TY  - JOUR
T1  - A perceptually regulated, graded exercise test predicts peak oxygen uptake during treadmill exercise in active and sedentary participants
AN  - 1837343812; 18533245
AB  - The validity of predicting peak oxygen uptake ($$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$) in sedentary participants from a perceptually regulated exercise test (PRET) is limited to two cycle ergometry studies. We assessed the validity of a treadmill-based PRET. Active (n = 49; 40.7 plus or minus 13.8 years) and sedentary (n = 26; 33.4 plus or minus 13.2 y) participants completed two PRETS (PRET 1 and PRET2), requiring a change in speed or incline corresponding to ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) 9, 11, 13 and 15. Extrapolation of RPE: $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{2} $$ data to RPE 19 and 20 from the RPE 9-13 and 9-15 ranges were used to estimate $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$, and compared to $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$ from a graded exercise test (GXT). The $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{2} $$ :heart rate (HR) data ( greater than or equal to RPE 15) from the GXT were also extrapolated to age-predicted maximal HR (HRmax sub(pred)) to provide further estimation of $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$. ANOVA revealed no significant differences between $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$ predictions from the RPE 9-15 range for PRET 1 and PRET 2 when extrapolated to RPE 19 in both active (54.3 plus or minus 7.4; 52.9 plus or minus 8.1 ml kg super(-1) min super(-1)) and sedentary participants (34.1 plus or minus 10.2; 34.2 plus or minus 9.6 ml kg super(-1) min super(-1)) and no difference between the HRmax sub(pred) method and measured $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$ from the GXT for active (53.3 plus or minus 10.0; 53.9 plus or minus 7.5 ml kg super(-1) min super(-1), respectively) and sedentary participants (33.6 plus or minus 8.4, 34.4 plus or minus 7.0 ml kg super(-1) min super(-1), respectively). A single treadmill-based PRET using RPE 9-15 range extrapolated to RPE 19 is a valid means of predicting $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{peak}}}} $$ in young and middle to older-aged individuals of varying activity and fitness levels.
JF  - European Journal of Applied Physiology
AU  - Eston, Roger
AU  - Evans, Harrison
AU  - Faulkner, James
AU  - Lambrick, Danielle
AU  - Al-Rahamneh, Harran
AU  - Parfitt, Gaynor
AD  - School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Centenary Building, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia, Roger.Eston@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/10//
PY  - 2012
DA  - October 2012
SP  - 3459
EP  - 3468
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 112
IS  - 10
SN  - 1439-6319, 1439-6319
KW  - Physical Education Index
KW  - Fitness
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Exercise physiology
KW  - Speed
KW  - Ergometry
KW  - Perceived exertion
KW  - Validity
KW  - Heart rate
KW  - Youth
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2016-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 51
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fitness; Measurement; Speed; Exercise physiology; Perceived exertion; Ergometry; Heart rate; Validity; Youth
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-012-2326-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Taxonomy for rainfall events based on pollutant wash-off potential in urban areas
AN  - 1642285462; 18930478
AB  - Conventional rainfall classification for modelling and prediction is quantity based. This approach can lead to inaccuracies in stormwater quality modelling due to the assignment of stochastic pollutant parameters to a rainfall event. A taxonomy for natural rainfall events in the context of stormwater quality is presented based on an in-depth investigation of the influence of rainfall characteristics on stormwater quality. In the research study, the natural rainfall events were classified into three types based on average rainfall intensity and rainfall duration and the classification was found to be independent of the catchment characteristics. The proposed taxonomy provides an innovative concept in stormwater quality modelling and prediction and will contribute to enhancing treatment design for stormwater quality mitigation.
JF  - Ecological Engineering
AU  - Liu, A
AU  - Goonetilleke, A
AU  - Egodawatta, P
AD  - School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia a.goonetilleke@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/10//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Oct 2012
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 47
SN  - 0925-8574, 0925-8574
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Classification
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Taxonomy
KW  - Stormwater
KW  - Models
KW  - Modelling
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-01-06
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Associations between Nighttime Traffic Noise and Sleep: The Finnish Public Sector Study
AN  - 1285096862; 17615804
AB  - Background: Associations between traffic noise and sleep problems have been detected in experimental studies, but population-level evidence is scarce. Objectives: We studied the relationship between the levels of nighttime traffic noise and sleep disturbances and identified vulnerable population groups. Methods: Noise levels of nighttime-outdoor traffic were modeled based on the traffic intensities in the cities of Helsinki and Vantaa, Finland. In these cities, 7,019 public sector employees (81% women) responded to postal surveys on sleep and health. We linked modeled outdoor noise levels to the residences of the employees who responded to the postal survey. We used logistic regression models to estimate associations of noise levels with subjectively assessed duration of sleep and symptoms of insomnia (i.e., difficulties falling asleep, waking up frequently during the night, waking up too early in the morning, nonrestorative sleep). We also used stratified models to investigate the possibility of vulnerable subgroups. Results: For the total study population, exposure to levels of nighttime-outside (Lnight, outside) traffic noise > 55 dB was associated with any insomnia symptom greater than or equal to 2 nights per week [odds ratio (OR) = 1.32; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05, 1.65]. Among participants with higher trait anxiety scores, which we hypothesized were a proxy for noise sensitivity, the ORs for any insomnia symptom at exposures to Lnight, outside traffic noises 50.1-55 dB and > 55 dB versus less than or equal to 45 dB were 1.34 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.80) and 1.61 (95% CI: 1.07, 2.42), respectively. Conclusions: Nighttime traffic noise levels > 50 dB Lnight, outside was associated with insomnia symptoms among persons with higher scores for trait anxiety. For the total study population, Lnight, outside > 55 dB was positively associated with any symptoms.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Halonen, Jaana I
AU  - Vahtera, Jussi
AU  - Stansfeld, Stephen
AU  - Yli-Tuomi, Tarja
AU  - Salo, Paula
AU  - Pentti, Jaana
AU  - Kivimaeki, Mika
AU  - Lanki, Timo
AD  - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Y1  - 2012/10/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Oct 01
SP  - 1391
EP  - 1396
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - cohort study
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - sleep disturbance
KW  - traffic noise
KW  - Cities
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Finland
KW  - Public sector
KW  - Noise levels
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Finland, Etelae-Suomi, Helsinki
KW  - Traffic
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sensitivity; Cities; Public sector; Noise levels; Vulnerability; Traffic; Finland; Finland, Etelae-Suomi, Helsinki
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205026
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Establishing meal patterns by Lickometry in the marmoset Monkey (Callithrix jacchus): translational applications from the bench to the field and the clinic
AN  - 1114288291; 4351990
AB  - The ability to measure and interpret variables associated with feeding behavior and food intake is essential to a variety of nonhuman primate study modalities. The development of a technique to accurately and efficiently measure food intake and meal patterning in captivity will enhance both the interpretation of foraging behavior in the wild as well as our ability to model clinically relevant human feeding pathologies. In this study, we successfully developed the use of a rodent lickometer system to monitor meal patterning in captive common marmosets. We describe the modifications necessary for this type of instrumentation to be used successfully with marmosets. We define variables of interest that relate to both previous rodent literature and human clinical measures. Finally, we relate our findings to potential translational value for both primate field research and biomedical applications. Am. J. Primatol. 74:901-914, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Copyright John Wiley & Sons. Reproduced with permission. An electronic version of this article is available online at http://www.interscience.wiley.com
JF  - American journal of primatology
AU  - Ross, Corinna N
AU  - Power, Michael L
AU  - Tardif, Suzette D
AD  - University of Texas Health Science Center ; National Zoological Park ; American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Y1  - 2012/10//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Oct 2012
SP  - 901
EP  - 914
VL  - 74
IS  - 10
SN  - 0275-2565, 0275-2565
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Habitats
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Pathology
KW  - Primate behaviour
KW  - Research
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LA  - English
DB  - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-12
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-16
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 4853 5114; 5706; 2056 10902; 10144 10148 10149 1542 11325; 10902; 9269
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22043
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hotspots of diversity of wild Australian soybean relatives and their conservation in situ
AN  - 1069204332; 17156789
AB  - Mapping diversity hotspots of key species, such as the crop wild relatives, is an essential task for their conservation and for their further exploration. In this paper, we develop and apply methods to locate centres of species richness (SR), endemism, phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic endemism (PE) for the Australian perennial diploid species of Glycine (Fabaceae). The study taxa are congeneric with the cultivated soybean Glycine max. The DNA sequence data for the phylogenetic analysis are histone H3D gene sequences for these Glycine species. The highest 2.5 % grid cell scores of diversity were defined as the Glycine diversity "hotspots". The hotspots for the four types of diversity are located in the Kimberley district Western Australia, the Wet Tropics and south-eastern Queensland. The observed frequency distribution of SR values were compared with a theoretical distribution that assumed a species-specific but geographically constant probability for the occurrence of each individual species. The comparison showed broad trends of geographic dispersion overlaying localised high diversity. Simulations of endemism scores supported these themes. No grid cell scored highly for all four diversity metrics, as each index captured specific types of diversity. The inclusion of phylogenetic data pinpointed new areas of biodiversity that were less obvious from other metrics. The Kimberley district emerged as a crucial centre of Glycine diversity with two related lineages of narrowly endemic species. Overall, ~16 % of the endemism centres, and 24 % of the PE centres are conserved in situ in protected areas.
JF  - Conservation Genetics
AU  - Gonzalez-Orozco, Carlos E
AU  - Brown, Anthony HD
AU  - Knerr, Nunzio
AU  - Miller, Joseph T
AU  - Doyle, Jeff J
AD  - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT, 2601, GPO Box 1600, Australia, carlos.gonzalezorozco@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/10//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Oct 2012
SP  - 1269
EP  - 1281
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 13
IS  - 5
SN  - 1566-0621, 1566-0621
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Genetics Abstracts
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Conservation genetics
KW  - Crops
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Diploids
KW  - Endemic species
KW  - Endemism
KW  - Histones
KW  - Hot spots
KW  - Nucleotide sequence
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Soybeans
KW  - Species richness
KW  - Taxa
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley
KW  - Glycine max
KW  - Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Fabaceae
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - G 07800:Plants and Algae
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-12-03
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Phylogeny; Endemic species; Histones; Data processing; Diploids; Hot spots; Nucleotide sequence; Biodiversity; Conservation genetics; Crops; Species richness; Soybeans; Endemism; Simulation; Conservation; Taxa; Fabaceae; Glycine max; Australia, Queensland; Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley; Australia, Western Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0370-x
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Resistance Training in Older Adults: Are Community-Based Interventions Effective for Improving Health Outcomes?
AN  - 1069193413; 17088908
AB  - Sarcopenia is associated with substantial health and economic consequences and is emerging as a major public health problem in the older population. The effects of sarcopenia may increase the risk for adverse health outcomes in older adults, and strategies need to be developed to maintain healthy aging. Although several intervention strategies have been proposed, resistance training (RT) has been suggested as the most effective stimulus for optimizing improvements in physical function and body composition with age. Although RT has been established as a safe and efficacious intervention for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia, very few older adults regularly participate in RT programs. Community-based RT programs may be a feasible strategy because of their accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and lower-intensity training stimuli. However, the effects of these interventions on health outcomes in older adults have not been adequately reviewed. This report will describe the health effects associated with sarcopenia and summarize the major findings from community-based RT interventions on different health outcomes in older adults. Finally, it is suggested that all older adults who demonstrate the ability to safely participate in RT comply with the guidelines recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine.
JF  - American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
AU  - Straight, Chad R
AU  - Lofgren, Ingrid E
AU  - Delmonico, Matthew J
AD  - The Department of Kinesiology (CRS, MJD) and Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences (IEL), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Y1  - 2012/10//
PY  - 2012
DA  - October 2012
SP  - 407
EP  - 414
PB  - Sage Publications Ltd., 6 Bonhill St. London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom
VL  - 6
IS  - 5
SN  - 1559-8276, 1559-8276
KW  - Physical Education Index; Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - sarcopenia
KW  - aging
KW  - exercise
KW  - health
KW  - function
KW  - Training
KW  - Preventive health
KW  - Community involvement
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Aging
KW  - Strategy
KW  - Gerontology
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Health
KW  - Adults
KW  - Resistance exercise
KW  - Accessibility
KW  - Public health
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Economics
KW  - Training (programs)
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index; ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Number of references - 49
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Preventive health; Training (programs); Strategy; Gerontology; Health; Resistance exercise; Adults; Accessibility; Public health; Prevention; Training; Reviews; Community involvement; Aging; Economics; Guidelines; Intervention
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559827612437715
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Israel: Possible Military Strike against Iran's Nuclear Facilities
AN  - 1735655655; 2011-899537
AB  - Several published reports indicate that top Israeli decisionmakers are seriously considering whether to order a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, and if so, when. Twice in Israel's history, it has conducted air strikes aimed at halting or delaying what Israeli policymakers believed to be efforts to acquire nuclear weapons by a Middle Eastern state. Today, Israeli officials generally view the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran as an unacceptable threat to Israeli security -- with some describing it as an existential threat. This report analyzes key factors that may influence Israeli political decisions relating to a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 28 2012, 57 pp.
AU  - Zanotti, Jim
AU  - Katzman, Kenneth
AU  - Gertler, Jeremiah
AU  - Hildreth, Steven A
Y1  - 2012/09/28/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Threats
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - Atomic weapons
KW  - Israel
KW  - book
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L2  - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R42443.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2015-12-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42443
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exposure of Rats to Environmental Tobacco Smoke during Cerebellar Development Alters Behavior and Perturbs Mitochondrial Energetics
AN  - 1677943120; 17649940
AB  - Background: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is linked to developmental deficits and disorders with known cerebellar involvement. However, direct biological effects and underlying neurochemical mechanisms remain unclear. Objectives: We sought to identify and evaluate underlying neurochemical change in the rat cerebellum with ETS exposure during critical period development. Methods: We exposed rats to daily ETS (300, 100, and 0 mu g/m3 total suspended particulate) from postnatal day 8 (PD8) to PD23 and then assayed the response at the behavioral, neuroproteomic, and cellular levels. Results: Postnatal ETS exposure induced heightened locomotor response in a novel environment on par initially with amphetamine stimulation. The cerebellar mitochondrial subproteome was significantly perturbed in the ETS-exposed rats. Findings revealed a dose-dependent up-regulation of aerobic processes through the modification and increased translocation of Hk1 to the mitochondrion with corresponding heightened ATP synthase expression. ETS exposure also induced a dose-dependent increase in total Dnm1l mitochondrial fission factor; although more active membrane-bound Dnm1l was found at the lower dose. Dnm1l activation was associated with greater mitochondrial staining, particularly in the molecular layer, which was independent of stress-induced Bcl-2 family dynamics. Further, electron microscopy associated Dnm1l-mediated mitochondrial fission with increased biogenesis, rather than fragmentation. Conclusions: The critical postnatal period of cerebellar development is vulnerable to the effects of ETS exposure, resulting in altered behavior. The biological effect of ETS is underlain in part by a Dnm1l-mediated mitochondrial energetic response at a time of normally tight control. These findings represent a novel mechanism by which environmental exposure can impact neurodevelopment and function.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Fuller, Brian F
AU  - Cortes, Diego F
AU  - Landis, Miranda K
AU  - Yohannes, Hiyab
AU  - Griffin, Hailey E
AU  - Stafflinger, Jillian E
AU  - Bowers, MScott
AU  - Lewis, Mark H
AU  - Fox, Michael A
AU  - Ottens, Andrew K
AD  - Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and
Y1  - 2012/09/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 26
SP  - 1684
EP  - 1691
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW  - carbohydrate metabolism
KW  - cerebellum
KW  - environmental tobacco smoke
KW  - mitochondrial biogenesis
KW  - mitochondrial energetics
KW  - neurodevelopment
KW  - proteomics
KW  - secondhand smoke
KW  - systems biology
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Rats
KW  - Activation
KW  - Cellular
KW  - Biological effects
KW  - Tobacco
KW  - Cerebellum
KW  - Fission
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rodent Thyroid, Liver, and Fetal Testis Toxicity of the Monoester Metabolite of Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) Tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), a Novel Brominated Flame Retardant Present in Indoor Dust
AN  - 1291611459; 17649941
AB  - Background: Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) is widely used as a replacement for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in commercial flame retardant mixtures such as Firemaster 550. It is also used in a commercial mixture called DP 45. Mono-(2-ethyhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (TBMEHP) is a potentially toxic metabolite. Objectives: We used in vitro and rodent in vivo models to evaluate human exposure and the potential metabolism and toxicity of TBPH. Methods: Dust collected from homes, offices, and cars was measured for TBPH by gas chromatography followed by mass spectrometry. Pregnant rats were gavaged with TBMEHP (200 or 500 mg/kg) or corn oil on gestational days 18 and 19, and dams and fetuses were evaluated histologically for toxicity. We also assessed TBMEHP for deiodinase inhibition using rat liver microsomes and for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha and gamma activation using murine FAO cells and NIH 3T3 L1 cells. Results: TBPH concentrations in dust from office buildings (median, 410 ng/g) were higher than in main living areas in homes (median, 150 ng/g). TBPH was metabolized by purified porcine esterases to TBMEHP. Two days of TBMEHP exposure in the rat produced maternal hypothyroidism with markedly decreased serum T3 (3,3,5-triiodo-l-thyronine), maternal hepatotoxicity, and increased multinucleated germ cells (MNGs) in fetal testes without antiandrogenic effects. In vitro, TBMEHP inhibited deiodinase activity, induced adipocyte differentiation in NIH 3T3 L1 cells, and activated PPAR alpha - and PPAR gamma -mediated gene transcription in NIH 3T3 L1 cells and FAO cells, respectively. Conclusions: TBPH a) is present in dust from indoor environments (implying human exposure) and b) can be metabolized by porcine esterases to TBMEHP, which c) elicited maternal thyrotoxic and hepatotoxic effects and d) induced MNGs in the fetal testes in a rat model. In mouse NIH 3T3 L1 preadipocyte cells, TBMEHP inhibited rat hepatic microsome deiodinase activity and was an agonist for PPARs in murine FAO and NIH 3T3 L1 cells.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Springer, Cecilia
AU  - Dere, Edward
AU  - Hall, Susan J
AU  - McDonnell, Elizabeth V
AU  - Roberts, Simon C
AU  - Butt, Craig M
AU  - Stapleton, Heather M
AU  - Watkins, Deborah J
AU  - McClean, Michael D
AU  - Webster, Thomas F
AU  - Schlezinger, Jennifer J
AU  - Boekelheide, Kim
AD  - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 26
SP  - 1711
EP  - 1719
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - brominated
KW  - exposure
KW  - flame retardant
KW  - hepatotoxicity
KW  - hypothyroidism
KW  - metabolism
KW  - phthalate
KW  - PPAR
KW  - toxicity
KW  - Testes
KW  - Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors
KW  - esterase
KW  - Preadipocytes
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Fire retardant chemicals
KW  - Dust
KW  - Mass spectroscopy
KW  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
KW  - Oil
KW  - Differentiation
KW  - Iodide peroxidase
KW  - Rodents
KW  - Microsomes
KW  - Germ cells
KW  - Thyroid
KW  - Fats and oils
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Liver
KW  - Hypothyroidism
KW  - Fire retardants
KW  - Indoor environments
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Testes; Microsomes; Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors; esterase; Preadipocytes; Thyroid; Germ cells; Metabolites; Toxicity; Fire retardant chemicals; Mass spectroscopy; Dust; Fetuses; Pregnancy; Oil; Differentiation; Liver; Hypothyroidism; Iodide peroxidase; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Fats and oils; Fire retardants; Indoor environments; Rodents
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Breast Milk and Neuropsychological Development in Infants
AN  - 1677951444; 17649939
AB  - Background: There is increasing interest in the potential effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) on children's neuropsychological development, but only a few small studies have evaluated such effects. Objectives: Our goal was to examine the association between PBDE concentrations in colostrum and infant neuropsychological development and to assess the influence of other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on such association. Methods: We measured concentrations of PBDEs and other POPs in colostrum samples of 290 women recruited in a Spanish birth cohort. We tested children for mental and psychomotor development with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 12-18 months of age. We analyzed the sum of the seven most common PBDE congeners (BDEs 47, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183, 209) and each congener separately. Results: Increasing capital sigma 7PBDEs concentrations showed an association of borderline statistical significance with decreasing mental development scores ( beta per log ng/g lipid = -2.25; 95% CI: -4.75, 0.26). BDE-209, the congener present in highest concentrations, appeared to be the main congener responsible for this association ( beta = -2.40, 95% CI: -4.79, -0.01). There was little evidence for an association with psychomotor development. After adjustment for other POPs, the BDE-209 association with mental development score became slightly weaker ( beta = -2.10, 95% CI: -4.66, 0.46). Conclusions: Our findings suggest an association between increasing PBDE concentrations in colostrum and a worse infant mental development, particularly for BDE-209, but require confirmation in larger studies. The association, if causal, may be due to unmeasured BDE-209 metabolites, including OH-PBDEs (hydroxylated PBDEs), which are more toxic, more stable, and more likely to cross the placenta and to easily reach the brain than BDE-209.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Gascon, Mireia
AU  - Fort, Marta
AU  - Martinez, David
AU  - Carsin, Anne-Elie
AU  - Forns, Joan
AU  - Grimalt, Joan O
AU  - Santa Marina, Loreto
AU  - Lertxundi, Nerea
AU  - Sunyer, Jordi
AU  - Vrijheid, Martine
AD  - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Y1  - 2012/09/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 25
SP  - 1760
EP  - 1765
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - children
KW  - environmental
KW  - neurodevelopment
KW  - persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
KW  - polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
KW  - Milk
KW  - Congeners
KW  - Colostrum
KW  - Ethers
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Samples
KW  - Children
KW  - Infants
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Intake to Production Ratio: A Measure of Exposure Intimacy for Manufactured Chemicals
AN  - 1291617254; 17649938
AB  - Background: Limited data are available to assess human exposure to thousands of chemicals currently in commerce. Information that relates human intake of a chemical to its production and use can help inform understanding of mechanisms and pathways that control exposure and support efforts to protect public health. Objectives: We introduce the intake-to-production ratio (IPR) as an economy-wide quantitative indicator of the extent to which chemical production results in human exposure. Methods: The IPR was evaluated as the ratio of two terms: aggregate rate of chemical uptake in a human population (inferred from urinary excretion data) divided by the rate that chemical is produced in or imported into that population's economy. We used biomonitoring data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with chemical manufacturing data reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as other published data, to estimate the IPR for nine chemicals in the United States. Results are reported in units of parts per million, where 1 ppm indicates 1 g of chemical uptake for every million grams of economy-wide use. Results: Estimated IPR values for the studied compounds span many orders of magnitude from a low of 0.6 ppm for bisphenol A to a high of > 180,000 ppm for methyl paraben. Intermediate results were obtained for five phthalates and two chlorinated aromatic compounds: 120 ppm for butyl benzyl phthalate, 670 ppm for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, 760 ppm for di(n-butyl) phthalate, 1,040 ppm for para-dichlorobenzene, 6,800 ppm for di(isobutyl) phthalate, 7,700 ppm for diethyl phthalate, and 8,000-24,000 ppm (range) for triclosan. Conclusion: The IPR is well suited as an aggregate metric of exposure intensity for characterizing population-level exposure to synthesized chemicals, particularly those that move fairly rapidly from manufacture to human intake and have relatively stable production and intake rates.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Nazaroff, William
AU  - Weschler, Charles J
AU  - Little, John C
AU  - Hubal, Elaine ACohen
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 25
SP  - 1678
EP  - 1683
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - bioavailability
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - p-dichlorobenzene
KW  - pentachlorophenol
KW  - phthalate
KW  - screening
KW  - triclosan
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Water Pollution
KW  - Chlorophylls
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Public health
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Aromatic compounds
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Economics
KW  - Absorption
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - diethyl phthalate
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Environmental Protection
KW  - Human Population
KW  - Aggregates
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Phthalic acid
KW  - EPA
KW  - USA
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Urine
KW  - Uptake
KW  - butyl benzyl phthalate
KW  - Excretion
KW  - Triclosan
KW  - Aromatics
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Chlorophylls; Disease control; Commerce; Excretion; Environmental protection; Aromatics; Public health; Bisphenol A; Aromatic compounds; Data processing; biomonitoring; butyl benzyl phthalate; diethyl phthalate; Triclosan; Phthalic acid; Bioindicators; Chemicals; EPA; Prevention; Urine; Phthalates; Economics; Uptake; Water Pollution; Public Health; Exposure; Absorption; Environmental Protection; Human Population; Aggregates; USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Consortium-Based Science: The NIEHS's Multipronged, Collaborative Approach to Assessing the Health Effects of Bisphenol A
AN  - 1291617249; 17649937
AB  - Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high production volume chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic and is found in many consumer products. Some studies using animal models have suggested that BPA exposures may have adverse health effects. However, research gaps have precluded a full understanding of the effects of BPA in humans and engendered controversies surrounding the chemical's potential toxicity. Objectives: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Toxicology Program (NTP) have developed an integrated, multipronged, consortium-based approach to optimize BPA-focused research investments to more effectively address data gaps and inform decision making. Discussion: NIEHS/NTP BPA research investments made over the past 4 years include extramural research grants, establishment of a BPA Grantee Consortium, intramural research activities on BPA's mechanisms of action, the launch of two clinical studies and an occupational study, development of a round-robin experiment to validate BPA measurements in human serum, and, in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), formation of a consortium to design and execute a chronic toxicity study of BPA in rats. The NIEHS's new consortium-based approach has led to more integrated, collaborative efforts and should improve our ability to resolve controversies over the potential human health effects of exposures to low levels of endocrine-active agents.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Birnbaum, Linda S
AU  - Bucher, John R
AU  - Collman, Gwen W
AU  - Zeldin, Darryl C
AU  - Johnson, Anne F
AU  - Schug, Thaddeus T
AU  - Heindel, Jerrold J
AD  - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 25
SP  - 1640
EP  - 1644
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - consortium-based research
KW  - endocrine disruptor
KW  - low dose
KW  - NIEHS
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Rats
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Consumer products
KW  - Chronic toxicity
KW  - Animal models
KW  - FDA
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rats; Bisphenol A; Decision making; Consumer products; Chronic toxicity; FDA; Animal models; Environmental health; Toxicity; Toxicology
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205330
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hyaluronan Activation of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome Contributes to the Development of Airway Hyperresponsiveness
AN  - 1677941573; 17649934
AB  - Background: The role of the Nlrp3 inflammasome in nonallergic airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) has not previously been reported. Recent evidence supports both interleukin (IL) 1 beta and short fragments of hyaluronan (HA) as contributors to the biological response to inhaled ozone. Objective: Because extracellular secretion of IL-1 beta requires activation of the inflammasome, we investigated the role of the inflammasome proteins ASC, caspase1, and Nlrp3 in the biological response to ozone and HA. Methods: C57BL/6J wild-type mice and mice deficient in ASC, caspase1, or Nlrp3 were exposed to ozone (1 ppm for 3 hr) or HA followed by analysis of airway resistance, cellular inflammation, and total protein and cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Transcription levels of IL-1 beta and IL-18 were determined in two populations of lung macrophages. In addition, we examined levels of cleaved caspase1 and cleaved IL-1 beta as markers of inflammasome activation in isolated alveolar macrophages harvested from BALF from HA-treated mice. Results: We observed that genes of the Nlrp3 inflammasome were required for development of AHR following exposure to either ozone or HA fragments. These genes are partially required for the cellular inflammatory response to ozone. The expression of IL-1 beta mRNA in alveolar macrophages was up-regulated after either ozone or HA challenge and was not dependent on the Nlrp3 inflammasome. However, soluble levels of IL-1 beta protein were dependent on the inflammasome after challenge with either ozone or HA. HA challenge resulted in cleavage of macrophage-derived caspase1 and IL-1 beta , suggesting a role for alveolar macrophages in Nlrp3-dependent AHR. Conclusions: The Nlrp3 inflammasome is required for the development of ozone-induced reactive airways disease.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Feng, Feifei
AU  - Li, Zhuowei
AU  - Potts-Kant, Erin N
AU  - Wu, Yiming
AU  - Foster, WMichael
AU  - Williams, Kristi L
AU  - Hollingsworth, John W
AD  - Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 24
SP  - 1692
EP  - 1698
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - asthma
KW  - environment
KW  - extracellular matrix
KW  - innate immunity
KW  - ozone
KW  - toll-like receptor
KW  - Macrophages
KW  - Activation
KW  - Hydroxyapatite
KW  - Cellular
KW  - Airways
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Mice
KW  - Ozone
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Near-Roadway Pollution and Childhood Asthma: Implications for Developing "Win-Win" Compact Urban Development and Clean Vehicle Strategies
AN  - 1291618213; 17649953
AB  - Background: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhouse gases. Objectives: We estimated the current burden of childhood asthma-related disease attributable to near-roadway and regional air pollution in Los Angeles County (LAC) and the potential health impact of regional pollution reduction associated with changes in population along major traffic corridors. Methods: The burden of asthma attributable to the dual effects of near-roadway and regional air pollution was estimated, using nitrogen dioxide and ozone as markers of urban combustion-related and secondary oxidant pollution, respectively. We also estimated the impact of alternative scenarios that assumed a 20% reduction in regional pollution in combination with a 3.6% reduction or 3.6% increase in the proportion of the total population living near major roads, a proxy for near-roadway exposure. Results: We estimated that 27,100 cases of childhood asthma (8% of total) in LAC were at least partly attributable to pollution associated with residential location within 75 m of a major road. As a result, a substantial proportion of asthma-related morbidity is a consequence of near-roadway pollution, even if symptoms are triggered by other factors. Benefits resulting from a 20% regional pollution reduction varied markedly depending on the associated change in near-roadway proximity. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that there are large and previously unappreciated public health consequences of air pollution in LAC and probably in other metropolitan areas with dense traffic corridors. To maximize health benefits, compact urban development strategies should be coupled with policies to reduce near-roadway pollution exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Perez, Laura
AU  - Lurmann, Fred
AU  - Wilson, John
AU  - Pastor, Manuel
AU  - Brandt, Sylvia J
AU  - Kuenzli, Nino
AU  - McConnell, Rob
AD  - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Y1  - 2012/09/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 24
SP  - 1619
EP  - 1626
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - asthma
KW  - burden of disease
KW  - children
KW  - compact urban growth
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - vehicle emissions
KW  - USA, California, Los Angeles Cty.
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Urban planning
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Children
KW  - Pollution control
KW  - Traffic
KW  - Public health
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Urban planning; Air pollution; Asthma; Pollution effects; Respiratory diseases; Children; Public health; Traffic; Pollution control; USA, California, Los Angeles Cty.
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104785
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dose Reconstruction of Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Using a Simple Pharmacokinetic Model
AN  - 1291607737; 17649935
AB  - Background: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), used primarily as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride, is found in a variety of products. Previous studies have quantified human exposure by back calculating intakes based on DEHP metabolite concentrations in urine and by determining concentrations of DEHP in exposure media (e.g., air, food, dust). Objectives: To better understand the timing and extent of DEHP exposure, we used a simple pharmacokinetic model to "reconstruct" the DEHP dose responsible for the presence of DEHP metabolites in urine. Methods: We analyzed urine samples from eight adults for four DEHP metabolites [mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate, mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate, and mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate]. Participants provided full volumes of all voids over 1 week and recorded the time of each void and information on diet, driving, and outdoor activities. Using a model previously calibrated on a single person self-dosed with DEHP in conjunction with the eight participants' data, we used a simple trial-and-error method to determine times and doses of DEHP that resulted in a best fit of predicted and observed urinary concentrations of the metabolites. Results: The average daily mean and median reconstructed DEHP doses were 10.9 and 5.0 mu g/kg-day, respectively. The highest single modeled dose of 60 mu g/kg occurred when one study participant reported consuming coffee and a bagel with egg and sausage that was purchased at a gas station. About two-thirds of all modeled intake events occurred near the time of reported food or beverage consumption. Twenty percent of the modeled DEHP exposure occurred between 2200 hours and 0500 hours. Conclusions: Dose reconstruction using pharmacokinetic models-in conjunction with biomonitoring data, diary information, and other related data-can provide a powerful means to define timing, magnitude, and possible sources of exposure to a given contaminant.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lorber, Matthew
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AD  - Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 24
SP  - 1705
EP  - 1710
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - DEHP
KW  - dose reconstruction
KW  - pharmacokinetic model
KW  - phthalate exposure
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Diets
KW  - Coffee
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Urine
KW  - Polyvinyl chloride
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Pharmacokinetics
KW  - Dust
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Coffee; Diets; Bioindicators; Urine; Phthalates; Polyvinyl chloride; Metabolites; Dust; Pharmacokinetics
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205182
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rice Consumption and Urinary Arsenic Concentrations in U.S. Children
AN  - 1285095508; 17615814
AB  - Background: In adult populations, emerging evidence indicates that humans are exposed to arsenic by ingestion of contaminated foods such as rice, grains, and juice; yet little is known about arsenic exposure among children. Objectives: Our goal was to determine whether rice consumption contributes to arsenic exposure in U.S. children. Methods: We used data from the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine the relationship between rice consumption (measured in 0.25 cups of cooked rice per day) over a 24-hr period and subsequent urinary arsenic concentration among the 2,323 children (6-17 years of age) who participated in NHANES from 2003 to 2008. We examined total urinary arsenic (excluding arsenobetaine and arsenocholine) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) concentrations overall and by age group: 6-11 years and 12-17 years. Results: The median [interquartile range (IQR)] total urinary arsenic concentration among children who reported consuming rice was 8.9 mu g/L (IQR: 5.3-15.6) compared with 5.5 mu g/L (IQR: 3.1-8.4) among those who did not consume rice. After adjusting for potentially confounding factors, and restricting the study to participants who did not consume seafood in the preceding 24 hr, total urinary arsenic concentration increased 14.2% (95% confidence interval: 11.3, 17.1%) with each 0.25 cup increase in cooked rice consumption. Conclusions: Our study suggests that rice consumption is a potential source of arsenic exposure in U.S. children.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Davis, Matthew A
AU  - Mackenzie, Todd A
AU  - Cottingham, Kathryn L
AU  - Gilbert-Diamond, Diane
AU  - Punshon, Tracy
AU  - Karagas, Margaret R
AD  - Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 24
SP  - 1418
EP  - 1424
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - arsenic
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - children
KW  - dietary
KW  - exposure
KW  - NHANES
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Age
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Juices
KW  - Oryza sativa
KW  - Ingestion
KW  - Children
KW  - Food contamination
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - USA
KW  - Urine
KW  - Grain
KW  - Seafood
KW  - Grains
KW  - dimethylarsinic acid
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Arsenic; Data processing; Grain; Juices; Seafood; Food contamination; Children; Nutrition; dimethylarsinic acid; Urine; Grains; Ingestion; Oryza sativa; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205014
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Methylmercury, Postnatal Lead Exposure, and Evidence of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder among Inuit Children in Arctic Quebec
AN  - 1285095473; 17615812
AB  - Background: Prenatal exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been associated with impaired performance on attention tasks in previous studies, but the extent to which these cognitive deficits translate into behavioral problems in the classroom and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains unknown. By contrast, lead (Pb) exposure in childhood has been associated with ADHD and disruptive behaviors in several studies. Objectives: In this study we examined the relation of developmental exposure to MeHg, PCBs, and Pb to behavioral problems at school age in Inuit children exposed through their traditional diet. Methods: In a prospective longitudinal study conducted in the Canadian Arctic, exposure to contaminants was measured at birth and at school age. An assessment of child behavior (n = 279; mean age = 11.3 years) was obtained from the child's classroom teacher on the Teacher Report Form (TRF) from the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale (DBD). Results: Cord blood mercury concentrations were associated with higher TRF symptom scores for attention problems and DBD scores consistent with ADHD. Current blood Pb concentrations were associated with higher TRF symptom scores for externalizing problems and with symptoms of ADHD (hyperactive-impulsive type) based on the DBD. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this study is the first to identify an association between prenatal MeHg and ADHD symptomatology in childhood and the first to replicate previously reported associations between low-level childhood Pb exposure and ADHD in a population exposed to Pb primarily from dietary sources.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Boucher, Olivier
AU  - Jacobson, Sandra W
AU  - Plusquellec, Pierrich
AU  - Dewailly, Eric
AU  - Ayotte, Pierre
AU  - Forget-Dubois, Nadine
AU  - Jacobson, Joseph L
AU  - Muckle, Gina
AD  - Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Y1  - 2012/09/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 21
SP  - 1456
EP  - 1461
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - ADHD
KW  - attention
KW  - children
KW  - exposure
KW  - externalizing behavior
KW  - lead
KW  - mercury
KW  - methylmercury
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Age
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW  - Check lists
KW  - Lead
KW  - Cord blood
KW  - Dimethylmercury
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - PCB
KW  - Diets
KW  - Methylmercury
KW  - Canada, Quebec
KW  - Polar environments
KW  - Children
KW  - Attention task
KW  - PN, Arctic
KW  - Birth
KW  - Schools
KW  - Cognitive ability
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Contaminants
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Airborne PM sub(2.5) Chemical Components and Low Birth Weight in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States
AN  - 1677944483; 17649928
AB  - Background: Previous studies on air pollutants and birth outcomes have reported inconsistent results. Chemical components of particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m (PM sub(2.5)) composition are spatially -heterogeneous, which might contribute to discrepancies across PM sub(2.5) studies. Objectives: We explored whether birth weight at term is affected by PM sub(2.5), PM sub(10) (PM less than or equal to 10 mu m), and gaseous pollutants. Methods: We calculated exposures during gestation and each trimester for PM sub(2.5) chemical components, PM sub(10), PM sub(2.5), carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and sulfur dioxide for births in 2000-2007 for states in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. Associations between exposures and risk of low birth weight (LBW) were adjusted by family and individual characteristics and region. Interaction terms were used to investigate whether risk differs by race or sex. Results: Several PM sub(2.5) chemical components were associated with LBW. Risk increased 4.9% (95% CI: 3.4, 6.5%), 4.7% (3.2, 6.2%), 5.7% (2.7, 8.8%), and 5.0% (3.1, 7.0%) per interquartile range increase of PM sub(2.5) aluminum, elemental carbon, nickel, and titanium, respectively. Other PM sub(2.5) chemical components and gaseous pollutants showed associations, but were not statistically significant in multipollutant models. The trimester associated with the highest relative risk differed among pollutants. Effect estimates for PM sub(2.5) elemental carbon and nickel were higher for infants of white mothers than for those of African-American mothers, and for males than females. Conclusions: Most exposure levels in our study area were in compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air pollution standards; however, we identified associations between PM sub(2.5) components and LBW. Findings suggest that some PM sub(2.5) components may be more harmful than others, and that some groups may be particularly susceptible.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Ebisu, Keita
AU  - Bell, Michelle L
AD  - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 20
SP  - 1746
EP  - 1752
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - environmental health
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - low birth weight
KW  - Birth
KW  - Risk
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Nickel
KW  - Gestation
KW  - Standards
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104763
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prioritizing Chemicals and Data Requirements for Screening-Level Exposure and Risk Assessment
AN  - 1291608805; 17649949
AB  - Background: Scientists and regulatory agencies strive to identify chemicals that may cause harmful effects to humans and the environment; however, prioritization is challenging because of the large number of chemicals requiring evaluation and limited data and resources. Objectives: We aimed to prioritize chemicals for exposure and exposure potential and obtain a quantitative perspective on research needs to better address uncertainty in screening assessments. Methods: We used a multimedia mass balance model to prioritize > 12,000 organic chemicals using four far-field human exposure metrics. The propagation of variance (uncertainty) in key chemical information used as model input for calculating exposure metrics was quantified. Results: Modeled human concentrations and intake rates span approximately 17 and 15 orders of magnitude, respectively. Estimates of exposure potential using human concentrations and a unit emission rate span approximately 13 orders of magnitude, and intake fractions span 7 orders of magnitude. The actual chemical emission rate contributes the greatest variance (uncertainty) in exposure estimates. The human biotransformation half-life is the second greatest source of uncertainty in estimated concentrations. In general, biotransformation and biodegradation half-lives are greater sources of uncertainty in modeled exposure and exposure potential than chemical partition coefficients. Conclusions: Mechanistic exposure modeling is suitable for screening and prioritizing large numbers of chemicals. By including uncertainty analysis and uncertainty in chemical information in the exposure estimates, these methods can help identify and address the important sources of uncertainty in human exposure and risk assessment in a systematic manner.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Arnot, Jon A
AU  - Brown, Trevor N
AU  - Wania, Frank
AU  - Breivik, Knut
AU  - McLachlan, Michael S
AD  - Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Y1  - 2012/09/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 20
SP  - 1565
EP  - 1570
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - exposure
KW  - high throughput
KW  - organic chemicals
KW  - risk
KW  - uncertainty analysis
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Biodegradation
KW  - biotransformation
KW  - Radioactive Half-life
KW  - Models
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Research Priorities
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Biotransformation
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Risk
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Biodegradation; Data processing; biotransformation; Models; Chemicals; Emissions; Evaluation; Risk; Research Priorities; Public Health; Assessments; Biotransformation; Exposure; Radioactive Half-life; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205355
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Is CO sub(2) an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO sub(2) Concentrations on Human Decision-Making Performance
AN  - 1291605056; 17649927
AB  - Background: Associations of higher indoor carbon dioxide (CO sub(2)) concentrations with impaired work performance, increased health symptoms, and poorer perceived air quality have been attributed to correlation of indoor CO sub(2) with concentrations of other indoor air pollutants that are also influenced by rates of outdoor-air ventilation. Objectives: We assessed direct effects of increased CO sub(2), within the range of indoor concentrations, on decision making. Methods: Twenty-two participants were exposed to CO sub(2) at 600, 1,000, and 2,500 ppm in an office-like chamber, in six groups. Each group was exposed to these conditions in three 2.5-hr sessions, all on 1 day, with exposure order balanced across groups. At 600 ppm, CO sub(2) came from outdoor air and participants' respiration. Higher concentrations were achieved by injecting ultrapure CO sub(2). Ventilation rate and temperature were constant. Under each condition, participants completed a computer-based test of decision-making performance as well as questionnaires on health symptoms and perceived air quality. Participants and the person administering the decision-making test were blinded to CO sub(2) level. Data were analyzed with analysis of variance models. Results: Relative to 600 ppm, at 1,000 ppm CO sub(2), moderate and statistically significant decrements occurred in six of nine scales of decision-making performance. At 2,500 ppm, large and statistically significant reductions occurred in seven scales of decision-making performance (raw score ratios, 0.06-0.56), but performance on the focused activity scale increased. Conclusions: Direct adverse effects of CO sub(2) on human performance may be economically important and may limit energy-saving reductions in outdoor air ventilation per person in buildings. Confirmation of these findings is needed.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Satish, Usha
AU  - Mendell, Mark J
AU  - Shekhar, Krishnamurthy
AU  - Hotchi, Toshifumi
AU  - Sullivan, Douglas
AU  - Streufert, Siegfried
AU  - Fisk, William J
AD  - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 20
SP  - 1671
EP  - 1677
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - carbon dioxide
KW  - cognition
KW  - decision making
KW  - human performance
KW  - indoor environmental quality
KW  - ventilation
KW  - Analysis of Variance
KW  - Ventilation
KW  - Respiration
KW  - Air quality
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Energy conservation
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Perception
KW  - Human factors
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Indoor environments
KW  - Side effects
KW  - Carbon Dioxide
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Ventilation; Perception; Respiration; Energy conservation; Air quality; Human factors; Indoor environments; Carbon dioxide; Side effects; Testing Procedures; Analysis of Variance; Pollutants; Decision Making; Buildings; Model Studies; Carbon Dioxide
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104789
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications: A Summary of Executive Order 13618
AN  - 1438600281; 2011-496451
AB  - On July 6, 2012, President Barrack Obama issued Executive Order (EO) 13618 which addresses the federal government's need and responsibility to communicate during national security and emergency situations and crises by assigning federal national security; establishes an executive committee to oversee federal national security and emergency preparedness communications functions; establishes a programs office within the Department of Homeland Security to assist the executive committee; and assigns specific responsibilities to federal government entities. This report provides a summary of EO 13618 provisions and a brief discussion of its salient points. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Sep 19 2012, 8 pp.
