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The Pioneer In Modern Physical Culture Methods
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supp_fig_3_(1) - Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study
No full textsupp_fig_3_(1) for Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study by J Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Robert H Gilman, Liam Smeeth, German Malaga, Robert A Wise, William Checkley and CRONICAS Cohort Study Group in Journal of Comorbidity</p
supp_fig_2_(1) - Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study
No full textsupp_fig_2_(1) for Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study by J Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Robert H Gilman, Liam Smeeth, German Malaga, Robert A Wise, William Checkley and CRONICAS Cohort Study Group in Journal of Comorbidity</p
Supp_fig_(1) - Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study
No full textSupp_fig_(1) for Multimorbidity at sea level and high-altitude urban and rural settings: The CRONICAS Cohort Study by J Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Robert H Gilman, Liam Smeeth, German Malaga, Robert A Wise, William Checkley and CRONICAS Cohort Study Group in Journal of Comorbidity</p
CRONICAS Cohort Study | Baseline | Multimorbidity
No full textThe CRONICAS Cohort Study is a longitudinal study performed in four Peruvian settings that differ by degree of urbanisation, level of outdoor and indoor pollution, and altitude.The CRONICAS Cohort Study protocol and variables are described in full in:Miranda JJ, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Smeeth L, Gilman RH, Checkley W; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group. Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: the CRONICAS cohort study protocol. BMJ Open 2012;2(1):e000610.In this collection we make available the dataset and code for the analysis of multimorbidity using the baseline data.</div
Effects of a household air pollution intervention using liquefied petroleum gas stoves, continuous fuel distribution and behavioural messaging on dietary and sodium intake of adult women in Puno, Peru: a randomised controlled trial
No full textObjective: Household air pollution (HAP) is a widespread environmental exposure worldwide. While several cleaner fuel interventions have been implemented to reduce personal exposures to HAP, it is unclear if cooking with cleaner fuels also affects the choice of meals and dietary intake. Design: Individually randomised, open-label controlled trial of a HAP intervention. We aimed to determine the effect of a HAP intervention on dietary and Na intake. Intervention participants received a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove, continuous fuel delivery and behavioural messaging during 1 year whereas control participants continued with usual cooking practices that involved the use of biomass-burning stoves. Dietary outcomes included energy, energy-adjusted macronutrients and Na intake at baseline, 6 months and 12 months post-randomisation using 24-h dietary recalls and 24-h urine. We used t-tests to estimate differences between arms in the post-randomisation period. Setting: Rural settings in Puno, Peru. Participants: One hundred women aged 25-64 years. Results: At baseline, control and intervention participants were similar in age (47·4 v. 49·5 years) and had similar daily energy (8894·3 kJ v. 8295·5 kJ), carbohydrate (370·8 g v. 373·3 g) and Na intake (4·9 g v. 4·8 g). One year after randomisation, we did not find differences in average energy intake (9292·4 kJ v. 8788·3 kJ; P = 0·22) or Na intake (4·5 g v. 4·6 g; P = 0·79) between control and intervention participants. Conclusions: Our HAP intervention consisting of an LPG stove, continuous fuel distribution and behavioural messaging did not affect dietary and Na intake in rural Peru.Financial Support: The Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution (CHAP) trial was supported by the United States National Institutes of Health through the following Institutes and Centers: Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Cancer Institute, and Centers for Disease Control under award numbers U01TW010107 and U2RTW010114 (MPIs: Checkley, Gonzales, Naeher, Steenland). This trial was additionally supported in part by the Clean Cooking Alliance of the United Nations Foundation UNF-16-810 (PI: Checkley). Mrs. Tarazona-Meza is supported in part by Fogarty International Center Training Grant D43TW011502 (PI: Checkley). Dr. Williams and Dr. Kephart, were supported by United States National Institutes of Health Research Training Grant D43TW009340 (MPIs: Buekens, Checkley, Chi, Kondwani) funded by United States National Institutes of Health through the following Institutes and Centers: Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Mental Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Kephart, Dr. Williams, and Dr. Fandiño-Del-Rio, were supported by a Global Established Multidisciplinary Sites award from the Center for Global Health at Johns Hopkins University (PI: Checkley). Dr. Kephart was further supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award number T32ES007141 (PI: Wills-Karp). Dr. Williams was supported by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number T32HL007534 (PI: Wise). Dr. Simkovich was supported by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers T32HL007534 (PI: Wise) and F32HL143909 (PI: Simkovich) and the Lietman Fellowship award of Centre for Global Health at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fandiño-Del-Rio was supported by the David Leslie Swift Fund of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Our Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training field center in Puno, Peru, also received generous support from Mr. William and Bonnie Clarke III and the COPD Discovery Award from Johns Hopkins Universit
Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: the CRONICAS cohort study protocol.
