steam reforming and catalytic steam reforming of mallee wood bio-oil and its lignin-derived oligomers were conducted in a quartz reactor at various temperatures (500-850 degree C). The product tars were characterised by ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence spectroscopy. The results indicate that the interactions among the compounds degraded from lignin and cellulose/hemicellulose obviously affect the evolution of aromatic structures during the catalytic steam reforming of bio-oil. Furthermore, Raman spectroscopy of the catalyst provided information on the interactions of the volatile compounds and the deposit on the catalysts. JF - Fuel AU - Wang, Yi AU - Hu, Xun AU - Mourant, Daniel AU - Song, Yao AU - Zhang, Lei AU - Lievens, Caroline AU - Xiang, Jun AU - Li, Chun-Zhu AD - Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Western Australia 6845, Australia Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 SP - 805 EP - 812 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 111 SN - 0016-2361, 0016-2361 KW - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (AN); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH) KW - Wood KW - Coke KW - Ultraviolet KW - Catalysts KW - Oligomers KW - Reforming KW - Evolution KW - Catalysis KW - Yes:(AN) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671450980?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fuel&rft.atitle=Evolution+of+aromatic+structures+during+the+reforming+of+bio-oil%3A+Importance+of+the+interactions+among+bio-oil+components&rft.au=Wang%2C+Yi%3BHu%2C+Xun%3BMourant%2C+Daniel%3BSong%2C+Yao%3BZhang%2C+Lei%3BLievens%2C+Caroline%3BXiang%2C+Jun%3BLi%2C+Chun-Zhu&rft.aulast=Wang&rft.aufirst=Yi&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=111&rft.issue=&rft.spage=805&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Fuel&rft.issn=00162361&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Number of references - 33 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-09 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of Geocoding Methods on Associations between Long-term Exposure to Urban Air Pollution and Lung Function AN - 1660061227; 18597925 AB - Background: Errors in address geocodes may affect estimates of the effects of air pollution on health. Objective: We investigated the impact of four geocoding techniques on the association between urban air pollution estimated with a fine-scale (10 m x 10 m) dispersion model and lung function in adults. Methods: We measured forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in 354 adult residents of Grenoble, France, who were participants in two well-characterized studies, the Epidemiological Study on the Genetics and Environment on Asthma (EGEA) and the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS). Home addresses were geocoded using individual building matching as the reference approach and three spatial interpolation approaches. We used a dispersion model to estimate mean PM10 and nitrogen dioxide concentrations at each participant's address during the 12 months preceding their lung function measurements. Associations between exposures and lung function parameters were adjusted for individual confounders and same-day exposure to air pollutants. The geocoding techniques were compared with regard to geographical distances between coordinates, exposure estimates, and associations between the estimated exposures and health effects. Results: Median distances between coordinates estimated using the building matching and the three interpolation techniques were 26.4, 27.9, and 35.6 m. Compared with exposure estimates based on building matching, PM10 concentrations based on the three interpolation techniques tended to be overestimated. When building matching was used to estimate exposures, a one-interquartile range increase in PM10 (3.0 mu g/m super(3)) was associated with a 3.72-point decrease in FVC% predicted (95% CI: -0.56, -6.88) and a 3.86-point decrease in FEV1% predicted (95% CI: -0.14, -3.24). The magnitude of associations decreased when other geocoding approaches were used [e.g., for FVC% predicted -2.81 (95% CI: -0.26, -5.35) using NavTEQ, or 2.08 (95% CI -4.63, 0.47, p = 0.11) using Google Maps]. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the choice of geocoding technique may influence estimated health effects when air pollution exposures are estimated using a fine-scale exposure model. Citation: Jacquemin B, Lepeule J, Boudier A, Arnould C, Benmerad M, Chappaz C, Ferran J, Kauffmann F, Morelli X, Pin I, Pison C, Rios I, Temam S, Kuenzli N, Slama R, Siroux V. 2013. Impact of geocoding methods on associations between long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung function. Environ Health Perspect 121:1054-1060; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206016 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Jacquemin, Benedicte AU - Lepeule, Johanna AU - Boudier, Anne AU - Arnould, Caroline AU - Benmerad, Meriem AU - Chappaz, Claire AU - Ferran, Joane AU - Kauffmann, Francine AU - Morelli, Xavier AU - Pin, Isabelle AU - Pison, Christophe AU - Rios, Isabelle AU - Temam, Sofia AU - Kuenzli, Nino AU - Slama, Remy AU - Siroux, Valerie AD - Inserm (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), CESP (Centre de recherche en Epidemiologie et Sante des Populations), U1018, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology Team, Villejuif, France Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 SP - 1054 EP - 1060 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Dispersions KW - Air pollution KW - Estimates KW - Mathematical models KW - Lungs KW - Health KW - Matching KW - Interpolation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660061227?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Impact+of+Geocoding+Methods+on+Associations+between+Long-term+Exposure+to+Urban+Air+Pollution+and+Lung+Function&rft.au=Jacquemin%2C+Benedicte%3BLepeule%2C+Johanna%3BBoudier%2C+Anne%3BArnould%2C+Caroline%3BBenmerad%2C+Meriem%3BChappaz%2C+Claire%3BFerran%2C+Joane%3BKauffmann%2C+Francine%3BMorelli%2C+Xavier%3BPin%2C+Isabelle%3BPison%2C+Christophe%3BRios%2C+Isabelle%3BTemam%2C+Sofia%3BKuenzli%2C+Nino%3BSlama%2C+Remy%3BSiroux%2C+Valerie&rft.aulast=Jacquemin&rft.aufirst=Benedicte&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1054&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206016 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206016 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Beneficiation of Collie fly ash for synthesis of geopolymer Part 2 - Geopolymers AN - 1464582045; 18742661 AB - This paper follows on from Beneficiation of Collie fly ash for synthesis of geopolymer: Part 1 - Beneficiation [1]. In Part 1 beneficiation of fly ash was conducted in a three stage procedure using sieving, milling and magnetic separation to improve fly ash homogeneity and reactivity. At each stage of beneficiation the proportion of reactive amorphous material increases resulting in increased reactivity. This increase in reactivity necessitated changes in solids:liquids ratio to maintain a workable geopolymer mixture. The outcomes from this research clearly identifies that different levels of fly ash beneficiation lead to different geopolymer properties which in turn extends the range of applications for which geopolymers can be used. Compressive strength of all samples were 100 MPa or more with sieving producing a 32% increase in strength. The microstructure of geopolymers changed considerably with beneficiation leading to a very unusual interlocked structure for the sample made from non-magnetic, sieved and milled ash. Although one specific fly ash was used the results presented here are applicable to many other fly ashes. JF - Fuel AU - Van Riessen, Arie AU - Chen-Tan, Nigel AD - Centre for Materials Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, a.vanriessen@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 SP - 829 EP - 835 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 111 SN - 0016-2361, 0016-2361 KW - Environment Abstracts KW - Fuels KW - Fly ash KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1464582045?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvabstractsmodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fuel&rft.atitle=Beneficiation+of+Collie+fly+ash+for+synthesis+of+geopolymer+Part+2+-+Geopolymers&rft.au=Van+Riessen%2C+Arie%3BChen-Tan%2C+Nigel&rft.aulast=Van+Riessen&rft.aufirst=Arie&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=111&rft.issue=&rft.spage=829&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Fuel&rft.issn=00162361&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Number of references - 22 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fuels; Fly ash ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Maternal Stress and Effects of Prenatal Air Pollution on Offspring Mental Health Outcomes in Mice AN - 1439233451; 18597926 AB - Background: Low socioeconomic status is consistently associated with reduced physical and mental health, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Increased levels of urban air pollutants interacting with parental stress have been proposed to explain health disparities in respiratory disease, but the impact of such interactions on mental health is unknown. Objectives: We aimed to determine whether prenatal air pollution exposure and stress during pregnancy act synergistically on offspring to induce a neuroinflammatory response and subsequent neurocognitive disorders in adulthood. Methods: Mouse dams were intermittently exposed via oropharyngeal aspiration to diesel exhaust particles (DEP; 50 mu g 6 doses) or vehicle throughout gestation. This exposure was combined with standard housing or nest material restriction (NR; a novel model of maternal stress) during the last third of gestation. Results: Adult (postnatal day 60) offspring of dams that experienced both stressors (DEP and NR) displayed increased anxiety, but only male offspring of this group had impaired cognition. Furthermore, maternal DEP exposure increased proinflammatory interleukin (IL)-1 beta levels within the brains of adult males but not females, and maternal DEP and NR both decreased anti-inflammatory IL-10 in male, but not female, brains. Similarly, only DEP/NR males showed increased expression of the innate immune recognition gene toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) and its downstream effector, caspase-1. Conclusions: These results show that maternal stress during late gestation increases the susceptibility of offspring-particularly males-to the deleterious effects of prenatal air pollutant exposure, which may be due to a synergism of these factors acting on innate immune recognition genes and downstream neuroinflammatory cascades within the developing brain. Citation: Bolton JL, Huff NC, Smith SH, Mason SN, Foster WM, Auten RL, Bilbo SD. 2013. Maternal stress and effects of prenatal air pollution on offspring mental health outcomes in mice. Environ Health Perspect 121:1075-1082; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306560 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Bolton, Jessica L AU - Huff, Nicole C AU - Smith, Susan H AU - Mason, SNicholas AU - Foster, WMichael AU - Auten, Richard L AU - Bilbo, Staci D AD - Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 SP - 1075 EP - 1082 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Air pollution KW - Mental disorders KW - Prenatal experience KW - Dams KW - Brain KW - Stress KW - Pollution effects KW - Mice KW - Offspring KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439233451?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Maternal+Stress+and+Effects+of+Prenatal+Air+Pollution+on+Offspring+Mental+Health+Outcomes+in+Mice&rft.au=Bolton%2C+Jessica+L%3BHuff%2C+Nicole+C%3BSmith%2C+Susan+H%3BMason%2C+SNicholas%3BFoster%2C+WMichael%3BAuten%2C+Richard+L%3BBilbo%2C+Staci+D&rft.aulast=Bolton&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1075&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306560 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Mental disorders; Prenatal experience; Dams; Brain; Pollution effects; Stress; Mice; Offspring DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306560 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations AN - 1438601464; 2011-496526 AB - The US has traditionally had close relations with Ecuador, yet tensions in the US-Ecuador relationship have surfaced in recent years as the left leaning government of President Rafael Correa (2007-present) has objected to US influence in the region which it has labeled "imperialist." Nevertheless, the US is Ecuador's largest trade partner and has extended trade preferences to Ecuador under the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) since the legislation's enactment in 1991. This report provides a brief background on political and economic conditions in Ecuador under President Correa, and examines current US relations with Ecuador. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 3 2013, 9 pp. AU - Beittel, June S Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - Noor Al Hussein, Queen of Jordan KW - Ecuador KW - Economic conditions KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601464?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Beittel%2C+June+S&rft.aulast=Beittel&rft.aufirst=June&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Ecuador%3A+Political+and+Economic+Conditions+and+U.S.+Relations&rft.title=Ecuador%3A+Political+and+Economic+Conditions+and+U.S.+Relations&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/212024.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43135 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales since 1990 AN - 1438600524; 2011-496527 AB - This report, updated as warranted, discusses US security assistance to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. Congress has oversight of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, which has governed arms sales to Taiwan since 1979, when the US recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) instead of the Republic of China (ROC). Two other relevant parts of the "One China" policy are the August 17, 1982, US-PRC Joint Communique and the "Six Assurances" to Taiwan. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 3 2013, 58 pp. AU - Kan, Shirley A Y1 - 2013/07/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - United States KW - Sales KW - Taiwan KW - China (People's Republic) KW - Surveillance KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600524?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Kan%2C+Shirley+A&rft.aulast=Kan&rft.aufirst=Shirley&rft.date=2013-07-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Taiwan%3A+Major+U.S.+Arms+Sales+since+1990&rft.title=Taiwan%3A+Major+U.S.+Arms+Sales+since+1990&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/212017.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL30957 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - NSA Surveillance Leaks: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1679098680; SU00662 AB - Distinguishes between two leaked National Security Agency surveillance programs, including what is being collected and legal authority for collection. AU - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service AD - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service PY - 2013 SP - 18 KW - Business records KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Guardian (United Kingdom periodical) KW - Intelligence oversight KW - Internet KW - Laws and regulations KW - Metadata KW - News media KW - Noncitizens KW - Prism Program KW - Snowden, Edward J. Leaks (2013- ) KW - Telephone services KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) KW - Washington Post KW - Moalin, Basaaly Saeed KW - Ouazzani, Khalid KW - Zazi, Najibullah KW - Headley, David Coleman KW - Moalin, Basaaly Saeed KW - Ouazzani, Khalid KW - Zazi, Najibullah KW - Headley, David Coleman UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098680?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=NSA+Surveillance+Leaks%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.au=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aulast=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-07-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.fas.org. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service; Verizon Communications, Inc. N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Federation of American Scientists N1 - People - Headley, David Coleman; Moalin, Basaaly Saeed; Ouazzani, Khalid; Zazi, Najibullah N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Improved Air Quality and Attenuated Lung Function Decline: Modification by Obesity in the SAPALDIA Cohort AN - 1660062122; 18597920 AB - Background: Air pollution and obesity are hypothesized to contribute to accelerated decline in lung function with age through their inflammatory properties. Objective: We investigated whether the previously reported association between improved air quality and lung health in the population-based SAPALDIA cohort is modified by obesity. Methods: We used adjusted mixed-model analyses to estimate the association of average body mass index (BMI) and changes in particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM10; Delta PM10) with lung function decline over a 10-year follow-up period. Results: Lung function data and complete information were available for 4,664 participants. Age-related declines in lung function among participants with high average BMI were more rapid for FVC (forced vital capacity), but slower for FEV1/FVC (forced expiratory volume in 1 sec/FVC) and FEF25-75 (forced expiratory flow at 25-75%) than declines among those with low or normal average BMI. Improved air quality was associated with attenuated reductions in FEV1/FVC, FEF25-75, and FEF25-75/FVC over time among low- and normal-BMI participants, but not overweight or obese participants. The attenuation was most pronounced for Delta FEF25-75/FVC (30% and 22% attenuation in association with a 10- mu g/m3 decrease in PM10 among low- and normal-weight participants, respectively.) Conclusion: Our results point to the importance of considering health effects of air pollution exposure and obesity in parallel. Further research must address the mechanisms underlying the observed interaction. Citation: Schikowski T, Schaffner E, Meier F, Phuleria HC, Vierkotter A, Schindler C, Kriemler S, Zemp E, Kraemer U, Bridevaux P-O, Rochat T, Schwartz J, Kuenzli N, Probst-Hensch N. 2013. Improved air quality and attenuated lung function decline: modification by obesity in the SAPALDIA cohort. Environ Health Perspect 121:1034-1039; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206145 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Schikowski, Tamara AU - Schaffner, Emmanuel AU - Meier, Flurina AU - Phuleria, Harish C AU - Vierkotter, Andrea AU - Schindler, Christian AU - Kriemler, Susi AU - Zemp, Elisabeth AU - Kraemer, Ursula AU - Bridevaux, Pierre-Olivier AU - Rochat, Thierry AU - Schwartz, Joel AU - Kuenzli, Nino AU - Probst-Hensch, Nicole AD - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland PY - 2013 SP - 1034 EP - 1039 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Air pollution KW - Obesity KW - Lungs KW - Body size (biology) KW - Attenuation KW - Particulate emissions KW - Health KW - Air quality UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660062122?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Improved+Air+Quality+and+Attenuated+Lung+Function+Decline%3A+Modification+by+Obesity+in+the+SAPALDIA+Cohort&rft.au=Schikowski%2C+Tamara%3BSchaffner%2C+Emmanuel%3BMeier%2C+Flurina%3BPhuleria%2C+Harish+C%3BVierkotter%2C+Andrea%3BSchindler%2C+Christian%3BKriemler%2C+Susi%3BZemp%2C+Elisabeth%3BKraemer%2C+Ursula%3BBridevaux%2C+Pierre-Olivier%3BRochat%2C+Thierry%3BSchwartz%2C+Joel%3BKuenzli%2C+Nino%3BProbst-Hensch%2C+Nicole&rft.aulast=Schikowski&rft.aufirst=Tamara&rft.date=2013-07-02&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1034&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206145 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-06 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206145 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Long-term Exposure to Black Carbon and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: The Normative Aging Study AN - 1660061007; 18597921 AB - Background: Evidence suggests that air pollution is associated with atherosclerosis and that traffic-related particles are a particularly important contributor to the association. Objectives: We investigated the association between long-term exposure to black carbon, a correlate of traffic particles, and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT) in elderly men residing in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Methods: We estimated 1-year average exposures to black carbon at the home addresses of Normative Aging Study participants before their first CIMT measurement. The association between estimated black carbon levels and CIMT was estimated using mixed effects models to account for repeated outcome measures. In secondary analyses, we examined whether living close to a major road or average daily traffic within 100 m of residence was associated with CIMT. Results: There were 380 participants (97% self-reported white race) with an initial visit between 2004 and 2008. Two or three follow-up CIMT measurements 1.5 years apart were available for 340 (89%) and 260 (68%) men, respectively. At first examination, the average plus or minus SD age was 76 plus or minus 6.4 years and the mean plus or minus SD CIMT was 0.99 plus or minus 0.18 mm. A one-interquartile range increase in 1-year average black carbon (0.26 mu g/m3) was associated with a 1.1% higher CIMT (95% CI: 0.4, 1.7%) based on a fully adjusted model. Conclusions: Annual mean black carbon concentration based on spatially resolved exposure estimates was associated with CIMT in a population of elderly men. These findings support an association between long-term air pollution exposure and atherosclerosis. Citation: Wilker EH, Mittleman MA, Coull BA, Gryparis A, Bots ML, Schwartz J, Sparrow D. 2013. Long-term exposure to black carbon and carotid intima-media thickness: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 121:1061-1067; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104845 [Online 2 July 2013] JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Wilker, Elissa H AU - Mittleman, Murray A AU - Coull, Brent A AU - Gryparis, Alexandros AU - Bots, Michiel L AU - Schwartz, Joel AU - Sparrow, David AD - Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Y1 - 2013/07/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 02 SP - 1061 EP - 1067 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Atherosclerosis KW - Air pollution KW - Carbon KW - On-line systems KW - Men KW - Traffic flow KW - Traffic engineering KW - Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660061007?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Long-term+Exposure+to+Black+Carbon+and+Carotid+Intima-Media+Thickness%3A+The+Normative+Aging+Study&rft.au=Wilker%2C+Elissa+H%3BMittleman%2C+Murray+A%3BCoull%2C+Brent+A%3BGryparis%2C+Alexandros%3BBots%2C+Michiel+L%3BSchwartz%2C+Joel%3BSparrow%2C+David&rft.aulast=Wilker&rft.aufirst=Elissa&rft.date=2013-07-02&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1061&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1104845 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104845 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - NSA Surveillance Leaks: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1438603196; 2011-496528 AB - Recent media stories about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance address unauthorized disclosures of two different intelligence collection programs. These programs arise from provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); however, they rely on separate authorities, collect different types of information, and raise different policy questions. This report discusses the specifics of these two NSA collection programs. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 2 2013, 14 pp. AU - Erwin, Marshall Curtis AU - Liu, Edward C Y1 - 2013/07/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 02 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Social conditions and policy - Psychology KW - Education and education policy - Educational psychology and learning ability KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Intelligence KW - United States National security agency KW - Authority KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438603196?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Erwin%2C+Marshall+Curtis%3BLiu%2C+Edward+C&rft.aulast=Erwin&rft.aufirst=Marshall&rft.date=2013-07-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NSA+Surveillance+Leaks%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=NSA+Surveillance+Leaks%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/212026.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43134 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The eBook Revolution: A Primer for Librarians on the Front Lines AN - 1684418415; 201504521 AB - Book review abstract. The eBook Revolution: A Primer for Librarians on the Front Lines. By Kate Sheehan. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013, 140pp., 50.00 USD (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-61069-184-0. Reviewed by Theron Westervelt. Adapted from the source document. JF - Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship AU - Westervelt, Theron AU - Westervelt, Theron AD - Library of Congress, Washington, DC Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 245 EP - 246 PB - Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA VL - 25 IS - 3 SN - 1941-126X, 1941-126X KW - Librarians KW - Guides KW - Electronic books KW - article KW - 1.11: BOOK REVIEWS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1684418415?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Electronic+Resources+Librarianship&rft.atitle=The+eBook+Revolution%3A+A+Primer+for+Librarians+on+the+Front+Lines&rft.au=Westervelt%2C+Theron&rft.aulast=Westervelt&rft.aufirst=Theron&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=245&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Electronic+Resources+Librarianship&rft.issn=1941126X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F1941126X.2013.813322 LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2015-06-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Electronic books; Librarians; Guides DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2013.813322 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Critical Review of ʼThe Usability Metric for User Experienceʼ AN - 1683504197 AB - In 2010, Kraig Finstad published (in this journal) ʼThe Usability Metric for User Experienceʼ -- the UMUX. The UMUX is a standardized usability questionnaire designed to produce scores similar to the System Usability Scale (SUS), but with 4 rather than 10 items. The development of the questionnaire followed standard psychometric practice. Psychometric evaluation of the final version of the UMUX indicated acceptable levels of reliability (internal consistency), concurrent validity, and sensitivity. Critical review of this research suggests that its weakest element was the structural analysis, which concluded that the UMUX is unidimensional based on insufficient evidence. Mixed-tone item content and parallel analysis of the eigenvalues point to a possible two-factor structure. This weakness, however, is of more theoretical than practical importance, given the overall scaleʼs apparent reliability, validity, and sensitivity. JF - Interacting with Computers AD - Lewis, James R; IBM Corporation, 8051 Congress Avenue (Suite 2088), Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 320 EP - 324 CY - Kidlington PB - Elsevier Science SA VL - 25 IS - 4 SN - 0953-5438 KW - Computers KW - System Usability Scale KW - Usability Metric for User Experience KW - psychometric evaluation KW - standardized questionnaire KW - satisfaction KW - perceived usability KW - Measurement KW - Questionnaires KW - Usability KW - 14.19:COMPUTER APPLICATIONS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1683504197?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Interacting+with+Computers&rft.atitle=Critical+Review+of+%CA%BCThe+Usability+Metric+for+User+Experience%CA%BC&rft.au=Lewis%2C+James+R&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=James&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=320&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Interacting+with+Computers&rft.issn=09535438&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093%2Fiwc%2Fiwt013 LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2015-04-30 N1 - Last updated - 2016-05-12 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwt013 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Critical Review of ʼThe Intranet Satisfaction Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure User Satisfaction with the Intranetʼ AN - 1683502507 AB - In 2009, Bargas-Avila, Lotscher, Orsini and Opwis published The Intranet Satisfaction Questionnaire (ISQ). In their research, Bargas-Avila et al. identified an important aspect of HCI for which there was no existing standardized satisfaction questionnaire -- the evaluation of corporate Intranets. To fill this void, they developed the ISQ after two rounds of careful, detailed item development and analysis. The resulting instrument has 13 items with two subscales: Content Quality and Intranet Usability, with a large-sample estimated reliability (coefficient alpha) of 0.89. They used the 13-item version of the ISQ to evaluate the Intranets of six companies, varying in size and sector. Despite some analytical weaknesses associated with its psychometric evaluation, it appears to work well for its intended purpose. JF - Interacting with Computers AD - Lewis, James R; IBM Corporation, 8051 Congress Ave (Suite 2088), Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 299 EP - 301 CY - Kidlington PB - Elsevier Science SA VL - 25 IS - 4 SN - 0953-5438 KW - Computers KW - HCI design and evaluation methods KW - user studies KW - usability testing KW - user centered design KW - Questionnaires KW - Usability KW - 14.19:COMPUTER APPLICATIONS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1683502507?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Interacting+with+Computers&rft.atitle=Critical+Review+of+%CA%BCThe+Intranet+Satisfaction+Questionnaire%3A+Development+and+Validation+of+a+Questionnaire+to+Measure+User+Satisfaction+with+the+Intranet%CA%BC&rft.au=Lewis%2C+James+R&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=James&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=299&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Interacting+with+Computers&rft.issn=09535438&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093%2Fiwc%2Fiwt011 LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2015-04-30 N1 - Last updated - 2016-05-12 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwt011 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing tomorrowʼs learners: In competency-based education only a radically different holistic method of assessment will work. Six things we could forget AN - 1665167202 AB - In this paper we are challenging six traditional notions about assessment that are unhelpful when designing ʼassessment for learn ingʼ-programmes for competency-based education. We are arguing for the following: Reductionism is not the only way to assure rigour in high-stakes assessment; holistic judgements can be equally rigorous. Combining results of assessment parts only because they are of the same format (like different stations in an OSCE) is often not defensible; instead there must be a logically justifiable combination. Numbers describe the quality of the assessment. Therefore, manipulating the numbers is usually not the best way to improve its quality. Not every assessment moment needs to be a decision moment, disconnecting both makes combining summative and formative functions of assessment easier. Standardisation is not the only route to equity. Especially with diverse student groups tailoring is more equitable than standardisation. The most important element to standardise is the quality of the process and not the process itself. Finally, most assessment is too much focussed on detecting deficiencies and not on valuing individual student differences. In competency-based education - especially with a focus on learner orientation - this ʼdeficiency-modelʼ is not as well aligned as a ʼdifferences-modelʼ. JF - Medical Teacher AU - Ash, Julie AD - Schuwirth, Lambert; Flinders Innovation in Clinical Education, Health Professions Education, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 555 EP - 559 CY - London PB - Taylor & Francis Ltd. VL - 35 IS - 7 SN - 0142-159X KW - Medical Sciences KW - Assessment KW - Equity KW - Formative assessment KW - Needs assessment KW - Reductionism KW - Rigour KW - Stations UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1665167202?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Medical+Teacher&rft.atitle=Assessing+tomorrow%CA%BCs+learners%3A+In+competency-based+education+only+a+radically+different+holistic+method+of+assessment+will+work.+Six+things+we+could+forget&rft.au=Schuwirth%2C+Lambert%3BAsh%2C+Julie&rft.aulast=Schuwirth&rft.aufirst=Lambert&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=555&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Medical+Teacher&rft.issn=0142159X&rft_id=info:doi/10.3109%2F0142159X.2013.787140 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2015-09-22 N1 - Last updated - 2016-05-13 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2013.787140 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Food from Earth: Sustainable Farming in Action AN - 1660097073; 18970783 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Nicole, Wendee AD - Wendee Nicole, based in Houston, TX, won this year's American Society of Journalists and Authors award for best science magazine article. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a212 EP - a219 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Foods KW - Earth KW - Health KW - Farming UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660097073?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Food+from+Earth%3A+Sustainable+Farming+in+Action&rft.au=Nicole%2C+Wendee&rft.aulast=Nicole&rft.aufirst=Wendee&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a212&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a212 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a212 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Arsenical Association: Inorganic Arsenic May Accumulate in the Meat of Treated Chickens AN - 1660065887; 18970785 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Schmidt, Charles W AD - Charles W. Schmidt, MS, an award-winning science writer from Portland, ME, has written for Discover Magazine, Science, and Nature Medicine. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a226 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Meat KW - Chickens KW - Arsenic KW - Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660065887?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Arsenical+Association%3A+Inorganic+Arsenic+May+Accumulate+in+the+Meat+of+Treated+Chickens&rft.au=Schmidt%2C+Charles+W&rft.aulast=Schmidt&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a226&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a226 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a226 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Post-Sandy Preparedness Policies Lag as Sea Levels Rise AN - 1660060708; 18970813 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Knowlton, Kim AU - Rotkin-Ellman, Miriam AU - Sheffield, Perry AD - Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York kknowlton@nrdc.org Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a208 EP - a209 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Policies KW - Sea level KW - Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060708?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Post-Sandy+Preparedness+Policies+Lag+as+Sea+Levels+Rise&rft.au=Knowlton%2C+Kim%3BRotkin-Ellman%2C+Miriam%3BSheffield%2C+Perry&rft.aulast=Knowlton&rft.aufirst=Kim&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a208&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1307095 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1307095 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Nanosilver: Weighing the Risks and Benefits AN - 1660060514; 18970784 AB - It takes a special sort of case to spur attorneys into a debate over the drooling habits of toddlers. Yet thats where lawyers from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Swiss chemicals company HeiQ found themselves in January 2013 as they debated in a federal appeals court the extent to which 1-year-olds and 3-year-olds chew, salivate, and swallow.1 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Seltenrich, Nate AD - Nate Seltenrich covers science and the environment from Oakland, CA. His work has appeared in High Country News, Sierra, Earth Island Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other local and national publications. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a220 EP - a225 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - METADEX (MD); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Risk KW - Nanomaterials KW - Weighing KW - Nanocomposites KW - Health KW - Nanostructure UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060514?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Nanosilver%3A+Weighing+the+Risks+and+Benefits&rft.au=Seltenrich%2C+Nate&rft.aulast=Seltenrich&rft.aufirst=Nate&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a220&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a220 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a220 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of cyclones and aquatic macrophytes on recruitment and landings of tiger prawns Penaeus esculentus in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia AN - 1635023018; 21036125 AB - The cover of seagrasses and macroalgae, landings and fishery-independent measures of spawning stock and recruitment for brown tiger prawns, were monitored immediately following a major cyclone in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia in March 1999. Anecdotal evidence on the extent of seagrass from 1990 to 1998 suggests that the cyclone caused a major, immediate disruption and loss of the seagrass/macroalgal beds (to less than or equal to 2% cover), the critical prawn nursery habitat, and mangroves in the shallow inshore waters of the system. Prawn landings and recruitment to the fishery were not affected in the year of the cyclone, but were markedly lower in the two years immediately afterwards and then increased as the cover of macrophytes increased to over 40% in 2003. Tiger prawn landings and catch rates were not affected in Shark Bay, a system 500 km south of Exmouth Gulf that did not experience cyclonic disturbance. Seagrasses in Exmouth Gulf showed a succession of species from small colonising species (Halophila ovalis and Halodule uninervis) to larger, broad-leaved species (Cymodocea serrulata, Syringodium isoetifolium) only two years after the cyclone. The recruitment and landings of tiger prawns were correlated significantly with the total cover of macroalgae and seagrass. The large loss of seagrass and macroalgae reduced the settling habitat for postlarvae and the nursery habitat for juvenile tiger prawns, probably leading to the lower recruitment to the fishery. These findings suggest that the extent of seagrass and macroalgae are some of the factors defining the productivity of the tiger prawn fishery in Exmouth Gulf. JF - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science AU - Loneragan, N R AU - Kangas, M AU - Haywood, MDE AU - Kenyon, R A AU - Caputi, N AU - Sporer, E AD - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 46 EP - 58 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands VL - 127 SN - 0272-7714, 0272-7714 KW - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - habitat loss KW - seagrass KW - macroalgae KW - fisheries production KW - recovery KW - resilience KW - shrimp KW - Cyclones KW - ISW, Australia, Western Australia KW - Nursery grounds KW - Succession KW - Cymodocea serrulata KW - Penaeus esculentus KW - Halodule uninervis KW - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf KW - Fisheries KW - Brackishwater environment KW - Syringodium isoetifolium KW - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay KW - Seagrasses KW - Halophila ovalis KW - Recruitment KW - Aquatic plants KW - Spawning KW - Habitat KW - Ecosystem disturbance KW - Catches KW - Sharks KW - Landing statistics KW - Macrophytes KW - Shrimp fisheries KW - Sea grass KW - Disturbance KW - Mangroves KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - Q1 08423:Behaviour KW - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1635023018?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Estuarine%2C+Coastal+and+Shelf+Science&rft.atitle=Impact+of+cyclones+and+aquatic+macrophytes+on+recruitment+and+landings+of+tiger+prawns+Penaeus+esculentus+in+Exmouth+Gulf%2C+Western+Australia&rft.au=Loneragan%2C+N+R%3BKangas%2C+M%3BHaywood%2C+MDE%3BKenyon%2C+R+A%3BCaputi%2C+N%3BSporer%2C+E&rft.aulast=Loneragan&rft.aufirst=N&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=127&rft.issue=&rft.spage=46&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Estuarine%2C+Coastal+and+Shelf+Science&rft.issn=02727714&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ecss.2013.03.024 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cyclones; Landing statistics; Nursery grounds; Shrimp fisheries; Recruitment; Aquatic plants; Brackishwater environment; Sea grass; Ecosystem disturbance; Macrophytes; Seagrasses; Fisheries; Spawning; Succession; Habitat; Mangroves; Sharks; Disturbance; Catches; Halophila ovalis; Penaeus esculentus; Cymodocea serrulata; Halodule uninervis; Syringodium isoetifolium; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay; ISW, Australia, Western Australia; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.024 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pedagogy And Community Engagement In Environmental Design Courses AN - 1497406515; 2011-522356 AB - This article describes an evaluation of student experiences in environmental design courses with a community engagement focus. It aims to identify pedagogical approaches that minimize obstacles faced by students while maximizing learning opportunities. Focus groups composed of undergraduate students in seven classes generated three major findings: (1) learning how to effectively engage with community partners is one of the most beneficial challenges of this type of course; (2) logistical hurdles and course characteristics that limited students' ability to connect with the community partners or synthesize the social, emotional, technical, and theoretical aspects of the course were perceived as learning obstacles; and (3) social and emotional connections with community partners are the most educationally significant part of the experience for students. The conclusion discusses recommendations for how environmental design instructors can take advantage of the unique social and emotional connections with community partners that facilitated community engagement can foster while limiting the learning obstacles that students may experience. Areas for future research are also discussed. Adapted from the source document. JF - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research AU - Cushing, Debra Flanders AU - Bates, Ian AU - van Vliet, Willem AD - Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia debra.cushing@qut.edu.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 167 EP - 180 PB - Locke Science Publishing, Chicago, IL VL - 30 IS - 2 SN - 0738-0895, 0738-0895 KW - Education and education policy - Education personnel and population KW - Environment and environmental policy - Architecture and planning KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Planning KW - Architecture KW - Environmental design KW - Students KW - Environmental policy KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1497406515?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apais&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Architectural+and+Planning+Research&rft.atitle=Pedagogy+And+Community+Engagement+In+Environmental+Design+Courses&rft.au=Cushing%2C+Debra+Flanders%3BBates%2C+Ian%3Bvan+Vliet%2C+Willem&rft.aulast=Cushing&rft.aufirst=Debra&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=167&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Architectural+and+Planning+Research&rft.issn=07380895&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - JAPRER N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Students; Environmental design; Environmental policy; Architecture; Planning ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Outdoor Smoking Areas: Does the Science Support a Ban? AN - 1492611194; 18970788 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Potera, Carol AD - Carol Potera, based in Montana, has written for EHP since 1996. She also writes for Microbe, Genetic Engineering News, and the American Journal of Nursing. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a229 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Smoking KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492611194?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Outdoor+Smoking+Areas%3A+Does+the+Science+Support+a+Ban%3F&rft.au=Potera%2C+Carol&rft.aulast=Potera&rft.aufirst=Carol&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a229&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a229 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Smoking DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a229 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Tox21 to Date: Steps toward Modernizing Human Hazard Characterization AN - 1492608685; 18970787 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Betts, Kellyn S AD - Kellyn S. Betts writes about environmental contaminants, hazards, and technology for solving environmental problems for publications including EHP and Environmental Science & Technology. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a228 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Hazards KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492608685?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Tox21+to+Date%3A+Steps+toward+Modernizing+Human+Hazard+Characterization&rft.au=Betts%2C+Kellyn+S&rft.aulast=Betts&rft.aufirst=Kellyn&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a228&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a228 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Hazards DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a228 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Filling In the Blanks on Solid Fuel Use: New Model Illustrates Trends, Highlights Needs AN - 1492608334; 18970786 AB - Abstract not available. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Barrett, Julia R AD - Julia R. Barrett, MS, ELS, a Madison, WI-based science writer and editor, has written for EHP since 1996. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a227 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Fuels KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492608334?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Filling+In+the+Blanks+on+Solid+Fuel+Use%3A+New+Model+Illustrates+Trends%2C+Highlights+Needs&rft.au=Barrett%2C+Julia+R&rft.aulast=Barrett&rft.aufirst=Julia&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a227&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.121-a227 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fuels DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a227 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Working Together: Research- and Science-Based Regulation of BPA AN - 1492606949; 18970812 AB - Both the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) work to promote and protect public health. The NIEHS achieves this mission by conducting research, including toxicological studies, on agents of public health concern through its intramural laboratories, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), grants and contracts to research labs across the country, and interagency agreements. The FDA, in turn, reviews and uses information from these and other studies and, where needed, performs studies of its own to develop standards to ensure that the products it regulates meet its requirements, maximizing product benefits while protecting the public from unacceptable risks. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Birnbaum, Linda S AU - Aungst, Jason AU - Schug, Thaddeus T AU - Goodman, Jesse L AD - Director, NIEHS and NTP, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, birnbaumls@niehs.nih.gov Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 SP - a206 EP - a207 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Risk assessment KW - Contracts KW - Environmental regulations KW - Grants KW - Environmental health KW - Public health KW - Bisphenol A KW - Health risks KW - USA KW - Reviews KW - FDA KW - Drugs KW - Toxicology KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492606949?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Working+Together%3A+Research-+and+Science-Based+Regulation+of+BPA&rft.au=Birnbaum%2C+Linda+S%3BAungst%2C+Jason%3BSchug%2C+Thaddeus+T%3BGoodman%2C+Jesse+L&rft.aulast=Birnbaum&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=a206&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306963 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bisphenol A; Risk assessment; Health risks; Contracts; Reviews; Environmental regulations; Grants; FDA; Environmental health; Drugs; Toxicology; Public health; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306963 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Severe uncertainty and info-gap decision theory AN - 1468367091; 18494817 AB - Summary JF - Methods in Ecology and Evolution AU - Hayes, Keith R AU - Barry, Simon C AU - Hosack, Geoffrey R AU - Peters, Gareth W AD - CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tas, 7001, Australia. PY - 2013 SP - 601 EP - 611 PB - Wiley-Blackwell, Baffins Lane Chichester W. Sussex PO19 1UD United Kingdom VL - 4 IS - 7 SN - 2041-210X, 2041-210X KW - Ecology Abstracts KW - dependence KW - inference KW - info-gap KW - model parameters KW - model structure uncertainty KW - robust decisions KW - severe uncertainty KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1468367091?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Methods+in+Ecology+and+Evolution&rft.atitle=Severe+uncertainty+and+info-gap+decision+theory&rft.au=Hayes%2C+Keith+R%3BBarry%2C+Simon+C%3BHosack%2C+Geoffrey+R%3BPeters%2C+Gareth+W&rft.aulast=Hayes&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=601&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Methods+in+Ecology+and+Evolution&rft.issn=2041210X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2F2041-210X.12046 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-21 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12046 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Power Relations and Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Strategies for Capturing Value in Global Production Networks: Visual Effects (VFX) Service Firms in the Hollywood Film Industry AN - 1448994292; 201343979 AB - This paper provides insights into the way in which non-lead firms manoeuvre in global value chains in the pursuit of a larger share of revenue and how power relations affect these manoeuvres. It examines the nature of value capture and power relations in the global supply of visual effects (VFX) services and the range of strategies VFX firms adopt to capture higher value in the global value chain. The analysis is based on a total of thirty-six interviews with informants in the industry in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada, and a database of VFX credits for 3323 visual products for 640 VFX firms. Adapted from the source document. JF - Regional Studies AU - Parker, Rachel AU - Cox, Stephen AD - Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia r.parker@qut.edu.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 1095 EP - 1110 PB - Routledge Journals/Taylor & Francis, Basingstoke UK VL - 47 IS - 7 SN - 0034-3404, 0034-3404 KW - Values KW - Canada KW - Business KW - Power KW - Australia KW - United Kingdom KW - Films KW - article KW - 0671: complex organization; sociology of business & entrepreneurism KW - 1331: sociology of language and the arts; sociology of art (creative & performing) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448994292?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Regional+Studies&rft.atitle=Power+Relations+and+Small+and+Medium-sized+Enterprise+Strategies+for+Capturing+Value+in+Global+Production+Networks%3A+Visual+Effects+%28VFX%29+Service+Firms+in+the+Hollywood+Film+Industry&rft.au=Parker%2C+Rachel%3BCox%2C+Stephen&rft.aulast=Parker&rft.aufirst=Rachel&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=1095&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Regional+Studies&rft.issn=00343404&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F00343404.2011.600303 LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - REGSAT N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Values; Power; Business; Films; Canada; Australia; United Kingdom DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2011.600303 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Digital Preservation and the JFK Assassination: The Kennedy Assassination Survey Offers a Compelling Case Study regarding the Importance of Digital Preservation AN - 1448990719; 201310456 AB - Social Science research, such as opinion polling, and government studies, is among the oldest digital media in the world. Often stored on punch cards and other outmoded storage devices, this important information is at high risk to being lost to posterity. With support from the Library of Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the Digital Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS) project is working to ensure that at-risk resources is not lost. It has played an important role in a study conducted from Nov. 26 through Dec 3. 1963 by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The results were stored on machine-readable punch cards. NORC's National Tragedy Survey measured reaction to the 9/11 event and compared the results with the Kennedy Assassination Study. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - LeFurgy, William AD - Library's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 8 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Public opinion KW - USA KW - Crime KW - Presidents KW - Digital preservation KW - Library of Congress KW - article KW - 9.15: TECHNICAL SERVICES - PRESERVATION UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448990719?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Digital+Preservation+and+the+JFK+Assassination%3A+The+Kennedy+Assassination+Survey+Offers+a+Compelling+Case+Study+regarding+the+Importance+of+Digital+Preservation&rft.au=LeFurgy%2C+William&rft.aulast=LeFurgy&rft.aufirst=William&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=8&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Digital preservation; Presidents; Public opinion; Crime; Library of Congress; USA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fedlink: Fostering Federal Buying Power AN - 1448990615; 201310166 AB - The Office of Management and Budget recently designated the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), a unit of the Library of Congress, as the lead agency for the Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council, a group of federal agencies that spend more than 90 percent of federal procurement dollars. In this role, FEDLINK will acquire information information products and services -- such as online databases, subscriptions, books, maps and newspapers -- on behalf of federal agencies that opt into the program. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Harvey, Robin AD - FEDLINK Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 10 EP - 11 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Information sources KW - USA KW - Library of Congress KW - Purchasing KW - Federal government agencies KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448990615?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Fedlink%3A+Fostering+Federal+Buying+Power&rft.au=Harvey%2C+Robin&rft.aulast=Harvey&rft.aufirst=Robin&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=10&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Information sources; Purchasing; Federal government agencies; Library of Congress; USA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Year Like No Other: 1963 AN - 1448986324; 201310308 AB - A photo essay of two exhibitions of the Library of Congress about the year 1963, "Herblock Looks at 1963: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons", and "A Day Like No Other", which displays iconic black and white photographs of the 1963 March on Washington is presented. A brief interview with Adrienne Cannon, African American History and Culture Specialist of the Library's Manuscript Division also discusses the scope of the Library's civil rights collections. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Fischer, Audrey AU - Cannon, Adrienne Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 12 EP - 17 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - USA KW - Library of Congress KW - Exhibitions KW - article KW - 4.19: LIBRARY EXHIBITIONS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448986324?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=A+Year+Like+No+Other%3A+1963&rft.au=Fischer%2C+Audrey%3BCannon%2C+Adrienne&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Audrey&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=12&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Exhibitions; Library of Congress; USA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Death of a President AN - 1448986122; 201310165 AB - This article discusses how the Library of Congress worked to preserve information about the John F. Kennedy Assassination of November 22, 1963 shortly after the event. Just nine hours after the presidents death, the calls on behalf of the widowed wife of the president to Roy Basler, director of the Library's Reference Department and Manuscript Division Chief David C. Mearns. The request was for documentation of Abraham Lincolns lying in state. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Fox, Cheryl AD - Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 7 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Presidents KW - Crime KW - Library of Congress KW - Source materials KW - Library history KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448986122?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Death+of+a+President&rft.au=Fox%2C+Cheryl&rft.aulast=Fox&rft.aufirst=Cheryl&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=7&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Library of Congress; Crime; Presidents; Library history; Source materials ER - TY - JOUR T1 - My Job at the Library: Paul Frank AN - 1448986120; 201310120 AB - In a brief interview, cooperative cataloguing specialist at the Library of Congress's Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division discusses the effect of the new RDA cataloging standard on his work. Frank also describes his career path and his work at the library. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - [Unknown] Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 23 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Librarians KW - Library of Congress KW - Interviews KW - Resource Description & Access-RDA KW - article KW - 2.11: LIS - BIOGRAPHIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448986120?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=My+Job+at+the+Library%3A+Paul+Frank&rft.au=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aulast=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=23&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Interviews; Librarians; Library of Congress; Resource Description & Access-RDA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Rare Book By Another Obama AN - 1448986083; 201310320 AB - The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress holds an exceedingly rare copy -- only four are believed to exist -- of a book written decades ago in Kenya by president Barack Obama's father, Barack H. Obama, entitledOtieno, the Wise Man or Otieno Jarieko in the original Luo language. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Hartsell, Mark Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 18 EP - 21 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 4 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Families KW - Presidents KW - Library of Congress KW - Books KW - article KW - 5.1: OLD AND RARE MATERIALS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448986083?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=A+Rare+Book+By+Another+Obama&rft.au=Hartsell%2C+Mark&rft.aulast=Hartsell&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=18&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Books; Presidents; Families; Library of Congress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fluid geochemistry at the Raft River geothermal field, Idaho, USA: New data and hydrogeological implications AN - 1448717814; 18662184 AB - Following a period of exploration and development in the mid-late 1970's, there was little activity at the Raft River geothermal field for the next similar to 20 years. U.S. Geothermal Inc. acquired the project in 2002, and began commercial power generation in January 2008. Since 2004, U.S. Geothermal Inc. has collected geochemical data from geothermal and monitoring wells in the field, as well as other shallow wells in the area. An additional sampling program was completed in July 2010 to measure a wider range of minor and trace elements and delta super(18)O, delta D, and super(3)H (Tritium). The data indicate that the geothermal fluids are alkali chloride in composition, and that the fluid geochemistry is spatially variable and complex, with two compositionally-distinct deep geothermal fluids characterized by differences in K, Na, Cl, Ca, Li, and F, an intermediate fluid, and a groundwater fluid. Deep geothermal waters from the southeast part of the borefield have higher K, Na, Cl, Ca, Li, and lower F concentrations than those from the northwest, although both fluids record similar measured and geothermometer temperatures, and are produced from the same Precambrian reservoir rocks at similar depths. The higher salinities of the southeastern fluids are interpreted to result from interactions with evaporite deposits that were not encountered by the northwest fluids along their flow paths. The separation of these deep fluids within the borefield and the lack of mixing between them indicate a compartmentalized reservoir, which is attributed to a northeast-trending shear zone that appears to act as a permeability barrier. This shear zone is represented by a resistivity high as defined by magnetotelluric data. JF - Geothermics AU - Ayling, B AU - Moore, J AD - Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, bridget.ayling@ga.gov.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 116 EP - 126 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom VL - 47 SN - 0375-6505, 0375-6505 KW - Environment Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts KW - Reservoir KW - Chlorides KW - Trace elements KW - Permeability KW - Salinity KW - Boats KW - Sampling KW - Reservoirs KW - Shear KW - Rivers KW - Evaporites KW - Shear zone KW - Geochemistry KW - Temperature KW - USA, Idaho KW - Tritium KW - Electric power generation KW - Geohydrology KW - Hydrothermal solutions KW - Oxygen isotope ratio KW - Groundwater KW - Hydrothermal fields KW - Q2 09268:Heat flow KW - SW 0840:Groundwater KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448717814?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Geothermics&rft.atitle=Fluid+geochemistry+at+the+Raft+River+geothermal+field%2C+Idaho%2C+USA%3A+New+data+and+hydrogeological+implications&rft.au=Ayling%2C+B%3BMoore%2C+J&rft.aulast=Ayling&rft.aufirst=B&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=&rft.spage=116&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Geothermics&rft.issn=03756505&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Reservoir; Evaporites; Boats; Shear zone; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal solutions; Oxygen isotope ratio; Trace elements; Hydrothermal fields; Permeability; Salinity; Tritium; Electric power generation; Chlorides; Groundwater; Reservoirs; Rivers; Shear; Geohydrology; Temperature; Sampling; USA, Idaho ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Behaviour of luffa sponge material under dynamic loading AN - 1439218427; 18610955 AB - Luffa sponge is a light-weight natural material which has the potential to be used as an alternative sustainable material for various engineering applications such as packaging, acoustic and vibration isolation, and impact energy absorption. The strain rate effect is an important material property for such applications. In the present study, compressive tests at different strain rates on luffa sponge material were conducted over a wide density range from 24 to 64 kg m super(-3). A photographic technique was applied to measure the sectional area which has an irregular shape. The stress-strain curves of luffa sponge material at various strain rates were calculated based on this measurement When the dynamic data are compared with those of quasi-static experiments, it is found that the compressive strength, plateau stress and specific energy absorption of the luffa sponge material are all sensitive to the rate of loading. It is also found that the dynamic enhancement for the compressive strength was more prominent than that for the plateau stress. The underlying mechanism was discussed and clarified. Empirical formulae were proposed for the macroscopic strength, densification strain and specific energy absorption at various strain rates. A comparison study shows that the luffa sponge has better energy absorption capacity per unit mass than other cellular materials with similar plateau stress at various strain rates. JF - International Journal of Impact Engineering AU - Shen, J AU - Xie, Y M AU - Huang, X AU - Zhou, S AU - Ruan, D AD - Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of CiviL Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia, mike.xie@rmit.edu.