AU  - Reese, Shawn
Y1  - 2012/09/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 19
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Government - Executive power
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Communication
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Executives
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - Communication
KW  - Executive orders
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42740
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Length of Time from Nomination to Confirmation for 'Uncontroversial' U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominees: Detailed Analysis
AN  - 1504417675; 2011-564929
AB  - In recent years, a recurring subject of debate in the Senate has been the length of time taken for lower court nominations to receive Senate confirmation. During the 111th and 112th Congresses, this debate has focused on President Obama's uncontroversial nominees to US circuit and district court judgeships -- and on whether, or to what extent, such nominees have waited longer to receive Senate confirmation than the uncontroversial judicial nominees of other recent Presidents. This report seeks to inform the current debate by analyzing the time taken by the Senate during recent presidencies to confirm uncontroversial circuit and district court nominees. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Sep 18 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - McMillion, Barry J
Y1  - 2012/09/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 18
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Courts
KW  - Nominations
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42732
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Competitive Androgen Receptor Antagonism as a Factor Determining the Predictability of Cumulative Antiandrogenic Effects of Widely Used Pesticides
AN  - 1291611470; 17649942
AB  - Background: Many pesticides in current use have recently been revealed as in vitro androgen receptor (AR) antagonists, but information about their combined effects is lacking. Objective: We investigated the combined effects and the competitive AR antagonism of pesticide mixtures. Methods: We used the MDA-kb2 assay to test a combination of eight AR antagonists that did not also possess AR agonist properties ("pure" antagonists; 8 mix: fludioxonil, fenhexamid, ortho-phenylphenol, imazalil, tebuconazole, dimethomorph, methiocarb, pirimiphos-methyl), a combination of five AR antagonists that also showed agonist activity (5 mix: cyprodinil, pyrimethanil, vinclozolin, chlorpropham, linuron), and all pesticides combined (13 mix). We used concentration addition (CA) and independent action (IA) to formulate additivity expectations, and Schild plot analyses to investigate competitive AR antagonism. Results: A good agreement between the effects of the mixture of eight "pure" AR antagonists and the responses predicted by CA was observed. Schild plot analysis revealed that the 8 mix acted by competitive AR antagonism. However, the observed responses of the 5 mix and the 13 mix fell within the "prediction window" boundaries defined by the predicted regression curves of CA and IA. Schild plot analysis with these mixtures yielded anomalous responses incompatible with competitive receptor antagonism. Conclusions: A mixture of widely used pesticides can, in a predictable manner, produce combined AR antagonist effects that exceed the responses elicited by the most potent component alone. Inasmuch as large populations are regularly exposed to mixtures of antiandrogenic pesticides, our results underline the need for considering combination effects for these substances in regulatory practice.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Orton, Frances
AU  - Rosivatz, Erika
AU  - Scholze, Martin
AU  - Kortenkamp, Andreas
AD  - Centre for Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/09/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 10
SP  - 1578
EP  - 1584
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - antiandrogen
KW  - AR-antagonism
KW  - concentration addition
KW  - endocrine disruption
KW  - fungicide
KW  - mixture
KW  - pesticide
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Herbicides
KW  - Antagonism
KW  - Agricultural Chemicals
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Boundaries
KW  - Assay
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning
KW  - H 5000:Pesticides
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prediction; Pesticides; Herbicides; Antagonism; Testing Procedures; Agricultural Chemicals; Assay; Boundaries
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205391
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Availability of Injunctive Relief for Standard-Essential Patent Holders
AN  - 1537585661; 2011-582522
AB  - This report discusses the current debate over whether a holder of a patent essential to an industry standard, who has promised to license such patented technology on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, may nevertheless obtain an injunction from a federal court or an exclusion order from the International Trade Commission against infringing products that implement the industry standard. The report summarizes several fundamental principles of patent law, discusses the relationship between standard-setting organizations and FRAND licensing, explains the role and duties of the International Trade Commission (ITC), and discusses recent developments relating to standard-essential patents and FRAND licensing. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Sep 7 2012, 22 pp.
AU  - Yeh, Brian T
Y1  - 2012/09/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Law and ethics - Intellectual property, copyright, patent, and trademark law
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Administration of justice - Judgments and sentences
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Patent law
KW  - Injunctions
KW  - Courts
KW  - Patents
KW  - Licenses
KW  - Standards
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - Technology
KW  - Industry
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2014-04-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42705
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Farm-to-Food Price Dynamics
AN  - 1537585275; 2011-582523
AB  - This report examines the elements contributing to the cost of food -- from the cost of the raw commodity at the farm, through the processing and marketing costs until it is sold to consumers. It also reviews the nature of price transmission between farm and retail prices, and briefly describes how food costs and marketing margins are measured by the government. In particular, it includes a discussion of the evidence concerning "sticky" retail prices (ie, the idea that retail prices adjust upward quickly when farm prices rise but respond slowly, and possibly not fully, to farm price declines). Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Sep 7 2012, 22 pp.
AU  - Yeh, Brian T
Y1  - 2012/09/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Cost
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Farms
KW  - Food
KW  - Prices
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Consumers
KW  - book
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42705
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Detected at Four U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants
AN  - 1291612814; 17649959
AB  - Background: The incidence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections is increasing in the United States, and it is possible that municipal wastewater could be a reservoir of this microorganism. To date, no U.S. studies have evaluated the occurrence of MRSA in wastewater. Objective: We examined the occurrence of MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) at U.S. wastewater treatment plants. Methods: We collected wastewater samples from two Mid-Atlantic and two Midwest wastewater treatment plants between October 2009 and October 2010. Samples were analyzed for MRSA and MSSA using membrane filtration. Isolates were confirmed using biochemical tests and PCR (polymerase chain reaction). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by Sensititre registered microbroth dilution. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing, Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) screening, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed to further characterize the strains. Data were analyzed by two-sample proportion tests and analysis of variance. Results: We detected MRSA (n = 240) and MSSA (n = 119) in 22 of 44 (50%) and 24 of 44 (55%) wastewater samples, respectively. The odds of samples being MRSA-positive decreased as treatment progressed: 10 of 12 (83%) influent samples were MRSA-positive, while only one of 12 (8%) effluent samples was MRSA-positive. Ninety-three percent and 29% of unique MRSA and MSSA isolates, respectively, were multidrug resistant. SCCmec types II and IV, the pvl gene, and USA types 100, 300, and 700 (PFGE strain types commonly found in the United States) were identified among the MRSA isolates. Conclusions: Our findings raise potential public health concerns for wastewater treatment plant workers and individuals exposed to reclaimed wastewater. Because of increasing use of reclaimed wastewater, further study is needed to evaluate the risk of exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in treated wastewater.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Goldstein, Rachel ERosenberg
AU  - Micallef, Shirley A
AU  - Gibbs, Shawn G
AU  - Davis, Johnnie A
AU  - He, Xin
AU  - George, Ashish
AU  - Kleinfelter, Lara M
AU  - Schreiber, Nicole A
AU  - Mukherjee, Sampa
AU  - Sapkota, Amir
AU  - Joseph, Sam W
AU  - Sapkota, Amy R
AD  - Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 06
SP  - 1551
EP  - 1558
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - antibiotic resistance
KW  - community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
KW  - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
KW  - methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
KW  - MRSA
KW  - MSSA
KW  - reclaimed wastewater
KW  - wastewater
KW  - wastewater treatment plant
KW  - Biochemistry
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Infection
KW  - Strain
KW  - Wastewater treatment
KW  - Public health
KW  - Chromosomes
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Municipal wastes
KW  - Staphylococcus aureus
KW  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - Occupational exposure
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Wastewater Facilities
KW  - Biochemical Tests
KW  - Electrophoresis
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Staphylococcus
KW  - Membrane filtration
KW  - Influents
KW  - Effluents
KW  - Gel electrophoresis
KW  - Antimicrobial agents
KW  - Typing
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Multidrug resistance
KW  - Waste water
KW  - Wastewater Treatment
KW  - Wastewater
KW  - SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - J 02340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Drug resistance; Membrane filtration; Infection; Effluents; Wastewater treatment; Gel electrophoresis; Antimicrobial agents; Public health; Chromosomes; Typing; Microorganisms; Polymerase chain reaction; Multidrug resistance; Waste water; Biochemistry; Municipal wastes; Influents; Occupational exposure; Antibiotic resistance; Testing Procedures; Bacteria; Wastewater Facilities; Electrophoresis; Biochemical Tests; Staphylococcus; Strain; Wastewater Treatment; Wastewater; Staphylococcus aureus
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Early Zebrafish Embryogenesis Is Susceptible to Developmental TDCPP Exposure
AN  - 1291604736; 17649960
AB  - Background: Chlorinated phosphate esters (CPEs) are widely used as additive flame retardants for low-density polyurethane foams and have frequently been detected at elevated concentrations within indoor environmental media. Objectives: To begin characterizing the potential toxicity of CPEs on early vertebrate development, we examined the developmental toxicity of four CPEs used in polyurethane foam: tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP), tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP), and 2,2-bis(chloromethyl)propane-1,3-diyl tetrakis(2-chlorethyl) bis(phosphate) (V6). Methods: Using zebrafish as a model for vertebrate embryogenesis, we first screened the potential teratogenic effects of TDCPP, TCEP, TCPP, and V6 using a developmental toxicity assay. Based on these results, we focused on identification of susceptible windows of developmental TDCPP exposure as well as evaluation of uptake and elimination of TDCPP and bis(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (BDCPP, the primary metabolite) within whole embryos. Finally, because TDCPP-specific genotoxicity assays have, for the most part, been negative in vivo and because zygotic genome remethylation is a key biological event during cleavage, we investigated whether TDCPP altered the status of zygotic genome methylation during early zebrafish embryogenesis. Results: Overall, our findings suggest that the cleavage period during zebrafish embryogenesis is susceptible to TDCPP-induced delays in remethylation of the zygotic genome, a mechanism that may be associated with enhanced developmental toxicity following initiation of TDCPP exposure at the start of cleavage. Conclusions: Our results suggest that further research is needed to better understand the effects of a widely used and detected CPE within susceptible windows of early vertebrate development.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - McGee, Sean P
AU  - Cooper, Ellen M
AU  - Stapleton, Heather M
AU  - Volz, David C
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 06
SP  - 1585
EP  - 1591
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - cleavage
KW  - DNA methylation
KW  - embryogenesis
KW  - flame retardant
KW  - TDCPP
KW  - zebrafish
KW  - Genomes
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Fire retardant chemicals
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Embryonic Growth Stage
KW  - Freshwater fish
KW  - Models
KW  - Exposure
KW  - polyurethane
KW  - Assay
KW  - Absorption
KW  - Embryos
KW  - Genotoxicity
KW  - Embryonic development
KW  - Foams
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Fish (cyprinid) (minnow or carp family) (continued)
KW  - Esters
KW  - Danio rerio
KW  - Embryogenesis
KW  - Phosphates
KW  - Phosphate
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Uptake
KW  - Teratogenicity
KW  - Fire retardants
KW  - Additives
KW  - Methylation
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Genomes; Embryonic development; Uptake; Toxicity; Freshwater fish; Genotoxicity; Metabolites; Foams; Fire retardant chemicals; Esters; Models; Embryogenesis; Phosphate; polyurethane; DNA methylation; Teratogenicity; Methylation; Phosphates; Embryos; Fire retardants; Additives; Exposure; Water Pollution Effects; Absorption; Assay; Fish (cyprinid) (minnow or carp family) (continued); Embryonic Growth Stage; Danio rerio; Freshwater
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mortality in Young Adults following in Utero and Childhood Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water
AN  - 1660052800; 17649958
AB  - Background: Beginning in 1958, the city of Antofagasta in northern Chile was exposed to high arsenic concentrations (870 mu g/L) when it switched water sources. The exposure abruptly stopped in 1970 when an arsenic-removal plant commenced operations. A unique exposure scenario like this-with an abrupt start, clear end, and large population (125,000 in 1970), all with essentially the same exposure-is rare in environmental epidemiology. Evidence of increased mortality from lung cancer, bronchiectasis, myocardial infarction, and kidney cancer has been reported among young adults who were in utero or children during the high-exposure period. Objective: We investigated other causes of mortality in Antofagasta among 30- to 49-year-old adults who were in utero or less than or equal to 18 years of age during the high-exposure period. Methods: We compared mortality data between Antofagasta and the rest of Chile for people 30-49 years of age during 1989-2000. We estimated expected deaths from mortality rates in all of Chile, excluding Region II where Antofagasta is located, and calculated standardized mortality ratios (SMRs). Results: We found evidence of increased mortality from bladder cancer [SMR = 18.1; 95% confidence interval (CI): 11.3, 27.4], laryngeal cancer (SMR = 8.1; 95% CI: 3.5, 16.0), liver cancer (SMR = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.6, 3.7), and chronic renal disease (SMR = 2.0; 95% CI: 1.5, 2.8). Conclusions: Taking together our findings in the present study and previous evidence of increased mortality from other causes of death, we conclude that arsenic in Antofagasta drinking water has resulted in the greatest increases in mortality in adults < 50 years of age ever associated with early-life environmental exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Smith, Allan H
AU  - Marshall, Guillermo
AU  - Liaw, Jane
AU  - Yuan, Yan
AU  - Ferreccio, Catterina
AU  - Steinmaus, Craig
AD  - Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Y1  - 2012/09/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 04
SP  - 1527
EP  - 1531
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - arsenic
KW  - childhood exposure
KW  - Chile
KW  - drinking water
KW  - environmental exposure
KW  - in utero
KW  - mortality
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Death
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Age
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Adults
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Cancer
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Major mechanism(s) of chloramine decay in rechloraminated laboratory scale system waters
AN  - 1778065427; 17344460
AB  - Traditionally it is believed that nitrification was solely responsible for the widely observed chloramine loss under nitrifying conditions. On the contrary, recent results have shown that an unidentified agent (soluble microbial products or modified natural organic matter) chemically accelerates chloramine decay in rechloraminated nitrifying samples which were filtered to eliminate microbes. However, how those agents accelerate chloramine decay is not known. Mildly and severely nitrified samples were collected from a laboratory scale system and microbes were separated through filtration and then rechloraminated. To understand the mechanism, simple stoichiometry was employed. In all samples, rechloramination induced ammonia loss possibly by auto-decomposition, especially in the initial stages. In severely nitrified samples, accelerated auto-decomposition and nitrite oxidation were found to be the major mechanisms chemically accelerating the chloramine loss indicating that the agent did not demand appreciable chloramine. However, in the mildly nitrified water, a large discrepancy in chloramine demand what is explainable by stoichiomatye was seen. The natural organic matter (NOM) oxidation was suspected to be the dominant mechanism during the prolonged incubation of mildly nitrified samples. The identification of the agent is important as it highly accelerates chloramine decay.
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Sathasivan, A
AU  - Krishna, KCB
AD  - Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia a.sathasivan@uws.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 112
EP  - 119
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 47
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Nitrites
KW  - Nitrification
KW  - Demand
KW  - Oxidation
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Stoichiometry
KW  - Decay
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-04
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas
AN  - 1778038991; 18059044
AB  - In order to better understand community-level effects of fishing on temperate reefs at continental scales, changes in densities of common species in five Australian marine protected areas (MPAs) were estimated from prior to establishment to three years after enforcement of fishing prohibitions. A before-after-control-impact survey design was used, with 5-14 replicated sites distributed within both sanctuary and fishing zones associated with each MPA. On the basis of published meta-analyses, exploited species were generally expected to show increased densities. By contrast, only two of the 11 exploited fish species (the red morwong Cheilodactylus fuscus and latrid trumpeter Latridopsis forsteri), and none of seven exploited invertebrate species, showed significant signs of population recovery within sanctuary zones. Four fish species increased in biomass between survey periods. When variation in abundance data was partitioned by PERMANOVA independently for the five MPAs, the 'zone year' interaction component consistently contributed only c. 4% of total variation, compared to site (c. 35%), zone (c. 8%), year (c. 8%) and residual error (c. 45%) components. Given that longer-term Australian studies show clear community-wide responses following MPA protection, the discrepancy between weak observed recovery and a priori expectations is probably due, at least in part, to the three-year period studied being insufficient to generate clear trends, to relatively low fishing pressure on some temperate Australian reefs, and to meta-analyses overestimating the likelihood of significant short-term population responses.
JF  - Environmental Conservation
AU  - Edgar, GrahamJ
AU  - Barrett, Neville S
AD  - Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia g.edgar@utas.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 271
EP  - 281
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
SN  - 0376-8929, 0376-8929
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Marine
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Recovery
KW  - Density
KW  - Fish
KW  - Australia
KW  - Invertebrates
KW  - Sanctuaries
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-07-01
N1  - Number of references - 39
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000185
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Haemolytic-Uraemic Syndrome as a Sequela of Diarrhoeal Disease
AN  - 1560137072; 17851779
AB  - Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a serious sequela of diarrhoea and results in a high mortality rate. This systematic review aimed at estimating the proportion of HUS cases that are linked to prior infection due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) or Shigella dysenteriae type 1. A systematic review of the existing literature was done to identify cohort and case-control studies that examined the relationship between STEC and S. dysenteriae type 1 and HUS. After screening 2,516 articles, 11 studies were found that met the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Findings of case-control studies suggest that 60.8% of the HUS cases may be attributable to a previous infection with STEC. In cohort studies, 7.8% of participants with STEC and 8% of participants with S. dysenteriae type 1 developed HUS during follow-up. HUS is linked to diarrhoea due to both STEC and S. dysenteriae type 1. Thus, preventing infections caused by both pathogens is critical for the prevention and control of HUS, especially in areas where timely and effective treatment is not available.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Walker, Christa L Fischer
AU  - Applegate, Jennifer A
AU  - Black, Robert E
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 257
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Colitis
KW  - Haemorrhagic
KW  - Diarrhoea
KW  - Escherichia coli
KW  - Enterohaemorrhagic
KW  - Haemolytic-Uraemic Syndrome
KW  - Review literature
KW  - Shigella dysenteriae
KW  - Systematic review
KW  - Screening
KW  - Symptoms
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Mortality causes
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2014-09-01
N1  - Number of references - 35
N1  - Last updated - 2014-12-11
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Screening; Symptoms; Disease control; Pathogens; Nutrition; Mortality causes; Escherichia coli; Shigella dysenteriae
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nikola V. Mikhov (1877-1962): A Study of His Bibliographic Contribution
AN  - 1550993703; 201407394
AB  - Nikola V. Mikhov (1877-1962) set the standard for modern bibliographers in Bulgaria. He compiled major bibliographies of Bulgarica, or foreign works on Bulgaria, concentrating on the history and economics of Bulgaria and Turkey before 1878, the year Bulgaria gained autonomy from the Ottomans. Mikhov combed the collections of important Western European libraries in France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and other countries to examine works for inclusion in his bibliographies. Using both published and archival sources, the author surveys his life, his bibliographic method, and his more important bibliographies. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Slavic & East European Information Resources
AU  - Cannon, Angela
AD  - European Division, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA acannon@loc.gov
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 91
EP  - 119
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 13
IS  - 2-3
SN  - 1522-8886, 1522-8886
KW  - bibliographers
KW  - bibliography
KW  - Bulgaria
KW  - Bulgarian
KW  - Bulgarica
KW  - library history
KW  - Michoff
KW  - Nikola V. Mikhov
KW  - Bibliographies
KW  - Library history
KW  - article
KW  - 11.11: BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bibliographies; Bulgaria; Library history
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2012.706174
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Russian Digital Collections in North America: A Survey
AN  - 1550993694; 201407106
AB  - This article discusses an inventory of Russian digital collections that was gathered from publically available material on the Web in 2011. It touches on the opportunities and difficulties that come with the increase of digital material on the Web and how librarians can attempt to bring smaller collections to the attention of scholars and researchers. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Slavic & East European Information Resources
AU  - Spencer, Erika
AD  - European Division, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA espencer@loc.gov
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 174
EP  - 179
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 13
IS  - 2-3
SN  - 1522-8886, 1522-8886
KW  - digital collections
KW  - digital libraries
KW  - libraries
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - online exhibits
KW  - Oracle database
KW  - Russia
KW  - Russian
KW  - Promotion
KW  - Digital libraries
KW  - article
KW  - 5.12: MATERIALS BY LANGUAGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Russia; Digital libraries; Promotion
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2012.706790
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Report on the Modern Greek Studies Association Conference, New York, October 13-15, 2011
AN  - 1550991673; 201406910
AB  - The first part of the report, for October 13, describes a formal panel with presentations on Modern Greek library and bibliographic matters. It also describes the meeting of the Association's Library Committee. The second part of the report, for October 14-15, summarizes presentations at four scholarly panels in the fields of linguistics, history, emigration studies, and economics. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Slavic & East European Information Resources
AU  - Leich, Harold M
AD  - European Division, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA hlei@loc.gov
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 166
EP  - 173
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 13
IS  - 2-3
SN  - 1522-8886, 1522-8886
KW  - conference
KW  - Cypriot library collections
KW  - Cyprus
KW  - meeting
KW  - Modern Greece
KW  - Modern Greek
KW  - Modern Greek library collections
KW  - Modern Greek Studies Association
KW  - Foreign languages
KW  - Bibliography
KW  - Conferences
KW  - Greece
KW  - Libraries
KW  - article
KW  - 1.12: LIS - CONFERENCES
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DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Greece; Conferences; Foreign languages; Libraries; Bibliography
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2012.700555
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Number And Frequency Of Physiotherapy Services For Motor Vehicle-Induced Whiplash: Interrogating Motor Accident Insurance Data 2006-2009
AN  - 1463067384; 201325896
AB  - Objective: Whilst prognostic factors for recovery from whiplash associated disorders have been documented, factors related to high physiotherapy use are not well recognized. This study profiles predictors for high use of physiotherapy services from a large dataset from an Australian state insurer for motor vehicle accidents. Method: A dataset of Motor Accident Commission claims in South Australia for whiplash associated disorders (2006-2009) was interrogated. Results: The median number of physiotherapy services per claimant was 15 (range: 1-194). The typical high user of physiotherapy was female, aged 25-59 years, living in a high socio-economic area, with legal representation, who delayed obtaining physiotherapy for at least 28 days after the accident. The largest mean number of days between treatments (5.4 days) in the first 5 treatments related to the lowest subsequent use of physiotherapy services. Conclusion: This represents the first review of physio-therapy service use based on an insurance dataset. A range of factors were related to high use of physiotherapy services. It is hoped that identifying the mean number and spread of physiotherapy interventions for whiplash associated disorders, and the profile of high users of physiotherapy will help gauge the success of strategies to maximize the efficacy of physiotherapy management of whiplash associated disorders. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
AU  - Grimmer-Somers, Karen
AU  - Milanese, Steve
AU  - Kumar, Saravana
AU  - Brennan, Carolyn
AU  - Mifsud, Ivan
AD  - Director, International Centre for Allied Health Evidence, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, Australia, 5000 karen.grimmer-somers@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 774
EP  - 780
PB  - Foundation for Rehabilitation Information, Sweden
VL  - 44
IS  - 9
SN  - 1650-1977, 1650-1977
KW  - whiplash injuries, physiotherapy, insurance claims
KW  - Socioeconomic factors
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Whiplash injuries
KW  - Claimants
KW  - Physiotherapy
KW  - Insurance
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Physiotherapy; Whiplash injuries; Accidents; Insurance; Claimants; Socioeconomic factors
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1018
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 16S rRNA Gene-targeted TTGE in Determining Diversity of Gut Microbiota during Acute Diarrhoea and Convalescence
AN  - 1458527468; 17851778
AB  - The human gut microbiota play a vital role in health and nutrition but are greatly modified during severe diarrhoea due to purging and pathogenic colonization. To understand the extent of loss during and after diarrhoea, faecal samples collected from children (n=21) suffering from acute diarrhoea and from their healthy siblings (n=9) were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene-targeted universal primer polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE). The gut microbiota decreased significantly as indicated by the number of TTGE bands at day 0 of acute diarrhoea [patients vs healthy siblings: 11 plus or minus 0.9 vs 21.8 plus or minus 1.1 (mean plus or minus standard error), p<0.01]. The number of bands showed a steady increase from day 1 to day 7; however, it remained significantly less than that in healthy siblings (15 plus or minus 0.9, p<0.01). These results suggest that appropriate therapeutic and post-diarrhoeal nutritional intervention might be beneficial for the early microbial restoration and recovery.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Monira, Shirajum
AU  - Shabnam, Syeda Antara
AU  - Alam, Nur Haque
AU  - Endtz, Hubert Ph
AU  - Cravioto, Alejandro
AU  - Alam, Munirul
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 250
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Children
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - G 07880:Human Genetics
KW  - A 01300:Methods
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-04-03
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diarrhea
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - "The Star-Spangled Banner"
AN  - 1429836915; 201308297
AB  - Inspired by the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key penned "The Defense of Fort McHenry" (later dubbed "The Star Spangled Banner") on the back of an envelope. The Library of Congress holds several hundred editions of "The Star-Spangled Banner", most notable an 1840 copy of the poem in Key's own hand. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library of Congress Magazine
AU  - Allen, Erin
AD  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 14
EP  - 15
PB  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 2169-0855, 2169-0855
KW  - Antiquarian materials
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - History
KW  - Songs
KW  - article
KW  - 5.1: OLD AND RARE MATERIALS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Songs; Library of Congress; History; Antiquarian materials
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Growing a Library
AN  - 1429835658; 201308082
AB  - When the Library of Congress was founded in 1800, the legislation also appropriated $5000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". The bulk of the library's nascent collection of 740 books was purchased from London Booksellers Caddell and Davies. Fourteen years later the British would burn those volumes during the War of 1812. Former president Thomas Jefferson agreed to sell his personal collection of 6,487 volumes to Congress in 1815 to rebuild the congressional library. Perhaps the biggest boon to the Library's collection came on July 8, 1870, when President Grant approved and act of Congress that centralized all U.S. copyright registration and deposit activities at the Library of Congress. In addition to purchase and copyright deposit, materials are acquired by gift, exchange with other libraries in the U.S. and abroad, transfer from other government agencies and through the Cataloguing in Publication program. Each year, the library acquires an average of two million items, with some 22,000 items arriving every working day. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library of Congress Magazine
AU  - Fischer, Audrey
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 16
EP  - 19
PB  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 2169-0855, 2169-0855
KW  - Collection development
KW  - USA
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Legal deposit
KW  - article
KW  - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legal deposit; Library of Congress; Collection development; USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Out of the Ashes
AN  - 1429835473; 201308084
AB  - In 1812, the United States declared war on the United Kingdom. Two years later, British troops stormed Washington, D.C. and burned the Capitol building that housed the congressional library. The Library of Congress went up in flames less than twenty years after its founding. On the eve of the British attack, Congress' library had more than 3,000 books, maps, charts, and plans, according to the 1812 catalog. Little would survive the conflagration. Thomas Jefferson offered to sell his personal library -- the largest and finest in the country at the time. The United States purchased 6,487 volumes, collected over five decades -- to Congress for $23,950 in 1815. The far-ranging nature of the collections Jefferson assembled and his belief in the importance of a "universal" collection have ever since guided the Library's collecting policies and are key to the institution's stature as a national -- and world -- library. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library of Congress Magazine
AU  - Lamolinara, Guy
AU  - Cole, John Y
AD  - Center for the Book
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 8
EP  - 11
PB  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 2169-0855, 2169-0855
KW  - USA
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Personal libraries
KW  - Acquisitions
KW  - Library history
KW  - article
KW  - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Library of Congress; Library history; Acquisitions; Personal libraries; USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 1812 and Its Aftermath
AN  - 1429834068; 201308357
AB  - Between 1812 and 1815, America and Britain engaged in a war that claimed tens of thousands of lives. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson had tried to keep the nation out of war by imposing an embargo on American shipping, to no avail. The outcome of the War of 1812 was no better than mixed for the United States. American efforts to annex Canada were a failure and the new nation suffered the burning of its capital. But with the end of the War of 1812, coupled with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo the same year, came what historian J.C.A. Stagg describes as the dismantling the colonial world of the eighteenth century and notes that no more would Britain and France treat Americans as pawns in imperial competition. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library of Congress Magazine
AU  - Miller, Julie
AD  - Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 12
EP  - 15
PB  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 2169-0855, 2169-0855
KW  - USA
KW  - History
KW  - War
KW  - UK
KW  - article
KW  - 5.21: SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS MATERIALS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - War; History; UK; USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Centennial of Cinema -- under Copyright Law
AN  - 1429834017; 201308321
AB  - On August 24, 1912, the Townsend Amendment to the U.S. copyright law took effect and subjected motion pictures became subject to copyright protection. During the first year that it accepted motion-picture applications, the Copyright Office registered 892 movies, including Thomas Edison's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. Prior to the passage of the Townsend Amendment, copyright owners typically registered their movies as a collection of still photographs, which the law had covered since 1865. Many of these early films were eventually transferred to film stock in the 1950s and are now part of the Library of Congress's collections. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library of Congress Magazine
AU  - Maloney, Wendi A
AD  - U.S. Copyright Office
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 20
EP  - 22
PB  - Office of Communications, Library of Congress
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 2169-0855, 2169-0855
KW  - Antiquarian materials
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Films
KW  - article
KW  - 5.17: AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Films; Antiquarian materials; Copyright; Library of Congress
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Diversity and Antibiograms of Bacterial Organisms Isolated from Samples of Household Drinking-water Consumed by HIV-positive Individuals in Rural Settings, South Africa
AN  - 1348483962; 17851777
AB  - Diarrhoea is a hallmark of HIV infections in developing countries, and many diarrhoea-causing agents are often transmitted through water. The objective of the study was to determine the diversity and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of bacterial organisms isolated from samples of household drinking-water consumed by HIV-infected and AIDS patients. In the present study, household water stored for use by HIV-positive patients was tested for microbial quality, and isolated bacterial organisms were analyzed for their susceptibility profiles against 25 different antibiotics. The microbial quality of water was generally poor, and about 58% of water samples (n=270) were contaminated with faecal coliforms, with counts varying from 2 colony-forming unit (CFU)/100 mL to 2.410 super( 4) CFU/100 mL. Values of total coliform counts ranged from 17 CFU/100 mL to 7.910 super( 5)/100 mL. In total, 37 different bacterial species were isolated, and the major isolates included Acinetobacter lwoffii (7.5%), Enterobacter cloacae (7.5%), Shigella spp. (14.2%), Yersinia enterocolitica (6.7%), and Pseudomonas spp. (16.3%). No Vibrio cholerae could be isolated; however, V. fluvialis was isolated from three water samples. The isolated organisms were highly resistant to cefazolin (83.5%), cefoxitin (69.2%), ampicillin (66.4%), and cefuroxime (66.2%). Intermediate resistance was observed against gentamicin (10.6%), cefepime (13.4%), ceftriaxone (27.6%), and cefotaxime (29.9%). Levofloxacin (0.7%), ceftazidime (2.2%), meropenem (3%), and ciprofloxacin (3.7%) were the most active antibiotics against all the microorganisms, with all recording less than 5% resistance. Multiple drug resistance was very common, and 78% of the organisms were resistant to three or more antibiotics. Education on treatment of household water is advised for HIV-positive patients, and measures should be taken to improve point-of-use water treatment as immunosuppressed individuals would be more susceptible to opportunistic infections.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Samie, A
AU  - Mashao, M B
AU  - Bessong, P O
AU  - Nkgau, T F
AU  - Momba, M N B
AU  - Obi, C L
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 241
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
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  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Diarrhoea
KW  - Drinking-water
KW  - HIV
KW  - Opportunistic infections
KW  - Water quality
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Levofloxacin
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Pseudomonas
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Infection
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Disease transmission
KW  - Ceftazidime
KW  - Ciprofloxacin
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Meropenem
KW  - Acinetobacter lwoffii
KW  - Cefoxitin
KW  - Fecal coliforms
KW  - Coliforms
KW  - Cefotaxime
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - Ampicillin
KW  - Shigella
KW  - Ceftriaxone
KW  - Opportunist infection
KW  - Gentamicin
KW  - Vibrio cholerae
KW  - Enterobacter cloacae
KW  - Education
KW  - Cefuroxime
KW  - Cefazolin
KW  - Cefepime
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Colony-forming cells
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Yersinia enterocolitica
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Q1 08625:Non-edible products
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Education; Water treatment; Species diversity; Disease control; Microorganisms; Antibiotics; Developing countries; Nutrition; Disease transmission; Coliforms; Fecal coliforms; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Diarrhea; Cefotaxime; Levofloxacin; Drug resistance; Ampicillin; Ceftriaxone; Infection; Opportunist infection; Gentamicin; Ceftazidime; Ciprofloxacin; Cefazolin; Cefuroxime; Cefepime; Meropenem; Colony-forming cells; Cefoxitin; Vibrio cholerae; Enterobacter cloacae; Human immunodeficiency virus; Yersinia enterocolitica; Shigella; Pseudomonas; Acinetobacter lwoffii; South Africa
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rates and Predictors of Consistent Condom-use by People Living with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Treatment in Uganda
AN  - 1348483547; 17851781
AB  - Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been recognized as one of the methods for reducing the risk of HIV transmission, and access to this is being rapidly expanded. However, in a generalized HIV epidemic, ART could increase unprotected sex by people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs). This paper assessed the rates and predictors of consistent condom-use by sexually-active PHAs after initiating ART. The study used cross- sectional data on sexual behaviour of 269 sexually-active ART-experienced individuals (95 males and 174 females) aged 18 years and above. The results revealed that 65% (70% of men and 61% of women) used condom consistently after initiating ART. Consistent use of condom was more likely if PHAs had secondary- or tertiary-level education and had more than one sex partner in the 12 months preceding the study. However, PHAs were less likely to have used condom consistently if they worked in the informal and formal sectors, belonged to the medium- and high-income groups, and were married. PHAs, who were on ART for less than 1 year and 1-2 year(s), had a good self-perception of health, had a sexual partner who was HIV-negative or a partner with unknown HIV status, and desired to bear children, were also less likely to have used condom consistently. The paper concluded that, although the majority of PHAs consistently used condom, there was potential for unprotected sex by PHAs on ART.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Ayiga, Natal
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 270
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts
KW  - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - antiretroviral therapy
KW  - Uganda
KW  - Risk reduction
KW  - Children
KW  - Antiretroviral agents
KW  - Sexual behavior
KW  - Disease transmission
KW  - Condoms
KW  - Sexual partners
KW  - Education
KW  - Antiviral agents
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Sex
KW  - V 22360:AIDS and HIV
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sexual partners; Condoms; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Epidemics; Data processing; Antiviral agents; antiretroviral therapy; Children; Sexual behavior; Disease transmission; Sex; Education; Human immunodeficiency virus; Risk reduction; Antiretroviral agents; Uganda
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Changing Pattern of Dengue Virus Serotypes in Thailand between 2004 and 2010
AN  - 1348482607; 17851790
AB  - Dengue virus infection is a major concern in several countries, and more than 50 million people are infected worldwide each year. Thailand is one of the countries where people are susceptible to infection due to favourable geographical and environmental conditions. In this retrospective study, we reported the changing pattern of dengue virus serotypes during the period between 2004 and 2010. The following percentage prevalence showed different serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) predominant in respective years: DENV1 in 2004 (56.41%), DENV4 in 2007 (50%), DENV1 in 2008 (57.41%), and DENV3 in 2010 (38.7%). Moreover, the major serotypes were not stable as they showed a shift from one serotype to another. We also found co-infection with two different serotypes and reported the clinical manifestations, which were not different from infection with a single serotype. Co-infection with various serotypes may not necessarily cause more severe disease.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Pongsiri, Piyathida
AU  - Themboonlers, Apiradee
AU  - Poovorawan, Yong
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 366
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Virology & AIDS Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Co-infection
KW  - Dengue virus
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Serotype
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Serotypes
KW  - Infection
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Public health
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - V 22400:Human Diseases
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N1  - Number of references - 16
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Geographic Differentials in Mortality of Children in Mozambique: Their Implications for Achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4
AN  - 1328516321; 17851786
AB  - In the light of Mozambique's progress towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 of reducing mortality of children aged less than five years (under-five mortality) by two-thirds within 2015, this study investigated the relationship between the province of mother's residence and under-five mortality in Mozambique, using data from the 2003 Mozambican Demographic and Health Survey. The analyses included 10,326 children born within 10 years before the survey. Results of univariate and multivariate analyses showed a significant association between under-five mortality and province (region) of mother's residence. Children of mothers living in the North provinces (Niassa, Cabo Delgado, and Nampula) and the Central provinces (Zambezia, Sofala, Manica, and Tete) had higher risks of mortality than children whose mothers lived in the South provinces, especially Maputo province and Maputo city. However, controlling for the demographic, socioeconomic and environmental variables, the significance found between the place of mother's residence and under-five mortality reduced slightly. This suggests that other variables (income distribution and trade, density of population, distribution of the basic infrastructure, including healthcare services, climatic and ecologic factors), which were not included in the study, may have confounding effects. This study supports the thought that interventions aimed at reducing under-five mortality should be tailored to take into account the subnational/regional variation in economic development. However, research is warranted to further investigate the potential determinants behind the observed differences in under-five mortality.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Macassa, Gloria
AU  - Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus
AU  - Charsmar, Harry
AU  - Walander, Anders
AU  - Sundin, Oerjan
AU  - Soares, Joaquim
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 331
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Mozambique, Maputo
KW  - Mozambique, Sofala
KW  - Climate
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Children
KW  - Population distribution
KW  - Demography
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Health care
KW  - Mozambique
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - H 15000:Civil/Structural Engineering
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 29
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Infrastructure; Demography; Mortality; Health care; Economic development; Climate; Intervention; Children; Population distribution; Mozambique, Maputo; Mozambique, Sofala; Mozambique
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Quality of Life and Mental Health Status of Arsenic-affected Patients in a Bangladeshi Population
AN  - 1328516309; 17851780
AB  - Contamination of groundwater by inorganic arsenic is one of the major public-health problems in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted (a) to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) and mental health status of arsenic-affected patients and (b) to identify the factors associated with the QOL. Of 1,456 individuals, 521 (35.78%) were selected as case and control participants, using a systematic random-sampling method. The selection criteria for cases (n=259) included presence of at least one of the following: melanosis, leucomelanosis on at least 10% of the body, or keratosis on the hands or feet. Control (nonpatient) participants (n=262) were selected from the same villages by matching age ( plus or minus 5 years) and gender. The Bangladeshi version of the WHOQOL-BREF was used for assessing the QOL, and the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ) was used for assessing the general mental health status. Data were analyzed using Student's t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and the WHOQOL-BREF and SRQ scores between the patients and the non-patients were compared. The mean scores of QOL were significantly lower in the patients than those in the non-patients of both the sexes. Moreover, the mental health status of the arsenic-affected patients (mean score for males=8.4 and females=10.3) showed greater disturbances than those of the non-patients (mean score for males=5.2 and females=6.1) of both the sexes. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that the factors potentially contributing to the lower QOL scores included: being an arsenic-affected patient, having lower age, and having lower annual income. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the QOL and mental health status of the arsenic-affected patients were significantly lower than those of the non-patients in Bangladesh. Appropriate interventions are necessary to improve the well-being of the patients.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Syed, Emdadul H
AU  - Poudel, Krishna C
AU  - Sakisaka, Kayako
AU  - Yasuoka, Junko
AU  - Ahsan, Habibul
AU  - Jimba, Masamine
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 262
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Mental disorders
KW  - Age
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Villages
KW  - Gender
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Groundwater pollution
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Income
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - H 0500:General
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 42
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Pawpaw Peduncle Borer, Talponia plummeriana Busck (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): A Pest of Pawpaw Fruit
AN  - 1318691984; 17701034
AB  - The pawpaw peduncle borer, Talponia plummeriana Busck (Lepidoptera: Torticidae), is a pest of pawpaw flowers often boring into the peduncle and causing flower drop. Here we document the first occurrence of this insect infesting ripe pawpaw fruit. Infested fruit that had been collected at the Kentucky State University Research and Demonstration Farm in Franklin County, Kentucky were dissected and small tan colored larvae with brown head capsules were discovered in the fruit. Pawpaw peduncle borer adults were reared from fruit held at room temperature in the laboratory.