No full textBackground The rise in non-communicable diseases in developing countries has gained increased attention. Given that around 80% of deaths related to non-communicable diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries, there is a need for local knowledge to address such problems. Longitudinal studies can provide valuable information about disease burden of non-communicable diseases in Latin America to inform both public health and clinical settings. Methods The CRONICAS cohort is a longitudinal study performed in three Peruvian settings that differ by degree of urbanisation, level of outdoor and indoor pollution and altitude. The author sought to enrol an age- and sex-stratified random sample of 1000 participants at each site. Study procedures include questionnaires on socio-demographics and well-known risk factors for cardiopulmonary disease, blood draw, anthropometry and body composition, blood pressure and spirometry before and after bronchodilators. All participants will be visited at baseline, at 20 and 40 months. A random sample of 100 households at each site will be assessed for 24 h particulate matter concentration. Primary outcomes include prevalence of risk factors for cardiopulmonary diseases, changes in blood pressure and blood glucose over time and decline in lung function. Discussion There is an urgent need to characterise the prevalence and burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Peru is a middle-income country currently undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition. This longitudinal study will provide valuable information on cardiopulmonary outcomes in three different settings and will provide a platform to address potential interventions that are locally relevant or applicable to other similar settings in Latin America
Pitt Law Faculty 1949-50
No full textBlack and white photograph of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Faculty for the 1949-50 academic year. Image depicts front row (l. to r.) W. Edward Sell, Dean Judson Crane, Charles B. Nutting, Robert Brown, Harold Reuschlein; back row (l. to r.) William Schultz, Thomas Checkley, Herbert Shermanhttps://scholarship.law.pitt.edu/pitt-law-faculty-photographs-group/1002/thumbnail.jp
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The Santa Barbara Basin Fish Assemblage in the Last Two Millennia Inferred from Otoliths in Sediment Cores
No full textThe Santa Barbara Basin (SBB) fish assemblage over the last two millennia was examined using fish otoliths recovered from sediment cores. In Chapter 2, the hypothesis that otolith shape and elemental composition can be used to accurately discriminate between common southern California Current System fish taxa was tested. Digital images of 905 sagittal otoliths, representing 6 major taxonomic-based groups, were used to develop geometric (GEO) and elliptic Fourier (EF) shape measurements and a subset of 143 otoliths also analyzed for trace elements (ELM). Results indicate that random forest analysis was superior to discriminant function analysis and GEO features outperformed EF and ELM features for classification. Highest classification accuracy (96.3%) resulted from using the 10 strongest discriminatory features, which included a mixture of GEO, EF, and ELM features.In Chapter 3, fossil otoliths (n = 1188) recovered from 3 Kasten and one box core sampled in the SBB were classified to taxonomic group by expert opinion (EO) and, after measuring shape and elemental features, by using the classification models developed in Chapter 2. Results of the EO and feature-based classification methods agreed strongly for the most abundant taxa and indicated that Myctophidae (52.7%) and Bathylagidae (31.5%) have dominated the forage fish assemblage in the SBB over the last two millennia. Less abundant taxa include Merlucciidae (6.9%), Sebastidae (4.8%), and Engraulidae (3.9%). Taxa displayed similar periods of variability on the decadal (50-90 years) and century scale (200 +/-50 years).In Chapter 4, the relation of climate and SBB fish assemblage was investigated by comparing the otolith deposition rate (ODR) record with proxies of climate over the same period. Results indicate coherence between the ODR of Myctophidae, Bathylagidae, Engraulidae, and Sebastidae, which display significant correlation with temperature-based climate indices. The coherent pattern in several fish populations and basin-wide climate variability observed over off the coast of Southern California demonstrate the role of climatic forcing in regulating forage fish populations over the past two millennia. Our results provide baseline composition data and an increase understanding of natural variability of SBB fish populations
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