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 17 EP - 26 PB - Elsevier B.V., 660 White Plains Rd., Floor 2 Tarrytown NY 10591-5153 United States VL - 57 SN - 0734-743X, 0734-743X KW - Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Plateaus KW - Porifera KW - Acoustics KW - Energy KW - Vibration KW - Luffa KW - Absorption KW - Stress KW - Sustainable development KW - Packaging KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439218427?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Journal+of+Impact+Engineering&rft.atitle=Behaviour+of+luffa+sponge+material+under+dynamic+loading&rft.au=Shen%2C+J%3BXie%2C+Y+M%3BHuang%2C+X%3BZhou%2C+S%3BRuan%2C+D&rft.aulast=Shen&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=57&rft.issue=&rft.spage=17&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+Journal+of+Impact+Engineering&rft.issn=0734743X&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Plateaus; Acoustics; Porifera; Vibration; Energy; Absorption; Sustainable development; Stress; Packaging; Luffa ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Membership of the 113th Congress: A Profile AN - 1438600095; 2011-496529 AB - This report presents a profile of the membership of the 113th Congress (2013-2014). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service. As of July 2013, in the House of Representatives, there are 234 Republicans, 206 Democrats (including 5 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner), and 1 vacant seat; and the Senate has 46 Republicans, 52 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who caucus with the Democrats. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 1 2013, 9 pp. AU - Manning, Jennifer E Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census KW - Government - Legislative power and procedure KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - National, ethnic, and minority groups KW - Education and education policy - Education KW - Military and defense policy - Military service KW - Education KW - Caucus KW - Military service KW - Membership KW - Occupations KW - Ethnic groups KW - Births KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600095?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Manning%2C+Jennifer+E&rft.aulast=Manning&rft.aufirst=Jennifer&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Membership+of+the+113th+Congress%3A+A+Profile&rft.title=Membership+of+the+113th+Congress%3A+A+Profile&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211797.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42964 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress AN - 1438598229; 2011-496530 AB - The Syrian case may be the first time the international community has faced a civil war in a state with a known stockpile of chemical weapons. US officials have expressed confidence that chemical weapons stocks in Syria are secured by the Asad regime, which dispatched elite Special Forces for that purpose. Due to the urgency of preventing access to these weapons by unauthorized groups, including terrorists, the US government has been preparing for scenarios to secure the weapons in the event of the Asad regime's loss of control -- However, this presents unique challenges. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jul 1 2013, 16 pp. AU - Nikitin, Mary Beth AU - Feicker, Andrew AU - Kerr, Paul K Y1 - 2013/07/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jul 01 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Social conditions and policy - Social status KW - International relations - War KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - United States KW - Chemical weapons KW - Civil war KW - Elite KW - Special forces KW - Syrians KW - Syria KW - Stocks KW - Terrorists KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598229?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Nikitin%2C+Mary+Beth%3BFeicker%2C+Andrew%3BKerr%2C+Paul+K&rft.aulast=Nikitin&rft.aufirst=Mary&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Syria%27s+Chemical+Weapons%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Syria%27s+Chemical+Weapons%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211798.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42848 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Politicians: be killed or survive AN - 1438554461; 201328567 AB - In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. To investigate this phenomenon, rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using a large data set covering close to 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce the probability of politicians being attacked or killed: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well-functioning system of law and order, decentralization via the division of power and federalism, larger cabinet size and a stronger civil society. There is also support for a contagion effect. Adapted from the source document. JF - Public Choice AU - Torgler, Benno AU - Frey, Bruno S AD - The School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 357 EP - 386 PB - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands VL - 156 IS - 1-2 SN - 0048-5829, 0048-5829 KW - Security KW - Rational Choice KW - Decentralization KW - Cabinets KW - Law KW - Democracy KW - Governance KW - Civil Society KW - Politicians KW - article KW - 9043: methodology and research technology; research methods and models UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438554461?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Public+Choice&rft.atitle=Politicians%3A+be+killed+or+survive&rft.au=Torgler%2C+Benno%3BFrey%2C+Bruno+S&rft.aulast=Torgler&rft.aufirst=Benno&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=156&rft.issue=1-2&rft.spage=357&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Public+Choice&rft.issn=00485829&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11127-011-9908-6 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - PUCHBX N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Politicians; Governance; Rational Choice; Civil Society; Decentralization; Cabinets; Security; Democracy; Law DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-011-9908-6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Large igneous provinces and silicic large igneous provinces: Progress in our understanding over the last 25 years AN - 1429864956; 18274479 AB - Large igneous provinces are exceptional intraplate igneous events throughout Earth's history. Their significance and potential global impact are related to the total volume of magma intruded and released during these geologically brief events (peak eruptions are often within 1-5 m.y. in duration) where millions to tens of millions of cubic kilometers of magma are produced. In some cases, at least 1% of Earth's surface has been directly covered in volcanic rock, being equivalent to the size of small continents with comparable crustal thicknesses. Large igneous provinces thus represent important, albeit episodic, periods of new crust addition. However, most magmatism is basaltic, so that contributions to crustal growth will not always be picked up in zircon geochronology studies, which better trace major episodes of extension-related silicic magmatism and the silicic large igneous provinces. Much headway has been made in our understanding of these anomalous igneous events over the past 25 yr, driving many new ideas and models. (1) The global spatial and temporal distribution of large igneous provinces has a long-term average of one event approximately every 20 m.y., but there is a clear clustering of events at times of supercontinent breakup, and they are thus an integral part of the Wilson cycle and are becoming an increasingly important tool in reconnecting dispersed continental fragments. (2) Their compositional diversity in part reflects their crustal setting, such as ocean basins and continental interiors and margins, where, in the latter setting, large igneous province magmatism can be dominated by silicic products. (3) Mineral and energy resources, with major platinum group elements (PGEs) and precious metal resources, are hosted in these provinces, as well as magmatism impacting on the hydrocarbon potential of volcanic basins and rifted margins through enhancing source-rock maturation, providing fluid migration pathways, and initiating trap formation. (4) Biospheric, hydrospheric, and atmospheric impacts of large igneous provinces are now widely regarded as key trigger mechanisms for mass extinctions, although the exact kill mechanism(s) are still being resolved. (5) Their role in mantle geodynamics and thermal evolution of Earth as large igneous provinces potentially record the transport of material from the lower mantle or core-mantle boundary to the Earth's surface and are a fundamental component in whole mantle convection models. (6) Recognition of large igneous provinces on the inner planets, with their planetary antiquity and lack of plate tectonics and erosional processes, means that the very earliest record of large igneous province events during planetary evolution may be better preserved there than on Earth. JF - Geological Society of America Bulletin AU - Bryan, Scott E AU - Ferrari, Luca AD - School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Australia Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 1053 EP - 1078 PB - Geological Society of America, 3300 Penrose Place Boulder CO 80301 United States VL - 125 IS - 7-8 SN - 0016-7606, 0016-7606 KW - Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources KW - Convection KW - Plate tectonics KW - Metals KW - Temporal distribution KW - Ecological distribution KW - Tectonophysics KW - Mantle convection KW - Migration KW - Model Studies KW - Growth KW - History KW - Oceans KW - Energy resources KW - Continental Basins KW - Boundaries KW - Magma KW - Evolution KW - SW 5010:Network design KW - Q2 09266:Tectonics and crustal structure KW - O 3010:Geology and Geophysics UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1429864956?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Geological+Society+of+America+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Large+igneous+provinces+and+silicic+large+igneous+provinces%3A+Progress+in+our+understanding+over+the+last+25+years&rft.au=Bryan%2C+Scott+E%3BFerrari%2C+Luca&rft.aulast=Bryan&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=125&rft.issue=7-8&rft.spage=1053&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Geological+Society+of+America+Bulletin&rft.issn=00167606&rft_id=info:doi/10.1130%2FB30820.1 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 301 N1 - Last updated - 2016-02-04 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Plate tectonics; Growth; Temporal distribution; Ecological distribution; Energy resources; Mantle convection; Tectonophysics; Magma; Convection; Metals; History; Oceans; Boundaries; Continental Basins; Migration; Evolution; Model Studies DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B30820.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Louis Fisher: A Public Intellectual AN - 1429637329; 201325682 AB - During the 1950s, Isaiah Berlin wrote a famous essay entitled "The Hedgehog and the Fox." The point behind the title is that the hedgehog knows one big thing and the fox knows many things. From this distinction, Berlin suggests there are two intellectual types: one who relates everything to a single idea and the other who explores a diversity of ideas. It is difficult and unrealistic to pigeonhole Fisher as one or the other intellectual type. The reality is that Fisher combines both types. My sense is that Fisher's wide diversity of scholarly and policy-influencing accomplishments, and his skepticism of conventional wisdom, put him in Berlin's second category rather than first. However, my position at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) also prompts me to say, on the other hand, one big idea has animated Fisher's contributions to the academic and political/legislative worlds. That idea is highlighted in the title of one of his plethora of publications: Defending Congress and the Constitution (2011). Of course, when you write about the Congress and the Constitution, you analyze-like Berlin's fox-a host of interrelated ideas and relationships: history, law, the presidency, the judiciary, and more. Adapted from the source document. JF - PS: Political Science & Politics AU - Oleszek, Walter J AD - Congressional Research Service Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 485 EP - 487 PB - Cambridge University Press, New York NY VL - 46 IS - 3 SN - 1049-0965, 1049-0965 KW - Presidents KW - Services KW - Intellectuals KW - Law KW - Publications KW - Judiciary KW - Legislative Bodies KW - Constitutions KW - article KW - 9023: academic discipline; history and present state UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1429637329?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=PS%3A+Political+Science+%26+Politics&rft.atitle=Louis+Fisher%3A+A+Public+Intellectual&rft.au=Oleszek%2C+Walter+J&rft.aulast=Oleszek&rft.aufirst=Walter&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=485&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=PS%3A+Political+Science+%26+Politics&rft.issn=10490965&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017%2FS1049096513000723 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Intellectuals; Legislative Bodies; Constitutions; Presidents; Law; Judiciary; Services; Publications DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049096513000723 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - WORK-LIFE BALANCE AN - 1429235302 AB - Property managers are so busy juggling work tasks, that finding balance outside of their careers can be elusive at best. The has often been asked the question, How do you manage to do everything that you do -- when do you sleep? Her answer is simply that she has learned the art of managing her schedule so that she has a combination of work and personal time. Work-Me balance is not about having an equal number of hours for each of your work and personal activities -- each day will be different -- it is about accepting balance as an ebb and flow rather than a static, one-size-fits-all solution. While using technology to stay connected is not all bad, problems arise when people feel obligated to stay connected to their Smartphones and e-mails after work, feeling compelled to respond to instant messages and texts. JF - Journal of Property Management AU - Burg-Brown, Stephanie, CPM, MBA/MPA, CRS Y1 - 2013///Jul/Aug PY - 2013 DA - Jul/Aug 2013 SP - 48 EP - 53 CY - Chicago PB - Institute of Real Estate Management VL - 78 IS - 4 SN - 00223905 KW - Real Estate KW - Work life balance KW - Burnout KW - Occupational stress KW - Property management KW - United States--US KW - 8360:Real estate KW - 9190:United States UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1429235302?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aabiglobal&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Property+Management&rft.atitle=WORK-LIFE+BALANCE&rft.au=Burg-Brown%2C+Stephanie%2C+CPM%2C+MBA%2FMPA%2C+CRS&rft.aulast=Burg-Brown&rft.aufirst=Stephanie&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=78&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=48&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Property+Management&rft.issn=00223905&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Entrepreneurship Database; ProQuest Central N1 - Copyright - Copyright Institute of Real Estate Management Jul/Aug 2013 N1 - Document feature - Photographs N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-02 N1 - CODEN - JPMADV N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States--US ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Scenarios involving future climate and water extraction: ecosystem states in the estuary of Australia's largest river AN - 1427005169; 18328069 AB - Management of natural resources, particularly water, increasingly requires that likely benefits of particular actions (e.g.. allocating an environmental flow) are quantified in advance. Therefore, new techniques are required that enable those potential benefits to be objectively compared among competing options for management (e.g., compared to a "do nothing" scenario). Scenario modeling is one method for developing such an objective comparison. We used existing hydrologic, hydrodynamic, and ecosystem response models for a case study location, the Coorong, an inverse estuary in South Australia, to illustrate the potential for such scenario modeling to inform natural resource management. We modeled a set of 12 scenarios that included different levels of water extraction, potential future climate change, and sea-level change, thereby enabling a comparison of the different drivers of possible future reductions in water availability in the Coorong. We discovered that potential future climate change combined with current extraction levels has the capacity to devastate the ecology of the Coorong, but also that much of the degradation could be averted by reducing upstream extractions of water. The inclusion of possible sea-level change had a surprising effect, whereby higher sea levels increased hydrodynamic connectivity between the Coorong's two lagoons. Increased hydrodynamic connectivity limited the occurrence of extremely low water levels and high salinities due to evapoconcentration that were simulated for dry future climates in the absence of sea-level rise. These findings strongly suggest that future ecological degradation in the Coorong is not a foregone conclusion, and that management decisions regarding water allocations upstream will determine the ecological future of this coastal lagoon. JF - Ecological Applications AU - Lester, R E AU - Fairweather, P G AU - Webster, I T AU - Quin, R A AD - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 Australia, rebecca.lester@deakin.edu.au A2 - Wilcox, BP (ed) Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 984 EP - 998 PB - Ecological Society of America, 1707 H Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington DC 20006 United States VL - 23 IS - 5 SN - 1051-0761, 1051-0761 KW - Water Resources Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - Sea level KW - Salinity variations KW - Ecosystems KW - Hydrodynamics KW - Climatic changes KW - Freshwater KW - Water levels KW - Salinity KW - Hydrologic Models KW - Potential resources KW - Natural resources management KW - Rivers KW - Estuaries KW - Resource allocation KW - Brackish KW - Water management KW - Coastal lagoons KW - Benefits KW - Sea level changes KW - Degradation KW - Climate change KW - Sea level rise KW - Lagoons KW - Water availability KW - Models KW - Natural Resources KW - Salinity effects KW - Upstream KW - Marine KW - ISW, Australia, South Australia, Coorong KW - Climate models KW - Climates KW - ISW, Australia, South Australia KW - Coastal zone management KW - Natural resources KW - Future climates KW - SW 5010:Network design KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - Q1 08422:Environmental effects KW - D 04060:Management and Conservation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427005169?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ecological+Applications&rft.atitle=Scenarios+involving+future+climate+and+water+extraction%3A+ecosystem+states+in+the+estuary+of+Australia%27s+largest+river&rft.au=Lester%2C+R+E%3BFairweather%2C+P+G%3BWebster%2C+I+T%3BQuin%2C+R+A&rft.aulast=Lester&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=984&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Ecological+Applications&rft.issn=10510761&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rivers; Potential resources; Water management; Natural resources; Climate change; Estuaries; Coastal lagoons; Coastal zone management; Sea level changes; Water levels; Hydrodynamics; Salinity effects; Climatic changes; Water availability; Lagoons; Models; Salinity variations; Climate models; Natural resources management; Sea level rise; Future climates; Salinity; Sea level; Degradation; Resource allocation; Upstream; Natural Resources; Hydrologic Models; Ecosystems; Climates; Benefits; ISW, Australia, South Australia, Coorong; ISW, Australia, South Australia; Marine; Brackish; Freshwater ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multiphase myrmecochory: the roles of different ant species and effects of fire AN - 1399918815; 18189935 AB - Seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) can be influenced by changes to ant assemblages resulting from habitat disturbance as well as by differences in disperser behaviour. We investigated the effect of habitat disturbance by fire on the dispersal of seeds of a myrmecochorous shrub, Pultenaea daphnoides. We also investigated the consequence of the seed relocation behaviours of two common dispersers (Pheidole sp. A and Rhytidoponera metallica) for the redispersal of seeds. Pheidole sp. A colonies did not relocate seeds outside their nests. In contrast, R. metallica colonies relocated 43.6 % of seeds fed to them, of which 96.9 % had residual elaiosome that remained attached. On average, R. metallica relocated seeds 78.9 and 60.7 cm from the nest entrances in burned and unburned habitat, respectively. Seeds were removed faster in burned than in unburned habitat, and seeds previously relocated by R. metallica were removed at similar rates to seeds with intact elaiosomes, but faster than seeds with detached elaiosomes. Dispersal distances were not significantly different between burned (51.3 cm) and unburned (70.9 cm) habitat or between seeds with different elaiosome conditions. Differences between habitat types in the frequency of seed removal, the shape of the seed dispersal curve, and the relative contribution of R. metallica and Pheidole sp. A to seed dispersal were largely due to the effect of recent fire on the abundance of Pheidole sp. A. Across habitat types, the number of seeds removed from depots and during dispersal trials most strongly related to the combined abundances of R. metallica and Pheidole. Our findings show that myrmecochory can involve more than one dispersal phase and that fire indirectly influences myrmecochory by altering the abundances of seed-dispersing ants. JF - Oecologia AU - Beaumont, Kieren P AU - Mackay, Duncan A AU - Whalen, Molly A AD - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, kieren.beaumont@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 791 EP - 803 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 172 IS - 3 SN - 0029-8549, 0029-8549 KW - Entomology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Shrubs KW - Fires KW - Seed dispersal KW - Rhytidoponera metallica KW - Myrmecochory KW - Abundance KW - Formicidae KW - Pheidole KW - Habitat KW - Nests KW - Colonies KW - Disturbance KW - Dispersal KW - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1399918815?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Oecologia&rft.atitle=Multiphase+myrmecochory%3A+the+roles+of+different+ant+species+and+effects+of+fire&rft.au=Beaumont%2C+Kieren+P%3BMackay%2C+Duncan+A%3BWhalen%2C+Molly+A&rft.aulast=Beaumont&rft.aufirst=Kieren&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=172&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=791&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Oecologia&rft.issn=00298549&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00442-012-2534-2 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Number of references - 71 N1 - Last updated - 2015-07-23 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Shrubs; Seed dispersal; Fires; Colonies; Myrmecochory; Abundance; Dispersal; Habitat; Nests; Disturbance; Rhytidoponera metallica; Pheidole; Formicidae DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2534-2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Risk management tools for sustainable fisheries management under changing climate: a sea cucumber example AN - 1399914374; 18190561 AB - Sustainable fisheries management into the future will require both understanding of and adaptation to climate change. A risk management approach is appropriate due to uncertainty in climate projections and the responses of target species. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) can underpin and support effective risk management. Climate change impacts are likely to differ by species and spatially. We use a spatial MSE applied to a multi-species data-poor sea cucumber/beche-de-mer fishery to demonstrate the utility of MSE to test the performance of alternative harvest strategies in meeting fishery objectives; this includes the ability to manage through climate variability and change, and meeting management objectives pertaining to resource status and fishery economic performance. The impacts of fishing relative to the impacts of climate change are distinguished by comparing future projection distributions relative to equivalent no-fishing no-climate-change trials. The 8 modelled species exhibit different responses to environmental variability and have different economic value. Status quo management would result in half the species falling below target levels, moderate risks of overall and local depletion, and significant changes in species composition. The three simple strategies with no monitoring (spatial rotation, closed areas, multi-species composition) were all successful in reducing these risks, but with fairly substantial decreases in the average profit. Higher profits (for the same risk levels) could only be achieved with strategies that included monitoring and hence adaptive management. Spatial management approaches based on adaptive feedback performed best overall. JF - Climatic Change AU - Plaganyi, Eva E AU - Skewes, Timothy D AU - Dowling, Natalie A AU - Haddon, Malcolm AD - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CMAR, GPO. Box 2583, Brisbane, Qld, 4001, Australia, eva.plaganyi-lloyd@csiro.au Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - July 2013 SP - 181 EP - 197 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 119 IS - 1 SN - 0165-0009, 0165-0009 KW - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts KW - Resource management KW - Climate change KW - Sustainable development KW - Risks KW - Species Composition KW - Fishing KW - Climatic variability KW - Fishery management KW - Economics KW - Fisheries KW - Profits KW - Holothurioidea KW - Fishery economics KW - Marine KW - Climate models KW - Adaptations KW - Climate KW - Environmental impact KW - Risk management KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries KW - Q1 08604:Stock assessment and management KW - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology KW - R2 23070:Economics, organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1399914374?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Climatic+Change&rft.atitle=Risk+management+tools+for+sustainable+fisheries+management+under+changing+climate%3A+a+sea+cucumber+example&rft.au=Plaganyi%2C+Eva+E%3BSkewes%2C+Timothy+D%3BDowling%2C+Natalie+A%3BHaddon%2C+Malcolm&rft.aulast=Plaganyi&rft.aufirst=Eva&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=119&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=181&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Climatic+Change&rft.issn=01650009&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs10584-012-0596-0 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Number of references - 32 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fishery economics; Resource management; Adaptations; Fishery management; Climate change; Environmental impact; Species Composition; Risks; Fishing; Climate models; Climatic variability; Fisheries; Risk management; Economics; Climate; Sustainable development; Profits; Holothurioidea; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0596-0 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dietary Predictors of Maternal Prenatal Blood Mercury Levels in the ALSPAC Birth Cohort Study AN - 1671587729; 18741294 AB - Background: Very high levels of prenatal maternal mercury have adverse effects on the developing fetal brain. It has been suggested that all possible sources of mercury should be avoided. However, although seafood is a known source of mercury, little is known about other dietary components that contribute to the overall levels of blood mercury. Objective: Our goal was to quantify the contribution of components of maternal diet to prenatal blood mercury level. Methods: Whole blood samples and information on diet and sociodemographic factors were collected from pregnant women (n = 4,484) enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). The blood samples were assayed for total mercury using inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry. Linear regression was used to estimate the relative contributions of 103 dietary variables and 6 sociodemographic characteristics to whole blood total mercury levels (TBM; untransformed and log-transformed) based on R2 values. Results: We estimated that maternal diet accounted for 19.8% of the total variation in ln-TBM, with 44% of diet-associated variability (8.75% of the total variation) associated with seafood consumption (white fish, oily fish, and shellfish). Other dietary components positively associated with TBM included wine and herbal teas, and components with significant negative associations included white bread, meat pies or pasties, and french fries. Conclusions: Although seafood is a source of dietary mercury, seafood appeared to explain a relatively small proportion of the variation in TBM in our UK study population. Our findings require confirmation, but suggest that limiting seafood intake during pregnancy may have a limited impact on prenatal blood mercury levels. Citation: Golding J, Steer CD, Hibbeln JR, Emmett PM, Lowery T, Jones R. 2013. Dietary predictors of maternal prenatal blood mercury levels in the ALSPAC birth cohort study. Environ Health Perspect 121:1214-1218; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206115 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Golding, Jean AU - Steer, Colin D AU - Hibbeln, Joseph R AU - Emmett, Pauline M AU - Lowery, Tony AU - Jones, Robert AD - Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Y1 - 2013/06/28/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 28 SP - 1214 EP - 1218 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH) KW - Diets KW - Birth KW - Blood KW - Wines KW - Mercury KW - Health KW - Fish KW - Seafood UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671587729?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Dietary+Predictors+of+Maternal+Prenatal+Blood+Mercury+Levels+in+the+ALSPAC+Birth+Cohort+Study&rft.au=Golding%2C+Jean%3BSteer%2C+Colin+D%3BHibbeln%2C+Joseph+R%3BEmmett%2C+Pauline+M%3BLowery%2C+Tony%3BJones%2C+Robert&rft.aulast=Golding&rft.aufirst=Jean&rft.date=2013-06-28&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1214&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206115 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206115 ER - TY - GEN T1 - [Concerns about Secret Interpretation of Section 215 of USA PATRIOT Act and Bulk Collection of Private Records] AN - 1679098594; SU00658 AB - Expresses concern about types of business records that could be collected about Americans under USA PATRIOT Act and about potential for abuse of access to records. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 4 KW - Clapper, James R., Jr. KW - Abuse of power KW - Americans KW - Business records KW - Congressional oversight KW - Data collection KW - Telephone services KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001). Section 215 KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Leahy, Patrick J. KW - Blumenthal, Richard KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Leahy, Patrick J. 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Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Letter ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - People - Blumenthal, Richard; Leahy, Patrick J.; Udall, Mark E. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress AN - 1438600607; 2011-496531 AB - This report provides background information and potential issues for Congress on the Navy's irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) operations. The Navy's IW and CT activities pose a number of potential oversight issues for Congress, including the definition of Navy IW activities and how much emphasis to place on IW and CT activities in future Navy budgets. Congress's decisions regarding Navy IW and CT operations can affect Navy operations and funding requirements, and the implementation of the nation's overall IW and CT strategies. Tables, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 27 2013, 34 pp. AU - O'Rourke, Ronald Y1 - 2013/06/27/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 27 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - International relations - International peace and security KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - International relations - War KW - Counterterrorism KW - United States Navy KW - War KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600607?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=O%27Rourke%2C+Ronald&rft.aulast=O%27Rourke&rft.aufirst=Ronald&rft.date=2013-06-27&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Navy+Irregular+Warfare+and+Counterterrorism+Operations%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Navy+Irregular+Warfare+and+Counterterrorism+Operations%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211803.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS22373 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - President Obama's Climate Action Plan AN - 1438600263; 2011-496532 AB - On June 25, 2013, President Obama announced a national plan to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as to encourage adaptation to expected climate change. The President affirmed his commitment to his 2009 policy pledge to reduce US GHG emissions by 17% below 2005 levels by 2020 if all other major economies agreed to limit their emissions as well. The President had been under increasing pressure from environmental allies to exercise greater leadership on the climate change issue, after the Congress did not enact Waxman-Markey or other comprehensive bills to reduce GHG emissions. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 26 2013, 12 pp. AU - Leggett, Jane A Y1 - 2013/06/26/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 26 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Environment and environmental policy - Pollution and environmental degradation KW - Politics - Politics and policy-making KW - Air pollution KW - Environment KW - United States KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - Climate KW - Global warming KW - Leadership KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600263?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Leggett%2C+Jane+A&rft.aulast=Leggett&rft.aufirst=Jane&rft.date=2013-06-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=President+Obama%27s+Climate+Action+Plan&rft.title=President+Obama%27s+Climate+Action+Plan&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211801.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43120 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - [Request for Access to Classified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Orders and Semiannual Reviews; Includes Follow-Up Request Letters] AN - 1679098834; SU00649 AB - Congressman Griffith requests access to classified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders and related reports. AU - United States. Congress. House AD - United States. Congress. House PY - 2013 SP - 4 KW - Lowry, Ashley KW - Classification of information KW - Congressional oversight KW - Court orders KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Meet the Press (Television program) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098834?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=%5BRequest+for+Access+to+Classified+Foreign+Intelligence+Surveillance+Act+Orders+and+Semiannual+Reviews%3B+Includes+Follow-Up+Request+Letters%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-25&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.archive.org. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Letter ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Internet Archive N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economic Costs of Childhood Lead Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries AN - 1660060098; 18597923 AB - Background: Children's blood lead levels have declined worldwide, especially after the removal of lead in gasoline. However, significant exposure remains, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. To date, there have been no global estimates of the costs related to lead exposure in children in developing countries. Objective: Our main aim was to estimate the economic costs attributable to childhood lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: We developed a regression model to estimate mean blood lead levels in our population of interest, represented by each 1-year cohort of children < 5 years of age. We used an environmentally attributable fraction model to estimate lead-attributable economic costs and limited our analysis to the neurodevelopmental impacts of lead, assessed as decrements in IQ points. Our main outcome was lost lifetime economic productivity due to early childhood exposure. Results: We estimated a total cost of $977 billions of international dollars in low- and middle-income countries, with economic losses equal to $134.7 billion in Africa [4.03% of gross domestic product (GDP)], $142.3 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean (2.04% of GDP), and $699.9 billion in Asia (1.88% of GDP). Our sensitivity analysis indicates a total economic loss in the range of $728.6-1162.5 billion. Conclusions: We estimated that, in low- and middle-income countries, the burden associated with childhood lead exposure amounts to 1.20% of world GDP in 2011. For comparison, in the United States and Europe lead-attributable economic costs have been estimated at $50.9 and $55 billion, respectively, suggesting that the largest burden of lead exposure is now borne by low- and middle-income countries. Citation: Attina TM, Trasande L. 2013. Economic costs of childhood lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries. Environ Health Perspect 121:1097-1102; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206424 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Attina, Teresa M AU - Trasande, Leonardo AD - Department of Pediatrics, Y1 - 2013/06/25/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 25 SP - 1097 EP - 1102 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Costs KW - Estimates KW - Blood KW - Economics KW - Economic analysis KW - Health KW - Children KW - Lead (metal) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060098?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Economic+Costs+of+Childhood+Lead+Exposure+in+Low-+and+Middle-Income+Countries&rft.au=Attina%2C+Teresa+M%3BTrasande%2C+Leonardo&rft.aulast=Attina&rft.aufirst=Teresa&rft.date=2013-06-25&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1097&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206424 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206424 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Phthalate Exposure and Allergy in the U.S. Population: Results from NHANES 2005-2006 AN - 1458535694; 18741280 AB - Background: Environmental exposures to phthalates, particularly high-molecular-weight (HMW) phthalates, are suspected to contribute to allergy. Objective: We assessed whether phthalate metabolites are associated with allergic symptoms and sensitization in a large nationally representative sample. Methods: We used data on urinary phthalate metabolites and allergic symptoms (hay fever, rhinitis, allergy, wheeze, asthma) and sensitization from participants greater than or equal to 6 years of age in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006. Allergen sensitization was defined as a positive response to at least one of 19 specific IgE antigens ( greater than or equal to 0.35 kU/L). Odds ratios (ORs) per one log10 unit change in phthalate concentration were estimated using logistic regression adjusting for age, race, body mass index, gender, creatinine, and cotinine. Separate analyses were conducted for children (6-17 years of age) and adults. Results: The HMW phthalate metabolite monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) was the only metabolite positively associated with current allergic symptoms in adults (wheeze, asthma, hay fever, and rhinitis). Mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate and the sum of diethylhexyl phthalate metabolites (both representing HMW phthalate exposures) were positively associated with allergic sensitization in adults. Conversely, in children, HMW phthalate metabolites were inversely associated with asthma and hay fever. Of the low-molecular-weight phthalate metabolites, monoethyl phthalate was inversely associated with allergic sensitization in adults (OR = 0.79; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.90). Conclusion: In this cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample, HMW phthalate metabolites, particularly MBzP, were positively associated with allergic symptoms and sensitization in adults, but there was no strong evidence for associations between phthalates and allergy in children 6-17 years of age. Citation: Hoppin JA, Jaramillo R, London SJ, Bertelsen RJ, Salo PM, Sandler DP, Zeldin DC. 2013. Phthalate exposure and allergy in the U.S. population: results from NHANES 2005-2006. Environ Health Perspect 121:1129-1134; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206211 [Online 25 June 2013]. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Hoppin, Jane A AU - Jaramillo, Renee AU - London, Stephanie J AU - Bertelsen, Randi J AU - Salo, Paeivi M AU - Sandler, Dale P AU - Zeldin, Darryl C AD - Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Heath and Human Services (DHHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/06/25/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 25 SP - 1129 EP - 1134 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Age KW - Body mass KW - British Isles, England, Greater London, London KW - Rhinitis KW - Metabolites KW - Respiratory diseases KW - Allergies KW - Nutrition KW - Hypersensitivity KW - Phthalates KW - Allergens KW - Races KW - Data processing KW - Asthma KW - Children KW - Phthalic acid KW - USA KW - Creatinine KW - Cotinine KW - Urine KW - Immunoglobulin E KW - Gender KW - Body mass index KW - Hay fever KW - Internet KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1458535694?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Phthalate+Exposure+and+Allergy+in+the+U.S.+Population%3A+Results+from+NHANES+2005-2006&rft.au=Hoppin%2C+Jane+A%3BJaramillo%2C+Renee%3BLondon%2C+Stephanie+J%3BBertelsen%2C+Randi+J%3BSalo%2C+Paeivi+M%3BSandler%2C+Dale+P%3BZeldin%2C+Darryl+C&rft.aulast=Hoppin&rft.aufirst=Jane&rft.date=2013-06-25&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1129&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206211 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Asthma; Metabolites; Rhinitis; Children; Nutrition; Phthalic acid; Hypersensitivity; Cotinine; Creatinine; Immunoglobulin E; Allergens; Body mass index; Hay fever; Races; Internet; Body mass; Respiratory diseases; Allergies; Phthalates; Urine; Gender; USA; British Isles, England, Greater London, London DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206211 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Legal Framework AN - 1438600191; 2011-496533 AB - The development of offshore oil, gas, and other mineral resources in the US is impacted by a number of interrelated legal regimes, including international, federal, and state laws. This report explains the nature of US authority over offshore areas under international and domestic law. It also describes the laws, at both the state and federal levels, governing the development of offshore oil and gas and the litigation that has flowed from development under these legal regimes. Recent changes to the authorities regulating offshore development, executive action, and legislative proposals concerning offshore oil and natural gas exploration and production are explored. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 25 2013, 23 pp. AU - Vann, Adam Y1 - 2013/06/25/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 25 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations KW - Executives KW - United States KW - Petroleum industry KW - Production KW - Authority KW - Law KW - Natural gas KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600191?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Vann%2C+Adam&rft.aulast=Vann&rft.aufirst=Adam&rft.date=2013-06-25&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Offshore+Oil+and+Gas+Development%3A+Legal+Framework&rft.title=Offshore+Oil+and+Gas+Development%3A+Legal+Framework&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211805.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33404 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - [Inaccurate Statement in Fact Sheet on Section 702 Authority] AN - 1679098407; SU00646 AB - Points out inaccuracy in fact sheet about legal authority for National Security Agency's surveillance activities. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Alexander, Keith B. KW - Americans KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act (2008). Section 702 KW - Privacy law KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001). Section 215 UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098407?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=%5BInaccurate+Statement+in+Fact+Sheet+on+Section+702+Authority%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.wyden.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Letter ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information AN - 1679098392; SU00647 AB - Provides background information on leaks of classified information and details criminal law prohibiting unauthorized release. AU - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service AD - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service PY - 2013 SP - 34 KW - Classification of information KW - Classified Information Procedures Act (1980) KW - Criminal law KW - Espionage Act (1917) KW - Extradition KW - Information leaks KW - New York Times KW - News media KW - Pentagon Papers KW - Snowden, Edward J. Leaks (2013- ) KW - United States Constitution. First Amendment KW - King, Elizabeth L. KW - Risen, James KW - Holder, Eric H., Jr. KW - Leibowitz, Shamai Kedem KW - Drake, Thomas A. KW - Sterling, Jeffrey A. KW - Snowden, Edward J. KW - Kiriakou, John KW - Kim, Stephen Jin-Woo KW - Assange, Julian KW - Susman, Louis B. KW - Gates, Robert M. KW - Manning, Bradley KW - King, Elizabeth L. KW - Risen, James KW - Holder, Eric H., Jr. KW - Leibowitz, Shamai Kedem KW - Drake, Thomas A. KW - Sterling, Jeffrey A. KW - Snowden, Edward J. KW - Kiriakou, John KW - Kim, Stephen Jin-Woo KW - Assange, Julian KW - Susman, Louis B. KW - Gates, Robert M. KW - Manning, Bradley UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098392?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Criminal+Prohibitions+on+the+Publication+of+Classified+Defense+Information&rft.au=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aulast=United+States.+Library+of+Congress.+Congressional+Research+Service&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.fas.org. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Department of State; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service; WikiLeaks N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Federation of American Scientists N1 - People - Assange, Julian; Drake, Thomas A.; Gates, Robert M.; Holder, Eric H., Jr.; Kim, Stephen Jin-Woo; King, Elizabeth L.; Kiriakou, John; Leibowitz, Shamai Kedem; Manning, Bradley; Risen, James; Snowden, Edward J.; Sterling, Jeffrey A.; Susman, Louis B. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition AN - 1438600153; 2011-496534 AB - This report presents background information and discusses potential issues for Congress relating to US ballistic missile defense (BMD) efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. These efforts pose several potential policy, funding, and oversight issues. Decisions that Congress makes on these issues could affect US defense funding requirements and capabilities, and US relations with countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Australia. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 24 2013, 22 pp. AU - Rinehart, Ian E AU - Hildreth, Steven A AU - Lawrence, Susan V Y1 - 2013/06/24/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 24 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - International relations - International relations KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Military and defense policy - Military policy KW - United States KW - Guided missiles KW - Pacific region KW - North Korea KW - China (People's Republic) KW - Surveillance KW - International relations KW - Defenses KW - Defense contracts KW - Australia KW - Asia KW - Japan KW - South Korea KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600153?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Rinehart%2C+Ian+E%3BHildreth%2C+Steven+A%3BLawrence%2C+Susan+V&rft.aulast=Rinehart&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft.date=2013-06-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Ballistic+Missile+Defense+in+the+Asia-Pacific+Region%3A+Cooperation+and+Opposition&rft.title=Ballistic+Missile+Defense+in+the+Asia-Pacific+Region%3A+Cooperation+and+Opposition&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211800.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43116 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Blood Glutathione and Glutathione Disulfide Concentrations in Bangladeshi Adults AN - 1439228869; 18597919 AB - Background: In vitro and rodent studies have shown that arsenic (As) exposure can deplete glutathione (GSH) and induce oxidative stress. GSH is the primary intracellular antioxidant; it donates an electron to reactive oxygen species, thus producing glutathione disulfide (GSSG). Cysteine (Cys) and cystine (CySS) are the predominant thiol/disulfide redox couple found in human plasma. Arsenic, GSH, and Cys are linked in several ways: a) GSH is synthesized via the transsulfuration pathway, and Cys is the rate-limiting substrate; b) intermediates of the methionine cycle regulate both the transsulfuration pathway and As methylation; c) GSH serves as the electron donor for reduction of arsenate to arsenite; and d) As has a high affinity for sulfhydryl groups and therefore binds to GSH and Cys. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that As exposure is associated with decreases in GSH and Cys and increases in GSSG and CySS (i.e., a more oxidized environment). Methods: For this cross-sectional study, the Folate and Oxidative Stress Study, we recruited a total of 378 participants from each of five water As concentration categories: 300 mu g/L (n = 45). Concentrations of GSH, GSSG, Cys, and CySS were measured using HPLC. Results: An interquartile range (IQR) increase in water As was negatively associated with blood GSH (mean change, -25.4 mu mol/L; 95% CI: -45.3, -5.31) and plasma CySS (mean change, -3.00 mu mol/L; 95% CI: -4.61, -1.40). We observed similar associations with urine and blood As. There were no significant associations between As exposure and blood GSSG or plasma Cys. Conclusions: The observed associations are consistent with the hypothesis that As may influence concentrations of GSH and other nonprotein sulfhydryls through binding and irreversible loss in bile and/or possibly in urine. Citation: Hall MN, Niedzwiecki M, Liu X, Harper KN, Alam S, Slavkovich V, Ilievski V, Levy D, Siddique AB, Parvez F, Mey JL, van Geen A, Graziano J, Gamble MV. 2013. Chronic arsenic exposure and blood glutathione and glutathione disulfide concentrations in Bangladeshi adults. Environ Health Perspect 121:1068-1074; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205727 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Hall, Megan N AU - Niedzwiecki, Megan AU - Liu, Xinhua AU - Harper, Kristin N AU - Alam, Shafiul AU - Slavkovich, Vesna AU - Ilievski, Vesna AU - Levy, Diane AU - Siddique, Abu B AU - Parvez, Faruque AU - Mey, Jacob L AU - van Geen, Alexander AU - Graziano, Joseph AU - Gamble, Mary V AD - Department of Epidemiology, Y1 - 2013/06/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 21 SP - 1068 EP - 1074 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - High-performance liquid chromatography KW - Antioxidants KW - Glutathione KW - cystine KW - Methionine KW - Reactive oxygen species KW - Oxidative stress KW - Thiols KW - Folic acid KW - Manganese KW - Rodents KW - Redox properties KW - Arsenic KW - Arsenite KW - Sulfhydryl groups KW - Arsenates KW - Oxygen KW - Blood KW - Antibodies KW - Cysteine KW - Urine KW - Bile KW - Methylation KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - X 24360:Metals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439228869?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Chronic+Arsenic+Exposure+and+Blood+Glutathione+and+Glutathione+Disulfide+Concentrations+in+Bangladeshi+Adults&rft.au=Hall%2C+Megan+N%3BNiedzwiecki%2C+Megan%3BLiu%2C+Xinhua%3BHarper%2C+Kristin+N%3BAlam%2C+Shafiul%3BSlavkovich%2C+Vesna%3BIlievski%2C+Vesna%3BLevy%2C+Diane%3BSiddique%2C+Abu+B%3BParvez%2C+Faruque%3BMey%2C+Jacob+L%3Bvan+Geen%2C+Alexander%3BGraziano%2C+Joseph%3BGamble%2C+Mary+V&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Megan&rft.date=2013-06-21&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1068&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205727 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - High-performance liquid chromatography; Arsenic; Redox properties; Antioxidants; Glutathione; Arsenite; Sulfhydryl groups; Methionine; Blood; Antibodies; Reactive oxygen species; Oxidative stress; Urine; Cysteine; Bile; Thiols; Folic acid; Methylation; Manganese; Oxygen; cystine; Arsenates; Rodents DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205727 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - U.S. Global Health Assistance: Background and Issues for the 113th Congress AN - 1438600131; 2011-496535 AB - Congress has demonstrated interest in global health and has generally appropriated funds for global health in excess of presidential requests, particularly since FY2000. US government funding for global health has grown from 1.7 billion dollars in FY2001 to 8.9 billion dollars in FY2012. The Administration proposes spending more than 9 billion dollars on global health programs in FY2014. President Barack Obama created the Global Health Initiative (GHI) to improve the coordination and implementation of US global health programs with the goal of deepening the impact of US global health investments. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 21 2013, 33 pp. AU - Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji Y1 - 2013/06/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 21 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Government - Public officials KW - Obama, Barack KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - Investments KW - Public health KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600131?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Salaam-Blyther%2C+Tiaji&rft.aulast=Salaam-Blyther&rft.aufirst=Tiaji&rft.date=2013-06-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=U.S.+Global+Health+Assistance%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+the+113th+Congress&rft.title=U.S.+Global+Health+Assistance%3A+Background+and+Issues+for+the+113th+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211405.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43115 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - What Is the Farm Bill? AN - 1438600129; 2011-496536 AB - The farm bill is an omnibus, multi-year piece of authorizing legislation that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. Although agricultural policies sometimes are created and changed by freestanding legislation or as part of other major laws, the farm bill provides a predictable opportunity for policymakers to comprehensively and periodically address agricultural and food issues. The farm bill is renewed about every five years. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 21 2013, 9 pp. AU - Johnson, Renee AU - Monke, Jim Y1 - 2013/06/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 21 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings KW - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research KW - Agricultural policy KW - Farms KW - Food KW - Law KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600129?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Johnson%2C+Renee%3BMonke%2C+Jim&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Renee&rft.date=2013-06-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=What+Is+the+Farm+Bill%3F&rft.title=What+Is+the+Farm+Bill%3F&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211400.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS22131 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions AN - 1438603360; 2011-496537 AB - For more than a decade, various experts have expressed concerns about information-system security -- often referred to as cybersecurity -- in the US and abroad. The frequency, impact, and sophistication of attacks on those systems have added urgency to their concerns. Consensus has also been growing that the current legislative framework for cybersecurity might need to be revised to address needs for improved cybersecurity, especially given the continuing evolution of the technology and threat environments. This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 20 2013, 62 pp. AU - Fischer, Eric A Y1 - 2013/06/20/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 20 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy KW - Threats KW - United States KW - Security measures KW - Law KW - Internet KW - Technology KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438603360?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Fischer%2C+Eric+A&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft.date=2013-06-20&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Federal+Laws+Relating+to+Cybersecurity%3A+Overview+and+Discussion+of+Proposed+Revisions&rft.title=Federal+Laws+Relating+to+Cybersecurity%3A+Overview+and+Discussion+of+Proposed+Revisions&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211410.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42114 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Systemically Important or "Too Big to Fail" Financial Institutions AN - 1438600402; 2011-496539 AB - Although "too big to fail" (TBTF) has been a perennial policy issue, it was highlighted by the near-collapse of several large financial firms in 2008. Large financial firms that failed or required extraordinary government assistance in the recent crisis included depositories (Citigroup and Washington Mutual), government-sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), insurance companies (AIG), and investment banks (Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers). This report discusses the economic issues raised by TBTF, the historical experience with TBTF, broad policy options, and policy changes made by the relevant Dodd-Frank provisions as well as recent legislation addressing the TBTF issue. Tables, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 19 2013, 53 pp. AU - Labonte, Marc Y1 - 2013/06/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 19 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Business and service sector - Insurance KW - Investments KW - American international group, inc. KW - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. KW - Bear Stearns Companies, inc. KW - Citigroup Inc. KW - Banking KW - Insurance KW - Washington Mutual KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600402?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Labonte%2C+Marc&rft.aulast=Labonte&rft.aufirst=Marc&rft.date=2013-06-19&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Systemically+Important+or+%22Too+Big+to+Fail%22+Financial+Institutions&rft.title=Systemically+Important+or+%22Too+Big+to+Fail%22+Financial+Institutions&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211399.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42150 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress AN - 1438598118; 2011-496538 AB - Arms control negotiations between the US and Russia have stalled, leading many observers to suggest that the US reduce its nuclear forces unilaterally, or in parallel with Russia, without negotiating a new treaty. The report reviews the role of nuclear arms control in the US-Soviet relationship, looking at both formal, bilateral treaties, and unilateral steps the US took to alter its nuclear posture. The report also describes the role of Congress in the arms control process. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 19 2013, 33 pp. AU - Woolf, Amy F Y1 - 2013/06/19/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 19 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - International relations - Treaties KW - International relations - Diplomacy KW - Administration of justice - Legal procedure KW - United States KW - Atomic weapons KW - Russian Federation KW - Negotiation KW - Treaties KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598118?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Woolf%2C+Amy+F&rft.aulast=Woolf&rft.aufirst=Amy&rft.date=2013-06-19&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Next+Steps+in+Nuclear+Arms+Control+with+Russia%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Next+Steps+in+Nuclear+Arms+Control+with+Russia%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211411.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43037 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - [How Disclosed National Security Agency Programs Protect Americans, and Why Disclosure Aids Our Adversaries: Opening Statement by Chairman Mike Rogers] AN - 1679098719; SU00638 AB - Transcribes Representative Mike Rogers' opening statement for congressional hearing on legality and effectiveness of National Security Agency's business records collection program. AU - United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence AD - United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Business records KW - Congressional hearings KW - Counterterrorism KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) KW - Intelligence collection KW - Snowden, Edward J. Leaks (2013- ) KW - Alexander, Keith B. KW - Alexander, Keith B. 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National Security Agency/Central Security Service N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Statement ; Location of original: Available [Online]: U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence N1 - People - Alexander, Keith B. N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Perinatal Air Pollutant Exposures and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Children of Nurses' Health Study II Participants AN - 1677951894; 18418175 AB - Objective: Air pollution contains many toxicants known to affect neurological function and to have effects on the fetus in utero. Recent studies have reported associations between perinatal exposure to air pollutants and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. We tested the hypothesis that perinatal exposure to air pollutants is associated with ASD, focusing on pollutants associated with ASD in prior studies. Methods: We estimated associations between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-modeled levels of hazardous air pollutants at the time and place of birth and ASD in the children of participants in the Nurses' Health Study II (325 cases, 22,101 controls). Our analyses focused on pollutants associated with ASD in prior research. We accounted for possible confounding and ascertainment bias by adjusting for family-level socioeconomic status (maternal grandparents' education) and census tract-level socioeconomic measures (e.g., tract median income and percent college educated), as well as maternal age at birth and year of birth. We also examined possible differences in the relationship between ASD and pollutant exposures by child's sex. Results: Perinatal exposures to the highest versus lowest quintile of diesel, lead, manganese, mercury, methylene chloride, and an overall measure of metals were significantly associated with ASD, with odds ratios ranging from 1.5 (for overall metals measure) to 2.0 (for diesel and mercury). In addition, linear trends were positive and statistically significant for these exposures (p < .05 for each). For most pollutants, associations were stronger for boys (279 cases) than for girls (46 cases) and significantly different according to sex. Conclusions: Perinatal exposure to air pollutants may increase risk for ASD. Additionally, future studies should consider sex-specific biological pathways connecting perinatal exposure to pollutants with ASD. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Roberts, Andrea L AU - Lyall, Kristen AU - Hart, Jaime E AU - Laden, Francine AU - Just, Allan C AU - Bobb, Jennifer F AU - Koenen, Karestan C AU - Ascherio, Alberto AU - Weisskopf, Marc G AD - Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 SP - 978 EP - 984 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - air pollution KW - autism KW - diesel KW - heavy metals KW - prenatal exposure KW - Birth KW - Pollutants KW - Exposure KW - Nurses KW - Health KW - Diesel KW - Children KW - Diesel fuels UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677951894?