JF  - Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science
AU  - Sedlacek, John D
AU  - Lowe, Jeremiah D
AU  - Pomper, Kirk W
AU  - Friley, Karen L
AU  - Crabtree, Sheri B
AD  - College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems. CRS, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, john.sedlacek@kysu.edu
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 110
EP  - 112
PB  - Kentucky Academy of Science, Science Outreach Center Lexington KY 40536-0078 United States
VL  - 73
IS  - 2
SN  - 1098-7096, 1098-7096
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Asimina triloba fruit pest
KW  - Pawpaw peduncle borer
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Tortricidae
KW  - Fruits
KW  - Flowers
KW  - Farms
KW  - Head
KW  - Pests
KW  - Borers
KW  - Lepidoptera
KW  - Z 05300:General
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Number of references - 14
N1  - Last updated - 2015-06-12
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Fruits; Flowers; Farms; Head; Pests; Borers; Tortricidae; Lepidoptera
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3101/1098-7096-73.2.110
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lady Beetle Composition and Abundance in Sweet Corn Bordered by Pasture, Buckwheat or Sunflower Companion Plantings
AN  - 1318691478; 17701053
AB  - To determine the effect habitat management/border plantings have on beneficial insect diversity and abundance in agricultural crops, sweet corn, Zea mays L. 'Garrison registered ', was grown in replicated plots on Kentucky State University's Agricultural Research and Demonstration Farm. Each 25 m 12 m plot was bordered on each length by a 2 m wide border of un-mowed pasture, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench), or dwarf sunflower (Heliathus annuus L. var. 'Big Smile'). Yellow sticky traps 15 cm 15 cm were used to capture lady beetles weekly through anthesis. Pink lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (DeGeer); Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas); spotless lady beetle, Cycloneda munda (Say); and seven spotted lady beetle, Coccinella septempunctata L. were caught in this study. The pink lady beetle was the most abundant species overall in all three borders and in the sweet corn plots with 79% and 94%, respectively. There were greater numbers of pink lady beetles in buckwheat (P < 0.00001) and sunflower (P = 0.0064) borders than pasture borders. However, there were no differences among populations of any of the lady beetle species in any of the sweet corn plots. Pink lady beetles were more numerous in sweet corn bordered by buckwheat (P less than or equal to 0.05), sunflower (P < 0.0001) and pasture borders (P less than or equal to 0.03) than in the borders themselves.
JF  - Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science
AU  - Sedlacek, John D
AU  - Friley, Karen L
AU  - Pomper, Kirk W
AD  - College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems. CRS, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY 40601, john.sedlacek@kysu.edu
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 96
EP  - 100
PB  - Kentucky Academy of Science, Science Outreach Center Lexington KY 40536-0078 United States
VL  - 73
IS  - 2
SN  - 1098-7096, 1098-7096
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Farms
KW  - Cycloneda
KW  - Fagopyrum esculentum
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Coccinella septempunctata
KW  - Coleomegilla maculata
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Pasture
KW  - Beneficial arthropods
KW  - Crops
KW  - Harmonia axyridis
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Traps
KW  - Helianthus
KW  - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Objective Assessment of Pediatric Voice Disorders With the Acoustic Voice Quality Index
AN  - 1315889021; 201302882
AB  - Objectives/Hypothesis. Instrumental measures of voice allow practitioners to assess the severity of voice disorders and objectively measure treatment outcomes. Instrumental measures should be calculated on both sustained vowel and connected speech samples to ensure ecological validity. However, there is a lack of appropriate, validated acoustic measurements for use in the pediatric population. The Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) is a multivariate acoustic measure of dysphonia that has been found to be reliable, valid, and have diagnostic accuracy and response to change in an adult population. This study aimed to evaluate the AVQI in a pediatric population. Study Design. This study was a prospective observational study of a sample of dysphonic and normophonic children. Methods. Sixty-seven preterm participants (born at less than 25 weeks gestation) aged between 6 and 15 years were recruited. Participants were excluded because of either inability to comply with task requirements or other speech-related factors that affected acoustic measurement. Forty normophonic term-born participants aged between 5 and 15 years were also recruited. AVQI analysis was conducted on a prolonged vowel sample and a sample of continuous speech. Results. The AVQI was found to have diagnostic accuracy and specificity in this population of children with and without dysphonia. It was moderately correlated with ratings of severity on the GRBAS (overall grade of hoarseness (G), roughness (R), breathiness (B), aesthenicity (A), and strain (S)), a subjective rating scale. The threshold for pathology of this sample of 3.46 showed strong sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy, with good-to-excellent likelihood ratios. Conclusions. This study found that the AVQI has diagnostic accuracy in a pediatric population, suggesting that it is an appropriate assessment tool to determine the presence and severity of pediatric voice disorders. Adapted from the source document
JF  - Journal of Voice
AU  - Reynolds, Victoria
AU  - Buckland, Ali
AU  - Bailey, Jean
AU  - Lipscombe, Jodi
AU  - Nathan, Elizabeth
AU  - Vijayasekaran, Shyan
AU  - Kelly, Rona
AU  - Maryn, Youri
AU  - French, Noel
AD  - Department of Speech Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, GPO Box D184, Perth, Western Australia 6840, Australia victoria.reynolds@health.wa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 672e1
EP  - 672e7
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
SN  - 0892-1997, 0892-1997
KW  - Acoustic Analysis (00140)
KW  - Speech Pathology (82650)
KW  - Dysphonia (20270)
KW  - Voice Disorders (95150)
KW  - Continuous Speech (15560)
KW  - Children (11850)
KW  - article
KW  - 6410: language-pathological and normal; language and speech pathology
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LA  - English
DB  - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JOVOEA
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Continuous Speech (15560); Acoustic Analysis (00140); Dysphonia (20270); Children (11850); Voice Disorders (95150); Speech Pathology (82650)
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Quantitative bushfire risk assessment framework for severe and extreme fires
AN  - 1291615164; 17685768
AB  - We describe a new framework for quantitative bushfire risk assessment that has been produced by Geoscience Australia as a part of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre's (Bushfire CRC) research program. The framework builds upon the well-defined processes in the Australian Risk Management standard (AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009) and the National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines. It is aimed at assisting state-of-the-art fire research in Australia, and fire risk managers in state and territory governments, by (a) defining the essential elements for calculating bushfire risk, (b) providing a reference on how to undertake a computational bushfire risk assessment and, (c) indirectly, improving the quality and consistency of information on bushfire risk in Australia. There is a need for improved risk information to address the recommendations on bushfire risk management from the inquiries held after disastrous fires in Australia in the past decade. Quantitative techniques will improve this risk information. However, quantitative bushfire risk assessment is in its infancy in Australia. We use the example of calculating house damage and loss to demonstrate the elements of the framework.
JF  - Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal
AU  - Jones, T
AU  - Woolf, M
AU  - Cechet, B
AU  - French, I
AD  - Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, martine.woolf@ga.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 171
EP  - 178
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SN  - 1836-716X, 1836-716X
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Marine
KW  - Risk
KW  - Fires
KW  - Australia
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - M2:551.5
KW  - R2 23070:Economics, organization
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fires; Risk assessment; Risk; Australia; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Changing paradigm and post 2010 targets: Challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
AN  - 1291605080; 17650477
AB  - Globally, both biodiversity and the overall natural capital of the world are declining rapidly. Considering its implications to humanity, the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in April 2002 committed themselves 'to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on Earth' and a number of indicators and targets were set by the CBD. However, by 2010, the targets have been missed by vast majority of nations. Our analysis from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region revealed that the countries are at very different stages of progress towards meeting the 2010 targets. In term as of protected area coverage, which is considered as an integral element of the targets, the HKH regional member countries made significant progress by bringing 39 % of its terrestrial area under some form of protection. However, at the national level, they are at different stages of progress. In terms of conservation policies and practices, the HKH region has witnessed significant conceptual development in regional approaches to biodiversity conservation, from 'people exclusionary' and 'species focused' to 'people-centred community-based' and 'ecosystem/landscape approach'. However, there are still numerous challenges that prevail in the region. Anecdotal evidence of change is abundant, but in this vast region there is little, hard scientific information. Improved knowledge, information and environmental data is urgently needed so that appropriate action can be taken to combat and limit the impacts of future changes.
JF  - Tropical Ecology
AU  - Chettri, N
AU  - Sharma, E
AU  - Zomer, R
AD  - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Khumaltar, Lalitpur, GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal, esharma@icimod.org
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 245
EP  - 259
VL  - 53
IS  - 3
SN  - 0564-3295, 0564-3295
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Community involvement
KW  - Indicators
KW  - Pakistan, Himalayas
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Convention on Biological Diversity
KW  - Protected areas
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Conferences
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Protection
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Benefits
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Conferences; Landscape; Biological diversity; Conservation; Biodiversity; Community involvement; Poverty; Convention on Biological Diversity; Protected areas; Ecosystems; Indicators; Protection; Benefits; Pakistan, Himalayas
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Focus Group Study of Predictors of Relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gambling, Part 2: Factors that 'Pull' the Gambler Away from Relapse
AN  - 1266173638; 201300433
AB  - This study aimed to develop an empirically based description of relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) problem gambling (PG) by describing the processes and factors that 'pull' the problem gambler away from relapse contrasted with the 'push' towards relapse. These conceptualisations describe two opposing, interacting emotional processes occurring within the problem gambler during any relapse episode. Each relapse episode comprises a complex set of psychological and social behaviours where many factors interact sequentially and simultaneously within the problem gambler to produce a series of mental and behaviour events that end (1) with relapse where 'push' overcomes 'pull' or (2) continued abstinence where 'pull' overcomes 'push'. Four focus groups comprising thirty participants who were EGM problem gamblers, gamblers' significant others, therapists and counsellors described their experiences and understanding of relapse. The groups were recorded, recordings were then transcribed and analysed using thematic textual analysis. It was established that vigilance, motivation to commit to change, positive social support, cognitive strategies such as remembering past gambling harms or distraction techniques to avoid thinking about gambling to enable gamblers to manage the urge to gamble and urge extinction were key factors that protected against relapse. Three complementary theories emerged from the analysis. Firstly, a process of reappraisal of personal gambling behaviour pulls the gambler away from relapse. This results in a commitment to change that develops over time and affects but is independent of each episode of relapse. Secondly, relapse may be halted by interacting factors that 'pull' the problem gambler away from the sequence of mental and behavioural events, which follow the triggering of the urge and cognitions to gamble. Thirdly, urge extinction and apparent 'cure' is possible for EGM gambling. This study provides a qualitative, empirical model for understanding protective factors against gambling relapse. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Gambling Studies
AU  - Oakes, J
AU  - Pols, R
AU  - Battersby, M
AU  - Lawn, S
AU  - Pulvirenti, M
AU  - Smith, D
AD  - Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia jane.oakes@health.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 465
EP  - 479
PB  - Springer, New York NY
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SN  - 1050-5350, 1050-5350
KW  - Pathological gambling
KW  - Relapse
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Gamblers
KW  - Extinction
KW  - Electronic gaming machines
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JGSTEM
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Relapse; Gamblers; Gambling; Electronic gaming machines; Pathological gambling; Extinction
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-011-9267-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Focus Group Study of Predictors of Relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gambling, Part 1: Factors that 'Push' Towards Relapse
AN  - 1266173634; 201300432
AB  - This study aimed to develop an empirically based description of relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine problem gambling. In this paper the authors describe part one of a two part, linked relapse process: the 'push' towards relapse. In this two-part process, factors interact sequentially and simultaneously within the problem gambler to produce a series of mental and behavioural events that ends with relapse when the 'push' overcomes 'pull' (part one); or as described in part two, continued abstinence when 'pull' overcomes 'push'. In the second paper, the authors describe how interacting factors 'pull' the problem gambler away from relapse. This study used four focus groups comprising thirty participants who were gamblers, gamblers' significant others, therapists and counsellors. The groups were recorded, recordings were then transcribed and analysed using thematic, textual analysis. With the large number of variables considered to be related to relapse in problem gamblers, five key factors emerged that 'push' the gambler towards relapse. These were urge, erroneous cognitions about the outcomes of gambling, negative affect, dysfunctional relationships and environmental gambling triggers. Two theories emerged: (1) each relapse episode comprised a sequence of mental and behavioural events, which evolves over time and was modified by factors that 'push' this sequence towards relapse and (2) a number of gamblers develop an altered state of consciousness during relapse described as the 'zone' which prolongs the relapse. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Gambling Studies
AU  - Oakes, J
AU  - Pols, R
AU  - Battersby, M
AU  - Lawn, S
AU  - Pulvirenti, M
AU  - Smith, D
AD  - Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit (FHBHRU), Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia jane.oakes@health.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 451
EP  - 464
PB  - Springer, New York NY
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SN  - 1050-5350, 1050-5350
KW  - Pathological gambling
KW  - Sequences
KW  - Relapse
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Gamblers
KW  - Electronic gaming machines
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JGSTEM
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Relapse; Gamblers; Pathological gambling; Gambling; Electronic gaming machines; Sequences
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-011-9264-y
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - From issues to indicators: developing robust community sustainability measures
AN  - 1257770126; 17449501
AB  - Recent debate on sustainability indicator development has centred upon top-down and bottom-up methods. In practice, a key difficulty is the establishment of defensible issues and indicators to use. Here, we present a structured approach for transitioning from initial community consultation designed to elicit issues to the downstream definition, composition and measurement of those issues via indicators. The approach incorporates two quantitative techniques from the literature, analytic hierarchy process and Qualitative Sustainability System Index. The application of these techniques is designed to foster a better understanding of the priority of and relationships between issues, prior to the construction of measurement instruments and indicators of sustainability. We develop a prototype implementation of the approach, and elicit feedback from an expert panel on its suitability in a community sustainability context.
JF  - Local Environment
AU  - Magee, Liam
AU  - Scerri, Andy
AD  - Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, 3001, Australia, liam.magee@gmail.com
PY  - 2012
SP  - 915
EP  - 933
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
VL  - 17
IS  - 8
SN  - 1354-9839, 1354-9839
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - community sustainability
KW  - indicator development
KW  - AHP
KW  - QSSI
KW  - Prototypes
KW  - Priorities
KW  - Downstream
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 07:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prototypes; Priorities; Downstream; Sustainability
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.714755
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing biodiverse plantings suitable for changing climatic conditions 1: Underpinning scientific methods
AN  - 1171885508; 17337770
AB  - Summary Governments across Australia have long been investing in revegetation in an effort to restore biodiversity and, more recently, mitigate climate change. However, no readily available methods have been described to assist project leaders identify species and provenance material likely to be sustainable under the changing climatic conditions of coming decades. Focussing particularly on trees, as trees are important for biosequestration as well as for providing habitat for other native species, Paper 1 of this two part series briefly reviews species distribution models and growth simulation models that could provide the scientific underpinning to improve and refine selection processes. While these previous scientific studies provide useful insights into how trees may respond to climate change, it is concluded that a readily accessible and easy-to-use approach is required to consider the potential adaptability of the many trees, shrubs and ground cover species that may be needed for biodiverse plantings. In Part 2 of this paper, the Atlas of Living Australia is used to provide preliminary information to assist species selection by assessing the climatic range of individual species based on their current distributions and, where available, cultivated locations. While using the Atlas can assist current selections, ways are outlined in Part 2 in which more reliable selections for changing climatic conditions could be made, building on the methods described here.
JF  - Ecological Management & Restoration
AU  - Booth, Trevor H
AU  - Williams, Kristen J
AD  - Trevor Booth and Kristen Williams are research scientists with CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, at GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia (
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 267
EP  - 273
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SN  - 1442-7001, 1442-7001
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Shrubs
KW  - Trees
KW  - Revegetation
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Climatic conditions
KW  - Models
KW  - Indigenous species
KW  - Adaptability
KW  - Atlases
KW  - Planting
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Australia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 20:Weather Modification & Geophysical Change
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 0
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Shrubs; Indigenous species; Adaptability; Atlases; Trees; Revegetation; Climatic changes; Biodiversity; Habitat; Climatic conditions; Models; Reviews; Planting; Climate change; Simulation; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12003
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing biodiverse plantings suitable for changing climatic conditions 2: Using the Atlas of Living Australia
AN  - 1171876908; 17337775
AB  - Summary There has been an increasing investment of taxpayer dollars in revegetation in Australia over the past 20years, at both federal and state levels. The largest of these, the Australian Government's Biodiversity Fund, will invest A$946 million to revegetate, rehabilitate and restore landscapes to store carbon, enhance biodiversity and build environmental resilience under climate change. The universal challenge for restoration practitioners working within these programmes is species selection for both current and future environmental conditions at a given site. For policy makers, the challenge is to provide guidelines and tools for this process. The first paper in this series of two papers looked at scientific methods that could provide underpinning knowledge to improve the assessment of species vulnerability to climatic and atmospheric change. In this paper, the publically accessible Atlas of Living Australia is used to demonstrate how revegetation project leaders can assess whether the species and provenances used in their revegetation projects are likely to be suitable for changing environmental conditions. While using the Atlas can assist current selections, ways in which more reliable selections for changing climatic conditions could be made are also outlined.
JF  - Ecological Management & Restoration
AU  - Booth, Trevor H
AU  - Williams, Kristen J
AU  - Belbin, Lee
AD  - Trevor H. Booth and Kristen J. Williams are research scientists with CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship (GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Tel: +61 02 6246 4217
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 274
EP  - 281
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SN  - 1442-7001, 1442-7001
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Funds
KW  - Revegetation
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Climatic conditions
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Atlases
KW  - Planting
KW  - Australia
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Carbon; Atlases; Revegetation; Landscape; Climatic changes; Biodiversity; Environmental conditions; Climatic conditions; Funds; Planting; Climate change; Guidelines; Biological diversity; Vulnerability; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12000
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Semi-automatic Quality Control of Topographic Data Sets
AN  - 1136436292; 17188080
AB  - The usefulness and acceptance of geo-information systems are mainly depends on the quality of the underlying geo-data. This paper describes a novel system for semiautomatic quality control of existing topographic geo-spatial data via automatic image analysis. The goal is to reduce the manual effort for quality control of a GIS database to a minimum. The core of the system is a semantic network in which different image analysis operators can be included. The image analysis operators are created for specific applications, i.e., the quality control of specific object classes which are most relevant. Images which can be used in the system are aerial images, high-resolution satellite imagery, and low-resolution satellite imagery. A prototype of the system has been in use for several years at public mapping organizations. From the experience gained during this time, we give a detailed report on the system performance and an evaluation of the results.
JF  - Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
AU  - Helmholz, P
AU  - Becker, C
AU  - Breltkopf, U
AU  - Bueschenfeld, T
AU  - Busch, A
AU  - Braun, C
AU  - Gruenreich, D
AU  - Mueller, S
AU  - Ostermann, J
AU  - Pahl, M
AU  - Rottensteiner, F
AU  - Vogt, K
AU  - Ziems, M
AU  - Heipke, C
AD  - Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia, Petra.Helmholz@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 959
EP  - 972
PB  - American Society of Photogrammetry
VL  - 78
IS  - 9
SN  - 0099-1112, 0099-1112
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Remote Sensing
KW  - Prototypes
KW  - Remote sensing
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Networks
KW  - Mapping
KW  - Quality Control
KW  - Manuals
KW  - Geographical Information Systems
KW  - Satellite Technology
KW  - Databases
KW  - Satellite sensing
KW  - Automated cartography
KW  - Performance Evaluation
KW  - Quality control
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - Q2 09281:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Automated cartography; Satellite sensing; Prototypes; Quality control; Remote sensing; Mapping; Manuals; Evaluation; Remote Sensing; Databases; Satellite Technology; Performance Evaluation; Networks; Quality Control; Geographical Information Systems
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Field application of a DNA-based assay to the measurement of roots of perennial grasses
AN  - 1093453892; 17187576
AB  - Background and aims: DNA-based methods present new opportunities for overcoming the difficulties of accurately identifying and quantifying roots of different plant species in field soils. In order to quantify species-specific root biomass from measurements of DNA, consideration needs to be given to replication and ability to recover roots for calibration purposes in order to account for spatial, temporal and inter- and intra-species variation in DNA content of roots and distribution of roots within the soil profile. Methods: This paper develops the field application of a DNA-based technique for direct quantification of roots in soils. The method was applied to a field experiment to investigate differences in root growth of acid-soil resistant and sensitive genotypes of perennial pasture grasses in an acid soil. DNA was extracted directly from soil and species-specific DNA was quantified using quantitative real-time PCR prior to estimation of root biomass. Results: Root growth of the perennial grasses was quantified using the DNA-based technique, although separate calibration procedures were needed to convert DNA content to root mass for each species, soil layer and sampling date. Compared to acid-soil resistant genotypes, lesser root growth in acid soil layers and reduced above-ground dry matter production was observed for acid-soil sensitive genotypes. Conclusions: The DNA-based method allowed genotypic differences in root growth to be assessed directly in soil and was advantageous for rapid processing of a large number of samples. However, high replication was still required to overcome spatial variability and separate calibrations were required for different species and soil depths across sampling times. The technique demonstrated greater root growth of acid-soil resistant perennial grasses which was beneficial for their establishment and persistence.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Haling, Rebecca E
AU  - Simpson, Richard J
AU  - Culvenor, Richard A
AU  - Lambers, Hans
AU  - Richardson, Alan E
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture National Research Flagship/CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, alan.richardson@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 183
EP  - 199
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 358
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Grasses
KW  - Replication
KW  - Roots
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Pasture
KW  - Soil depth
KW  - Soils (acid)
KW  - Soil profiles
KW  - Dry matter
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Sampling
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - N 14810:Methods
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil depth; Soils (acid); Replication; Grasses; Soil profiles; Polymerase chain reaction; Dry matter; Roots; Sampling; Genotypes; Biomass; Pasture
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1405-2
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors in genetic susceptibility in a chemical sensitive population using QEESI
AN  - 1069203872; 17158062
AB  - Objectives: Inherited impairment of xenobiotic metabolism is a postulated mechanism underlying environmentally associated pathogeneses such as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Using the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI), we defined people who have a strong response to chemical substances as "chemical sensitive populations (CSP)." The aim of this study is to evaluate the condition of subjects sensitive to chemicals and to analyze their genotypes in order to identify susceptibility factors in CSPs in Japanese populations. Methods: A total of 1,084 employees of Japanese companies were surveyed using the QEESI, history of MCS, and sick house syndrome. The common genotypes of the participants were analyzed for glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1, GSTT1, aldehyde dehydrogenase2 (ALDH2), and paraoxonase1 (PON1) in order to identify factors in the susceptibility to sensitivity to chemicals. Results: Four subjects had history of diagnosis of MCS; no subjects had diagnosis of sick house syndrome. The subjects were divided into four levels according to scores of 0, 1-19, 20-39, and 40 or more on three of the QEESI subscales. In addition, we used the MCS criteria by Hojo to differentiate between cases (CSP) and controls. No significant differences in the allelic distribution of genetic polymorphisms in the GSTM1, GSTT1, ALDH2 or PON1 genes were found among the four levels of each subscale, or between cases and controls. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the common genotypes of GSTM1, GSTT1, ALDH2, and PON1 are of little importance to CSP in a Japanese population.
JF  - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
AU  - Fujimori, Saeko
AU  - Hiura, Mizue
AU  - Yi, Cui Xiao
AU  - Xi, Lu
AU  - Katoh, Takahiko
AD  - Department of Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjou, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan, katoht@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 357
EP  - 363
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 17
IS  - 5
SN  - 1342-078X, 1342-078X
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Sick building syndrome
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Xenobiotics
KW  - Aldehydes
KW  - Japan
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Historical account; Sensitivity; Sick building syndrome; Xenobiotics; Genotypes; Aldehydes; Metabolism; Japan
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12199-011-0260-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Workshop on the ecosystem and fisheries of the Coral Sea: an Australian perspective on research and management
AN  - 1069199090; 17134743
AB  - This report summarizes a workshop on the Coral Sea to determine key research findings and identify the research gaps needed to support sustainable management of a proposed Coral Sea Marine Reserve. Key research questions included determining the connectivity of apex predators with the broader southwest Pacific Ocean, and assessing the regions' biodiversity in relation to seabed topography and oceanographic processes. The workshop concluded noting the importance of engaging surrounding countries in maintaining the sustainability and uniqueness of the Coral Sea.
JF  - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
AU  - Young, Jock W
AU  - David McKinnon, A
AU  - Ceccarelli, Daniela
AU  - Brinkman, Richard
AU  - Bustamante, Rodrigo H
AU  - Cappo, Mike
AU  - Dichmont, Cathy
AU  - Doherty, Peter
AU  - Furnas, Miles
AU  - Gledhill, Daniel
AU  - Griffiths, Shane
AU  - Hutton, Trevor
AU  - Ridgway, Ken
AU  - Smith, David
AU  - Skewes, Tim
AU  - Williams, Alan
AU  - Richardson, Anthony J
AD  - Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia, Jock.Young@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 827
EP  - 834
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
SN  - 0960-3166, 0960-3166
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Marine fisheries
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Predators
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - ISEW, Coral Sea
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Coral
KW  - Australia
KW  - Corals
KW  - Ocean floor
KW  - Topography
KW  - Marine
KW  - Conferences
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Coral reefs
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Marine parks
KW  - Fish
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q1 08604:Stock assessment and management
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine fisheries; Resource management; Conferences; Fishery management; Marine parks; Coral; Sustainable development; Biodiversity; Ocean floor; Oceans; Fisheries; Predators; Corals; Topography; Reviews; Coral reefs; Biological diversity; Fish; Sustainability; ISEW, Coral Sea; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-011-9251-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Electrical Conductivity as a Proxy for Groundwater Density in Coastal Aquifers
AN  - 1069195091; 17127301
AB  - Groundwater density is an important parameter in the interpretation of flow patterns. This paper investigates the relationship between electrical conductivity (EC) and groundwater density in coastal aquifers and evaluates the suitability of the UNESCO 1980 equation of state, developed for the world's oceans, for determining the density of groundwater based on its EC. To achieve this aim, a dataset of groundwater samples from four different types of coastal aquifers was collected. It is found that the density of a sample can be estimated to a good approximation on the basis of its EC using the UNESCO 1980 equation of state. Deviations from the equation of state were found to be due to the changes in EC and the density caused by geochemical reactions, such as the dissolution of carbonates, degradation of organic carbon, cation exchange, and sulfate loss. Owing to these deviations, the UNESCO 1980 equation of state may underestimate the density by up to 1.5 kg/m3. The effect of this uncertainty on the correction terms applied to the hydraulic head required for a proper interpretation of groundwater flow patterns and rates is quantified. It was found that the fresh water head may be wrong by centimeters to a few decimeters. From this it is concluded that, unless the purpose of a groundwater investigation requires great accuracy, the equation of state provides an efficient and inexpensive way to estimate density from EC.
JF  - Ground Water
AU  - Post, VEA
AD  - School of the Environment, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia; (61) 8 8201 5077; fax: (61) 8 8201 2905 1
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 785
EP  - 792
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
SN  - 0017-467X, 0017-467X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Sulfates
KW  - Aquifers
KW  - Hydraulics
KW  - Organic carbon
KW  - Coastal Aquifers
KW  - Equations of state
KW  - Electrical conductivity
KW  - International organizations
KW  - Ground water
KW  - Aquifer flow
KW  - Flow Pattern
KW  - Cation Exchange
KW  - Density
KW  - Conductivity
KW  - Carbonates
KW  - Geochemistry
KW  - Groundwater flow
KW  - Unesco
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Cations
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Coastal oceanography
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Groundwater Movement
KW  - Q2 09185:Organic compounds
KW  - SW 0840:Groundwater
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - M2 556.34:Groundwater Flow (556.34)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Number of references - 18
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Coastal zone; Electrical conductivity; Organic carbon; International organizations; Ground water; Equations of state; Aquifers; Coastal oceanography; Groundwater flow; Aquifer flow; Sulfates; Hydraulics; Unesco; Cations; Oceans; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Carbonates; Conductivity; Density; Groundwater Movement; Coastal Aquifers; Flow Pattern; Cation Exchange
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00903.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - On the optimal model configuration for aerodynamic modeling of open cargo railway train
AN  - 1038304533; 16880468
AB  - This study is concerned with the optimal model configuration for aerodynamic modeling of long open cargo railway trains. Frontal air drag of several train configurations was studied using numerical modeling and physical i.e. wind tunnel testing of 1:40 scale railcar models in a range of cross-wind angles. In a long train, the locomotive and the last railcar influence the aerodynamic characteristics of the first three and the last three railcars only. Aerodynamic performance of all other railcars in the long train is similar and can be represented by two inner-train railcars only. A model train configuration combining the shortest computation time with the lowest experimental error was determined from numerical modeling and this was then used for wind tunnel testing. It has been shown that, for long open cargo railway trains the model consisting of six railcars with two streamlined bodies is the optimal configuration, with both the numerical modeling and wind tunnel testing results in good agreement.
JF  - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
AU  - Golovanevskiy, Vladimir A
AU  - Chmovzh, Vitaly V
AU  - Girka, Yuriy V
AD  - Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley WA, Perth, GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 131
EP  - 139
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 107-108
SN  - 0167-6105, 0167-6105
KW  - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH)
KW  - Railcars
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Railroad cars
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Wind tunnel testing
KW  - Railway engineering
KW  - Trains
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - DNA barcodes and species identifications in Ross Sea and Southern Ocean fishes
AN  - 1034829436; 17024994
AB  - The Southern Ocean occupies about 10 % of the world's oceans but has low species richness with only 1.5 % of the marine fishes. Within the Southern Ocean, the Ross Sea region is one of the least exploited sea areas in the world, but is subject to commercial fishing. The fauna are not well known, and preliminary IPY molecular studies have indicated that species diversity has been underestimated in this region. DNA barcodes of fishes from the Ross Sea region were compared with barcodes of fishes from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sectors of the Southern Ocean. Barcoding resolved 87.5 % of 112 species that typically exhibited high inter-specific divergences. Intra-specific divergence was usually low with shared haplotypes among regions. The Zoarcid Ophthalmolycus amberensis showed shallow divergences (0.1 %) within the Ross Sea and Australian Antarctic Territory but high inter-region divergence (2 %), indicative of cryptic species. Other potential cryptic species with high intra-specific divergences were found in Notolepis coatsi and Gymnoscopelus bolini. In contrast, several taxa showed low inter-specific divergences and shared haplotypes among morphological species. COI provided limited phylogenetic resolution of the genera Pogonophryne and Bathydraco. Trematomus loennbergii and T. lepidorhinus shared COI haplotypes, as previously noted in other regions, as did Cryodraco antarcticus and C. atkinsoni. There was a marked lack of congruence between morphological descriptions and COI divergences among the Ross Sea liparids with shallow or zero divergences among recently described species. Barcodes for the Ross Sea fishes highlighted several initial misidentifications that were corrected when specimens were re-examined.
JF  - Polar Biology
AU  - Smith, P J
AU  - Steinke, D
AU  - Dettai, A
AU  - McMillan, P
AU  - Welsford, D
AU  - Stewart, A
AU  - Ward, R D
AD  - National Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia, h.p.smithnz@gmail.com
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 1297
EP  - 1310
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 35
IS  - 9
SN  - 0722-4060, 0722-4060
KW  - Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - PS, Ross Sea
KW  - Lepidorhinus
KW  - Notolepis coatsi
KW  - Species Richness
KW  - Territory
KW  - Pisces
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Population genetics
KW  - Commercial fishing
KW  - Fauna
KW  - Trematomus loennbergii
KW  - Haplotypes
KW  - Taxa
KW  - Species richness
KW  - Phylogenetics
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Marine
KW  - ISW, Indian Ocean
KW  - Bathydraco
KW  - Cryodraco antarcticus
KW  - Animal morphology
KW  - Pogonophryne
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - DNA
KW  - PS, Antarctic Ocean
KW  - Fish
KW  - Home range
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q1 08343:Taxonomy and morphology
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - N 14845:Miscellaneous
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-08-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine fish; Animal morphology; Commercial fishing; Population genetics; Species Richness; Species diversity; DNA; Home range; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Fishing; Haplotypes; Oceans; Territory; Species richness; Fauna; Taxa; Fish; Pisces; Trematomus loennbergii; Pogonophryne; Notolepis coatsi; Lepidorhinus; Bathydraco; Cryodraco antarcticus; ISW, Indian Ocean; PS, Ross Sea; PS, Antarctic Ocean; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1173-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mineralisation of Weathered Crude Oil by a Hydrocarbonoclastic Consortia in Marine Mesocosms
AN  - 1034826356; 17062441
AB  - Marine waters are most vulnerable to crude oil pollution due to increased sea-based oil-related activities. Successful remediation of such polluted environments is normally carried out in a laboratory with suitable physical and environmental alterations. However, it is challenging to alter the physical and environmental conditions in crude oil-contaminated natural environments. In a previous study, six hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria were isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Here we report on their ability to mineralise weathered crude oil as a carbon source in seawater mesocosms, in order to construct a hydrocarbonoclastic consortia for the effective mineralisation of hydrocarbons present in the weathered crude oil at seawater-based environment. This was completed without altering the physical and environmental parameters (salinity, pH and temperature) and followed by the detection of microbial community changes. The total amount of oil mineralised by these six isolates individually over 28-day incubation ranged from 4.7 to 10 %. The bacterial consortia composed of these six strains showed a greater mineralisation rate (18.5 %). Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis revealed that the functionally dominant species were present after the first week (week 2 to week 4) following the addition of the consortia, which were represented in dendrogram by cluster 2 and also these weeks representing a distinct point on the Pareto-Lorenz curve; no community could be identified in controls in which no consortia were added. This shows that the addition of consortia potentially dealt with changing environmental conditions and preserved its functionality followed by effective mineralisation of weathered crude oil.
JF  - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
AU  - Kadali, Krishna K
AU  - Simons, Keryn L
AU  - Sheppard, Petra J
AU  - Ball, Andrew S
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001, SA, Australia, kada0003@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 4283
EP  - 4295
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 223
IS  - 7
SN  - 0049-6979, 0049-6979
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Seawater
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Microbial activity
KW  - Soil contamination
KW  - Mineralization
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - Mesocosms
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Crude oil
KW  - Oil pollution
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Pollution control
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - O 4080:Pollution - Control and Prevention
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Crude oil; Oil pollution; Vulnerability; Environmental conditions; Mineralization; Environmental factors; Mesocosms; Pollution control; Salinity; Seawater; Temperature; Microbial activity; Soil contamination
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Role of Brassinosteroids, Ethylene, Abscisic Acid, and Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Mango Fruit Ripening
AN  - 1034816106; 17025382
AB  - Rapid ripening of mango fruit limits its distribution to distant markets. To better understand and perhaps manipulate this process, we investigated the role of plant hormones in modulating climacteric ripening of 'Kensington Pride' mango fruits. Changes in endogenous levels of brassinosteroids (BRs), abscisic acid (ABA), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), and ethylene and the respiration rate, pulp firmness, and skin color were determined at 2-day intervals during an 8-day ripening period at ambient temperature (21 plus or minus 1 degree C). We also investigated the effects of exogenously applied epibrassinolide (Epi-BL), (+)-cis, trans-abscisic acid (ABA), and an inhibitor of ABA biosynthesis, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), on fruit-ripening parameters such as respiration, ethylene production, fruit softening, and color. Climacteric ethylene production and the respiration peak occurred on the fourth day of ripening. Castasterone and brassinolide were present in only trace amounts in fruit pulp throughout the ripening period. However, the exogenous application of Epi-BL (45 and 60 ng g super(-1) FW) advanced the onset of the climacteric peaks of ethylene production and respiration rate by 2 and 1 day, respectively, and accelerated fruit color development and softening during the fruit-ripening period. The endogenous level of ABA rose during the climacteric rise stage on the second day of ripening and peaked on the fourth day of ripening. Exogenous ABA promoted fruit color development and softening during ripening compared with the control and the trend was reversed in NDGA-treated fruit. The endogenous IAA level in the fruit pulp was higher during the preclimacteric minimum stage and declined during the climacteric and postclimacteric stages. We speculate that higher levels of endogenous IAA in fruit pulp during the preclimacteric stage and the accumulation of ABA prior to the climacteric stage might switch on ethylene production that triggers fruit ripening. Whilst exogenous Epi-BL promoted fruit ripening, endogenous measurements suggest that changes in BRs levels are unlikely to modulate mango fruit ripening.