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Perinatal+Air+Pollutant+Exposures+and+Autism+Spectrum+Disorder+in+the+Children+of+Nurses%27+Health+Study+II+Participants&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Andrea+L%3BLyall%2C+Kristen%3BHart%2C+Jaime+E%3BLaden%2C+Francine%3BJust%2C+Allan+C%3BBobb%2C+Jennifer+F%3BKoenen%2C+Karestan+C%3BAscherio%2C+Alberto%3BWeisskopf%2C+Marc+G&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=978&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206187 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206187 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Long-term Exposure to PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) in Association with Lung Volume and Airway Resistance in the MAAS Birth Cohort AN - 1660071546; 18741298 AB - Background: Findings from previous studies on the effects of air pollution exposure on lung function during childhood have been inconsistent. A common limitation has been the quality of exposure data used, and few studies have modeled exposure longitudinally throughout early life. Objectives: We sought to study the long-term effects of exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM sub(10)) and to nitrogen dioxide (NO sub(2)) on specific airway resistance (sRaw) and forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) before and after bronchodilator treatment. Subjects were from the Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study (MAAS) birth cohort (n = 1,185). Methods: Spirometry was performed during clinic visits at ages 3, 5, 8, and 11 years. Individual-level PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposures were estimated from birth to 11 years of age through a microenvironmental exposure model. Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations were estimated using generalized estimating equations and multivariable linear regression models. Results: Lifetime exposure to PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) was associated with significantly less growth in FEV1 (percent predicted) over time, both before (-1.37%; 95% CI: -2.52, -0.23 for a 1-unit increase in PM sub(10) and -0.83%; 95% CI: -1.39, -0.28 for a 1-unit increase in NO sub(2)) and after bronchodilator treatment (-3.59%; 95% CI: -5.36, -1.83 and -1.20%; 95% CI: -1.97, -0.43, respectively). We found no association between lifetime exposure and sRaw over time. Cross-sectional analyses of detailed exposure estimates for the summer and winter before 11 years of age and lung function at 11 years indicated no significant associations. Conclusions: Long-term PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposures were associated with small but statistically significant reductions in lung volume growth in children of elementary-school age. Citation: Molter A, Agius RM, de Vocht F, Lindley S, Gerrard W, Lowe L, Belgrave D, Custovic A, Simpson A. 2013. Long-term exposure to PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) in association with lung volume and airway resistance in the MAAS birth cohort. Environ Health Perspect 121:1232-1238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205961 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Molter, Anna AU - Agius, Raymond M AU - de Vocht, Frank AU - Lindley, Sarah AU - Gerrard, William AU - Lowe, Lesley AU - Belgrave, Danielle AU - Custovic, Adnan AU - Simpson, Angela AD - Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Health Sciences Group, School of Community-Based Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 SP - 1232 EP - 1238 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 0 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Nitrogen dioxide KW - Birth KW - Age KW - Mathematical models KW - Airways KW - Lungs KW - Health KW - Cross sections UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660071546?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Long-term+Exposure+to+PM+sub%2810%29+and+NO+sub%282%29+in+Association+with+Lung+Volume+and+Airway+Resistance+in+the+MAAS+Birth+Cohort&rft.au=Molter%2C+Anna%3BAgius%2C+Raymond+M%3Bde+Vocht%2C+Frank%3BLindley%2C+Sarah%3BGerrard%2C+William%3BLowe%2C+Lesley%3BBelgrave%2C+Danielle%3BCustovic%2C+Adnan%3BSimpson%2C+Angela&rft.aulast=Molter&rft.aufirst=Anna&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=0&rft.spage=1232&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205961 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205961 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Retinal Microvascular Responses to Short-Term Changes in Particulate Air Pollution in Healthy Adults AN - 1439232719; 18597916 AB - Background: Microcirculation plays an important role in the physiology of cardiovascular health. Air pollution is an independent risk factor for the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases, but the number of studies on the relation between air pollution and the microcirculation is limited. Objectives: We examined the relationship between short-term changes in air pollution and microvascular changes. Methods: We measured retinal microvasculature using fundus image analysis in a panel of 84 healthy adults (52% female), 22-63 years of age, during January-May 2012. Blood vessels were measured as central retinal arteriolar/venular equivalent (CRAE/CRVE), with a median of 2 measurements (range, 1-3). We used monitoring data on particulate air pollution (PM10) and black carbon (BC). Mixed-effect models were used to estimate associations between CRAE/CRVE and exposure to PM10 and BC using various exposure windows. Results: CRAE and CRVE were associated with PM10 and BC concentrations, averaged over the 24 hr before the retinal examinations. Each 10- mu g/m3 increase in PM10 was associated with a 0.93- mu m decrease (95% CI: -1.42, -0.45; p = 0.0003) in CRAE and a 0.86- mu m decrease (95% CI: -1.42, -0.30; p = 0.004) in CRVE after adjusting for individual characteristics and time varying conditions such as ambient temperature. Each 1- mu g/m3 increase in BC was associated with a 1.84- mu m decrease (95% CI: -3.18, -0.51; p < 0.001) in CRAE. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the retinal microvasculature responds to short-term changes in air pollution levels. These results support a mechanistic pathway through which air pollution can act as a trigger of cardiovascular events at least in part through effects on the microvasculature. Citation: Louwies T, Int Panis L, Kicinski M, De Boever P, Nawrot TS. 2013. Retinal microvascular responses to short-term changes in particulate air pollution in healthy adults. Environ Health Perspect 121:1011-1016; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205721 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Louwies, Tijs AU - Panis, Luc Int AU - Kicinski, Michal AU - De Boever, Patrick AU - Nawrot, Tim S AD - Environmental Risk and Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 SP - 1011 EP - 1016 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts KW - Air pollution KW - Age KW - Black carbon KW - Risk factors KW - Physiology KW - Temperature KW - Pollution effects KW - Particulates KW - Cardiovascular diseases KW - Panis KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439232719?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Retinal+Microvascular+Responses+to+Short-Term+Changes+in+Particulate+Air+Pollution+in+Healthy+Adults&rft.au=Louwies%2C+Tijs%3BPanis%2C+Luc+Int%3BKicinski%2C+Michal%3BDe+Boever%2C+Patrick%3BNawrot%2C+Tim+S&rft.aulast=Louwies&rft.aufirst=Tijs&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1011&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205721 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Age; Black carbon; Risk factors; Physiology; Temperature; Pollution effects; Cardiovascular diseases; Particulates; Panis DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205721 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Short-term Associations between Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospitalizations in Southern Europe: Results from the MED-PARTICLES Project AN - 1439229115; 18597918 AB - Background: Evidence on the short-term effects of fine and coarse particles on morbidity in Europe is scarce and inconsistent. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the association between daily concentrations of fine and coarse particles with hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions in eight Southern European cities, within the MED-PARTICLES project. Methods: City-specific Poisson models were fitted to estimate associations of daily concentrations of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m (PM sub(2.52)), less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM sub(10)), and their difference (PM sub(2.5-10)) with daily counts of emergency hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We derived pooled estimates from random-effects meta-analysis and evaluated the robustness of results to co-pollutant exposure adjustment and model specification. Pooled concentration-response curves were estimated using a meta-smoothing approach. Results: We found significant associations between all PM fractions and cardiovascular admissions. Increases of 10 mu g/m super(3) in PM sub(2.5), 6.3 mu g/m super(3) in PM sub(2.5-10), and 14.4 mu g/m super(3) in PM sub(10) (lag 0-1 days) were associated with increases in cardiovascular admissions of 0.51% (95% CI: 0.12, 0.90%), 0.46% (95% CI: 0.10, 0.82%), and 0.53% (95% CI: 0.06, 1.00%), respectively. Stronger associations were estimated for respiratory hospitalizations, ranging from 1.15% (95% CI: 0.21, 2.11%) for PM sub(10) to 1.36% (95% CI: 0.23, 2.49) for PM sub(2.5) (lag 0-5 days). Conclusions: PM sub(2.5) and PM sub(2.5-10) were positively associated with cardiovascular and respiratory admissions in eight Mediterranean cities. Information on the short-term effects of different PM fractions on morbidity in Southern Europe will be useful to inform European policies on air quality standards. Citation: Stafoggia M, Samoli E, Alessandrini E, Cadum E, Ostro B, Berti G, Faustini A, Jacquemin B, Linares C, Pascal M, Randi G, Ranzi A, Stivanello E, Forastiere F, the MED-PARTICLES Study Group. 2013. Short-term associations between fine and coarse particulate matter and hospitalizations in Southern Europe: results from the MED-PARTICLES project. Environ Health Perspect 121:1026-1033; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206151 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Stafoggia, Massimo AU - Samoli, Evangelia AU - Alessandrini, Ester AU - Cadum, Ennio AU - Ostro, Bart AU - Berti, Giovanna AU - Faustini, Annunziata AU - Jacquemin, Benedicte AU - Linares, Cristina AU - Pascal, Mathilde AU - Randi, Giorgia AU - Ranzi, Andrea AU - Stivanello, Elisa AU - Forastiere, Francesco AD - Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Region Health Service, Rome, Italy Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 SP - 1026 EP - 1033 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts KW - Particle size KW - Air quality standards KW - Cities KW - ANE, Europe KW - MED KW - Aerodynamics KW - Particulates KW - Morbidity KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439229115?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Short-term+Associations+between+Fine+and+Coarse+Particulate+Matter+and+Hospitalizations+in+Southern+Europe%3A+Results+from+the+MED-PARTICLES+Project&rft.au=Stafoggia%2C+Massimo%3BSamoli%2C+Evangelia%3BAlessandrini%2C+Ester%3BCadum%2C+Ennio%3BOstro%2C+Bart%3BBerti%2C+Giovanna%3BFaustini%2C+Annunziata%3BJacquemin%2C+Benedicte%3BLinares%2C+Cristina%3BPascal%2C+Mathilde%3BRandi%2C+Giorgia%3BRanzi%2C+Andrea%3BStivanello%2C+Elisa%3BForastiere%2C+Francesco&rft.aulast=Stafoggia&rft.aufirst=Massimo&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1026&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206151 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air quality standards; Particle size; Cities; Aerodynamics; Particulates; Morbidity; MED; ANE, Europe DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206151 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy AN - 1438600031; 2011-496541 AB - The United Arab Emirate's (UAE's) relatively open borders and economy have won praise from advocates of expanded freedoms in the Middle East while producing financial excesses, social ills such as human trafficking, and opportunity for Iranian businesses based there to try to circumvent international sanctions. The social and economic freedoms have not translated into significant political change; the UAE government remains under the control of a small circle of leaders who allow citizen participation primarily through traditional methods of consensus-building. This report discusses conditions in the UAE, US relations and foreign policy cooperation and challenges. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 18 2013, 26 pp. AU - Katzman, Kenneth Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Human rights - Civil and political rights KW - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises KW - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection KW - International relations - International relations KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - National, ethnic, and minority groups KW - Social conditions and policy - Community life and organization KW - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations KW - Citizen participation KW - United States KW - United Arab Emirates KW - Iran KW - Human trafficking KW - Sanctions (international law) KW - Business KW - Liberty KW - Arabs KW - Foreign relations KW - Middle East KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600031?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Katzman%2C+Kenneth&rft.aulast=Katzman&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+United+Arab+Emirates+%28UAE%29%3A+Issues+for+U.S.+Policy&rft.title=The+United+Arab+Emirates+%28UAE%29%3A+Issues+for+U.S.+Policy&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211407.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS21852 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Agricultural Export Programs: Background and Issues AN - 1438598361; 2011-496540 AB - US agricultural exports have exceeded agricultural imports in every year since 1970, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The US operates a number of programs that aim to develop overseas markets for US agricultural products. The 2008 farm bill, which authorized these trade programs, expired in 2012; "Fiscal cliff" legislation (P.L. 112-240) extended provisions of the 2008 farm bill, including those for export programs, until September 30, 2013; and Congress is currently considering a 2013 farm bill that would reauthorize export programs through 2018. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 18 2013, 18 pp. AU - Hanrahan, Charles E Y1 - 2013/06/18/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 18 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings KW - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production KW - United States KW - United States Agriculture department KW - Farms KW - Agricultural products KW - Markets KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598361?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Hanrahan%2C+Charles+E&rft.aulast=Hanrahan&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft.date=2013-06-18&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Agricultural+Export+Programs%3A+Background+and+Issues&rft.title=Agricultural+Export+Programs%3A+Background+and+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211397.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41202 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Current Perspectives on the Use of Alternative Species in Human Health and Ecological Hazard Assessments AN - 1660060961; 18597913 AB - Background: Traditional animal toxicity tests can be time and resource intensive, thereby limiting the number of chemicals that can be comprehensively tested for potential hazards to humans and/or to the environment. Objective: We compared several types of data to demonstrate how alternative models can be used to inform both human and ecological risk assessment. Methods: We reviewed and compared data derived from high throughput in vitro assays to fish reproductive tests for seven chemicals. We investigated whether human-focused assays can be predictive of chemical hazards in the environment. We examined how conserved pathways enable the use of nonmammalian models, such as fathead minnow, zebrafish, and Xenopus laevis, to understand modes of action and to screen for chemical risks to humans. Results: We examined how dose-dependent responses of zebrafish embryos exposed to flusilazole can be extrapolated, using pathway point of departure data and reverse toxicokinetics, to obtain human oral dose hazard values that are similar to published mammalian chronic toxicity values for the chemical. We also examined how development/safety data for human health can be used to help assess potential risks of pharmaceuticals to nontarget species in the environment. Discussion: Using several examples, we demonstrate that pathway-based analysis of chemical effects provides new opportunities to use alternative models (nonmammalian species, in vitro tests) to support decision making while reducing animal use and associated costs. Conclusions: These analyses and examples demonstrate how alternative models can be used to reduce cost and animal use while being protective of both human and ecological health. Citation: Perkins EJ, Ankley GT, Crofton KM, Garcia-Reyero N, LaLone CA, Johnson MS, Tietge JE, Villeneuve DL. 2013. Current perspectives on the use of alternative species in human health and ecological hazard assessments. Environ Health Perspect 121:1002-1010; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306638 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Perkins, Edward J AU - Ankley, Gerald T AU - Crofton, Kevin M AU - Garcia-Reyero, Natalia AU - LaLone, Carlie A AU - Johnson, Mark S AU - Tietge, Joseph E AU - Villeneuve, Daniel L AD - U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA Y1 - 2013/06/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 14 SP - 1002 EP - 1010 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Hazards KW - Risk KW - Animals KW - Ecological monitoring KW - In vitro testing KW - Human KW - Health KW - Toxicity UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060961?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Current+Perspectives+on+the+Use+of+Alternative+Species+in+Human+Health+and+Ecological+Hazard+Assessments&rft.au=Perkins%2C+Edward+J%3BAnkley%2C+Gerald+T%3BCrofton%2C+Kevin+M%3BGarcia-Reyero%2C+Natalia%3BLaLone%2C+Carlie+A%3BJohnson%2C+Mark+S%3BTietge%2C+Joseph+E%3BVilleneuve%2C+Daniel+L&rft.aulast=Perkins&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft.date=2013-06-14&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1002&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306638 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306638 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Instruments for Assessing Risk of Bias and Other Methodological Criteria of Published Animal Studies: A Systematic Review AN - 1660060102; 18597915 AB - Background: Results from animal toxicology studies are critical to evaluating the potential harm from exposure to environmental chemicals or the safety of drugs prior to human testing. However, there is significant debate about how to evaluate the methodology and potential biases of the animal studies. There is no agreed-upon approach, and a systematic evaluation of current best practices is lacking. Objective: We performed a systematic review to identify and evaluate instruments for assessing the risk of bias and/or other methodological criteria of animal studies. Method: We searched Medline (January 1966-November 2011) to identify all relevant articles. We extracted data on risk of bias criteria (e.g., randomization, blinding, allocation concealment) and other study design features included in each assessment instrument. Discussion: Thirty distinct instruments were identified, with the total number of assessed risk of bias, methodological, and/or reporting criteria ranging from 2 to 25. The most common criteria assessed were randomization (25/30, 83%), investigator blinding (23/30, 77%), and sample size calculation (18/30, 60%). In general, authors failed to empirically justify why these or other criteria were included. Nearly all (28/30, 93%) of the instruments have not been rigorously tested for validity or reliability. Conclusion: Our review highlights a number of risk of bias assessment criteria that have been empirically tested for animal research, including randomization, concealment of allocation, blinding, and accounting for all animals. In addition, there is a need for empirically testing additional methodological criteria and assessing the validity and reliability of a standard risk of bias assessment instrument. Citation: Krauth D, Woodruff TJ, Bero L. 2013. Instruments for assessing risk of bias and other methodological criteria of published animal studies: a systematic review. Environ Health Perspect 121:985-992 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206389 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Krauth, David AU - Woodruff, Tracey J AU - Bero, Lisa AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Y1 - 2013/06/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 14 SP - 985 EP - 992 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Risk assessment KW - Risk KW - Animals KW - Assessments KW - Empirical analysis KW - Criteria KW - Randomization KW - Bias UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060102?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Instruments+for+Assessing+Risk+of+Bias+and+Other+Methodological+Criteria+of+Published+Animal+Studies%3A+A+Systematic+Review&rft.au=Krauth%2C+David%3BWoodruff%2C+Tracey+J%3BBero%2C+Lisa&rft.aulast=Krauth&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2013-06-14&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=985&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206389 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206389 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prenatal Nitrate Intake from Drinking Water and Selected Birth Defects in Offspring of Participants in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study AN - 1642281503; 18597914 AB - Background: Previous studies of prenatal exposure to drinking-water nitrate and birth defects in offspring have not accounted for water consumption patterns or potential interaction with nitrosatable drugs. Objectives: We examined the relation between prenatal exposure to drinking-water nitrate and selected birth defects, accounting for maternal water consumption patterns and nitrosatable drug exposure. Methods: With data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, we linked addresses of 3,300 case mothers and 1,121 control mothers from the Iowa and Texas sites to public water supplies and respective nitrate measurements. We assigned nitrate levels for bottled water from collection of representative samples and standard laboratory testing. Daily nitrate consumption was estimated from self-reported water consumption at home and work. Results: With the lowest tertile of nitrate intake around conception as the referent group, mothers of babies with spina bifida were 2.0 times more likely (95% CI: 1.3, 3.2) to ingest greater than or equal to 5 mg nitrate daily from drinking water (vs. < 0.91 mg) than control mothers. During 1 month preconception through the first trimester, mothers of limb deficiency, cleft palate, and cleft lip cases were, respectively, 1.8 (95% CI: 1.1, 3.1), 1.9 (95% CI: 1.2, 3.1), and 1.8 (95% CI: 1.1, 3.1) times more likely than control mothers to ingest greater than or equal to 5.42 mg of nitrate daily (vs. < 1.0 mg). Higher water nitrate intake did not increase associations between prenatal nitrosatable drug use and birth defects. Conclusions: Higher water nitrate intake was associated with several birth defects in offspring, but did not strengthen associations between nitrosatable drugs and birth defects. Citation: Brender JD, Weyer PJ, Romitti PA, Mohanty BP, Shinde MU, Vuong AM, Sharkey JR, Dwivedi D, Horel SA, Kantamneni J, Huber JC Jr., Zheng Q, Werler MM, Kelley KE, Griesenbeck JS, Zhan FB, Langlois PH, Suarez L, Canfield MA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. 2013. Prenatal nitrate intake from drinking water and selected birth defects in offspring of participants in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Environ Health Perspect 121:1083-1089; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206249 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Brender, Jean D AU - Weyer, Peter J AU - Romitti, Paul A AU - Mohanty, Binayak P AU - Shinde, Mayura U AU - Vuong, Ann M AU - Sharkey, Joseph R AU - Dwivedi, Dipankar AU - Horel, Scott A AU - Kantamneni, Jiji AU - Huber, John C AU - Zheng, Qi AU - Werler, Martha M AU - Kelley, Katherine E AU - Griesenbeck, John S AU - Zhan, FBenjamin AU - Langlois, Peter H AU - Suarez, Lucina AU - Canfield, Mark A AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA Y1 - 2013/06/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 14 SP - 1083 EP - 1089 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Birth defects KW - Nitrates KW - Water consumption KW - Intakes KW - Health KW - Drinking water KW - Drugs KW - Accounting UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1642281503?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Prenatal+Nitrate+Intake+from+Drinking+Water+and+Selected+Birth+Defects+in+Offspring+of+Participants+in+the+National+Birth+Defects+Prevention+Study&rft.au=Brender%2C+Jean+D%3BWeyer%2C+Peter+J%3BRomitti%2C+Paul+A%3BMohanty%2C+Binayak+P%3BShinde%2C+Mayura+U%3BVuong%2C+Ann+M%3BSharkey%2C+Joseph+R%3BDwivedi%2C+Dipankar%3BHorel%2C+Scott+A%3BKantamneni%2C+Jiji%3BHuber%2C+John+C%3BZheng%2C+Qi%3BWerler%2C+Martha+M%3BKelley%2C+Katherine+E%3BGriesenbeck%2C+John+S%3BZhan%2C+FBenjamin%3BLanglois%2C+Peter+H%3BSuarez%2C+Lucina%3BCanfield%2C+Mark+A&rft.aulast=Brender&rft.aufirst=Jean&rft.date=2013-06-14&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1083&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206249 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206249 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The 2013 Farm Bill: A Comparison of the Senate-passed Bill (S. 954) and House-reported Bill (H.R. 1947) with Current Law AN - 1504418118; 2011-564916 AB - This report provides a side-by-side comparison of every provision in the House Agriculture Committee-reported and Senate-passed farm bills with each other and with current law or policy, as amended and extended by the fiscal cliff bill. Tables, Figures. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jun 14 2013, 159 pp. AU - Chite, Ralph M Y1 - 2013/06/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 14 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research KW - Agriculture KW - Agricultural policy KW - Farms KW - Law KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504418118?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Chite%2C+Ralph+M&rft.aulast=Chite&rft.aufirst=Ralph&rft.date=2013-06-14&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+2013+Farm+Bill%3A+A+Comparison+of+the+Senate-passed+Bill+%28S.+954%29+and+House-reported+Bill+%28H.R.+1947%29+with+Current+Law&rft.title=The+2013+Farm+Bill%3A+A+Comparison+of+the+Senate-passed+Bill+%28S.+954%29+and+House-reported+Bill+%28H.R.+1947%29+with+Current+Law&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/R43076/2013-06-14/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43076 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Armed Conflict in Syria: U.S. and International Response AN - 1438600247; 2011-496542 AB - The popular-uprising-turned-armed-rebellion in Syria is in its third year, and seems poised to continue, with the government and a bewildering array of militias locked in a bloody struggle of attrition. The Obama Administration has signaled a pending expansion of US civilian and military assistance to the opposition in the wake of the US intelligence community's conclusion that President Bashar al Asad's forces recently used chemical weapons in limited attacks. US officials and many analysts have asserted that President Asad and his supporters will be forced from power, but few offer specific, credible timetables for a resolution to the crisis. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 14 2013, 45 pp. AU - Sharp, Jeremy M AU - Blanchard, Christopher M Y1 - 2013/06/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 14 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - International relations - War KW - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Social conditions and policy - Psychology KW - Education and education policy - Educational psychology and learning ability KW - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans KW - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance KW - Obama, Barack KW - Chemical weapons KW - United States KW - Intelligence KW - Presidents KW - Militia KW - Syria KW - Conflict KW - Military assistance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600247?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Sharp%2C+Jeremy+M%3BBlanchard%2C+Christopher+M&rft.aulast=Sharp&rft.aufirst=Jeremy&rft.date=2013-06-14&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Armed+Conflict+in+Syria%3A+U.S.+and+International+Response&rft.title=Armed+Conflict+in+Syria%3A+U.S.+and+International+Response&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/211136.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33487 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - High Bioavailability of Bisphenol A from Sublingual Exposure AN - 1660071719; 18418171 AB - Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) risk assessment is currently hindered by the rejection of reported higher-than-expected plasma BPA concentrations in humans after oral ingestion. These are deemed incompatible with the almost complete hepatic first-pass metabolism of BPA into its inactive glucurono-conjugated form, BPA glucuronide (BPAG). Objectives: Using dogs as a valid model, we compared plasma concentrations of BPA over a 24-hr period after intravenous, orogastric, and sublingual administration in order to establish the absolute bioavailability of BPA administered sublingually and to compare it with oral bioavailability. Methods: Six dogs were sublingually administered BPA at 0.05 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg. We compared the time course of plasma BPA concentrations with that obtained in the same dogs after intravenous administration of the same BPA doses and after a 20-mg/kg BPA dose administrated by orogastric gavage. Results: The data indicated that the systemic bioavailability of BPA deposited sublingually was high (70-90%) and that BPA transmucosal absorption from the oral cavity led to much higher BPA internal exposure than obtained for BPA absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. The concentration ratio of BPAG to BPA in plasma was approximately 100-fold lower following sublingual administration than after orogastric dosing, distinguishing the two pathways of absorption. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that BPA can be efficiently and very rapidly absorbed through the oral mucosa after sublingual exposure. This efficient systemic entry route of BPA may lead to far higher BPA internal exposures than known for BPA absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Gayrard, Veronique AU - Lacroix, Marlene Z AU - Collet, Severine H AU - Viguie, Catherine AU - Bousquet-Melou, Alain AU - Toutain, Pierre-Louis AU - Picard-Hagen, Nicole AD - INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1331 (Unite Mixe de Recherche 1331), Toxalim, Research Center in Food Toxicology, Toulouse, France Y1 - 2013/06/12/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 12 SP - 951 EP - 956 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - bioavailability KW - bisphenol A KW - endocrine disruptor KW - pharmacokinetic analysis KW - sublingual exposure KW - Bisphenol A KW - Bioavailability KW - Human KW - Dogs KW - Deposition KW - Dosing KW - Metabolism KW - Holes UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660071719?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=High+Bioavailability+of+Bisphenol+A+from+Sublingual+Exposure&rft.au=Gayrard%2C+Veronique%3BLacroix%2C+Marlene+Z%3BCollet%2C+Severine+H%3BViguie%2C+Catherine%3BBousquet-Melou%2C+Alain%3BToutain%2C+Pierre-Louis%3BPicard-Hagen%2C+Nicole&rft.aulast=Gayrard&rft.aufirst=Veronique&rft.date=2013-06-12&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=951&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206339 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206339 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The United States and Europe: Responding to Change in the Middle East and North Africa AN - 1438600620; 2011-496543 AB - Members of Congress, and their European counterparts have struggled with how best to respond to the wide range of challenges posed by the popular uprisings and political upheaval in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). During the "Arab Spring" in early 2011, US and European leaders put greater emphasis than in the past on democratic reform and economic development in formulating their policies toward Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco. In Libya, the US and many European allies participated in the NATO-led military intervention in support of rebel forces. This report discusses the many challenges remaining. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 12 2013, 32 pp. AU - Archick, Kristin AU - Mix, Derek E Y1 - 2013/06/12/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 12 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - United States KW - Morocco KW - North Africa KW - Economic development KW - Revolution KW - Libya KW - Europe KW - Egypt KW - Jordan KW - Arab states KW - Tunisia KW - Middle East KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600620?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Archick%2C+Kristin%3BMix%2C+Derek+E&rft.aulast=Archick&rft.aufirst=Kristin&rft.date=2013-06-12&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+United+States+and+Europe%3A+Responding+to+Change+in+the+Middle+East+and+North+Africa&rft.title=The+United+States+and+Europe%3A+Responding+to+Change+in+the+Middle+East+and+North+Africa&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210923.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43105 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gestational Exposure of Mice to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Causes Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Blocked by the Nicotinic Receptor Antagonist Mecamylamine AN - 1660066582; 18418169 AB - Background: Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure during gestation may increase the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)-a developmental lung condition primarily seen in neonates that is characterized by hypoalveolarization, decreased angiogenesis, and diminished surfactant protein production and may increase the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Objective: We investigated whether gestational exposure to secondhand CS (SS) induced BPD and sought to ascertain the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in this response. Methods: We exposed BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice to filtered air (control) or SS throughout the gestation period or postnatally up to 10 weeks. Lungs were examined at 7 days, 10 weeks, and 8 months after birth. Results: Gestational but not postnatal exposure to SS caused a typical BPD-like condition: suppressed angiogenesis [decreased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGF receptor, and CD34/CD31 (hematopoietic progenitor cell marker/endothelial cell marker)], irreversible hypoalveolarization, and significantly decreased levels of Clara cells, Clara cell secretory protein, and surfactant proteins B and C, without affecting airway ciliated cells. Importantly, concomitant exposure to SS and the nAChR antagonist mecamylamine during gestation blocked the development of BPD. Conclusions: Gestational exposure to SS irreversibly disrupts lung development leading to a BPD-like condition with hypoalveolarization, decreased angiogenesis, and diminished lung secretory function. Nicotinic receptors are critical in the induction of gestational SS-induced BPD, and the use of nAChR antagonists during pregnancy may block CS-induced BPD. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Singh, Shashi P AU - Gundavarapu, Sravanthi AU - Smith, Kevin R AU - Chand, Hitendra S AU - Saeed, Ali Imran AU - Mishra, Neerad C AU - Hutt, Julie AU - Barrett, Edward G AU - Husain, Matloob AU - Harrod, Kevin S AU - Langley, Raymond J AU - Sopori, Mohan L AD - Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 SP - 957 EP - 964 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - angiogenesis KW - bronchopulmonary dysplasia KW - cigarette smoke KW - nicotinic receptors KW - secretory/surfactant proteins KW - Smoke KW - Risk KW - Blocking KW - Gestation KW - Receptors KW - Proteins KW - Lungs KW - Mice UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660066582?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Gestational+Exposure+of+Mice+to+Secondhand+Cigarette+Smoke+Causes+Bronchopulmonary+Dysplasia+Blocked+by+the+Nicotinic+Receptor+Antagonist+Mecamylamine&rft.au=Singh%2C+Shashi+P%3BGundavarapu%2C+Sravanthi%3BSmith%2C+Kevin+R%3BChand%2C+Hitendra+S%3BSaeed%2C+Ali+Imran%3BMishra%2C+Neerad+C%3BHutt%2C+Julie%3BBarrett%2C+Edward+G%3BHusain%2C+Matloob%3BHarrod%2C+Kevin+S%3BLangley%2C+Raymond+J%3BSopori%2C+Mohan+L&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=Shashi&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=957&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306611 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306611 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A National Prediction Model for PM sub(2.5) Component Exposures and Measurement Error-Corrected Health Effect Inference AN - 1439229388; 18597901 AB - Background: Studies estimating health effects of long-term air pollution exposure often use a two-stage approach: building exposure models to assign individual-level exposures, which are then used in regression analyses. This requires accurate exposure modeling and careful treatment of exposure measurement error. Objective: To illustrate the importance of accounting for exposure model characteristics in two-stage air pollution studies, we considered a case study based on data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Methods: We built national spatial exposure models that used partial least squares and universal kriging to estimate annual average concentrations of four PM sub(2.5) components: elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), silicon (Si), and sulfur (S). We predicted PM sub(2.5) component exposures for the MESA cohort and estimated cross-sectional associations with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), adjusting for subject-specific covariates. We corrected for measurement error using recently developed methods that account for the spatial structure of predicted exposures. Results: Our models performed well, with cross-validated R super(2) values ranging from 0.62 to 0.95. Naive analyses that did not account for measurement error indicated statistically significant associations between CIMT and exposure to OC, Si, and S. EC and OC exhibited little spatial correlation, and the corrected inference was unchanged from the naive analysis. The Si and S exposure surfaces displayed notable spatial correlation, resulting in corrected confidence intervals (CIs) that were 50% wider than the naive CIs, but that were still statistically significant. Conclusion: The impact of correcting for measurement error on health effect inference is concordant with the degree of spatial correlation in the exposure surfaces. Exposure model characteristics must be considered when performing two-stage air pollution epidemiologic analyses because naive health effect inference may be inappropriate. Citation: Bergen S, Sheppard L, Sampson PD, Kim SY, Richards M, Vedal S, Kaufman JD, Szpiro AA. 2013. A national prediction model for PM sub(2.5) component exposures and measurement error-corrected health effect inference. Environ Health Perspect 121:1017-1025; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206010 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Bergen, Silas AU - Sheppard, Lianne AU - Sampson, Paul D AU - Kim, Sun-Young AU - Richards, Mark AU - Vedal, Sverre AU - Kaufman, Joel D AU - Szpiro, Adam A AD - Department of Biostatistics Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 SP - 1017 EP - 1025 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Particle size KW - Air pollution KW - Silicon KW - Carbon KW - Case studies KW - Organic carbon KW - Prediction models KW - Pollution effects KW - Mesas KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439229388?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=A+National+Prediction+Model+for+PM+sub%282.5%29+Component+Exposures+and+Measurement+Error-Corrected+Health+Effect+Inference&rft.au=Bergen%2C+Silas%3BSheppard%2C+Lianne%3BSampson%2C+Paul+D%3BKim%2C+Sun-Young%3BRichards%2C+Mark%3BVedal%2C+Sverre%3BKaufman%2C+Joel+D%3BSzpiro%2C+Adam+A&rft.aulast=Bergen&rft.aufirst=Silas&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1017&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206010 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-10-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Particle size; Silicon; Case studies; Carbon; Organic carbon; Prediction models; Mesas; Pollution effects DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206010 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Mexican Children Exposed to Inorganic Arsenic AN - 1439229158; 18597902 AB - Background: Arsenic exposure is a risk factor for atherosclerosis in adults, but there is little information on arsenic and early risk biomarkers for atherosclerosis in children. Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is an indicator of subclinical atherosclerotic burden that has been associated with plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate associations of arsenic exposure with cIMT, ADMA, and endothelial adhesion molecules [soluble intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1); soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1)] in children who had been exposed to environmental inorganic arsenic (iAs). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 199 children 3-14 years of age who were residents of Zimapan, Mexico. We evaluated cIMT using ultrasonography, and plasma lipid profiles by standard methods. We analyzed ADMA, sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1 by ELISA, and measured the concentrations of total speciated arsenic (tAs) in urine using hydride generation cryotrapping atomic absorption spectrometry. Results: In the multiple linear regression model for cIMT, tAs categories were positively associated with cIMT increase. The estimated cIMT diameter was greater in 35- to 70-ng/mL and > 70-ng/mL groups (0.035 mm and 0.058 mm per 1-ng/mL increase in urinary tAs, respectively), compared with the < 35-ng/mL group. In addition to tAs level, plasma ADMA was a significant predictor of cIMT. In the adjusted regression model, cIMT, percent iAs, and plasma sVCAM-1 were significant predictors of ADMA levels (e.g., 0.419- mu mol/L increase in ADMA per 1-mm increase in cIMT). Conclusions: Arsenic exposure and plasma ADMA levels were positively associated with cIMT in a population of Mexican children with environmental arsenic exposure through drinking water. Citation: Osorio-Yanez C, Ayllon-Vergara JC, Aguilar-Madrid G, Arreola-Mendoza L, Hernandez-Castellanos E, Barrera-Hernandez A, De Vizcaya-Ruiz A, Del Razo LM. 2013. Carotid intima-media thickness and plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine in Mexican children exposed to inorganic arsenic. Environ Health Perspect 121:1090-1096; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205994 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Osorio-Yanez, Citlalli AU - Ayllon-Vergara, Julio C AU - Aguilar-Madrid, Guadalupe AU - Arreola-Mendoza, Laura AU - Hernandez-Castellanos, Erika AU - Barrera-Hernandez, Angel AU - De Vizcaya-Ruiz, Andrea AU - Del Razo, Luz M AD - Departamento de Toxicologia, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico D.F., Mexico Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 SP - 1090 EP - 1096 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Age KW - Lipids KW - Arteriosclerosis KW - Risk factors KW - Absorption KW - Regression analysis KW - Bioindicators KW - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay KW - Arsenic KW - Children KW - Adhesion KW - biomarkers KW - Ultrasonography KW - Spectrometry KW - vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 KW - Mexico KW - Urine KW - Cardiovascular diseases KW - Drinking water KW - Cell adhesion molecules KW - X 24360:Metals KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439229158?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Carotid+Intima-Media+Thickness+and+Plasma+Asymmetric+Dimethylarginine+in+Mexican+Children+Exposed+to+Inorganic+Arsenic&rft.au=Osorio-Yanez%2C+Citlalli%3BAyllon-Vergara%2C+Julio+C%3BAguilar-Madrid%2C+Guadalupe%3BArreola-Mendoza%2C+Laura%3BHernandez-Castellanos%2C+Erika%3BBarrera-Hernandez%2C+Angel%3BDe+Vizcaya-Ruiz%2C+Andrea%3BDel+Razo%2C+Luz+M&rft.aulast=Osorio-Yanez&rft.aufirst=Citlalli&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1090&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205994 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Arsenic; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Lipids; Arteriosclerosis; Children; Ultrasonography; biomarkers; Spectrometry; vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; Urine; Risk factors; Regression analysis; Cardiovascular diseases; Drinking water; Cell adhesion molecules; Bioindicators; Absorption; Adhesion; Mexico DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205994 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress AN - 1438600201; 2011-496545 AB - In recent years, the US government has asserted that terrorism, insurgency, and crime interact in varied and significant ways, to the detriment of US national security interests. This report provides an overview of transnational security issues related to patterns of interaction among international terrorist and crime groups. In addition, the report discusses the US government's perception of and response to the threat and concludes with an analysis of foreign policy options. Tables, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 11 2013, 35 pp. AU - Rollins, John AU - Wyler, Liana Sun Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - International relations - International relations KW - International relations - War KW - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Threats KW - United States KW - Terrorism KW - Insurgency KW - Foreign relations KW - National defense KW - Terrorists KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600201?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Rollins%2C+John%3BWyler%2C+Liana+Sun&rft.aulast=Rollins&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Terrorism+and+Transnational+Crime%3A+Foreign+Policy+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Terrorism+and+Transnational+Crime%3A+Foreign+Policy+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210918.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41004 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Foreign Assistance to North Korea AN - 1438598205; 2011-496544 AB - In the 1990s, two developments led the US to rethink its relationship with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea): North Korea's progress in its nuclear weapons and missile programs and the onset of massive, chronic food shortages there. The Obama Administration officials have said that they would be willing to consider other types of aid beyond food if North Korea takes steps indicating that it will dismantle its nuclear program; however, barring an unexpected breakthrough, there appears little likelihood the Obama Administration will provide large-scale assistance of any type to North Korea in the near future. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 11 2013, 19 pp. AU - Manyin, Mark E AU - Nikitin, Mary Beth Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition KW - United States KW - Obama, Barack KW - Atomic weapons KW - Food KW - North Korea KW - Korea KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598205?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Manyin%2C+Mark+E%3BNikitin%2C+Mary+Beth&rft.aulast=Manyin&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Foreign+Assistance+to+North+Korea&rft.title=Foreign+Assistance+to+North+Korea&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210920.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R40095 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fetal Exposure of Rhesus Macaques to Bisphenol A Alters Cellular Development of the Conducting Airway by Changing Epithelial Secretory Product Expression AN - 1427012475; 18418167 AB - Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure early in life results in organizational changes in reproductive organs, but the effect of BPA on conducting airway cellular maturation has not been studied. Late gestation is characterized by active differentiation of secretory cells in the lung epithelium. Objective: We evaluated the hypothesis that BPA exposure disrupts epithelial secretory cell development in the fetal conducting airway of the rhesus macaque. Methods: We exposed animals to BPA during either the second (early term) or the third (late term) trimester. There were four treatment groups: a) sham control early term, b) sham control late term, c) BPA early term (BPA-early), and d) BPA late term (BPA-late). Because cellular maturation occurs nonuniformly in the lung, we defined mRNA and protein expression by airway level using microdissection. Results: BPA exposure of the dam during late term significantly accelerated secretory cell maturation in the proximal airways of the fetus; both Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) and MUC5AC/5B mRNA and protein expression increased. Conclusions: BPA exposure during late gestation accelerates secretory cell maturation in the proximal conducting airways. We identified a critical window of fetal susceptibility for BPA effects on lung epithelial cell maturation in the third trimester. This is of environmental health importance because increases in airway mucins are hallmarks of a number of childhood lung diseases that may be affected by BPA exposure. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Van Winkle, Laura S AU - Murphy, Shannon R AU - Boetticher, Miriam V AU - VandeVoort, Catherine A AD - Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 SP - 912 EP - 918 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - CC10 KW - CC16 KW - lung development KW - Macaca mulatta KW - mucin KW - prenatal KW - SCGB1A1 KW - Epithelial cells KW - Lung diseases KW - Environmental health KW - Children KW - Organs KW - Fetuses KW - Clara cell secretory protein KW - mRNA KW - Mucins KW - Bisphenol A KW - Gene expression KW - Differentiation KW - Lung KW - Gestation KW - Proteins KW - Epithelium KW - Reproductive organs KW - Respiratory tract KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427012475?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Fetal+Exposure+of+Rhesus+Macaques+to+Bisphenol+A+Alters+Cellular+Development+of+the+Conducting+Airway+by+Changing+Epithelial+Secretory+Product+Expression&rft.au=Van+Winkle%2C+Laura+S%3BMurphy%2C+Shannon+R%3BBoetticher%2C+Miriam+V%3BVandeVoort%2C+Catherine+A&rft.aulast=Van+Winkle&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=912&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206064 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Epithelial cells; Lung diseases; Children; Fetuses; mRNA; Clara cell secretory protein; Gene expression; Bisphenol A; Differentiation; Gestation; mucin; Epithelium; Reproductive organs; Respiratory tract; Mucins; Lung; Environmental health; Proteins; Organs; Macaca mulatta DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206064 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Differential DNA Methylation in Umbilical Cord Blood of Infants Exposed to Low Levels of Arsenic in Utero AN - 1427011752; 18418170 AB - Background: There is increasing epidemiologic evidence that arsenic exposure in utero, even at low levels found throughout much of the world, is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes and may contribute to long-term health effects. Animal models, in vitro studies, and human cancer data suggest that arsenic may induce epigenetic alterations, specifically by altering patterns of DNA methylation. Objectives: In this study we aimed to identify differences in DNA methylation in cord blood samples of infants with in utero, low-level arsenic exposure. Methods: DNA methylation of cord-blood derived DNA from 134 infants involved in a prospective birth cohort in New Hampshire was profiled using the Illumina Infinium Methylation450K array. In utero arsenic exposure was estimated using maternal urine samples collected at 24-28 weeks gestation. We used a novel cell mixture deconvolution methodology for examining the association between inferred white blood cell mixtures in infant cord blood and in utero arsenic exposure; we also examined the association between methylation at individual CpG loci and arsenic exposure levels. Results: We found an association between urinary inorganic arsenic concentration and the estimated proportion of CD8+ T lymphocytes (1.18; 95% CI: 0.12, 2.23). Among the top 100 CpG loci with the lowest p-values based on their association with urinary arsenic levels, there was a statistically significant enrichment of these loci in CpG islands (p = 0.009). Of those in CpG islands (n = 44), most (75%) exhibited higher methylation levels in the highest exposed group compared with the lowest exposed group. Also, several CpG loci exhibited a linear dose-dependent relationship between methylation and arsenic exposure. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that in utero exposure to low levels of arsenic may affect the epigenome. Long-term follow-up is planned to determine whether the observed changes are associated with health outcomes. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Koestler, Devin C AU - Avissar-Whiting, Michele AU - Houseman, EAndres AU - Karagas, Margaret R AU - Marsit, Carmen J AD - Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA Y1 - 2013/06/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 11 SP - 971 EP - 977 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - arsenic KW - cord blood KW - DNA methylation KW - epigenetics KW - Illumina 450K KW - in utero arsenic exposure KW - Prenatal experience KW - Animal models KW - Statistical analysis KW - Lymphocytes KW - Umbilical cord KW - Cord blood KW - Islands KW - Gestation KW - Lymphocytes T KW - USA, New Hampshire KW - Arsenic KW - Data processing KW - Leukocytes KW - CD8 antigen KW - Intrauterine exposure KW - CpG islands KW - Cancer KW - Urine KW - DNA KW - Infants KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - N 14820:DNA Metabolism & Structure KW - X 24360:Metals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427011752?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Differential+DNA+Methylation+in+Umbilical+Cord+Blood+of+Infants+Exposed+to+Low+Levels+of+Arsenic+in+Utero&rft.au=Koestler%2C+Devin+C%3BAvissar-Whiting%2C+Michele%3BHouseman%2C+EAndres%3BKaragas%2C+Margaret+R%3BMarsit%2C+Carmen+J&rft.aulast=Koestler&rft.aufirst=Devin&rft.date=2013-06-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=971&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205925 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Arsenic; Data processing; Leukocytes; Statistical analysis; Animal models; CpG islands; Intrauterine exposure; CD8 antigen; Cancer; Umbilical cord; Cord blood; Urine; epigenetics; Gestation; Lymphocytes T; DNA methylation; Infants; Prenatal experience; Islands; DNA; Lymphocytes; USA, New Hampshire DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205925 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Countries: Comparative Trade and Economic Analysis AN - 1641843700; 2011-760739 AB - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed regional free trade agreement (FTA) among 12 countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam. The negotiating partners wish to cover new trade topics and to include new members who adopt the proposed agreement's high standards. This report provides a comparative economic analysis of the TPP countries and their economic relations with the US. They encompass great diversity in population, economic development, and trade and investment patterns with the US, presenting both opportunities and challenges in achieving a comprehensive and high standard regional FTA. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Jun 10 2013, 34 pp. AU - Williams, Brock R Y1 - 2013/06/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 10 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration KW - International relations - International relations KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - International relations KW - United States KW - Partnership KW - Investments KW - Canada KW - Economic relations KW - Peru KW - Standards KW - Chile KW - Brunei KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1641843700?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Williams%2C+Brock+R&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Brock&rft.date=2013-06-10&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Trans-Pacific+Partnership+%28TPP%29+Countries%3A+Comparative+Trade+and+Economic+Analysis&rft.title=Trans-Pacific+Partnership+%28TPP%29+Countries%3A+Comparative+Trade+and+Economic+Analysis&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42344.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-01-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. R42344 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding AN - 1641842750; 2011-760691 AB - Funding for firefighters is provided mostly by state and local governments, but during the 1990s, shortfalls in state and local budgets, coupled with increased responsibilities of local fire departments, led many in the fire community to call for additional financial support from the federal government. Although federally funded training programs existed (and continue to exist) through the National Fire Academy, and although federal money was available to first responders for counterterrorism training and equipment through the Department of Justice, there did not exist a dedicated program, exclusively for firefighters, which provided federal money directly to local fire departments. Tables. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Jun 10 2013, 18 pp. AU - Kruger, Lennard G Y1 - 2013/06/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 10 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Government - Local and municipal government KW - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments KW - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth KW - Government - State or regional government KW - Government - Forms of government KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Machinery and equipment industry KW - International relations - International peace and security KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Fires KW - Counterterrorism KW - Equipment KW - Federal government KW - Money KW - Fire departments KW - State government KW - Local government KW - Firefighters KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1641842750?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Kruger%2C+Lennard+G&rft.aulast=Kruger&rft.aufirst=Lennard&rft.date=2013-06-10&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Assistance+to+Firefighters+Program%3A+Distribution+of+Fire+Grant+Funding&rft.title=Assistance+to+Firefighters+Program%3A+Distribution+of+Fire+Grant+Funding&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL32341.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-01-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. RL32341 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments AN - 1438598123; 2011-496546 AB - A ban on all nuclear tests is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties that entered into force between 1963 and 1990 limit, but do not ban, such tests. In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which would ban all nuclear explosions, but the Senate rejected it. The Obama Administration focused its efforts in 2010 on securing Senate advice and consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), but President Obama hopes to achieve Senate ratification of CTBT. Tables, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 10 2013, 65 pp. AU - Medalia, Jonathan Y1 - 2013/06/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 10 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - International relations - Treaties KW - Government - Public officials KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - International relations - International organizations KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - Atomic weapons KW - United Nations General assembly KW - Strategic arms reduction treaty KW - Treaties KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598123?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Medalia%2C+Jonathan&rft.aulast=Medalia&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft.date=2013-06-10&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Comprehensive+Nuclear-Test-Ban+Treaty%3A+Background+and+Current+Developments&rft.title=Comprehensive+Nuclear-Test-Ban+Treaty%3A+Background+and+Current+Developments&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210781.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33548 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Wyden, Udall Question the Value and Efficacy of Phone Records Collection in Stopping Attacks [Best Available Copy] AN - 1679098951; SU00621 AB - Refutes arguments that collection authorized by USA PATRIOT Act provides valuable intelligence or strikes balance between security and privacy. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Americans KW - Congressional oversight KW - Right to privacy KW - Telephone services KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098951?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Wyden%2C+Udall+Question+the+Value+and+Efficacy+of+Phone+Records+Collection+in+Stopping+Attacks+%5BBest+Available+Copy%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://www.wyden.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012: Report Together with Additional and Minority Views AN - 1679098451; SU00622 AB - Provides Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's preferred text of FAA Sunsets Extension Act and opinions of Senators Dianne Feinstein, Ron Wyden, and Mark Udall. AU - United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence AD - United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence PY - 2013 SP - 20 KW - United States. Congress. Senate KW - Bill drafting KW - Congressional oversight KW - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act (2008) KW - Feinstein, Dianne KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Wyden, Ron KW - Feinstein, Dianne KW - Udall, Mark E. KW - Wyden, Ron UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098451?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=FAA+Sunsets+Extension+Act+of+2012%3A+Report+Together+with+Additional+and+Minority+Views&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate.+Select+Committee+on+Intelligence&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate.+Select+Committee+on+Intelligence&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.gpo.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. Director of National Intelligence; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Government Printing Office N1 - People - Feinstein, Dianne; Udall, Mark E.; Wyden, Ron N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Associations of Urinary Cadmium with Age and Urinary Proteins: Further Evidence of Physiological Variations Unrelated to Metal Accumulation and Toxicity AN - 1439236633; 18597927 AB - Background: The current risk assessment for environmental cadmium (Cd) largely relies on the assumption that urinary Cd (U-Cd) is a reliable biomarker of the Cd body burden. Recent studies have questioned the validity of this assumption. Objectives: We studied the lifetime trend of U-Cd as a function of diuresis, gender, smoking status, and protein tubular reabsorption. We also analyzed the associations between U-Cd and urinary proteins. Methods: Cd, retinol-binding protein, and albumin were measured in the urine of six cohorts of the general population of Belgium, with a mean age ranging from 5.7 to 88.1 years (n = 1,567). Variations of U-Cd with age were modeled using natural cubic splines. Results: In both genders, U-Cd decreased to a minimum (~ 0.20 mu g/L) at the end of adolescence, then increased until 60-70 years of age (~ 0.60 mu g/L in never-smokers) before leveling off or decreasing. When U-Cd was expressed in micrograms per gram of creatinine, these variations were amplified (minimum, 0.15 mu g/g creatinine; maximum, 0.70 mu g/g creatinine) and much higher U-Cd values were observed in women. We observed no difference in U-Cd levels between never-smokers and former smokers, and the difference with current smokers did not increase over time. Lifetime curves of U-Cd were higher with increasing urinary retinol-binding protein or albumin, a consequence of the coexcretion of Cd with proteins. Conclusions: At low Cd exposure levels, U-Cd and age are associated through nonlinear and nonmonotonic relationships that appear to be driven mainly by recent Cd intake and physiological variations in the excretion of creatinine and proteins. Citation: Chaumont A, Voisin C, Deumer G, Haufroid V, Annesi-Maesano I, Roels H, Thijs L, Staessen J, Bernard A. 2013. Associations of urinary cadmium with age and urinary proteins: further evidence of physiological variations unrelated to metal accumulation and toxicity. Environ Health Perspect 121:1047-1053; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306607 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chaumont, Agnes AU - Voisin, Catherine AU - Deumer, Gladys AU - Haufroid, Vincent AU - Annesi-Maesano, Isabella AU - Roels, Harry AU - Thijs, Lutgarde AU - Staessen, Jan AU - Bernard, Alfred AD - Laboratory of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Y1 - 2013/06/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 07 SP - 1047 EP - 1053 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Risk assessment KW - Age KW - Heavy metals KW - Physiology KW - Smoking KW - Cadmium KW - Reabsorption KW - Bioindicators KW - Metals KW - Adolescence KW - Toxicity KW - biomarkers KW - Creatinine KW - Urine KW - Belgium KW - retinol-binding protein KW - Gender KW - Albumin KW - Proteins KW - Excretion KW - Diuresis KW - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439236633?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Associations+of+Urinary+Cadmium+with+Age+and+Urinary+Proteins%3A+Further+Evidence+of+Physiological+Variations+Unrelated+to+Metal+Accumulation+and+Toxicity&rft.au=Chaumont%2C+Agnes%3BVoisin%2C+Catherine%3BDeumer%2C+Gladys%3BHaufroid%2C+Vincent%3BAnnesi-Maesano%2C+Isabella%3BRoels%2C+Harry%3BThijs%2C+Lutgarde%3BStaessen%2C+Jan%3BBernard%2C+Alfred&rft.aulast=Chaumont&rft.aufirst=Agnes&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1047&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306607 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Age; Heavy metals; Adolescence; Toxicity; biomarkers; Smoking; Creatinine; Urine; retinol-binding protein; Albumin; Diuresis; Cadmium; Excretion; Reabsorption; Bioindicators; Metals; Gender; Physiology; Proteins; Belgium DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306607 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Gun Control Proposals in the 113th Congress: Universal Background Checks, Gun Trafficking, and Military Style Firearms AN - 1438601534; 2011-496547 AB - Congress has debated the efficacy and constitutionality of federal regulation of firearms and ammunition, with strong advocates arguing for and against greater gun control. The mass shooting in Newtown, CT, along with other mass shootings in Aurora, CO, and Tucson, AZ, has restarted the national gun control debate. Members of the 113th Congress could consider a range of legislative proposals, including several that President Barack Obama has announced his support for as part of his national gun violence reduction plan. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 7 2013, 38 pp. AU - Krouse, William J Y1 - 2013/06/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 07 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments KW - Government - Public officials KW - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - Firearms KW - Checks KW - Regulation KW - Violence KW - Ammunition KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601534?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Krouse%2C+William+J&rft.aulast=Krouse&rft.aufirst=William&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Gun+Control+Proposals+in+the+113th+Congress%3A+Universal+Background+Checks%2C+Gun+Trafficking%2C+and+Military+Style+Firearms&rft.title=Gun+Control+Proposals+in+the+113th+Congress%3A+Universal+Background+Checks%2C+Gun+Trafficking%2C+and+Military+Style+Firearms&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210677.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42987 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Validating Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperature with in Situ Measurements: A Public Health Perspective AN - 1427013209; 18418181 AB - Background: Land surface temperature (LST) and percent surface imperviousness (SI), both derived from satellite imagery, have been used to characterize the urban heat island effect, a phenomenon in which urban areas are warmer than non-urban areas. Objectives: We aimed to assess the correlations between LSTs and SI images with actual temperature readings from a ground-based network of outdoor monitors. Methods: We evaluated the relationships among a) LST calculated from a 2009 summertime satellite image of the Detroit metropolitan region, Michigan; b) SI from the 2006 National Land Cover Data Set; and c) ground-based temperature measurements monitored during the same time period at 19 residences throughout the Detroit metropolitan region. Associations between these ground-based temperatures and the average LSTs and SI at different radii around the point of the ground-based temperature measurement were evaluated at different time intervals. Spearman correlation coefficients and corresponding p-values were calculated. Results: Satellite-derived LST and SI values were significantly correlated with 24-hr average and August monthly average ground temperatures at all but two of the radii examined (100 m for LST and 0 m for SI). Correlations were also significant for temperatures measured between 0400 and 0500 hours for SI, except at 0 m, but not LST. Statistically significant correlations ranging from 0.49 to 0.91 were observed between LST and SI. Conclusions: Both SI and LST could be used to better understand spatial variation in heat exposures over longer time frames but are less useful for estimating shorter-term, actual temperature exposures, which can be useful for public health preparedness during extreme heat events. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - White-Newsome, Jalonne L AU - Brines, Shannon J AU - Brown, Daniel G AU - Dvonch, JTimothy AU - Gronlund, Carina J AU - Zhang, Kai AU - Oswald, Evan M AU - O'Neill, Marie S AD - School of Public Health Y1 - 2013/06/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 07 SP - 925 EP - 931 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - epidemiology KW - ground truthing KW - heat KW - Landsat satellite KW - land surface temperature KW - remote sensing KW - surface imperviousness KW - temperature KW - urban areas KW - USA, Michigan, Detroit KW - Temperature measurement KW - Spatial distribution KW - Temperature KW - Remote sensing KW - Urban heat islands KW - Satellites KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Public health KW - In situ measurement KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427013209?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Validating+Satellite-Derived+Land+Surface+Temperature+with+in+Situ+Measurements%3A+A+Public+Health+Perspective&rft.au=White-Newsome%2C+Jalonne+L%3BBrines%2C+Shannon+J%3BBrown%2C+Daniel+G%3BDvonch%2C+JTimothy%3BGronlund%2C+Carina+J%3BZhang%2C+Kai%3BOswald%2C+Evan+M%3BO%27Neill%2C+Marie+S&rft.aulast=White-Newsome&rft.aufirst=Jalonne&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=925&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206176 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Spatial distribution; Temperature measurement; Remote sensing; Temperature; Urban heat islands; Satellites; Metropolitan areas; In situ measurement; Public health; USA, Michigan, Detroit DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206176 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Lifetime Pesticide Use and Telomere Shortening among Male Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study AN - 1427012331; 18418180 AB - Background: Telomere length (TL) in surrogate tissues may be influenced by environmental exposures. Objective: We aimed to determine whether lifetime pesticides use is associated with buccal cell TL. Methods: We examined buccal cell TL in relation to lifetime use of 48 pesticides for 1,234 cancer-free white male pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS), a prospective cohort study of 57,310 licensed pesticide applicators. Participants provided detailed information on lifetime use of 50 pesticides at enrollment (1993-1997). Buccal cells were collected from 1999 to 2006. Relative telomere length (RTL) was measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. We used linear regression modeling to evaluate the associations between specific pesticides and the logarithm of RTL, adjusting for age at buccal cell collection, state of residence, applicator license type, chewing tobacco use, and total lifetime days of all pesticide use. Results: The mean RTL for participants decreased significantly in association with increased lifetime days of pesticide use for alachlor (p = 0.002), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D; p = 0.004), metolachlor (p = 0.01), trifluralin (p = 0.05), permethrin (for animal application) (p = 0.02), and toxaphene (p = 0.04). A similar pattern of RTL shortening was observed with the metric lifetime intensity-weighted days of pesticide use. For dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), we observed significant RTL shortening for lifetime intensity-weighted days (p = 0.04), but not for lifetime days of DDT use (p = 0.08). No significant RTL lengthening was observed for any pesticide. Conclusion: Seven pesticides previously associated with cancer risk in the epidemiologic literature were inversely associated with RTL in buccal cell DNA among cancer-free pesticide applicators. Replication of these findings is needed because we cannot rule out chance or fully rule out bias. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Hou, Lifang AU - Andreotti, Gabriella AU - Baccarelli, Andrea A AU - Savage, Sharon AU - Hoppin, Jane A AU - Sandler, Dale P AU - Barker, Joseph AU - Zhu, Zhong-Zheng AU - Hoxha, Mirjam AU - Dioni, Laura AU - Zhang, Xiao AU - Koutros, Stella AU - Freeman, Laura EBeane AU - Alavanja, Michael C AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, and Y1 - 2013/06/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 07 SP - 919 EP - 924 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Agricultural Health Study KW - cancer-free subjects KW - occupational exposures KW - pesticides KW - telomere length KW - 2,4-D KW - Age KW - Males KW - Insecticides KW - Tobacco KW - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid KW - Polymerase chain reaction KW - Toxaphene KW - Metolachlor KW - Chewing KW - Replication KW - Alachlor KW - Permethrin KW - Cancer KW - Health risks KW - Telomeres KW - DDT KW - Pesticides KW - Trifluralin KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - H 5000:Pesticides KW - N 14820:DNA Metabolism & Structure KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427012331?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Lifetime+Pesticide+Use+and+Telomere+Shortening+among+Male+Pesticide+Applicators+in+the+Agricultural+Health+Study&rft.au=Hou%2C+Lifang%3BAndreotti%2C+Gabriella%3BBaccarelli%2C+Andrea+A%3BSavage%2C+Sharon%3BHoppin%2C+Jane+A%3BSandler%2C+Dale+P%3BBarker%2C+Joseph%3BZhu%2C+Zhong-Zheng%3BHoxha%2C+Mirjam%3BDioni%2C+Laura%3BZhang%2C+Xiao%3BKoutros%2C+Stella%3BFreeman%2C+Laura+EBeane%3BAlavanja%2C+Michael+C&rft.aulast=Hou&rft.aufirst=Lifang&rft.date=2013-06-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=919&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206432 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Metolachlor; 2,4-D; Age; Chewing; Replication; Permethrin; Alachlor; Cancer; Telomeres; Pesticides; DDT; Tobacco; Polymerase chain reaction; Trifluralin; Toxaphene; Health risks; Insecticides; Males; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206432 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Selected Laws Governing the Broadcast of Professional Sporting Events AN - 1735655705; 2011-899477 AB - One of the biggest ways that professional sports organizations like the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), National Basketball Association (NBA), and Major League Baseball (MLB) generate revenue is through licensing the rights to telecast (or, more colloquially, broadcast) their games to the public. These broadcasts may occur on over-the-air broadcast stations or over cable or satellite systems, and, now, over the Internet. The licensing rights for the telecast of professional sports programming are treated in a somewhat unique way under federal law. Tables. JF - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, Jun 6 2013, 10 pp. AU - Ruane, Kathleen Ann AU - Yeh, Brian T Y1 - 2013/06/06/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 06 PB - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center KW - Football KW - National Hockey League KW - Law KW - Revenue KW - Baseball KW - National Basketball Association KW - Satellites KW - Internet KW - Professional sports KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735655705?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Ruane%2C+Kathleen+Ann%3BYeh%2C+Brian+T&rft.aulast=Ruane&rft.aufirst=Kathleen&rft.date=2013-06-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Selected+Laws+Governing+the+Broadcast+of+Professional+Sporting+Events&rft.title=Selected+Laws+Governing+the+Broadcast+of+Professional+Sporting+Events&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/R43096_130606.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43096 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - GEN T1 - [Concerns about Broad Interpretation of USA PATRIOT Act] AN - 1679099032; SU00616 AB - Congressman Sensenbrenner expresses concern about Federal Bureau of Investigation's request for "virtually every" Verizon phone record. AU - United States. Congress. House AD - United States. Congress. House PY - 2013 SP - 2 KW - Holder, Eric H., Jr. KW - Americans KW - Business records KW - Congressional oversight KW - Court orders KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Telephone services KW - USA PATRIOT Act (2001) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679099032?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=%5BConcerns+about+Broad+Interpretation+of+USA+PATRIOT+Act%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+House&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://sensenbrenner.house.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - Verizon Communications, Inc. N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Letter ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - A Bill to Stop the National Security Agency from Spying on Citizens of the United States and for Other Purposes [Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013] AN - 1679099031; SU00617 AB - Declares that collection of telephone records without warrant is unconstitutional. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 3 KW - Americans KW - Bill drafting KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Telephone services KW - United States Constitution. Fourth Amendment KW - Warrants UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679099031?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=A+Bill+to+Stop+the+National+Security+Agency+from+Spying+on+Citizens+of+the+United+States+and+for+Other+Purposes+%5BFourth+Amendment+Restoration+Act+of+2013%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.paul.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Bill ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Senator Rand Paul N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Wyden Statement on Alleged Large-Scale Collection of Phone Records [Best Available Copy] AN - 1679098923; SU00618 AB - Expresses concern about U.S. government's domestic phone records collection program. AU - United States. Congress. Senate AD - United States. Congress. Senate PY - 2013 SP - 1 KW - Business records KW - Congressional oversight KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Telephone services UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1679098923?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Adnsa_su&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Wyden+Statement+on+Alleged+Large-Scale+Collection+of+Phone+Records+%5BBest+Available+Copy%5D&rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aulast=United+States.+Congress.+Senate&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://www.wyden.senate.gov. LA - English DB - Digital National Security Archive N1 - Name - Verizon Communications, Inc. N1 - Publication note - National Security Archive. The Snowden Affair. Electronic Briefing Book 436, September 4, 2013, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB436/ (previously published document) N1 - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Press Release ; Location of original: Available [Online]: Ron Wyden, Senator for Oregon N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organochlorines and Childhood Obesity in the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project AN - 1660067103; 18597924 AB - Background: In some previous studies, prenatal exposure to persistent organochlorines such as 1,1,-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p-DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) has been associated with higher body mass index (BMI) in children. Objective: Our goal was to evaluate the association of maternal serum levels of beta -hexachlorocyclohexane ( beta -HCH), p,p-DDE, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p-DDT), dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide, HCB, trans-nonachlor, oxychlordane, and PCBs with offspring obesity during childhood. Methods: The analysis was based on a subsample of 1,915 children followed until 7 years of age as part of the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP). The CPP enrolled pregnant women in 1959-1965; exposure levels were measured in third-trimester maternal serum that was collected before these organochlorines were banned in the United States. Childhood overweight and obesity were defined using age- and sex-specific cut points for BMI as recommended by the International Obesity Task Force. Results: Adjusted results did not show clear evidence for an association between organochlorine exposure and obesity; however, a suggestive finding emerged for dieldrin. Compared with those in the lowest quintile (dieldrin, < 0.57 mu g/L), odds of obesity were 3.6 (95% CI: 1.3, 10.5) for the fourth and 2.3 (95% CI: 0.8, 7.1) for the highest quintile. Overweight and BMI were unrelated to organochlorine exposure. Conclusions: In this population with relatively high levels of exposure to organochlorines, no clear associations with obesity or BMI emerged. Citation: Cupul-Uicab LA, Klebanoff MA, Brock JW, Longnecker MP. 2013. Prenatal exposure to persistent organochlorines and childhood obesity in the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project. Environ Health Perspect 121:1103-1109; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205901 JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Cupul-Uicab, Lea A AU - Klebanoff, Mark A AU - Brock, John W AU - Longnecker, Matthew P AD - Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA PY - 2013 SP - 1103 EP - 1109 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 9 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Obesity KW - Dieldrin KW - Body size (biology) KW - Tasks KW - Health KW - Children KW - Adjustment KW - Serums UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660067103?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Prenatal+Exposure+to+Persistent+Organochlorines+and+Childhood+Obesity+in+the+U.S.+Collaborative+Perinatal+Project&rft.au=Cupul-Uicab%2C+Lea+A%3BKlebanoff%2C+Mark+A%3BBrock%2C+John+W%3BLongnecker%2C+Matthew+P&rft.aulast=Cupul-Uicab&rft.aufirst=Lea&rft.date=2013-06-05&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1103&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205901 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-06 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205901 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Ulcerative Colitis and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in a Highly Exposed Population of Community Residents and Workers in the Mid-Ohio Valley AN - 1660066907; 18418179 AB - Background: Little is known about environmental determinants of autoimmune diseases. Objectives: We studied autoimmune diseases in relation to level of exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which was introduced in the late 1940s and is now ubiquitous in the serum of residents of industrialized countries. Methods: In 2008-2011 we interviewed 32,254 U.S. adults with high serum PFOA serum levels (median, 28 ng/mL) associated with drinking contaminated water near a chemical plant. Disease history was assessed retrospectively from 1952 or birth (if later than 1952) until interview. Self-reported history of autoimmune disease was validated via medical records. Cumulative exposure to PFOA was derived from estimates of annual mean serum PFOA levels during follow-up, which were based on plant emissions, residential and work history, and a fate-transport model. Cox regression models were used to estimate associations between quartiles of cumulative PFOA serum levels and the incidence of autoimmune diseases with greater than or equal to 50 validated cases, including ulcerative colitis (n = 151), Crohn's disease (n = 96), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 346), insulin-dependent diabetes (presumed to be type 1) (n = 160), lupus (n = 75), and multiple sclerosis (n = 98). Results: The incidence of ulcerative colitis was significantly increased in association with PFOA exposure, with adjusted rate ratios by quartile of exposure of 1.00 (referent), 1.76 (95% CI: 1.04, 2.99), 2.63 (95% CI: 1.56, 4.43), and 2.86 (95% CI: 1.65, 4.96) (ptrend < 0.0001). A prospective analysis of ulcerative colitis diagnosed after the baseline 2005-2006 survey (n = 29 cases) suggested a positive but non-monotonic trend (ptrend = 0.21). Discussion: To our knowledge, this is the first study of associations between this common environmental exposure and autoimmune diseases in humans. We found evidence that PFOA is associated with ulcerative colitis. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Steenland, Kyle AU - Zhao, Liping AU - Winquist, Andrea AU - Parks, Christine AD - Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Y1 - 2013/06/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 04 SP - 900 EP - 905 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - autoimmune KW - inflammatory bowel disease KW - PFOA KW - ulcerative colitis KW - Estimates KW - Crohn's Disease KW - Multiple sclerosis KW - Autoimmune diseases KW - Incidence KW - Valleys KW - Serums KW - Quartiles UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660066907?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Ulcerative+Colitis+and+Perfluorooctanoic+Acid+%28PFOA%29+in+a+Highly+Exposed+Population+of+Community+Residents+and+Workers+in+the+Mid-Ohio+Valley&rft.au=Steenland%2C+Kyle%3BZhao%2C+Liping%3BWinquist%2C+Andrea%3BParks%2C+Christine&rft.aulast=Steenland&rft.aufirst=Kyle&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=900&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206449 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206449 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Social Security: The Trust Fund AN - 1438601522; 2011-496548 AB - The Social Security program pays benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members, and to family members of deceased workers. Program income and outgo are accounted for in two separate trust funds authorized under Title II of the Social Security Act: the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and the Federal Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund. This report covers the basics of how the Social Security program is financed and how the Social Security trust fund works. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 4 2013, 17 pp. AU - Nuschler, Dawn AU - Sidor, Gary Y1 - 2013/06/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 04 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development KW - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life KW - Business and service sector - Insurance KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Disabled KW - Business and service sector - Accounting KW - Disability insurance KW - Disabled KW - Family KW - Benefits KW - Insurance KW - Income KW - Social insurance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601522?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Nuschler%2C+Dawn%3BSidor%2C+Gary&rft.aulast=Nuschler&rft.aufirst=Dawn&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Social+Security%3A+The+Trust+Fund&rft.title=Social+Security%3A+The+Trust+Fund&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210674.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33028 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Design, Methods, and Population for a Study of PFOA Health Effects among Highly Exposed Mid-Ohio Valley Community Residents and Workers AN - 1427011753; 18418178 AB - Background: A cohort of community residents and workers is the basis for a series of epidemiologic studies of a Mid-Ohio Valley population with substantial perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure due to releases from a chemical plant. Objectives: We describe study design, methods, and study participants for a longitudinal cohort study of associations between PFOA exposure and adult chronic diseases. Methods: Two cohorts were formed, one recruited from community residents who participated in a previous community-wide survey, and one from plant workers. Study participants were interviewed during 2008-2011 regarding demographics, health-related behaviors, and personal history of chronic diseases. Reported diseases were validated through medical records review and registry matching. Here we describe cohort characteristics, compare survey respondents and nonrespondents, provide data on the number of diseases reported and validated, and describe historical estimates of serum PFOA concentrations over time. Results: The final combined cohort included 32,254 participants (28,541 community; 3,713 worker). Participation rates were high (community, 81.5%; worker, 72.9% of target population). The final population from each cohort was representative of the target population in terms of demographic characteristics and measured serum PFOA concentrations in 2005-2006. The study had a wide exposure range and the number of reported cases of chronic diseases was high, resulting in greater power to detect associations than has been the case for many previous studies. Conclusions: This is the largest study to date of the health effects of PFOA. The information from this cohort is being used to examine associations between PFOA exposure and multiple adult chronic diseases. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Winquist, Andrea AU - Lally, Cathy AU - Shin, Hyeong-Moo AU - Steenland, Kyle AD - Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Y1 - 2013/06/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 04 SP - 893 EP - 899 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - C8 Science Panel KW - cohort study KW - perfluorooctanoic acid KW - PFOA KW - study design KW - Demography KW - Historical account KW - Reviews KW - Chemical plants KW - Valleys KW - Occupational exposure KW - Design KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427011753?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Design%2C+Methods%2C+and+Population+for+a+Study+of+PFOA+Health+Effects+among+Highly+Exposed+Mid-Ohio+Valley+Community+Residents+and+Workers&rft.au=Winquist%2C+Andrea%3BLally%2C+Cathy%3BShin%2C+Hyeong-Moo%3BSteenland%2C+Kyle&rft.aulast=Winquist&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=893&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206450 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Historical account; Reviews; Chemical plants; Valleys; Occupational exposure; Design DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206450 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment AN - 1427011706; 18418177 AB - Background: There is growing concern worldwide about the role of polluted soil and water environments in the development and dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Objective: Our aim in this study was to identify management options for reducing the spread of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance determinants via environmental pathways, with the ultimate goal of extending the useful life span of antibiotics. We also examined incentives and disincentives for action. Methods: We focused on management options with respect to limiting agricultural sources; treatment of domestic, hospital, and industrial wastewater; and aquaculture. Discussion: We identified several options, such as nutrient management, runoff control, and infrastructure upgrades. Where appropriate, a cross-section of examples from various regions of the world is provided. The importance of monitoring and validating effectiveness of management strategies is also highlighted. Finally, we describe a case study in Sweden that illustrates the critical role of communication to engage stakeholders and promote action. Conclusions: Environmental releases of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria can in many cases be reduced at little or no cost. Some management options are synergistic with existing policies and goals. The anticipated benefit is an extended useful life span for current and future antibiotics. Although risk reductions are often difficult to quantify, the severity of accelerating worldwide morbidity and mortality rates associated with antibiotic resistance strongly indicate the need for action. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Pruden, Amy AU - Larsson, DGJoakim AU - Amezquita, Alejandro AU - Collignon, Peter AU - Brandt, Kristian K AU - Graham, David W AU - Lazorchak, James M AU - Suzuki, Satoru AU - Silley, Peter AU - Snape, Jason R AU - Topp, Edward AU - Zhang, Tong AU - Zhu, Yong-Guan AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Y1 - 2013/06/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 04 SP - 878 EP - 885 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Genetics Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - agriculture KW - antibiotic manufacturing KW - antibiotic resistance KW - aquaculture KW - livestock KW - manure management KW - policy KW - wastewater treatment KW - Environmental release KW - Stakeholders KW - Communication KW - Nutrients KW - Antibiotics KW - Incentives KW - Wastewater treatment KW - Aquaculture KW - Morbidity KW - Infrastructure KW - Soil KW - Geographical variations KW - Antibiotic resistance KW - Mortality KW - Aquaculture effluents KW - Life span KW - Communications KW - Waste water KW - Environment management KW - Runoff KW - Sweden KW - Hospitals KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - P 3000:SEWAGE & WASTEWATER TREATMENT KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - G 07770:Bacteria UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427011706?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Management+Options+for+Reducing+the+Release+of+Antibiotics+and+Antibiotic+Resistance+Genes+to+the+Environment&rft.au=Pruden%2C+Amy%3BLarsson%2C+DGJoakim%3BAmezquita%2C+Alejandro%3BCollignon%2C+Peter%3BBrandt%2C+Kristian+K%3BGraham%2C+David+W%3BLazorchak%2C+James+M%3BSuzuki%2C+Satoru%3BSilley%2C+Peter%3BSnape%2C+Jason+R%3BTopp%2C+Edward%3BZhang%2C+Tong%3BZhu%2C+Yong-Guan&rft.aulast=Pruden&rft.aufirst=Amy&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=878&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206446 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Environmental release; Mortality; Life span; Communication; Antibiotics; Nutrients; Aquaculture; Morbidity; Soil; Geographical variations; Waste water; Antibiotic resistance; Runoff; Hospitals; Stakeholders; Aquaculture effluents; Incentives; Wastewater treatment; Infrastructure; Communications; Environment management; Sweden DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206446 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Different crystallographic one-dimensional MnO2 nanomaterials and their superior performance in catalytic phenol degradation. AN - 1365052761; 23651050 AB - Three one-dimensional MnO2 nanoparticles with different crystallographic phases, α-, β-, and γ-MnO2, were synthesized, characterized, and tested in heterogeneous activation of Oxone for phenol degradation in aqueous solution. The α-, β-, and γ-MnO2 nanostructured materials presented in morphologies of nanowires, nanorods, and nanofibers, respectively. They showed varying activities in activation of Oxone to generate sulfate radicals for phenol degradation depending on surface area and crystalline structure. α-MnO2 nanowires exhibited the highest activity and could degrade phenol in 60 min at phenol concentrations ranging in 25-100 mg/L. It was found that phenol degradation on α-MnO2 followed first order kinetics with an activation energy of 21.9 kJ/mol. The operational parameters, such as MnO2 and Oxone loading, phenol concentration and temperature, were found to influence phenol degradation efficiency. It was also found that α-MnO2 exhibited high stability in recycled tests without losing activity, demonstrating itself to be a superior heterogeneous catalyst to the toxic Co3O4 and Co(2+). JF - Environmental science & technology AU - Saputra, Edy AU - Muhammad, Syaifullah AU - Sun, Hongqi AU - Ang, H M AU - Tadé, M O AU - Wang, Shaobin AD - Department of Chemical Engineering and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. Y1 - 2013/06/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 04 SP - 5882 EP - 5887 VL - 47 IS - 11 KW - Manganese Compounds KW - 0 KW - Oxides KW - Sulfates KW - Sulfuric Acids KW - Water Pollutants, Chemical KW - Phenol KW - 339NCG44TV KW - manganese oxide KW - 64J2OA7MH3 KW - potassium peroxymonosulfuric acid KW - HL6A2XXU5D KW - Index Medicus KW - Nanotubes -- chemistry KW - Temperature KW - Nanowires KW - Adsorption KW - Crystallography KW - Nanoparticles -- chemistry KW - Catalysis KW - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- chemistry KW - Phenol -- chemistry KW - Nanostructures -- chemistry KW - Manganese Compounds -- chemistry KW - Oxides -- chemistry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1365052761?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+science+%26+technology&rft.atitle=Different+crystallographic+one-dimensional+MnO2+nanomaterials+and+their+superior+performance+in+catalytic+phenol+degradation.&rft.au=Saputra%2C+Edy%3BMuhammad%2C+Syaifullah%3BSun%2C+Hongqi%3BAng%2C+H+M%3BTad%C3%A9%2C+M+O%3BWang%2C+Shaobin&rft.aulast=Saputra&rft.aufirst=Edy&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=11&rft.spage=5882&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+science+%26+technology&rft.issn=1520-5851&rft_id=info:doi/10.1021%2Fes400878c LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2014-05-15 N1 - Date created - 2013-06-04 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400878c ER - TY - BOOK T1 - International Climate Change Financing: The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) AN - 1438601517; 2011-496549 AB - The US contributes funding to various international financial institutions to assist developing countries to address global climate change and other environmental concerns. This report provides an overview of two of the larger and more recently instituted international financial institutions for the environment -- the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) -- and analyzes their structure, funding, and objectives in light of the many challenges within global environmental finance. The CIFs are investment programs administered by the multilateral development banks (MDBs) that aim to help finance developing countries' transitions toward low-carbon and climate-resilient development. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 3 2013, 18 pp. AU - Lattanzio, Richard K Y1 - 2013/06/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Business and service sector - Business finance KW - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions KW - Banking and public and private finance - Banks and other financial institutions KW - United States KW - Environment KW - Investments KW - Finance KW - Development banks KW - International finance KW - Climate KW - Global warming KW - Developing countries KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601517?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Lattanzio%2C+Richard+K&rft.aulast=Lattanzio&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=International+Climate+Change+Financing%3A+The+Climate+Investment+Funds+%28CIFs%29&rft.title=International+Climate+Change+Financing%3A+The+Climate+Investment+Funds+%28CIFs%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210682.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41302 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - International Environmental Financing: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) AN - 1438600583; 2011-496550 AB - The US contributes funding to various international financial institutions to assist developing countries to address global climate change and other environmental concerns. This report provides an overview of one of the oldest international financial institutions for the environment -- the Global Environment Facility (GEF) -- and analyzes its structure, funding, and objectives in light of the many challenges within the contemporary landscape of global environmental finance. GEF is an independent and international financial organization that provides grants, promotes cooperation, and fosters actions in developing countries to protect the global environment. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, Jun 3 2013, 24 pp. AU - Lattanzio, Richard K Y1 - 2013/06/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Business and service sector - Business finance KW - United States KW - Environment KW - Finance KW - International finance KW - Global warming KW - Developing countries KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600583?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Lattanzio%2C+Richard+K&rft.aulast=Lattanzio&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=International+Environmental+Financing%3A+The+Global+Environment+Facility+%28GEF%29&rft.title=International+Environmental+Financing%3A+The+Global+Environment+Facility+%28GEF%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210680.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41165 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A pyridyl-monoannulated naphthalene diimide motif self-assembles into tuneable nanostructures by means of solvophobic control. AN - 1356369792; 23630037 AB - The supramolecular self-assembly of the core-substituted naphthalene diimide bearing pyridyl motifs leads to the formation of a variety of nanostructures with pH and solvent control. The detection of HCl can be monitored by UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, as well as the naked eye, with a change in colour (blue to red, see figure). The cycle is fully reversed by the addition of triethylamine (TEA). Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. JF - Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) AU - Bhosale, Sheshanath V AU - Adsul, Mukund AU - Shitre, Ganesh V AU - Bobe, Sharad R AU - Bhosale, Sidhanath V AU - Privér, Steven H AD - School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, VIC-3001, Australia. sheshanath.bhosale@rmit.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 03 SP - 7310 EP - 7313 VL - 19 IS - 23 UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1356369792?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chemistry+%28Weinheim+an+der+Bergstrasse%2C+Germany%29&rft.atitle=A+pyridyl-monoannulated+naphthalene+diimide+motif+self-assembles+into+tuneable+nanostructures+by+means+of+solvophobic+control.&rft.au=Bhosale%2C+Sheshanath+V%3BAdsul%2C+Mukund%3BShitre%2C+Ganesh+V%3BBobe%2C+Sharad+R%3BBhosale%2C+Sidhanath+V%3BPriv%C3%A9r%2C+Steven+H&rft.aulast=Bhosale&rft.aufirst=Sheshanath&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=23&rft.spage=7310&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Chemistry+%28Weinheim+an+der+Bergstrasse%2C+Germany%29&rft.issn=1521-3765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002%2Fchem.201300120 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2014-02-18 N1 - Date created - 2013-05-28 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300120 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Estimating the economic, social and environmental impacts of wildfires in Australia AN - 1785239631; PQ0002908504 AB - Wildfires often result in widespread destruction and damage to a range of economic, social and environmental assets and functions. This article presents an economic loss assessment framework which has not only been developed to value these assets, but more importantly addresses the fundamental economic principles commonly lacking in other frameworks. Five severe south-eastern Australian wildfires were used as case studies to examine the utility of the framework. The impact and cost data collected as part of this framework provide valuable information for a range of applications, such as measuring the efficacy of government response and recovery arrangements and programmes, shaping policies and providing businesses with disaster information on which they can make decisions. Some areas requiring further research were identified. These included the need to develop consistent values for estimating environmental impacts, in the form of ecosystem service values for south-eastern Australia, and a standardized survey format for valuing a range of indirect economic and social impacts. JF - Environmental Hazards AU - Stephenson, Catherine AU - Handmer, John AU - Betts, Robyn AD - Centre for Risk & Community Safety, RMIT University, GPO Box 4276, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia Y1 - 2013/06/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 01 SP - 93 EP - 111 PB - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom VL - 12 IS - 2 SN - 1747-7891, 1747-7891 KW - Materials Business File (MB); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Policies KW - Wildfires KW - Assessments KW - Estimating KW - Economics KW - Environmental impact KW - Australia KW - Decisions UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1785239631?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Hazards&rft.atitle=Estimating+the+economic%2C+social+and+environmental+impacts+of+wildfires+in+Australia&rft.au=Stephenson%2C+Catherine%3BHandmer%2C+John%3BBetts%2C+Robyn&rft.aulast=Stephenson&rft.aufirst=Catherine&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=12&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=93&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Hazards&rft.issn=17477891&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F17477891.2012.703490 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2016-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-08-03 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2012.703490 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 'Never mind the logic, give me the numbers': Former Australian health ministers' perspectives on the social determinants of health AN - 1692288933; 201523349 AB - The articulation of strong evidence and moral arguments about the importance of social determinants of health (SDH) and health equity has not led to commensurate action to address them. Policy windows open when, simultaneously, an issue is recognised as a problem, policy formulation and refinement happens and the political will for action is present. We report on qualitative interviews with 20 former Australian Federal, State or Territory health ministers conducted between September 2011 and January 2012 concerning their views about how and why the windows of policy opportunity on the SDH did or did not open during their tenure. Almost all ex-health ministers were aware of the existence of health inequalities and SDH but their complexity meant that this awareness rarely crystalised into a clear problem other than as a focus on high needs groups, especially Aboriginal people. Formulation of policies about SDH was assisted by cross-portfolio structures, policy entrepreneurs, and evidence from reviews and reports. It was hindered by the complexity of SDH policy, the dominance of medical power and paradigms and the weakness of the policy community advocating for SDH. The political stream was enabling when the general ideological climate was supportive of redistributive policies, the health care sector was not perceived to be in crisis, there was support for action from the head of government and cabinet colleagues, and no opposition from powerful lobby groups. There have been instances of Australian health policy which addressed the SDH over the past twenty five years but they are rare and the windows of opportunity that made them possible did not stay open for long. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.] JF - Social Science & Medicine AU - Baum, Frances E AU - Laris, Paul AU - Fisher, Matthew AU - Newman, Lareen AU - MacDougall, Colin AD - Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 138 EP - 146 PB - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands VL - 87 SN - 0277-9536, 0277-9536 KW - Australia Social determinants of health Health equity Political economy of health Health ministers Health policy KW - Consciousness KW - Power KW - Ethics KW - Health Problems KW - Inequality KW - Medicine KW - Health KW - Australia KW - Health Care Services KW - article KW - 2045: sociology of health and medicine; sociology of medicine & health care UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1692288933?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Social+Science+%26+Medicine&rft.atitle=%27Never+mind+the+logic%2C+give+me+the+numbers%27%3A+Former+Australian+health+ministers%27+perspectives+on+the+social+determinants+of+health&rft.au=Baum%2C+Frances+E%3BLaris%2C+Paul%3BFisher%2C+Matthew%3BNewman%2C+Lareen%3BMacDougall%2C+Colin&rft.aulast=Baum&rft.aufirst=Frances&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=87&rft.issue=&rft.spage=138&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Social+Science+%26+Medicine&rft.issn=02779536&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.socscimed.2013.03.033 LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2015-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - SSCMAW N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Health Problems; Australia; Ethics; Health Care Services; Inequality; Health; Consciousness; Medicine; Power DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.033 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Radiation dosimetry assessment of routine CT scanning protocols used in Western Australia AN - 1671598571; 20435403 AB - Technical data on local CT practice in Western Australia were collected for five major CT providers using a self-completed questionnaire. The CTDIvol DLP and effective dose for each protocol were obtained and providers were ranked according to radiation burden for each clinical scenario. The mean, median, 75th percentile and standard deviation were calculated for both effective dose and DLP for each scenario and these values were compared with published data. CT utilisation data were used to estimate the attributable radiation dose to the WA population and the potential change in population annual effective dose according to the protocol used was estimated. We found that wide variations in technique and radiation dose exist across providers for similar examinations, producing a higher radiation burden than reported internationally. As expected, the CT protocol used dramatically affects the radiation dose received, and this has a significant effect on annual population dose. This study highlights the need for recognition and understanding of both the degree of variation in radiation dose across providers and the relatively high radiation burden afforded by protocols in use in Western Australia so that necessary dialogue can be launched for practitioner consensus on appropriate diagnostic reference levels in CT scanning. JF - Journal of Radiological Protection AU - Moorin, Rachael E AU - Forsyth, Rene AU - Gibson, David J AU - Fox, Richard AD - CHIRI, Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia; Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia r.moorin@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 295 EP - 312 PB - IOP Publishing, The Public Ledger Building, Suite 929 Philadelphia PA 19106 United States VL - 33 IS - 2 SN - 0952-4746, 0952-4746 KW - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - Standard deviation KW - Scanning KW - Assessments KW - Western Australia KW - Recognition KW - Computer aided tomography KW - Diagnostic systems KW - Mathematical analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671598571?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Radiological+Protection&rft.atitle=Radiation+dosimetry+assessment+of+routine+CT+scanning+protocols+used+in+Western+Australia&rft.au=Moorin%2C+Rachael+E%3BForsyth%2C+Rene%3BGibson%2C+David+J%3BFox%2C+Richard&rft.aulast=Moorin&rft.aufirst=Rachael&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=33&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=295&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Radiological+Protection&rft.issn=09524746&rft_id=info:doi/10.1088%2F0952-4746%2F33%2F2%2F295 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-09 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/295 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mouse Otocyst Transuterine Gene Transfer Restores Hearing in Mice With Connexin 30 Deletion-associated Hearing Loss AN - 1668265751; PQ0001244774 AB - Although numerous causative genes for hereditary hearing loss have been identified, there are no fundamental treatments for this condition. Herein, we describe a novel potential treatment for genetic hearing loss. Because mutations or deletions in the connexin (Cx) genes are common causes of profound congenital hearing loss in both humans and mice, we investigated whether gene supplementation therapy using the wild-type Cx gene could cure hearing loss. We first generated inner ear-specific connexin 30 (Cx30)-deficient mice via the transuterine transfer of Cx30-targeted short hairpin RNA (shRNA-Cx30) into otocysts. The inner ear-specific Cx30-deficient mice mimicked homozygous Cx30-deficient mice both histologically and physiologically. Subsequently, we cotransfected the shRNA-Cx30 and the wild-type Cx30 gene. The cotransfected mice exhibited Cx30 expression in the cochleae and displayed normal auditory functions. Next, we performed the transuterine transfer of the wild-type Cx30 gene into the otocysts of homozygous Cx30-deficient mice, thereby rescuing the lack of Cx30 expression in the cochleae and restoring auditory functioning. These results demonstrate that supplementation therapy with wild-type genes can restore postnatal auditory functioning. Moreover, this is the first report to show that Cx-related genetic hearing loss is treatable by in vivo gene therapy. JF - Molecular Therapy AU - Miwa, Toru AU - Minoda, Ryosei AU - Ise, Momoko AU - Yamada, Takao AU - Yumoto, Eiji AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto City, Japan, minoda@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 1142 EP - 1150 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 21 IS - 6 SN - 1525-0016, 1525-0016 KW - Genetics Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts KW - Gene deletion KW - otocysts KW - Gene therapy KW - RNA KW - Auditory system KW - Connexins KW - Hearing loss KW - Mutation KW - Supplementation KW - W 30905:Medical Applications KW - G 07870:Mammals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1668265751?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Abiotechresearch&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Molecular+Therapy&rft.atitle=Mouse+Otocyst+Transuterine+Gene+Transfer+Restores+Hearing+in+Mice+With+Connexin+30+Deletion-associated+Hearing+Loss&rft.au=Miwa%2C+Toru%3BMinoda%2C+Ryosei%3BIse%2C+Momoko%3BYamada%2C+Takao%3BYumoto%2C+Eiji&rft.aulast=Miwa&rft.aufirst=Toru&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=1142&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Molecular+Therapy&rft.issn=15250016&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038%2Fmt.2013.62 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-11-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Gene deletion; RNA; Gene therapy; otocysts; Auditory system; Connexins; Hearing loss; Mutation; Supplementation DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2013.62 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - CHARACTERISTICS OF A SEXUAL NETWORK OF BEHAVIORALLY BISEXUAL MEN IN VIENTIANE, LAO PDR, 2010 AN - 1512218406; 201410436 AB - Men who have sex with both men and women (behaviorally bisexual men) may be at increased risk of HIV acquisition and transmission due to risky sexual behaviors. We recruited a sexual network comprised of behavior-ally bisexual men and their sexual partners in Vientiane, Lao PDR in 2010 to inform our understanding of the potential for HIV transmission among heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual networks. Participants completed a sexual behavior questionnaire and referred < 5 sexual partners. A total of 298 people were recruited, including 63 behaviorally bisexual men. Behaviorally bisexual men reported riskier sexual behaviors (number of sexual partners in the previous 12 months and consistent condom use) than behaviorally homosexual and heterosexual men. Using social network diagrammatic representation, heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual networks are shown to be interlinked. This study demonstrates that behaviorally bisexual men are potential key drivers of HIV epidemics and require a targeted approach to sexual health promotion. Adapted from the source document. JF - AIDS Education and Prevention AU - van Gemert, Caroline AU - Vongsaiya, Kongchay AU - Hughes, Chad AU - Jenkinson, Rebecca AU - Bowring, Anna L AU - Sihavong, Amphoy AU - Phimphachanh, Chansy AU - Chanlivong, Niramonh AU - Toole, Mike AU - Hellard, Margaret AD - Caroline van Gemert, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, GPO Box 2284, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 300 carolinevg@burnet.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 232 EP - 243 PB - Guilford Publications, New York NY VL - 25 IS - 3 SN - 0899-9546, 0899-9546 KW - Condoms KW - Risk KW - Sexual Behavior KW - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome KW - Males KW - Bisexuality KW - Heterosexuality KW - Social Networks KW - article KW - 1940: the family and socialization; sociology of sexual behavior UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1512218406?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.atitle=Deliberately+Casual%3F+Workers%27+Agency%2C+Health%2C+and+Nonstandard+Employment+Relations+in+Australia&rft.au=Keuskamp%2C+D%3BMackenzie%2C+CRM%3BZiersch%2C+A+M%3BBaum%2C+F+E&rft.aulast=Keuskamp&rft.aufirst=D&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=55&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=620&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.issn=10762752&rft_id=info:doi/10.1097%2FJOM.0b013e31829176eb LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2014-04-01 N1 - Number of references - 25 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - AEPREO N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bisexuality; Sexual Behavior; Males; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Heterosexuality; Social Networks; Condoms; Risk ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Maternal Investment in Diamond Firetails Stagonopleura guttata: Female Spot Numbers Predict Egg Volume and Yolk Lutein Content AN - 1508758969; 19408841 AB - It is widely known that parents invest into reproduction to increase offspring survival and thereby increase reproductive success. In particular, female birds allocate maternal resources including lipids, hormones, and nutrients into the egg yolk. Carotenoid pigments, which are responsible for the characteristic yellow, orange, and red colours, are particularly important as antioxidant for the developing embryo. The Investment Hypothesis addresses variable female allocation of maternal resources into egg yolk and predicts that high quality females and females paired to high-quality males will invest more in their eggs. We test predictions of the Investment Hypothesis in the Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata. In captive females and their pair males, we compare yolk carotenoid (lutein and zeaxanthin) allocation and egg size in relation to traits indicative of individual quality (body condition, flank spot number, bill and rump colour). Females with more white flank spots laid larger eggs that contained more lutein, the major carotenoid found in the Diamond Firetail eggs. Total carotenoid concentration in egg yolk was not related to any other female characteristic. Females laid larger eggs when paired with a high quality male (dark red rump). JF - Acta Ornithologica (Warszawa) AU - Zanollo, Valeria AU - Griggio, Matteo AU - Myers, Steven AU - Robertson, Jeremy AU - Stangoulis, James AU - Guild, Georgia AU - Kleindorfer, Sonia AD - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, AUSTRALIA, matteo.griggio@vetmeduni.ac.at Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 253 EP - 261 PB - Polska Akademia Nauk, Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Ul. Wilcza 64 Warsaw 00-679 Poland VL - 48 IS - 2 SN - 0001-6454, 0001-6454 KW - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - carotenoids KW - egg quality KW - Antioxidants KW - Lipids KW - Survival KW - Nutrients KW - Hormones KW - Yolk KW - Pigments KW - Zeaxanthin KW - Embryos KW - Reproduction KW - Progeny KW - Xanthophyll KW - Carotenoids KW - Breeding success KW - Y 25020:Territory, Reproduction and Sociality KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1508758969?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Acta+Ornithologica+%28Warszawa%29&rft.atitle=Maternal+Investment+in+Diamond+Firetails+Stagonopleura+guttata%3A+Female+Spot+Numbers+Predict+Egg+Volume+and+Yolk+Lutein+Content&rft.au=Zanollo%2C+Valeria%3BGriggio%2C+Matteo%3BMyers%2C+Steven%3BRobertson%2C+Jeremy%3BStangoulis%2C+James%3BGuild%2C+Georgia%3BKleindorfer%2C+Sonia&rft.aulast=Zanollo&rft.aufirst=Valeria&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=48&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=253&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Acta+Ornithologica+%28Warszawa%29&rft.issn=00016454&rft_id=info:doi/10.3161%2F000164513X678892 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Number of references - 51 N1 - Last updated - 2015-08-05 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Antioxidants; Lipids; Survival; Nutrients; Hormones; Yolk; Pigments; Zeaxanthin; Progeny; Reproduction; Embryos; Xanthophyll; Carotenoids; Breeding success DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164513X678892 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Deadlines for the HHS Secretary and Other Federal Entities in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through March 23, 2013: Addendum to CRS Congressional Distribution Memorandum, Dated April 5, 2011 AN - 1504417224; 2011-564917 AB - This memorandum is an addendum to a CRS memorandum, dated April 5, 2011, which summarized certain statutorily imposed deadlines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the actions taken through April 1, 2011, to meet those deadlines. This addendum employs the same methodology. The statutory deadlines discussed in this addendum are presented in three tables. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jun 2013, 21 pp. AU - Redhead, C Stephen AU - Heisler, Elayne J AU - Binder, Clifford AU - Colello, Kirsten J AU - Corby-Edwards, Amalia AU - Lister, Sarah A AU - Sarata, Amanda K Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - United States KW - Health policy KW - Patients KW - Legislation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417224?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Redhead%2C+C+Stephen%3BHeisler%2C+Elayne+J%3BBinder%2C+Clifford%3BColello%2C+Kirsten+J%3BCorby-Edwards%2C+Amalia%3BLister%2C+Sarah+A%3BSarata%2C+Amanda+K&rft.aulast=Redhead&rft.aufirst=C&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Deadlines+for+the+HHS+Secretary+and+Other+Federal+Entities+in+the+Patient+Protection+and+Affordable+Care+Act+through+March+23%2C+2013%3A+Addendum+to+CRS+Congressional+Distribution+Memorandum%2C+Dated+April+5%2C+2011&rft.title=Deadlines+for+the+HHS+Secretary+and+Other+Federal+Entities+in+the+Patient+Protection+and+Affordable+Care+Act+through+March+23%2C+2013%3A+Addendum+to+CRS+Congressional+Distribution+Memorandum%2C+Dated+April+5%2C+2011&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/M20130605/2013-06-05/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Memo no. 7-5700 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mapping urban residential density patterns: Compact city model in Melbourne, Australia AN - 1494300281; 201403369 AB - The advocacy of the notion of 'compact city' as a strategy to reduce urban sprawl, to support greater utilisation of existing infrastructure and services in more established areas and to improve connectivity of employment and transit hubs is vigorously debated in urban research. Using the urban residential density as a surrogate measure for urban compactness, this paper empirically examines the cadastre database that contains details of every property in order to capture changes in urban residential density patterns in Melbourne, Australia using geospatial techniques. The paper discusses the realisation of the density aspect of compact city policy implemented in Melbourne 2030 Plan. The policy of densification in pursuit of a more compact city has produced mixed results. The findings of this study indicate that urban densities across the buffer zones around Melbourne CBD are significantly different. The dwindling dwelling counts in the inner suburbs and a rapid densification of the inner outer zone is surprising, with urban development following contrasting patterns to what was anticipated to emerge after such a policy change. Contrary, the dwelling density around the designated Activity Centres between the first two zones are statistically insignificant -- questioning the fundamental purpose of the compact city model to increase the residential density around significant economic and transit hubs. The 'hollowing effect' (i.e. a localised reduction in dwelling densities) observed in the analysis around inner suburbs necessitates us to further examine the quality of data input particularly the coding of multi-storey developments and land sub-divisions into the cadastre database. Adapted from the source document. JF - City, Culture and Society AU - Chhetri, Prem AU - Han, Jung Hoon AU - Chandra, Shobhit AU - Corcoran, Jonathan AD - School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Building 80, level 8, 445 Swanston Street, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne VIC3001, Australia Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 77 EP - 85 PB - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands VL - 4 IS - 2 SN - 1877-9166, 1877-9166 KW - Compact cities KW - Land use planning KW - Spatial autocorrelation KW - Higher density KW - Urban consolidation KW - Infrastructure KW - Cities KW - Urban Development KW - Urban Areas KW - Australia KW - Employment KW - Data Quality KW - Urban Population KW - article KW - 1218: urban sociology; urban sociology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1494300281?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=City%2C+Culture+and+Society&rft.atitle=Mapping+urban+residential+density+patterns%3A+Compact+city+model+in+Melbourne%2C+Australia&rft.au=Chhetri%2C+Prem%3BHan%2C+Jung+Hoon%3BChandra%2C+Shobhit%3BCorcoran%2C+Jonathan&rft.aulast=Chhetri&rft.aufirst=Prem&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=77&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=City%2C+Culture+and+Society&rft.issn=18779166&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18779166 LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cities; Urban Areas; Urban Population; Australia; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Employment; Data Quality ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Likelihood of Higher-Education Reform AN - 1438561001; 201341986 AB - Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind (1987) and Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa's Academically Adrift (2011) stand as bookends. Between them rests a generation of college graduates. Together, they chronicle the crisis in higher education. This paper argues: (1) Adrift's employment of the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) may serve in part to corroborate Bloom's contention that popularized moral and cultural relativism have devitalized the love of learning. Students stripped in such fashion might be expected to show little increase in the general collegiate skills that the CLA measures and on which basis Adrift critiques higher education. (2) Adrift may be taken to support Bloom's case that the higher-education reform that matters most is restoring a required core curriculum consisting of common courses in the sciences and liberal arts. The paper concludes with some reflections on the limits and possibilities of the reforms pointed to by the two books. Adapted from the source document. JF - Society AU - Lindsay, Thomas K AD - Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation, 900 Congress Avenue, Suite 400, Austin, TX, 78701, USA tlindsay@texaspolicy.com Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 236 EP - 244 PB - Springer, New York NY VL - 50 IS - 3 SN - 0147-2011, 0147-2011 KW - Cultural Relativism KW - Skills KW - Curriculum KW - Ethics KW - College Students KW - Higher Education KW - Employment KW - Humanities KW - Reform KW - article KW - 2462: policy, planning, forecasting; policy sciences UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438561001?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Society&rft.atitle=The+Likelihood+of+Higher-Education+Reform&rft.au=Lindsay%2C+Thomas+K&rft.aulast=Lindsay&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=50&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=236&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Society&rft.issn=01472011&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs12115-013-9649-x LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - SOCYA6 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Reform; Higher Education; Humanities; Ethics; College Students; Curriculum; Cultural Relativism; Skills; Employment DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-013-9649-x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Perceived Legitimacy of Judicial Authorities in Relation to Degree of Value Discrepancy with Public Citizens AN - 1438554614; 201329579 AB - In this study of perceived legitimacy, Australian citizens from a randomly selected national sample first responded to information about how judicial authorities responded to two crimes (green protest, date rape) in terms of seriousness and recommended punishment. They also provided ratings of the importance of a set of values for judicial authorities compared with self, and measures of global value discrepancy, procedural fairness, expertise, and legitimacy. Results showed that perceived legitimacy was negatively related to global value discrepancy and that the information provided to participants about judge's position primed differences in value discrepancy only for the date rape crime. Other findings also implied that the nature of the offense moderated legitimacy/value discrepancy relations. Perceived legitimacy was also positively related to procedural fairness and the expertise of the authority, and higher when the judicial authority was perceived to assign specific values as even more important than participants did themselves. Adapted from the source document. JF - Social Justice Research AU - Feather, N T AU - Boeckmann, Robert J AD - School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001, Australia norman.feather@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 193 EP - 217 PB - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands VL - 26 IS - 2 SN - 0885-7466, 0885-7466 KW - Values KW - Rape KW - Citizens KW - Rating KW - Punishment KW - Legitimacy KW - Australia KW - Offenses KW - Equity KW - article KW - 9109: politics; political movements/activism UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438554614?