JF  - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
AU  - Zaharah, Sakimin S
AU  - Singh, Zora
AU  - Symons, Gregory M
AU  - Reid, James B
AD  - Curtin Horticulture Research Laboratory, Department of Environment and Agriculture, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia, Z.Singh@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 363
EP  - 372
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
SN  - 0721-7595, 0721-7595
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Abscisic acid
KW  - Brassinosteroids
KW  - Color
KW  - Development
KW  - Ethylene
KW  - Fruits
KW  - Hormones
KW  - Menopause
KW  - Nordihydroguaiaretic acid
KW  - Pulp
KW  - Respiration
KW  - Ripening
KW  - Skin
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - brassinolide
KW  - Mangifera indica
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-09-24
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Fruits; Skin; Respiration; Abscisic acid; brassinolide; Pulp; Brassinosteroids; Development; Hormones; Color; Ripening; Nordihydroguaiaretic acid; Ethylene; Menopause; Mangifera indica
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-011-9245-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sexual dimorphism of cadmium-induced toxicity in rats: involvement of sex hormones.
AN  - 1034802486; 22466070
AB  - The toxic effect of cadmium varies with sex in experimental animals. Previous studies have demonstrated that pretreatment of male Fischer 344 (F344) rats with the female sex hormone progesterone markedly enhances the susceptibility to cadmium, suggesting a role for progesterone in the sexual dimorphism of cadmium toxicity. In the present study, we attempted to further elucidate the mechanism for sex differences in cadmium-induced toxicity in F344 rats. A single exposure to cadmium (5.0 mg Cd/kg, sc) was lethal in 10/10 (100 %) female compared with 6/10 (60 %) male rats. Using a lower dose of cadmium (3.0 mg Cd/kg), circulating alanine aminotransferase activity, indicative of hepatotoxicity, was highly elevated in the cadmium treated females but not in males. However, no gender-based differences occurred in the hepatic cadmium accumulation, metallothionein or glutathione levels. When cadmium (5.0 mg Cd/kg) was administered to young rats at 5 weeks of age, the sex-related difference in lethality was minimal. Furthermore, although ovariectomy blocked cadmium-induced lethality, the lethal effects of the metal were restored by pretreatment with progesterone (40 mg/kg, sc, 7 consecutive days) or β-estradiol (200 μg/kg, sc, 7 consecutive days) to ovariectomized rats. These results provide further evidence that female sex hormones such as progesterone and β-estradiol are involved in the sexual dimorphism of cadmium toxicity in rats.
JF  - Archives of toxicology
AU  - Shimada, Hideaki
AU  - Hashiguchi, Takashi
AU  - Yasutake, Akira
AU  - Waalkes, Michael P
AU  - Imamura, Yorishige
AD  - Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, 2-40-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. hshimada@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 1475
EP  - 1480
VL  - 86
IS  - 9
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - 00BH33GNGH
KW  - Progesterone
KW  - 4G7DS2Q64Y
KW  - Estradiol
KW  - 4TI98Z838E
KW  - Metallothionein
KW  - 9038-94-2
KW  - Glutathione
KW  - GAN16C9B8O
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Animals
KW  - Cadmium -- administration & dosage
KW  - Sex Characteristics
KW  - Liver -- metabolism
KW  - Tissue Distribution
KW  - Kidney -- chemistry
KW  - Cadmium -- pharmacokinetics
KW  - Liver -- chemistry
KW  - Rats
KW  - Liver -- physiopathology
KW  - Rats, Inbred F344
KW  - Liver -- drug effects
KW  - Cadmium -- toxicity
KW  - Renal Insufficiency -- etiology
KW  - Renal Insufficiency -- prevention & control
KW  - Kidney -- physiopathology
KW  - Male
KW  - Survival Analysis
KW  - Hepatic Insufficiency -- prevention & control
KW  - Kidney -- metabolism
KW  - Hepatic Insufficiency -- etiology
KW  - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
KW  - Glutathione -- metabolism
KW  - Cadmium -- analysis
KW  - Kidney -- drug effects
KW  - Ovariectomy
KW  - Female
KW  - Metallothionein -- metabolism
KW  - Cadmium Poisoning -- metabolism
KW  - Cadmium Poisoning -- physiopathology
KW  - Progesterone -- pharmacology
KW  - Estradiol -- pharmacology
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N1  - Date completed - 2013-01-22
N1  - Date created - 2012-08-22
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-012-0844-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Toxicity assessment of individual ingredients of synthetic-based drilling muds (SBMs).
AN  - 1032735990; 21928151
AB  - Synthetic-based drilling muds (SBMs) offer excellent technical characteristics while providing improved environmental performance over other drilling muds. The low acute toxicity and high biodegradability of SBMs suggest their discharge at sea would cause minimal impacts on marine ecosystems, however, chronic toxicity testing has demonstrated adverse effects of SBMs on fish health. Sparse environmental monitoring data indicate effects of SBMs on bottom invertebrates. However, no environmental toxicity assessment has been performed on fish attracted to the cutting piles. SBM formulations are mostly composed of synthetic base oils, weighting agents, and drilling additives such as emulsifiers, fluid loss agents, wetting agents, and brine. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of exposure to individual ingredients of SBMs on fish health. To do so, a suite of biomarkers [ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, biliary metabolites, sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) activity, DNA damage, and heat shock protein] have been measured in pink snapper (Pagrus auratus) exposed for 21 days to individual ingredients of SBMs. The primary emulsifier (Emul S50) followed by the fluid loss agent (LSL 50) caused the strongest biochemical responses in fish. The synthetic base oil (Rheosyn) caused the least response in juvenile fish. The results suggest that the impact of Syndrill 80:20 on fish health might be reduced by replacement of the primary emulsifier Emul S50 with an alternative ingredient of less toxicity to aquatic biota. The research provides a basis for improving the environmental performance of SBMs by reducing the environmental risk of their discharge and providing environmental managers with information regarding the potential toxicity of individual ingredients.
JF  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
AU  - Bakhtyar, Sajida
AU  - Gagnon, Marthe Monique
AD  - Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 5311
EP  - 5325
VL  - 184
IS  - 9
KW  - Biomarkers
KW  - 0
KW  - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical
KW  - L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase
KW  - EC 1.1.1.14
KW  - Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
KW  - EC 1.14.14.1
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins -- metabolism
KW  - Animals
KW  - L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase -- blood
KW  - DNA Damage
KW  - Toxicity Tests
KW  - Perciformes
KW  - Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 -- metabolism
KW  - Biomarkers -- metabolism
KW  - Biodegradation, Environmental
KW  - Bile -- metabolism
KW  - L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase -- metabolism
KW  - Environmental Monitoring -- methods
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- analysis
KW  - Extraction and Processing Industry
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- toxicity
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N1  - Date completed - 2012-10-19
N1  - Date created - 2012-08-07
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2342-x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Error begat error: Design error analysis and prevention in social infrastructure projects
AN  - 1028027416; 16817289
AB  - Design errors contribute significantly to cost and schedule growth in social infrastructure projects and to engineering failures, which can result in accidents and loss of life. Despite considerable research that has addressed their error causation in construction projects they still remain prevalent. This paper identifies the underlying conditions that contribute to design errors in social infrastructure projects (e.g. hospitals, education, law and order type buildings). A systemic model of error causation is propagated and subsequently used to develop a learning framework for design error prevention. The research suggests that a multitude of strategies should be adopted in congruence to prevent design errors from occurring and so ensure that safety and project performance are ameliorated.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Love, Peter ED
AU  - Lopez, Robert
AU  - Edwards, David J
AU  - Goh, Yang M
AD  - School of Built Environment, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, p.love@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 100
EP  - 110
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 48
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Causal influence
KW  - Contract documents
KW  - Design error
KW  - Social infrastructure
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Education
KW  - Safety engineering
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Design
KW  - H 13000:Medical Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Infrastructure; Education; Accidents; Prevention; Safety engineering; Buildings; Construction industry; Design; Hospitals
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.027
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Recreational catch composition, catch rates, effort and expenditure in a specialised land-based pelagic game fish fishery
AN  - 1024668485; 16867497
AB  - A specialised recreational land-based game fish fishery in south-eastern Australia was characterised using electronic fisher diaries. Live bait and lure-casting were the primary methods used during long trip durations (mean 9.44 plus or minus SD 6.65h). Effort was temporally and spatially dynamic, whereby fishers appeared to follow the 20 degree C sea surface temperature isotherm. A total of 4436 fish from 44 taxa was recorded. The highest mean catch rates were recorded for Seriola lalandi, Thunnus tonggol, and Istiompax indica (0.0025-0.0224fishh-1). However, at least 42% of trips were unsuccessful in capturing nominated target species. High average expenditure of $1734.75 ( plus or minus 788.07) per fisher yr-1 was attributed to long travel distances to fishing locations and specialised equipment. The study highlighted the need to develop cost-effective survey methods to access a representative sample of 'hard-to-reach' fishers from specialised recreational fisheries.
JF  - Fisheries Research (Amsterdam)
AU  - Griffiths, Shane P
AD  - CSIRO Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia, shane.griffiths@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Sep 2012
SP  - 40
EP  - 44
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 127-128
SN  - 0165-7836, 0165-7836
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Travel
KW  - Seriola lalandi
KW  - Pelagic fisheries
KW  - Thunnus tonggol
KW  - Stock assessment
KW  - Game fish
KW  - Catch/effort
KW  - Sport fishing
KW  - Bait
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Catch composition
KW  - Fishery surveys
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Australia
KW  - Isotherms
KW  - Q1 08563:Fishing gear and methods
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catch composition; Pelagic fisheries; Fishery surveys; Stock assessment; Isotherms; Catch/effort; Game fish; Bait; Sport fishing; Travel; Temperature effects; Fishing; Fisheries; Seriola lalandi; Thunnus tonggol; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.04.009
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evidence of soluble microbial products accelerating chloramine decay in nitrifying bulk water samples
AN  - 1024657590; 16855198
AB  - The discovery of a microbially derived soluble product that accelerates chloramine decay is described. Nitrifying bacteria are believed to be wholly responsible for rapid chloramine loss in drinking water systems. However, a recent investigation showed that an unidentified soluble agent significantly accelerated chloramine decay. The agent was suspected to be either natural organic matter (NOM) or soluble microbial products (SMPs). A laboratory scale reactor was fed chloraminated reverse osmosis (RO) treated water to eliminate the interference from NOM. Once nitrification had set in, experiments were conducted on the reactor and feed waters to determine the identity of the component. The study showed the presence of SMPs released by microbes in severely nitrified waters. Further experiments proved that the SMPs significantly accelerated chloramine decay, probably through catalytic reaction. Moreover, application of common protein denaturing techniques stopped the reaction implying that the compound responsible was likely to be a protein. This significant finding will pave the way for better control of chloramine in the distribution systems.
JF  - Water Research
AU  - Bal Krishna, KC
AU  - Sathasivan, Arumugam
AU  - Chandra Sarker, Dipok
AD  - Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, b.kc@postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Sep 01
SP  - 3977
EP  - 3988
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 13
SN  - 0043-1354, 0043-1354
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Chlorophylls
KW  - Reverse osmosis
KW  - Water sampling
KW  - Water Analysis
KW  - Drinking Water
KW  - Organic Matter
KW  - Bioreactors
KW  - Decay
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - Reverse Osmosis
KW  - Nitrifying bacteria
KW  - Nitrification
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Water samples
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Feeds
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - W 30950:Waste Treatment & Pollution Clean-up
KW  - A 01450:Environmental Pollution & Waste Treatment
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
KW  - SW 7060:Research facilities
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Chlorophylls; Reverse osmosis; Drinking Water; Nitrification; Organic matter; Water samples; Decay; Nitrifying bacteria; Bioreactors; Drinking water; Water sampling; Proteins; Organic Matter; Water Analysis; Laboratories; Microorganisms; Reverse Osmosis; Feeds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.026
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Energy use, indoor temperature and possible adaptation strategies for air-conditioned office buildings in face of global warming
AN  - 1017974546; 16730252
AB  - This paper discusses and summarises a recent systematic study on the implication of global warming on air conditioned office buildings in Australia. Four areas are covered, including analysis of historical weather data, generation of future weather data for the impact study of global warming, projection of building performance under various global warming scenarios, and evaluation of various adaptation strategies under 2070 high global warming conditions. Overall, it is found that depending on the assumed future climate scenarios and the location considered, the increase of total building energy use for the sample Australian office building may range from 0.4 to 15.1%. When the increase of annual average outdoor temperature exceeds 2 degree C, the risk of overheating will increase significantly. However, the potential overheating problem could be completely eliminated if internal load density is significantly reduced.
JF  - Building and Environment
AU  - Guan, Lisa
AD  - School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, l.guan@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/09//
PY  - 2012
DA  - September 2012
SP  - 8
EP  - 19
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 55
SN  - 0360-1323, 0360-1323
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Building performance
KW  - Office buildings
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Building simulation
KW  - Indoor temperatures
KW  - Weather
KW  - Air conditioning
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Greenhouse effect
KW  - Energy consumption
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Adaptability
KW  - Australia
KW  - Future climates
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - M2 551.588:Environmental Influences (551.588)
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Indoor temperatures; Global warming; Future climates; Weather; Adaptability; Air conditioning; Climate change; Temperature; Greenhouse effect; Energy consumption; Buildings; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.013
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Maternal Concentrations of Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds during Pregnancy and Fetal and Postnatal Growth in British Girls
AN  - 1285100019; 17615818
AB  - Background: Prenatal exposures to polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) may be associated with adverse changes in fetal and postnatal growth. Objective: We explored associations of prenatal serum concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) with fetal and postnatal growth in girls. Methods: We studied a sample of 447 singleton girls and their mothers participating in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Data on weight and length were obtained at birth and at 2, 9, and 20 months. Serum samples were obtained in 1991-1992, from mothers during pregnancy. We explored associations between prenatal PFC concentrations and weight at birth as well as longitudinal changes in weight-for-age SD scores between birth and 20 months. Results: PFOS (median, 19.6 ng/mL), PFOA (median, 3.7 ng/mL), and PFHxS (median, 1.6 ng/mL) were detected in 100% of samples. On average, girls born to mothers with prenatal concentrations of PFOS in the upper tertile weighed 140 g less [95% confidence interval (CI): -238, -42] at birth than girls born to mothers with concentrations in the lower tertile in adjusted models. Similar patterns were seen for PFOA (-133 g; 95% CI: -237, -30) and PFHxS (-108 g; 95% CI: -206, -10). At 20 months, however, girls born to mothers with prenatal concentrations of PFOS in the upper tertile weighed 580 g more (95% CI: 301, 858) when compared with those in the lower tertile. No differences in weight were found for PFOA and PFHxS. Conclusions: Girls with higher prenatal exposure to each of the PFCs examined were smaller at birth than those with lower exposure. In addition, those with higher exposure to PFOS were larger at 20 months.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Maisonet, Mildred
AU  - Terrell, Metrecia L
AU  - McGeehin, Michael A
AU  - Christensen, Krista Yorita
AU  - Holmes, Adrianne
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Marcus, Michele
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 30
SP  - 1432
EP  - 1437
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - ALSPAC
KW  - birth weight
KW  - early childhood growth
KW  - perfluorohexane sulfonate
KW  - perfluorooctanoate
KW  - perfluorooctane sulfonate
KW  - polyfluoroalkyl compounds
KW  - postnatal growth
KW  - Longitudinal studies
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Sulfonates
KW  - Children
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Growth
KW  - Weight
KW  - British Isles, England, Avon
KW  - Exposure
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 07:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Longitudinal studies; Growth; Prenatal experience; Sulfonates; Children; Pregnancy; Weight; Exposure; Model Studies; British Isles, England, Avon
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003096
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Recent progress of core-substituted naphthalenediimides: highlights from 2010.
AN  - 1030078526; 22782711
AB  - Core-substituted naphthalenediimides (cNDIs) are rapidly emerging as a powerful strategy to create functional nanomaterials and their implications in biological and supramolecular chemistry are significant. Recent developments in the synthesis of cNDIs have allowed several groups to probe the function of this interesting class of dye molecules in a molecular and supramolecular sense. Core-substitution of the NDI can be seen as an opportunity to extend the planar, rigid core and could be used to prepare novel structures for applications in organic, biosupramolecular chemistry, biomedicine, materials science and organic solar cells. In this Emerging Area, we provide up-to-date recent progress in the field of cNDIs. We begin with a general discussion and the applications of cNDIs in the field of supramolecular chemistry i.e. generation of nanostructures such as vesicles and nanotubes etc., and we also discuss advances in artificial photosynthesis. Following this is a section on their implications in the field of sensors, particularly DNA intercalation, anion sensing and NDI based pH sensors. Finally, we explore the recent development of cNDIs in organic solar cell applications. We conclude with our views on the prospects of cNDIs in future research.
JF  - Organic & biomolecular chemistry
AU  - Bhosale, Sheshanath V
AU  - Bhosale, Sidhanath V
AU  - Bhargava, Suresh K
AD  - School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia. bsheshanath@gmail.com
Y1  - 2012/08/28/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 28
SP  - 6455
EP  - 6468
VL  - 10
IS  - 32
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N1  - Date completed - 2012-11-29
N1  - Date created - 2012-07-27
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ob25798j
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Air Pollution Exposure and Markers of Placental Growth and Function: The Generation R Study
AN  - 1677951702; 17649936
AB  - Background: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy might affect placental growth and function, perhaps leading to pregnancy complications. Objective: We prospectively evaluated the associations of maternal air pollution exposure with markers of placental growth and function among 7,801 pregnant women in the Netherlands. Methods: We estimated levels of particulate matter less than or equal to 10 mu m in aerodynamic diameter (PM sub(10)) and nitrogen dioxide (NO sub(2)) at the home address for different periods during pregnancy using dispersion modeling techniques. Pro- and anti-angiogenic factors [placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1), respectively] were measured in first- and second-trimester maternal blood and in fetal cord blood samples at delivery. Pulsatility index of the uterine and umbilical arteries was measured by Doppler ultrasound in second and third trimester, and notching was assessed in third trimester. Placenta weight and birth weight were obtained from medical records. Results: Higher PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposure levels were associated with lower second-trimester maternal sFlt-1 and PlGF levels. PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposures averaged over total pregnancy were associated with higher sFlt-1 and lower PlGF levels in fetal cord blood, consistent with an anti-angiogenic state. PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposures were not consistently associated with second- or third-trimester placental resistance indices. NO sub(2) exposure was associated with third-trimester notching (odds ratio 1.33; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.78 per 10- mu g/m super(3) increase in the prior 2 months). PM sub(10) and NO sub(2) exposures were associated with lower placenta weight (-11.8 g; 95% CI: -20.9, -2.7, and -10.7 g; 95% CI: -19.0, -2.4, respectively, per 10- mu g/m super(3) increase in the prior 2 months), but not with placenta to birth weight ratio. Conclusions: Our results suggest that maternal air pollution exposure may influence markers of placental growth and function. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings and explore the maternal and fetal consequences.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - van den Hooven, Edith H
AU  - Pierik, Frank H
AU  - de Kluizenaar, Yvonne
AU  - Hofman, Albert
AU  - van Ratingen, Sjoerd W
AU  - Zandveld, Peter YJ
AU  - Russcher, Henk
AU  - Lindemans, Jan
AU  - Miedema, Henk ME
AU  - Steegers, Eric AP
AU  - Jaddoe, Vincent WV
AD  - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Y1  - 2012/08/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 24
SP  - 1753
EP  - 1759
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - dispersion modeling
KW  - nitrogen dioxide
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - placenta
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Kinases
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Blood
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Placenta
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Markers
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1204918
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Excessive Heat and Respiratory Hospitalizations in New York State: Estimating Current and Future Public Health Burden Related to Climate Change
AN  - 1291618206; 17649952
AB  - Background: Although many climate-sensitive environmental exposures are related to mortality and morbidity, there is a paucity of estimates of the public health burden attributable to climate change. Objective: We estimated the excess current and future public health impacts related to respiratory hospitalizations attributable to extreme heat in summer in New York State (NYS) overall, its geographic regions, and across different demographic strata. Methods: On the basis of threshold temperature and percent risk changes identified from our study in NYS, we estimated recent and future attributable risks related to extreme heat due to climate change using the global climate model with various climate scenarios. We estimated effects of extreme high apparent temperature in summer on respiratory admissions, days hospitalized, direct hospitalization costs, and lost productivity from days hospitalized after adjusting for inflation. Results: The estimated respiratory disease burden attributable to extreme heat at baseline (1991-2004) in NYS was 100 hospital admissions, US$644,069 in direct hospitalization costs, and 616 days of hospitalization per year. Projections for 2080-2099 based on three different climate scenarios ranged from 206-607 excess hospital admissions, US$26-$76 million in hospitalization costs, and 1,299-3,744 days of hospitalization per year. Estimated impacts varied by geographic region and population demographics. Conclusions: We estimated that excess respiratory admissions in NYS due to excessive heat would be 2 to 6 times higher in 2080-2099 than in 1991-2004. When combined with other heat-associated diseases and mortality, the potential public health burden associated with global warming could be substantial.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lin, Shao
AU  - Hsu, Wan-Hsiang
AU  - Van Zutphen, Alissa R
AU  - Saha, Shubhayu
AU  - Luber, George
AU  - Hwang, Syni-An
AD  - Center for Environmental Health, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 24
SP  - 1571
EP  - 1577
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - climate change
KW  - extreme heat
KW  - morbidity
KW  - projection
KW  - public health burden
KW  - respiratory disease
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Heat wave effects on health
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Inflation
KW  - Summer
KW  - Greenhouse effect
KW  - USA, New York
KW  - Public health
KW  - Demography
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Heat wave effects on health; Climate models; Climate change; Global warming; Demography; Mortality; Temperature; Inflation; Greenhouse effect; Summer; Hospitals; Public health; USA, New York
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104728
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Role of Ambient Ozone in Epidemiologic Studies of Heat-Related Mortality
AN  - 1660045483; 17649925
AB  - Background: A large and growing literature investigating the role of extreme heat on mortality has conceptualized the role of ambient ozone in various ways, sometimes treating it as a confounder, sometimes as an effect modifier, and sometimes as a co-exposure. Thus, there is a lack of consensus about the roles that temperature and ozone together play in causing mortality. Objectives: We applied directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to the topic of heat-related mortality to graphically represent the subject matter behind the research questions and to provide insight on the analytical options available. Discussion: On the basis of the subject matter encoded in the graphs, we assert that the role of ozone in studies of temperature and mortality is a causal intermediate that is affected by temperature and that can also affect mortality, rather than a confounder. Conclusions: We discuss possible questions of interest implied by this causal structure and propose areas of future work to further clarify the role of air pollutants in epidemiologic studies of extreme temperature.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Reid, Colleen E
AU  - Snowden, Jonathan M
AU  - Kontgis, Caitlin
AU  - Tager, Ira B
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and
Y1  - 2012/08/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 16
SP  - 1627
EP  - 1630
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - causality
KW  - confounding variables
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - extreme heat
KW  - mortality
KW  - ozone
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Health
KW  - Graphs
KW  - Ozone
KW  - Mathematical analysis
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Indigenous Peoples of North America: Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Justice
AN  - 1660045457; 17649926
AB  - Background: Indigenous American communities face disproportionate health burdens and environmental health risks compared with the average North American population. These health impacts are issues of both environmental and reproductive justice. Objectives: In this commentary, we review five indigenous communities in various stages of environmental health research and discuss the intersection of environmental health and reproductive justice issues in these communities as well as the limitations of legal recourse. Discussion: The health disparities impacting life expectancy and reproductive capabilities in indigenous communities are due to a combination of social, economic, and environmental factors. The system of federal environmental and Indian law is insufficient to protect indigenous communities from environmental contamination. Many communities are interested in developing appropriate research partnerships in order to discern the full impact of environmental contamination and prevent further damage. Conclusions: Continued research involving collaborative partnerships among scientific researchers, community members, and health care providers is needed to determine the impacts of this contamination and to develop approaches for remediation and policy interventions.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Hoover, Elizabeth
AU  - Cook, Katsi
AU  - Plain, Ron
AU  - Sanchez, Kathy
AU  - Waghiyi, Vi
AU  - Miller, Pamela
AU  - Dufault, Renee
AU  - Sislin, Caitlin
AU  - Carpenter, David O
AD  - Ethnic and American Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 16
SP  - 1645
EP  - 1649
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Alaska Natives
KW  - environmental justice
KW  - First Nations
KW  - Native Americans
KW  - reproductive justice
KW  - Risk
KW  - Policies
KW  - Communities
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Economics
KW  - Partnerships
KW  - Health
KW  - Environmental law
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Surrounding Greenness and Pregnancy Outcomes in Four Spanish Birth Cohorts
AN  - 1285095404; 17615807
AB  - Background: Green spaces have been associated with improved physical and mental health; however, the available evidence on the impact of green spaces on pregnancy is scarce. Objectives: We investigated the association between surrounding greenness and birth weight, head circumference, and gestational age at delivery. Methods: This study was based on 2,393 singleton live births from four Spanish birth cohorts (Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell, and Valencia) located in two regions of the Iberian Peninsula with distinct climates and vegetation patterns (2003-2008). We defined surrounding greenness as average of satellite-based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (Landsat 4-5 TM data at 30 m 30 m resolution) during 2007 in buffers of 100 m, 250 m, and 500 m around each maternal place of residence. Separate linear mixed models with adjustment for potential confounders and a random cohort effect were used to estimate the change in birth weight, head circumference, and gestational age for 1-interquartile range increase in surrounding greenness. Results: Higher surrounding greenness was associated with increases in birth weight and head circumference [adjusted regression coefficients (95% confidence interval) of 44.2 g (20.2 g, 68.2 g) and 1.7 mm (0.5 mm, 2.9 mm) for an interquartile range increase in average NDVI within a 500-m buffer] but not gestational age. These findings were robust against the choice of the buffer size and the season of data acquisition for surrounding greenness, and when the analysis was limited to term births. Stratified analyses indicated stronger associations among children of mothers with lower education, suggesting greater benefits from surrounding greenness. Conclusions: Our findings suggest a beneficial impact of surrounding greenness on measures of fetal growth but not pregnancy length.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Dadvand, Payam
AU  - Sunyer, Jordi
AU  - Basagana, Xavier
AU  - Ballester, Ferran
AU  - Lertxundi, Aitana
AU  - Fernandez-Somoano, Ana
AU  - Estarlich, Marisa
AU  - Garcia-Esteban, Raquel
AU  - Mendez, Michelle A
AU  - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J
AD  - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
Y1  - 2012/08/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 16
SP  - 1481
EP  - 1487
PB  - US <span class="hit">Government</span> <span class="hit">Printing</span> <span class="hit">Office</span>, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - birth weight
KW  - cohort
KW  - gestational age
KW  - greenness
KW  - green space
KW  - head circumference
KW  - INMA
KW  - NDVI
KW  - pregnancy outcomes
KW  - reproductive health
KW  - Remote Sensing
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - Age
KW  - Vegetation patterns
KW  - Europe, Iberian Peninsula
KW  - Weight
KW  - Data Acquisition
KW  - Buffers
KW  - Spain, Asturias
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Education
KW  - Landsat
KW  - Green development
KW  - Benefits
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Birth weight; Landsat; Education; Age; Vegetation patterns; Buffers; Climate; Green development; Pregnancy; Remote Sensing; Weight; Data Acquisition; Climates; Vegetation; Benefits; Model Studies; Europe, Iberian Peninsula; Spain, Asturias
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205244
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study-Methods and Study Population
AN  - 1660052966; 17649945
AB  - Background: In the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding parishes (NOLA), children with asthma were perilously impacted by Hurricane Katrina as a result of disrupted health care, high home mold and allergen levels, and high stress. Objectives: The Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study was conducted to examine relationships between the post-Katrina environment and childhood asthma in NOLA and assess a novel asthma counselor intervention that provided case management and guidance for reducing home mold and allergen levels. Methods: Children (4-12 years old) with moderate-to-severe asthma were recruited from NOLA schools. Over 1 year, they received two clinical evaluations, three home environmental evaluations, and the asthma intervention. Quarterly end points included symptom days, medication use, and unscheduled emergency department or clinic visits. A community advisory group was assembled and informed HEAL at all phases. Results: Of the children (n = 182) enrolled in HEAL, 67% were African American, and 25% came from households with annual incomes < $15,000. HEAL children were symptomatic, averaging 6.6 symptom days in the 2 weeks before baseline, and had frequent unscheduled visits to clinics or emergency departments (76% had at least one unscheduled visit in the preceding 3 months). In this report, we describe study design and baseline characteristics of HEAL children. Conclusions: Despite numerous challenges faced by investigators, study staff, and participants, including destroyed infrastructure, disrupted lives, and lost jobs, HEAL was successful in terms of recruitment and retention, the high quality of data collected that will provide insight into asthma-allergen relationships, and the asthma intervention. This success was attributable to using an adaptive approach and refining processes as needed.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Chulada, Patricia C
AU  - Kennedy, Suzanne
AU  - Mvula, Mosanda M
AU  - Jaffee, Katy
AU  - Wildfire, Jeremy
AU  - Thornton, Eleanor
AU  - Cohn, Richard D
AU  - Grimsley, LFaye
AU  - Mitchell, Herman
AU  - El-Dahr, Jane
AU  - Sterling, Yvonne
AU  - Martin, William J
AU  - White, LuAnn
AU  - Stephens, Kevin U
AU  - Lichtveld, Maureen
AD  - Clinical Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 15
SP  - 1592
EP  - 1599
PB  - US <span class="hit">Government</span> <span class="hit">Printing</span> <span class="hit">Office</span>, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - asthma
KW  - asthma case management
KW  - asthma counselor
KW  - environmental intervention
KW  - Hurricane Katrina
KW  - indoor allergens
KW  - mold
KW  - Communities
KW  - Phases
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Molds
KW  - Emergencies
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Children
KW  - Emergency medical services
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104239
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Indoor Environmental Exposures for Children with Asthma Enrolled in the HEAL Study, Post-Katrina New Orleans
AN  - 1660037882; 17649946
AB  - Background: Rain and flooding from Hurricane Katrina resulted in widespread growth of mold and bacteria and production of allergens in New Orleans, Louisiana, which may have led to increased exposures and morbidity in children with asthma. Objectives: The goal of the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study was to characterize post-Katrina exposures to mold and allergens in children with asthma. Methods: The homes of 182 children with asthma in New Orleans and surrounding parishes were evaluated by visual inspection, temperature and moisture measurements, and air and dust sampling. Air was collected using vacuum-pump spore traps and analyzed for > 30 mold taxa using bright field microscopy. Dust was collected from the children's beds and bedroom floors and analyzed for mouse (Mus m 1), dust mite (Der p 1), cockroach (Bla g 1), and mold (Alternaria mix) allergens using ELISA. Results: More than half (62%) of the children were living in homes that had been damaged by rain, flooding, or both. Geometric mean indoor and outdoor airborne mold levels were 501 and 3,958 spores/m3, respectively. Alternaria antigen was detected in dust from 98% of homes, with 58% having concentrations > 10 mu g/g. Mus m 1, Der p 1, and Bla g 1 were detected in 60%, 35%, and 20% of homes, respectively, at low mean concentrations. Conclusions: Except for Alternaria antigen in dust, concentrations of airborne mold (ratio of indoor to outdoor mold) and dust allergens in the homes of HEAL children were lower than measurements found in other studies, possibly because of extensive post-Katrina mold remediation and renovations, or because children moved into cleaner homes upon returning to New Orleans.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Grimsley, LFaye
AU  - Chulada, Patricia C
AU  - Kennedy, Suzanne
AU  - White, LuAnn
AU  - Wildfire, Jeremy
AU  - Cohn, Richard D
AU  - Mitchell, Herman
AU  - Thornton, Eleanor
AU  - El-Dahr, Jane
AU  - Mvula, Mosanda M
AU  - Sterling, Yvonne
AU  - Martin, William J
AU  - Stephens, Kevin U
AU  - Lichtveld, Maureen
AD  - School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 15
SP  - 1600
EP  - 1606
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - allergens
KW  - asthma
KW  - endotoxin
KW  - environmental remediation
KW  - glucan
KW  - Hurricane Katrina
KW  - mold
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Antigens
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Indoor
KW  - Molds
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Children
KW  - Dust
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-03
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104840
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Implementation of Evidence-based Asthma Interventions in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study
AN  - 1291620616; 17649947
AB  - Background: Childhood asthma morbidity and mortality in New Orleans, Louisiana, is among the highest in the nation. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina created an environmental disaster that led to high levels of mold and other allergens and disrupted health care for children with asthma. Objectives: We implemented a unique hybrid asthma counselor and environmental intervention based on successful National Institutes of Health asthma interventions from the National Cooperative Inner City Asthma (NCICAS) and Inner-City Asthma (ICAS) Studies with the goal of reducing asthma symptoms in New Orleans children after Hurricane Katrina. Methods: Children (4-12 years old) with moderate-to-severe asthma (n = 182) received asthma counseling and environmental intervention for approximately 1 year. HEAL was evaluated employing several analytical approaches including a pre-post evaluation of symptom changes over the entire year, an analysis of symptoms according to the timing of asthma counselor contact, and a comparison to previous evidence-based interventions. Results: Asthma symptoms during the previous 2 weeks decreased from 6.5 days at enrollment to 3.6 days at the 12-month symptom assessment (a 45% reduction, p < 0.001), consistent with changes observed after NCICAS and ICAS interventions (35% and 62% reductions in symptom days, respectively). Children whose families had contact with a HEAL asthma counselor by 6 months showed a 4.09-day decrease [95% confidence interval (CI): 3.25 to 4.94-day decrease] in symptom days, compared with a 1.79-day decrease (95% CI: 0.90, 2.67) among those who had not yet seen an asthma counselor (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The novel combination of evidence-based asthma interventions was associated with improved asthma symptoms among children in post-Katrina New Orleans. Post-intervention changes in symptoms were consistent with previous randomized trials of NCICAS and ICAS interventions.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Mitchell, Herman
AU  - Cohn, Richard D
AU  - Wildfire, Jeremy
AU  - Thornton, Eleanor
AU  - Kennedy, Suzanne
AU  - El-Dahr, Jane M
AU  - Chulada, Patricia C
AU  - Mvula, Mosanda M
AU  - Grimsley, LFaye
AU  - Lichtveld, Maureen Y
AU  - White, LuAnn E
AU  - Sterling, Yvonne M
AU  - Stephens, Kevin U
AU  - Martin, William J
AD  - Rho Federal Systems Division, Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 15
SP  - 1607
EP  - 1612
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - asthma case management
KW  - asthma counselor
KW  - asthma morbidity
KW  - environmental intervention
KW  - Hurricane Katrina
KW  - indoor allergens
KW  - mold
KW  - Molds
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Allergens
KW  - USA, Louisiana
KW  - Cooperatives
KW  - Timing
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Inner cities
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Children
KW  - USA, Louisiana, New Orleans
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes
KW  - ENA 07:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Hurricanes; Inner cities; Allergens; Intervention; Asthma; Respiratory diseases; Children; Morbidity; Timing; Evaluation; Assessments; Disasters; Cooperatives; Molds; USA, Louisiana; USA, Louisiana, New Orleans
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104242
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Short-term effects of firebreaks on seedling growth, nutrient concentrations and soil strength in southern Australian wet eucalypt forests
AN  - 1024668137; 16867054
AB  - Wet eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia are regenerated following harvest using broadcast burning followed by aerial sowing. Before burning, a mineral-earth firebreak is established around the perimeter of the harvested area to protect the standing forest edge. This results in a strip of disturbed soil and a visibly compacted track, which are bordered by a windrow of displaced debris. Firebreaks cover a significant proportion of the harvested area in recent coupes, but their effect on seedling growth has not been examined previously. This study quantified the short-term effects of firebreak construction on seedling size, foliar nutrients, soil strength (penetration resistance) and soil chemistry. These variables were measured on two disturbance types associated with firebreaks (disturbed soil and visibly compacted soil), as well as in the adjacent burnt windrow and in the general harvest area, at eight sites in Tasmania, Australia. Although there was considerable variation between sites, treatment effects were substantial and consistent. Seedlings growing on the compacted track and on disturbed soil on the firebreaks were 40% and 60% the size of those growing in the general harvest area, respectively. Seedlings on the firebreaks also had lower concentrations of foliar N, P and K, reflecting reduced nutrient levels in the two firebreak treatments. Reduced seedling growth on the compacted portion of the firebreaks can also be attributed to increased penetration resistance, which was up to 52% higher on the firebreak track compared to other treatments. Seedlings growing on the burnt windrow were similar in size to those growing in the general harvest area, despite higher nutrient concentrations in the windrow. Further research is needed to quantify the persistence of these effects, and to determine implications for site-level productivity.