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Social+Justice+Research&rft.atitle=Perceived+Legitimacy+of+Judicial+Authorities+in+Relation+to+Degree+of+Value+Discrepancy+with+Public+Citizens&rft.au=Feather%2C+N+T%3BBoeckmann%2C+Robert+J&rft.aulast=Feather&rft.aufirst=N&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=193&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Social+Justice+Research&rft.issn=08857466&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11211-013-0183-1 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - SJREEO N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legitimacy; Offenses; Values; Citizens; Rape; Equity; Punishment; Rating; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11211-013-0183-1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Post-kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with Mucosal Involvement: An Unusual Case Presentation including Successful Treatment with Miltefosine AN - 1430862822; 18315148 AB - Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatologic manifestation that usually occurs after visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani. It is characterized by hypopigmented patches, a macular or maculopapular rash and nodular skin lesions on the body surface. Involvement of the mucosae is very rare and unusual in PKDL. We report a case of PKDL that presented with polymorphic skin lesions, along with involvement of peri-oral mucosa and tongue from an endemic area for kala-azar in Bangladesh. In the absence of a definite past history of kala-azar, a clinical suspicion for PKDL was confirmed by positive rapid serological tests against two recombinant (rK39 and rK28) leishmanial antigens, demonstration of Leishmania donovani (LD) body in the slit skin smear, and isolation of promastigotes by culture from a nodular lesion. The patient was treated with oral Miltefosine for three consecutive months and showed significant clinical improvement as demonstrated by a negative slit skin smear at two months after initiation of therapy. We report this case as an unusual presentation of mucosal involvement in PKDL and subsequent treatment success with Miltefosine. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Salam, Md A AU - Siddiqui, Muhammad A AU - Nabi, Shah G AU - Bhaskar, Khondaker R H AU - Mondal, Dinesh Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 294 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology KW - Miltefosine KW - treatment KW - Mucosal involvement KW - Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis KW - Bangladesh KW - Visceral leishmaniasis KW - Mucosa KW - Therapy KW - Promastigotes KW - Serological tests KW - Biopolymorphism KW - Nutrition KW - Leishmania donovani KW - Recombinants KW - Exanthema KW - Population genetics KW - Endemic species KW - Antigens KW - Skin diseases KW - Case reports KW - Tongue KW - K 03400:Human Diseases KW - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1430862822?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Post-kala-azar+Dermal+Leishmaniasis+with+Mucosal+Involvement%3A+An+Unusual+Case+Presentation+including+Successful+Treatment+with+Miltefosine&rft.au=Salam%2C+Md+A%3BSiddiqui%2C+Muhammad+A%3BNabi%2C+Shah+G%3BBhaskar%2C+Khondaker+R+H%3BMondal%2C+Dinesh&rft.aulast=Salam&rft.aufirst=Md&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=294&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 14 N1 - Last updated - 2016-02-04 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Recombinants; Population genetics; Endemic species; Antigens; Therapy; Biopolymorphism; Nutrition; Exanthema; Case reports; Skin diseases; Visceral leishmaniasis; Miltefosine; Mucosa; Promastigotes; Tongue; Serological tests; Leishmania donovani; Bangladesh ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Molecular Characterization of the Circulating Strains of Vibrio cholerae during 2010 Cholera Outbreak in Nigeria AN - 1430862489; 18315134 AB - This study aimed at characterizing the phenotypic and toxigenic status of circulating strains of cholera during outbreaks in Nigeria, employing molecular typing techniques. Two hundred and one samples of rectal swabs, stool, vomitus, water (from the well, borehole, sachet, stream, and tap) and disinfectants (sodium hypochlorite) were collected from three states in the country. The samples were inoculated on thiosulphate-citrate bile salt-sucrose (TCBS), Cary-Blair transport medium and smeared on glass slides for direct examination. The Vibrio cholerae isolates were serotyped, biotyped, and characterized using PCR of the cytotoxin gene A (ctxA), wbeO1, and wbfO139 gene primer. Of the 201 samples screened, 96 were positive for V. cholerae O1 (48%), with 69 (72%) positive for ctxA gene. The results from this study showed that the circulating strains of cholera in Nigeria were of Ogawa serotype, also observed in other outbreaks in Nigeria (1991, 1992, and 1996). However, the strains were of the Classical biotype and were mainly (72%) ctxA gene-positive. This current investigation has confirmed the production of cholera toxin by the circulating strains, and this could be harnessed for possible cholera vaccine production in Nigeria. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Oyedeji, Kolawole S AU - Niemogha, Mary-Theresa AU - Nwaokorie, Francisca O AU - Bamidele, Tajudeen A AU - Ochoga, Michael AU - Akinsinde, Kehinde A AU - Brai, Bartholomew I AU - Oladele, David AU - Omonigbehin, Emmanuel A AU - Bamidele, Moses AU - Fesobi, Toun W AU - Musa, Adesola Z AU - Adeneye, Adeniyi K AU - Smith, Stella I AU - Ujah, Innocent A Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 178 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology KW - Cholera toxin gene A KW - Classical KW - Ogawa KW - V. cholerae KW - Nigeria KW - Biotypes KW - Rectum KW - Serotypes KW - Cytotoxins KW - Sodium hypochlorite KW - Streams KW - Vibrio cholerae KW - Disinfectants KW - Typing KW - Cholera toxin KW - Bile KW - Polymerase chain reaction KW - Primers KW - Cholera KW - Vaccines KW - Feces KW - J 02310:Genetics & Taxonomy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1430862489?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Amicrobiologyb&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Molecular+Characterization+of+the+Circulating+Strains+of+Vibrio+cholerae+during+2010+Cholera+Outbreak+in+Nigeria&rft.au=Oyedeji%2C+Kolawole+S%3BNiemogha%2C+Mary-Theresa%3BNwaokorie%2C+Francisca+O%3BBamidele%2C+Tajudeen+A%3BOchoga%2C+Michael%3BAkinsinde%2C+Kehinde+A%3BBrai%2C+Bartholomew+I%3BOladele%2C+David%3BOmonigbehin%2C+Emmanuel+A%3BBamidele%2C+Moses%3BFesobi%2C+Toun+W%3BMusa%2C+Adesola+Z%3BAdeneye%2C+Adeniyi+K%3BSmith%2C+Stella+I%3BUjah%2C+Innocent+A&rft.aulast=Oyedeji&rft.aufirst=Kolawole&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=178&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 25 N1 - Last updated - 2016-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Serotypes; Rectum; Biotypes; Cytotoxins; Sodium hypochlorite; Streams; Disinfectants; Typing; Cholera toxin; Bile; Polymerase chain reaction; Cholera; Primers; Vaccines; Feces; Vibrio cholerae ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory Findings, and Therapeutic Regimen in Hospitalized Children with Brucellosis in an Iranian Referral Children Medical Centre AN - 1430862071; 18315139 AB - Brucellosis is considered a known widespread zoonotic disease and is endemic in Mediterranean region, like Iran. This study reviewed the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and therapeutic regimen in childhood brucellosis in Iran. In this retrospective study, we reviewed hospital-records of 34 consecutive children with a confirmed diagnosis of brucellosis among a total number of 10,864 patients admitted to Children's Medical Center, Tehran, Iran, between 2002 and 2010. Among the patients diagnosed with brucellosis, 22 (65%) were admitted during spring and summer. Clinical findings of these patients at admission were arthritis, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, lymphadenopathy, maculopapular skin rashes, and fever. Anaemia (53%) and leukopenia (33%) were the most common findings in the children. Only one patient had presented with leukocytosis. Four children (12%) were thrombocytopenic, and none of patients had pancytopenia. Blood cultures were positive in 5 patients (23%). Only one patient underwent bone-marrow aspiration and had positive culture for Brucella spp. Positive titres were found in 33 cases (97%) in Wright test, 23 cases (96%) in Coombs test, and 16 patients (72.7%) in 2ME (2-Mercaptoethanol) test. In one case, Wright and Coombs test titres were below 1:80 while Brucella spp. were isolated from blood at the same time. It is concluded, prolonged fever with joint involvement and organomegaly may increase possibility of infection with Brucella spp. Appropriate treatment regimen by more tolerable oral drugs, with a duration of at least 8 weeks, is recommended. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Fanni, Fatemeh AU - Shahbaznejad, Leila AU - Pourakbari, Babak AU - Mahmoudi, Shima AU - Mamishi, Setareh Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 218 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology KW - Blood culture KW - Skin KW - Joint diseases KW - Bone marrow KW - Anemia KW - Brucella KW - Pancytopenia KW - Infection KW - Children KW - Fever KW - Exanthema KW - Lymphadenopathy KW - Leukocytosis KW - 2-Mercaptoethanol KW - Arthritis KW - Splenomegaly KW - Brucellosis KW - Leukopenia KW - Drugs KW - J 02400:Human Diseases UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1430862071?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Amicrobiologyb&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Clinical+Manifestations%2C+Laboratory+Findings%2C+and+Therapeutic+Regimen+in+Hospitalized+Children+with+Brucellosis+in+an+Iranian+Referral+Children+Medical+Centre&rft.au=Fanni%2C+Fatemeh%3BShahbaznejad%2C+Leila%3BPourakbari%2C+Babak%3BMahmoudi%2C+Shima%3BMamishi%2C+Setareh&rft.aulast=Fanni&rft.aufirst=Fatemeh&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=218&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-09-01 N1 - Number of references - 30 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Blood culture; Skin; Anemia; Bone marrow; Joint diseases; Pancytopenia; Children; Infection; Fever; Exanthema; Leukocytosis; Lymphadenopathy; 2-Mercaptoethanol; Arthritis; Splenomegaly; Leukopenia; Brucellosis; Drugs; Brucella ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Academic Detailing Programme on Childhood Diarrhoea Management by Primary Healthcare Providers in Banke District of Nepal AN - 1427004545; 18315141 AB - Academic detailing is rarely practised in developing countries. A randomized control trial on healthcare service was conducted to evaluate the impact of academic detailing programme on the adherence of primary healthcare providers in Banke district, Nepal, to childhood diarrhoea treatment guidelines recommended by World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund (WHO/UNICEF). The participants (N=209) were systematically divided into control and intervention groups. Four different academic detailing sessions on childhood diarrhoea management were given to participants in the intervention group. At baseline, 6% of the participants in the control and 8.3% in the intervention group were adhering to the treatment guidelines which significantly (p<0.05) increased among participants in the intervention (65.1%) than in the control group (16.0%) at the first follow-up. At the second follow-up, 69.7% of participants in the intervention group were adhering to the guidelines, which was significantly (p<0.05) greater than those in the control group (19.0%). Data also showed significant improvement in prescribing pattern of the participants in the intervention group compared to the control group. Therefore, academic detailing can be used for promoting adherence to treatment guidelines in developing countries, like Nepal. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Khanal, Saval AU - Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham B Mohamed AU - Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi AU - Palaian, Subish AU - Mishra, Pranaya Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 231 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Funds KW - Health care KW - Guidelines KW - Intervention KW - United Nations KW - Children KW - Developing countries KW - Nepal KW - Medical personnel KW - H 0500:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427004545?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Evaluation+of+Academic+Detailing+Programme+on+Childhood+Diarrhoea+Management+by+Primary+Healthcare+Providers+in+Banke+District+of+Nepal&rft.au=Khanal%2C+Saval%3BIbrahim%2C+Mohamed+Izham+B+Mohamed%3BShankar%2C+Pathiyil+Ravi%3BPalaian%2C+Subish%3BMishra%2C+Pranaya&rft.aulast=Khanal&rft.aufirst=Saval&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=231&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 32 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-09 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Funds; Health care; Guidelines; Intervention; United Nations; Children; Developing countries; Medical personnel; Nepal ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence and Correlates of Prenatal Vitamin A Deficiency in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia AN - 1427004442; 18315135 AB - A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence and correlates of prenatal vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia. Seven hundred randomly-selected pregnant women took part in the study. Serum retinol concentration was determined using high-performance liquid chromatography. Data were analyzed by logistic and linear regression. Interpretation of data was made using adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and adjusted linear regression coefficient. The prevalence of VAD (serum retinol <0.7 mu mol/L) was 37.9%. Advanced gestational age and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP greater than or equal to 5 mg/dL) were negatively associated with retinol concentration (p<0.05). The odds of VAD was significantly higher among the women with no education and those devoid of self-income. Women aged 35-49 years had 2.23 (95% CI 1.31-3.81) times higher odds compared to those aged 15-24 years. The lower the dietary diversity score in the preceding day of the survey, the higher were the odds of VAD. With reference to nulliparas, grand multiparas had 1.92 (95% CI 1.02-3.64) times increased odds of VAD. VAD and zinc deficiency (serum zinc <8.6 mu mol/L during the first trimester, or <7.6 mu mol/L during the second or third trimester) were significantly associated with AOR of 1.80 (95% CI 1.28-2.53). VAD has major public-health significance in the area. Accordingly, it should be combated through enhancement of diet diversity, birth control, and socioeconomic empowerment of women. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Gebreselassie, Samson Gebremedhin AU - Gase, Fikre Enquselassie AU - Deressa, Melaku Umeta Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 185 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Diets KW - Education KW - Ethiopia KW - Prenatal experience KW - Liquid chromatography KW - Vitamins KW - Zinc KW - Proteins KW - Empowerment KW - Rural areas KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - H 0500:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427004442?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Prevalence+and+Correlates+of+Prenatal+Vitamin+A+Deficiency+in+Rural+Sidama%2C+Southern+Ethiopia&rft.au=Gebreselassie%2C+Samson+Gebremedhin%3BGase%2C+Fikre+Enquselassie%3BDeressa%2C+Melaku+Umeta&rft.aulast=Gebreselassie&rft.aufirst=Samson&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=185&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 44 N1 - Last updated - 2013-11-15 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; Education; Prenatal experience; Liquid chromatography; Vitamins; Zinc; Proteins; Empowerment; Rural areas; Ethiopia ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Sleeping under Insecticide-treated Nets to Prevent Malaria in Nigeria: What Do We Know? AN - 1427003285; 18315142 AB - Malaria remains a public-health concern in Nigeria despite huge global investments in the production and distribution of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) to protect people from Plasmodium falciparum parasite. Information on the use of ITNs is needed for designing strategies for its effective use. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted in communities from 3 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The people had poor knowledge of malaria and mosquito bites, which resulted in wrong perception and misuse of the nets as door and window blinds to "protect entire household" since only two nets were given per household. The use of community structures (traditional leaders/village heads, youths, churches, and mosques) was suggested to ensure effective distribution of nets, sensitize, and monitor net-use in the communities. Health education would dispel misconceptions that ITNs could kill, curtail human fertility, and that local gin (Kai-Kai) would induce sleep and make one oblivious of mosquito nuisance. JF - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition AU - Onyeneho, Nkechi G Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 243 PB - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 1606-0997, 1606-0997 KW - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Insecticide-treated bednets KW - Malaria KW - Mosquito nets KW - Utilization KW - Nigeria KW - Parasites KW - Human diseases KW - Fertility KW - Bites KW - Nutrition KW - Public health KW - Heads KW - Aquatic insects KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - Nets KW - Education KW - Villages KW - Community structure KW - Perception KW - Households KW - Sleep KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - Q1 08485:Species interactions: pests and control KW - K 03450:Ecology KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427003285?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.atitle=Sleeping+under+Insecticide-treated+Nets+to+Prevent+Malaria+in+Nigeria%3A+What+Do+We+Know%3F&rft.au=Onyeneho%2C+Nkechi+G&rft.aulast=Onyeneho&rft.aufirst=Nkechi&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=243&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health%2C+Population+and+Nutrition&rft.issn=16060997&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Number of references - 22 N1 - Last updated - 2015-10-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Parasites; Fertility; Education; Human diseases; Sleep; Malaria; Nutrition; Aquatic insects; Public health; Heads; Bites; Perception; Community structure; Nets; Villages; Households; Plasmodium falciparum; Nigeria ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Diagnostic procedures in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic literature review AN - 1417548332; 201315439 AB - At present, 'gold standard' diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a lengthy and time consuming process that requires suitably qualified multi-disciplinary team (MDT) personnel to assess behavioural, historical, and parent-report information to determine a diagnosis. A number of different tools have been developed to assist in determination. To optimise the diagnostic procedures, the best diagnostic instruments need to be identified. This study is a systematic review addressing the accuracy, reliability, validity and utility of reported diagnostic tools and assessments. To be included in this review, studies must have (1) identified an ASD diagnostic tool; (2) investigated either diagnostic procedure or the tools or personnel required; (3) be presented in English; (4) be conducted in the Western world; (5) be one of three types of studies [adapted from Samtani et al. in Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:1-13, 2011], viz. (a) cohort studies or cross-sectional studies, (b) randomised studies of test accuracy, (c) case-control studies. MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Scopus, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were scrutinised for relevant literature published from 2000 inclusive on 20th January 2012. In total, 68 articles were included. 17 tools were assessed. However, many lacked an evidence base of high quality-independent studies. The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) stood out with the largest evidence base and highest sensitivity and specificity. When the ADI-R and ADOS were used in combination they revealed levels of accuracy very similar to the correct classification rates for the current 'gold standard' diagnostic procedure viz. 80.8 % for ASD. There is scope for future studies on the use of the ADI-R and ADOS in combination. Adapted from the source document. JF - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry AU - Falkmer, Torbjorn AU - Anderson, Katie AU - Falkmer, Marita AU - Horlin, Chiara AD - School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 329 EP - 340 PB - Steinkopff Verlag c/o Springer Verlag, Berlin Germany VL - 22 IS - 6 SN - 1018-8827, 1018-8827 KW - Databases KW - Diagnosis KW - Gold standard KW - Personnel KW - Accuracy KW - Autistic spectrum disorders KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1417548332?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=European+Child+%26+Adolescent+Psychiatry&rft.atitle=Diagnostic+procedures+in+autism+spectrum+disorders%3A+a+systematic+literature+review&rft.au=Falkmer%2C+Torbjorn%3BAnderson%2C+Katie%3BFalkmer%2C+Marita%3BHorlin%2C+Chiara&rft.aulast=Falkmer&rft.aufirst=Torbjorn&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=329&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=European+Child+%26+Adolescent+Psychiatry&rft.issn=10188827&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00787-013-0375-0 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - CODEN - EAPSE9 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Autistic spectrum disorders; Accuracy; Personnel; Databases; Diagnosis; Gold standard DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-013-0375-0 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: The Importance of Framing AN - 1412559239; 18247136 AB - In the Australian policy context, there has recently been a discernible shift in the discourse used when considering responses to the impacts of current weather extremes and future climate change. Commonly used terminology, such as climate change impacts and vulnerability, is now being increasingly replaced by a preference for language with more positive connotations as represented by resilience and a focus on the 'strengthening' of local communities. However, although this contemporary shift in emphasis has largely political roots, the scientific conceptual underpinning for resilience, and its relationship with climate change action, remains contested. To contribute to this debate, the authors argue that how adaptation is framed-in this case by the notion of resilience-can have an important influence on agenda setting, on the subsequent adaptation pathways that are pursued and on eventual adaptation outcomes. Drawing from multi-disciplinary adaptation research carried out in three urban case studies in the State of Victoria, Australia ('Framing multi-level and multi-actor adaptation responses in the Victorian context', funded by the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (2010-2012)), this article is structured according to three main discussion points. Firstly, the importance of being explicit when framing adaptation; secondly, this study reflects on how resilience is emerging as part of adaptation discourse and narratives in different scientific, research and policy-making communities; and finally, the authors reflect on the implications of resilience framing for evolving adaptation policy and practice. JF - Planning Practice and Research AU - McEvoy, Darryn AU - Fuenfgeld, Hartmut AU - Bosomworth, Karyn AD - Climate Change Adaptation Program, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic., 3001, Australia, Darryn.mcevoy@rmit.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 01 SP - 280 EP - 293 PB - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom VL - 28 IS - 3 SN - 0269-7459, 0269-7459 KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Weather KW - Politics KW - Climate change KW - Weather extremes KW - Adaptability KW - Scientific research KW - Case studies KW - Australia KW - Vulnerability KW - Local communities KW - Future climates KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1412559239?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Planning+Practice+and+Research&rft.atitle=Resilience+and+Climate+Change+Adaptation%3A+The+Importance+of+Framing&rft.au=McEvoy%2C+Darryn%3BFuenfgeld%2C+Hartmut%3BBosomworth%2C+Karyn&rft.aulast=McEvoy&rft.aufirst=Darryn&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=28&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=280&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Planning+Practice+and+Research&rft.issn=02697459&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F02697459.2013.787710 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Scientific research; Climate change; Future climates; Weather extremes; Weather; Adaptability; Case studies; Politics; Vulnerability; Local communities; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2013.787710 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Demographic effects on the use of genetic options for the control of mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki AN - 1412519532; 18253468 AB - This study tests the sensitivity of genetically based pest control options based on sex ratio distortion to intra- and intersexual aggressive interactions that affect male and female survival and fitness. Data on these interactions and their impacts were gathered for the mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Poeciliidae), a promiscuous species with a strongly male-biased operational sex ratio and well-documented male harassment of females. The experimental design consisted of an orthogonal combination of two population densities and three sex ratios, ranging from strongly male-biased to strongly female-biased, and long-term observations of laboratory populations. Contrary to expectations, the number of males in a population had little evident effect on population demographics. Rather, the density of adult females determined population fecundity (as a result of a stock-recruitment relationship involving females, but not males), constrained male densities (apparently as a result of cannibalism or intersexual aggression), and regulated itself (most likely through effects of intrasexual aggression on female recruitment). The principal effect of males was to constrain their own densities via effects of male-male aggression on adult male mortality rates. Through use of a realistically parameterized genetic/demographic model, we show that of three different genetic options applied to control G. holbrooki, one based on recombinant sex ratio distortion (release of Female Lethal carriers) is marginally more efficient than a sterile male release program, and both outperform an option based on chromosomal sex ratio distortion (Trojan W). Nonlinear dependence of reproductive rate on female density reduces the efficacy of all three approaches. The major effect of intra- and intersexual aggression is mediated through females, whose interactions reduce female numbers and increase the efficacy of a control program based on sex ratio. Socially mediated male mortality has a small impact on control programs due to operational sex ratios that are heavily male-biased. The sensitivity of sex ratio-based control options to social factors will depend on the mating system of the targeted pest, but evidence of widespread density-dependent population regulation suggests that, for most species, the effects of elevated adult mortality (due to intra- and intersexual aggression) on control programs are likely to be slight. JF - Ecological Applications AU - Thresher, R E AU - Canning, M AU - Bax, N J AD - Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Australia, ron.thresher@csiro.au A2 - Hellberg, ME (ed) Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 801 EP - 814 PB - Ecological Society of America, 1707 H Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington DC 20006 United States VL - 22 IS - 4 SN - 1051-0761, 1051-0761 KW - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Genetics Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - Fitness KW - Cannibalism KW - Population density KW - Survival KW - Freshwater KW - Sex differences KW - Freshwater fish KW - Models KW - Demography KW - Mating KW - Aggressive behaviour KW - Pests KW - Aggression KW - Sex KW - Mortality KW - Poeciliidae KW - Data processing KW - Gambusia holbrooki KW - Sex ratio KW - Control programs KW - Population regulation KW - Recruitment KW - Culicidae KW - Pest control KW - Fecundity KW - Population structure KW - Mortality causes KW - G 07750:Ecological & Population Genetics KW - Q1 08542:Prevention and control KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms KW - D 04060:Management and Conservation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1412519532?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ecological+Applications&rft.atitle=Demographic+effects+on+the+use+of+genetic+options+for+the+control+of+mosquitofish%2C+Gambusia+holbrooki&rft.au=Thresher%2C+R+E%3BCanning%2C+M%3BBax%2C+N+J&rft.aulast=Thresher&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=801&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Ecological+Applications&rft.issn=10510761&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-11-12 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sex ratio; Aggressive behaviour; Recruitment; Population density; Survival; Population structure; Pest control; Freshwater fish; Mortality causes; Fitness; Mortality; Data processing; Control programs; Population regulation; Cannibalism; Sex differences; Models; Demography; Mating; Fecundity; Pests; Aggression; Sex; Poeciliidae; Gambusia holbrooki; Culicidae; Freshwater ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Deliberately Casual? Workers' Agency, Health, and Nonstandard Employment Relations in Australia AN - 1412519487; 18253518 AB - Objective: We explored Australian workers' experiences of nonstandard employment, how it related to health and well-being, and the role that Bourdieu's forms of capital (cultural, economic, and social resources) played in underpinning workers' agency. Methods: Qualitative data from semi structured interviews with 32 causal workers were analyzed on the basis of framework analysis. Results: Most participants were "deliberate casuals" who had chosen casual over permanent employment, with half of that group naming improved health and well-being as motivation. Those with greater access to capital felt more able to exercise choice, whereas those with fewer capital resources felt constrained to be casual. Gendered structures and labor market dynamics were also significant in shaping agency. Conclusions: Access to capital and a buoyant labor market underpinned workers' agency in Australia, enabling some to gain health and well-being benefits from non-standard employment. JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine AU - Keuskamp, D AU - Mackenzie, CRM AU - Ziersch, A M AU - Baum, F E AD - Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001, dominic.keuskamp@flinders.edu.au PY - 2013 SP - 620 EP - 627 VL - 55 IS - 6 SN - 1076-2752, 1076-2752 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Culture KW - Economics KW - Australia KW - Employment KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1412519487?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.atitle=Deliberately+Casual%3F+Workers%27+Agency%2C+Health%2C+and+Nonstandard+Employment+Relations+in+Australia&rft.au=Keuskamp%2C+D%3BMackenzie%2C+CRM%3BZiersch%2C+A+M%3BBaum%2C+F+E&rft.aulast=Keuskamp&rft.aufirst=D&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=55&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=620&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.issn=10762752&rft_id=info:doi/10.1097%2FJOM.0b013e31829176eb LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-23 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Culture; Economics; Employment; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829176eb ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review and analysis of the age and origin of the Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, southwestern USA AN - 1412503394; 18172845 AB - The lower Pliocene Bouse Formation in the lower Colorado River Valley (southwestern USA) consists of basal marl and dense tufa overlain by siltstone and fine sandstone. It is locally overlain by and interbedded with sands derived from the Colorado River. We briefly review super(87)Sr/ super(86)Sr analyses of Bouse carbonates and shells and carbonate and gypsum of similar age east of Las Vegas that indicate that all of these strata are isotopically similar to modern Colorado River water. We also review and add new data that are consistent with a step in Bouse Formation maximum elevations from 330 m south of Topock Gorge to 555 m to the north. New geochemical data from glass shards in a volcanic ash bed within the Bouse Formation, and from an ash bed within similar deposits in Bristol Basin west of the Colorado River Valley, indicate correlation of the two ash beds and coeval submergence of both areas. The tuff bed is identified as the 4.83 Ma Lawlor Tuff derived from the San Francisco Bay region. We conclude, as have some others, that the Bouse Formation was deposited in lakes produced by first-arriving Colorado River water that entered closed basins inherited from Basin and Range extension, and estimate that first arrival of river water occurred ca. 4.9 Ma. If this interpretation is correct, addition of Bristol Basin to the Blythe Basin inundation area means that river discharge was sufficient to fill and spill a lake with an area of similar to 10,000 km super(2). For spillover to occur, evaporation rates must have been significantly less in early Pliocene time than modern rates of similar to 2-4 m/yr, and/or Colorado River discharge was significantly greater than the current similar to 15 km super(3)/yr. In this lacustrine interpretation, evaporation rates were sufficient to concentrate salts to levels that were hospitable to some marine organisms presumably introduced by birds. JF - Geosphere AU - Spencer, Jon E AU - Patchett, PJonathan AU - Pearthree, Philip A AU - House, PKyle AU - Sarna-Wojcicki, Andrei M AU - Wan, Elmira AU - Roskowski, Jennifer A AU - Faulds, James E AD - Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress Street, #100, Tucson, Arizona 85704, USA Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 444 EP - 459 PB - Geological Society of America, 3300 Penrose Place Boulder CO 80301 United States VL - 9 IS - 3 KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources KW - Geographical distribution KW - Palaeo studies KW - Correlations KW - Freshwater KW - Strontium isotopes KW - USA, Colorado R. KW - Volcanic activity KW - Volcanic ash KW - Submergence KW - River Flow KW - Lacustrine sedimentation KW - Lake Basins KW - Rivers KW - Carbonates KW - River discharge KW - USA, Nevada, Las Vegas KW - River valleys KW - Closed Basins KW - Evaporation rates KW - River water KW - Reviews KW - INE, USA, California, San Francisco Bay KW - Pliocene KW - Evaporation Rate KW - Birds KW - SW 5010:Network design KW - Q2 09148:Palaeo-studies KW - M2 556.16:Runoff (556.16) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1412503394?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Geosphere&rft.atitle=Review+and+analysis+of+the+age+and+origin+of+the+Pliocene+Bouse+Formation%2C+lower+Colorado+River+Valley%2C+southwestern+USA&rft.au=Spencer%2C+Jon+E%3BPatchett%2C+PJonathan%3BPearthree%2C+Philip+A%3BHouse%2C+PKyle%3BSarna-Wojcicki%2C+Andrei+M%3BWan%2C+Elmira%3BRoskowski%2C+Jennifer+A%3BFaulds%2C+James+E&rft.aulast=Spencer&rft.aufirst=Jon&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=444&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Geosphere&rft.issn=1553-040X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1130%2FGES00896.1 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Number of references - 72 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Geographical distribution; River water; Palaeo studies; Volcanic ash; River discharge; Pliocene; Lacustrine sedimentation; River valleys; Strontium isotopes; Evaporation rates; Volcanic activity; Correlations; Birds; Rivers; Closed Basins; Carbonates; Reviews; Submergence; River Flow; Evaporation Rate; Lake Basins; USA, Colorado R.; USA, Nevada, Las Vegas; INE, USA, California, San Francisco Bay; Freshwater DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00896.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Auditory, Visual, and Bimodal Data Link Displays and How They Support Pilot Performance AN - 1399917367; 18194158 AB - Background: The design of data link messaging systems to ensure optimal pilot performance requires empirical guidance. The current study examined the effects of display format (auditory, visual, or bimodal) and visual display position (adjacent to instrument panel or mounted on console) on pilot performance. Methods: Subjects performed five 20-min simulated single-pilot flights. During each flight, subjects received messages from a simulated air traffic controller. Messages were delivered visually, auditorily, or bimodally. Subjects were asked to read back each message aloud and then perform the instructed maneuver. Results: Visual and bimodal displays engendered lower subjective workload and better altitude tracking than auditory displays. Readback times were shorter with the two unimodal visual formats than with any of the other three formats. Advantages for the unimodal visual format ranged in size from 2.8 s to 3.8 s relative to the bimodal upper left and auditory formats, respectively. Auditory displays allowed slightly more head-up time (3 to 3.5 seconds per minute) than either visual or bimodal displays. Position of the visual display had only modest effects on any measure. Discussion: Combined with the results from previous studies by Helle-berg and Wickens and Lancaster and Casali the current data favor visual and bimodal displays over auditory displays; unimodal auditory displays were favored by only one measure, head-up time, and only very modestly. Data evinced no statistically significant effects of visual display position on performance, suggesting that, contrary to expectations, the placement of a visual data link display may be of relatively little consequence to performance. JF - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine AU - Steelman, K S AU - Talleur, D AU - Carbonari, R AU - Yamani, Y AU - Nunes, A AU - McCarley, J S AD - GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia, jason.mccarley@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 560 EP - 566 PB - Aerospace Medical Association, 320 S. Henry St. Alexandria VA 22314-3579 United States VL - 84 IS - 6 SN - 0095-6562, 0095-6562 KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - Altitude KW - Air traffic control KW - Working conditions KW - H 2000:Transportation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1399917367?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aviation%2C+Space%2C+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.atitle=Auditory%2C+Visual%2C+and+Bimodal+Data+Link+Displays+and+How+They+Support+Pilot+Performance&rft.au=Steelman%2C+K+S%3BTalleur%2C+D%3BCarbonari%2C+R%3BYamani%2C+Y%3BNunes%2C+A%3BMcCarley%2C+J+S&rft.aulast=Steelman&rft.aufirst=K&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=84&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=560&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Aviation%2C+Space%2C+and+Environmental+Medicine&rft.issn=00956562&rft_id=info:doi/10.3357%2FASEM.3365.2013 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Number of references - 22 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Altitude; Air traffic control; Working conditions DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.3357/ASEM.3365.2013 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Inter-Population Mating Success in Australian Dengue Vector Mosquitoes: Effects of Laboratory Colonization and Implications for the Spread of Transgenics AN - 1372060623; 18131418 AB - Variability between Aedes aegypti populations in north Queensland, Australia, has the potential to impact the successful implementation of new population replacement mosquito releases for dengue control. Four Ae. aegypti colonies originating from different locations (Cairns, Mareeba, Innisfail, and Charters Towers), along with one F1 field-derived population from Cairns, were inter-crossed to determine any incompatibilities in copulation, insemination, and production of viable offspring. Greater copulation and insemination rates were observed when males recently introduced from the wild ('Cairns-Wild' population) were mated with long-term laboratory females. Egg viability rates for all crosses ranged from 90.2-98.2%, with no significant differences observed between crosses. Greater egg production was seen in some populations, and when corrected for wing-length, egg production was greatest in a Mareeba Innisfail cross (19.55 eggs/mm wing length) and lowest for the Charters Towers intra-population cross (14.35 eggs/mm). Additionally, behavioral differences were observed between laboratory and wild mosquitoes from the Cairns location, suggesting possible laboratory conditioning. Finally, despite controlled larval rearing conditions, size differences between populations existed with Charters Towers mosquitoes consistently smaller than the other populations. The spread of genes or bacterial symbionts between these populations is unlikely to be hindered by pre-existing reproductive barriers. JF - Journal of Vector Ecology AU - Richardson, Amanda J AU - Williams, Craig R AD - Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001, craig.williams@unisa.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 111 EP - 119 PB - Society for Vector Ecology VL - 38 IS - 1 SN - 1081-1710, 1081-1710 KW - Genetics Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts KW - Aedes aegypti KW - inter-population mating KW - insemination KW - copulation KW - Australia KW - laboratory colonization KW - Copulation KW - Human diseases KW - Symbionts KW - Australia, Queensland, Cairns KW - Wings KW - Vectors KW - Pest control KW - Egg production KW - Hosts KW - Biological fertilization KW - Disease transmission KW - Public health KW - Mating KW - Colonization KW - Colonies KW - Australia, Queensland, Charter Towers KW - Dengue KW - Genetic crosses KW - Aquatic insects KW - V 22410:Animal Diseases KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms KW - Z 05330:Reproduction and Development KW - G 07770:Bacteria UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1372060623?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Vector+Ecology&rft.atitle=Inter-Population+Mating+Success+in+Australian+Dengue+Vector+Mosquitoes%3A+Effects+of+Laboratory+Colonization+and+Implications+for+the+Spread+of+Transgenics&rft.au=Richardson%2C+Amanda+J%3BWilliams%2C+Craig+R&rft.aulast=Richardson&rft.aufirst=Amanda&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=38&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=111&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Vector+Ecology&rft.issn=10811710&rft_id=info:doi/10.3376%2F038.038.0103 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-01 N1 - Number of references - 19 N1 - Last updated - 2016-03-17 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Colonization; Human diseases; Wings; Pest control; Hosts; Biological fertilization; Aquatic insects; Public health; Disease transmission; Mating; Copulation; Colonies; Symbionts; Dengue; Vectors; Egg production; Genetic crosses; Aedes aegypti; Australia, Queensland, Charter Towers; Australia, Queensland, Cairns DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.3376/038.038.0103 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review: Hydraulic head measurements-new technologies, classic pitfalls TT - Revue : Mesure du niveau piezometrique-nouvelles technologies, pieges classiques AN - 1372060031; 18151589 AB - The hydraulic head is one of the most important metrics in hydrogeology as it underlies the interpretation of groundwater flow, the quantification of aquifer properties and the calibration of flow models. Heads are determined based on water-level measurements in wells and piezometers. Despite the importance of hydraulic head data, standard textbooks used in groundwater curricula provide relatively little discussion of the appropriate measurement procedures. This paper presents a review of the literature dealing with the determination of hydraulic heads, and aims to provide quantitative guidance on the likely sources of error and when these can be expected to become important. The most common measurement procedures are discussed and the main sources of error are identified, i.e. those related to (1) the measurement instruments, (2) the conversion from pressure to heads, (3) time lag effects, and (4) observation well defects. It is argued that heads should be determined following well-defined guidelines, and that it should become standard practice in hydrogeology to provide quantitative estimates of the measurement error.Original Abstract: Le niveau piezometrique est l'un des plus importants parametres de l'hydrogeologie car il est a la base de l'interpretation de l'ecoulement souterrain, de la quantification des proprietes de l'aquifere et du parametrage des modeles d'ecoulement. La determination des niveaux piezometriques est basee sur la mesure du niveau de l'eau dans les puits et dans les piezometres. Malgre l'importance des donnees piezometriques, les ouvrages standards utilises dans les programmes d'etude de nappe fournissent relativement peu de commentaires sur les procedures appropriees de mesure. Cet article presente une revue de la litterature traitant de la mesure des niveaux piezometriques et vise a fournir un guide quantitatif des sources d'erreur possibles et des cas ou on peut s'attendre a ce qu'elles deviennent importantes. Les protocoles de mesures les plus communs sont discutes et les principales sources d'erreur sont identifiees, a savoir celles relatives (1) aux instruments de mesures, (2) a la conversion de pression en niveau piezometrique, (3) aux effets de l'inertie, et (4) aux defectuosites du puits d'observation. On en deduit que les niveaux piezometriques devraient etre mesures suivant un protocole bien defini et que fournir une estimation quantitative de l'erreur de mesure devrait devenir une pratique courante en hydrogeologie. JF - Hydrogeology Journal AU - Post, Vincent EA AU - Asmuth, Jos R AD - School of the Environment/National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, vincent.post@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 737 EP - 750 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 21 IS - 4 SN - 1431-2174, 1431-2174 KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts KW - Aquifers KW - Hydraulics KW - Aquifer KW - Hydrogeology KW - Defects KW - Observation Wells KW - Calibrations KW - Aquifer flow KW - Groundwater flow KW - Curricula KW - Errors KW - Reviews KW - Geohydrology KW - Standards KW - Groundwater KW - Groundwater Movement KW - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents KW - Q2 09284:Hydrodynamics, wave, current and ice forces KW - SW 0840:Groundwater KW - M2 556.34:Groundwater Flow (556.34) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1372060031?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hydrogeology+Journal&rft.atitle=Review%3A+Hydraulic+head+measurements-new+technologies%2C+classic+pitfalls&rft.au=Post%2C+Vincent+EA%3BAsmuth%2C+Jos+R&rft.aulast=Post&rft.aufirst=Vincent&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=737&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Hydrogeology+Journal&rft.issn=14312174&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs10040-013-0969-0 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-01 N1 - Number of references - 72 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Aquifer; Curricula; Defects; Aquifers; Groundwater flow; Hydrogeology; Aquifer flow; Observation Wells; Hydraulics; Calibrations; Reviews; Geohydrology; Standards; Groundwater; Errors; Groundwater Movement DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-0969-0 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Earlier Age of Dementia Onset and Shorter Survival Times in Dementia Patients With Diabetes AN - 1372057689; 18150375 AB - Diabetes is a risk factor for dementia, but relatively little is known about the epidemiology of the association. A retrospective population study using Western Australian hospital inpatient, mental health outpatient, and death records was used to compare the age at index dementia record (proxy for onset age) and survival outcomes in dementia patients with and without preexisting diabetes (n = 25,006; diabetes, 17.3%). Inpatient records from 1970 determined diabetes history in this study population with incident dementia in years 1990-2005. Dementia onset and death occurred an average 2.2 years and 2.6 years earlier, respectively, in diabetic compared with nondiabetic patients. Age-specific mortality rates were increased in patients with diabetes. In an adjusted proportional hazard model, the death rate was increased with long-duration diabetes, particularly with early age onset dementia. In dementia diagnosed before age 65 years, those with a greater than or equal to 15-year history of diabetes died almost twice as fast as those without diabetes (hazard ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.3, 2.9). These results suggest that, in patients with diabetes, dementia onset occurs on average 2 years early and survival outcomes are generally poorer. The effect of diabetes on onset, survival, and mortality is greatest when diabetes develops before middle age and after 15 years' diabetes duration. The impact of diabetes on dementia becomes progressively attenuated in older age groups. JF - American Journal of Epidemiology AU - Zilkens, R R AU - Davis, W A AU - Spilsbury, K AU - Semmens, J B AU - Bruce, D G AD - Correspondence to Dr. Renate Zilkens, Room 238, Building 400, Curtin University, G.P.O. Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia., r.zilkens@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Jun 01 SP - 1246 EP - 1254 PB - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom VL - 177 IS - 11 SN - 0002-9262, 0002-9262 KW - CSA Neurosciences Abstracts; Risk Abstracts KW - Historical account KW - Mortality KW - Age KW - Survival KW - Population studies KW - Models KW - Diabetes mellitus KW - Mental disorders KW - Epidemiology KW - Risk factors KW - Dementia disorders KW - Geriatrics KW - Australia KW - Age groups KW - Hospitals KW - N3 11028:Neuropharmacology & toxicology KW - R2 23110:Psychological aspects UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1372057689?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Journal+of+Epidemiology&rft.atitle=Earlier+Age+of+Dementia+Onset+and+Shorter+Survival+Times+in+Dementia+Patients+With+Diabetes&rft.au=Zilkens%2C+R+R%3BDavis%2C+W+A%3BSpilsbury%2C+K%3BSemmens%2C+J+B%3BBruce%2C+D+G&rft.aulast=Zilkens&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=177&rft.issue=11&rft.spage=1246&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=American+Journal+of+Epidemiology&rft.issn=00029262&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093%2Faje%2Fkws387 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-01 N1 - Last updated - 2013-11-04 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diabetes mellitus; Mortality; Mental disorders; Age; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Dementia disorders; Geriatrics; Population studies; Survival; Models; Hospitals; Historical account; Age groups; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kws387 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Temporal shifts in motion behaviour and habitat use in an intertidal gastropod AN - 1372055554; 18146219 AB - Animal movements in heterogeneous environments shape most ecological processes from individuals to ecosystems. The identification of the processes underlying animal movements thus has critical implications in a wide range of fields. Changes in the motion behaviour of free-ranging species have mainly been reported across different spatial scales but have been less investigated over time. Here the processes potentially triggering temporal changes in movement, microhabitat occupation and distribution patterns of the intertidal herbivorous gastropod Nerita atramentosa were examined on a south Australian rocky shore during 8 successive daytime low tides considered in four different months. The observed temporal shift in microhabitat occupation and aggregation behaviour was likely an adaptation to both abiotic and biotic stressors such as temperature and food distribution. In contrast, the temporal changes observed in N. atramentosa motion behaviour are consistent with optimal foraging strategies driven by the presumed variability in both microalgal density and distribution. Individuals seemed to switch from an extensive foraging strategy in February and May to an intensive strategy in August and October. Specifically, N. atramentosa seemed to adopt two different foraging strategies, a Levy-like foraging strategy in May and a ballistic foraging strategy in February when the resources are expected to be respectively non-depleted and depleted. The Brownian foraging strategy theoretically expected under high food density conditions was however not observed. The potential role of the behavioural flexibility observed in N. atramentosa motion behaviour is discussed in relation to the persistence of this species under disrupted environmental conditions. JF - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom AU - Chapperon, Coraline AU - Seuront, Laurent AD - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia, coraline.chapperon@flinders.edu.aucor1 Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - June 2013 SP - 1025 EP - 1034 PB - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom VL - 93 IS - 4 SN - 0025-3154, 0025-3154 KW - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - Rocky shores KW - Food KW - Ecological distribution KW - Microhabitats KW - Shores KW - Habitat selection KW - Daytime KW - Nerita atramentosa KW - Australia KW - Habitat utilization KW - Temperature effects KW - Marine KW - Foraging behavior KW - Adaptations KW - Temporal variations KW - Gastropoda KW - Tides KW - Foraging behaviour KW - Aggregation behavior KW - Microenvironments KW - Optimal foraging KW - Marine molluscs KW - Environmental conditions KW - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies KW - Q1 08461:Plankton KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - Y 25030:Foraging and Ingestion UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1372055554?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Marine+Biological+Association+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft.atitle=Temporal+shifts+in+motion+behaviour+and+habitat+use+in+an+intertidal+gastropod&rft.au=Chapperon%2C+Coraline%3BSeuront%2C+Laurent&rft.aulast=Chapperon&rft.aufirst=Coraline&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=93&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1025&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+the+Marine+Biological+Association+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft.issn=00253154&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017%2FS0025315412000756 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-01 N1 - Number of references - 65 N1 - Last updated - 2016-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Foraging behaviour; Adaptations; Rocky shores; Temporal variations; Ecological distribution; Microhabitats; Marine molluscs; Environmental conditions; Habitat selection; Temperature effects; Aggregation behavior; Foraging behavior; Daytime; Food; Optimal foraging; Shores; Microenvironments; Habitat utilization; Tides; Nerita atramentosa; Gastropoda; Australia; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315412000756 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Strigolactones: New Physiological Roles for an Ancient Signal AN - 1356936660; 18061971 AB - Strigolactones are an ancient group of plant signalling molecules. They play a critical role in the rhizosphere where they facilitate the formation of symbioses with fungi, crucial for the acquisition of plant nutrients in over 80 % of land plant species. Strigolactones have also been exploited by parasitic weeds as a rhizosphere signal indicating the presence of a host species, resulting in devastating losses in some agricultural systems. Recently, they have also been shown to act endogenously as plant hormones controlling shoot branching and have been implicated in a wide range of other physiological processes, including root growth, root-hair elongation, adventitious rooting, secondary growth, photomorphogenesis, seed germination, nodulation, and protonemal development in mosses. Here, we discuss the evidence for the involvement of strigolactones as endogenous regulators of these processes and highlight some examples where the evidence is inconclusive. One major gap in our understanding is the identity of the endogenous strigolactone(s) that are biologically active. A discussion of the interactions between the different plant hormones and the possible role of strigolactones as integrators of the root-to-shoot balance, nutrient acquisition, and thus resource allocation illustrates some important future directions for this area of research. JF - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation AU - Foo, Eloise AU - Reid, James B AD - School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, GPO, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia, jim.reid@utas.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 429 EP - 442 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 32 IS - 2 SN - 0721-7595, 0721-7595 KW - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Elongation KW - Rhizosphere KW - W 30940:Products KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - K 03420:Plant Diseases UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1356936660?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Abiotechresearch&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Plant+Growth+Regulation&rft.atitle=Strigolactones%3A+New+Physiological+Roles+for+an+Ancient+Signal&rft.au=Foo%2C+Eloise%3BReid%2C+James+B&rft.aulast=Foo&rft.aufirst=Eloise&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=429&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Plant+Growth+Regulation&rft.issn=07217595&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00344-012-9304-6 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 1 N1 - Last updated - 2014-03-20 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rhizosphere DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9304-6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economic Sharing of Basin Water Resources between Competing Stakeholders AN - 1352293512; 18006891 AB - This paper describes an application of linear programming (LP) methods for optimal allocation of water among competing stakeholders that would achieve the highest economic return from water use in the agricultural section of the Sefidrud Basin, northern Iran. In a network presentation of the basin, the nodes stand for the supply and demand points and arcs represent reaches. The constraints of the LP model are the network structure of the basin (flows, stream geography and channel capacity), the available surface and ground water in each node, the environmental demand in different reaches, upper and lower bands of supply in each node and water balances. Optimal policies are derived for current and future demand. The optimal policies indicate that, at present, the basin water resources satisfy the demands of all stakeholders. Although, the results show that there is no conflict for supplying stakeholders' current demands, they indicate that the current proportion of surface water used is not optimal compared with the proportion of ground water used. The results also indicate that some future demands of provinces with lower marginal value of water are unsatisfied and that this could cause conflict between stakeholders. Since in some nodes the optimal solutions suggest using surface water even where they have available ground water, they are categorized as having a higher possibility to construct dams in the basin. JF - Water Resources Management AU - Roozbahani, R AU - Schreider, S AU - Abbasi, B AD - School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, GPO BOX 2476, Melbourne, Vic, 3001, Australia, Reza.Roozbahani@rmit.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 2965 EP - 2988 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 27 IS - 8 SN - 0920-4741, 0920-4741 KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts KW - Iran KW - Stakeholders KW - Surface water KW - Linear programming KW - Basins KW - Water resources KW - Groundwater Basins KW - Streams KW - Dams KW - Economics KW - Networks KW - Disputes KW - Geography KW - Water resources management KW - Channels KW - Water use KW - Dam control KW - Surface-groundwater Relations KW - Economics and water resources KW - Water management KW - Stream KW - Capacity KW - Groundwater KW - Conflicts KW - Water Resources KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate KW - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents KW - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication KW - M2 556.15:Water Storage (556.15) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352293512?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Water+Resources+Management&rft.atitle=Economic+Sharing+of+Basin+Water+Resources+between+Competing+Stakeholders&rft.au=Roozbahani%2C+R%3BSchreider%2C+S%3BAbbasi%2C+B&rft.aulast=Roozbahani&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=2965&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Water+Resources+Management&rft.issn=09204741&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11269-013-0326-z LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 30 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-19 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water use; Dams; Water management; Stream; Linear programming; Economics; Water resources; Disputes; Geography; Water resources management; Dam control; Economics and water resources; Channels; Stakeholders; Surface water; Basins; Conflicts; Groundwater; Surface-groundwater Relations; Networks; Groundwater Basins; Capacity; Streams; Water Resources; Iran DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-013-0326-z ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Urbanisation factors impacting on ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biodiversity in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia: Two case studies AN - 1352292437; 18006470 AB - Two synchronous projects undertaken in 2011 examined the likely impact of increasing urban densification on invertebrate populations within urban settlement in Perth, Western Australia. One project analysed the ant fauna found in 20 gardens and lawns in small to very small properties (these having a bungalow or duplex (semi-detached) as the main residential building, and a lawn or garden area of 43 m super(2)-332 m super(2)) east, south, north and west of the Central Business District (CBD). The other project examined the ant fauna at 14 sites, principally in native regrowth along the Kwinana Freeway, a major artery that runs north to south through Perth's suburbs. The gardens and lawns produced a very depauperate fauna of 26 ant species, of which a maximum of 20 were native and at least six species were exotic. The ant fauna from regrowth adjacent to the Kwinana Freeway and at two additional sites (one a bush control) was more than twice as rich, the 56 species collected including only two exotics. In the garden project, ant richness, evenness and abundance were not significantly correlated with size of the garden area. The same applied even when the exotic Pheidole megacephala-dominated gardens were removed from the analysis. Ordination analysis combining the two sets of data revealed a distinct clustering of most of the regrowth sites, whereas the bush control stood alone and garden or lawn sites exhibited a much looser pattern of association. We suggest that increasing the density of Perth suburbs is resulting in drastic loss of native invertebrate fauna, of which ants are a useful bioindicator. However, native vegetation regrowth along major arterial roads could act as a reservoir for invertebrate species that might otherwise disappear entirely from the Perth metropolitan area. JF - Urban Ecosystems AU - Heterick, B E AU - Lythe, M AU - Smithyman, C AD - Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, B.Heterick@Curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 145 EP - 173 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 16 IS - 2 SN - 1083-8155, 1083-8155 KW - Entomology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Data processing KW - Urbanization KW - Urban populations KW - Arteries KW - Abundance KW - Formicidae KW - Pheidole KW - Biological diversity KW - Biodiversity KW - Vegetation KW - Invertebrates KW - Suburbs KW - Australia, Western Australia KW - Fauna KW - Australia, Western Australia, Perth KW - Regrowth KW - Bushes KW - Hymenoptera KW - Ordination KW - Highways KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Indicator species KW - Z 05300:General KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352292437?