JF  - Forest Ecology and Management
AU  - Scott, R E
AU  - Hovenden, MJ
AU  - Neyland, M G
AU  - Mitchell, S J
AU  - Adams, PR
AU  - Wood, MJ
AD  - Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, robyn.scott@forestrytas.com.au
Y1  - 2012/08/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 15
SP  - 110
EP  - 117
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 278
SN  - 0378-1127, 0378-1127
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Firebreak
KW  - Soil compaction
KW  - Regeneration
KW  - Foliar nutrients
KW  - Australia
KW  - Forest management
KW  - Windrows
KW  - Soil chemistry
KW  - Forests
KW  - Seedlings
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Burning
KW  - Nutrient concentrations
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Forest management; Windrows; Soil chemistry; Forests; Nutrients; Seedlings; Burning; Nutrient concentrations
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environmental Inequality in Exposures to Airborne Particulate Matter Components in the United States
AN  - 1291611362; 17649922
AB  - Background: Growing evidence indicates that toxicity of fine particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in diameter (PM sub(2.5)) differs by chemical component. Exposure to components may differ by population. Objectives: We investigated whether exposures to PM sub(2.5) components differ by race/ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: Long-term exposures (2000 through 2006) were estimated for 215 U.S. census tracts for PM sub(2.5) and for 14 PM sub(2.5) components. Population-weighted exposures were combined to generate overall estimated exposures by race/ethnicity, education, poverty status, employment, age, and earnings. We compared population characteristics for tracts with and without PM sub(2.5) component monitors. Results: Larger disparities in estimated exposures were observed for components than for PM sub(2.5) total mass. For race/ethnicity, whites generally had the lowest exposures. Non-Hispanic blacks had higher exposures than did whites for 13 of the 14 components. Hispanics generally had the highest exposures (e.g., 152% higher than whites for chlorine, 94% higher for aluminum). Young persons (0-19 years of age) had levels as high as or higher than other ages for all exposures except sulfate. Persons with lower SES had higher estimated exposures, with some exceptions. For example, a 10% increase in the proportion unemployed was associated with a 20.0% increase in vanadium and an 18.3% increase in elemental carbon. Census tracts with monitors had more non-Hispanic blacks, lower education and earnings, and higher unemployment and poverty than did tracts without monitors. Conclusions: Exposures to PM components differed by race/ethnicity, age, and SES. If some components are more toxic than others, certain populations are likely to suffer higher health burdens. Demographics differed between populations covered and not covered by monitors.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Bell, Michelle L
AU  - Ebisu, Keita
AD  - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 10
SP  - 1699
EP  - 1704
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - chemical components
KW  - environmental justice
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - PM2.5
KW  - race
KW  - socioeconomic status
KW  - Sulfates
KW  - Age
KW  - Particulate matter
KW  - Chlorine
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Demography
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Airborne particulates
KW  - Races
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Vanadium
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Sulfate
KW  - Socio-economic aspects
KW  - USA
KW  - Education
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Aluminum
KW  - Census
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Vanadium; Age; Particulate matter; Chlorine; Toxicity; Sulfate; Demography; Socio-economic aspects; Carbon; Airborne particulates; Aluminum; Census; Ethnic groups; Races; Sulfates; Particle size; Education; Poverty; Particulates; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205201
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of the Association between Arsenic and Diabetes: A National Toxicology Program Workshop Review
AN  - 1291611355; 17649921
AB  - Background: Diabetes affects an estimated 346 million persons globally, and total deaths from diabetes are projected to increase > 50% in the next decade. Understanding the role of environmental chemicals in the development or progression of diabetes is an emerging issue in environmental health. In 2011, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) organized a workshop to assess the literature for evidence of associations between certain chemicals, including inorganic arsenic, and diabetes and/or obesity to help develop a focused research agenda. This review is derived from discussions at that workshop. Objectives: Our objectives were to assess the consistency, strength/weaknesses, and biological plausibility of findings in the scientific literature regarding arsenic and diabetes and to identify data gaps and areas for future evaluation or research. The extent of the existing literature was insufficient to consider obesity as an outcome. Data Sources, Extraction, and Synthesis: Studies related to arsenic and diabetes or obesity were identified through PubMed and supplemented with relevant studies identified by reviewing the reference lists in the primary literature or review articles. Conclusions: Existing human data provide limited to sufficient support for an association between arsenic and diabetes in populations with relatively high exposure levels ( greater than or equal to 150 mu g arsenic/L in drinking water). The evidence is insufficient to conclude that arsenic is associated with diabetes in lower exposure (< 150 mu g arsenic/L drinking water), although recent studies with better measures of outcome and exposure support an association. The animal literature as a whole was inconclusive; however, studies using better measures of diabetes-relevant end points support a link between arsenic and diabetes.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Maull, Elizabeth A
AU  - Ahsan, Habibul
AU  - Edwards, Joshua
AU  - Longnecker, Matthew P
AU  - Navas-Acien, Ana
AU  - Pi, Jingbo
AU  - Silbergeld, Ellen K
AU  - Styblo, Miroslav
AU  - Tseng, Chin-Hsiao
AU  - Thayer, Kristina A
AU  - Loomis, Dana
AD  - Biomolecular Screening Branch, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 10
SP  - 1658
EP  - 1670
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - animal
KW  - arsenic toxicity
KW  - cell line
KW  - chemically induced/epidemiology
KW  - cultured cell
KW  - diabetes
KW  - environmental epidemiology
KW  - glucose
KW  - insulin
KW  - metabolism
KW  - obesity
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Drinking Water
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Synthesis
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Conferences
KW  - Diabetes mellitus
KW  - Strength
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - H 3000:Environment and Ecology
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Arsenic; Drinking Water; Conferences; Toxicology; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Data processing; Reviews; Drinking water; Chemicals; Mortality; Environmental health; Evaluation; Strength; Exposure; Synthesis
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Advancing the Next Generation of Health Risk Assessment
AN  - 1291608779; 17649962
AB  - Background: Over the past 20 years, knowledge of the genome and its function has increased dramatically, but risk assessment methodologies using such knowledge have not advanced accordingly. Objective: This commentary describes a collaborative effort among several federal and state agencies to advance the next generation of risk assessment. The objective of the NexGen program is to begin to incorporate recent progress in molecular and systems biology into risk assessment practice. The ultimate success of this program will be based on the incorporation of new practices that facilitate faster, cheaper, and/or more accurate assessments of public health risks. Methods: We are developing prototype risk assessments that compare the results of traditional, data-rich risk assessments with insights gained from new types of molecular and systems biology data. In this manner, new approaches can be validated, traditional approaches improved, and the value of different types of new scientific information better understood. Discussion and Conclusions: We anticipate that these new approaches will have a variety of applications, such as assessment of new and existing chemicals in commerce and the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Additionally, results of the effort are likely to spur further research and test methods development. Full implementation of new approaches is likely to take 10-20 years.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Cote, Ila
AU  - Anastas, Paul T
AU  - Birnbaum, Linda S
AU  - Clark, Rebecca M
AU  - Dix, David J
AU  - Edwards, Stephen W
AU  - Preuss, Peter W
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA
Y1  - 2012/08/08/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 08
SP  - 1499
EP  - 1502
PB  - US <span class="hit">Government</span> <span class="hit">Printing</span> <span class="hit">Office</span>, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - bioinformatics
KW  - molecular biology
KW  - NexGen
KW  - "omics," risk assessment
KW  - systems biology
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Health risks
KW  - Prototypes
KW  - Economics
KW  - Public health
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Chemicals; Risk assessment; Health risks; Prototypes; Economics; Public health
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104870
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wind of Change Challenges Toxicological Regulators
AN  - 1291608771; 17649961
AB  - Background: In biomedical research, the past two decades have seen the advent of in vitro model systems based on stem cells, humanized cell lines, and engineered organotypic tissues, as well as numerous cellular assays based on primarily established tumor-derived cell lines and their genetically modified derivatives. Objective: There are high hopes that these systems might replace the need for animal testing in regulatory toxicology. However, despite increasing pressure in recent years to reduce animal testing, regulators are still reluctant to adopt in vitro approaches on a large scale. It thus seems appropriate to consider how we could realistically perform regulatory toxicity testing using in vitro assays only. Discussion and Conclusion: Here, we suggest an in vitro-only approach for regulatory testing that will benefit consumers, industry, and regulators alike.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Tralau, Tewes
AU  - Riebeling, Christian
AU  - Pirow, Ralph
AU  - Oelgeschlaeger, Michael
AU  - Seiler, Andrea
AU  - Liebsch, Manfred
AU  - Luch, Andreas
AD  - German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Center for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments (ZEBET), Berlin, Germany
Y1  - 2012/08/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 07
SP  - 1489
EP  - 1494
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - alternative testing approach
KW  - chemical safety testing
KW  - in vitro testing strategy
KW  - in vivo testing
KW  - regulatory acceptance
KW  - stem cells
KW  - Tox-Test Dummy
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Stem cells
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Assay
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Pressure
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Toxicity testing
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Wind
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Stem cells; Consumers; Pressure; Toxicity testing; Wind; Toxicity; Toxicology; Testing Procedures; Water Pollution Effects; Assay; Benefits; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104782
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exposures to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Age of Menarche in Adolescent Girls in NHANES (2003-2008)
AN  - 1291621438; 17649944
AB  - Background: The observed age of menarche has fallen, which may have important adverse social and health consequences. Increased exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) has been associated with adverse reproductive outcomes. Objective: Our objective was to assess the relationship between EDC exposure and the age of menarche in adolescent girls. Methods: We used data from female participants 12-16 years of age who had completed the reproductive health questionnaire and laboratory examination for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for years 2003-2008 (2005-2008 for analyses of phthalates and parabens). Exposures were assessed based on creatinine-corrected natural log urine concentrations of selected environmental chemicals and metabolites found in at least 75% of samples in our study sample. We used Cox proportional hazards analysis in SAS 9.2 survey procedures to estimate associations after accounting for censored data among participants who had not reached menarche. We evaluated body mass index (BMI; kilograms per meter squared), family income-to-poverty ratio, race/ethnicity, mother's smoking status during pregnancy, and birth weight as potential confounders. Results: The weighted mean age of menarche was 12.0 years of age. Among 440 girls with both reproductive health and laboratory data, after accounting for BMI and race/ethnicity, we found that 2,5-dichlorophenol (2,5-DCP) and summed environmental phenols (2,5-DCP and 2,4-DCP) were inversely associated with age of menarche [hazard ratios of 1.10; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01, 1.19 and 1.09; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.19, respectively]. Other exposures (total parabens, bisphenol A, triclosan, benzophenone-3, total phthalates, and 2,4-DCP) were not significantly associated with age of menarche. Conclusions: Our findings suggest an association between 2,5-DCP, a potential EDC, and earlier age of menarche in the general U.S. population.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Buttke, Danielle E
AU  - Sircar, Kanta
AU  - Martin, Colleen
AD  - National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PY  - 2012
SP  - 1613
EP  - 1618
PB  - US <span class="hit">Government</span> <span class="hit">Printing</span> <span class="hit">Office</span>, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - 2,4-dichlorophenol
KW  - endocrine disruptors
KW  - menarche
KW  - NHANES
KW  - reproductive health
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - Age
KW  - Endocrine disruptors
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Hazards
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Menarche
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - Races
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Adolescence
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Accounting
KW  - Phenols
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Phthalic acid
KW  - USA
KW  - Urine
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Reproduction
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Triclosan
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inventories; Birth weight; Age; Data processing; Endocrine disruptors; Adolescence; Disease control; Metabolites; Nutrition; Phenols; Phthalic acid; Pregnancy; Bisphenol A; Smoking; Menarche; Body mass index; Triclosan; Ethnic groups; Races; Chemicals; Phthalates; Reproduction; Adolescents; Hazards; Urine; Water Pollution Effects; Laboratories; Exposure; Surveys; Accounting; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104748
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Perceptually Regulated Training at RPE13 Is Pleasant and Improves Physical Health
AN  - 1654691861; PQ0001039626
AB  - The purpose of this study was to confirm the efficacy of an 8-wk PRET program clamped at RPE13 to improve aerobic fitness and cardiovascular health. Sedentary volunteers (age = 34.3 + or - 13.0 yr, weight = 72.5 + or - 13.7 kg, height = 1.7 + or - 0.1 m) were randomly assigned to either a training (n = 16) or a control (n = 10) group. All participants completed a graded exercise test to determine aerobic capacity at baseline and after the intervention. Participants allocated to the training group performed 30 min of PRET at RPE13 on the Borg 6-20 RPE Scale on three occasions per week for 8 wk. Affective valence was measured using the Feeling Scale. The RPE-regulated training resulted in improvements (P < 0.01) in V super( times )O sub(2max), mean arterial pressure, total cholesterol, and body mass index in the training group across time.
JF  - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
AU  - Parfitt, Gaynor
AU  - Evans, Harrison
AU  - Eston, Roger
AD  - The Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Centenary Building, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, gaynor.parfitt@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 1613
EP  - 1618
PB  - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106-3621 United States
VL  - 44
IS  - 8
SN  - 0195-9131, 0195-9131
KW  - Physical Education Index
KW  - AFFECT
KW  - PERCEIVED EXERTION
KW  - MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE
KW  - TOTAL CHOLESTEROL
KW  - FITNESS
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Lipids
KW  - Physical fitness
KW  - Sport science
KW  - Height
KW  - Health (programs)
KW  - Cardiorespiratory
KW  - Cardiorespiratory endurance
KW  - Self efficacy
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2015-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-11-16
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Measurement; Lipids; Physical fitness; Height; Sport science; Cardiorespiratory; Health (programs); Cardiorespiratory endurance; Self efficacy
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824d266e
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - THE FIRST VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRIC SETI EXPERIMENT
AN  - 1654671509; PQ0001056197
AB  - The first Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) conducted with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is presented. By consideration of the basic principles of interferometry, we show that VLBI is efficient at discriminating between SETI signals and human generated radio frequency interference (RFI). The target for this study was the star Gliese 581, thought to have two planets within its habitable zone. On 2007 June 19, Gliese 581 was observed for 8 hr at 1230-1544 MHz with the Australian Long Baseline Array. The data set was searched for signals appearing on all interferometer baselines above five times the noise limit. A total of 222 potential SETI signals were detected and by using automated data analysis techniques were ruled out as originating from the Gliese 581 system. From our results we place an upper limit of 7 MW Hz super(-1) on the power output of any isotropic emitter located in the Gliese 581 system within this frequency range. This study shows that VLBI is ideal for targeted SETI including follow-up observations. The techniques presented are equally applicable to next-generation interferometers, such as the long baselines of the Square Kilometre Array.
JF  - Astronomical Journal
AU  - Rampadarath, H
AU  - Morgan, J S
AU  - Tingay, S J
AU  - Trott, C M
AD  - International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia, hayden.rampadarath@icrar.org
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - IOP Publishing, The Public Ledger Building, Suite 929 Philadelphia PA 19106 United States
VL  - 144
IS  - 2
SN  - 0004-6256, 0004-6256
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - radio continuum: planetary systems
KW  - stars: individual (Gliese 581)
KW  - techniques: interferometric
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Stellar planets
KW  - Interferometric techniques
KW  - Acoustic waves
KW  - Noise levels
KW  - Stellar investigations
KW  - Australia
KW  - Noise pollution
KW  - Interferometry
KW  - Data analysis
KW  - P 7000:NOISE
KW  - M2 523.4:Planets (523.4)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2015-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-11-16
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Stellar planets; Acoustic waves; Interferometric techniques; Stellar investigations; Noise pollution; Data analysis; Intelligence; Noise levels; Interferometry; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/144/2/38
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Parenting styles, communication and child/adolescent diets and weight status: let's talk about it
AN  - 1541977898; 201421424
AB  - Parenting styles have been associated with health-related behaviours in children and adolescents. We present a series of studies. Study 1 investigated parenting styles and parent-child communication styles as cross-sectional predictors of dietary patterns in children, and study 2 as cross-sectional predictors of weight status in adolescents. Data were collected from parents of 382 children aged 2-12 in study 1, and from parents of 72 adolescent children aged 12-18 in study 2. Controlling for confounders, laxness and over-reactivity predicted lower fruit/vegetable and higher non-core food consumption in study 1. Incendiary parent-adolescent communication predicted higher adolescent body mass index in study 2. These findings suggest that different parent-child parenting styles are associated with diet and weight in children and adolescents. Improving ways in which parents communicate with their children may be an important consideration in the development of effective parent-targeted treatment programmes for child diet quality and subsequent adolescent overweight/obesity. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Early Child Development and Care
AU  - Parletta, Natalie
AU  - Peters, Jacqueline
AU  - Owen, Amber
AU  - Tsiros, Margarita D
AU  - Brennan, Leah
AD  - Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5000, South Australia natalie.parletta@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 1089
EP  - 1103
PB  - Routledge/Taylor & Francis, UK
VL  - 182
IS  - 8
SN  - 0300-4430, 0300-4430
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Diet
KW  - Obese children
KW  - Parents
KW  - Children
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adolescents; Children; Parenting; Parents; Diet; Obese children
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2012.678597
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Difference in Self-Reported and Biological Measured HIV Prevalence: Implications for HIV Prevention
AN  - 1373429883; 201305514
AB  - In Australia, HIV prevalence estimates among gay men have been mainly based on self-reported HIV status collected in annual behavioural surveys. We measured biological HIV prevalence among gay men in Melbourne, Australia, using a facility based sampling method. We calculated HIV prevalence and used logistic regression to assess correlates of a positive HIV test. A total of 639 gay men were recruited completed a survey and provided oral fluid for HIV testing from seven venues in 2008. The median age of the participants was 35 years (range 18-75 years). Overall biological HIV prevalence was 9.5% (95% CI 7.5-12.0%) compared with 6.3% (95% CI 4.5-8.4%) for self-reported HIV positive status. We found a significant discrepancy between test detected biological and self-report HIV status in our study, with 19 men (31.1%) unaware of their HIV infection. These results highlight the importance of repeatable biological estimates to inform and evaluate HIV prevention strategies. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - AIDS and Behavior
AU  - Pedrana, Alisa E
AU  - Hellard, Margaret E
AU  - Guy, Rebecca
AU  - Wilson, Kim
AU  - Stoove, Mark
AD  - Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, GPO Box 2284, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 1454
EP  - 1463
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
SN  - 1090-7165, 1090-7165
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Males
KW  - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
KW  - Australia
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - article
KW  - 6126: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - AIBEFC
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Homosexuality; Australia; Prevention; Males; Epidemiology
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0116-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - No genuine self-forgiveness without accepting responsibility: Value reaffirmation as a key to maintaining positive self-regard
AN  - 1266145581; 201300311
AB  - Measures of self-forgiveness that merely focus on the outcome of positive self-regard risk neglecting the process through which offenders restore it. They may thus tap pseudo self-forgiveness where offenders downplay their responsibility for the wrongdoing. For genuine self-forgiveness, the process should instead involve an attenuation of the negative link between responsibility acceptance and positive self-regard. In this paper, we examine how acts of value reaffirmation facilitate genuine self-forgiveness. In Study 1, a role-play experiment (N = 90), participants either confessed their wrongdoing to the victim or not. Although responsibility acceptance was strongly negatively related to reported self-forgiveness (i.e., self-regard), this relationship was tempered when participants confessed their wrongdoing to the victim and, through this, reaffirmed the violated values. In Study 2, a longitudinal study referring to self-reported transgressions (N = 74), responsibility acceptance was negatively related to self-forgiveness measures as well as self-esteem when offenders showed little value reaffirmation, but not when they more strongly reaffirmed the violated values. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
JF  - European Journal of Social Psychology
AU  - Wenzel, Michael
AU  - Woodyatt, Lydia
AU  - Hedrick, Kyli
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 617
EP  - 627
PB  - John Wiley and Sons, Chichester UK
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
SN  - 0046-2772, 0046-2772
KW  - Values
KW  - Risk
KW  - Self Esteem
KW  - Offenders
KW  - Victims
KW  - article
KW  - 0312: social psychology; personality & social roles (individual traits, social identity, adjustment, conformism, & deviance)
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - EJSPA6
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Values; Offenders; Victims; Self Esteem; Risk
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1873
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Local evidenced-based policy options to improve food security in South Australia: the use of local knowledge in policy development
AN  - 1257738900; 16957466
AB  - To examine realist policy options for the South Australian government to improve food security. Semi-structured interviews with twenty-four key South Australian food security stakeholders. Food security is a global issue that affects both developing and developed countries. Governments are well placed to improve food security but the solutions are not always evident. Policy makers, leaders of non-government organisations, private enterprise and front-line food security workers in South Australia. The research produced forty-four potential policy options for the South Australian government to improve food security. Stakeholders offered detailed policy solutions for the local context. This illustrates how gathering local evidence expands understanding on an issue. The process used to generate these policy options is applicable to other public health problems and other contexts.
JF  - Public Health Nutrition
AU  - Bastian, Amber
AU  - Coveney, John
AD  - School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, bast0058@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 1497
EP  - 1502
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 15
IS  - 8
SN  - 1368-9800, 1368-9800
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Developed countries
KW  - Australia, South Australia
KW  - Food security
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Food security; Australia, South Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011003260
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Obstetric conditions and risk of first ever mental health contact during infancy, childhood and adolescence
AN  - 1125284176; 201226784
AB  - Objective: the main aim of this study was to investigate whether risk of first ever occasion of outpatient or inpatient service for a mental disorder among male children and adolescents may be associated with obstetric conditions. Design, setting and participants: this study was a population-based birth-cohort study of males born between 1980 and 1984 in Western Australia (WA). Males were identified using birth registry records and followed-up over a 19 year period using linked health data available through the Western Australian Data Linkage System. Measurements: multivariate logistic regression was employed to estimate the risk of first ever mental health contact at different stages of mental development in childhood and adolescence. Main findings: vacuum and forceps assisted delivery and emergency caesarean were associated with an increased risk of first ever mental health contact. The risk of first ever mental health contact was similar for spontaneous vaginal delivery and elective caesarean. Although outcomes varied by age group, children with stillborn siblings were at increased risk of first ever mental health contact as were babies with 7-9 Apgar score at 5 mins and those born to mothers with several previous live births. Conclusions and implications: vacuum and forceps assisted delivery and/or the pathophysiological causes that lead to these clinical procedures, as well as other obstetric conditions, which may be associated with (asymptomatic) brain injury at birth, which may increase the risk of mental disorders. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Midwifery
AU  - Liang, Wenbin
AU  - Chikritzhs, Tanya
AD  - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia w.liang@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 439
EP  - 444
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SN  - 0266-6138, 0266-6138
KW  - Obstetric complications, Mental disorder, Children, Adolescence
KW  - Childbirth
KW  - Men
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Children
KW  - Obstetrics
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mental health; Childbirth; Men; Obstetrics; Adolescents; Children
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2011.06.003
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Groundwater overuse and farm-level technical inefficiency: evidence from Sri Lanka
TT  - Surexploitation de l'eau souterraine et inefficacite technique a l'echelle de l'exploitation agricole : exemple du Sri Lanka
AN  - 1125234815; 17318637
AB  - Extraction of groundwater for onion and other cash crop production has been increasing rapidly during the last two decades in the dry zone areas of Sri Lanka. As a result of overuse, the quantity of available groundwater is gradually declining, while water quality is deteriorating. The deteriorating water quality has a negative impact on agricultural production, especially for crops (such as onions) that are sensitive to increases in salinity levels. This issue is examined with respect to onion production in Sri Lanka. A stochastic frontier production function (SFPF) is used, in which technical efficiency and the determinants of inefficiencies are estimated simultaneously. The results show that farmers are overusing groundwater in their onion cultivation, which has resulted in decreasing yields. Factors contributing to inefficiency in production are also identified. The results have important policy implications.Original Abstract: L'exploitation d'eau souterraine pour la production de l'oignon et autre culture destinee a la vente a cru rapidement durant les deux dernieres decennies dans des secteurs de la zone aride du Sri Lanka. Par suite de la surexploitation, la quantite d'eau souterraine disponible diminue progressivement tandis que la qualite de l'eau se deteriore. Cette degradation a un impact negatif sur la production agricole, particulierement sur les cultures (telles les oignons) sensibles a l'augmentation de la salinite. Cette question est examinee a propos de la production de l'oignon au Sri Lanka. Un modele de production a frontiere stochastique (FPFS) est etabli, dans lequel l'efficacite technique et les facteurs d'inefficacites sont estimes simultanement. Les resultats montrent que les cultivateurs surexploitent l'eau souterraine pour leurs cultures d'oignon, ce qui s'est traduit par des rendements decroissants. Les facteurs contribuant a l'inefficacite de la production sont egalement identifies. Les resultats ont d'importantes implications politiques.
JF  - Hydrogeology Journal
AU  - Athukorala, Wasantha
AU  - Wilson, Clevo
AD  - School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, wasantha.athukorala@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 893
EP  - 905
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
SN  - 1431-2174, 1431-2174
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Agricultural production
KW  - Groundwater Mining
KW  - Hydrogeology
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - Crops
KW  - Yield
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Salinity effects
KW  - Ground water
KW  - Cash crops
KW  - Crop Production
KW  - Policies
KW  - Onions
KW  - Water Quality
KW  - Stochastic methods in hydrology
KW  - Allium cepa
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Cultivation
KW  - Q2 09122:Legislation
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - SW 0840:Groundwater
KW  - M2 556.34:Groundwater Flow (556.34)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Policies; Salinity effects; Ground water; Water quality; Hydrogeology; Stochastic methods in hydrology; Salinity; Agricultural production; Cash crops; Groundwater; Crops; Cultivation; Crop Production; Yield; Onions; Groundwater Mining; Water Quality; Allium cepa; Sri Lanka
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-012-0833-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Storm surge frequency reduction in Venice under climate change
AN  - 1093460032; 17174863
AB  - Increased tidal levels and storm surges related to climate change are projected to result in extremely adverse effects on coastal regions. Predictions of such extreme and small-scale events, however, are exceedingly challenging, even for relatively short time horizons. Here we use data from observations, ERA-40 re-analysis, climate scenario simulations, and a simple feature model to find that the frequency of extreme storm surge events affecting Venice is projected to decrease by about 30% by the end of the twenty-first century. In addition, through a trend assessment based on tidal observations we found a reduction in extreme tidal levels. Extrapolating the current +17 cm/century sea level trend, our results suggest that the frequency of extreme tides in Venice might largely remain unaltered under the projected twenty-first century climate simulations.
JF  - Climatic Change
AU  - Troccoli, Alberto
AU  - Zambon, Filippo
AU  - Hodges, Kevin I
AU  - Marani, Marco
AD  - Pye Laboratory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), GPO Box 3023, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, alberto.troccoli@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 1065
EP  - 1079
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 113
IS  - 3-4
SN  - 0165-0009, 0165-0009
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Sea level
KW  - Sea level trends
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Storm surge frequencies
KW  - Storms
KW  - Sea Level
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Storm Surges
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Tides
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Storm surges
KW  - Side effects
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q2 09167:Tides, surges and sea level
KW  - O 2070:Meteorology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Storm surges; Climate change; Simulation; Sea level trends; Climate models; Numerical simulations; Storm surge frequencies; Prediction; Coastal zone; Sea level; Climate; Storms; Tides; Side effects; Sea Level; Assessments; Storm Surges; Climates; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0093-x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The use of delta super(15)N signatures of translocated macroalgae to map coastal nutrient plumes: improving species selection and spatial analysis of metropolitan datasets
AN  - 1038603566; 17107931
AB  - The definition of the spatial footprint of land-derived nutrient plumes is a key element to the design of initiatives to combat eutrophication in urbanised coastal regions. These plumes, however, are difficult to monitor because of their inherent high-frequency temporal and spatial variability. Biomonitoring with macroalgae provides time-integration of bioavailable nitrogen inputs through the measurement of delta super(15)N signatures in tissues, and adequate spatial coverage through translocation to desirable monitoring locations. In this study, we used laboratory incubations to compare three different species of macroalgae as bioindicators, and a field experiment to investigate the applicability of the technique for the large-scale mapping of nutrient plumes. Cladophora valonioideswas selected for the field experiment as it showed rapid changes in delta super(15)N values in the laboratory incubations, was abundant in shallow depths making collection cost-efficient, and had tough thalli capable of withstanding deployment in open water. Ecklonia radiataalso performed well in the laboratory incubations, but field harvest from subtidal depths was comparatively more expensive. Ulva lactucahad fragile thalli, and large nitrogen reserves that acted to mask the isotopic signal of newly acquired nitrogen. Cladophora valonioideswas translocated to 246 sites covering an area of similar to 445 km super(2) along the highly urbanized temperate coast of Adelaide, South Australia. The resulting isotopic signatures of nitrogen in tissues were spatially interpolated to produce maps of land-derived nutrient plumes, to model probability and standard error in the predictive surface, and to optimize sampling design.
JF  - Journal of Environmental Monitoring
AU  - Fernandes, M
AU  - Benger, S
AU  - Sharma, S K
AU  - Gaylard, S
AU  - Kildea, T
AU  - Hoare, S
AU  - Braley, M
AU  - Irving, AD
AD  - Australian Water Quality Centre; SA Water; GPO Box 1751; Adelaide; SA 5001; Australia; +61 8 7003 3895; +61 8 7424 3895; ffa, Milena.Fernandes@sawater.com.auffa
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 2399
EP  - 2410
PB  - The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House London W1J 0BA United Kingdom
VL  - 14
IS  - 9
SN  - 1464-0325, 1464-0325
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Eutrophication
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Ecklonia
KW  - Models
KW  - Spatial variations
KW  - ISW, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
KW  - Bioavailability
KW  - Potential resources
KW  - Thalli
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - Seawater pollution
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Mapping
KW  - Translocation
KW  - Plumes
KW  - Spatial variability
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Environmental monitoring
KW  - Laboratory testing
KW  - ISW, Australia, South Australia
KW  - Cladophora
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Spatial analysis
KW  - Nitrogen isotopes
KW  - Nutrients (mineral)
KW  - Ulva
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - Indicator species
KW  - O 4095:Instruments/Methods
KW  - Q4 27750:Environmental
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - M2 551.5:General (551.5)
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - K 03450:Ecology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Number of references - 70
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-15
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Spatial variations; Environmental monitoring; Prediction; Coastal zone; Potential resources; Mapping; Nutrients (mineral); Nitrogen isotopes; Indicator species; Eutrophication; Nutrients; Models; Thalli; biomonitoring; Sampling; Plumes; Translocation; Nitrogen; Coasts; Seawater pollution; Spatial variability; Bioindicators; Bioavailability; Laboratory testing; Spatial analysis; Cladophora; Ulva; Ecklonia; ISW, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide; ISW, Australia, South Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dairy consumption and working memory performance in overweight and obese adults
AN  - 1032901770; 16815505
AB  - All individuals will experience some degree of cognitive impairment in their later years. Diet is one readily modifiable factor that may influence cognitive function and psychological well-being. Very little research has considered the potential role of dairy foods in modulating cognitive and psychological functions. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a high intake of reduced fat dairy food on cognitive performance. Overweight adults with habitually low dairy intakes (<two serves/day) were recruited for a 12month crossover dietary intervention trial and randomised to a high (four serves/day) or low (one serve/day) intake of reduced fat dairy, crossing over to the alternate diet after 6months. Participants were tested at the end of each 6month diet period on multiple measures of cognitive performance, including memory, information processing speed, executive function, attention and abstract reasoning. In 38 participants who completed the trial (average age=52 plus or minus 2years; BMI=31.5 plus or minus 0.8kg/m2), spatial working memory performance was marginally better following 6months of the high dairy diet compared with the low dairy diet. Increasing the dairy intake of habitually low dairy consumers may have the potential to improve working memory.
JF  - Appetite
AU  - Crichton, Georgina E
AU  - Murphy, Karen J
AU  - Howe, Peter RC
AU  - Buckley, Jonathan D
AU  - Bryan, Janet
AD  - Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, University of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, whige003@mymail.unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 34
EP  - 40
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
SN  - 0195-6663, 0195-6663
KW  - Physical Education Index; Animal Behavior Abstracts
KW  - Adults
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Cognitive ability
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Dairies
KW  - Dairy products
KW  - Diet (effects)
KW  - Diets
KW  - Executive function
KW  - Food
KW  - High fat diet
KW  - Information processing
KW  - Low fat diet
KW  - Memory
KW  - Nutrient deficiency
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Performance
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Short term memory
KW  - Speed
KW  - spatial memory
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
KW  - Y 25070:Learning, Memory, Reinforcement, and Motivation
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-08-24
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Obesity; Diet (effects); Speed; Memory; Psychology; Information processing; Adults; Performance; Diets; Food; Dairy products; Short term memory; Executive function; spatial memory; Nutrient deficiency; Dairies; Body weight; High fat diet; Cognitive ability; Low fat diet; Consumers
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.019
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The subspecies concept in butterflies: has its application in taxonomy and conservation biology outlived its usefulness?
AN  - 1032898630; 16916671
AB  - Subspecies lie at the interface between systematics and population genetics, and represent a unit of biological organization in zoology that is widely used in the disciplines of taxonomy and conservation biology. In this review, we explore the utility of subspecies in relation to their application in systematics and biodiversity conservation, and briefly summarize species concepts and criteria for their diagnosis, particularly from an invertebrate perspective. The subspecies concept was originally conceived as a formal means of documenting geographical variation within species based on morphological characters; however, the utility of subspecies is hampered by inconsistencies by which they are defined conceptually, a lack of objective criteria or properties that serve to delimit their boundaries, and their frequent failure to reflect distinct evolutionary units according to population genetic structure. Moreover, the concept has been applied to populations largely comprising different components of genetic diversity reflecting contrasting evolutionary processes. We recommend that, under the general lineage (unified) species concept, the definition of subspecies be restricted to extant animal groups that comprise evolving populations representing partially isolated lineages of a species that are allopatric, phenotypically distinct, and have at least one fixed diagnosable character state, and that these character differences are (or are assumed to be) correlated with evolutionary independence according to population genetic structure. Phenotypic character types include colour pattern, morphology, and behaviour or ecology. Under these criteria, allopatric subspecies are a type of evolutionarily significant unit within species in that they show both neutral divergence through the effects of genetic drift and adaptive divergence under natural selection, and provide an historical context for identifying biodiversity units for conservation. Conservation of the adaptedness and adaptability of gene pools, however, may require additional approaches. Recent studies of Australian butterflies exemplify these points.[copy 2012 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012]
JF  - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
AU  - Braby, Michael F
AU  - Eastwood, Rodney
AU  - Murray, Neil
AD  - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, GPO Box 4646, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 699
EP  - 716
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 106
IS  - 4
SN  - 0024-4066, 0024-4066
KW  - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Gene pool
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Genetic diversity
KW  - Invertebrates
KW  - Natural selection
KW  - Population genetics
KW  - Adaptability
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Boundaries
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Taxonomy
KW  - Geographical variations
KW  - Genetic drift
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Y 25150:General/Miscellaneous
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Z 05360:Genetics and Evolution
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-14
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Population genetics; Adaptability; Gene pool; Boundaries; Genetic diversity; Biodiversity; Conservation; Taxonomy; Geographical variations; Natural selection; Genetic drift; Evolution; Zoology; Reviews; Biological diversity; Invertebrates; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01909.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of boiled taro leaves, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, as a freshwater shrimp, Caridina nilotica Roux protein replacement, in diets of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus)
AN  - 1024667941; 16867957
AB  - A feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of partial and complete replacement of freshwater shrimp (Caridina nilotica) (Roux) protein with boiled taro leaves [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] in diets of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus) cultured in Kenya under semi-intensive conditions. Four formulated isonitrogenous test diets with protein levels of 23% were prepared in which taro leaf meal replaced the freshwater shrimp meal at 100% (D2), 67% (D3), 33% (D4) and 0% (D5). These diets were evaluated on the basis of growth performance of Nile tilapia, cost-efficiency of the farming operations and water stability of the diets against a commercial diet (D1) and a test diet with no shrimp meal (D2). Though all the diets remained intact till they were ingested by the fish, the commercial diet had a significantly higher (P ponds located at three different sites having 5 ponds each. Three randomly selected ponds received one experimental diet in such a way that each replicate was allocated to one site. All the ponds were initially stocked with tilapia fingerlings of 35.3g and standard length 9.7 plus or minus 0.2cm at the rate of 1.4fish/m2. At the end of the trial, the daily weight gain (DWG) and the total mean weight gain of tilapia fed with diets D1 and D2 were significantly higher (P0.05) were observed in apparent food conversion ratio (AFCR), specific growth rate (SGR), and survival among any tilapia. Water quality parameters were similar among all ponds irrespective of diets received. At the final harvest, the size distribution showed that fish fed with D1 and D5 had a more uniform size distribution while those fed with D3 had a spread distribution. Cost benefit analysis indicated that D1 was the least cost effective (profit index=$2.75), while D2 (profit index=$12.20) was the most effective when taro leaves were sourced in situ. It was concluded that at 23% protein level, taro leaf protein could effectively replace shrimp meal protein in fertilized ponds without compromising growth performance, survival, and AFCR.
JF  - Aquaculture
AU  - Mathia, Wilson M
AU  - Fotedar, R
AD  - Sustainable Aquatic Resources and Biotechnology School of Science, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, willymunala@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2012/08/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 01
SP  - 302
EP  - 309
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 356-357
SN  - 0044-8486, 0044-8486
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Caridina nilotica
KW  - Diets
KW  - Marine
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Colocasia esculenta
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Survival
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Ponds
KW  - Feed composition
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Freshwater crustaceans
KW  - Body size
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Profits
KW  - Feeding experiments
KW  - Fish
KW  - Brackishwater fish
KW  - Fish culture
KW  - Oreochromis niloticus
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - Q3 08583:Shellfish culture
KW  - Q1 08583:Shellfish culture
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; Freshwater crustaceans; Body size; Leaves; Feeding experiments; Brackishwater fish; Fish culture; Ponds; Feed composition; Obesity; Body weight; Profits; Survival; Proteins; Fish; Aquaculture; Caridina nilotica; Colocasia esculenta; Oreochromis niloticus; Kenya; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.05.002
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Replacement of fish oil by poultry oil and canola oil in yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) at optimal and suboptimal temperatures
AN  - 1024667034; 16867970
AB  - Fish oil has been replaced by alternative oils to reduce the cost of aquaculture diets, but fish growth may be compromised when fish are fed these oils at suboptimal temperatures. A 5-week feeding trial was conducted to examine the interactive effects of water temperature and the partial or total replacement of fish oil with poultry oil and canola oil on the performance of yellowtail kingfish (YTK, Seriola lalandi), in the early stages of the production cycle. Practical diets were identical in composition, except the dietary lipid component was supplemented with 100% lipid as either poultry oil (PO), canola oil (CO), a blend of fish oil and poultry oil (FO/PO; 50:50) or a blend of fish oil and canola oil (FO/CO; 50:50). A control diet was included and the dietary lipid component contained 100% fish oil (FO). Fish fed the CO diet at 18 degree C had inferior growth performance, feed efficiency and nutrient retention, and showed higher incidences of green liver and lower plasma cholesterol levels than those fed the other diets. Whole body proximate composition was influenced by water temperature, but not diet, except moisture content which was highest in fish fed CO. The fatty acid composition of fillet lipid correlated with the PO and CO inclusion, in that the proportions of 18:1n-9, 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-6 all increased with increasing dietary PO and CO. The concentrations of 20:5n-3, 22:6n-3 and 20:4n-6 in the fillet lipid were reduced with increasing contents of dietary PO and CO. Our results confirmed that 100% poultry oil and 50% canola oil can replace fish oil in diets without reducing growth, but 100% canola oil results in poor fish growth compared with the FO control, regardless of water temperature. These findings are useful in dietary formulation to reduce feed costs without compromising yellowtail kingfish growth.
JF  - Aquaculture
AU  - Bowyer, J N
AU  - Qin, J G
AU  - Smullen, R P
AU  - Stone, DAJ
AD  - Flinders University, School of Biological Sciences, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001, South Australia, Australia, david.stone@sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/08/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Aug 01
SP  - 211
EP  - 222
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 356-357
SN  - 0044-8486, 0044-8486
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Diets
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Marine
KW  - Poultry
KW  - Seriola lalandi
KW  - Lipids
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Fats and oils
KW  - Water temperature
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Fish oils
KW  - Feed composition
KW  - Carbon monoxide
KW  - Aquaculture economics
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Feeding experiments
KW  - Fish
KW  - Feeds
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - Q3 08582:Fish culture
KW  - O 5060:Aquaculture
KW  - Q1 08582:Fish culture
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine fish; Temperature effects; Diets; Aquaculture economics; Growth rate; Carbon monoxide; Feeding experiments; Fish oils; Feed composition; Poultry; Lipids; Temperature; Fats and oils; Fish; Water temperature; Aquaculture; Feeds; Seriola lalandi; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.05.014
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nesaecrepida infuscata: a biological control agent of the invasive plant Mimosa pigra
AN  - 1024659810; 16853648
AB  - Mimosa pigra L. is a serious weed of wetlands of Australia, Asia and Africa. A suite of established biocontrol agents have been introduced in Australia and some Asian countries, but better control is needed. Nesaecrepida infuscata (Schaeffer) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a common insect on M. pigra in tropical America. The larvae develop on the roots while the adults feed on the leaves. As both roots and leaves of M. pigra are relatively undamaged in the introduced range, this species has potential to limit the growth, survival and seed production. Furthermore, it is abundant in the dry season and so inflicts damage when most other agents are not active. In host specificity tests, larvae did not develop on any of the 65 test plant species other than M. pigra. Adult feeding on test plant species other than M. pigra was minimal. Based on these results, this insect has been released in Australia.
JF  - BioControl (Heidelberg)
AU  - Heard, Tim A
AU  - Mira, Areli
AU  - Fichera, Gio
AU  - Segura, Ricardo
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, EcoSciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Rd., Dutton Park, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, 4001, Australia, tim.heard@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Aug 2012
SP  - 573
EP  - 580
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
SN  - 1386-6141, 1386-6141
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Biological control
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Host plants
KW  - Host specificity
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Roots
KW  - Seeds
KW  - Survival
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Wetlands
KW  - Coleoptera
KW  - Mimosa pigra
KW  - Chrysomelidae
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
KW  - A 01370:Biological Control
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological control; Host specificity; Weeds; Feeding; Seeds; Leaves; Survival; Roots; Wetlands; Host plants; Mimosa pigra; Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-011-9431-1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Aluminium tolerance of root hairs underlies genotypic differences in rhizosheath size of wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown on acid soil.
AN  - 1024478199; 22642366
AB  - We found significant genetic variation in the ability of wheat (Triticum aestivum) to form rhizosheaths on acid soil and assessed whether differences in aluminium (Al(3+) ) tolerance of root hairs between genotypes was the physiological basis for this genetic variation. A method was developed to rapidly screen rhizosheath size in a range of wheat genotypes. Backcrossed populations were generated from cv Fronteira (large rhizosheath) using cv EGA-Burke (small rhizosheath) as the recurrent parent. A positive correlation existed between rhizosheath size on acid soil and root hair length. In hydroponic experiments, root hairs of the backcrossed lines with large rhizosheaths were more tolerant of Al(3+) toxicity than the backcrossed lines with small rhizosheaths. We conclude that greater Al(3+) tolerance of root hairs underlies the larger rhizosheath of wheat grown on acid soil. Tolerance of the root hairs to Al(3+) was largely independent of the TaALMT1 gene which suggests that different genes encode the Al(3+) tolerance of root hairs. The maintenance of longer root hairs in acid soils is important for the efficient uptake of water and nutrients.
          © 2012 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2012 New Phytologist Trust.
JF  - The New phytologist
AU  - Delhaize, Emmanuel
AU  - James, Richard A
AU  - Ryan, Peter R
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. manny.delhaize@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/08//
PY  - 2012
DA  - August 2012
SP  - 609
EP  - 619
VL  - 195
IS  - 3
KW  - Acids
KW  - 0
KW  - Aluminum Compounds
KW  - Chlorides
KW  - Organic Anion Transporters
KW  - Soil
KW  - aluminum chloride
KW  - 3CYT62D3GA
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Plants, Genetically Modified -- chemistry
KW  - Organic Anion Transporters -- genetics
KW  - Organic Anion Transporters -- chemistry
KW  - Acids -- chemistry
KW  - Rhizosphere
KW  - Plants, Genetically Modified -- genetics
KW  - Genes, Plant
KW  - Inbreeding
KW  - Triticum -- genetics
KW  - Genotype
KW  - Plant Roots -- genetics
KW  - Plant Roots -- drug effects
KW  - Aluminum Compounds -- pharmacology
KW  - Adaptation, Physiological
KW  - Soil -- chemistry
KW  - Plant Roots -- chemistry
KW  - Triticum -- drug effects
KW  - Triticum -- chemistry
KW  - Chlorides -- pharmacology
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 450K Epigenome-Wide Scan Identifies Differential DNA Methylation in Newborns Related to Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy
AN  - 1677933694; 17615819
AB  - Background: Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, due to in utero exposures may play a critical role in early programming for childhood and adult illness. Maternal smoking is a major risk factor for multiple adverse health outcomes in children, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Objective: We investigated epigenome-wide methylation in cord blood of newborns in relation to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Methods: We examined maternal plasma cotinine (an objective biomarker of smoking) measured during pregnancy in relation to DNA methylation at 473,844 CpG sites (CpGs) in 1,062 newborn cord blood samples from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip (450K). Results: We found differential DNA methylation at epigenome-wide statistical significance (p-value < 1.06 10-7) for 26 CpGs mapped to 10 genes. We replicated findings for CpGs in AHRR, CYP1A1, and GFI1 at strict Bonferroni-corrected statistical significance in a U.S. birth cohort. AHRR and CYP1A1 play a key role in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathway, which mediates the detoxification of the components of tobacco smoke. GFI1 is involved in diverse developmental processes but has not previously been implicated in responses to tobacco smoke. Conclusions: We identified a set of genes with methylation changes present at birth in children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. This is the first study of differential methylation across the genome in relation to maternal smoking during pregnancy using the 450K platform. Our findings implicate epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of the adverse health outcomes associated with this important in utero exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Joubert, Bonnie R
AU  - Haberg, Siri E
AU  - Nilsen, Roy M
AU  - Wang, Xuting
AU  - Vollset, Stein E
AU  - Murphy, Susan K
AU  - Huang, Zhiqing
AU  - Hoyo, Cathrine
AU  - Midttun, Oeivind
AU  - Cupul-Uicab, Lea A
AU  - Ueland, Per M
AU  - Wu, Michael C
AU  - Nystad, Wenche
AU  - Bell, Douglas A
AU  - Peddada, Shyamal D
AU  - London, Stephanie J
AD  - Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/31/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 31
SP  - 1425
EP  - 1431
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - epigenetics
KW  - epigenome-wide
KW  - in utero
KW  - maternal smoking
KW  - methylation
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Rope
KW  - Deoxyribonucleic acid
KW  - Health
KW  - Children
KW  - Methylation
KW  - Pregnancy
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
AN  - 1660045697; 17649957
AB  - Background: Although cadmium and lead are known risk factors for hearing loss in animal models, few epidemiologic studies have been conducted on their associations with hearing ability in the general population. Objectives: We investigated the associations between blood cadmium and lead exposure and hearing loss in the U.S. general population while controlling for noise and other major risk factors contributing to hearing loss. Methods: We analyzed data from 3,698 U.S. adults 20-69 years of age who had been randomly assigned to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 Audiometry Examination Component. Pure-tone averages (PTA) of hearing thresholds at frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz were computed, and hearing loss was defined as a PTA > 25 dB in either ear. Results: The weighted geometric means of blood cadmium and lead were 0.40 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.39. 0.42] mu g/L and 1.54 (95% CI: 1.49, 1.60) mu g/dL, respectively. After adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical risk factors and exposure to occupational and nonoccupational noise, the highest (vs. lowest) quintiles of cadmium and lead were associated with 13.8% (95% CI: 4.6%, 23.8%) and 18.6% (95% CI: 7.4%, 31.1%) increases in PTA, respectively (p-trends < 0.05). Conclusions: Our results suggest that low-level exposure to cadmium and lead found in the general U.S. population may be important risk factors for hearing loss. The findings support efforts to reduce environmental cadmium and lead exposures.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Choi, Yoon-Hyeong
AU  - Hu, Howard
AU  - Mukherjee, Bhramar
AU  - Miller, Josef
AU  - Park, Sung Kyun
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
Y1  - 2012/07/31/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 31
SP  - 1544
EP  - 1550
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cadmium
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - hearing
KW  - lead
KW  - NHANES
KW  - Risk
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Health
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Hearing
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Lead (metal)
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Research Opportunities for Cancer Associated with Indoor Air Pollution from Solid-Fuel Combustion
AN  - 1660038079; 17649956
AB  - Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) derived largely from the use of solid fuels for cooking and heating affects about 3 billion people worldwide, resulting in substantial adverse health outcomes, including cancer. Women and children from developing countries are the most exposed populations. A workshop was held in Arlington, Virginia, 9-11 May 2011, to better understand women's and children's potential health effects from IAP in developing countries. Workshop participants included international scientists, manufacturers, policy and regulatory officials, community leaders, and advocates who held extensive discussions to help identify future research needs. Objectives: Our objective was to identify research opportunities regarding IAP and cancer, including research questions that could be incorporated into studies of interventions to reduce IAP exposure. In this commentary, we describe the state of the science in understanding IAP and its associations with cancer and suggest research opportunities for improving our understanding of the issues. Discussion: Opportunities for research on IAP and cancer include studies of the effect of IAP on cancers other than lung cancer; studies of genetic factors that modify susceptibility; studies to determine whether the effects of IAP are mediated via germline, somatic, and/or epigenetic changes; and studies of the effects of IAP exposure via dermal and/or oral routes. Conclusions: IAP from indoor coal use increases the risk of lung cancer. Installing chimneys can reduce risk, and some genotypes, including GSTM1-null, can increase risk. Additional research is needed regarding the effects of IAP on other cancers and the effects of different types of solid fuels, oral and dermal routes of IAP exposure, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, and genetic susceptibility.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Reid, Britt C
AU  - Ghazarian, Armen A
AU  - DeMarini, David M
AU  - Sapkota, Amir
AU  - Jack, Darby
AU  - Lan, Qing
AU  - Winn, Deborah M
AU  - Birnbaum, Linda S
AD  - Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (NIH, DHHS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 30
SP  - 1495
EP  - 1498
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cancer
KW  - environmental exposures
KW  - environmental health risks
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - household air pollution
KW  - indoor air pollution
KW  - public health
KW  - solid-fuel combustion
KW  - Risk
KW  - Genetics
KW  - Heating
KW  - Solid fuels
KW  - Health
KW  - Children
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Cancer
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Phthalate Excretion Pattern and Testicular Function: A Study of 881 Healthy Danish Men
AN  - 1660045577; 17615813
AB  - Background: In animals, some phthalates impair male reproductive development and function. Epidemiological studies have reported inconsistent evidence of associations between phthalates and markers of human testicular function. Objectives: We aimed to provide estimates of the effects of phthalate exposure on reproductive hormone levels and semen quality in healthy men. Methods: A total of 881 men gave urine, serum, and semen samples. Serum levels of testosterone, estradiol (E2), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and inhibin-B; semen quality; and urinary concentrations of 14 phthalate metabolites, including metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DiNP), were assessed. The proportions of DEHP and DiNP excreted as their respective primary metabolites [mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) and mono-isononyl phthalate (MiNP)] were calculated and expressed as percentages (%MEHP and %MiNP, respectively). Results: The free androgen index was 15% lower [95% confidence interval (CI): -23, -8%] for men in the highest %MiNP quartile compared to the lowest quartile (p < 0.001) after adjusting for confounders, and 9% lower (95% CI: -16, -1%) in the highest %MEHP quartile (p = 0.02). %MEHP and %MiNP were negatively associated with the ratio of testosterone/LH and testosterone/FSH. %MEHP was negatively associated with total testosterone, free testosterone, and ratio of testosterone/E2. %MiNP was positively associated with SHBG. There was little evidence of associations between urinary phthalate metabolites or sums of phthalates with reproductive hormones or semen quality Conclusion: Our data suggest that both testosterone production and pituitary-hypothalamic feedback may be compromised in individuals excreting a high proportion of primary metabolites of long-chained phthalates relative to the proportion of secondary metabolites.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Joensen, Ulla Nordstrom
AU  - Frederiksen, Hanne
AU  - Jensen, Martin Blomberg
AU  - Lauritsen, Mette Petri
AU  - Olesen, Inge Ahlmann
AU  - Lassen, Tina Harmer
AU  - Andersson, Anna-Maria
AU  - Joergensen, Niels
AD  - Department of Growth and Reproduction, and
Y1  - 2012/07/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 24
SP  - 1397
EP  - 1403
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - DEHP
KW  - DiNP
KW  - male reproduction
KW  - phthalates
KW  - semen quality
KW  - testosterone
KW  - %MEHP
KW  - %MiNP
KW  - Testosterone
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Men
KW  - Semen
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Hormones
KW  - Serums
KW  - Quartiles
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AN  - 1285095455; 17615811
AB  - Background: Although fluoride may cause neurotoxicity in animal models and acute fluoride poisoning causes neurotoxicity in adults, very little is known of its effects on children's neurodevelopment. Objective: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies to investigate the effects of increased fluoride exposure and delayed neurobehavioral development. Methods: We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Water Resources Abstracts, and TOXNET databases through 2011 for eligible studies. We also searched the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, because many studies on fluoride neurotoxicity have been published in Chinese journals only. In total, we identified 27 eligible epidemiological studies with high and reference exposures, end points of IQ scores, or related cognitive function measures with means and variances for the two exposure groups. Using random-effects models, we estimated the standardized mean difference between exposed and reference groups across all studies. We conducted sensitivity analyses restricted to studies using the same outcome assessment and having drinking-water fluoride as the only exposure. We performed the Cochran test for heterogeneity between studies, Begg's funnel plot, and Egger test to assess publication bias, and conducted meta-regressions to explore sources of variation in mean differences among the studies. Results: The standardized weighted mean difference in IQ score between exposed and reference populations was -0.45 (95% confidence interval: -0.56, -0.35) using a random-effects model. Thus, children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low-fluoride areas. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses also indicated inverse associations, although the substantial heterogeneity did not appear to decrease. Conclusions: The results support the possibility of an adverse effect of high fluoride exposure on children's neurodevelopment. Future research should include detailed individual-level information on prenatal exposure, neurobehavioral performance, and covariates for adjustment.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Choi, Anna L
AU  - Sun, Guifan
AU  - Zhang, Ying
AU  - Grandjean, Philippe
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 20
SP  - 1362
EP  - 1368
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality
KW  - fluoride
KW  - intelligence
KW  - neurotoxicity
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - Sensitivity Analysis
KW  - Fluoride
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Fluorides
KW  - Heterogeneity
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Children
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Databases
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Sensitivity analysis
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Neurotoxicity
KW  - Standards
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - Side effects
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Concentration-Response Function for Ozone and Daily Mortality: Results from Five Urban and Five Rural U.K. Populations
AN  - 1660053180; 17615809
AB  - Background: Short-term exposure to ozone has been associated with increased daily mortality. The shape of the concentration-response relationship-and, in particular, if there is a threshold-is critical for estimating public health impacts. Objective: We investigated the concentration-response relationship between daily ozone and mortality in five urban and five rural areas in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 2006. Methods: We used Poisson regression, controlling for seasonality, temperature, and influenza, to investigate associations between daily maximum 8-hr ozone and daily all-cause mortality, assuming linear, linear-threshold, and spline models for all-year and season-specific periods. We examined sensitivity to adjustment for particles (urban areas only) and alternative temperature metrics. Results: In all-year analyses, we found clear evidence for a threshold in the concentration-response relationship between ozone and all-cause mortality in London at 65 mu g/m3 [95% confidence interval (CI): 58, 83] but little evidence of a threshold in other urban or rural areas. Combined linear effect estimates for all-cause mortality were comparable for urban and rural areas: 0.48% (95% CI: 0.35, 0.60) and 0.58% (95% CI: 0.36, 0.81) per 10- mu g/m3 increase in ozone concentrations, respectively. Seasonal analyses suggested thresholds in both urban and rural areas for effects of ozone during summer months. Conclusions: Our results suggest that health impacts should be estimated across the whole ambient range of ozone using both threshold and nonthreshold models, and models stratified by season. Evidence of a threshold effect in London but not in other study areas requires further investigation. The public health impacts of exposure to ozone in rural areas should not be overlooked.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Atkinson, Richard W
AU  - Yu, Dahai
AU  - Armstrong, Ben G
AU  - Pattenden, Sam
AU  - Wilkinson, Paul
AU  - Doherty, Ruth M
AU  - Heal, Mathew R
AU  - Anderson, HRoss
AD  - Division of Population Health Sciences and Education and MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/07/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 19
SP  - 1411
EP  - 1417
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - concentration-response function
KW  - daily mortality
KW  - ozone
KW  - U.K. population
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Estimating
KW  - Health
KW  - Thresholds
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - Public health
KW  - Ozone
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in Utero and Subsequent Plasma Lipids, ApoB, and CRP among Adult Women in the MoBa Cohort
AN  - 1660053044; 17649948
AB  - Background: Recent findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy may play a role in the development of metabolic alterations in offspring during childhood. However, whether such exposure increases the risk of developing similar metabolic alterations during adulthood is uncertain. Objective: We evaluated the association of in utero exposure to maternal tobacco smoke with plasma lipids, apolipoprotein B (apoB), and C-reactive protein (CRP) in adulthood. Methods: The study was based on a subsample of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and included 479 pregnant women with plasma lipids, apoB, and CRP measurements. Information on in utero exposure to tobacco smoke, personal smoking, and other factors were obtained from the women by a self-completed questionnaire at enrollment, at approximately 17 weeks of gestation. Results: Women exposed to tobacco smoke in utero had higher triglycerides [10.7% higher; 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.9, 17.9] and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) (-1.9 mg/dL; 95% CI: -4.3, 0.5) compared with unexposed women, after adjusting for age, physical activity, education, personal smoking, and current body mass index (BMI). Exposed women were also more likely to have triglycerides greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.3, 5.1] and HDL < 50 mg/dL (aOR = 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1, 5.0). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, and apoB were not associated with the exposure. CRP was increased among exposed women; however, after adjustment for BMI, the association was completely attenuated. Conclusions: In this population, in utero exposure to tobacco smoke was associated with high triglycerides and low HDL in adulthood, 18-44 years after exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Cupul-Uicab, Lea A
AU  - Skjaerven, Rolv
AU  - Haug, Kjell
AU  - Travlos, Gregory S
AU  - Wilson, Ralph E
AU  - Eggesboe, Merete
AU  - Hoppin, Jane A
AU  - Whitworth, Kristina 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
Y1  - 2012/07/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 19
SP  - 1532
EP  - 1537
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - clinical chemistry
KW  - C-reactive protein
KW  - metabolic syndrome
KW  - plasma lipids
KW  - prenatal exposure delayed effects
KW  - smoking
KW  - women
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Triglycerides
KW  - Lipids
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Gestation
KW  - Tobacco
KW  - Cholesterol
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lactational Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Its Relation to Social and Emotional Development among Toddlers
AN  - 1285095442; 17615810
AB  - Background: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been widely used as flame retardants and are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. PBDEs have been linked to adverse neurodevelopment in animals and humans. Objectives: We investigated the association between breast milk PBDE levels and social and emotional development in toddlers. Methods: The Pregnancy Infection and Nutrition (PIN) and PIN Babies studies followed a cohort of North Carolina pregnant women and their children through 36 months of age. Breast milk samples obtained at 3 months postpartum were analyzed for PBDEs. The Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) was completed by mothers when children were approximately 30 months of age (n = 222). We assessed the relationship between breast milk concentrations of five PBDE congeners-BDEs 28, 47, 99, 100, and 153-and children's social and emotional development, adjusting for other factors. Results: A small, imprecise, yet consistent positive association was apparent between BDEs 47, 99, and 100 and increased externalizing behaviors, specifically activity/impulsivity behaviors. Externalizing domain T-scores ranged from 30 to 87 with a mean of 47.8. Compared with those with BDE-47 concentrations below the median, adjusted externalizing behavior domain scores were 1.6 [95% confidence interval (CI): -1.2, 4.4] and 2.8 (95% CI -0.1, 5.7) points higher for children born to women with breast milk concentrations in the 3rd and 4th quartiles, respectively. PBDEs were not associated with other social and emotional developmental domains. Conclusions: Our results, although imprecise, suggest a subtle association between early-life PBDE exposure and increased activity/impulsivity behaviors in early childhood. Confirmation of these results is needed in other longitudinal studies.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Hoffman, Kate
AU  - Adgent, Margaret
AU  - Goldman, Barbara Davis
AU  - Sjodin, Andreas
AU  - Daniels, Julie L
AD  - University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 19
SP  - 1438
EP  - 1442
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - neurodevelopment
KW  - polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
KW  - social and emotional development
KW  - Longitudinal studies
KW  - USA, North Carolina
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Age
KW  - Breast milk
KW  - Fire retardant chemicals
KW  - Development
KW  - Infection
KW  - Children
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
KW  - Postpartum
KW  - polybrominated diphenyl ethers
KW  - impulsive behavior
KW  - Fire retardants
KW  - Contaminants
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Health Benefits from Large-Scale Ozone Reduction in the United States
AN  - 1285095415; 17615808
AB  - Background: Exposure to ozone has been associated with adverse health effects, including premature mortality and cardiopulmonary and respiratory morbidity. In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the primary (health-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 75 ppb, expressed as the fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hr average over a 24-hr period. Based on recent monitoring data, U.S. ozone levels still exceed this standard in numerous locations, resulting in avoidable adverse health consequences. Objectives: We sought to quantify the potential human health benefits from achieving the current primary NAAQS standard of 75 ppb and two alternative standard levels, 70 and 60 ppb, which represent the range recommended by the U.S. EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). Methods: We applied health impact assessment methodology to estimate numbers of deaths and other adverse health outcomes that would have been avoided during 2005, 2006, and 2007 if the current (or lower) NAAQS ozone standards had been met. Estimated reductions in ozone concentrations were interpolated according to geographic area and year, and concentration-response functions were obtained or derived from the epidemiological literature. Results: We estimated that annual numbers of avoided ozone-related premature deaths would have ranged from 1,410 to 2,480 at 75 ppb to 2,450 to 4,130 at 70 ppb, and 5,210 to 7,990 at 60 ppb. Acute respiratory symptoms would have been reduced by 3 million cases and school-loss days by 1 million cases annually if the current 75-ppb standard had been attained. Substantially greater health benefits would have resulted if the CASAC-recommended range of standards (70-60 ppb) had been met. Conclusions: Attaining a more stringent primary ozone standard would significantly reduce ozone-related premature mortality and morbidity.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Berman, Jesse D
AU  - Fann, Neal
AU  - Hollingsworth, John W
AU  - Pinkerton, Kent E
AU  - Rom, William N
AU  - Szema, Anthony M
AU  - Breysse, Patrick N
AU  - White, Ronald H
AU  - Curriero, Frank C
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 18
SP  - 1404
EP  - 1410
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - health benefits
KW  - health impact assessment
KW  - ozone
KW  - standards
KW  - Air quality standards
KW  - Mortality
KW  - EPA
KW  - Pollution monitoring
KW  - USA
KW  - Advisory committees
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Ozone
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air quality standards; Pollution monitoring; EPA; Mortality; Advisory committees; Morbidity; Ozone; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104851
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Oil Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline: Background and Selected Environmental Issues
AN  - 1438599995; 2011-496452
AB  - This report focuses on selected environmental concerns raised in conjunction with the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and the oil sands crude it will transport. Moreover, many of the environmental concerns are not unique to oil sands -- One could compose analogous lists for all forms of energy: coal, natural gas, nuclear, biofuels, conventional crude oil -- Therefore, the oil sands/pipeline issues, when practicable, will be compared to other energy sources, particularly conventional crude oil development. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 16 2012, 49 pp.
AU  - Ramseur, Jonathan L
AU  - Lattanzio, Richard K
AU  - Luther, Linda
AU  - Parfomak, Paul W
AU  - Carter, Nicole T
Y1  - 2012/07/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 16
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Biomass energy
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42611
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Anonymous nuclear loci in non-model organisms: making the most of high-throughput genome surveys
AN  - 1434032642; 18513526
AB  - Motivation: When working with non-model organisms, few if any species-specific markers are available for phylogenetic, phylogeographic and population studies. Therefore, researchers often try to adapt markers developed in distantly related taxa, resulting in poor amplification and ascertainment bias in their target taxa. Markers can be developed de novo and anonymous nuclear loci (ANL) are proving to be a boon for researchers seeking large numbers of fast-evolving, independent loci. However, the development of ANL can be laboratory intensive and expensive. A workflow is described to identify suitable low-copy anonymous loci from high-throughput shotgun sequences, dramatically reducing the cost and time required to develop these markers and produce robust multilocus datasets.Results: By successively removing repetitive and evolutionary conserved sequences from low coverage shotgun libraries, we were able to isolate thousands of potential ANL. Empirical testing of loci developed from two reptile taxa confirmed that our methodology yields markers with comparable amplification rates and nucleotide diversities to ANLs developed using other methodologies. Our approach capitalizes on next-generation sequencing technologies to enable the development of phylogenetic, phylogeographic and population markers for taxa lacking suitable genomic resources.
JF  - Bioinformatics
AU  - Bertozzi, Terry
AU  - Sanders, Kate L
AU  - Sistrom, Mark J
AU  - Gardner, Michael G
AD  - super(1)Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, super(2)School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, super(3)Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, super(4)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA, super(5)School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia and super(6)Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Y1  - 2012/07/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 15
SP  - 1807
EP  - 1810
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 28
IS  - 14
SN  - 1367-4803, 1367-4803
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Genomes
KW  - Evolutionary conservation
KW  - Population studies
KW  - genomics
KW  - Bioinformatics
KW  - Nucleotides
KW  - W 30960:Bioinformatics & Computer Applications
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-20
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Genomes; Phylogeny; Evolutionary conservation; Population studies; Bioinformatics; genomics; Nucleotides
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bts284
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Burning outcomes following aggregated retention harvesting in old-growth wet eucalypt forests
AN  - 1020858311; 16791260
AB  - In Tasmania, Australia, aggregated retention (ARN1Abbreviations: ARN, aggregated retention; CBS, clearfell, burn and sow.1) is being implemented as an alternative to clearfelling in old-growth wet eucalypt forests. These forests have traditionally been regenerated using a high-intensity burn and aerial sowing, but the use of more complex harvesting designs makes conventional high-intensity burning difficult. In 2007, a new burning method ('slow burning') was developed specifically for ARN coupes. This paper compares site preparation, burning weather conditions and burning outcomes in ARN and conventional clearfell, burn and sow (CBS) coupes burnt from 2007 to 2010. ARN coupes had higher perimeter-to-area ratios than paired CBS coupes, and 8% more of the harvested area was affected by firebreaks. Although there was less burnt seedbed and more compacted seedbed in ARN coupes compared to clearfelled coupes, mean levels of receptive seedbed were adequate and are unlikely to limit regeneration success. Burn impact on unharvested forest was greater in ARN coupes, due largely to burning in the retained aggregates. Despite this, only 11% of aggregate area was burnt overall, and the current guidelines for aggregate size (most >1ha) appear sufficient to keep burn impact within acceptable thresholds. Firebreaks affected from 4-32% of the harvested area in the coupes measured in this study, and were 10m wide on average, twice the required width. To reduce soil disturbance and potential impacts on regeneration, firebreaks should be established only where absolutely necessary, and firebreak widths should be minimised wherever possible.
JF  - Forest Ecology and Management
AU  - Scott, Robyn E
AU  - Neyland, Mark G
AU  - McElwee, David J
AU  - Baker, Susan C
AD  - Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, robyn.scott@forestrytas.com.au
Y1  - 2012/07/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 15
SP  - 165
EP  - 173
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 276
SN  - 0378-1127, 0378-1127
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - High-intensity burn
KW  - Seedbed
KW  - Firebreak
KW  - Variable retention
KW  - Retention forestry
KW  - Australia
KW  - Burns
KW  - Weather
KW  - Forest management
KW  - regeneration
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Forests
KW  - burning
KW  - Soil
KW  - Disturbance
KW  - Burning
KW  - Harvesting
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Burns; Forest management; Weather; Forests; Burning; Harvesting; regeneration; Guidelines; Disturbance; burning
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.026
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Canopy Semi-analytic Pgap And Radiative Transfer (CanSPART) model: Formulation and application
AN  - 1020849728; 16792142
AB  - We present CanSPART: a model of gap probability (Pgap) based on a simple but flexible geometric vegetation canopy structure, coupled to a one-dimensional radiative transfer scheme, to account for the effects of crown structure and trunks on vertically resolved canopy radiation fluxes. The Pgap component of the model is intended for use in inverting ground-based and airborne gap-frequency data for biometric variables, while the full CanSPART model is intended for application within a one-dimensional multilayer soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer model. Our approach to modelling Pgapis novel because it uses an analytic approximation to the crown porosity, which makes it computationally efficient. Further, it can accommodate any distribution of crown and trunk heights and dimensions, allowing the model to be applied to complex canopy structures with multiple layers. The Pgap model is readily rewritten in terms of a clumping factor as a function of height and angle. Simulations of Pgap([thetas],z) for idealised canopies compared favourably with those of two other models: the Analytical Clumped Two-Stream (ACTS) model () and an adaptation of the model. We test the analytic approximation to the crown porosity, also inherent in the model, and the applicability of a single clumping factor without angle nor height dependence. Both simplifications are demonstrated to be valid. provide quantitative assessment of the Pgap component of CanSPART against ground-based lidar measurements from sites spanning a range of canopy structures. The radiative-transfer part of the model is an extension of the two-stream scheme, using Pgapas input and requiring the solution of a single matrix equation. In contrast to existing modified two-stream models which use a clumping factor, we account for both the primary effect of clumping (enhanced uncollided flux intensities) and the secondary effect (enhanced interception of scattered radiation). Application of CanSPART to three contrasting Australian field sites show that Pgap, the absorption of radiation by leaves, Qleaf, and albedo are sensitive to the clumping of leaves into crowns. Except for the most sparsely vegetated site, albedo predictions were significantly too high, unless both primary and secondary effects of clumping were included. This highlights the importance of accounting for the enhanced interception of radiation scattered by leaves in a clump (relative to the unclumped case) and suggests why modified two-stream canopy radiative transfer models using a clumping factor approach may systematically underestimate Qleaf and overestimate albedo.
JF  - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
AU  - Haverd, V
AU  - Lovell, J L
AU  - Cuntz, M
AU  - Jupp, DLB
AU  - Newnham, G J
AU  - Sea, W
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Vanessa.Haverd@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/07/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 15
SP  - 14
EP  - 35
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 160
SN  - 0168-1923, 0168-1923
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Clumping
KW  - Canopy
KW  - Radiative transfer
KW  - P gap
KW  - Clumping factor
KW  - Model
KW  - Savanna
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Lidar
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Interception
KW  - Absorption
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Canopies
KW  - radiative transfer
KW  - Simulation Analysis
KW  - Albedo
KW  - Porosity
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Simulation
KW  - porosity
KW  - Radiative transfer models
KW  - Adaptability
KW  - Forest canopy
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Lidar applications
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - M2 551.521:Radiation (551.521)
KW  - SW 0810:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Radiative transfer models; Forest canopy; Numerical simulations; Radiation; Albedo; Lidar applications; Radiative transfer; Prediction; Adaptability; Absorption; Simulation; Lidar; Canopies; radiative transfer; porosity; Simulation Analysis; Interception; Porosity; Leaves; Adaptation; Fluctuations; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.01.018
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Variation in Estimated Ozone-Related Health Impacts of Climate Change due to Modeling Choices and Assumptions
AN  - 1291611479; 17649943
AB  - Background: Future climate change may cause air quality degradation via climate-induced changes in meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and emissions into the air. Few studies have explicitly modeled the potential relationships between climate change, air quality, and human health, and fewer still have investigated the sensitivity of estimates to the underlying modeling choices. Objectives: Our goal was to assess the sensitivity of estimated ozone-related human health impacts of climate change to key modeling choices. Methods: Our analysis included seven modeling systems in which a climate change model is linked to an air quality model, five population projections, and multiple concentration-response functions. Using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP), we estimated future ozone (O3)-related health effects in the United States attributable to simulated climate change between the years 2000 and approximately 2050, given each combination of modeling choices. Health effects and concentration-response functions were chosen to match those used in the U.S. EPA's 2008 Regulatory Impact Analysis of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for O3. Results: Different combinations of methodological choices produced a range of estimates of national O3-related mortality from roughly 600 deaths avoided as a result of climate change to 2,500 deaths attributable to climate change (although the large majority produced increases in mortality). The choice of the climate change and the air quality model reflected the greatest source of uncertainty, with the other modeling choices having lesser but still substantial effects. Conclusions: Our results highlight the need to use an ensemble approach, instead of relying on any one set of modeling choices, to assess the potential risks associated with O3-related human health effects resulting from climate change.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Post, Ellen S
AU  - Grambsch, Anne
AU  - Weaver, Chris
AU  - Morefield, Philip
AU  - Huang, Jin
AU  - Leung, Lai-Yung
AU  - Nolte, Christopher G
AU  - Adams, Peter
AU  - Liang, Xin-Zhong
AU  - Zhu, Jin-Hong
AU  - Mahoney, Hardee
AD  - Environment and Resources Division, Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 12
SP  - 1559
EP  - 1564
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - climate change
KW  - mortality
KW  - ozone
KW  - population projections
KW  - sensitivity analysis
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Air quality
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Mapping
KW  - Ozone
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Impact analysis
KW  - Environmental Protection
KW  - Projections
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Air quality standards
KW  - Risk
KW  - EPA
KW  - USA
KW  - Standards
KW  - Benefits
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes
KW  - R2 23050:Environment
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air quality standards; Sensitivity; EPA; Mortality; Climate change; Emissions; Impact analysis; Air quality; Ozone; Risk; Environmental Protection; Standards; Mapping; Projections; Benefits; Model Studies; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104271
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal and Early Childhood Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene and Adult Vision
AN  - 1677967118; 17317733
AB  - Background: Tetrachloroethylene (PCE; or perchloroethylene) has been implicated in visual impairments among adults with occupational and environmental exposures as well as children born to women with occupational exposure during pregnancy. Objectives: Using a population-based retrospective cohort study, we examined the association between prenatal and early childhood exposure to PCE-contaminated drinking water on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and deficits in adult color vision and contrast sensitivity. Methods: We estimated the amount of PCE that was delivered to the family residence from participants' gestation through 5 years of age. We administered to this now adult study population vision tests to assess acuity, contrast sensitivity, and color discrimination. Results: Participants exposed to higher PCE levels exhibited lower contrast sensitivity at intermediate and high spatial frequencies compared with unexposed participants, although the differences were generally not statistically significant. Exposed participants also exhibited poorer color discrimination than unexposed participants. The difference in mean color confusion indices (CCI) was statistically significant for the Farnsworth test but not Lanthony's D-15d test [Farnsworth CCI mean difference = 0.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.003, 0.10; Lanthony CCI mean difference = 0.07, 95% CI: -0.02, 0.15]. Conclusions: Prenatal and early childhood exposure to PCE-contaminated drinking water may be associated with long-term subclinical visual dysfunction in adulthood, particularly with respect to color discrimination. Further investigation of this association in similarly exposed populations is necessary.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Getz, Kelly D
AU  - Janulewicz, Patricia A
AU  - Rowe, Susannah
AU  - Weinberg, Janice M
AU  - Winter, Michael R
AU  - Martin, Brett R
AU  - Vieira, Veronica M
AU  - White, Roberta F
AU  - Aschengrau, Ann
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/11/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 11
SP  - 1327
EP  - 1332
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 9
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - color vision
KW  - contrast sensitivity
KW  - perchloroethylene
KW  - tetrachloroethylene
KW  - Occupational
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Gestation
KW  - Discrimination
KW  - Tetrachloroethylene
KW  - Adults
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Color
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103996
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Winter Temperature Inversions and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2003-2008
AN  - 1677933250; 17615803
AB  - Background: Winter temperature inversions-layers of air in which temperature increases with altitude-trap air pollutants and lead to higher pollutant concentrations. Previous studies have evaluated associations between pollutants and emergency department (ED) visits for asthma, but none have considered inversions as independent risk factors for ED visits for asthma. Objective: We aimed to assess associations between winter inversions and ED visits for asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah. Methods: We obtained electronic records of ED visits for asthma and data on inversions, weather, and air pollutants for Salt Lake County, Utah, during the winters of 2003 through 2004 to 2007 through 2008. We identified 3,425 ED visits using a primary diagnosis of asthma. We used a time-stratified case-crossover design, and conditional logistic regression models to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to estimate rate ratios of ED visits for asthma in relation to inversions during a 4-day lag period and prolonged inversions. We evaluated interactions between inversions and weather and pollutants. Results: After adjusting for dew point and mean temperatures, the OR for ED visits for asthma associated with inversions 0-3 days before the visit compared with no inversions during the lag period was 1.14 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.30). The OR for each 1-day increase in the number of inversion days during the lag period was 1.03 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.07). Associations were only apparent when PM sub(10) and maximum and mean temperatures were above median levels. Conclusions: Our results provide evidence that winter inversions are associated with increased rates of ED visits for asthma.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Beard, John D
AU  - Beck, Celeste
AU  - Graham, Randall
AU  - Packham, Steven C
AU  - Traphagan, Monica
AU  - Giles, Rebecca T
AU  - Morgan, John G
AD  - Environmental Epidemiology Program, and
Y1  - 2012/07/11/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 11
SP  - 1385
EP  - 1390
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - asthma
KW  - case-crossover
KW  - emergency department
KW  - interaction
KW  - inversion
KW  - winter
KW  - Weather
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Emergencies
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Salt lakes
KW  - Climatology
KW  - Inversions
KW  - Winter
KW  - Freshwater
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Gold Ore Processing: a Village-Level Investigation-Zamfara State, Nigeria, October-November 2010
AN  - 1677934021; 17615821
AB  - Background: During May-June 2010, a childhood lead poisoning outbreak related to gold ore processing was confirmed in two villages in Zamfara State, Nigeria. During June-September of that year, villages with suspected or confirmed childhood lead poisoning continued to be identified in Zamfara State. Objectives: We investigated the extent of childhood lead poisoning [ greater than or equal to 1 child with a blood lead level (BLL) greater than or equal to 10 mu g/dL] and lead contamination ( greater than or equal to 1 soil/dust sample with a lead level > 400 parts per million) among villages in Zamfara State and identified villages that should be prioritized for urgent interventions. Methods: We used chain-referral sampling to identify villages of interest, defined as villages suspected of participation in gold ore processing during the previous 12 months. We interviewed villagers, determined BLLs among children < 5 years of age, and analyzed soil/dust from public areas and homes for lead. Results: We identified 131 villages of interest and visited 74 (56%) villages in three local government areas. Fifty-four (77%) of 70 villages that completed the survey reported gold ore processing. Ore-processing villages were more likely to have greater than or equal to 1 child < 5 years of age with lead poisoning (68% vs. 50%, p = 0.17) or death following convulsions (74% vs. 44%, p = 0.02). Soil/dust contamination and BLL greater than or equal to 45 mu g/dL were identified in ore-processing villages only [50% (p < 0.001) and 15% (p = 0.22), respectively]. The odds of childhood lead poisoning or lead contamination was 3.5 times as high in ore-processing villages than the other villages (95% confidence interval: 1.1, 11.3). Conclusion: Childhood lead poisoning and lead contamination were widespread in surveyed areas, particularly among villages that had processed ore recently. Urgent interventions are required to reduce lead exposure, morbidity, and mortality in affected communities.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lo, Yi-Chun
AU  - Dooyema, Carrie A
AU  - Neri, Antonio
AU  - Durant, James
AU  - Jefferies, Taran
AU  - Medina-Marino, Andrew
AU  - de Ravello, Lori
AU  - Thoroughman, Douglas
AU  - Davis, Lora
AU  - Dankoli, Raymond S
AU  - Samson, Matthias Y
AU  - Ibrahim, Luka M
AU  - Okechukwu, Ossai
AU  - Umar-Tsafe, Nasir T
AU  - Dama, Alhassan H
AU  - Brown, Mary Jean
AD  - Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2012/07/05/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 05
SP  - 1450
EP  - 1455
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - environmental health
KW  - lead poisoning
KW  - Age
KW  - Villages
KW  - Soil (material)
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Lead poisoning
KW  - Gold
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Dust
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Child Development in 5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: A Cohort Study in Rural Bangladesh
AN  - 1671610311; 17615820
AB  - Background: Cadmium is a commonly occurring toxic food contaminant, but health consequences of early-life exposure are poorly understood. Objectives: We evaluated the associations between cadmium exposure and neurobehavioral development in preschool children. Methods: In our population-based mother-child cohort study in rural Bangladesh, we assessed cadmium exposure in 1,305 women in early pregnancy and their children at 5 years of age by measuring concentrations in urine (U-Cd), using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Children's IQ at 5 years of age, including Verbal (VIQ), Performance (PIQ), and Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ), were measured by Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Behavior was assessed by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: In multiple linear regression models, adjusted for sex, home stimulation, socioeconomic status (SES), and maternal and child characteristics, a doubling of maternal U-Cd was inversely associated with VIQ (-0.84 points; 95% confidence interval: -1.3, -0.40), PIQ (-0.64 points; -1.1, -0.18), and FSIQ (-0.80 points; -1.2, -0.39). Concurrent child U-Cd showed somewhat weaker association with VIQ and FSIQ, but not PIQ. Stratification by sex and SES indicated slightly stronger associations with PIQ and FSIQ in girls than in boys and in higher-income compared with lower-income families. Concurrent U-Cd was inversely associated with SDQ-prosocial behavior and positively associated with SDQ-difficult behavior, but associations were close to the null after adjustment. Quantile regression analysis showed similar associations across the whole range of each developmental outcome. Conclusion: Early-life low-level cadmium exposure was associated with lower child intelligence scores in our study cohort. Further research in this area is warranted.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kippler, Maria
AU  - Tofail, Fahmida
AU  - Hamadani, Jena D
AU  - Gardner, Renee M
AU  - Grantham-McGregor, Sally M
AU  - Bottai, Matteo
AU  - Vahter, Marie
AD  - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Y1  - 2012/07/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jul 03
SP  - 1462
EP  - 1468
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cadmium exposure
KW  - child IQ
KW  - development
KW  - food pollutant
KW  - neurotoxicity
KW  - prenatal
KW  - urine
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Age
KW  - Girls
KW  - Health
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Children
KW  - Rural
KW  - Sex
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5-6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge
AN  - 1367488221; 18060031
AB  - Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r = 0.30, P < 0.001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.