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Urban+Ecosystems&rft.atitle=Urbanisation+factors+impacting+on+ant+%28Hymenoptera%3A+Formicidae%29+biodiversity+in+the+Perth+metropolitan+area%2C+Western+Australia%3A+Two+case+studies&rft.au=Heterick%2C+B+E%3BLythe%2C+M%3BSmithyman%2C+C&rft.aulast=Heterick&rft.aufirst=B&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=145&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Urban+Ecosystems&rft.issn=10838155&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11252-012-0257-0 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 43 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-29 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Urban populations; Arteries; Abundance; Bushes; Vegetation; Biodiversity; Ordination; Indicator species; Fauna; Urbanization; Regrowth; Biological diversity; Invertebrates; Highways; Suburbs; Metropolitan areas; Pheidole; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Australia, Western Australia, Perth; Australia, Western Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-012-0257-0 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Staff report on Medtronic's influence on INFUSE clinical studies AN - 1349938749; 23684264 AB - On June 21, 2011, the US Senate Finance Committee staff initiated an inquiry into whether Medtronic, Inc improperly influenced peer-reviewed studies of Medtronic's bone-growth product InFuse, also known as bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2). In response to the June 21, 2011 request by Chairman Baucus and Senator Grassley, Medtronic produced more than 5000 documents pertaining to 13 studies sponsored by Medtronic where there was absolutely no reporting of adverse events associated with InFuse. Committee staff conducted a review of the documents submitted by Medtronic and other materials. Staff found that Medtronic was heavily involved in drafting, editing, and shaping the content of medical journal articles authored by its physician consultants; that Medtronic paid a total of approximately $210 million to physician authors; and that a Medtronic employee recommended against publishing a complete list of adverse events possibly associated with InFuse; among other findings. The Committee's investigation discovered troubling evidence that Medtronic officials influenced the content of articles in peer-reviewed scientific publications to present InFuse in the best possible light. In order to address the problem of biased research in medical literature, drug and device manufacturers and journal editors need to implement stringent disclosure policies that detail industry funding to physician authors. Medical journals should critically examine past studies that may exhibit industry bias that harms patients and misleads physicians. A company employee involved in the drafting of a scientific article should be listed as an author. JF - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health AU - Anonymous Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 67 EP - 76 CY - Leeds PB - Maney Publishing VL - 19 IS - 2 SN - 10773525 KW - Environmental Studies KW - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 KW - Peer review KW - Medical equipment KW - Proteins KW - Back surgery KW - Bioengineering KW - United States--US KW - United States KW - Disclosure -- ethics KW - Humans KW - Conflict of Interest -- economics KW - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 -- administration & dosage KW - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 -- adverse effects KW - Biomedical Research -- ethics KW - Politics KW - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 -- therapeutic use KW - Spinal Fusion -- methods KW - Drug Industry -- ethics KW - Peer Review, Research -- ethics UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1349938749?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthcompleteshell&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Health&rft.atitle=Staff+report+on+Medtronic%27s+influence+on+INFUSE+clinical+studies&rft.au=Anonymous&rft.aulast=Anonymous&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=67&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+Journal+of+Occupational+and+Environmental+Health&rft.issn=10773525&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Central; ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Medtronic Inc N1 - Copyright - Copyright Maney Publishing Jun 2013 N1 - Last updated - 2014-03-10 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States--US ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of von Willebrand Factor During Pregnancy, Lactation and Oestrous Cycle in Bitches Affected and Unaffected by von Willebrand Disease AN - 1349059497 AB - Contents Plasmatic concentrations of von Willebrand Factor (vWF) increase during pregnancy in humans and dogs; however the mechanism of such increase is still not well defined. The aims of this study were: (i) to evaluate changes in vWF concentration during pregnancy and during the subsequent oestrous cycle in bitches affected and unaffected by von Willebrand Disease (vWD); (ii) to correlate the vWF levels and cortisol levels in both groups. Seven vWD affected (GI) and nine unaffected (GII) bitches were used. The animals were assessed during pregnancy, parturition, lactation and non-gestational oestrous cycle in 11 moments (Pregnancy 1, Pregnancy 2, Parturition, Lactation 1, Lactation 2, Lactation 3, Anestrus, Proestrus, Oestrus, Diestrus 1, and Diestrus 2). The following tests were performed; measurement of von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag), albumin and cortisol. In both groups, vWF concentration remained stable during the non-gestational oestrous cycle, but increased during pregnancy, with the highest value observed at parturition. Increases of 70% and 124% in vWF were seen in GI and GII, respectively, compared to anestrus. No correlation was found between vWF and cortisol. Values of vWF:Ag changed during pregnancy, with a peak at parturition, both in vWD affected and unaffected animals. Values of vWF were not altered in the different phases of the oestrous cycle following pregnancy in both groups. Evaluation of vWF during pregnancy can cause false negative results for vWD, but assessment can be performed at any point in the oestrous cycle of non-pregnant bitches. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] JF - Reproduction in Domestic Animals AU - Mattoso, CRS AU - Takahira, RK AU - Beier, SL AU - Araujo, JP AU - Corrente, JE Y1 - 2013/06// PY - 2013 DA - Jun 2013 SP - 416 EP - 422 CY - Oxford PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd. VL - 48 IS - 3 SN - 09366768 KW - Veterinary Science KW - Animal reproduction KW - Dogs KW - Animal diseases KW - Animal sciences UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1349059497?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asciencejournals&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reproduction+in+Domestic+Animals&rft.atitle=Evaluation+of+von+Willebrand+Factor+During+Pregnancy%2C+Lactation+and+Oestrous+Cycle+in+Bitches+Affected+and+Unaffected+by+von+Willebrand+Disease&rft.au=Mattoso%2C+CRS%3BTakahira%2C+RK%3BBeier%2C+SL%3BAraujo%2C+JP%3BCorrente%2C+JE&rft.aulast=Mattoso&rft.aufirst=CRS&rft.date=2013-06-01&rft.volume=48&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=416&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Reproduction+in+Domestic+Animals&rft.issn=09366768&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Frda.12089 LA - English DB - ProQuest Central N1 - Copyright - Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Verlag GmbH N1 - Last updated - 2013-06-13 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rda.12089 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief AN - 1438600593; 2011-496552 AB - The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal legislation that establishes the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to all covered workers. Proponents of increasing the federal minimum wage argue that it may increase earnings for lower income workers, lead to reduced turnover, and increase aggregate demand by providing greater purchasing power for workers receiving a pay increase. Opponents of increasing the federal minimum wage argue that it may result in reduced employment or reduced hours, lead to a general price increase, and reduce profits of firms paying a higher minimum wage. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 30 2013, 8 pp. AU - Bradley, David H Y1 - 2013/05/30/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 30 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Labor conditions and policy - Labor conditions, wages, salaries, and benefits KW - Business and service sector - Business finance KW - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption KW - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Labor conditions and policy - Labor policy and labor law KW - Business and service sector - Accounting KW - Minimum wage KW - Labor standards KW - Purchasing power KW - Prices KW - Profits KW - Employment KW - Legislation KW - Income KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600593?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Bradley%2C+David+H&rft.aulast=Bradley&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2013-05-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+Federal+Minimum+Wage%3A+In+Brief&rft.title=The+Federal+Minimum+Wage%3A+In+Brief&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210670.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43089 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues AN - 1438600333; 2011-496551 AB - Energy policy in the US has focused on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment. In pursuit of those goals, government programs have been developed to improve the efficiency with which energy is utilized, to promote the domestic production of conventional energy sources, and to develop new energy sources, particularly renewable sources. Implementing these programs has been controversial because of the varying importance given to different aspects of energy policy. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 30 2013, 8 pp. AU - Behrens, Carl E Y1 - 2013/05/30/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 30 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory KW - Cost KW - United States KW - Energy policy KW - Production KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600333?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Behrens%2C+Carl+E&rft.aulast=Behrens&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft.date=2013-05-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Energy+Policy%3A+113th+Congress+Issues&rft.title=Energy+Policy%3A+113th+Congress+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210669.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42756 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies AN - 1438601485; 2011-496553 AB - Presents the broad outlines of the national emergency management structure and where authority rests at various stages of the process of disaster response. This report provides information that can aid policymakers as they navigate through the many levels of responsibility, and numerous policy pressure points, by having an understanding of the laws and administrative policies governing the disaster response and recovery process. The report also reviews the legislative framework that exists for providing federal assistance, as well as the implementing polices the executive branch employs to provide supplemental help to state, tribal, and local governments during the time of disasters. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 24 2013, 11 pp. AU - McCarthy, Francis X AU - Brown, Jared T Y1 - 2013/05/24/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 24 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Government - Local and municipal government KW - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance KW - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations KW - Executives KW - Disaster relief KW - Local government KW - Authority KW - Disasters KW - Law KW - Police KW - Federal aid KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601485?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=McCarthy%2C+Francis+X%3BBrown%2C+Jared+T&rft.aulast=McCarthy&rft.aufirst=Francis&rft.date=2013-05-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Congressional+Primer+on+Responding+to+Major+Disasters+and+Emergencies&rft.title=Congressional+Primer+on+Responding+to+Major+Disasters+and+Emergencies&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210248.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41981 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy AN - 1438600154; 2011-496554 AB - Since Viktor Yanukovych defeated Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko to win Ukraine's presidency in 2010, many observers have expressed concern about Ukraine's democratic development. Ukraine was heavily impacted by the global recession. The Obama Administration has focused on helping Ukraine rid itself of its supplies of highly enriched uranium, and diversifying Ukraine's sources of energy, including advice on developing Ukraine's shale gas reserves. Administration officials have expressed serious concerns about regression in Ukraine's democratic development, including in such areas as media freedoms and selective prosecution of the government's political opponents. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 24 2013, 13 pp. AU - Woehrel, Steven Y1 - 2013/05/24/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 24 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Human rights - Civil and political rights KW - Environment and environmental policy - Mining and mineral resources KW - Obama, Barack KW - Liberty KW - Uranium KW - Ukraine KW - Economic conditions KW - Prime ministers KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600154?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Woehrel%2C+Steven&rft.aulast=Woehrel&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.date=2013-05-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Ukraine%3A+Current+Issues+and+U.S.+Policy&rft.title=Ukraine%3A+Current+Issues+and+U.S.+Policy&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210249.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33460 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States AN - 1438601374; 2011-496555 AB - Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affect communities across the US every year, causing fatalities, destroying property and crops, and disrupting businesses. Damages from violent tornadoes seem to be increasing, similar to the trend for other natural hazards -- in part due to changing population, demographics, and more weather-sensitive infrastructure -- and some analysts indicate that losses of 1 billion dollars or more from single tornado events are becoming more frequent. Policies that could reduce US vulnerability to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes include improvements in the capability to accurately detect storms and to effectively warn those in harm's way. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 22 2013, 23 pp. AU - Folger, Peter Y1 - 2013/05/22/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 22 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census KW - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth KW - Infrastructure KW - United States KW - Business KW - Tornadoes KW - Population KW - Property KW - Storms KW - Demographics KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601374?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Folger%2C+Peter&rft.aulast=Folger&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.date=2013-05-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Severe+Thunderstorms+and+Tornadoes+in+the+United+States&rft.title=Severe+Thunderstorms+and+Tornadoes+in+the+United+States&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210246.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R40097 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Blood Lead Level and Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease AN - 1671445753; 18418176 AB - Background: The role of environmental exposure to lead as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its progression remains controversial, and most studies have been limited by a lack of direct glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measurement. Objective: We evaluated the association between lead exposure and GFR in children with CKD. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we examined the association between blood lead levels (BLLs) and GFR measured by the plasma disappearance of iohexol among 391 participants in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) prospective cohort study. Results: Median BLL and GFR were 1.2 mu g/dL and 44.4 mL/min per 1.73 m2, respectively. The average percent change in GFR for each 1- mu g/dL increase in BLL was -2.1 (95% CI: -6.0, 1.8). In analyses stratified by CKD diagnosis, the association between BLL and GFR was stronger among children with glomerular disease underlying CKD; in this group, each 1- mu g/dL increase in BLL was associated with a -12.1 (95% CI: -22.2, -1.9) percent change in GFR. In analyses stratified by anemia status, each 1- mu g/dL increase in BLL among those with and without anemia was associated with a -0.3 (95% CI: -7.2, 6.6) and -4.6 (95% CI: -8.9, -0.3) percent change in GFR, respectively. Conclusions: There was no significant association between BLL and directly measured GFR in this relatively large cohort of children with CKD, although associations were observed in some subgroups. Longitudinal analyses are needed to examine the temporal relationship between lead and GFR decline, and to further examine the impact of underlying cause of CKD and anemia/hemoglobin status among patients with CKD. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Fadrowski, Jeffrey J AU - Abraham, Alison G AU - Navas-Acien, Ana AU - Guallar, Eliseo AU - Weaver, Virginia M AU - Furth, Susan L AD - Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Y1 - 2013/05/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 21 SP - 965 EP - 970 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - children KW - chronic kidney disease KW - kidney KW - lead KW - nephrotoxicity KW - pediatric KW - Blood KW - Filtration KW - Anemias KW - Kidney diseases KW - Ecological risk assessment KW - Children KW - Lead (metal) KW - Cross sections UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671445753?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Blood+Lead+Level+and+Measured+Glomerular+Filtration+Rate+in+Children+with+Chronic+Kidney+Disease&rft.au=Fadrowski%2C+Jeffrey+J%3BAbraham%2C+Alison+G%3BNavas-Acien%2C+Ana%3BGuallar%2C+Eliseo%3BWeaver%2C+Virginia+M%3BFurth%2C+Susan+L&rft.aulast=Fadrowski&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=965&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205164 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205164 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - U.S.-EU Cooperation against Terrorism AN - 1438600604; 2011-496558 AB - As part of its drive to bolster its counterterrorism capabilities, the European Union (EU) has also made promoting cooperation with the US a top priority. Contacts between US and EU officials on police, judicial, and border control policy matters have increased substantially, and a number of new US-EU agreements have also been reached: information-sharing arrangements between the US and EU police and judicial bodies; two new US-EU treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance; accords on container security and airline passenger data. The US and the EU have also been working together to curb terrorist financing and to strengthen transport security. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 21 2013, 23 pp. AU - Archick, Kristin Y1 - 2013/05/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 21 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - International relations - Regional organizations KW - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement KW - International relations - International peace and security KW - Military and defense policy - National defense KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Law and ethics - Citizenship, immigration, and immigration law and policy KW - International relations - Treaties KW - International relations - War KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - United States KW - Terrorism KW - Counterterrorism KW - European Union KW - Extradition KW - Police KW - Terrorists KW - Treaties KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600604?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Archick%2C+Kristin&rft.aulast=Archick&rft.aufirst=Kristin&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=U.S.-EU+Cooperation+against+Terrorism&rft.title=U.S.-EU+Cooperation+against+Terrorism&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210245.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS22030 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Financial Stability Oversight Council: A Framework to Mitigate Systemic Risk AN - 1438600161; 2011-496556 AB - The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA; P.L. 111-203) in 2010 as part of a comprehensive reform of banking and securities market regulators. The council is charged with monitoring systemic risk in the financial system and coordinating several federal financial regulators. The 113th Congress may wish to monitor the performance, rulemaking, and policy recommendations of the council. This report describes the mission, membership, and scope of the FSOC. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 21 2013, 27 pp. AU - Murphy, Edward V Y1 - 2013/05/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 21 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising KW - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption KW - Banking and public and private finance - Stock and commodity exchanges KW - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Securities KW - Risk KW - Wall Street KW - Membership KW - Banking KW - Markets KW - Consumer protection KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600161?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Murphy%2C+Edward+V&rft.aulast=Murphy&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Financial+Stability+Oversight+Council%3A+A+Framework+to+Mitigate+Systemic+Risk&rft.title=Financial+Stability+Oversight+Council%3A+A+Framework+to+Mitigate+Systemic+Risk&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210251.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42083 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Policymakers AN - 1438598207; 2011-496557 AB - A number of states and local governments have taken action to directly address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These efforts cover a wide spectrum, from developing climate action plans to setting mandatory GHG emission standards. One of the most significant climate change developments at the state level is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation's first mandatory cap-and-trade program for GHG emissions, which went into effect January 1, 2009. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 21 2013, 18 pp. AU - Ramseur, Jonathan L Y1 - 2013/05/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 21 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Environment and environmental policy - Pollution and environmental degradation KW - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy KW - Government - Local and municipal government KW - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters KW - Government - State or regional government KW - Air pollution KW - Emissions trading KW - State government KW - Local government KW - Climate KW - Global warming KW - Standards KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438598207?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Ramseur%2C+Jonathan+L&rft.aulast=Ramseur&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+Regional+Greenhouse+Gas+Initiative%3A+Lessons+Learned+and+Issues+for+Policymakers&rft.title=The+Regional+Greenhouse+Gas+Initiative%3A+Lessons+Learned+and+Issues+for+Policymakers&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210250.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41836 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure in the First Year of Life and Behavioral Scores at 7 Years of Age AN - 1399919103; 18211210 AB - Background: There is increasing concern about the potential effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on the developing brain. The impact of TRAP exposure on childhood behavior is not fully understood because of limited epidemiologic studies. Objective: We explored the association between early-life exposure to TRAP using a surrogate, elemental carbon attributed to traffic (ECAT), and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms at 7 years of age. Methods: From the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS) birth cohort we collected data on exposure to ECAT during infancy and behavioral scores at 7 years of age. Children enrolled in CCAAPS had at least one atopic parent and a birth residence either 1,500 m from a major highway. Children were followed from infancy through 7 years of age. ECAT exposure during the first year of life was estimated based on measurements from 27 air sampling sites and land use regression modeling. Parents completed the Behavioral Assessment System for Children, 2nd Edition, when the child was 7 years of age. ADHD-related symptoms were assessed using the Hyperactivity, Attention Problems, Aggression, Conduct Problems, and Atypicality subscales. Results: Exposure to the highest tertile of ECAT during the child's first year of life was significantly associated with Hyperactivity T-scores in the "at risk" range at 7 years of age, after adjustment [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.0, 2.7]. Stratification by maternal education revealed a stronger association in children whose mothers had higher education (aOR = 2.3; 95% CI: 1.3, 4.1). Conclusions: ECAT exposure during infancy was associated with higher Hyperactivity scores in children; this association was limited to children whose mothers had more than a high school education. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Newman, Nicholas C AU - Ryan, Patrick AU - LeMasters, Grace AU - Levin, Linda AU - Bernstein, David AU - Hershey, Gurjit KKhurana AU - Lockey, James E AU - Villareal, Manuel AU - Reponen, Tiina AU - Grinshpun, Sergey AU - Sucharew, Heidi AU - Dietrich, Kim N AD - Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Y1 - 2013/05/21/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 21 SP - 731 EP - 736 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 6 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder KW - child behavior KW - epidemiology KW - land use regression KW - traffic-related air pollution KW - Age KW - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KW - Pollution effects KW - Stratification KW - Allergies KW - Hypersensitivity KW - Carbon KW - USA, Ohio, Cincinnati KW - Air sampling KW - Acid phosphatase (tartrate-resistant) KW - Sampling KW - Aggression KW - Data processing KW - Brain KW - Children KW - Land use KW - Traffic KW - Air pollution KW - Education KW - Atopy KW - Hyperactivity KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24300:Methods KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1399919103?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Traffic-Related+Air+Pollution+Exposure+in+the+First+Year+of+Life+and+Behavioral+Scores+at+7+Years+of+Age&rft.au=Newman%2C+Nicholas+C%3BRyan%2C+Patrick%3BLeMasters%2C+Grace%3BLevin%2C+Linda%3BBernstein%2C+David%3BHershey%2C+Gurjit+KKhurana%3BLockey%2C+James+E%3BVillareal%2C+Manuel%3BReponen%2C+Tiina%3BGrinshpun%2C+Sergey%3BSucharew%2C+Heidi%3BDietrich%2C+Kim+N&rft.aulast=Newman&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=731&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205555 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Brain; Children; Land use; Traffic; Air pollution; Education; Hypersensitivity; Carbon; Atopy; Acid phosphatase (tartrate-resistant); Sampling; Aggression; Hyperactivity; Air sampling; Pollution effects; Stratification; Allergies; USA, Ohio, Cincinnati DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205555 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - International Food Aid Programs: Background and Issues AN - 1438600569; 2011-496559 AB - For almost six decades, the US has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food security through the provision of international food aid. US food aid programs, authorized in periodic farm bills, provide US commodities for emergency food relief and to support development projects. The US government has provided food aid primarily through five program authorities, and each program is described in this report. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 20 2013, 22 pp. AU - Hanrahan, Charles E Y1 - 2013/05/20/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 20 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance KW - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services KW - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings KW - Health conditions and policy - Diseases and disorders KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Hunger KW - United States KW - Malnutrition KW - Farms KW - Food KW - Authority KW - Food security KW - Food relief KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600569?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Hanrahan%2C+Charles+E&rft.aulast=Hanrahan&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft.date=2013-05-20&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=International+Food+Aid+Programs%3A+Background+and+Issues&rft.title=International+Food+Aid+Programs%3A+Background+and+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210683.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41072 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Department of Defense's Use of Contractors to Support Military Operations: Background, Analysis, and Issues for Congress AN - 1438600612; 2011-496560 AB - The Department of Defense's (DOD's) use of contractors has been a significant oversight issue for Congress in recent years. With the help of Congress, DOD has made substantial progress to improve its use of operational contract support; however, many observers believe the military is not yet sufficiently prepared to use contractors in future operations. In their view, better planning, expanded education and training, ensuring sufficient resources to effectively manage and oversee contractors, and providing operational commanders with more reliable data can help build the foundation for the more effective use of contractors. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 17 2013, 32 pp. AU - Schwartz, Moshe AU - Church, Jennifer Y1 - 2013/05/17/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 17 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction KW - Law and ethics - Civil law KW - Law and ethics - Commercial law KW - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations KW - Education and education policy - Education KW - Law and ethics - Criminal law KW - Government - Internal security KW - Education KW - Contracts KW - Military operations KW - Contractors KW - Surveillance KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600612?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Schwartz%2C+Moshe%3BChurch%2C+Jennifer&rft.aulast=Schwartz&rft.aufirst=Moshe&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Department+of+Defense%27s+Use+of+Contractors+to+Support+Military+Operations%3A+Background%2C+Analysis%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Department+of+Defense%27s+Use+of+Contractors+to+Support+Military+Operations%3A+Background%2C+Analysis%2C+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210253.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43074 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Recruitment of Normal Stem Cells to an Oncogenic Phenotype by Noncontiguous Carcinogen-Transformed Epithelia Depends on the Transforming Carcinogen AN - 1427013249; 18418174 AB - Background: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) drive tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. The microenvironment is critical to the fate of CSCs. We have found that a normal stem cell (NSC) line from human prostate (WPE-stem) is recruited into CSC-like cells by nearby, but noncontiguous, arsenic-transformed isogenic malignant epithelial cells (MECs). Objective: It is unknown whether this recruitment of NSCs into CSCs by noncontact co-culture is specific to arsenic-transformed MECs. Thus, we used co-culture to examine the effects of neighboring noncontiguous cadmium-transformed MECs (Cd-MECs) and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-transformed MECs (MNU-MECs) on NSCs. Results: After 2 weeks of noncontact Cd-MEC co-culture, NSCs showed elevated metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and MMP-2 secretion, increased invasiveness, increased colony formation, decreased PTEN expression, and formation of aggressive, highly branched duct-like structures from single cells in Matrigel, all characteristics typical of cancer cells. These oncogenic characteristics did not occur in NSCs co-cultured with MNU-MECs. The NSCs co-cultured with Cd-MECs retained self-renewal capacity, as evidenced by multiple passages (> 3) of structures formed in Matrigel. Cd-MEC-co-cultured NSCs also showed molecular (increased VIM, SNAIL1, and TWIST1 expression; decreased E-CAD expression) and morphologic evidence of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition typical for conversion to CSCs. Dysregulated expression of SC-renewal genes, including ABCG2, OCT-4, and WNT-3, also occurred in NSCs during oncogenic transformation induced by noncontact co-culture with Cd-MECs. Conclusions: These data indicate that Cd-MECs can recruit nearby NSCs into a CSC-like phenotype, but MNU-MECs do not. Thus, the recruitment of NSCs into CSCs by nearby MECs is dependent on the carcinogen originally used to malignantly transform the MECs. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Xu, Yuanyuan AU - Tokar, Erik J AU - Person, Rachel J AU - Orihuela, Ruben G AU - Ngalame, Ntube NO AU - Waalkes, Michael P AD - National Toxicology Program Laboratory, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/05/17/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 17 SP - 944 EP - 950 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - cadmium KW - cancer stem cells KW - inflammatory factors KW - prostate KW - stem cells KW - Transformation KW - Epithelial cells KW - Invasiveness KW - Secretion KW - PTEN protein KW - Carcinogens KW - Metastases KW - Colonies KW - Stem cells KW - Oct-4 protein KW - Data processing KW - Recruitment KW - Tumors KW - Cancer KW - Microenvironments KW - Gelatinase A KW - Gelatinase B KW - Prostate KW - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management KW - X 24370:Natural Toxins KW - B 26670:Tumor Suppressors KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427013249?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Recruitment+of+Normal+Stem+Cells+to+an+Oncogenic+Phenotype+by+Noncontiguous+Carcinogen-Transformed+Epithelia+Depends+on+the+Transforming+Carcinogen&rft.au=Xu%2C+Yuanyuan%3BTokar%2C+Erik+J%3BPerson%2C+Rachel+J%3BOrihuela%2C+Ruben+G%3BNgalame%2C+Ntube+NO%3BWaalkes%2C+Michael+P&rft.aulast=Xu&rft.aufirst=Yuanyuan&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=944&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306714 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Transformation; Epithelial cells; Invasiveness; Data processing; Secretion; Carcinogens; PTEN protein; Tumors; Cancer; Metastases; Stem cells; Colonies; Microenvironments; Gelatinase A; Gelatinase B; Oct-4 protein; Prostate; Recruitment DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306714 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Associations between Fine and Coarse Particles and Mortality in Mediterranean Cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES Project AN - 1427012434; 18418173 AB - Background: Few studies have investigated the independent health effects of different size fractions of particulate matter (PM) in multiple locations, especially in Europe. Objectives: We estimated the short-term effects of PM with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM sub(10)), less than or equal to 2.5 mu m (PM sub(2.5)), and between 2.5 and 10 mu m (PM sub(2.5-10)) on all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in 10 European Mediterranean metropolitan areas within the MED-PARTICLES project. Methods: We analyzed data from each city using Poisson regression models, and combined city-specific estimates to derive overall effect estimates. We evaluated the sensitivity of our estimates to co-pollutant exposures and city-specific model choice, and investigated effect modification by age, sex, and season. We applied distributed lag and threshold models to investigate temporal patterns of associations. Results: A 10- mu g/m super(3) increase in PM sub(2.5) was associated with a 0.55% (95% CI: 0.27, 0.84%) increase in all-cause mortality (0-1 day cumulative lag), and a 1.91% increase (95% CI: 0.71, 3.12%) in respiratory mortality (0-5 day lag). In general, associations were stronger for cardiovascular and respiratory mortality than all-cause mortality, during warm versus cold months, and among those greater than or equal to 75 versus < 75 years of age. Associations with PM sub(2.5-10) were positive but not statistically significant in most analyses, whereas associations with PM sub(10) seemed to be driven by PM sub(2.5). Conclusions: We found evidence of adverse effects of PM sub(2.5) on mortality outcomes in the European Mediterranean region. Associations with PM sub(2.5-10) were positive but smaller in magnitude. Associations were stronger for respiratory mortality when cumulative exposures were lagged over 0-5 days, and were modified by season and age. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Samoli, Evangelia AU - Stafoggia, Massimo AU - Rodopoulou, Sophia AU - Ostro, Bart AU - Declercq, Christophe AU - Alessandrini, Ester AU - Diaz, Julio AU - Karanasiou, Angeliki AU - Kelessis, Apostolos G AU - Le Tertre, Alain AU - Pandolfi, Paolo AU - Randi, Giorgia AU - Scarinzi, Cecilia AU - Zauli-Sajani, Stefano AU - Katsouyanni, Klea AU - Forastiere, Francesco AD - Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Y1 - 2013/05/17/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 17 SP - 932 EP - 938 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - coarse particles KW - fine particles KW - Mediterranean KW - mortality KW - particulate matter KW - time series KW - Particle size KW - Mortality KW - Sensitivity KW - Age KW - Particulates KW - Cities KW - ANE, Europe KW - MED KW - Aerodynamics KW - Europe, Mediterranean Region KW - Side effects KW - Metropolitan areas KW - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health KW - ENA 08:International KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1427012434?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Associations+between+Fine+and+Coarse+Particles+and+Mortality+in+Mediterranean+Cities%3A+Results+from+the+MED-PARTICLES+Project&rft.au=Samoli%2C+Evangelia%3BStafoggia%2C+Massimo%3BRodopoulou%2C+Sophia%3BOstro%2C+Bart%3BDeclercq%2C+Christophe%3BAlessandrini%2C+Ester%3BDiaz%2C+Julio%3BKaranasiou%2C+Angeliki%3BKelessis%2C+Apostolos+G%3BLe+Tertre%2C+Alain%3BPandolfi%2C+Paolo%3BRandi%2C+Giorgia%3BScarinzi%2C+Cecilia%3BZauli-Sajani%2C+Stefano%3BKatsouyanni%2C+Klea%3BForastiere%2C+Francesco&rft.aulast=Samoli&rft.aufirst=Evangelia&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=932&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206124 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Sensitivity; Cities; Mortality; Age; Aerodynamics; Particulates; Metropolitan areas; Side effects; MED; ANE, Europe; Europe, Mediterranean Region DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206124 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Guatemala: Political, Security, and Socio-Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations AN - 1438600140; 2011-496562 AB - Since the 1980s, Guatemala has continued its transition from a centuries-long tradition of mostly autocratic rule toward representative government. This report provides an overview of Guatemala's current political and economic conditions, relations with the US, and several issues likely to figure in future decisions by Congress and the Administration regarding Guatemala. With respect to continued cooperation and foreign assistance, these issues include security and governance; protection of human rights and human rights conditions; support for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala; combating narcotics trafficking and organized crime; trade relations; and intercountry adoption. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 16 2013, 18 pp. AU - Taft-Morales, Maureen Y1 - 2013/05/16/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 16 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations KW - Law and ethics - Family law KW - Government - Forms of government KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Pharmaceutical industry KW - United States KW - Human rights KW - Guatemala KW - Narcotics KW - Adoption KW - Organized crime KW - Government and politics KW - Economic conditions KW - Representative government KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600140?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Taft-Morales%2C+Maureen&rft.aulast=Taft-Morales&rft.aufirst=Maureen&rft.date=2013-05-16&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Guatemala%3A+Political%2C+Security%2C+and+Socio-Economic+Conditions+and+U.S.+Relations&rft.title=Guatemala%3A+Political%2C+Security%2C+and+Socio-Economic+Conditions+and+U.S.+Relations&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209931.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42580 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Air Force KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Program AN - 1735653946; 2011-899513 AB - In 2011, the Boeing Company was the winner of a competition to build 179 new KC-46A aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, a contract valued at roughly 35 billion dollars. The KC-Xs, to be procured at a maximum rate of 15 aircraft per year, replaces roughly one-third of the Air Force's aging fleet of KC-135 aerial refueling tankers. The Air Force and the US Transportation Command state that replacing the KC-135s is their highest recapitalization priority. The Administration's proposed FY2014 defense budget requested 1,558.6 million dollars in Air Force research and development funding to continue KC-46A development and acquisition. Tables, Appendixes. JF - Federation of American Scientists, May 14 2013, 29 pp. AU - Gertler, Jeremiah Y1 - 2013/05/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 14 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - United States KW - Air force KW - Purchasing, Military and naval KW - Transportation KW - Contracts KW - Research and development KW - Budget, Government KW - Competition KW - Boeing company KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735653946?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Gertler%2C+Jeremiah&rft.aulast=Gertler&rft.aufirst=Jeremiah&rft.date=2013-05-14&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Air+Force+KC-46A+Tanker+Aircraft+Program&rft.title=Air+Force+KC-46A+Tanker+Aircraft+Program&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL34398.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL34398 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity in Relation to Serum Dioxin Concentrations: The Seveso Women's Health Study AN - 1677944276; 18418172 AB - Background: In animal studies, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) alters glucose transport and increases serum lipid levels and blood pressure. Epidemiologic evidence suggests an association between TCDD and metabolic disease. Objectives: On 10 July 1976, a chemical explosion in Seveso, Italy, resulted in the highest known residential exposure to TCDD. Using data from the Seveso Women's Health Study (SWHS), a cohort study of the health of the women, we examined the relation of serum TCDD to diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity > 30 years later. Methods: In 1996, we enrolled 981 women who were newborn to 40 years of age in 1976 and resided in the most contaminated areas. Individual TCDD concentration was measured in archived serum that had been collected soon after the explosion. In 2008, 833 women participated in a follow-up study. Diabetes was classified based on self-report or fasting serum glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels. Metabolic syndrome was defined by International Diabetes Federation criteria. Obesity was defined as body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2. Results: A 10-fold increase in serum TCDD (log10TCDD) was not associated with diabetes (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.76; 95% CI: 0.45, 1.28) or obesity [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.58, 1.10]. Log10TCDD was associated with metabolic syndrome, but only among women who were less than or equal to 12 years of age at the time of the explosion (adjusted OR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.25, 3.29; pinteraction = 0.01). Conclusions: We found an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome associated with TCDD, but only among women who were the youngest at the time of the explosion. Continued follow-up of the SWHS cohort will be informative. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Warner, Marcella AU - Mocarelli, Paolo AU - Brambilla, Paolo AU - Wesselink, Amelia AU - Samuels, Steven AU - Signorini, Stefano AU - Eskenazi, Brenda AD - Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Y1 - 2013/05/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 14 SP - 906 EP - 911 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - diabetes KW - dioxin KW - metabolic syndrome KW - obesity KW - Seveso KW - TCDD KW - tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin KW - Obesity KW - Age KW - Glucose KW - Health KW - Adjustment KW - Serums KW - Explosions KW - Diabetes UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677944276?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Diabetes%2C+Metabolic+Syndrome%2C+and+Obesity+in+Relation+to+Serum+Dioxin+Concentrations%3A+The+Seveso+Women%27s+Health+Study&rft.au=Warner%2C+Marcella%3BMocarelli%2C+Paolo%3BBrambilla%2C+Paolo%3BWesselink%2C+Amelia%3BSamuels%2C+Steven%3BSignorini%2C+Stefano%3BEskenazi%2C+Brenda&rft.aulast=Warner&rft.aufirst=Marcella&rft.date=2013-05-14&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=906&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206113 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206113 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk-Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation AN - 1492654530; 18970789 AB - Objective: We examined the distribution of heat risk-related land cover (HRRLC) characteristics across racial/ethnic groups and degrees of residential segregation. Methods: Block group-level tree canopy and impervious surface estimates were derived from the 2001 National Land Cover Dataset for densely populated urban areas of the United States and Puerto Rico, and linked to demographic characteristics from the 2000 Census. Racial/ethnic groups in a given block group were considered to live in HRRLC if at least half their population experienced the absence of tree canopy and at least half of the ground was covered by impervious surface (roofs, driveways, sidewalks, roads). Residential segregation was characterized for metropolitan areas in the United States and Puerto Rico using the multigroup dissimilarity index. Results: After adjustment for ecoregion and precipitation, holding segregation level constant, non-Hispanic blacks were 52% more likely (95% CI: 37%, 69%), non-Hispanic Asians 32% more likely (95% CI: 18%, 47%), and Hispanics 21% more likely (95% CI: 8%, 35%) to live in HRRLC conditions compared with non-Hispanic whites. Within each racial/ethnic group, HRRLC conditions increased with increasing degrees of metropolitan area-level segregation. Further adjustment for home ownership and poverty did not substantially alter these results, but adjustment for population density and metropolitan area population attenuated the segregation effects, suggesting a mediating or confounding role. Conclusions: Land cover was associated with segregation within each racial/ethnic group, which may be explained partly by the concentration of racial/ethnic minorities into densely populated neighborhoods within larger, more segregated cities. In anticipation of greater frequency and duration of extreme heat events, climate change adaptation strategies, such as planting trees in urban areas, should explicitly incorporate an environmental justice framework that addresses racial/ethnic disparities in HRRLC. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Jesdale, Bill M AU - Morello-Frosch, Rachel AU - Cushing, Lara AD - Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Y1 - 2013/05/14/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 14 SP - 811 EP - 817 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. 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Some in Congress have called on the Obama Administration to take a tougher stand against China's industrial policies and measures that may be distorting trade, including by making greater use of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process. This report examines the rise of China's auto and auto parts industries, Chinese government policies to promote these industries, trends in US-China trade in autos and parts, auto-related trade disputes, and implications for US-China commercial relations. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 13 2013, 23 pp. AU - Canis, Bill AU - Morrison, Wayne M Y1 - 2013/05/13/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 13 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy KW - International relations - International organizations KW - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Automotive industry KW - International relations - Diplomacy KW - Obama, Barack KW - World trade organization KW - Industrial policy KW - Motor vehicles KW - Dispute settlement KW - China (People's Republic) KW - Industry KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601486?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Canis%2C+Bill%3BMorrison%2C+Wayne+M&rft.aulast=Canis&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft.date=2013-05-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=U.S.-Chinese+Motor+Vehicle+Trade%3A+Overview+and+Issues&rft.title=U.S.-Chinese+Motor+Vehicle+Trade%3A+Overview+and+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209930.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43071 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Roxarsone, Inorganic Arsenic, and Other Arsenic Species in Chicken: A U.S.-Based Market Basket Sample AN - 1492641086; 18970811 AB - Background: Inorganic arsenic (iAs) causes cancer and possibly other adverse health outcomes. Arsenic-based drugs are permitted in poultry production; however, the contribution of chicken consumption to iAs intake is unknown. Objectives: We sought to characterize the arsenic species profile in chicken meat and estimate bladder and lung cancer risk associated with consuming chicken produced with arsenic-based drugs. Methods: Conventional, antibiotic-free, and organic chicken samples were collected from grocery stores in 10 U.S. metropolitan areas from December 2010 through June 2011. We tested 116 raw and 142 cooked chicken samples for total arsenic, and we determined arsenic species in 65 raw and 78 cooked samples that contained total arsenic at greater than or equal to 10 mu g/kg dry weight. Results: The geometric mean (GM) of total arsenic in cooked chicken meat samples was 3.0 mu g/kg (95% CI: 2.5, 3.6). Among the 78 cooked samples that were speciated, iAs concentrations were higher in conventional samples (GM = 1.8 mu g/kg; 95% CI: 1.4, 2.3) than in antibiotic-free (GM = 0.7 mu g/kg; 95% CI: 0.5, 1.0) or organic (GM = 0.6 mu g/kg; 95% CI: 0.5, 0.8) samples. Roxarsone was detected in 20 of 40 conventional samples, 1 of 13 antibiotic-free samples, and none of the 25 organic samples. iAs concentrations in roxarsone-positive samples (GM = 2.3 mu g/kg; 95% CI: 1.7, 3.1) were significantly higher than those in roxarsone-negative samples (GM = 0.8 mu g/kg; 95% CI: 0.7, 1.0). Cooking increased iAs and decreased roxarsone concentrations. We estimated that consumers of conventional chicken would ingest an additional 0.11 mu g/day iAs (in an 82-g serving) compared with consumers of organic chicken. Assuming lifetime exposure and a proposed cancer slope factor of 25.7 per milligram per kilogram of body weight per day, this increase in arsenic exposure could result in 3.7 additional lifetime bladder and lung cancer cases per 100,000 exposed persons. Conclusions: Conventional chicken meat had higher iAs concentrations than did conventional antibiotic-free and organic chicken meat samples. Cessation of arsenical drug use could reduce exposure and the burden of arsenic-related disease in chicken consumers. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Nachman, Keeve E AU - Baron, Patrick A AU - Raber, Georg AU - Francesconi, Kevin A AU - Navas-Acien, Ana AU - Love, David C AD - Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Y1 - 2013/05/11/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 11 SP - 818 EP - 824 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - antimicrobial KW - arsenic KW - chicken KW - FDA KW - Food and Drug Administration KW - nitarsone KW - poultry KW - roxarsone KW - Arsenic KW - Poultry KW - Urinary bladder KW - Drug abuse KW - Meat KW - Health risks KW - USA KW - Chickens KW - Body weight KW - Cooking KW - Consumers KW - Drugs KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Lung cancer KW - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - ENA 21:Wildlife KW - H 4000:Food and Drugs UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492641086?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Roxarsone%2C+Inorganic+Arsenic%2C+and+Other+Arsenic+Species+in+Chicken%3A+A+U.S.-Based+Market+Basket+Sample&rft.au=Nachman%2C+Keeve+E%3BBaron%2C+Patrick+A%3BRaber%2C+Georg%3BFrancesconi%2C+Kevin+A%3BNavas-Acien%2C+Ana%3BLove%2C+David+C&rft.aulast=Nachman&rft.aufirst=Keeve&rft.date=2013-05-11&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=818&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206245 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Meat; Poultry; Arsenic; Body weight; Urinary bladder; Cooking; Consumers; Lung cancer; Health risks; Chickens; Drug abuse; Drugs; Metropolitan areas; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206245 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Reducing Health Risks from Indoor Exposures in Rapidly Developing Urban China AN - 1677921437; 18970779 AB - Background: Over the past two decades there has been a large migration of China's population from rural to urban regions. At the same time, residences in cities have changed in character from single-story or low-rise buildings to high-rise structures constructed and furnished with many synthetic materials. As a consequence, indoor exposures (to pollutants with outdoor and indoor sources) have changed significantly. Objectives: We briefly discuss the inferred impact that urbanization and modernization have had on indoor exposures and public health in China. We argue that growing adverse health costs associated with these changes are not inevitable, and we present steps that could be taken to reduce indoor exposures to harmful pollutants. Discussion: As documented by China's Ministry of Health, there have been significant increases in morbidity and mortality among urban residents over the past 20 years. Evidence suggests that the population's exposure to air pollutants has contributed to increases in lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and birth defects. Whether a pollutant has an outdoor or an indoor source, most exposure to the pollutant occurs indoors. Going forward, indoor exposures can be reduced by limiting the ingress of outdoor pollutants (while providing adequate ventilation with clean air), minimizing indoor sources of pollutants, updating government policies related to indoor pollution, and addressing indoor air quality during a building's initial design. Conclusions: Taking the suggested steps could lead to significant reductions in morbidity and mortality, greatly reducing the societal costs associated with pollutant derived ill health. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Zhang, Yinping AU - Mo, Jinhan AU - Weschler, Charles J AD - Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 751 EP - 755 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - air pollutants KW - birth defects KW - cancer KW - endocrine disruptors KW - indoor air quality KW - urbanization KW - Mortality KW - Pollutants KW - Exposure KW - Indoor KW - Health KW - Outdoor KW - China KW - Pollution sources UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677921437?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Reducing+Health+Risks+from+Indoor+Exposures+in+Rapidly+Developing+Urban+China&rft.au=Zhang%2C+Yinping%3BMo%2C+Jinhan%3BWeschler%2C+Charles+J&rft.aulast=Zhang&rft.aufirst=Yinping&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=751&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205983 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205983 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Prospective Study of Arsenic Exposure, Arsenic Methylation Capacity, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh AN - 1660066224; 18970781 AB - Background: Few prospective studies have evaluated the influence of arsenic methylation capacity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Objective: We evaluated the association of arsenic exposure from drinking water and arsenic methylation capacity with CVD risk. Method: We conducted a case-cohort study of 369 incident fatal and nonfatal cases of CVD, including 211 cases of heart disease and 148 cases of stroke, and a subcohort of 1,109 subjects randomly selected from the 11,224 participants in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS). Results: The adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for all CVD, heart disease, and stroke in association with a 1-SD increase in baseline well-water arsenic (112 mu g/L) were 1.15 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.30), 1.20 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.38), and 1.08 (95% CI: 0.90, 1.30), respectively. aHRs for the second and third tertiles of percentage urinary monomethylarsonic acid (MMA%) relative to the lowest tertile, respectively, were 1.27 (95% CI: 0.85, 1.90) and 1.55 (95% CI: 1.08, 2.23) for all CVD, and 1.65 (95% CI: 1.05, 2.60) and 1.61 (95% CI: 1.04, 2.49) for heart disease specifically. The highest versus lowest ratio of urinary dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) to MMA was associated with a significantly decreased risk of CVD (aHR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.85) and heart disease (aHR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.33, 0.88). There was no significant association between arsenic metabolite indices and stroke risk. The effects of incomplete arsenic methylation capacity-indicated by higher urinary MMA% or lower urinary DMA%-with higher levels of well-water arsenic on heart disease risk were additive. There was some evidence of a synergy of incomplete methylation capacity with older age and cigarette smoking. Conclusions: Arsenic exposure from drinking water and the incomplete methylation capacity of arsenic were adversely associated with heart disease risk. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chen, Yu AU - Wu, Fen AU - Liu, Mengling AU - Parvez, Faruque AU - Slavkovich, Vesna AU - Eunus, Mahbub AU - Ahmed, Alauddin AU - Argos, Maria AU - Islam, Tariqul AU - Rakibuz-Zaman, Muhammad AU - Hasan, Rabiul AU - Sarwar, Golam AU - Levy, Diane AU - Graziano, Joseph AU - Ahsan, Habibul AD - Department of Population Health, and Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 832 EP - 838 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - arsenic KW - arsenic methylation capacity KW - Bangladesh KW - cardiovascular disease KW - case-cohort study KW - Risk KW - Polymethyl methacrylates KW - Arsenic KW - Strokes KW - Drinking water KW - Methylation KW - Chemical vapor deposition KW - Heart diseases UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660066224?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=A+Prospective+Study+of+Arsenic+Exposure%2C+Arsenic+Methylation+Capacity%2C+and+Risk+of+Cardiovascular+Disease+in+Bangladesh&rft.au=Chen%2C+Yu%3BWu%2C+Fen%3BLiu%2C+Mengling%3BParvez%2C+Faruque%3BSlavkovich%2C+Vesna%3BEunus%2C+Mahbub%3BAhmed%2C+Alauddin%3BArgos%2C+Maria%3BIslam%2C+Tariqul%3BRakibuz-Zaman%2C+Muhammad%3BHasan%2C+Rabiul%3BSarwar%2C+Golam%3BLevy%2C+Diane%3BGraziano%2C+Joseph%3BAhsan%2C+Habibul&rft.aulast=Chen&rft.aufirst=Yu&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=832&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205797 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205797 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relative Effect Potency Estimates of Dioxin-like Activity for Dioxins, Furans, and Dioxin-like PCBs in Adults Based on Two Thyroid Outcomes AN - 1660060161; 18418166 AB - Background: Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) are an important component in the risk assessment of dioxin-like human exposures. At present, this concept is based mainly on in vivo animal experiments using oral dosage. Consequently, the current human TEFs derived from mammalian experiments are applicable only for exposure situations in which oral ingestion occurs. Nevertheless, these "intake" TEFs are commonly-but incorrectly-used by regulatory authorities to calculate "systemic" toxic equivalents (TEQs) based on human blood and tissue concentrations, which are used as biomarkers for either exposure or effect. Objectives: We sought to determine relative effect potencies (REPs) for systemic human concentrations of dioxin-like mixture components using thyroid volume or serum free thyroxine (FT4) concentration as the outcomes of interest. Methods: We used a benchmark concentration and a regression-based approach to compare the strength of association between each dioxin-like compound and the thyroid end points in 320 adults residing in an organochlorine-polluted area of eastern Slovakia. Results: REPs calculated from thyroid volume and FT4 were similar. The regression coefficient ( beta )-derived REP data from thyroid volume and FT4 level were correlated with the World Health Organization (WHO) TEF values (Spearman r = 0.69, p = 0.01 and r = 0.62, p = 0.03, respectively). The calculated REPs were mostly within the minimum and maximum values for in vivo REPs derived by other investigators. Conclusions: Our REPs calculated from thyroid end points realistically reflect human exposure scenarios because they are based on chronic, low-dose human exposures and on biomarkers reflecting body burden. Compared with previous results, our REPs suggest higher sensitivity to the effects of dioxin-like compounds. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Trnovec, Tomas AU - Jusko, Todd A AU - Sovcikova, Eva AU - Lancz, Kinga AU - Chovancova, Jana AU - Patayova, Henrieta AU - Palkovicova, L'ubica AU - Drobna, Beata AU - Langer, Pavel AU - Van den Berg, Martin AU - Dedik, Ladislav AU - Wimmerova, Sona AD - Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 886 EP - 892 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Computer and Information Systems Abstracts (CI); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl (DL-PCB) KW - free thyroxine (FT4) KW - polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) KW - polychlorinated dibenzo-p-furans (PCDFs) KW - relative effect potency (REP) KW - thyroid volume KW - toxic equivalency factor (TEF) KW - Thyroid gland KW - Biomedical materials KW - Biocompatibility KW - Surgical implants KW - Human KW - Exposure KW - Adults KW - Mathematical analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660060161?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Relative+Effect+Potency+Estimates+of+Dioxin-like+Activity+for+Dioxins%2C+Furans%2C+and+Dioxin-like+PCBs+in+Adults+Based+on+Two+Thyroid+Outcomes&rft.au=Trnovec%2C+Tomas%3BJusko%2C+Todd+A%3BSovcikova%2C+Eva%3BLancz%2C+Kinga%3BChovancova%2C+Jana%3BPatayova%2C+Henrieta%3BPalkovicova%2C+L%27ubica%3BDrobna%2C+Beata%3BLanger%2C+Pavel%3BVan+den+Berg%2C+Martin%3BDedik%2C+Ladislav%3BWimmerova%2C+Sona&rft.aulast=Trnovec&rft.aufirst=Tomas&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=886&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205739 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205739 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding and Managing Zoonotic Risk in the New Livestock Industries AN - 1660056644; 18418165 AB - Background: In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices associated with intensification may contribute to zoonotic disease emergence and spread: for example, the sustained use of antibiotics, concentration of animals in confined units, and long distances and frequent movement of livestock. Objectives: Here we present the diverse range of ecological, biological, and socioeconomic factors likely to enhance or reduce zoonotic risk, and identify ways in which a comprehensive risk analysis may be conducted by using an interdisciplinary approach. We also offer a conceptual framework to guide systematic research on this problem. Discussion: We recommend that interdisciplinary work on zoonotic risk should take into account the complexity of risk environments, rather than limiting studies to simple linear causal relations between risk drivers and disease emergence and/or spread. In addition, interdisciplinary integration is needed at different levels of analysis, from the study of risk environments to the identification of policy options for risk management. Conclusion: Given rapid changes in livestock production systems and their potential health implications at the local and global level, the problem we analyze here is of great importance for environmental health and development. Although we offer a systematic interdisciplinary approach to understand and address these implications, we recognize that further research is needed to clarify methodological and practical questions arising from the integration of the natural and social sciences. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Liverani, Marco AU - Waage, Jeff AU - Barnett, Tony AU - Pfeiffer, Dirk U AU - Rushton, Jonathan AU - Rudge, James W AU - Loevinsohn, Michael E AU - Scoones, Ian AU - Smith, Richard D AU - Cooper, Ben S AU - White, Lisa J AU - Goh, Shan AU - Horby, Peter AU - Wren, Brendan AU - Gundogdu, Ozan AU - Woods, Abigail AU - Coker, Richard J AD - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 873 EP - 877 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 8 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - emerging diseases KW - integrated ecology and human health KW - livestock production KW - risk characterization KW - risk management KW - zoonoses KW - Risk management KW - Risk KW - Risk analysis KW - Amplification KW - Health KW - Emergence KW - Spreads KW - Livestock UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660056644?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Understanding+and+Managing+Zoonotic+Risk+in+the+New+Livestock+Industries&rft.au=Liverani%2C+Marco%3BWaage%2C+Jeff%3BBarnett%2C+Tony%3BPfeiffer%2C+Dirk+U%3BRushton%2C+Jonathan%3BRudge%2C+James+W%3BLoevinsohn%2C+Michael+E%3BScoones%2C+Ian%3BSmith%2C+Richard+D%3BCooper%2C+Ben+S%3BWhite%2C+Lisa+J%3BGoh%2C+Shan%3BHorby%2C+Peter%3BWren%2C+Brendan%3BGundogdu%2C+Ozan%3BWoods%2C+Abigail%3BCoker%2C+Richard+J&rft.aulast=Liverani&rft.aufirst=Marco&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=873&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206001 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206001 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - N-6-Adenine-Specific DNA Methyltransferase 1 (N6AMT1) Polymorphisms and Arsenic Methylation in Andean Women AN - 1492651707; 18970780 AB - Background: In humans, inorganic arsenic is metabolized to methylated metabolites mainly by arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT). AS3MT polymorphisms are associated with arsenic metabolism efficiency. Recently, a putative N-6-adenine-specific DNA methyltransferase 1 (N6AMT1) was found to methylate arsenic in vitro. Objective: We evaluated the role of N6AMT1 polymorphisms in arsenic methylation efficiency in humans. Methods: We assessed arsenic methylation efficiency in 188 women exposed to arsenic via drinking water (~ 200 mu g/L) in the Argentinean Andes by measuring the relative concentrations of arsenic metabolites in urine [inorganic arsenic, methylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid] by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hydride generation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We performed genotyping for N6AMT1 and AS3MT polymorphisms by Taqman assays, and gene expression (in blood; n = 63) with Illumina HumanHT-12 v4.0. Results: Five N6AMT1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs1997605, rs2205449, rs2705671, rs16983411, and rs1048546) and two N6AMT1 haplotypes were significantly associated with the percentage of MMA (%MMA) in urine, even after adjusting for AS3MT haplotype. %MMA increased monotonically according to the number of alleles for each SNP (e.g., for rs1048546, mean %MMA was 7.5% for GG, 8.8% for GT, and 9.7% for TT carriers). Three SNPs were in linkage disequilibrium (R2 > 0.8). Estimated associations for joint effects of N6AMT1 (haplotype 1) and AS3MT (haplotype 2) were generally consistent with expectations for additive effects of each haplotype on %MMA. Carriers of N6AMT1 genotypes associated with lower %MMA showed the lowest N6AMT1 expression, but associations were monotonic according to copy number for only one genotype and one haplotype. Conclusions: N6AMT1 polymorphisms were associated with arsenic methylation in Andean women, independent of AS3MT. N6AMT1 polymorphisms may be susceptibility markers for arsenic-related toxic effects. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Harari, Florencia AU - Engstrom, Karin AU - Concha, Gabriela AU - Colque, Graciela AU - Vahter, Marie AU - Broberg, Karin AD - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Unit of Metals and Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 797 EP - 803 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - DMA KW - gene environment interactions KW - inorganic arsenic KW - methylation KW - MMA KW - polymorphisms KW - High-performance liquid chromatography KW - Gene polymorphism KW - Mass spectrometry KW - South America, Andes Mts. KW - Metabolites KW - Genotypes KW - Mass spectroscopy KW - Gene expression KW - Linkage disequilibrium KW - Methyltransferase KW - Haplotypes KW - DNA methyltransferase KW - dimethylarsinic acid KW - Arsenic KW - Genotyping KW - Toxicity KW - copy number KW - Blood KW - Liquid chromatography KW - Urine KW - Single-nucleotide polymorphism KW - Oxidation KW - DNA KW - Females KW - Drinking water KW - Methylation KW - Metabolism KW - H 3000:Environment and Ecology KW - N 14820:DNA Metabolism & Structure KW - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water KW - X 24360:Metals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492651707?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=N-6-Adenine-Specific+DNA+Methyltransferase+1+%28N6AMT1%29+Polymorphisms+and+Arsenic+Methylation+in+Andean+Women&rft.au=Harari%2C+Florencia%3BEngstrom%2C+Karin%3BConcha%2C+Gabriela%3BColque%2C+Graciela%3BVahter%2C+Marie%3BBroberg%2C+Karin&rft.aulast=Harari&rft.aufirst=Florencia&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=797&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206003 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - High-performance liquid chromatography; Arsenic; Genotyping; Gene polymorphism; Metabolites; Mass spectroscopy; copy number; Gene expression; Blood; Linkage disequilibrium; Methyltransferase; Haplotypes; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Urine; Oxidation; DNA methyltransferase; Drinking water; Methylation; dimethylarsinic acid; Mass spectrometry; Genotypes; Toxicity; Liquid chromatography; DNA; Females; Metabolism; South America, Andes Mts. DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pharmaceuticals in Tap Water: Human Health Risk Assessment and Proposed Monitoring Framework in China AN - 1492651669; 18970782 AB - Background: Pharmaceuticals are known to contaminate tap water worldwide, but the relevant human health risks have not been assessed in China. Objectives: We monitored 32 pharmaceuticals in Chinese tap water and evaluated the life-long human health risks of exposure in order to provide information for future prioritization and risk management. Methods: We analyzed samples (n = 113) from 13 cities and compared detected concentrations with existing or newly-derived safety levels for assessing risk quotients (RQs) at different life stages, excluding the prenatal stage. Results: We detected 17 pharmaceuticals in 89% of samples, with most detectable concentrations (92%) at < 50 ng/L. Caffeine (median-maximum, nanograms per liter: 24.4-564), metronidazole (1.8-19.3), salicylic acid (16.6-41.2), clofibric acid (1.2-3.3), carbamazepine (1.3-6.7), and dimetridazole (6.9-14.7) were found in greater than or equal to 20% of samples. Cities within the Yangtze River region and Guangzhou were regarded as contamination hot spots because of elevated levels and frequent positive detections. Of the 17 pharmaceuticals detected, 13 showed very low risk levels, but 4 (i.e., dimetridazole, thiamphenicol, sulfamethazine, and clarithromycin) were found to have at least one life-stage RQ greater than or equal to 0.01, especially for the infant and child life stages, and should be considered of high priority for management. We propose an indicator-based monitoring framework for providing information for source identification, water treatment effectiveness, and water safety management in China. Conclusion: Chinese tap water is an additional route of human exposure to pharmaceuticals, particularly for dimetridazole, although the risk to human health is low based on current toxicity data. Pharmaceutical detection and application of the proposed monitoring framework can be used for water source protection and risk management in China and elsewhere. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Leung, Ho Wing AU - Jin, Ling AU - Wei, Si AU - Tsui, Mirabelle Mei Po AU - Zhou, Bingsheng AU - Jiao, Liping AU - Cheung, Pak Chuen AU - Chun, Yiu Kan AU - Murphy, Margaret Burkhardt AU - Lam, Paul Kwan Sing AD - State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, and Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 839 EP - 846 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. 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KW - Prenatal experience KW - Hot spots KW - Risks KW - Public health KW - Cities KW - Drinking Water KW - Public Health KW - Assessments KW - Water treatment KW - Caffeine KW - Drugs KW - Safety KW - China, People's Rep., Guangdong Prov., Guangzhou KW - Toxicity KW - Water pollution KW - Risk KW - Risk management KW - Health risks KW - Water management KW - Acids KW - Water Pollution Effects KW - Priorities KW - Monitoring KW - Drinking water KW - Infants KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION KW - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments KW - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 4000:Food and Drugs KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492651669?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Pharmaceuticals+in+Tap+Water%3A+Human+Health+Risk+Assessment+and+Proposed+Monitoring+Framework+in+China&rft.au=Leung%2C+Ho+Wing%3BJin%2C+Ling%3BWei%2C+Si%3BTsui%2C+Mirabelle+Mei+Po%3BZhou%2C+Bingsheng%3BJiao%2C+Liping%3BCheung%2C+Pak+Chuen%3BChun%2C+Yiu+Kan%3BMurphy%2C+Margaret+Burkhardt%3BLam%2C+Paul+Kwan+Sing&rft.aulast=Leung&rft.aufirst=Ho&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=839&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206244 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Pollution monitoring; Water treatment; Hot spots; Water management; Toxicity; Drugs; Water pollution; Risks; Public health; Risk assessment; Prenatal experience; Safety; Health risks; Cities; Risk management; Priorities; Caffeine; Drinking water; Infants; Risk; Public Health; Drinking Water; Assessments; Water Pollution Effects; Acids; Monitoring; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R.; China, People's Rep., Guangdong Prov., Guangzhou DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206244 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Associations between Traffic-Related Black Carbon Exposure and Attention in a Prospective Birth Cohort of Urban Children AN - 1492636568; 18970810 AB - Background: Ambient air pollution may have neurotoxic effects in children. Data examining associations between traffic-related air pollution and attention domains remain sparse. Objectives: We examined associations between black carbon (BC), a marker of traffic particles, and attention measures ascertained at 7-14 years of age among 174 children in a birth cohort based in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. Methods: We estimated BC levels using a validated spatial-temporal land-use regression model based on residence during children's lifetime. Children completed the Conner's Continuous Performance Test (CPT) measuring omission errors, commission errors, and hit reaction time (HRT), with higher scores indicating increased errors or slower reaction time. Multivariable-adjusted linear regression analyses were used to examine associations between BC and each attention outcome. Results: Children were primarily Hispanic (56%) and Caucasian (41%); 53% were boys. We found a positive association between higher BC levels with increased commission errors and slower HRT, adjusting for child IQ, age, sex, blood lead level, maternal education, pre- and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure, and community-level social stress. Notably, the association was weaker, though still positive, for the highest BC quartile relative to the middle two quartiles. Sex-stratified analysis demonstrated statistically significant associations between BC and both commission errors and HRT in boys, but BC was not significantly associated with any of the CPT outcomes in girls. Conclusions: In this population of urban children, we found associations between BC exposure and higher commission errors and slower reaction time. These associations were overall more apparent in boys than girls. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chiu, Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda AU - Bellinger, David C AU - Coull, Brent A AU - Anderson, Shawn AU - Barber, Rachel AU - Wright, Robert O AU - Wright, Rosalind J AD - Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 SP - 859 EP - 864 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - attention KW - children KW - Conners' Continuous Performance Test KW - hit reaction time KW - traffic-related air pollution KW - urban KW - Age KW - Black carbon KW - Statistical analysis KW - Pollution effects KW - Particulates KW - Lead KW - USA, Massachusetts, Boston KW - black carbon KW - Tobacco KW - Regression analysis KW - Ethnic groups KW - Sex KW - Data processing KW - Stress KW - Children KW - Blood levels KW - Social interactions KW - Traffic KW - Air pollution KW - Smoke KW - Intelligence KW - Blood KW - Education KW - Commissions KW - Neurotoxicity KW - Attention KW - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492636568?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Associations+between+Traffic-Related+Black+Carbon+Exposure+and+Attention+in+a+Prospective+Birth+Cohort+of+Urban+Children&rft.au=Chiu%2C+Yueh-Hsiu+Mathilda%3BBellinger%2C+David+C%3BCoull%2C+Brent+A%3BAnderson%2C+Shawn%3BBarber%2C+Rachel%3BWright%2C+Robert+O%3BWright%2C+Rosalind+J&rft.aulast=Chiu&rft.aufirst=Yueh-Hsiu&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=859&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205940 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Statistical analysis; Children; Lead; Traffic; Social interactions; Smoke; Air pollution; Blood; Intelligence; black carbon; Neurotoxicity; Regression analysis; Tobacco; Attention; Sex; Black carbon; Pollution effects; Stress; Particulates; Blood levels; Education; Commissions; Ethnic groups; USA, Massachusetts, Boston DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205940 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns AN - 1438603321; 2011-496563 AB - There is a consensus that the presidential public financing program is antiquated and offers insufficient benefits to attract the most competitive candidates. In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama became the first person, since the public financing program's inception, elected President without accepting any public funds; and no major candidate accepted public funds in 2012. For some, these developments signal an urgent need to save the public campaign financing program that has existed since the 1970s; others, suggest that the program is unnecessary. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 10 2013, 5 pp. AU - Garrett, R Sam Y1 - 2013/05/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 10 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Politics - Elections and voting KW - Government - Public officials KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - Benefits KW - Candidates KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438603321?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Garrett%2C+R+Sam&rft.aulast=Garrett&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2013-05-10&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Proposals+to+Eliminate+Public+Financing+of+Presidential+Campaigns&rft.title=Proposals+to+Eliminate+Public+Financing+of+Presidential+Campaigns&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209934.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41604 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Women in Combat: Issues for Congress AN - 1438600553; 2011-496564 AB - Laws prohibiting women from serving in combat units were repealed in the early 1990s; however, until recently, it has been Department of Defense (DOD) policy to restrict women from certain units and military occupations, especially ground combat units. In recent years, efforts have been underway to remove these restrictions; Others have questioned the need to modify or remove these restrictions and the purposes for doing so. On January 24, 2013, the ground combat restrictions for women were rescinded by DOD -- Nevertheless, Congress has authority to make changes in these matters. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 9 2013, 14 pp. AU - Burrelli, David F Y1 - 2013/05/09/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 09 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Women KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations KW - Business and service sector - Business management KW - Military occupation KW - Authority KW - Women KW - Law KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600553?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Burrelli%2C+David+F&rft.aulast=Burrelli&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2013-05-09&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Women+in+Combat%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Women+in+Combat%3A+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209932.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42075 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of the Association between Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Diabetes in Epidemiological Studies: A National Toxicology Program Workshop Review AN - 1492649605; 18970798 AB - Background: Diabetes is a major threat to public health in the United States and worldwide. Understanding the role of environmental chemicals in the development or progression of diabetes is an emerging issue in environmental health. Objective: We assessed the epidemiologic literature for evidence of associations between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and type 2 diabetes. Methods: Using a PubMed search and reference lists from relevant studies or review articles, we identified 72 epidemiological studies that investigated associations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with diabetes. We evaluated these studies for consistency, strengths and weaknesses of study design (including power and statistical methods), clinical diagnosis, exposure assessment, study population characteristics, and identification of data gaps and areas for future research. Conclusions: Heterogeneity of the studies precluded conducting a meta-analysis, but the overall evidence is sufficient for a positive association of some organochlorine POPs with type 2 diabetes. Collectively, these data are not sufficient to establish causality. Initial data mining revealed that the strongest positive correlation of diabetes with POPs occurred with organochlorine compounds, such as trans-nonachlor, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals. There is less indication of an association between other nonorganochlorine POPs, such as perfluoroalkyl acids and brominated compounds, and type 2 diabetes. Experimental data are needed to confirm the causality of these POPs, which will shed new light on the pathogenesis of diabetes. This new information should be considered by governmental bodies involved in the regulation of environmental contaminants. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Taylor, Kyla W AU - Novak, Raymond F AU - Anderson, Henry A AU - Birnbaum, Linda S AU - Blystone, Chad AU - DeVito, Michael AU - Jacobs, David AU - Kohrle, Josef AU - Lee, Duk-Hee AU - Rylander, Lars AU - Rignell-Hydbom, Anna AU - Tornero-Velez, Rogelio AU - Turyk, Mary E AU - Boyles, Abee L AU - Thayer, Kristina A AU - Lind, Lars AD - Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/05/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 07 SP - 774 EP - 783 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - chemically induced KW - diabetes KW - environment KW - epidemiology KW - glucose KW - hormone KW - insulin KW - metabolic syndrome KW - obesity KW - persistent organic pollutants KW - pollution KW - toxicology KW - Chemicals KW - Statistics KW - Organochlorine compounds KW - Environmental health KW - Dioxins KW - Public health KW - Insecticides KW - Nitrous oxide KW - Pollutants KW - PCB compounds KW - Toxicology KW - PCB KW - Data processing KW - Population characteristics KW - Conferences KW - DDE KW - Population studies KW - Diabetes mellitus KW - USA KW - polychlorinated biphenyls KW - Reviews KW - Acids KW - Persistent organic pollutants KW - Contaminants KW - Dioxin KW - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma KW - X 24330:Agrochemicals KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492649605?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Evaluation+of+the+Association+between+Persistent+Organic+Pollutants+%28POPs%29+and+Diabetes+in+Epidemiological+Studies%3A+A+National+Toxicology+Program+Workshop+Review&rft.au=Taylor%2C+Kyla+W%3BNovak%2C+Raymond+F%3BAnderson%2C+Henry+A%3BBirnbaum%2C+Linda+S%3BBlystone%2C+Chad%3BDeVito%2C+Michael%3BJacobs%2C+David%3BKohrle%2C+Josef%3BLee%2C+Duk-Hee%3BRylander%2C+Lars%3BRignell-Hydbom%2C+Anna%3BTornero-Velez%2C+Rogelio%3BTuryk%2C+Mary+E%3BBoyles%2C+Abee+L%3BThayer%2C+Kristina+A%3BLind%2C+Lars&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Kyla&rft.date=2013-05-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=774&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205502 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Organochlorine compounds; Statistics; Conferences; DDE; Population studies; Public health; Diabetes mellitus; polychlorinated biphenyls; Pollutants; Acids; Reviews; Contaminants; PCB; Dioxin; Chemicals; Population characteristics; Environmental health; Dioxins; Insecticides; Nitrous oxide; Persistent organic pollutants; PCB compounds; Toxicology; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205502 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Open and Semi-Open Settings: A Systematic Review AN - 1492649474; 18970797 AB - Background: Some countries have recently extended smoke-free policies to particular outdoor settings; however, there is controversy regarding whether this is scientifically and ethically justifiable. Objectives: The objective of the present study was to review research on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in outdoor settings. Data sources: We conducted different searches in PubMed for the period prior to September 2012. We checked the references of the identified papers, and conducted a similar search in Google Scholar. Study selection: Our search terms included combinations of "secondhand smoke," "environmental tobacco smoke," "passive smoking" OR "tobacco smoke pollution" AND "outdoors" AND "PM" (particulate matter), "PM2.5" (PM with diameter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m), "respirable suspended particles," "particulate matter," "nicotine," "CO" (carbon monoxide), "cotinine," "marker," "biomarker" OR "airborne marker." In total, 18 articles and reports met the inclusion criteria. Results: Almost all studies used PM2.5 concentration as an SHS marker. Mean PM2.5 concentrations reported for outdoor smoking areas when smokers were present ranged from 8.32 to 124 mu g/m3 at hospitality venues, and 4.60 to 17.80 mu g/m3 at other locations. Mean PM2.5 concentrations in smoke-free indoor settings near outdoor smoking areas ranged from 4 to 120.51 mu g/m3. SHS levels increased when smokers were present, and outdoor and indoor SHS levels were related. Most studies reported a positive association between SHS measures and smoker density, enclosure of outdoor locations, wind conditions, and proximity to smokers. Conclusions: The available evidence indicates high SHS levels at some outdoor smoking areas and at adjacent smoke-free indoor areas. Further research and standardization of methodology is needed to determine whether smoke-free legislation should be extended to outdoor settings. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Sureda, Xisca AU - Fernandez, Esteve AU - Lopez, Maria J AU - Nebot, Manel AD - Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Programme, Institut Catala d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Y1 - 2013/05/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 07 SP - 766 EP - 773 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - exposure markers KW - outdoor tobacco smoke KW - particulate matter KW - passive smoking KW - secondhand smoke KW - smoking ban KW - tobacco smoke pollution KW - Particulate matter KW - Particulates KW - Carbon monoxide KW - Smoking KW - Standardization KW - Nicotine KW - Tobacco KW - Wind KW - Pollution KW - Bioindicators KW - Particle size KW - Data processing KW - Suspended particulate matter KW - biomarkers KW - Smoke KW - Passive smoking KW - Cotinine KW - Reviews KW - Standards KW - Indoor environments KW - Legislation KW - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492649474?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Secondhand+Tobacco+Smoke+Exposure+in+Open+and+Semi-Open+Settings%3A+A+Systematic+Review&rft.au=Sureda%2C+Xisca%3BFernandez%2C+Esteve%3BLopez%2C+Maria+J%3BNebot%2C+Manel&rft.aulast=Sureda&rft.aufirst=Xisca&rft.date=2013-05-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=766&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205806 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Particulate matter; biomarkers; Smoke; Carbon monoxide; Standardization; Smoking; Cotinine; Passive smoking; Nicotine; Reviews; Tobacco; Pollution; Legislation; Wind; Particle size; Bioindicators; Suspended particulate matter; Particulates; Standards; Indoor environments DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205806 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Measures of Thyroid Function among Belarusian Children and Adolescents Exposed to Iodine-131 from the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant AN - 1492649462; 18970799 AB - Background: Thyroid dysfunction after exposure to low or moderate doses of radioactive iodine-131 (131I) at a young age is a public health concern. However, quantitative data are sparse concerning 131I-related risk of these common diseases. Objective: Our goal was to assess the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in association with 131I exposure during childhood ( less than or equal to 18 years) due to fallout from the Chernobyl accident. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), serum concentrations of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and autoantibodies to thyroperoxidase (ATPO) in relation to measurement-based 131I dose estimates in a Belarusian cohort of 10,827 individuals screened for various thyroid diseases. Results: Mean age at exposure ( plus or minus SD) was 8.2 plus or minus 5.0 years. Mean (median) estimated 131I thyroid dose was 0.54 (0.23) Gy (range, 0.001-26.6 Gy). We found significant positive associations of 131I dose with hypothyroidism (mainly subclinical and antibody-negative) and serum TSH concentration. The excess odds ratio per 1 Gy for hypothyroidism was 0.34 (95% CI: 0.15, 0.62) and varied significantly by age at exposure and at examination, presence of goiter, and urban/rural residency. We found no evidence of positive associations with antibody-positive hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, AIT, or elevated ATPO. Conclusions: The association between 131I dose and hypothyroidism in the Belarusian cohort is consistent with that previously reported for a Ukrainian cohort and strengthens evidence of the effect of environmental 131I exposure during childhood on hypothyroidism, but not other thyroid outcomes. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Ostroumova, Evgenia AU - Rozhko, Alexander AU - Hatch, Maureen AU - Furukawa, Kyoji AU - Polyanskaya, Olga AU - McConnell, Robert J AU - Nadyrov, Eldar AU - Petrenko, Sergey AU - Romanov, George AU - Yauseyenka, Vasilina AU - Drozdovitch, Vladimir AU - Minenko, Viktor AU - Prokopovich, Alexander AU - Savasteeva, Irina AU - Zablotska, Lydia B AU - Mabuchi, Kiyohiko AU - Brenner, Alina V AD - Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Y1 - 2013/05/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 07 SP - 865 EP - 871 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - antithyroid antibodies KW - autoimmune thyroiditis KW - Chernobyl KW - Chornobyl KW - dose response KW - hyperthyroidism KW - hypothyroidism KW - radioiodine KW - thyroid gland KW - Risk assessment KW - Ukraine, Chernobyl KW - Age KW - Hormones KW - Public health KW - Fallout KW - Accidents KW - Thyroid-stimulating hormone KW - Iodide peroxidase KW - Adolescents KW - Hyperthyroidism KW - Goiter KW - Data processing KW - Adolescence KW - Thyroid KW - Children KW - Thyroiditis KW - Nuclear power plants KW - Autoantibodies KW - Radioactive fallout KW - Hypothyroidism KW - thyroid diseases KW - Rural areas KW - X 24390:Radioactive Materials KW - H 8000:Radiation Safety/Electrical Safety KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492649462?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Measures+of+Thyroid+Function+among+Belarusian+Children+and+Adolescents+Exposed+to+Iodine-131+from+the+Accident+at+the+Chernobyl+Nuclear+Plant&rft.au=Ostroumova%2C+Evgenia%3BRozhko%2C+Alexander%3BHatch%2C+Maureen%3BFurukawa%2C+Kyoji%3BPolyanskaya%2C+Olga%3BMcConnell%2C+Robert+J%3BNadyrov%2C+Eldar%3BPetrenko%2C+Sergey%3BRomanov%2C+George%3BYauseyenka%2C+Vasilina%3BDrozdovitch%2C+Vladimir%3BMinenko%2C+Viktor%3BProkopovich%2C+Alexander%3BSavasteeva%2C+Irina%3BZablotska%2C+Lydia+B%3BMabuchi%2C+Kiyohiko%3BBrenner%2C+Alina+V&rft.aulast=Ostroumova&rft.aufirst=Evgenia&rft.date=2013-05-07&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=865&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205783 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Goiter; Data processing; Adolescence; Children; Thyroiditis; Public health; Fallout; Accidents; Autoantibodies; Hypothyroidism; thyroid diseases; Thyroid-stimulating hormone; Iodide peroxidase; Hyperthyroidism; Risk assessment; Nuclear power plants; Radioactive fallout; Thyroid; Hormones; Adolescents; Rural areas; Ukraine, Chernobyl DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205783 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues AN - 1438599998; 2011-496565 AB - The US maintains about 285 diplomatic facilities worldwide; and attacks on such facilities, and on US diplomatic personnel, are not infrequent. The deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other US personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, along with attacks on US embassies in Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen, drew renewed attention to the challenges facing US diplomats abroad, and to the difficulty in balancing concerns for their security against the outreach required of their mission. The Department of State currently maintains a presence in locations faced with security conditions that previously would have closed the post. Tables, Figures. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 7 2013, 27 pp. AU - Tiersky, Alex AU - Epstein, Susan B Y1 - 2013/05/07/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 07 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Government - Public officials KW - International relations - Diplomacy KW - Science and technology policy - Biology and biotechnology KW - Egypt KW - United States KW - Death KW - Diplomats KW - Location KW - Libya KW - Ambassadors KW - Tunisia KW - Sudan KW - Yemeni Republic KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438599998?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Tiersky%2C+Alex%3BEpstein%2C+Susan+B&rft.aulast=Tiersky&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft.date=2013-05-07&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Securing+U.S.+Diplomatic+Facilities+and+Personnel+Abroad%3A+Background+and+Policy+Issues&rft.title=Securing+U.S.+Diplomatic+Facilities+and+Personnel+Abroad%3A+Background+and+Policy+Issues&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209939.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42834 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Interlaboratory Evaluation of in Vitro Cytotoxicity and Inflammatory Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials: The NIEHS Nano GO Consortium AN - 1671447328; 18211218 AB - Background: Differences in interlaboratory research protocols contribute to the conflicting data in the literature regarding engineered nanomaterial (ENM) bioactivity. Objectives: Grantees of a National Institute of Health Sciences (NIEHS)-funded consortium program performed two phases of in vitro testing with selected ENMs in an effort to identify and minimize sources of variability. Methods: Consortium program participants (CPPs) conducted ENM bioactivity evaluations on zinc oxide (ZnO), three forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2), and three forms of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). In addition, CPPs performed bioassays using three mammalian cell lines (BEAS-2B, RLE-6TN, and THP-1) selected in order to cover two different species (rat and human), two different lung epithelial cells (alveolar type II and bronchial epithelial cells), and two different cell types (epithelial cells and macrophages). CPPs also measured cytotoxicity in all cell types while measuring inflammasome activation [interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta ) release] using only THP-1 cells. Results: The overall in vitro toxicity profiles of ENM were as follows: ZnO was cytotoxic to all cell types at greater than or equal to 50 mu g/mL, but did not induce IL-1 beta . TiO2 was not cytotoxic except for the nanobelt form, which was cytotoxic and induced significant IL-1 beta production in THP-1 cells. MWCNTs did not produce cytotoxicity, but stimulated lower levels of IL-1 beta production in THP-1 cells, with the original MWCNT producing the most IL-1 beta . Conclusions: The results provide justification for the inclusion of mechanism-linked bioactivity assays along with traditional cytotoxicity assays for in vitro screening. In addition, the results suggest that conducting studies with multiple relevant cell types to avoid false-negative outcomes is critical for accurate evaluation of ENM bioactivity. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Xia, Tian AU - Hamilton, Raymond F AU - Bonner, James C AU - Crandall, Edward D AU - Elder, Alison AU - Fazlollahi, Farnoosh AU - Girtsman, Teri A AU - Kim, Kwang AU - Mitra, Somenath AU - Ntim, Susana A AU - Orr, Galya AU - Tagmount, Mani AU - Taylor, Alexia J AU - Telesca, Donatello AU - Tolic, Ana AU - Vulpe, Christopher D AU - Walker, Andrea J AU - Wang, Xiang AU - Witzmann, Frank A AU - Wu, Nianqiang AU - Xie, Yumei AU - Zink, Jeffery I AU - Nel, Andre AU - Holian, Andrij AD - Department of Medicine, Division of NanoMedicine, Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California Nanosystems Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Y1 - 2013/05/06/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 06 SP - 683 EP - 690 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 6 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - cell viability KW - inflammation KW - in vitro KW - MWCNT KW - nanotoxicology KW - round-robin testing KW - TiO2 KW - ZnO KW - Nanomaterials KW - Zinc oxide KW - Titanium dioxide KW - In vitro testing KW - Biochemistry KW - Interlaboratory KW - Health KW - Nanostructure UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1671447328?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Interlaboratory+Evaluation+of+in+Vitro+Cytotoxicity+and+Inflammatory+Responses+to+Engineered+Nanomaterials%3A+The+NIEHS+Nano+GO+Consortium&rft.au=Xia%2C+Tian%3BHamilton%2C+Raymond+F%3BBonner%2C+James+C%3BCrandall%2C+Edward+D%3BElder%2C+Alison%3BFazlollahi%2C+Farnoosh%3BGirtsman%2C+Teri+A%3BKim%2C+Kwang%3BMitra%2C+Somenath%3BNtim%2C+Susana+A%3BOrr%2C+Galya%3BTagmount%2C+Mani%3BTaylor%2C+Alexia+J%3BTelesca%2C+Donatello%3BTolic%2C+Ana%3BVulpe%2C+Christopher+D%3BWalker%2C+Andrea+J%3BWang%2C+Xiang%3BWitzmann%2C+Frank+A%3BWu%2C+Nianqiang%3BXie%2C+Yumei%3BZink%2C+Jeffery+I%3BNel%2C+Andre%3BHolian%2C+Andrij&rft.aulast=Xia&rft.aufirst=Tian&rft.date=2013-05-06&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=683&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306561 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306561 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Interlaboratory Evaluation of Rodent Pulmonary Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials: The NIEHS Nano GO Consortium AN - 1660045254; 18211217 AB - Background: Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have potential benefits, but they also present safety concerns for human health. Interlaboratory studies in rodents using standardized protocols are needed to assess ENM toxicity. Methods: Four laboratories evaluated lung responses in C57BL/6 mice to ENMs delivered by oropharyngeal aspiration (OPA), and three labs evaluated Sprague-Dawley (SD) or Fisher 344 (F344) rats following intratracheal instillation (IT). ENMs tested included three forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2) [anatase/rutile spheres (TiO2-P25), anatase spheres (TiO2-A), and anatase nanobelts (TiO2-NBs)] and three forms of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) [original (O), purified (P), and carboxylic acid "functionalized" (F)]. One day after treatment, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was collected to determine differential cell counts, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and protein. Lungs were fixed for histopathology. Responses were also examined at 7 days (TiO2 forms) and 21 days (MWCNTs) after treatment. Results: TiO2-A, TiO2-P25, and TiO2-NB caused significant neutrophilia in mice at 1 day in three of four labs. TiO2-NB caused neutrophilia in rats at 1 day in two of three labs, and TiO2-P25 and TiO2-A had no significant effect in any of the labs. Inflammation induced by TiO2 in mice and rats resolved by day 7. All MWCNT types caused neutrophilia at 1 day in three of four mouse labs and in all rat labs. Three of four labs observed similar histopathology to O-MWCNTs and TiO2-NBs in mice. Conclusions: ENMs produced similar patterns of neutrophilia and pathology in rats and mice. Although interlaboratory variability was found in the degree of neutrophilia caused by the three types of TiO2 nanoparticles, similar findings of relative potency for the three types of MWCNTs were found across all laboratories, thus providing greater confidence in these interlaboratory comparisons. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Bonner, James C AU - Silva, Rona M AU - Taylor, Alexia J AU - Brown, Jared M AU - Hilderbrand, Susana C AU - Castranova, Vincent AU - Porter, Dale AU - Elder, Alison AU - Oberdorster, Guenter AU - Harkema, Jack R AU - Bramble, Lori A AU - Kavanagh, Terrance J AU - Botta, Dianne AU - Nel, Andre AU - Pinkerton, Kent E AD - Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Y1 - 2013/05/06/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 06 SP - 676 EP - 682 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 6 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - carbon nanotubes KW - inflammation KW - lung KW - nanoparticles KW - titanium dioxide KW - Rats KW - Nanomaterials KW - Titanium dioxide KW - Interlaboratory KW - Anatase KW - Mice KW - Health KW - Nanostructure UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660045254?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Interlaboratory+Evaluation+of+Rodent+Pulmonary+Responses+to+Engineered+Nanomaterials%3A+The+NIEHS+Nano+GO+Consortium&rft.au=Bonner%2C+James+C%3BSilva%2C+Rona+M%3BTaylor%2C+Alexia+J%3BBrown%2C+Jared+M%3BHilderbrand%2C+Susana+C%3BCastranova%2C+Vincent%3BPorter%2C+Dale%3BElder%2C+Alison%3BOberdorster%2C+Guenter%3BHarkema%2C+Jack+R%3BBramble%2C+Lori+A%3BKavanagh%2C+Terrance+J%3BBotta%2C+Dianne%3BNel%2C+Andre%3BPinkerton%2C+Kent+E&rft.aulast=Bonner&rft.aufirst=James&rft.date=2013-05-06&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=676&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205693 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205693 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment AN - 1438600261; 2011-496566 AB - As Congress develops policies and programs and makes appropriations to help address the nation's needs for scientists and engineers (S&E), it may wish to consider past, current, and projected S&E workforce trends. In this regard, this report provides employment, wage, and unemployment information for the computer occupations, mathematical occupations, engineers, life scientists, physical scientists, and S&E management occupations. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 6 2013, 35 pp. AU - Sargent, John F, Jr Y1 - 2013/05/06/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 06 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers KW - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor KW - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply KW - Science and technology policy - Engineering KW - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology KW - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research KW - Engineering KW - Engineers KW - Scientists KW - Unemployment KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Computers KW - Employment KW - Occupations KW - Science KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600261?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Sargent%2C+John+F%2C+Jr&rft.aulast=Sargent&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=2013-05-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=The+U.S.+Science+and+Engineering+Workforce%3A+Recent%2C+Current%2C+and+Projected+Employment%2C+Wages%2C+and+Unemployment&rft.title=The+U.S.+Science+and+Engineering+Workforce%3A+Recent%2C+Current%2C+and+Projected+Employment%2C+Wages%2C+and+Unemployment&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209940.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43061 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Burden of Disease from Toxic Waste Sites in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in 2010 AN - 1492658087; 18970796 AB - Background: Prior calculations of the burden of disease from toxic exposures have not included estimates of the burden from toxic waste sites due to the absence of exposure data. Objective: We developed a disability-adjusted life year (DALY)-based estimate of the disease burden attributable to toxic waste sites. We focused on three low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Methods: Sites were identified through the Blacksmith Institute's Toxic Sites Identification Program, a global effort to identify waste sites in LMICs. At least one of eight toxic chemicals was sampled in environmental media at each site, and the population at risk estimated. By combining estimates of disease incidence from these exposures with population data, we calculated the DALYs attributable to exposures at each site. Results: We estimated that in 2010, 8,629,750 persons were at risk of exposure to industrial pollutants at 373 toxic waste sites in the three countries, and that these exposures resulted in 828,722 DALYs, with a range of 814,934-1,557,121 DALYs, depending on the weighting factor used. This disease burden is comparable to estimated burdens for outdoor air pollution (1,448,612 DALYs) and malaria (725,000 DALYs) in these countries. Lead and hexavalent chromium collectively accounted for 99.2% of the total DALYs for the chemicals evaluated. Conclusions: Toxic waste sites are responsible for a significant burden of disease in LMICs. Although some factors, such as unidentified and unscreened sites, may cause our estimate to be an underestimate of the actual burden of disease, other factors, such as extrapolation of environmental sampling to the entire exposed population, may result in an overestimate of the burden of disease attributable to these sites. Toxic waste sites are a major, and heretofore underrecognized, global health problem. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chatham-Stephens, Kevin AU - Caravanos, Jack AU - Ericson, Bret AU - Sunga-Amparo, Jennifer AU - Susilorini, Budi AU - Sharma, Promila AU - Landrigan, Philip J AU - Fuller, Richard AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Y1 - 2013/05/04/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 04 SP - 791 EP - 796 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - Asia KW - burden of disease KW - chemical exposure KW - disability-adjusted life year KW - toxic waste sites KW - Chemicals KW - Philippines KW - Human diseases KW - Indonesia KW - Pollution effects KW - Malaria KW - Environmental factors KW - Lead KW - India KW - Public health KW - Industrial wastes KW - Pollutants KW - Risk factors KW - Waste disposal sites KW - Sampling KW - Environmental monitoring KW - Health problems KW - Data processing KW - Chromium KW - Toxic materials KW - Wastes KW - Air pollution KW - Hazardous wastes KW - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION KW - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases KW - X 24360:Metals KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492658087?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Burden+of+Disease+from+Toxic+Waste+Sites+in+India%2C+Indonesia%2C+and+the+Philippines+in+2010&rft.au=Chatham-Stephens%2C+Kevin%3BCaravanos%2C+Jack%3BEricson%2C+Bret%3BSunga-Amparo%2C+Jennifer%3BSusilorini%2C+Budi%3BSharma%2C+Promila%3BLandrigan%2C+Philip+J%3BFuller%2C+Richard&rft.aulast=Chatham-Stephens&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft.date=2013-05-04&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=791&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206127 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-10-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Human diseases; Industrial wastes; Chromium; Pollutants; Wastes; Environmental factors; Lead; Public health; Data processing; Malaria; Sampling; Environmental monitoring; Chemicals; Health problems; Risk factors; Waste disposal sites; Toxic materials; Pollution effects; Hazardous wastes; Philippines; Indonesia; India DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206127 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Solid Fuel Use for Household Cooking: Country and Regional Estimates for 1980-2010 AN - 1677912096; 18970794 AB - Background: Exposure to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in simple stoves is a major health risk. Modeling reliable estimates of solid fuel use is needed for monitoring trends and informing policy. Objectives: In order to revise the disease burden attributed to household air pollution for the Global Burden of Disease 2010 project and for international reporting purposes, we estimated annual trends in the world population using solid fuels. Methods: We developed a multilevel model based on national survey data on primary cooking fuel. Results: The proportion of households relying mainly on solid fuels for cooking has decreased from 62% (95% CI: 58, 66%) to 41% (95% CI: 37, 44%) between 1980 and 2010. Yet because of population growth, the actual number of persons exposed has remained stable at around 2.8 billion during three decades. Solid fuel use is most prevalent in Africa and Southeast Asia where > 60% of households cook with solid fuels. In other regions, primary solid fuel use ranges from 46% in the Western Pacific, to 35% in the Eastern Mediterranean and < 20% in the Americas and Europe. Conclusion: Multilevel modeling is a suitable technique for deriving reliable solid-fuel use estimates. Worldwide, the proportion of households cooking mainly with solid fuels is decreasing. The absolute number of persons using solid fuels, however, has remained steady globally and is increasing in some regions. Surveys require enhancement to better capture the health implications of new technologies and multiple fuel use. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Bonjour, Sophie AU - Adair-Rohani, Heather AU - Wolf, Jennyfer AU - Bruce, Nigel G AU - Mehta, Sumi AU - Pruess-Ustuen, Annette AU - Lahiff, Maureen AU - Rehfuess, Eva A AU - Mishra, Vinod AU - Smith, Kirk R AD - Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Y1 - 2013/05/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 03 SP - 784 EP - 790 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - biomass fuel KW - coal KW - cookstoves KW - disease burden KW - household air pollution KW - household energy KW - indoor air pollution KW - MDGs KW - Millennium Development Goals KW - Air pollution KW - Estimates KW - Heating KW - Households KW - Cooking KW - Solid fuels KW - Health KW - Multilevel UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1677912096?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Solid+Fuel+Use+for+Household+Cooking%3A+Country+and+Regional+Estimates+for+1980-2010&rft.au=Bonjour%2C+Sophie%3BAdair-Rohani%2C+Heather%3BWolf%2C+Jennyfer%3BBruce%2C+Nigel+G%3BMehta%2C+Sumi%3BPruess-Ustuen%2C+Annette%3BLahiff%2C+Maureen%3BRehfuess%2C+Eva+A%3BMishra%2C+Vinod%3BSmith%2C+Kirk+R&rft.aulast=Bonjour&rft.aufirst=Sophie&rft.date=2013-05-03&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=784&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205987 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205987 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of Intake and Systemic Relative Effect Potencies of Dioxin-like Compounds in Female Mice after a Single Oral Dose AN - 1492651705; 18970795 AB - Background: Risk assessment for mixtures of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is performed using the toxic equivalency factor (TEF) approach. These TEF values are derived mainly from relative effect potencies (REPs) linking an administered dose to an in vivo toxic or biological effect, resulting in "intake" TEFs. At present, there is insufficient data available to conclude that intake TEFs are also applicable for systemic concentrations (e.g., blood and tissues). Objective: We compared intake and systemic REPs of 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzodioxin (PeCDD), 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (4-PeCDF), 3,3,4,4,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-126), 2,3,4,4,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-118), and 2,3,3,4,4,5-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-156) in female C57BL/6 mice 3 days after a single oral dose. Methods: We calculated intake REPs and systemic REPs based on administered dose and liver, adipose, or plasma concentrations relative to TCDD. Hepatic cytochrome P450 1A1-associated ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity and gene expression of Cyp1a1, 1a2 and 1b1 in the liver and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) were used as biological end points. Results: We observed up to one order of magnitude difference between intake REPs and systemic REPs. Two different patterns were discerned. Compared with intake REPs, systemic REPs based on plasma or adipose levels were higher for PeCDD, 4-PeCDF, and PCB-126 but lower for the mono-ortho PCBs 118 and 156. Conclusions: Based on these mouse data, the comparison between intake REPs and systemic REPs reveals significant congener-specific differences that warrants the development of systemic TEFs to calculate toxic equivalents (TEQs) in blood and body tissues. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - van Ede, Karin I AU - Andersson, Patrik L AU - Gaisch, Konrad PJ AU - van den Berg, Martin AU - van Duursen, Majorie BM AD - Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands Y1 - 2013/05/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 03 SP - 847 EP - 853 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - dibenzofurans KW - dioxins KW - PCBs KW - PCDDs KW - PCDFs KW - polychlorinated biphenyls KW - systemic REPs KW - TEF concept KW - Risk assessment KW - Lymphocytes KW - Dioxins KW - Gene expression KW - PCDF KW - PCB compounds KW - PCDD KW - PCB KW - Data processing KW - TCDD KW - Polychlorinated dibenzofurans KW - Mice KW - Peripheral blood KW - Cytochrome KW - Biological effects KW - Liver KW - Dibenzo-p-dioxin KW - Females KW - Cytochrome P450 KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492651705?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Comparison+of+Intake+and+Systemic+Relative+Effect+Potencies+of+Dioxin-like+Compounds+in+Female+Mice+after+a+Single+Oral+Dose&rft.au=van+Ede%2C+Karin+I%3BAndersson%2C+Patrik+L%3BGaisch%2C+Konrad+PJ%3Bvan+den+Berg%2C+Martin%3Bvan+Duursen%2C+Majorie+BM&rft.aulast=van+Ede&rft.aufirst=Karin&rft.date=2013-05-03&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=847&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206336 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Gene expression; Risk assessment; Data processing; polychlorinated biphenyls; Dibenzo-p-dioxin; Liver; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; TCDD; Peripheral blood; Lymphocytes; Cytochrome P450; PCB; Cytochrome; Biological effects; PCDF; Mice; Females; PCB compounds; Dioxins; PCDD DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206336 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry AN - 1438601406; 2011-496567 AB - This report reviews efforts to combat unauthorized migration across the Southwest border in the nearly three decades since the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA, P.L. 99- 603) initiated the modern era in migration control, takes stock of the current state of border security, and considers lessons that may be learned about enhanced enforcement at US borders. It summarizes appropriations and resources dedicated to border enforcement, indicators of enforcement outcomes, metrics for estimating unauthorized migration flows, and possible secondary and unintended consequences of border enforcement and reviews the overall costs and benefits of current migration control. Tables, Figures, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 3 2013, 43 pp. AU - Rosenblum, Marc R Y1 - 2013/05/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Migrants and migration KW - Transportation and transportation policy - Maritime and inland water transport KW - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory KW - Cost KW - United States KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Stocks KW - Benefits KW - Migration KW - Ports KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438601406?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Rosenblum%2C+Marc+R&rft.aulast=Rosenblum&rft.aufirst=Marc&rft.date=2013-05-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Border+Security%3A+Immigration+Enforcement+Between+Ports+of+Entry&rft.title=Border+Security%3A+Immigration+Enforcement+Between+Ports+of+Entry&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209938.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42138 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013 AN - 1438600458; 2011-496568 AB - This report lists hundreds of instances in which the US has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past US military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted. The listing often contains references, especially from 1980 forward, to continuing military deployments, especially US military participation in multinational operations associated with NATO or the United Nations. Tables. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 3 2013, 16 pp. AU - Torreon, Barbara Salazar Y1 - 2013/05/03/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 03 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans KW - International relations - War KW - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict KW - International relations - International organizations KW - Education and education policy - Statistics, research, research methods, and research support KW - United States KW - Surveys KW - United Nations KW - North Atlantic treaty organization KW - Conflict KW - Armed forces KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438600458?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Torreon%2C+Barbara+Salazar&rft.aulast=Torreon&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rft.date=2013-05-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Instances+of+Use+of+United+States+Armed+Forces+Abroad%2C+1798-2013&rft.title=Instances+of+Use+of+United+States+Armed+Forces+Abroad%2C+1798-2013&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209263.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42738 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Concentrations and Potential Health Risks of Metals in Lip Products AN - 1399919091; 18211211 AB - Background: Metal content in lip products has been an issue of concern. Objectives: We measured lead and eight other metals in a convenience sample of 32 lip products used by young Asian women in Oakland, California, and assessed potential health risks related to estimated intakes of these metals. Methods: We analyzed lip products by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and used previous estimates of lip product usage rates to determine daily oral intakes. We derived acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) based on information used to determine public health goals for exposure, and compared ADIs with estimated intakes to assess potential risks. Results: Most of the tested lip products contained high concentrations of titanium and aluminum. All examined products had detectable manganese. Lead was detected in 24 products (75%), with an average concentration of 0.36 plus or minus 0.39 ppm, including one sample with 1.32 ppm. When used at the estimated average daily rate, estimated intakes were > 20% of ADIs derived for aluminum, cadmium, chromium, and manganese. In addition, average daily use of 10 products tested would result in chromium intake exceeding our estimated ADI for chromium. For high rates of product use (above the 95th percentile), the percentages of samples with estimated metal intakes exceeding ADIs were 3% for aluminum, 68% for chromium, and 22% for manganese. Estimated intakes of lead were < 20% of ADIs for average and high use. Conclusions: Cosmetics safety should be assessed not only by the presence of hazardous contents, but also by comparing estimated exposures with health-based standards. In addition to lead, metals such as aluminum, cadmium, chromium, and manganese require further investigation. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Liu, Sa AU - Hammond, SKatharine AU - Rojas-Cheatham, Ann AD - Environmental Health Sciences Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Y1 - 2013/05/02/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 02 SP - 705 EP - 710 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 6 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - cosmetic safety KW - health risk KW - lipstick KW - metal KW - susceptible populations KW - Metals KW - Titanium KW - Chromium KW - Heavy metals KW - Cosmetics KW - Lead KW - Public health KW - Spectrometry KW - Health risks KW - Lip KW - Aluminum KW - Cadmium KW - USA, California KW - Manganese KW - X 24340:Cosmetics, Toiletries & Household Products KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1399919091?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Concentrations+and+Potential+Health+Risks+of+Metals+in+Lip+Products&rft.au=Liu%2C+Sa%3BHammond%2C+SKatharine%3BRojas-Cheatham%2C+Ann&rft.aulast=Liu&rft.aufirst=Sa&rft.date=2013-05-02&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=705&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205518 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Titanium; Lip; Chromium; Heavy metals; Aluminum; Cosmetics; Cadmium; Manganese; Lead; Spectrometry; Public health; Health risks; Metals; USA, California DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205518 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Egg-laying and rainfall synchrony in an endangered bird species: Implications for conservation in a changing climate AN - 1660394736; PQ0001135227 AB - Birds use a number of environmental cues to time their breeding season to maximise their chances of raising young when food is most abundant. Such cues include photoperiod, temperature and rainfall. In very arid regions, birds may start egg-laying with the onset of rain to allow fledging to coincide with the availability of grass seeds. However the influence of rainfall on timing of egg-laying in areas with variable, but more reliable, rainfall has not been as clear. Carnaby's Cockatoo, an endemic species of southwestern Australia, a region with a Mediterranean climate, is known colloquially as "the rainbird" as its movements to the breeding areas appear to coincide with the start of the wetter part of the year. Here we use a long-term data set on the breeding of this species (24years of data from 1969 to 2011) to quantify the link between the timing of autumn rains and the commencement of egg-laying in this endangered cockatoo. We found a tight synchrony which indicates a strong reliance of the species on early autumn rains as a cue for breeding. We describe the conservation implications of increased variability in timing and quantity of rainfall for the long-term viability of Carnaby's Cockatoo. JF - Biological Conservation AU - Saunders, Denis A AU - Wintle, Brendan A AU - Mawson, Peter R AU - Dawson, Rick AD - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom VL - 161 SN - 0006-3207, 0006-3207 KW - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Carnaby's Cockatoo KW - Calyptorhynchus latirostris KW - Breeding seasons KW - Synchrony between rainfall and egg-laying KW - Climate change KW - Photoperiods KW - Grasses KW - Food KW - Rainfall KW - Arid environments KW - Eggs KW - Endemic species KW - Breeding KW - Australia KW - Temperature effects KW - Seeds KW - Data processing KW - MED, Western Mediterranean KW - Climate KW - Temperature KW - Rare species KW - Aves KW - MED KW - Conservation KW - Rain KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - Q1 08481:Productivity KW - ENA 19:Water Pollution KW - D 04060:Management and Conservation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660394736?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Biological+Conservation&rft.atitle=Egg-laying+and+rainfall+synchrony+in+an+endangered+bird+species%3A+Implications+for+conservation+in+a+changing+climate&rft.au=Saunders%2C+Denis+A%3BWintle%2C+Brendan+A%3BMawson%2C+Peter+R%3BDawson%2C+Rick&rft.aulast=Saunders&rft.aufirst=Denis&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=161&rft.issue=&rft.spage=1&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Biological+Conservation&rft.issn=00063207&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.biocon.2013.02.004 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-12-22 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Breeding seasons; Endemic species; Photoperiods; Rainfall; Rare species; Eggs; Temperature effects; Seeds; Data processing; Grasses; Food; Climate; Conservation; Rain; Aves; Breeding; Arid environments; Temperature; MED, Western Mediterranean; MED; Australia DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.004 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - MUSIC FOR THE BLIND: HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE AN - 1622285123; 201410060 AB - For 50 years, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Music Section has provided patrons with opportunities to play, sing and learn about music through its collection of special-format scores and instructional recordings. The Music Section was established on Oct. 9, 1962, when President John F. Kennedy authorized the Library of Congress to 'establish and maintain a library of musical scores, instructional texts, and other specialized materials for the use of the blind.' At the time the library had only a few fragmentary embossed scores. With funds authorized NLS quickly moved to correct this, acquiring 8,000 music items from the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) and Howe Press. The fledgling Music section then turned its attention to recorded materials. Today, John Hanson, head of the Music Section, notes that braille remains 'the major artery' of the music program, which serves its patrons from a central office at NLS headquarters. Last year, the NLS Music Section circulated nearly 5,600 items to approximately 1,400 patrons. The collection has grown to more than 100,000 items, including 20,000 braille scores, 800 large-print scores and 3,000 instructional and appreciation recordings, making it the largest special-format music library in the world. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Rojstaczer, Claire L AD - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 8 EP - 9 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Library of Congress KW - Sound recording KW - Library materials KW - Scores KW - Music KW - Blind and partially sighted KW - article KW - 5.01: MATERIALS BY USER UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622285123?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=MUSIC+FOR+THE+BLIND%3A+HALF+A+CENTURY+OF+SERVICE&rft.au=Rojstaczer%2C+Claire+L&rft.aulast=Rojstaczer&rft.aufirst=Claire&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=8&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Music; Scores; Sound recording; Blind and partially sighted; Library of Congress; Library materials ER - TY - JOUR T1 - SAVING OUR SOUNDS AN - 1622284898; 201409843 AB - Tupac Shakur's Dear Mama in 2010 became the first rap song added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry, and with a release date of 1995 has the added distinction of being the newest recording of the Registry's 375 titles. The National Recording Registry, established by Congress in 2000 in an effort to protect the nation's sound recording legacy, could be considered the most eclectic playlist in America. The selections reflect an array of spoken-word, natural sounds and musical recordings, representing nearly every category -- yes, including rap -- and spanning nearly 150 years. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, selects 25 recordings annually for the Registry with advice from the Library's National Recording Preservation Board. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Cannady, Sheryl AD - Office of Communications, Library of Congress Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 10 EP - 13 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Artists KW - Library of Congress KW - Music KW - Preservation KW - Sound recordings KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622284898?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=SAVING+OUR+SOUNDS&rft.au=Cannady%2C+Sheryl&rft.aulast=Cannady&rft.aufirst=Sheryl&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=10&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Library of Congress; Preservation; Music; Artists; Sound recordings ER - TY - JOUR T1 - My Job at the Library: Bob Blankenburg AN - 1622279605; 201409778 AB - Bob Blankenburg is a registration specialist at the Performing Arts Division of the U.S. Copyright Office. In a brief interview he discusses how he prepared for his current position, how he would describe his work in the Copyright Office, and How many musical works are received by the Copyright Office annually. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - [Unknown] Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 5 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Librarians KW - Library of Congress KW - Music KW - Copyright KW - Interviews KW - article KW - 2.11: LIS - BIOGRAPHIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622279605?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=My+Job+at+the+Library%3A+Bob+Blankenburg&rft.au=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aulast=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=5&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Interviews; Librarians; Copyright; Music; Library of Congress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Experts Corner: The Art of Collecting AN - 1622279518; 201409846 AB - In a brief interview, Martha Kennedy, curator of 'The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings By Charles Dana Gibson,' discusses illustration art with Richard Kelly, Curator of his collection of American illustration. Among the topics discussed are what special subject interests, themes and principles guided Kelly in the process of developing the collection, and what he considers the strengths of the Cabinet of American Illustration. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Kennedy, Martha Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 19 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Curators KW - Library of Congress KW - Illustrations KW - Library materials KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622279518?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Experts+Corner%3A+The+Art+of+Collecting&rft.au=Kennedy%2C+Martha&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Martha&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=19&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Curators; Illustrations; Library of Congress; Library materials ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Last Word AN - 1622279461; 201410381 AB - A brief excerpt from a Library of Congress interview with entertainer Michael Feinstein, a champion for sound preservation, is presented. Among the topics discussed are why sound preservation is so important to him, what he sees as the impact of the recently released Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan, and his work as Ira Gershwin's cataloger and archivist for six years. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - [Unknown] Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 28 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Music KW - Preservation KW - Sound recordings KW - article KW - 9.15: TECHNICAL SERVICES - PRESERVATION UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622279461?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Last+Word&rft.au=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aulast=%5BUnknown%5D&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=28&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sound recordings; Music; Preservation ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Technology At The Library: A Stradivari Good Copy AN - 1622279367; 201409842 AB - Antonio Stradivaris (1644-1737) stringed instruments are some of the finest stringed instruments ever made, often selling for several million dollars. Recently, the Library acquired a copy, modeled after its Betts violin (1704), which is among the most legendary of those made in Stradivaris workshop. The copy was made rather unconventionally, using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques. In collaboration with the Library's Music Division, Minnesota radiologist Steven Sirr, along with violin makers John Waddle and Steve Rossow, used CT images to study the characteristics that influence the violins sounds, such as wood thickness, shape and degree of arching. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Allen, Erin Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 6 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - Library of Congress KW - Music KW - Imaging KW - article KW - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622279367?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=Technology+At+The+Library%3A+A+Stradivari+Good+Copy&rft.au=Allen%2C+Erin&rft.aulast=Allen&rft.aufirst=Erin&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=6&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Music; Library of Congress; Imaging ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Cabinet of Gold: The Library's Cabinet of American Illustration Holds Images from the Golden Age AN - 1622278932; 201410052 AB - The Library's new exhibition 'The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson' features works by a great American master of pen-and-ink drawing selected from the Library's Cabinet of American Illustration. The story of how drawings by Gibson (1867-1944) and other illustrators became part of the cabinet presents a fascinating case history of building a collection. A special initiative launched in the 1930s enabled the Library to acquire many masterworks from the Golden Age of Illustration (1880-1930), a pre-radio and pre-television era when illustrated books, magazines, and newspapers provided essential sources of entertainment, enlightenment, and self-improvement for the American public. The cabinet came into being largely through the dedicated efforts of William F. Patten, who persuaded Leicester Holland, then the chief of the Library's Division of Fine Arts (now the Prints and Photographs Division), to start a collection of original illustration art for the nation. The cabinet's holdings of outstanding works by leading illustrators embody the diverse array of styles, genres, techniques and subject matter characteristic of the art form during its Golden Age. Adapted from the source document. JF - Library of Congress Magazine AU - Kennedy, Martha H AD - Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 14 EP - 18 PB - Office of Communications, Library of Congress VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2169-0855, 2169-0855 KW - USA KW - Library of Congress KW - Illustrations KW - Library materials KW - Exhibitions KW - article KW - 4.19: LIBRARY EXHIBITIONS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1622278932?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.atitle=A+Cabinet+of+Gold%3A+The+Library%27s+Cabinet+of+American+Illustration+Holds+Images+from+the+Golden+Age&rft.au=Kennedy%2C+Martha+H&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Martha&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=14&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Library+of+Congress+Magazine&rft.issn=21690855&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Date revised - 2014-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Exhibitions; Library materials; Illustrations; USA; Library of Congress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Appointment Time: Disability and Neoliberal Workfare Temporalities AN - 1504420125; 201405715 AB - My primary interest in this article is to reveal the complexity of neoliberal temporalities on the lives of disabled people forced to participate in workfare regimes to maintain access to social security measures and programming. Through drawing upon some of the contemporary debates arising within the social study of time, this article explicates what Jessop refers to as the sovereignty of time that has emerged with the global adoption of neoliberal workfare regimes. It is argued that the central role of temporality within the globalizing project of neoliberal workfare and the positioning of disability within these global macro-structural processes requires the sociological imagination to return to both time as a theme and time as a methodology. [Reprinted by permission; copyright Sage Publications Inc.] JF - Critical Sociology AU - Soldatic, Karen AD - Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia k.soldatic@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 405 EP - 419 PB - Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA VL - 39 IS - 3 SN - 0896-9205, 0896-9205 KW - disability neoliberalism sociology temporality workfare KW - Appointment KW - Time KW - Workfare KW - Neoliberalism KW - Social Studies KW - Sovereignty KW - Socially Handicapped KW - Social Security KW - article KW - 9221: politics and society; politics and society UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504420125?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Critical+Sociology&rft.atitle=Appointment+Time%3A+Disability+and+Neoliberal+Workfare+Temporalities&rft.au=Soldatic%2C+Karen&rft.aulast=Soldatic&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=39&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=405&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Critical+Sociology&rft.issn=08969205&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177%2F0896920511430168 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - CRSOE7 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Workfare; Neoliberalism; Sovereignty; Social Security; Time; Appointment; Social Studies; Socially Handicapped DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0896920511430168 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Terrorist Watch List Screening and Background Checks for Firearms AN - 1438603204; 2011-496569 AB - The 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, TX, renewed interest in terrorist watchlist screening and background checks for firearms through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (P.L. 103-159), in November 1998, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) activated NICS. Before 2004, the FBI did not conduct terrorist watchlist queries as part of firearms background checks because being a known or suspected terrorist was not a disqualifying factor for firearms transfer and possession eligibility; nor is it today under current law. Tables, Appendixes. JF - United States Foreign Press Center, May 1 2013, 28 pp. AU - Krouse, William J Y1 - 2013/05/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 01 PB - United States Foreign Press Center KW - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments KW - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals KW - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems KW - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement KW - Investigation KW - Firearms KW - Checks KW - Crime and criminals KW - Law KW - Violence KW - Terrorists KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1438603204?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Krouse%2C+William+J&rft.aulast=Krouse&rft.aufirst=William&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Terrorist+Watch+List+Screening+and+Background+Checks+for+Firearms&rft.title=Terrorist+Watch+List+Screening+and+Background+Checks+for+Firearms&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/209937.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Publication note - United States Foreign Press Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42336 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - ICIMOD's Strategy for Delivering High-quality Research and Achieving Impact for Sustainable Mountain Development AN - 1372062826; 18156045 AB - Thirty years ago, 8 countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan) realized the importance of mountains and established the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). With an 8-country charter, ICIMOD serves as a regional intergovernmental center for cooperation on the sustainable development of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. ICIMOD believes in a future in which the region's mountain people can experience enhanced livelihoods, equity, and social and environmental security; in which they can adapt to environmental, socioeconomic, and climate change; and in which generations of mountain and downstream populations can enjoy the benefits and opportunities afforded by the region's natural endowment. ICIMOD foresees a future in which the role of the region, as the water tower for more than a billion people, a cultural and spiritual hub, the home of global biodiversity hotspots, a significant ecological buffer zone, and a source of resources and services for mountain and lowland people, is upheld, valued, and recognized globally and regionally. JF - Mountain Research and Development AU - Molden, David AU - Sharma, Eklabya AD - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal Website: www.icimod.org, dmolden@icimod.org Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 179 EP - 183 PB - Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks CA 91320 United States VL - 33 IS - 2 SN - 0276-4741, 0276-4741 KW - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Culture KW - Hot spots KW - Cooperation KW - Climate change KW - Climatic changes KW - Biological diversity KW - Sustainable development KW - Biodiversity KW - Afghanistan KW - Bhutan KW - Nepal KW - India KW - Mountains KW - Buffers KW - Downstream KW - Bangladesh KW - Myanmar KW - Pakistan KW - Socio-economic aspects KW - China, People's Rep. KW - Research programs KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1372062826?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mountain+Research+and+Development&rft.atitle=ICIMOD%27s+Strategy+for+Delivering+High-quality+Research+and+Achieving+Impact+for+Sustainable+Mountain+Development&rft.au=Molden%2C+David%3BSharma%2C+Eklabya&rft.aulast=Molden&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=33&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=179&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Mountain+Research+and+Development&rft.issn=02764741&rft_id=info:doi/10.1659%2FMRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00018.1 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-01 N1 - Number of references - 9 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mountains; Socio-economic aspects; Hot spots; Cooperation; Climatic changes; Biodiversity; Sustainable development; Culture; Buffers; Climate change; Biological diversity; Downstream; Research programs; Myanmar; Pakistan; China, People's Rep.; Bhutan; Afghanistan; Nepal; Bangladesh; India DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00018.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Patterns of seed bank and size asymmetry of plant growth across varying sites in the invasive Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) AN - 1356936687; 18061991 AB - Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) is a weed of great significance in Australia and worldwide, but little is known about connections among components of its life history. We document over a 3-year period, the links between L. camara seed-bank dynamics and its above-ground growth, including size asymmetry in four land-use types (a farm, a hoop pine plantation and two open eucalypt forests) invaded by the weed near Brisbane, Queensland Australia. Seed-bank populations varied appreciably across sites and in response to rainfall and control measures, and they were higher (~1,000 seeds/m super(2)) when annual rainfall was 15-30 % below the long-term yearly average. Fire reduced seed-bank populations but not the proportion germinating (6-8 %). Nearly a quarter of fresh seeds remain germinable after 3 years of soil burial. For small seedlings (<10 cm high), the expected trade-offs in two life-history traits-survival and growth-did not apply; rather the observed positive association between these two traits, coupled with a persistent seed-bank population could contribute to the invasiveness of the plant. Relationships between absolute growth rate and initial plant size (crown volume) were positively linear, suggesting that most populations are still at varying stages of the exponential phase of the sigmoid growth; this trend also suggests that at most sites and despite increasing stand density and limiting environmental resources of light and soil moisture, lantana growth is inversely size asymmetric. From the observed changes in measures of plant size inequality, asymmetric competition appeared limited in all the infestations surveyed. JF - Plant Ecology AU - Osunkoya, Olusegun O AU - Perrett, Christine AU - Fernando, Chandima AU - Clark, Cameron AD - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Ecosciences Precinct, Invasive Plant Science Group, Biosecurity Queensland, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, olusegun.osunkoya@daff.qld.gov.au Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 725 EP - 736 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 214 IS - 5 SN - 1385-0237, 1385-0237 KW - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Lantana KW - Weeds KW - Invasiveness KW - Farms KW - Rainfall KW - Forests KW - Soil KW - Competition KW - Lantana camara KW - Growth rate KW - Fires KW - Seeds KW - Plantations KW - Light effects KW - Verbenaceae KW - Infestation KW - Life history KW - Seed banks KW - Asymmetry KW - Plant growth KW - Seedlings KW - Soil moisture KW - Australia, Queensland, Brisbane KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1356936687?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Plant+Ecology&rft.atitle=Patterns+of+seed+bank+and+size+asymmetry+of+plant+growth+across+varying+sites+in+the+invasive+Lantana+camara+L.+%28Verbenaceae%29&rft.au=Osunkoya%2C+Olusegun+O%3BPerrett%2C+Christine%3BFernando%2C+Chandima%3BClark%2C+Cameron&rft.aulast=Osunkoya&rft.aufirst=Olusegun&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=214&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=725&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Plant+Ecology&rft.issn=13850237&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11258-013-0202-1 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 33 N1 - Last updated - 2014-09-05 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Weeds; Fires; Seeds; Invasiveness; Farms; Rainfall; Forests; Plantations; Light effects; Infestation; Seed banks; Life history; Asymmetry; Seedlings; Soil moisture; Competition; Soil; Plant growth; Lantana; Verbenaceae; Lantana camara; Australia, Queensland, Brisbane DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-013-0202-1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Ultrasonic, Microwave and Combined Microwave-Ultrasonic Pretreatment of Municipal Sludge on Anaerobic Digester Performance AN - 1356936665; 18062070 AB - Anaerobic digestion is one of the most effective means for the stabilisation of sludge. However, it has a very slow rate-limiting hydrolysis phase which is attributed to the low biodegradability of cell walls and the presence of extracellular biopolymers. This study aims at investigating the effect of ultrasonic, microwave and combined microwave-ultrasonic treatment on biogas production, solids removal and dewaterability of anaerobically digested sludge. A comparison was made between the three pretreatment techniques conducting the digestion tests under similar conditions on the same synthetic sludge sample inoculated by digested sewage sludge. The experimental results depict that the combined microwave-ultrasonic treatment (2,450-MHz, 800-W and 3-min microwave treatment followed by 0.4-W/ml and 10-min ultrasonication) resulted in better digester performance than ultrasonic or microwave treatment. Mesophilic digestion of combined microwave-ultrasonic-pretreated sludge produced a significantly higher amount of methane (147 ml) after a sludge retention time of 17 days, whereas the ultrasonic- and microwave-treated sludge samples produced 30 and 16 ml of methane, respectively. The combined microwave-ultrasonic treatment resulted in total solids reduction of 56.8 % and volatile solid removal of 66.8 %. Furthermore, this combined treatment improved dewaterability of the digested sludge by reducing the capillary suction time (CST) down to 92 s, as compared to CST of 331 s for microwave-treated and 285 s for ultrasonically treated digested sludge samples. Optimisation tests were also carried out to determine the best combination. JF - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution AU - Yeneneh, Anteneh Mesfin AU - Chong, Siewhui AU - Sen, Tushar Kanti AU - Ang, Ha Ming AU - Kayaalp, Ahmet AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia, t.sen@curtin.edu.au Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 224 IS - 5 SN - 0049-6979, 0049-6979 KW - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Environment Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Pollution Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts KW - Sludges KW - Sewage sludge KW - Biopolymers KW - Sludge digestion KW - Microwaves KW - Municipal wastes KW - Biogas KW - Testing Procedures KW - Methane KW - biogas KW - Solids KW - Soil contamination KW - Anaerobic digestion KW - Sludge KW - Biodegradability KW - Hydrolysis KW - Soil pollution KW - Air pollution KW - Performance Evaluation KW - Volatiles KW - Ultrasonics KW - Digested Sludge KW - Sludge Digestion KW - Cell walls KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - P 3000:SEWAGE & WASTEWATER TREATMENT KW - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality KW - A 01450:Environmental Pollution & Waste Treatment KW - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1356936665?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Water%2C+Air%2C+%26+Soil+Pollution&rft.atitle=Effect+of+Ultrasonic%2C+Microwave+and+Combined+Microwave-Ultrasonic+Pretreatment+of+Municipal+Sludge+on+Anaerobic+Digester+Performance&rft.au=Yeneneh%2C+Anteneh+Mesfin%3BChong%2C+Siewhui%3BSen%2C+Tushar+Kanti%3BAng%2C+Ha+Ming%3BKayaalp%2C+Ahmet&rft.aulast=Yeneneh&rft.aufirst=Anteneh&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=224&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=1&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Water%2C+Air%2C+%26+Soil+Pollution&rft.issn=00496979&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11270-013-1559-4 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 27 N1 - Last updated - 2016-02-04 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Methane; Microwaves; Ultrasonics; Sludge; Hydrolysis; Cell walls; Soil pollution; Sewage sludge; Volatiles; Sludges; biogas; Biopolymers; Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradability; Sludge digestion; Municipal wastes; Soil contamination; Biogas; Testing Procedures; Performance Evaluation; Digested Sludge; Solids; Sludge Digestion DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1559-4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Somatotyping using 3D anthropometry: a cluster analysis AN - 1356933330; 18050419 AB - Somatotyping is the quantification of human body shape, independent of body size. Hitherto, somatotyping (including the most popular method, the Heath-Carter system) has been based on subjective visual ratings, sometimes supported by surface anthropometry. This study used data derived from three-dimensional (3D) whole-body scans as inputs for cluster analysis to objectively derive clusters of similar body shapes. Twenty-nine dimensions normalised for body size were measured on a purposive sample of 301 adults aged 17-56 years who had been scanned using a Vitus Smart laser scanner. K-means Cluster Analysis with v-fold cross-validation was used to determine shape clusters. Three male and three female clusters emerged, and were visualised using those scans closest to the cluster centroid and a caricature defined by doubling the difference between the average scan and the cluster centroid. The male clusters were decidedly endomorphic (high fatness), ectomorphic (high linearity), and endo-mesomorphic (a mixture of fatness and muscularity). The female clusters were clearly endomorphic, ectomorphic, and the ecto-mesomorphic (a mixture of linearity and muscularity). An objective shape quantification procedure combining 3D scanning and cluster analysis yielded shape clusters strikingly similar to traditional somatotyping. JF - Journal of Sports Sciences AU - Olds, Tim AU - Daniell, Nathan AU - Petkov, John AU - David Stewart, Arthur AD - UniSA, Health Sciences, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, Australia, tim.olds@unisa.edu.au Y1 - 2013/05/01/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 May 01 SP - 936 EP - 944 PB - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom VL - 31 IS - 9 SN - 0264-0414, 0264-0414 KW - Physical Education Index KW - Adults KW - Anthropometry KW - PE 090:Sports Medicine & Exercise Sport Science UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1356933330?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aphysicaleducation&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Sports+Sciences&rft.atitle=Somatotyping+using+3D+anthropometry%3A+a+cluster+analysis&rft.au=Olds%2C+Tim%3BDaniell%2C+Nathan%3BPetkov%2C+John%3BDavid+Stewart%2C+Arthur&rft.aulast=Olds&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=936&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Sports+Sciences&rft.issn=02640414&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F02640414.2012.759660 LA - English DB - Physical Education Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-03-10 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Anthropometry DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.759660 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Thermally mediated body temperature, water content and aggregation behaviour in the intertidal gastropod Nerita atramentosa AN - 1352296171; 18006774 AB - Intertidal organisms are vulnerable to global warming as they already live at, or near to, the upper limit of their thermal tolerance window. The behaviour of ectotherms could, however, dampen their limited physiological abilities to respond to climate change (e.g. drier and warmer environmental conditions) which could substantially increase their survival rates. The behaviour of ectotherms is still mostly overlooked in climate change studies. Here, we investigate the potential of aggregation behaviour to compensate for climate change in an intertidal gastropod species (Nerita atramentosa) in South Australia. We used thermal imaging to investigate (1) the heterogeneity in individual snail water content and body temperature and surrounding substratum temperature on two topographically different habitats (i.e. rock platform and boulders) separated by 250 m at both day- and night-times, (2) the potential relationship between environment temperature (air and substratum) and snail water content and body temperature, and (3) the potential buffering effect of aggregation behaviour on snail water content and body temperature. Both substratum and snail temperature were more heterogeneous at small spatial scales (a few centimetres to a few metres) than between habitats. This reinforces the evidence that mobile intertidal ectotherms could survive locally under warmer conditions if they can locate and move behaviourally in local thermal refuges. N. atramentosa behaviour, water content and body temperature during emersion seem to be related to the thermal stability and local conditions of the habitat occupied. Aggregation behaviour reduces both desiccation and heat stresses but only on the boulder field. Further investigations are required to identify the different behavioural strategies used by ectothermic species to adapt to heat and dehydrating conditions at the habitat level. Ultimately, this information constitutes a fundamental prerequisite to implement conservation management plans for ectothermic species identified as vulnerable in the warming climate. JF - Ecological Research AU - Chapperon, Coraline AU - Bris, Cedric AU - Seuront, Laurent AD - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, coraline.chapperon@flinders.edu.au Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 407 EP - 416 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 28 IS - 3 SN - 0912-3814, 0912-3814 KW - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Spatial distribution KW - Body temperature KW - Australia, South Australia KW - Climatic changes KW - Climate change KW - Management plans KW - Survival KW - Air temperature KW - Substrate preferences KW - Nerita atramentosa KW - Desiccation KW - Thermal stability KW - Vulnerability KW - Temperature effects KW - Marine KW - Gastropoda KW - Temperature KW - Stress KW - Greenhouse effect KW - Habitat KW - Water content KW - imaging KW - Aggregation behavior KW - Community composition KW - Heat KW - Global warming KW - Conservation KW - Marine molluscs KW - Environmental conditions KW - Environment management KW - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies KW - Y 25150:General/Miscellaneous KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies KW - Q1 08422:Environmental effects KW - ENA 20:Weather Modification & Geophysical Change UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352296171?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ecological+Research&rft.atitle=Thermally+mediated+body+temperature%2C+water+content+and+aggregation+behaviour+in+the+intertidal+gastropod+Nerita+atramentosa&rft.au=Chapperon%2C+Coraline%3BBris%2C+Cedric%3BSeuront%2C+Laurent&rft.aulast=Chapperon&rft.aufirst=Coraline&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=28&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=407&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Ecological+Research&rft.issn=09123814&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11284-013-1030-4 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 51 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Community composition; Substrate preferences; Body temperature; Climate change; Marine molluscs; Vulnerability; Environmental conditions; Environment management; Climatic changes; Survival; Stress; Water content; Habitat; imaging; Air temperature; Aggregation behavior; Heat; Conservation; Global warming; Thermal stability; Desiccation; Spatial distribution; Temperature; Management plans; Greenhouse effect; Nerita atramentosa; Gastropoda; Australia, South Australia; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1030-4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Projected changes in wave climate from a multi-model ensemble AN - 1352290222; 17969882 AB - Future changes in wind-wave climate have broad implications for the operation and design of coastal, near- and off-shore industries and ecosystems, and may further exacerbate the anticipated vulnerabilities of coastal regions to projected sea-level rise. However, wind waves have received little attention in global assessments of projected future climate change. We present results from the first community-derived multi-model ensemble of wave-climate projections. We find an agreed projected decrease in annual mean significant wave height (H sub(S)) over 25.8% of the global ocean area. The area of projected decrease is greater during boreal winter (January-March, mean; 38.5% of the global ocean area) than austral winter (July-September, mean; 8.4%). A projected increase in annual mean H sub(S) is found over 7.1% of the global ocean, predominantly in the Southern Ocean, which is greater during austral winter (July-September; 8.8%). Increased Southern Ocean wave activity influences a larger proportion of the global ocean as swell propagates northwards into the other ocean basins, observed as an increase in annual mean wave period (T sub(M)) over 30.2% of the global ocean and associated rotation of the annual mean wave direction ([thetas] sub(M)). The multi-model ensemble is too limited to systematically sample total uncertainty associated with wave-climate projections. However, variance of wave-climate projections associated with study methodology dominates other sources of uncertainty (for example, climate scenario and model uncertainties). JF - Nature Climate Change AU - Hemer, Mark A AU - Fan, Yalin AU - Mori, Nobuhito AU - Semedo, Alvaro AU - Wang, Xiaolan L AD - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship and the Centre of Australian Weather and Climate Research: A Partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 471 EP - 476 PB - Nature Publishing Group, The Macmillan Building London N1 9XW United Kingdom VL - 3 IS - 5 SN - 1758-678X, 1758-678X KW - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Sea level KW - Ecosystems KW - Surface water waves KW - Climate change KW - Sea level rise KW - Winter KW - Wind waves KW - Ocean basins KW - Vulnerability KW - Ocean waves KW - Marine KW - Climate models KW - Significant wave height KW - Ocean wave heights KW - Swell KW - Coastal zone KW - Oceans KW - PS, Antarctic Ocean KW - Wave direction KW - Future climates KW - Sea level changes KW - Q2 09168:Wind waves KW - O 2010:Physical Oceanography KW - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583) KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352290222?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Nature+Climate+Change&rft.atitle=Projected+changes+in+wave+climate+from+a+multi-model+ensemble&rft.au=Hemer%2C+Mark+A%3BFan%2C+Yalin%3BMori%2C+Nobuhito%3BSemedo%2C+Alvaro%3BWang%2C+Xiaolan+L&rft.aulast=Hemer&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=471&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Nature+Climate+Change&rft.issn=1758678X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038%2Fnclimate1791 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-07-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Surface water waves; Climate change; Wind waves; Ocean basins; Significant wave height; Wave direction; Vulnerability; Swell; Sea level changes; Climate models; Ecosystems; Sea level rise; Ocean wave heights; Future climates; Ocean waves; Coastal zone; Sea level; Oceans; Winter; PS, Antarctic Ocean; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1791 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Electrical capacitance of bean (Vicia faba) root systems was related to tissue density-a test for the Dalton Model AN - 1352289706; 17949811 AB - Aims: The capacitance method offers a rapid and non-destructive method for root measurement. We tested a four terminal (4 T) capacitance (C, Farads) measurement circuit, which removes parasitic errors. We also tested the plausibility of Dalton Model's assumptions that roots act as cylindrical capacitors and that their entire length contributes to measured C. Methods: Faba bean (Vicia faba) was grown in sand and harvested at different ages to determine fresh root mass. Length and radii were determined using scanning software. Tissue density Ie was determined from observing buoyancy in water and from scanned dimensions. Relative permittivity epsilon sub( r ) was calculated using an empirical model fitted to the data. Results: Parasitic errors were small. C was a poor predictor of root dimensions. An empirical model L (C/Ie super( k )) super(m), was a reasonable predictor (R super(2)=0.56; P<0.05) of root length L and was not related to root allometry. This relation also allowed calculation of a plausible average value of epsilon sub( r ). Conclusions: The well-watered conditions ensured that contact resistances were low. It appeared that the entire root system was contributing to measured C and average calculated epsilon sub( r ) was plausible for cortex tissue, if roots were assumed to be cylindrical capacitors (i.e. the Dalton Model) JF - Plant and Soil AU - Ellis, Tim AU - Murray, Wayne AU - Kavalieris, Laimonis AD - CSIRO Land and Water, EcoSciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, 4001, QLD, Australia, tim.ellis@csiro.au PY - 2013 SP - 575 EP - 584 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 366 IS - 1-2 SN - 0032-079X, 0032-079X KW - Ecology Abstracts KW - Age KW - Data processing KW - Roots KW - Circuits KW - Capacitance KW - Beans KW - Models KW - Computer programs KW - software KW - Cortex KW - Scanning KW - Sand KW - Allometry KW - Vicia faba KW - Buoyancy KW - D 04030:Models, Methods, Remote Sensing UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352289706?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Plant+and+Soil&rft.atitle=Electrical+capacitance+of+bean+%28Vicia+faba%29+root+systems+was+related+to+tissue+density-a+test+for+the+Dalton+Model&rft.au=Ellis%2C+Tim%3BMurray%2C+Wayne%3BKavalieris%2C+Laimonis&rft.aulast=Ellis&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=366&rft.issue=1-2&rft.spage=575&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Plant+and+Soil&rft.issn=0032079X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11104-012-1424-z LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-05-01 N1 - Number of references - 35 N1 - Last updated - 2015-12-23 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Roots; Capacitance; Circuits; Beans; Models; Computer programs; software; Cortex; Scanning; Sand; Allometry; Buoyancy; Vicia faba DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1424-z ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review of the cost effectiveness of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. AN - 1352280942; 23568333 AB - Hypercholesterolaemia is a highly prevalent condition that has major health and cost implications for society. Pharmacotherapy is an important and effective treatment modality for hypercholesterolaemia, with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors ('statins') the most commonly used class of drugs. Over the past decade, there has been intensive research to identify pharmacogenetic markers to guide treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. This study aimed to review the evidence of incremental cost, effect and cost effectiveness of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. Three cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) were identified that studied the value of screening for genotypes of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), and kinesin family member 6 (KIF6) prior to initiating statin therapy. For all three CEAs, a major limitation identified was the reproducibility of the evidence supporting the clinical effect of screening for the pharmacogenetic marker. Associated issues included the uncertain value of pharmacogenetic markers over or in addition to existing approaches for monitoring lipid levels, and the lack of evidence to assess the effectiveness of alternative therapeutic options for individuals identified as poor responders to statin therapy. Finally, the economic context of the market for diagnostic tests (is it competitive or is there market power?) and the practicality of large-scale screening programmes to inform prescribing in a complex and varied market may limit the generalizability of the results of the specific CEAs to policy outcomes. The genotype of solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1 (SLCO1B1) has recently been associated with increased risk of muscle toxicity with statin therapy and the review identified that exploration of cost effectiveness of this pharmacogenetic marker is likely warranted. JF - PharmacoEconomics AU - Sorich, Michael J AU - Wiese, Michael D AU - O'Shea, Rebekah L AU - Pekarsky, Brita AD - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences and Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia. michael.sorich@unisa.edu.au Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 377 EP - 391 VL - 31 IS - 5 KW - Anticholesteremic Agents KW - 0 KW - Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins KW - Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors KW - Organic Anion Transporters KW - SLCO1B1 protein, human KW - Solute Carrier Organic Anion Transporter Family Member 1b1 KW - Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A KW - EC 3.4.15.1 KW - KIF6 protein, human KW - EC 3.6.1.- KW - Kinesin KW - EC 3.6.4.4 KW - Health technology assessment KW - Genotype KW - Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins -- genetics KW - Organic Anion Transporters -- genetics KW - Reproducibility of Results KW - Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors -- economics KW - Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A -- genetics KW - Humans KW - Cost-Benefit Analysis KW - Kinesin -- genetics KW - Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors -- therapeutic use KW - Hypercholesterolemia -- economics KW - Anticholesteremic Agents -- therapeutic use KW - Anticholesteremic Agents -- economics KW - Hypercholesterolemia -- genetics KW - Pharmacogenetics KW - Hypercholesterolemia -- drug therapy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1352280942?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=PharmacoEconomics&rft.atitle=Review+of+the+cost+effectiveness+of+pharmacogenetic-guided+treatment+of+hypercholesterolaemia.&rft.au=Sorich%2C+Michael+J%3BWiese%2C+Michael+D%3BO%27Shea%2C+Rebekah+L%3BPekarsky%2C+Brita&rft.aulast=Sorich&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=377&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=PharmacoEconomics&rft.issn=1179-2027&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs40273-013-0045-6 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2013-11-26 N1 - Date created - 2013-05-15 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40273-013-0045-6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Kaldor-Hicks-Goodwin-Tobin-Kalecki model of growth and distribution AN - 1335016597; 4430273 AB - This paper presents a Kaldorian model of growth that incorporates both Kaldor's theory of income distribution and his endogenous technical progress function. Growth is driven by demand-side forces that induce supply-side accommodation. The model incorporates Hicksian induced innovation; Goodwin Marxist style labor conflict that affects wage bill division between workers and managers; Tobin inflation effects; and Kalecki monopoly power effects. Unlike the neo-Kaleckian model, a Kaldorian economy operates at normal capacity utilization. Monopoly power plays a role as a barrier to entry rather than determining the functional distribution of income. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishers JF - Metroeconomica AU - Palley, Thomas I AD - American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 319 EP - 345 VL - 64 IS - 2 SN - 0026-1386, 0026-1386 KW - Economics KW - Barriers to entry KW - Innovation KW - Monopoly power KW - Growth models KW - Income distribution KW - Inflation theory UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1335016597?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Metroeconomica&rft.atitle=A+Kaldor-Hicks-Goodwin-Tobin-Kalecki+model+of+growth+and+distribution&rft.au=Palley%2C+Thomas+I&rft.aulast=Palley&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=64&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=319&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Metroeconomica&rft.issn=00261386&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fmeca.12009 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5678 8163; 8258 3980 9965; 6274 3641 12233; 6509 8231; 6564 12622; 1489 7720 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/meca.12009 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Characterising metal build-up on urban road surfaces. AN - 1317406005; 23416742 AB - Reliable approaches for predicting pollutant build-up are essential for accurate urban stormwater quality modelling. Based on the in-depth investigation of metal build-up on residential road surfaces, this paper presents empirical models for predicting metal loads on these surfaces. The study investigated metals commonly present in the urban environment. Analysis undertaken found that the build-up process for metals primarily originating from anthropogenic (copper and zinc) and geogenic (aluminium, calcium, iron and manganese) sources were different. Chromium and nickel were below detection limits. Lead was primarily associated with geogenic sources, but also exhibited a significant relationship with anthropogenic sources. The empirical prediction models developed were validated using an independent data set and found to have relative prediction errors of 12-50%, which is generally acceptable for complex systems such as urban road surfaces. Also, the predicted values were very close to the observed values and well within 95% prediction interval. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. JF - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) AU - Egodawatta, Prasanna AU - Ziyath, Abdul M AU - Goonetilleke, Ashantha AD - Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia. Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 87 EP - 91 VL - 176 KW - Metals KW - 0 KW - Soil Pollutants KW - Water Pollutants, Chemical KW - Index Medicus KW - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- analysis KW - Models, Chemical KW - Environmental Monitoring KW - Geologic Sediments -- chemistry KW - Metals -- analysis KW - Soil Pollutants -- analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1317406005?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+pollution+%28Barking%2C+Essex+%3A+1987%29&rft.atitle=Characterising+metal+build-up+on+urban+road+surfaces.&rft.au=Egodawatta%2C+Prasanna%3BZiyath%2C+Abdul+M%3BGoonetilleke%2C+Ashantha&rft.aulast=Egodawatta&rft.aufirst=Prasanna&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=176&rft.issue=&rft.spage=87&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+pollution+%28Barking%2C+Essex+%3A+1987%29&rft.issn=1873-6424&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2013.01.021 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2013-04-25 N1 - Date created - 2013-03-13 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - SuppNotes - Comment In: Environ Pollut. 2013 Nov;182:500-2 [23915539] Environ Pollut. 2013 Nov;182:503-6 [23948262] N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.021 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Geospatial modeling in assessment of biophysical resources for sustainable land resource management AN - 1291605090; 17650506 AB - In this study an attempt has been made to delineate distinct biophysical resource units, assess human carrying capacity and prioritize the areas through geospatial modeling in Geographic Information System (GIS) for sustainable management of land resource in Tirora tehsil of Gondia district, eastern Maharashtra, India. Distinct biophysical resource units have been delineated based on the geospatial modeling of biophysical parameters with appropriate weights in GIS. The analysis of human carrying capacity at village level shows that about 47 villages were under deficit and 75 villages under surplus in the availability of calories in the year 2001. The biophysical resource units and human carrying capacity units were integrated in GIS through geospatial modeling to prioritize the distinct areas. The results indicate that very high priority unit occupies 19.15 per cent area of the tehsil, where proper resource management measures need be taken up on priority basis. The study demonstrates the potential of geospatial modeling in prioritization of areas for sustainable management of land resources. JF - Tropical Ecology AU - Reddy, GPO AU - Sarkar, D AU - Prasad, J AU - Ramamurthy, V AD - National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440 033, India, obireddygp@gmail.com Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 227 EP - 238 VL - 54 IS - 2 SN - 0564-3295, 0564-3295 KW - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - Resource management KW - Calories KW - Remote sensing KW - Sustainable development KW - Resources Management KW - India KW - India, Maharashtra KW - Land Resources KW - Carrying Capacity KW - Assessments KW - Weight KW - Geographical Information Systems KW - Carrying capacity KW - Model Studies KW - Villages KW - Priorities KW - Geographic information systems KW - SW 5010:Network design KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development KW - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes KW - ENA 07:General KW - D 04060:Management and Conservation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1291605090?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tropical+Ecology&rft.atitle=Geospatial+modeling+in+assessment+of+biophysical+resources+for+sustainable+land+resource+management&rft.au=Reddy%2C+GPO%3BSarkar%2C+D%3BPrasad%2C+J%3BRamamurthy%2C+V&rft.aulast=Reddy&rft.aufirst=GPO&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=54&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=227&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Tropical+Ecology&rft.issn=05643295&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-15 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Calories; Carrying capacity; Geographic information systems; Resource management; Villages; Remote sensing; Priorities; Sustainable development; Land Resources; Carrying Capacity; Weight; Assessments; Resources Management; Geographical Information Systems; Model Studies; India, Maharashtra; India ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Egypt and the IMF: Overview and Issues for Congress AN - 1761660201; 2011-905325 AB - This report provides an overview of the economic situation in post-revolution Egypt and negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It also analyzes why an IMF program is controversial in Egypt and the relationship between an IMF program for Egypt and US foreign policy goals in the region. It discusses the IMF program from a congressional perspective, including how debt relief for Egypt has been tied to an IMF program and legislation that would condition US bilateral economic assistance to Egypt on an IMF program. Tables, Figures. JF - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 29 2013, 25 pp. AU - Nelson, Rebecca M AU - Sharp, Jeremy M Y1 - 2013/04/29/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 29 PB - Federation of American Scientists KW - United States KW - Egypt KW - International monetary fund KW - Economic assistance KW - Debt relief KW - Foreign relations KW - Legislation KW - Negotiation KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1761660201?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Nelson%2C+Rebecca+M%3BSharp%2C+Jeremy+M&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Rebecca&rft.date=2013-04-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Egypt+and+the+IMF%3A+Overview+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.title=Egypt+and+the+IMF%3A+Overview+and+Issues+for+Congress&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43053.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2016-02-01 N1 - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R43053 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests AN - 1504417686; 2011-564918 AB - Russia made uneven progress in democratization during the 1990s, but this limited progress was reversed after Vladimir Putin rose to power in 1999-2000, according to many observers. During this period, the State Duma (lower legislative chamber) became dominated by government-approved parties, gubernatorial elections were abolished, and the government consolidated ownership or control over major media and industries, including the energy sector. The Putin government showed low regard for the rule of law and human rights in suppressing insurgency. Since Putin's re-election, he appears to be tightening restrictions on freedom of assembly and other human rights. Tables. JF - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Apr 29 2013, 83 pp. AU - Nichol, Jim Y1 - 2013/04/29/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 29 PB - Congressional Research Reports for the People KW - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations KW - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy KW - Human rights - Civil and political rights KW - Politics - Elections and voting KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich KW - Human rights KW - Rule of law KW - Elections KW - Liberty KW - Insurgency KW - Russian Federation KW - Energy sector KW - Industry KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1504417686?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Nichol%2C+Jim&rft.aulast=Nichol&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.date=2013-04-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Russian+Political%2C+Economic%2C+and+Security+Issues+and+U.S.+Interests&rft.title=Russian+Political%2C+Economic%2C+and+Security+Issues+and+U.S.+Interests&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - https://opencrs.com/document/RL33407/2013-04-29/download/1005/ LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2014-03-01 N1 - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL33407 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Exercise Attenuates PCB-Induced Changes in the Mouse Gut Microbiome AN - 1660046207; 18211214 AB - Background: The gut microbiome, a dynamic bacterial community that interacts with the host, is integral to human health because it regulates energy metabolism and immune functions. The gut microbiome may also play a role in risks from environmental toxicants. Objectives: We investigated the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and exercise on the composition and structure of the gut microbiome in mice. Methods: After mice exercised voluntarily for 5 weeks, they were treated by oral gavage with a mixture of environmentally relevant PCB congeners (PCB153, PCB138, and PCB180; total PCB dose, 150 mu mol/kg) for 2 days. We then assessed the microbiome by determination of 16S rRNA using microarray analysis. Results: Oral exposure to PCBs significantly altered the abundance of the gut microbiome in mice primarily by decreasing the levels of Proteobacteria. The activity level of the mice correlated with a substantial shift in abundance, biodiversity, and composition of the microbiome. Importantly, exercise attenuated PCB-induced changes in the gut microbiome. Conclusions: Our results show that oral exposure to PCBs can induce substantial changes in the gut microbiome, which may then influence their systemic toxicity. These changes can be attenuated by behavioral factors, such as voluntary exercise. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Choi, Jeong June AU - Eum, Sung Yong AU - Rampersaud, Evadnie AU - Daunert, Sylvia AU - Abreu, Maria T AU - Toborek, Michal AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Y1 - 2013/04/26/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 26 SP - 725 EP - 730 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 6 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE) KW - environmental toxicants KW - exercise KW - gut microbiome KW - polychlorinated biphenyls KW - PhyloChip KW - Bacteria KW - Polychlorinated biphenyls KW - Abundance KW - Microorganisms KW - Attenuation KW - Mice KW - Health KW - Toxicity UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1660046207?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvironmentalengabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Exercise+Attenuates+PCB-Induced+Changes+in+the+Mouse+Gut+Microbiome&rft.au=Choi%2C+Jeong+June%3BEum%2C+Sung+Yong%3BRampersaud%2C+Evadnie%3BDaunert%2C+Sylvia%3BAbreu%2C+Maria+T%3BToborek%2C+Michal&rft.aulast=Choi&rft.aufirst=Jeong&rft.date=2013-04-26&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=725&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1306534 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-08-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-04 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306534 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Blood Lead Levels and Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Concentrations in Peripubertal Boys AN - 1492654314; 18970793 AB - Background: Childhood lead exposure has been associated with growth delay. However, the association between blood lead levels (BLLs) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) has not been characterized in a large cohort with low-level lead exposure. Methods: We recruited 394 boys 8-9 years of age from an industrial Russian town in 2003-2005 and followed them annually thereafter. We used linear regression models to estimate the association of baseline BLLs with serum IGF-1 concentration at two follow-up visits (ages 10-11 and 12-13 years), adjusting for demographic and socioeconomic covariates. Results: At study entry, median BLL was 3 mu g/dL (range, < 0.5-31 mu g/dL), most boys (86%) were prepubertal, and mean plus or minus SD height and BMI z-scores were 0.14 plus or minus 1.0 and -0.2 plus or minus 1.3, respectively. After adjustment for covariates, the mean follow-up IGF-1 concentration was 29.2 ng/mL lower (95% CI: -43.8, -14.5) for boys with high versus low BLL ( greater than or equal to 5 mu g/dL or < 5 mu g/dL); this difference persisted after further adjustment for pubertal status. The association of BLL with IGF-1 was stronger for mid-pubertal than prepubertal boys (p = 0.04). Relative to boys with BLLs < 2 mu g/dL, adjusted mean IGF-1 concentrations decreased by 12.8 ng/mL (95% CI: -29.9, 4.4) for boys with BLLs of 3-4 mu g/dL; 34.5 ng/mL (95% CI: -53.1, -16.0) for BLLs 5-9 mu g/dL; and 60.4 ng/mL (95% CI: -90.9, -29.9) for BLLs greater than or equal to 10 mu g/dL. Conclusions: In peripubertal boys with low-level lead exposure, higher BLLs were associated with lower serum IGF-1. Inhibition of the hypothalamic-pituitary-growth axis may be one possible pathway by which lead exposure leads to growth delay. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Fleisch, Abby F AU - Burns, Jane S AU - Williams, Paige L AU - Lee, Mary M AU - Sergeyev, Oleg AU - Korrick, Susan A AU - Hauser, Russ AD - Department of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Y1 - 2013/04/26/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 26 SP - 854 EP - 858 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - cohort studies, growth, insulin-like growth factor 1, lead KW - puberty KW - Insulin-like growth factor I KW - Age KW - Hypothalamus KW - Body mass KW - Socioeconomics KW - Children KW - Towns KW - Lead KW - Blood levels KW - Models KW - Demography KW - Blood KW - Socio-economic aspects KW - Insulin-like growth factors KW - Regression analysis KW - Growth factors KW - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health KW - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492654314?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Blood+Lead+Levels+and+Serum+Insulin-Like+Growth+Factor+1+Concentrations+in+Peripubertal+Boys&rft.au=Fleisch%2C+Abby+F%3BBurns%2C+Jane+S%3BWilliams%2C+Paige+L%3BLee%2C+Mary+M%3BSergeyev%2C+Oleg%3BKorrick%2C+Susan+A%3BHauser%2C+Russ&rft.aulast=Fleisch&rft.aufirst=Abby&rft.date=2013-04-26&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=854&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1206105 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Socio-economic aspects; Blood; Insulin-like growth factor I; Hypothalamus; Age; Insulin-like growth factors; Regression analysis; Children; Lead; Models; Body mass; Socioeconomics; Growth factors; Towns; Blood levels DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206105 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Risk of Incident Diabetes in Relation to Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in Ontario, Canada AN - 1492649629; 18970792 AB - Background: Laboratory studies suggest that fine particulate matter ( less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in diameter; PM2.5) can activate pathophysiological responses that may induce insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, epidemiological evidence relating PM2.5 and diabetes is sparse, particularly for incident diabetes. Objectives: We conducted a population-based cohort study to determine whether long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 is associated with incident diabetes. Methods: We assembled a cohort of 62,012 nondiabetic adults who lived in Ontario, Canada, and completed one of five population-based health surveys between 1996 and 2005. Follow-up extended until 31 December 2010. Incident diabetes diagnosed between 1996 and 2010 was ascertained using the Ontario Diabetes Database, a validated registry of persons diagnosed with diabetes (sensitivity = 86%, specificity = 97%). Six-year average concentrations of PM2.5 at the postal codes of baseline residences were derived from satellite observations. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the associations, adjusting for various individual-level risk factors and contextual covariates such as smoking, body mass index, physical activity, and neighborhood-level household income. We also conducted multiple sensitivity analyses. In addition, we examined effect modification for selected comorbidities and sociodemographic characteristics. Results: There were 6,310 incident cases of diabetes over 484,644 total person-years of follow-up. The adjusted hazard ratio for a 10- mu g/m3 increase in PM2.5 was 1.11 (95% CI: 1.02, 1.21). Estimated associations were comparable among all sensitivity analyses. We did not find strong evidence of effect modification by comorbidities or sociodemographic covariates. Conclusions: This study suggests that long-term exposure to PM2.5 may contribute to the development of diabetes. JF - Environmental Health Perspectives AU - Chen, Hong AU - Burnett, Richard T AU - Kwong, Jeffrey C AU - Villeneuve, Paul J AU - Goldberg, Mark S AU - Brook, Robert D AU - van Donkelaar, Aaron AU - Jerrett, Michael AU - Martin, Randall V AU - Brook, Jeffrey R AU - Copes, Ray AD - Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Y1 - 2013/04/26/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 26 SP - 804 EP - 810 PB - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States VL - 121 IS - 7 SN - 0091-6765, 0091-6765 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - cohort study KW - diabetes KW - particulate air pollution KW - Canada, Ontario KW - Body mass KW - Physical activity KW - Particulate matter KW - Remote sensing KW - Particulates KW - Morbidity KW - Insulin KW - Income KW - Models KW - Smoking KW - Risk factors KW - Particle size KW - Sensitivity KW - Satellites KW - Diabetes mellitus KW - Databases KW - Sensitivity analysis KW - Households KW - Body mass index KW - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse KW - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma KW - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health KW - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1492649629?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.atitle=Risk+of+Incident+Diabetes+in+Relation+to+Long-term+Exposure+to+Fine+Particulate+Matter+in+Ontario%2C+Canada&rft.au=Chen%2C+Hong%3BBurnett%2C+Richard+T%3BKwong%2C+Jeffrey+C%3BVilleneuve%2C+Paul+J%3BGoldberg%2C+Mark+S%3BBrook%2C+Robert+D%3Bvan+Donkelaar%2C+Aaron%3BJerrett%2C+Michael%3BMartin%2C+Randall+V%3BBrook%2C+Jeffrey+R%3BCopes%2C+Ray&rft.aulast=Chen&rft.aufirst=Hong&rft.date=2013-04-26&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=804&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Health+Perspectives&rft.issn=00916765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1289%2Fehp.1205958 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-05-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diabetes mellitus; Smoking; Databases; Risk factors; Physical activity; Particulate matter; Body mass index; Satellites; Insulin; Models; Particle size; Sensitivity; Body mass; Remote sensing; Particulates; Morbidity; Income; Sensitivity analysis; Households; Canada, Ontario DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205958 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform AN - 1735655715; 2011-899475 AB - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates a number of disability-related telecommunications services, including video relay service (VRS). VRS allows persons with hearing disabilities, using American Sign Language (ASL), to communicate with voice telephone users through video equipment, rather than through typed text. In June 2010, the FCC began a comprehensive review of the rates, structure, and practices of the VRS program in order to reform the VRS program, which had long been burdened by waste, fraud, and abuse, and by compensation rates that had become inflated above actual cost. Tables, Figures. JF - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, Apr 23 2013, 7 pp. AU - Figliola, Patricia Moloney Y1 - 2013/04/23/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Apr 23 PB - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center KW - Cost KW - United States Federal communications commission KW - Equipment KW - Telephone KW - Fraud KW - Disabled KW - Hearing KW - Telecommunications KW - Languages KW - book UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735655715?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/PAIS+Index&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=Figliola%2C+Patricia+Moloney&rft.aulast=Figliola&rft.aufirst=Patricia&rft.date=2013-04-23&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=Video+Relay+Service%3A+Program+Funding+and+Reform&rft.title=Video+Relay+Service%3A+Program+Funding+and+Reform&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/R42830_130423.pdf LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Publication note - IP Mall - Pierce Law Center, 2013 N1 - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42830 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 ER -