JF  - Public Health Nutrition
AU  - Zarnowiecki, Dorota
AU  - Sinn, Natalie
AU  - Petkov, John
AU  - Dollman, James
AD  - Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, dorota.zarnowiecki@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jul 2012
SP  - 1284
EP  - 1290
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 15
IS  - 7
SN  - 1368-9800, 1368-9800
KW  - Risk Abstracts
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Australia
KW  - Children
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-10
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Children; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011003259
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuses: Analyzing Kiobel & Alternatives To The Alien Tort Statute
AN  - 1364727345; 2011-419443
AB  - Can corporations be held liable for human rights abuses under international law? According to the Second Circuit's highly controversial Kiobel decision, the answer is "no." Specifically, corporations are not liable for human rights abuses under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) -- a statute that has become the central battleground for debating the role of international law in U.S. courts. In an era of prolific transnational economic and legal activity, Kiobel entails a fascinating and sharply-worded debate on the duties that corporations as private actors owe under international law, as well as key insights into how an influential U.S. court interprets international law and the scope of its authority to create legal remedies. Despite the importance of these issues for scholars and practitioners of international law, current scholarship does not comprehensively analyze this decision issued in October 2010, the various opinions issued in February 2011 denying en banc and panel rehearing, and the ensuing circuit split-leading up to oral arguments before the Supreme Court in February 2012. This Note weaves together these important strands into a singular narrative and provides a rigorous framework to analyze Kiobel major themes, fault lines, and consequences. Furthermore, it uniquely combines an analysis of Kiobel and its narrowing of ATS corporate liability with a detailed examination of alternatives to the ATS in holding corporations accountable for human rights abuses. Following a careful evaluation of the ATS's deficiencies, it proposes alternate forms of relief including suing corporate officers and directors, initiating state law claims, suing in specific foreign jurisdictions, and relying on multilateral corporate social responsibility initiatives. It further proposes two novel statutory alternatives to the ATS: imposing corporate civil liability, modeled on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and individual criminal liability for violating the law of nations. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Georgetown Journal of International Law
AU  - Haider, Ziad
AD  - previously served as a legislative aide on foreign policy and immigration issues in the United States Senate
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 1361
EP  - 1390
PB  - Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
SN  - 1550-5200, 1550-5200
KW  - Law and ethics - International law
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations
KW  - Law and ethics - Liability, torts, and personal injury
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Immigrants and aliens
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Law and ethics - Ethics
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - United States Supreme court
KW  - Courts
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Criminal liability
KW  - Jurisdiction
KW  - Social responsibility of business
KW  - International law
KW  - Liability
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Claims
KW  - Directors
KW  - Authority
KW  - Law
KW  - Aliens
KW  - article
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DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - International law; Corporations; Human rights; Liability; Law; Courts; Aliens; Jurisdiction; Criminal liability; Claims; Social responsibility of business; Authority; United States Supreme court; Directors
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Newsmaker: Karen Keninger
AN  - 1125214042; 201210644
AB  - In an interview, Karen Keninger, who was named the new director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and is the first person who is blind to direct the Braille and talking book program, discusses her agency. She discusses the services offered by the agency, whether today's emphasis on online services presents new opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, and how has time changed what is offered by the agency. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - American Libraries
AU  - Keninger, Karen
AD  - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 20
PB  - American Library Association, Chicago, IL
VL  - 43
IS  - 7-8
SN  - 0002-9769, 0002-9769
KW  - User services
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Blind and partially sighted
KW  - article
KW  - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Library of Congress; Blind and partially sighted; User services
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Personal and Neighborhood Resources, Future Time Perspective, and Social Relations in Middle and Older Adulthood
AN  - 1038109875; 201223796
AB  - Objectives. Aging-related changes in motivation and the availability of resources have been hypothesized to result in social network changes in later life. However, few studies have examined associations of both motivation and resources with different aspects of social network composition in the same analytical context. The present study examined associations of key motivational (future time perspective [FTP]) and resource variables (partner status, physical health, and perceived neighborhood cohesion) with social network size and positive and negative social exchanges. Method. A population-based sample of midlife (aged 55-59 years, n = 169) young-old (aged 60-74 years, n = 306) and old-old (aged 75+ years, n = 77) adults completed a questionnaire. Results. Those who were partnered reported larger networks with family, whereas never-married individuals reported larger networks with neighbors. Perceived neighborhood cohesion was related to larger networks with family, neighbors, and friends. Open-ended FTP was associated with larger networks of friends and more frequent positive social exchanges. Discussion. Our results point to FTP and resources having different implications for social engagement across network domains. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
AU  - Windsor, Tim D
AU  - Fiori, Katherine L
AU  - Crisp, Dimity A
AD  - School of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5043, Australia tim.windsor@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 423
EP  - 431
PB  - Gerontological Society of America, Washington DC
VL  - 67B
IS  - 4
SN  - 1079-5014, 1079-5014
KW  - Future time perspective, Negative exchanges, Positive exchanges, Resources, Social relations
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Motivation
KW  - Cohesion
KW  - Neighbourhoods
KW  - Friends
KW  - Time perspectives
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JGBSF3
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Social networks; Neighbourhoods; Friends; Time perspectives; Cohesion; Motivation
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbr117
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Occurrence of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticide Residues in Surface Water Samples from the Rangpur District of Bangladesh
AN  - 1028025839; 16835731
AB  - We report the presence of organophosphorus and carbamate residues in 24 surface water samples and five ground water samples from Pirgacha Thana, Rangpur district, Bangladesh using high-performance liquid chromatography. A number of samples of surface water from paddy fields were found to contain chlorpyriphos, carbofuran and carbaryl at concentrations ranging from 0-1.189, 0-3.395 and 0-0.163 mu g/L, respectively. Surface water from the lakes had chlorpyriphos, carbofuran and carbaryl at concentrations ranging from 0.544-0.895, 0.949-1.671 and 0-0.195 mu g/L, respectively. This result indicates that the general public living in the area of Rangpur is at high risk of pesticide exposure from contaminated waters in the environment.
JF  - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
AU  - Chowdhury, Alamgir Zaman
AU  - Jahan, Salina Akter
AU  - Islam, Mohammad Nazrul
AU  - Moniruzzaman, Mohammed
AU  - Alam, Mohammad Khorshed
AU  - Zaman, Mohammad A
AU  - Karim, Nurul
AU  - Gan, Siew Hua
AD  - Agrochemicals and Environmental Research Division, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ganakbari, Savar, G.P.O. BOX 3787, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh, shgan@kck.usm.my
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jul 2012
SP  - 202
EP  - 207
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 89
IS  - 1
SN  - 0007-4861, 0007-4861
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Carbaryl
KW  - Surface water
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - X:24330
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & ENAironmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Surface water; Bangladesh
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0641-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Changes in the South Pacific Convergence Zone in IPCC AR4 future climate projections
AN  - 1024667809; 16864806
AB  - The response of the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) to climate change is examined using simulations from 16 coupled climate models under the A2 emission scenario carried out for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report. Characteristics of the austral summer SPCZ in the late twenty-first century are compared with the late twentieth century: the orientation and latitude of the SPCZ precipitation band; the area and intensity of precipitation within the SPCZ; and the eastern extent of the SPCZ. Changes in the SPCZ position are examined using a simple linear fit to the band of maximum precipitation and using a "pattern matching" technique. Both techniques find no consistent shift in the slope or mean latitude of the austral summer SPCZ. However, many models simulate a westward shift in the eastern edge of the SPCZ in austral summer, with reduced precipitation to the east of around 150 degree W. The westward contraction of the SPCZ is associated with a strengthening of the trade winds in the southeast Pacific and an increased zonal sea surface temperature gradient across the South Pacific. The majority of models simulate an increase in the area of the SPCZ and in mean and maximum precipitation within the SPCZ, defined by a 6 mm/day precipitation threshold, consistent with increased moisture convergence in a warmer climate. Changes in the SPCZ response to ENSO are examined using ENSO precipitation composites. The SPCZ has a reduced slope and is shifted towards the equator in the A2 multi-model mean El Nino composite.
JF  - Climate Dynamics
AU  - Brown, Josephine R
AU  - Moise, Aurel F
AU  - Delage, Francois P
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Australia, J.Brown@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 19
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 39
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0930-7575, 0930-7575
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Convergence zones
KW  - Trade winds
KW  - IS, South Pacific
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Climate change
KW  - trade winds
KW  - Summer
KW  - Temperature Gradient
KW  - Maximum precipitation
KW  - Orientation behaviour
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Convergence
KW  - El Nino
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Latitude
KW  - Slopes
KW  - El Nino phenomena
KW  - Atmospheric precipitations
KW  - Composite materials
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Climates
KW  - ISEW, South Pacific, South Pacific Convergence Zone
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Precipitation
KW  - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
KW  - Projections
KW  - Temperature gradients
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Southern Oscillation
KW  - El Nino-Southern Oscillation event
KW  - Future climates
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q2 09244:Air-sea coupling
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Convergence zones; Atmospheric precipitations; Trade winds; El Nino; Climate change; Temperature gradients; Orientation behaviour; El Nino phenomena; Southern Oscillation; Climate models; Convergence; El Nino-Southern Oscillation event; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Precipitation; Maximum precipitation; Future climates; Composite materials; Rainfall; Emissions; trade winds; Simulation; Latitude; Summer; Assessments; Climates; Projections; Slopes; Temperature Gradient; Model Studies; IS, South Pacific; ISEW, South Pacific, South Pacific Convergence Zone
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1192-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Removal of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate from aqueous solution by adsorption onto pine cone biomass of Pinus Radiate: equilibrium, thermodynamic, kinetics, mechanism and process design
AN  - 1024667102; 16861486
AB  - This study was undertaken to evaluate the adsorption potential of a natural, low-cost agricultural by-product adsorbent, Pine cone (Pinus Radiate), to remove sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) from aqueous solution. It was found that the extent of SDS adsorption by pine cone biomass increased with initial surfactant concentration and contact time but decreased with increasing solution pH, amount of adsorbent, and temperature of the system. These studies also suggested that the electrostatic forces and surfactant self-assembly are dominant mechanisms governing this pH dependent adsorption process. Overall, kinetic studies showed that the surfactant adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order kinetics based on pseudo-first-order and intraparticle diffusion models. The different kinetic parameters including rate constant, half adsorption time, and diffusion coefficient were determined at different physicochemical conditions. Equilibrium data were fitted by both the Langmuir isotherm and Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of pine cone biomass was 95.75 mg g super(-1) at 20 degree C. The value of separation factor, R sub(L) from Langmuir equation and "n" from Freundlich also indicated favourable adsorption. Thermodynamic parameters such as Delta G super(0), Delta H super(0), and Delta S super(0) were calculated. A single-stage batch absorber design for the SDS adsorption onto pine cone biomass also presented based on the Freundlich isotherm model equation.
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Sen, T K
AU  - Thi, M T
AU  - Afroze, S
AU  - Phan, C
AU  - Ang, M
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6145, Western Australia, t.sen@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jul 2012
SP  - 263
EP  - 275
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 45
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Byproducts
KW  - Pinus
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Diffusion
KW  - Isotherms
KW  - pH
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Physicochemical properties
KW  - Pine Trees
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Design
KW  - Sodium
KW  - Kinetics
KW  - Adsorption
KW  - Surfactants
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sodium; Mathematical models; Water treatment; Thermodynamics; Physicochemical properties; Byproducts; Adsorption; Isotherms; Surfactants; Kinetics; Diffusion; Biomass; pH; Design; Pollutants; Pine Trees; Model Studies; Pinus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10/5004/dwt.2012.3331
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The geographical distribution of Yellow dwarf viruses and their aphid vectors in Australian grasslands and wheat
AN  - 1024663443; 16858422
AB  - This article reviews and analyzes the literature on Yellow dwarf viruses (YDVs) in Australia, examining the range of environmental and climatic factors that explain the observed geographical distribution of the virus and its vectors. BYDV-PAV, vectored mainly by the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi, is the most prevalent YDV species in wheat and grasslands across all states, except Queensland. BYDV-RMV, vectored mainly by Rhopalosiphum maidis, dominates in Queensland grasslands, with very low incidence in wheat. Queensland experiences higher rainfall and warmer temperatures than southern Australia. Across Australia disease incidence in wheat is generally low (around 10%) and varies from year to year, with the highest incidence found on occasion in Western Australia (up to 52%) and the lowest in Queensland (<1%). Across Australia there is a much higher virus incidence and more variation in YDV species present in grasslands than in wheat, although in general BYDV-PAV still dominates. An overview of the differences between the YDV species in terms of symptoms, impacts, frequency, transmission rates and geographical distribution is necessary to appreciate the implications of virus spread across Australia, as well as the risks from the interaction of YDV with more recently introduced wheat pathogens. This overview is set in the context of a changing climate, with a discussion of the possible implications of anthropogenic climate change for future epidemics. For example, increasing temperatures in the future may result in more rapid transmission of the virus in the cooler months than at present, with implications for winter crops such as wheat, where YDV currently does most damage. Also, there is potential for the spread of BYDV-RMV further south, as changes in climatic conditions alter both the transmission potential of the virus as well as the vectoring potential by the aphids R. padi and R. maidis. Finally, critical knowledge gaps are identified, highlighting a need for ongoing seasonal monitoring of the virus and vectors to support the use of simulation models to predict the incidence of YDVs in near real-time.
JF  - Australasian Plant Pathology
AU  - Parry, Hazel R
AU  - Macfadyen, Sarina
AU  - Kriticos, Darren J
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, hazel.parry@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jul 2012
SP  - 375
EP  - 387
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
SN  - 0815-3191, 0815-3191
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Climatic conditions
KW  - Crops
KW  - Disease transmission
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Geographical distribution
KW  - Grasslands
KW  - Models
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Vectors
KW  - Rhopalosiphum maidis
KW  - Aphididae
KW  - Triticum aestivum
KW  - Rhopalosiphum padi
KW  - Z 05300:General
KW  - A 01360:Plant Diseases
KW  - V 22420:Plant Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-04-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Geographical distribution; Epidemics; Rainfall; Climatic changes; Vectors; Pathogens; Climatic conditions; Crops; Disease transmission; Models; Grasslands; Reviews; Triticum aestivum; Rhopalosiphum padi; Rhopalosiphum maidis; Aphididae
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13313-012-0133-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The performance enhancements of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors for domestic sludge treatment - A State-of-the-art review
AN  - 1020857524; 16794613
AB  - Nowadays, carbon emission and therefore carbon footprint of water utilities is an important issue. In this respect, we should consider the opportunities to reduce carbon footprint for small and large wastewater treatment plants. The use of anaerobic rather than aerobic treatment processes would achieve this aim because no aeration is required and the generation of methane can be used within the plant. High-rate anaerobic digesters receive great interests due to their high loading capacity and low sludge production. Among them, the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors have been most widely used. However, there are still unresolved issues inhibiting the widespread of this technology in developing countries or countries with climate temperature fluctuations (such as subtropical regions). A large number of studies have been carried out in order to enhance the performance of UASB reactors but there is a lack of updated documentation. In face of the existing limitations and the increasing importance of this technology, the authors present an up-to-date review on the performance enhancements of UASB reactors over the last decade. The important aspects of this article are: (i) enhancing the start-up and granulation in UASB reactors, (ii) coupling with post-treatment unit to overcome the temperature constraint, and (iii) improving the removal efficiencies of the organic matter, nutrients and pathogens in the final effluent. Finally the authors have highlighted future research direction based on their critical analysis. Graphical abstract
JF  - Water Research
AU  - Chong, Siewhui
AU  - Sen, Tushar Kanti
AU  - Kayaalp, Ahmet
AU  - Ang, Ha Ming
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia, faye.chong@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 3434
EP  - 3470
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 11
SN  - 0043-1354, 0043-1354
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Biological Wastewater Treatment
KW  - Wastewater treatment
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Sludge treatment
KW  - Anaerobic Digestion
KW  - Methane
KW  - Wastewater Facilities
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - Climates
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Sludge
KW  - Effluents
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Plant physiology
KW  - Capacity
KW  - Technology
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Methane; Organic matter; Plant physiology; Sludge treatment; Pathogens; Effluents; Sludge; Wastewater treatment; Reviews; Emissions; Temperature; Technology; Wastewater Facilities; Carbon; Climates; Capacity; Biological Wastewater Treatment; Anaerobic Digestion
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.066
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Role of traffic in atmospheric accumulation of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
AN  - 1020856788; 16794474
AB  - Traffic related emissions have been recognised as one of the main sources of air pollutants. In the research study discussed in this paper, variability of atmospheric total suspended particulate matter (TSP), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and heavy metal (HM) concentrations with traffic and land use characteristics during weekdays and weekends were investigated. Data required for the study were collected from a range of sampling sites to ensure a wide mix of traffic and land use characteristics.The analysis undertaken confirmed that zinc has the highest concentration in the atmospheric phase during weekends as well as weekdays. Although the use of leaded gasoline was discontinued a decade ago, lead was the second most commonly detected heavy metal. This is attributed to the association of previously generated lead with roadside soil and re-suspension to the atmosphere. Soil related particles are the primary source of TSP and manganese to the atmosphere. The analysis further revealed that traffic sources are dominant in gas phase PAHs compared to the other sources during weekdays. Land use related sources become important contributors to atmospheric PAHs during weekends when traffic sources are at their minimal levels.
JF  - Atmospheric Environment
AU  - Gunawardena, Janaka
AU  - Egodawatta, Prasanna
AU  - Ayoko, Godwin A
AU  - Goonetilleke, Ashantha
AD  - Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia j.gunawardena@student.qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/07//
PY  - 2012
DA  - July 2012
SP  - 502
EP  - 510
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 54
SN  - 1352-2310, 1352-2310
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH)
KW  - Heavy metals
KW  - Zinc
KW  - Traffic flow
KW  - Traffic engineering
KW  - Atmospherics
KW  - Polyallylamine hydrochloride
KW  - Land use
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-08-08
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.058
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Climate Change and Food Security: Health Impacts in Developed Countries
AN  - 1677941407; 17649955
AB  - Background: Anthropogenic climate change will affect global food production, with uncertain consequences for human health in developed countries. Objectives: We investigated the potential impact of climate change on food security (nutrition and food safety) and the implications for human health in developed countries. Methods: Expert input and structured literature searches were conducted and synthesized to produce overall assessments of the likely impacts of climate change on global food production and recommendations for future research and policy changes. Results: Increasing food prices may lower the nutritional quality of dietary intakes, exacerbate obesity, and amplify health inequalities. Altered conditions for food production may result in emerging pathogens, new crop and livestock species, and altered use of pesticides and veterinary medicines, and affect the main transfer mechanisms through which contaminants move from the environment into food. All these have implications for food safety and the nutritional content of food. Climate change mitigation may increase consumption of foods whose production reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Impacts may include reduced red meat consumption (with positive effects on saturated fat, but negative impacts on zinc and iron intake) and reduced winter fruit and vegetable consumption. Developed countries have complex structures in place that may be used to adapt to the food safety consequences of climate change, although their effectiveness will vary between countries, and the ability to respond to nutritional challenges is less certain. Conclusions: Climate change will have notable impacts upon nutrition and food safety in developed countries, but further research is necessary to accurately quantify these impacts. Uncertainty about future impacts, coupled with evidence that climate change may lead to more variable food quality, emphasizes the need to maintain and strengthen existing structures and policies to regulate food production, monitor food quality and safety, and respond to nutritional and safety issues that arise.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lake, Iain R
AU  - Hooper, Lee
AU  - Abdelhamid, Asmaa
AU  - Bentham, Graham
AU  - Boxall, Alistair BA
AU  - Draper, Alizon
AU  - Fairweather-Tait, Susan
AU  - Hulme, Mike
AU  - Hunter, Paul R
AU  - Nichols, Gordon
AU  - Waldron, Keith W
AD  - School of Environmental Sciences, and
Y1  - 2012/06/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 27
SP  - 1520
EP  - 1526
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - adaptation
KW  - climate change
KW  - food safety
KW  - food security
KW  - nutrition
KW  - regulation
KW  - Security
KW  - Policies
KW  - Foods
KW  - Zinc
KW  - Safety
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Health
KW  - Nutrition
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Extreme Summer Temperature and Birth Defects
AN  - 1285100006; 17615817
AB  - Background: Although hyperthermia is a recognized animal teratogen and maternal fever has been associated with birth defects in humans, data on the relationship between high environmental temperatures and birth defects are limited. Objective: To determine whether pregnancies are potentially vulnerable to the weather extremes anticipated with climate change, we evaluated the relationship between extreme summer temperature and the occurrence of birth defects. Methods: We performed a population-based case-control study by linking the New York State Congenital Malformations Registry to birth certificates for the years 1992-2006. We selected nonmalformed infants from a 10% random sample of live births as controls. We assigned meteorologic data based on maternal residence at birth, summarized universal apparent temperature (UAT; degrees Fahrenheit) across the critical period of embryogenesis, and estimated adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) with multivariable logistic regression, controlling for confounders available on the birth certificate. Results: Among 6,422 cases and 59,328 controls that shared at least 1 week of the critical period in summer, a 5-degree increase in mean daily minimum UAT was significantly associated with congenital cataracts (aOR = 1.51; 95% CI: 1.14, 1.99). Congenital cataracts were significantly associated with all ambient temperature indicators as well: heat wave, number of heat waves, and number of days above the 90th percentile. Inconsistent associations with a subset of temperature indicators were observed for renal agenesis/hypoplasia (positive) and anophthalmia/microphthalmia and gastroschisis (negative). Conclusions: We found positive and consistent associations between multiple heat indicators during the relevant developmental window and congenital cataracts which should be confirmed with other data sources.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Van Zutphen, Alissa R
AU  - Lin, Shao
AU  - Fletcher, Barbara A
AU  - Hwang, Syni-An
AD  - Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/06/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 27
SP  - 1443
EP  - 1449
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - birth defects
KW  - climate change
KW  - congenital cataracts
KW  - heat
KW  - temperature
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Indicators
KW  - Summer
KW  - Embryonic Growth Stage
KW  - Congenital defects
KW  - Waves
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Weather
KW  - Cataracts
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Heat tolerance
KW  - USA, New York
KW  - Heat
KW  - Teratogens
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weather; Cataracts; Climate change; Heat tolerance; Temperature; Congenital defects; Teratogens; Summer; Vulnerability; Heat; Indicators; Waves; Embryonic Growth Stage; USA, New York
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Exposure to Butylbenzyl Phthalate and Early Eczema in an Urban Cohort
AN  - 1677933659; 17615816
AB  - Background: Recent cross-sectional studies suggest a link between butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) in house dust and childhood eczema. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate whether concentrations of monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), the main BBzP metabolite in urine, during pregnancy are associated prospectively with eczema in young children, and whether this association varies by the child's sensitization to indoor allergens or serological evidence of any allergies. Methods: MBzP was measured in spot urine samples during the third trimester of pregnancy from 407 African-American and Dominican women residing in New York City in 1999-2006. Repeated questionnaires asked mothers whether their doctor ever said their child had eczema. Child blood samples at 24, 36, and 60 months of age were analyzed for total, anti-cockroach, dust mite, and mouse IgE. Relative risks (RR) were estimated with multivariable modified Poisson regression. Analyses included a multinomial logistic regression model for early- and late-onset eczema versus no eczema through 60 months of age. Results: MBzP was detected in > 99% of samples (geometric mean = 13.6; interquartile range: 5.7-31.1 ng/mL). By 24 months, 30% of children developed eczema, with the proportion higher among African Americans (48%) than among Dominicans (21%) (p < 0.001). An interquartile range increase in log MBzP concentration was associated positively with early-onset eczema (RR = 1.52 for eczema by 24 months; 95% confidence interval: 1.21, 1.91, p = 0.0003, n = 113 reporting eczema/376 total sample), adjusting for urine specific gravity, sex, and race/ethnicity. MBzP was not associated with allergic sensitization, nor did seroatopy modify consistently the MBzP and eczema association. Conclusions: Prenatal exposure to BBzP may influence the risk of developing eczema in early childhood.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Just, Allan C
AU  - Whyatt, Robin M
AU  - Perzanowski, Matthew S
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Perera, Frederica P
AU  - Goldstein, Inge F
AU  - Chen, Qixuan
AU  - Rundle, Andrew G
AU  - Miller, Rachel L
AD  - Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/06/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 26
SP  - 1475
EP  - 1480
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - butylbenzyl phthalate
KW  - eczema
KW  - plasticizers
KW  - Risk
KW  - Age
KW  - Urine
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Regression
KW  - Children
KW  - Dust
KW  - Pregnancy
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Quantitative Synthesis of Mercury in Commercial Seafood and Implications for Exposure in the United States
AN  - 1677932256; 17649954
AB  - Background: Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal that presents public health risks through fish consumption. A major source of uncertainty in evaluating harmful exposure is inadequate knowledge of Hg concentrations in commercially important seafood. Objectives: We examined patterns, variability, and knowledge gaps of Hg in common commercial seafood items in the United States and compared seafood Hg concentrations from our database to those used for exposure estimates and consumption advice. Methods: We developed a database of Hg concentrations in fish and shellfish common to the U.S. market by aggregating available data from government monitoring programs and the scientific literature. We calculated a grand mean for individual seafood items, based on reported means from individual studies, weighted by sample size. We also compared database results to those of federal programs and human health criteria [U.S. Food and Drug Administration Hg Monitoring Program (FDA-MP), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]. Results: Mean Hg concentrations for each seafood item were highly variable among studies, spanning 0.3-2.4 orders of magnitude. Farmed fish generally had lower grand mean Hg concentrations than their wild counterparts, with wild seafood having 2- to12-fold higher concentrations, depending on the seafood item. However, farmed fish are relatively understudied, as are specific seafood items and seafood imports from Asia and South America. Finally, we found large discrepancies between mean Hg concentrations estimated from our database and FDA-MP estimates for most seafood items examined. Conclusions: The high variability in Hg in common seafood items has considerable ramifications for public health and the formulation of consumption guidelines. Exposure and risk analyses derived from smaller data sets do not reflect our collective, available information on seafood Hg concentrations.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Karimi, Roxanne
AU  - Fitzgerald, Timothy P
AU  - Fisher, Nicholas S
AD  - School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/06/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 25
SP  - 1512
EP  - 1519
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - aquaculture
KW  - consumption advisory
KW  - contaminants
KW  - fisheries
KW  - Seafood Hg Database
KW  - seafood safety
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Databases
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Health
KW  - Fish
KW  - Seafood
KW  - Monitoring
KW  - Public health
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 Polymorphisms and Associations between Air Pollutants and Markers of Insulin Resistance in Elderly Koreans
AN  - 1285099982; 17615815
AB  - Background: Previous studies have suggested that diabetes mellitus (DM) is an outcome of exposure to air pollution, and metabolic detoxification genes affect air pollution-related outcomes. Objectives: We evaluated associations between air pollutants and markers of insulin resistance (IR), an underlying mechanism of type 2 DM, and effect modification by GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genotypes among elderly participants in the Korean Elderly Environmental Panel (KEEP) study. Methods: We recruited 560 people greater than or equal to 60 years of age and obtained blood samples from them up to three times between 2008 and 2010. For air pollution exposure, we used ambient air pollutant [i.e., particulate matter less than or equal to 10 mu m in diameter (PM sub(10)), sulfur dioxide (SO sub(2)), ozone (O sub(3)), and nitrogen dioxide (NO sub(2))] monitoring data. We measured levels of fasting glucose and insulin and derived the homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) index to assess IR. Mixed-effect models were used to estimate associations between air pollutants and IR indices on the same day or lagged up to 10 days prior, and effect modification by GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genotypes. Results: Interquartile range increases in PM sub(10), O sub(3), and NO sub(2) were significantly associated with IR indices, depending on the lag period. Associations were stronger among participants with a history of DM and among those with GSTM1-null, GSTT1-null, and GSTP1 AG or GG genotypes. Conclusions: Our results suggest that PM sub(10), O sub(3), and NO sub(2) may increase IR in the elderly, and that GSTM1-null, GSTT1-null, and GSTP1 AG or GG genotypes may increase susceptibility to potential effects of ambient air pollutants on IR.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kim, Jin Hee
AU  - Hong, Yun-Chul
AD  - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Y1  - 2012/06/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 25
SP  - 1378
EP  - 1384
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - elderly
KW  - genetic polymorphism
KW  - insulin resistance
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Elderly
KW  - Glucose
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Insulin
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Nitrogen dioxide; Air pollution; Sulfur dioxide; Glucose; Elderly; Pollution effects; Particulates; Genotypes; Insulin
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104406
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Circulatory Disease from Exposure to Low-Level Ionizing Radiation and Estimates of Potential Population Mortality Risks
AN  - 1291618199; 17649951
AB  - Background: Although high doses of ionizing radiation have long been linked to circulatory disease, evidence for an association at lower exposures remains controversial. However, recent analyses suggest excess relative risks at occupational exposure levels. Objectives: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize information on circulatory disease risks associated with moderate- and low-level whole-body ionizing radiation exposures. Methods: We conducted PubMed/ISI Thomson searches of peer-reviewed papers published since 1990 using the terms "radiation" AND "heart" AND "disease," OR "radiation" AND "stroke," OR "radiation" AND "circulatory" AND "disease." Radiation exposures had to be whole-body, with a cumulative mean dose of  0.5 Sv) generally driving the observed trends. If confirmed, our findings suggest that overall radiation-related mortality is about twice that currently estimated based on estimates for cancer end points alone (which range from 4.2% to 5.6%/Sv for these populations).
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Little, Mark P
AU  - Azizova, Tamara V
AU  - Bazyka, Dimitry
AU  - Bouffler, Simon D
AU  - Cardis, Elisabeth
AU  - Chekin, Sergey
AU  - Chumak, Vadim V
AU  - Cucinotta, Francis A
AU  - de Vathaire, Florent
AU  - Hall, Per
AU  - Harrison, John D
AU  - Hildebrandt, Guido
AU  - Ivanov, Victor
AU  - Kashcheev, Valeriy V
AU  - Klymenko, Sergiy V
AU  - Kreuzer, Michaela
AU  - Laurent, Olivier
AU  - Ozasa, Kotaro
AU  - Schneider, Thierry
AU  - Tapio, Soile
AU  - Taylor, Andrew M
AU  - Tzoulaki, Ioanna
AU  - Vandoolaeghe, Wendy L
AU  - Wakeford, Richard
AU  - Zablotska, Lydia B
AU  - Zhang, Wei
AU  - Lipshultz, Steven E
AD  - Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/06/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 22
SP  - 1503
EP  - 1511
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - cancer
KW  - circulatory disease
KW  - heart disease
KW  - radiation
KW  - stroke
KW  - Developed countries
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - France
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Heterogeneity
KW  - Populations
KW  - Occupational exposure
KW  - Heart diseases
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Stroke
KW  - Systematics
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Risk
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Ionizing radiation
KW  - Russia
KW  - X 24390:Radioactive Materials
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Mortality; Ionizing radiation; Reviews; Stroke; Cancer; Occupational exposure; Heart diseases; Developed countries; Risk; Radiation; Exposure; Diseases; Systematics; Heterogeneity; Populations; France; Russia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predictors and Variability of Urinary Paraben Concentrations in Men and Women, Including before and during Pregnancy
AN  - 1291608959; 17649950
AB  - Background: Parabens are suspected endocrine disruptors and ubiquitous preservatives used in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and foods. No studies have assessed the variability of parabens in women, including during pregnancy. Objective: We evaluated predictors and variability of urinary paraben concentrations. Methods: We measured urinary concentrations of methyl (MP), propyl (PP), and butyl paraben (BP) among couples from a fertility center. Mixed-effects regression models were fit to examine demographic predictors of paraben concentrations and to calculate intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Results: Between 2005 and 2010, we collected 2,721 spot urine samples from 245 men and 408 women. The median concentrations were 112 mu g/L (MP), 24.2 mu g/L (PP), and 0.70 mu g/L (BP). Urinary MP and PP concentrations were 4.6 and 7.8 times higher in women than men, respectively, and concentrations of both MP and PP were 3.8 times higher in African Americans than Caucasians. MP and PP concentrations we CI re slightly more variable in women (ICC = 0.42, 0.43) than men (ICC = 0.54, 0.51), and were weakly correlated between partners (r = 0.27-0.32). Among 129 pregnant women, urinary paraben concentrations were 25-45% lower during pregnancy than before pregnancy, and MP and PP concentrations were more variable (ICCs of 0.38 and 0.36 compared with 0.46 and 0.44, respectively). Conclusions: Urinary paraben concentrations were more variable in women compared with men, and during pregnancy compared with before pregnancy. However, results for this study population suggest that a single urine sample may reasonably represent an individual's exposure over several months, and that a single sample collected during pregnancy may reasonably classify gestational exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Smith, Kristen W
AU  - Braun, Joe M
AU  - Williams, Paige L
AU  - Ehrlich, Shelley
AU  - Correia, Katharine F
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Ye, Xiaoyun
AU  - Ford, Jennifer
AU  - Keller, Myra
AU  - Meeker, John D
AU  - Hauser, Russ
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, and
Y1  - 2012/06/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 21
SP  - 1538
EP  - 1543
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - biomarker
KW  - exposure science
KW  - female
KW  - male
KW  - parabens
KW  - partners
KW  - predictors
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - variability
KW  - Demography
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Consumer products
KW  - Urine
KW  - Males
KW  - Females
KW  - Preservatives
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
KW  - H 4000:Food and Drugs
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Fertility; Consumer products; Urine; Males; Females; Ethnic groups; Preservatives; Pregnancy
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104614
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A possible binary system of a stellar remnant in the high-magnification gravitational microlensing event ogle-2007-blg-514
AN  - 1143500448; 649541-5
AB  - We report the extremely high-magnification (A > 1000) binary microlensing event OGLE-2007-BLG-514. We obtained good coverage around the double peak structure in the light curve via follow-up observations from different observatories. The binary lens model that includes the effects of parallax (known orbital motion of the Earth) and orbital motion of the lens yields a binary lens mass ratio of q = 0.321 + or - 0.007 and a projected separation of s = 0.072 + or - 0.001 in units of the Einstein radius. The parallax parameters allow us to determine the lens distance D (sub L) = 3.11 + or - 0.39 kpc and total mass M (sub L) = 1.40 + or - 0.18 M (sub �) ; this leads to the primary and secondary components having masses of M (sub 1) = 1.06 + or - 0.13 M (sub �) and M (sub 2) = 0.34 + or - 0.04 M (sub �) , respectively. The parallax model indicates that the binary lens system is likely constructed by the main-sequence stars. On the other hand, we used a Bayesian analysis to estimate probability distributions by the model that includes the effects of xallarap (possible orbital motion of the source around a companion) and parallax (q = 0.270 + or - 0.005, s = 0.083 + or - 0.001). The primary component of the binary lens is relatively massive, with M (sub 1) = 0.9 (super +4.6) (sub -0.3) M (sub �) and it is at a distance of D (sub L) = 2.6 (super +3.8) (sub -0.9) kpc. Given the secure mass ratio measurement, the companion mass is therefore M (sub 2) = 0.2 (super +1.2) (sub -0.1) M (sub �) . The xallarap model implies that the primary lens is likely a stellar remnant, such as a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole. Copyright (Copyright) 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
JF  - The = Astrophysical Journal
AU  - Miyake, N
AU  - Udalski, A
AU  - Sumi, T
AU  - Bennett, D P
AU  - Dong, S
AU  - Street, R A
AU  - Greenhill, J
AU  - Bond, I A
AU  - Gould, A
AU  - Kubiak, M
AU  - Szyma�ski, M K
AU  - Pietrzy�ski, G
AU  - Soszy�ski, I
AU  - Ulaczyk, K
AU  - Wyrzykowski, L
AU  - Abe, F
AU  - Fukui, A
AU  - Furusawa, K
AU  - Holderness, S
AU  - Itow, Y
AU  - Korpela, A
AU  - Ling, C H
AU  - Masuda, K
AU  - Matsubara, Y
AU  - Muraki, Y
AU  - Nagayama, T
AU  - Ohnishi, K
AU  - Rattenbury, N
AU  - Saito, To
AU  - Sako, T
AU  - Sullivan, D J
AU  - Sweatman, W L
AU  - Tristram, P J
AU  - Yock, P C M
AU  - Allen, W
AU  - Christie, G W
AU  - DePoy, D L
AU  - Gaudi, B S
AU  - Han, C
AU  - Lee, C-U
AU  - McCormick, J
AU  - Monard, B
AU  - Natusch, T
AU  - Park, B-G
AU  - Pogge, R W
AU  - Allan, A
AU  - Bode, M
AU  - Bramich, D M
AU  - Clay, N
AU  - Dominik, M
AU  - Horne, K D
AU  - Kains, N
AU  - Mottram, C
AU  - Snodgrass, C
AU  - Steele, I
AU  - Tsapras, Y
AU  - Albrow, M D
AU  - Batista, V
AU  - Beaulieu, J P
AU  - Brillant, S
AU  - Burgdorf, M
AU  - Caldwell, J A R
AU  - Cassan, A
AU  - Cole, A
AU  - Cook, K H
AU  - Coutures, Ch
AU  - Dieters, S
AU  - Prester, D Dominis
AU  - Donatowicz, J
AU  - Fouque, P
AU  - Jorgensen, U G
AU  - Kane, S
AU  - Kubas, D
AU  - Marquette, J B
AU  - Martin, R
AU  - Menzies, J
AU  - Pollard, K R
AU  - Sahu, K C
AU  - Wambsganss, J
AU  - Williams, A
AU  - Zub, M
Y1  - 2012/06/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 20
PB  - University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society, Chicago, IL
VL  - 752
IS  - 2
SN  - 0004-637X, 0004-637X
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/82
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Impact of salinity and pH on the UVC/H sub(2)O sub(2) treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate produced from municipal wastewater reclamation
AN  - 1020856833; 16794358
AB  - While reverse osmosis (RO) technology is playing an increasingly important role in the reclamation of municipal wastewater, safe disposal of the resulting RO concentrate (ROC), which can have high levels of effluent organic pollutants, remains a challenge to the water industry. The potential of UVC/H sub(2)O sub(2) treatment for degrading the organic pollutants and increasing their biodegradability has been demonstrated in several studies, and in this work the impact of the water quality variables pH, salinity and initial organic concentration on the UVC/H sub(2)O sub(2) (3 mM) treatment of a municipal ROC was investigated. The reduction in chemical oxygen demand and dissolved organic carbon was markedly faster and greater under acidic conditions, and the treatment performance was apparently not affected by salinity as increasing the ROC salinity 4-fold had only minimal impact on organics reduction. The biodegradability of the ROC (as indicated by biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) level) was at least doubled after 2 h UVC/H sub(2)O sub(2) treatment under various reaction conditions. However, the production of biodegradable intermediates was limited after 30 min treatment, which was associated with the depletion of the conjugated compounds. Overall, more than 80% of the DOC was removed after 2 h UVC/3 mM H sub(2)O sub(2) treatment followed by biological treatment (BDOC test) for the ROC at pH 4-8.5 and electrical conductivity up to 11.16 mS/cm. However, shorter UV irradiation time gave markedly higher energy efficiency (e.g., EE/O 50 kWh/m super(3) at 30 min (63% DOC removal) cf. 112 kWh/m super(3) at 2 h). No toxicity was detected for the treated ROC using Microtox registered tests. Although the trihalomethane formation potential increased after the UVC/H sub(2)O sub(2) treatment, it was reduced to below that of the raw ROC after the biological treatment.
JF  - Water Research
AU  - Liu, Kai
AU  - Roddick, Felicity A
AU  - Fan, Linhua
AD  - School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, felicity.roddick@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 15
SP  - 3229
EP  - 3239
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 10
SN  - 0043-1354, 0043-1354
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Biodegradation
KW  - Reverse osmosis
KW  - Toxicity tests
KW  - Biological treatment
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Industrial wastes
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Salinity effects
KW  - Ultraviolet radiation
KW  - Municipal wastes
KW  - Land Reclamation
KW  - Dissolved organic carbon
KW  - pH
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Organic Carbon
KW  - Hydrogen Ion Concentration
KW  - Chemical oxygen demand
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Reverse Osmosis
KW  - Reclamation
KW  - Municipal Wastewater
KW  - Biological Treatment
KW  - ENA 03:Energy
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Industrial wastes; Reverse osmosis; Pollutants; Salinity effects; Ultraviolet radiation; Chemical oxygen demand; Dissolved organic carbon; Toxicity tests; Reclamation; Biological treatment; Salinity; Biodegradation; Municipal wastes; Toxicity; pH; Testing Procedures; Municipal Wastewater; Organic Carbon; Hydrogen Ion Concentration; Land Reclamation; Reverse Osmosis; Biological Treatment
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.024
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Destructive and non-destructive methods for biofouling analysis investigated at the Adelaide Desalination Pilot Plant
AN  - 1020842957; 16794645
AB  - In preparation for the operation of the 300ML/day Adelaide Desalination Plant, a pilot plant was constructed to evaluate anticipated operational challenges, such as biofouling. Various methods for the control of biofouling have been proposed, however, in-situ early tools for detection of biofouling conditions in spiral wound reverse osmosis elements remain elusive. The current study investigated the use of novel methods for assessment of biofouling potential, using process stream samples obtained from the Adelaide Desalination Pilot Plant (ADPP). Non-destructive methods, including flow cytometry (FCM) and bacterial regrowth potential (BRP) analysis were used. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) analyses were employed during destructive membrane autopsy to compliment the findings of the FCM & BRP. 16S rRNA analysis was undertaken on seawater samples and autopsied membrane elements to evaluate whether sampling of bulk process streams could provide early warning of potential RO membrane biofouling bacteria. BRP analysis allowed for calculation of whether had assimilable organic carbon (AOC) was consumed by biofilm on the membrane or being sloughing from the surface. XPS and ToF-SMIS analysis facilitated detection of polysaccharides and proteins adhered to the membrane surface. ToF-SIMS also allowed for the detection of foreign chemical contaminant (i.e. organosilicone). 16S rRNA analysis identified the bacteria species within the biofilm. It also allowed for non-destructive analysis of the biofilm microbial composition via swabbing of the RO element's exterior case. 16S rRNA analysis of biofilm on the exterior surface of an RO element correlated well with the microbial composition of internal membrane surface biofilm. This finding could assist utilities as a rapid, non-destructive assessment of potentially biofouling species.
JF  - Desalination
AU  - Dixon, Mike B
AU  - Lasslett, Sean
AU  - Pelekani, Con
AD  - South Australia Water Corporation, GPO Box 1751, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia, mike.dixon@sawater.com.au
Y1  - 2012/06/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 15
SP  - 61
EP  - 68
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 296
SN  - 0011-9164, 0011-9164
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Biofouling
KW  - Seawater
KW  - Desalination plants
KW  - Organic carbon
KW  - Desalination
KW  - Streams
KW  - Mass spectroscopy
KW  - Utilities
KW  - Flow cytometry
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Chemical pollution
KW  - Biofilms
KW  - Pilot Plants
KW  - Biological surveys
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Pollution detection
KW  - Desalination Plants
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Stream
KW  - Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - O 4080:Pollution - Control and Prevention
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - Q2 09171:Dynamics of lakes and rivers
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-10-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological surveys; Flow cytometry; Community composition; Pollution detection; Desalination plants; Stream; Organic carbon; Desalination; Biofilms; Membranes; Seawater; Chemical pollution; Utilities; Mass spectroscopy; Biofouling; Bacteria; Assessments; Desalination Plants; Pilot Plants; Streams; Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predicting Later-Life Outcomes of Early-Life Exposures
AN  - 1660045786; 17615822
AB  - Background: In utero exposure of the fetus to a stressor can lead to disease in later life. Epigenetic mechanisms are likely mediators of later-life expression of early-life events. Objectives: We examined the current state of understanding of later-life diseases resulting from early-life exposures in order to identify in utero and postnatal indicators of later-life diseases, develop an agenda for future research, and consider the risk assessment implications of this emerging knowledge. Methods: This review was developed based on our participation in a National Research Council workshop titled "Use of in Utero and Postnatal Indicators to Predict Health Outcomes Later in Life: State of the Science and Research Recommendations." We used a case study approach to highlight the later-life consequences of early-life malnutrition and arsenic exposure. Discussion: The environmental sensitivity of the epigenome is viewed as an adaptive mechanism by which the developing organism adjusts its metabolic and homeostatic systems to suit the anticipated extrauterine environment. Inappropriate adaptation may produce a mismatch resulting in subsequent increased susceptibility to disease. A nutritional mismatch between the prenatal and postnatal environments, or early-life obesogen exposure, may explain at least some of the recent rapid increases in the rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Early-life arsenic exposure is also associated with later-life diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. Conclusions: With mounting evidence connecting early-life exposures and later-life disease, new strategies are needed to incorporate this emerging knowledge into health protective practices.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Boekelheide, Kim
AU  - Blumberg, Bruce
AU  - Chapin, Robert E
AU  - Cote, Ila
AU  - Graziano, Joseph H
AU  - Janesick, Amanda
AU  - Lane, Robert
AU  - Lillycrop, Karen
AU  - Myatt, Leslie
AU  - States, JChristopher
AU  - Thayer, Kristina A
AU  - Waalkes, Michael P
AU  - Rogers, John M
AD  - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Y1  - 2012/06/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 06
SP  - 1353
EP  - 1361
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 0
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - arsenic
KW  - development
KW  - epigenetics
KW  - exposure
KW  - fetal
KW  - malnutrition
KW  - obesogen
KW  - PPAR
KW  - Workshops
KW  - Organisms
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Strategy
KW  - Indicators
KW  - Health
KW  - Mounting
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Control of a Salmonella virulence locus by an ATP-sensing leader messenger RNA
AN  - 1439226109; 18463706
AB  - The facultative intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica resides within a membrane-bound compartment inside macrophages. This compartment must be acidified for Salmonella to survive within macrophages, possibly because acidic pH promotes expression of Salmonella virulence proteins. We reasoned that Salmonella might sense its surroundings have turned acidic not only upon protonation of the extracytoplasmic domain of a protein sensor but also by an increase in cytosolic ATP levels, because conditions that enhance the proton gradient across the bacterial inner membrane stimulate ATP synthesis. Here we report that an increase in cytosolic ATP promotes transcription of the coding region for the virulence gene mgtC, which is the most highly induced horizontally acquired gene when Salmonella is inside macrophages. This transcript is induced both upon media acidification and by physiological conditions that increase ATP levels independently of acidification. ATP is sensed by the coupling/uncoupling of transcription of the unusually long mgtC leader messenger RNA and translation of a short open reading frame located in this region. A mutation in the mgtC leader messenger RNA that eliminates the response to ATP hinders mgtC expression inside macrophages and attenuates Salmonella virulence in mice. Our results define a singular example of an ATP-sensing leader messenger RNA. Moreover, they indicate that pathogens can interpret extracellular cues by the impact they have on cellular metabolites.
JF  - Nature
AU  - Lee, Eun-Jin
AU  - Groisman, Eduardo A
AD  - 1] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale School of Medicine, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0812, USA [2] Yale Microbial Diversity Institute, PO Box 27389, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
PY  - 2012
SP  - 271
EP  - 275
PB  - Nature Publishing Group, The Macmillan Building London N1 9XW United Kingdom
VL  - 486
IS  - 7402
SN  - 0028-0836, 0028-0836
KW  - Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Genetics Abstracts
KW  - Macrophages
KW  - Translation
KW  - Protons
KW  - Transcription
KW  - ATP
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - mRNA
KW  - Virulence
KW  - Salmonella enterica
KW  - Inner membranes
KW  - Acidification
KW  - pH effects
KW  - 5' Untranslated Regions
KW  - Mutation
KW  - Open reading frames
KW  - J 02310:Genetics & Taxonomy
KW  - N 14830:RNA
KW  - G 07770:Bacteria
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-12-23
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Macrophages; Translation; Protons; ATP; Transcription; Metabolites; Pathogens; mRNA; Virulence; Inner membranes; Acidification; Mutation; 5' Untranslated Regions; pH effects; Open reading frames; Salmonella enterica
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11090
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Impact of the UGT1A1*28 allele on response to irinotecan: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AN  - 1352292545; 17994961
AB  - Aim: Pre-emptive irinotecan dose reduction for UGT1A1*28 homozygotes may result in reduced risk of severe neutropenia and diarrhea. However, clinical utility and cost-effectiveness are dependent upon such a dose reduction not impacting irinotecan efficacy. Whether UGT1A1*28 genotype is associated with irinotecan response therefore is an important gap in existing knowledge to inform clinical utility. Materials & methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to analyze the difference in objective response rate (ORR) between irinotecan-administered cancer patients with different UGT1A1*28 genotypes: *28/*28 (homozygous variant), *1/*28 (heterozygous variant) or *1/*1 (wild-type). The effect of irinotecan dose on the association between UGT1A1*28 and ORR was also assessed. Results: Differences in ORR for either of the genotype comparisons, *28/*28 versus *1/*1 and *1/*28 versus *1/*1, were not statistically significant. Irinotecan dose also did not impact upon ORR differences between UGT1A1 genotype groups. Conclusion: An individual's response to irinotecan is unlikely to be affected by UGT1A1*28 status. Original submitted 23 February 2012; Revision submitted 20 April 2012
JF  - Pharmacogenomics
AU  - Dias, Mafalda M
AU  - McKinnon, Ross A
AU  - Sorich, Michael J
AD  - super(1)University of South Australia, Division of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, michael.sorich@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jun 2012
SP  - 889
EP  - 899
PB  - Future Science Group (FSG), Unitec House, 2 Albert Place London N3 1QB United Kingdom
VL  - 13
IS  - 8
SN  - 1462-2416, 1462-2416
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Neutropenia
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Irinotecan
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Homozygotes
KW  - G 07880:Human Genetics
KW  - X 24310:Pharmaceuticals
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 50
N1  - Last updated - 2013-11-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Neutropenia; Diarrhea; Reviews; Irinotecan; Statistical analysis; Genotypes; Homozygotes
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pgs.12.68
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The use of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for forest management: a case study of the red-backed salamander
AN  - 1328508463; 16924253
AB  - Spatial models of population dynamics have been proposed as a useful method for predicting the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. Here, we demonstrate advances in dynamic landscape metapopulation modelling and its use as a decision support tool for evaluating the impacts of forest management scenarios. This novel modelling framework incorporates both landscape and metapopulation model stochasticity and allows their relative contributions to model output variance to be characterized. It includes a detailed sensitivity analysis, allowing defensible uncertainty bounds and the prioritization of future data gathering to reduce model uncertainties. We demonstrate this framework by modelling the landscape-level impacts of eight forest management scenarios on the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)) in the boreal forest of Ontario, Canada, using the RAMAS Landscape package. The 100 year forest management scenarios ranged in intensity of timber harvesting and fire suppression. All scenarios including harvesting predicted decreases in salamander population size and the current style of forest management is predicted to produce a 9%-17% decrease in expected minimum population size compared with scenarios without harvesting. This method is amenable to incorporating many forms of environmental change and allows a meaningful treatment of uncertainty.Original Abstract: Les modeles spatialises de dynamique des populations sont consideres comme une methode utile pour la prediction des impacts des changements environnementaux sur la biodiversite. Dans cet article, nous montrons les progres recents en modelisation de dynamique de metapopulations a l'echelle du paysage et l'utilite de cette methode comme outil d'aide a la decision pour evaluer les impacts de differents scenarios d'amenagement forestier. Ce nouveau cadre de modelisation prend en compte a la fois la stochasticite des modeles de paysage et de metapopulations et il permet de caracteriser leur contribution relative a la variance des resultats du modele. Il inclut une analyse de sensibilite detaillee qui permet d'etablir des limites d'incertitude defendables et la priorisation de nouvelles collectes de donnees pour reduire l'incertitude du modele. Nous presentons un exemple de ce cadre en modelisant les impacts a l'echelle paysagere de huit scenarios d'amenagement forestier sur la salamandre rayee (Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)) dans la foret boreale ontarienne, au Canada, au moyen du progiciel RAMAS Landscape. Les scenarios d'amenagement forestier d'une duree de 100 ans comprenaient differentes intensites de recolte ligneuse et de protection contre le feu. Les modeles ont predit une diminution de la taille des populations de salamandres pour tous les scenarios impliquant la recolte de bois et ils indiquent que les pratiques courantes d'amenagement forestier provoqueront une baisse de 9%-17% de la taille minimale de population esperee comparativement aux scenarios sans recolte. Cette methode de modelisation offre la souplesse necessaire pour tenir compte de plusieurs types de changements environnementaux et permet de traiter adequatement l'incertitude.
JF  - Canadian Journal of Forest Research/Revue Canadienne de Recherche Forestiere
AU  - Gordon, Ascelin
AU  - Wintle, Brendan A
AU  - Bekessy, Sarah A
AU  - Pearce, Jennie L
AU  - Venier, Lisa A
AU  - Wilson, Joab N
AD  - School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, G.P.O. Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia., ascelin.gordon@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 1091
EP  - 1106
PB  - NRC Research Press
VL  - 42
IS  - 6
SN  - 0045-5067, 0045-5067
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Canada, Ontario
KW  - Forest management
KW  - Amphibiotic species
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Salamanders
KW  - Forests
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Models
KW  - Caudata
KW  - Plethodon cinereus
KW  - Metapopulations
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Fires
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - Stochasticity
KW  - Sensitivity analysis
KW  - Environmental changes
KW  - Harvesting
KW  - Population number
KW  - Styles
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q1 08442:Population dynamics
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 38
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Amphibiotic species; Climate change; Environmental impact; Biodiversity; Population dynamics; Harvesting; Modelling; Fires; Forest management; Data processing; Environmental changes; Landscape; Stochasticity; Styles; Metapopulations; Models; Sensitivity analysis; Salamanders; Forests; Population number; Caudata; Plethodon cinereus; Canada, Ontario
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x2012-068
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using The Transporters DVD as a Learning Tool for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
AN  - 1323339572; 201305382
AB  - Data from two groups of children who were randomly allocated to those groups showed that the ability of children with ASD to identify and label basic and complex facial expressions following a 3-week home based DVD intervention significantly improved when viewing The Transporters DVD. Improvements in emotion recognition appear related to the content of the DVD as participants in a control group who observed an alternate DVD showed no such improvement. Although social behaviour improved significantly as a result of watching The Transporters, a significant improvement in social behaviour was however, also observed in the Thomas the Tank Engine condition suggesting the unique content of The Transporters DVD was not pivotal to the improvement of social behaviour in general. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
AU  - Young, Robyn L
AU  - Posselt, Miriam
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 984
EP  - 991
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 42
IS  - 6
SN  - 0162-3257, 0162-3257
KW  - Learning
KW  - Home based
KW  - Social behaviour
KW  - Children
KW  - Autistic children
KW  - Autistic spectrum disorders
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JADDDQ
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Social behaviour; Autistic children; Autistic spectrum disorders; Children; Home based; Learning
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1328-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adverse Health Effects of Child Labor: High Exposure to Chromium and Oxidative DNA Damage in Children Manufacturing Surgical Instruments
AN  - 1285096869; 17615805
AB  - Background: A considerable part of the worldwide production of surgical instruments takes place in Sialkot, Pakistan. Many children work in hazardous conditions in this industry. Objective: We investigated exposure to metals and possible health effects among children working in surgical instruments manufacturing units compared with schoolchildren from the same city. Methods: In a cross-sectional study we studied a convenience sample of 104 male children (10-14 years of age) working in surgical instruments manufacturing units and 75 male children of similar age from a school in Sialkot, Pakistan. A respiratory questionnaire was administered, spirometry was performed, and blood pressure was measured. In a spot urine sample, concentrations of metals were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8OHdG, reflecting oxidative DNA damage) by ELISA. Results: The working children reported more asthma (10% vs. 0%; p = 0.005) and dry cough at night (36% vs. 20%; p = 0.02) than did the schoolchildren, but there were no significant differences in pulmonary function or blood pressure. The urinary concentration of chromium was 35 times higher in working children [geometric mean, 23.0 mu g/L; 25th-75th percentile, 8.38-58.6] than in schoolchildren [0.66 mu g/L; 0.38-1.09)], and largely in excess of the occupational Biological Exposure Index for adult workers (25 mu g/L). Urinary 8-OHdG concentrations were not significantly higher in working children than in schoolchildren (19.3 vs. 17.6 mu g/g creatinine, p = 0.4), but were significantly correlated with urinary nickel (r = 0.41; p < 0.0001) and with a composite index of metal exposure (r = 0.46; p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Children working in the surgical instruments manufacturing industry had substantial exposure to several metals, especially chromium and nickel, which are established carcinogens. Exposure to nickel was associated with evidence of increased oxidative DNA damage.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Sughis, Muhammad
AU  - Nawrot, Tim S
AU  - Haufroid, Vincent
AU  - Nemery, Benoit
AD  - Lung Toxicology Research Unit, Department of Public Health, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Y1  - 2012/06/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jun 01
SP  - 1469
EP  - 1474
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - metal exposure
KW  - nickel
KW  - oxidative DNA damage
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Sialkot
KW  - surgical instruments
KW  - Age
KW  - Heavy metals
KW  - Nickel
KW  - Medical instruments
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Carcinogens
KW  - Mass spectroscopy
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine
KW  - Occupational exposure
KW  - Metals
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
KW  - Chromium
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Cough
KW  - Children
KW  - DNA damage
KW  - Creatinine
KW  - Lung
KW  - Urine
KW  - DNA
KW  - N 14820:DNA Metabolism & Structure
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inventories; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Age; Chromium; Heavy metals; Nickel; Cough; Asthma; Carcinogens; Children; Blood pressure; Mass spectroscopy; 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine; DNA damage; Creatinine; Urine; Lung; Occupational exposure; Metals; DNA; Respiratory diseases; Medical instruments; Pakistan
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104678
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The varying meaning of forgiveness: Relationship closeness moderates how forgiveness affects feelings of justice
AN  - 1221406620; 201243951
AB  - Psychological research has repeatedly shown that victims are more likely to forgive socially close than distant others, but little research has addressed the question whether forgiveness in these two cases actually has the same psychological meaning. As one approach to this issue, the present research investigates how acts of forgiveness aid the restoration of victims' justice feelings through different processes, depending on the closeness of their relationship to the offender. In two studies (Study 1 using a scenario method, Study 2 an autobiographical recall), the victim's perceptions of value consensus with the offender mediated justice-restoring effects of forgiveness expressed towards a close offender, whereas feelings of status/power mediated justice-restoring effects of forgiveness expressed towards a distant offender. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
JF  - European Journal of Social Psychology
AU  - Wenzel, Michael
AU  - Okimoto, Tyler G
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 420
EP  - 431
PB  - John Wiley and Sons, Chichester UK
VL  - 42
IS  - 4
SN  - 0046-2772, 0046-2772
KW  - Values
KW  - Victim Offender Relations
KW  - Offenders
KW  - Power
KW  - Victims
KW  - Justice
KW  - article
KW  - 0312: social psychology; personality & social roles (individual traits, social identity, adjustment, conformism, & deviance)
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - EJSPA6
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Offenders; Justice; Victim Offender Relations; Power; Values; Victims
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1850
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Report on the Survey of Memory and Cultural Heritage Resources in Lucas do Rio Verde
AN  - 1081858110; 201209628
AB  - In 1999, a survey was undertaken to examine archives and libraries in Brazil. Although the survey was a success, it gathered very little information to document the nature of such institutions in Brazil's developing areas such as the state of Mato Grosso. Lucas do Rio Verde, a town of nearly 40,000 people in Mato Grosso, has a history that tells fascinating stories of pioneers, land grabbing, big business, government mandates, national expansion, migration, frontier development, environmental policy, labor issues, culture clash, class structures, among others. The author took leave of his job for nine months in Brazil where his wife who was pursuing research for her doctorate. While in Lucas, he explored questions about the nature of documentation, how young towns develop cultural heritage infrastructure, and about what the answers to such questions contribute to assumptions about historical documentation to the larger international discourse on preservation and access to records of the past. This article discusses the results of his survey of the the cultural heritage and historical documentation landscape in Lucas do Rio Verde. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - IASA Journal
AU  - Lyons, Bertram
AD  - Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 25
EP  - 33
PB  - International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Auckland Park, South Africa
IS  - 39
SN  - 1021-562X, 1021-562X
KW  - History
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Cultural heritage
KW  - Archives
KW  - Towns
KW  - article
KW  - 3.2: ARCHIVES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Archives; History; Cultural heritage; Brazil; Towns
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Parameter estimation and thermodynamic model fitting for components in mixtures for bio-diesel production
AN  - 1034823289; 17048840
AB  - In the search of clean, sustainable and renewable energy sources, at present the use of bio-diesel from vegetable oils is one of the possibilities being considered. The knowledge of phase equilibrium in mixtures found in the bio-diesel production is essential for the correct design and operation of the process. However, there is still a lack of information about the parameter values for the models used to describe the phase equilibrium, which could lead to incorrect design of the reactors and the separation processes, and to low efficiency caused by low mass transfer due to the presence of heterogeneous mixtures. In this study, two algorithms are described for the model fitting and parameter estimation, which were used to estimate the values of the parameters in the UNIQUAC and NRTL model for a mixture of vegetable oils and bio-diesel. One of the algorithms uses the Simulated Annealing (SA) method, to find good initial estimates, without any previous knowledge of the parameters. Another algorithm uses Successive Quadratic Programming, using the estimates calculated in the SA algorithm to refine these estimates. In both algorithms, the criterion for fitting is the minimization of the square of the difference between calculated and experimental values. In both algorithms, the equilibrium is calculated using the direct global minimization of the Gibbs free energy with respect to the number of moles of each component, at constant T and P, for a given set of model parameters. The results obtained were able to correctly reproduce the experimental values of phase equilibrium composition.
JF  - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
AU  - Rossi, Carla CRS
AU  - Cardozo-Filho, Lucio
AU  - Guirardello, Reginaldo
AD  - College of Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-852, Brazil, carla_crs@hotmail.com
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jun 2012
SP  - 435
EP  - 442
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SN  - 1618-954X, 1618-954X
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Oil
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Renewable energy
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Separation processes
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Biofuels
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Oil; Thermodynamics; Renewable energy; Sustainable development; Separation processes; Environmental policy; Biofuels
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10098-012-0463-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Perfectionism, over commitment to work, and burnout in employees seeking workplace counselling
AN  - 1030903681; 201221256
AB  - Perfectionism is linked to a range of psychological disorders. Burnout is an important construct in the working population and has been found to overlap with related constructs such as depression. There has been limited research conducted between perfectionism and burnout. This study aimed to examine the link between perfectionism and burnout and if procrastination and over commitment to work were mediators of the relationship. There were 69 participants recruited who were seeking counselling from a counselling firm, providing employee assistance services. The results indicated that procrastination was not a significant mediator of the relationship between concern over mistakes (CM) perfectionism and burnout. There was a significant mediating relationship found, where overcommitment to work mediated the relationship between CM perfectionism leading to burnout. The implications of the study in terms of interventions for employees suffering burnout, and directions for future research in regards to the relationship between perfectionism and burnout are considered. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Journal of Psychology
AU  - Philp, Michael
AU  - Egan, Sarah
AU  - Kane, Robert
AD  - Curtin University, Psychology, GPO Box u1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 68
EP  - 74
PB  - Taylor & Francis, UK
VL  - 64
IS  - 2
SN  - 0004-9530, 0004-9530
KW  - burnout, employees, perfectionism, work
KW  - Suffering
KW  - Burnout
KW  - Procrastination
KW  - Perfectionism
KW  - Psychological disorders
KW  - Counselling
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - ASJPAE
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Burnout; Perfectionism; Procrastination; Counselling; Suffering; Psychological disorders
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00028.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cognitive Errors as Predictors of Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism in Children
AN  - 1030903628; 201220182
AB  - Cognitive distortions such as dichotomous evaluation of performance, selectively focusing on perceived failures, and discounting successes are proposed to be key maintaining mechanisms in clinical perfectionism, but no existing research has investigated the relationship between perfectionism and cognitive errors in children. The current study assessed the associations between dimensions of perfectionism as assessed by the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale (AMPS) and children's cognitive errors controlling for negative and positive affect to provide information about cognitive features associated with perfectionism in children and construct-related evidence for the AMPS. A non-clinical sample of 204 children completed the AMPS, the Children's Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire, and measures of positive and negative affect. The AMPS sensitivity to mistakes scale was correlated robustly with catastrophizing, overgeneralization, personalizing, and selective abstraction. Cognitive errors were significant predictors of maladaptive perfectionism even after controlling for negative affect. However, cognitive errors did not predict adaptive perfectionism after controlling for positive affect. These findings highlight the role of negative thinking styles in maladaptive perfectionism in children and point to the potential usefulness of interventions that focus jointly on maladaptive perfectionism and negative cognitive styles. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
AU  - Davis, Melissa C
AU  - Wosinski, Nicole L
AD  - Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, G.P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia m.davis@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 105
EP  - 117
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Inc, New York, NY
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
SN  - 0894-9085, 0894-9085
KW  - Negative thinking
KW  - Perfectionism
KW  - Mistakes
KW  - Positive affect
KW  - Negative cognition
KW  - Children
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JRCTFK
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Perfectionism; Children; Negative cognition; Positive affect; Negative thinking; Mistakes
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10942-011-0129-1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Stand dynamics and spatial patterns across varying sites in the invasive Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae)
AN  - 1028026223; 16831772
AB  - As with many invasive plant species, little is known of the population spatial patterns and stand dynamics of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae)-a thicket-forming weed of worldwide significance in managed and conservation lands, including coastal and inland habitats of Eastern Australia. Consequently, we mapped and followed annually for 3 years the demographic fate of more than 2000 Lantana individuals at sites with four land-uses (hoop pine plantation, cattle farm, and two eucalyptus forests with occasional grazing and periodic burning regime, respectively) in Queensland, SE Australia. Populations exhibited plant size distributions that were continuous (i.e., of L or symmetric type) and unimodal, except the farm population where bimodality was observed. Newly established plants could be reproductive within one growing season at ~50 cm in height, especially where environmental resources were not limiting. Density had an appreciable effect on the weed's reproductive capacity and growth, but not on survival. Established and newly recruited individuals were aggregated but the degree of aggregation decreased with plant size. However, in the sites that had experienced burning or mechanical clearing, Lantana seedling/juvenile recruitment assumed negative association (spatial displacement) in relation to established individuals. The findings of this study agree with the notion that ecological processes often leave characteristic spatial signatures, which if interpreted using appropriate hypotheses can help to ascertain factors responsible for the observed spatial patterns and stand dynamics.
JF  - Plant Ecology
AU  - Osunkoya, Olusegun O
AU  - Perrett, Christine
AU  - Fernando, Chandima
AU  - Clark, Cameron
AU  - Raghu, S
AD  - Invasive Plant Science Group, Biosecurity Science, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, Olusegun.osunkoya@deedi.qld.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jun 2012
SP  - 883
EP  - 897
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 213
IS  - 6
SN  - 1385-0237, 1385-0237
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Burning
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Demography
KW  - Farms
KW  - Forests
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Seedlings
KW  - Size distribution
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Survival
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Lantana
KW  - Eucalyptus
KW  - Lantana camara
KW  - ISEW, Australia, Queensland
KW  - Verbenaceae
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-09-24
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weeds; Farms; Grazing; Recruitment; Survival; Forests; Habitat; Plantations; Demography; Conservation; Seedlings; Burning; Size distribution; Spatial distribution; Lantana; Verbenaceae; Lantana camara; Eucalyptus; ISEW, Australia, Queensland
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-012-0050-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Natural convection from a vertical plate embedded in a stratified medium with uniform heat source
AN  - 1024668700; 16860701
AB  - Natural convection flow from an isothermal vertical plate with uniform heat source embedded in a stratified medium has been discussed in this paper. The resulting momentum and energy equations of boundary layer approximation are then made non-similar by introducing the usual non-similarity transformations. Numerical solutions of these equations are obtained by an implicit finite difference method for a wide range of the stratification parameter, X. The solutions are also obtained for different values of pertinent parameters, namely, the Prandtl number, Pr and the heat generation or absorption parameter, lambda and are expressed in terms of the local skin-friction and local heat transfer, which are shown as graphical form. Effect of heat generation or absorption on the streamlines and isotherms are also shown graphically for different values of lambda .
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Saha, S C
AU  - Gu, Y T
AU  - Molla, M M
AU  - Siddiqa, S
AU  - Hossain, MA
AD  - School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia, s_c_saha@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 7
EP  - 14
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 44
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Flow
KW  - Convection
KW  - Convection development
KW  - Stratification
KW  - Heat Transfer
KW  - Heat sources
KW  - Energy Equation
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Absorption
KW  - Finite difference method
KW  - Isotherms
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Streamlines
KW  - Prandtl number
KW  - convection
KW  - Finite-difference methods
KW  - Heat transfer
KW  - Finite Difference Methods
KW  - Heat
KW  - Boundary layers
KW  - heat transfer
KW  - M2 551.558:Vertical Air Motion (551.558)
KW  - ENA 03:Energy
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Convection; Streamlines; Mathematical models; Water treatment; Boundary layers; Prandtl number; Finite difference method; Isotherms; Heat transfer; Convection development; Finite-difference methods; Heat sources; Absorption; heat transfer; Stratification; convection; Flow; Energy Equation; Finite Difference Methods; Heat; Heat Transfer
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10/5004/dwt.2012.1939
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dispersal of Potato Cyst Nematodes Measured Using Historical and Spatial Statistical Analyses
AN  - 1022565834; 16832636
AB  - Rates and modes of dispersal of potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) were investigated. Analysis of records from eight countries suggested that PCNs spread a mean distance of 5.3 km/year radially from the site of first detection, and spread 212 km over approximately 40 years before detection. Data from four countries with more detailed histories of invasion were analyzed further, using distance from first detection, distance from previous detection, distance from nearest detection, straight line distance, and road distance. Linear distance from first detection was significantly related to the time since the first detection. Estimated rate of spread was 5.7 km/year, and did not differ statistically between countries. Time between the first detection and estimated introduction date varied between 0 and 20 years, and differed among countries. Road distances from nearest and first detection were statistically significantly related to time, and gave slightly higher estimates for rate of spread of 6.0 and 7.9 km/year, respectively. These results indicate that the original site of introduction of PCNs may act as a source for subsequent spread and that this may occur at a relatively constant rate over time regardless of whether this distance is measured by road or by a straight line. The implications of this constant radial rate of dispersal for biosecurity and pest management are discussed, along with the effects of control strategies.
JF  - Phytopathology
AU  - Banks, N C
AU  - Hodda, M
AU  - Singh, S K
AU  - Matveeva, E M
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, mike.hodda@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 620
EP  - 626
VL  - 102
IS  - 6
SN  - 0031-949X, 0031-949X
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Solanum tuberosum
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Pest control
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Cysts
KW  - Nematoda
KW  - A 01360:Plant Diseases
KW  - K 03420:Plant Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-02-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Statistical analysis; Pest control; Dispersal; Cysts; Solanum tuberosum; Nematoda
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Inadequacy of Land Use and Impervious Area Fraction for Determining Urban Stormwater Quality
AN  - 1017981624; 16750553
AB  - Urban stormwater quality is multifaceted and the use of a limited number of factors to represent catchment characteristics may not be adequate to explain the complexity of water quality response to a rainfall event or site-to-site differences in stormwater quality modelling. This paper presents the outcomes of a research study which investigated the adequacy of using land use and impervious area fraction only, to represent catchment characteristics in urban stormwater quality modelling. The research outcomes confirmed the inadequacy of the use of these two parameters alone to represent urban catchment characteristics in stormwater quality prediction. Urban form also needs to be taken into consideration as it was found have an important impact on stormwater quality by influencing pollutant generation, build-up and wash-off. Urban form refers to characteristics related to an urban development such as road layout, spatial distribution of urban areas and urban design features.
JF  - Water Resources Management
AU  - Liu, An
AU  - Goonetilleke, Ashantha
AU  - Egodawatta, Prasanna
AD  - School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia, a.goonetilleke@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jun 2012
SP  - 2259
EP  - 2265
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 26
IS  - 8
SN  - 0920-4741, 0920-4741
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Pollution Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - Land Use
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Water Resources Management
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Urban planning
KW  - Roads
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Urban Planning
KW  - Water resources management
KW  - Catchment Areas
KW  - Water Quality
KW  - Nonpoint pollution
KW  - Land use
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Water management
KW  - Catchments
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - M2 556.18:Water Management (556.18)
KW  - ENA 05:Environmental Design & Urban Ecology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Resource management; Water management; Water resources; Water quality; Land use; Water resources management; Spatial distribution; Catchment basins; Prediction; Urban planning; Rainfall; Catchments; Nonpoint pollution; Land Use; Urban Planning; Roads; Pollutants; Catchment Areas; Water Quality; Water Resources Management; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0014-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Key issues in the conservation of the Australian coastal archaeological record: natural and human impacts
AN  - 1017977011; 16749863
AB  - Australia has an extensive coastline extending over 60,000 km through diverse tropical and temperate environments. Indigenous archaeological sites are found along this coastline from the time of earliest settlement at least 50,000 years ago. However, Pleistocene sites are rare owing largely to the destructive impacts of sea-level change associated with the end of the last ice age around 10,000 years ago. After this sites are more numerous but there is variability around the coastline due to the impact of a range of both natural and human factors. Here we focus on six key issues impacting on the development and conservation of coastal archaeological deposits: sea-levels, climate change, cyclones, storms, tsunamis and contemporary human impacts. A number of examples of these impacts are discussed from across Australia. Managing and monitoring of sites has been limited in Australia and geoindicators are discussed as a means of developing a long-term measurement of continuing impacts.
JF  - Journal of Coastal Conservation
AU  - Rowland, Michael John
AU  - Ulm, Sean
AD  - Cultural Heritage Coordination Unit, Department of Environment and Resource Management, GPO Box 2454, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, mike.rowland@derm.qld.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - June 2012
SP  - 159
EP  - 171
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
SN  - 1400-0350, 1400-0350
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Cyclones
KW  - temperate environments
KW  - Age
KW  - Sea level
KW  - Palaeo studies
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Storms
KW  - Human impact
KW  - Temperate environments
KW  - Australia
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Marine
KW  - Ice
KW  - Deposits
KW  - pleistocene
KW  - cyclones
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Pleistocene
KW  - Human factors
KW  - Sea level changes
KW  - O 4090:Conservation and Environmental Protection
KW  - Q2 09123:Conservation
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - D 04050:Paleoecology
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-14
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cyclones; Coastal zone; Palaeo studies; Climate change; Pleistocene; Archaeology; Tsunamis; Sea level changes; Temperate environments; Deposits; Age; Climatic changes; Conservation; Human impact; Ice; temperate environments; Sea level; pleistocene; Storms; cyclones; Human factors; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-010-0112-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adult Mosquito Trap Sensitivity for Detecting Exotic Mosquito Incursions and Eradication: A Study using EVS Traps and the Australian Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito, Aedes camptorhynchus
AN  - 1017975099; 16724421
AB  - Adult mosquito traps are commonly used in biosecurity surveillance for the detection of exotic mosquito incursions or for the demonstration of elimination. However, traps are typically deployed without knowledge of how many are required for detecting differing numbers of the target species. The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity (i.e., detection probability) provided by carbon dioxide-baited EVS traps for adult female Australian southern saltmarsh mosquitoes, Aedes camptorhynchus, a recent biosecurity problem for New Zealand. A mark-release-recapture study of three concurrently released cohorts (sized 56,296, and 960), recaptured over four days with a matrix of 20 traps, was conducted in Australia. The detection probability for different numbers of traps and cohorts of different sizes was determined by random sampling of recapture data. Detection probability ranged from approximately 0.3 for a single trap detecting a cohort of 56 mosquitoes to 1.0 (certainty of detection) when seven or more traps were used. For detection of adult Ae. camptorhynchus around a known source, a matrix of traps provides a strong probability of detection. Conversely, the use of single traps deployed over very large areas to detect mosquitoes of unknown entry pathway is unlikely to be successful. These findings have implications for the design of mosquito surveillance for biosecurity.
JF  - Journal of Vector Ecology
AU  - Williams, Craig R
AU  - Bader, Christie A
AU  - Williams, Samantha R
AU  - Whelan, Peter I
AD  - Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide, Australia 5001, craig.williams@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/06//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jun 2012
SP  - 110
EP  - 116
PB  - Society for Vector Ecology
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
SN  - 1081-1710, 1081-1710
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biosecurity
KW  - mosquitoes
KW  - trap sensitivity
KW  - Aedes
KW  - Aedes camptorhynchus
KW  - mark-release-recapture
KW  - PSE, Australia
KW  - Biological surveys
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Statistical sampling
KW  - Vectors
KW  - Pest control
KW  - Hosts
KW  - Disease transmission
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Camptorhynchus
KW  - Aquatic insects
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological surveys; Statistical sampling; Pest control; Hosts; Aquatic insects; Disease transmission; Carbon; Data processing; Vectors; Sampling; Aedes camptorhynchus; Camptorhynchus; PSE, Australia; New Zealand
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00207.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment: What Are the Big Questions?
AN  - 1677977356; 17317735
AB  - Background: Over the past 10-15 years, a substantial amount of work has been done by the scientific, regulatory, and business communities to elucidate the effects and risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment. Objective: This review was undertaken to identify key outstanding issues regarding the effects of PPCPs on human and ecological health in order to ensure that future resources will be focused on the most important areas. Data sources: To better understand and manage the risks of PPCPs in the environment, we used the "key question" approach to identify the principle issues that need to be addressed. Initially, questions were solicited from academic, government, and business communities around the world. A list of 101 questions was then discussed at an international expert workshop, and a top-20 list was developed. Following the workshop, workshop attendees ranked the 20 questions by importance. Data synthesis: The top 20 priority questions fell into seven categories: a) prioritization of substances for assessment, b) pathways of exposure, c) bioavailability and uptake, d) effects characterization, e) risk and relative risk, f ) antibiotic resistance, and g) risk management. Conclusions: A large body of information is now available on PPCPs in the environment. This exercise prioritized the most critical questions to aid in development of future research programs on the topic.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Boxall, Alistair BA
AU  - Rudd, Murray A
AU  - Brooks, Bryan W
AU  - Caldwell, Daniel J
AU  - Choi, Kyungho
AU  - Hickmann, Silke
AU  - Innes, Elizabeth
AU  - Ostapyk, Kim
AU  - Staveley, Jane P
AU  - Verslycke, Tim
AU  - Ankley, Gerald T
AU  - Beazley, Karen F
AU  - Belanger, Scott E
AU  - Berninger, Jason P
AU  - Carriquiriborde, Pedro
AU  - Coors, Anja
AU  - DeLeo, Paul C
AU  - Dyer, Scott D
AU  - Ericson, Jon F
AU  - Gagne, Francois
AU  - Giesy, John P
AU  - Gouin, Todd
AU  - Hallstrom, Lars
AU  - Karlsson, Maja V
AU  - Larsson, DGJoakim
AU  - Lazorchak, James M
AU  - Mastrocco, Frank
AU  - McLaughlin, Alison
AU  - McMaster, Mark E
AU  - Meyerhoff, Roger D
AU  - Moore, Roberta
AU  - Parrott, Joanne L
AU  - Snape, Jason R
AU  - Murray-Smith, Richard
AU  - Servos, Mark R
AU  - Sibley, Paul K
AU  - Straub, Juerg Oliver
AU  - Szabo, Nora D
AU  - Topp, Edward
AU  - Tetreault, Gerald R
AU  - Trudeau, Vance L
AU  - Van Der Kraak, Glen
AD  - Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/05/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 30
SP  - 1221
EP  - 1229
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 9
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - antibiotic resistance
KW  - ecotoxicity
KW  - exposure assessment
KW  - health effects
KW  - personal care products
KW  - pharmaceuticals
KW  - prioritization
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - risk management
KW  - Workshops
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Risk
KW  - Communities
KW  - Business
KW  - Pharmaceuticals
KW  - Health
KW  - Lists
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Birth Weight following Pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California Wildfires
AN  - 1125233879; 17317734
AB  - Background: In late October 2003, a series of wildfires exposed urban populations in Southern California to elevated levels of air pollution over several weeks. Previous research suggests that short-term hospital admissions for respiratory outcomes increased specifically as a result of these fires. Objective: We assessed the impact of a wildfire event during pregnancy on birth weight among term infants. Methods: Using records for singleton term births delivered to mothers residing in California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) during 2001-2005 (n = 886,034), we compared birth weights from pregnancies that took place entirely before or after the wildfire event (n = 747,590) with those where wildfires occurred during the first (n = 60,270), second (n = 39,435), or third (n = 38,739) trimester. The trimester-specific effects of wildfire exposure were estimated using a fixed-effects regression model with several maternal characteristics included as covariates. Results: Compared with pregnancies before and after the wildfires, mean birth weight was estimated to be 7.0 g lower [95% confidence interval (CI): -11.8, -2.2] when the wildfire occurred during the third trimester, 9.7 g lower when it occurred during the second trimester (95% CI: -14.5, -4.8), and 3.3 g lower when it occurred during the first trimester (95% CI: -7.2, 0.6). Conclusions: Pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California wildfires was associated with slightly reduced average birth weight among infants exposed in utero. The extent and increasing frequency of wildfire events may have implications for infant health and development.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Holstius, David M
AU  - Reid, Colleen E
AU  - Jesdale, Bill M
AU  - Morello-Frosch, Rachel
AD  - School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Division,
Y1  - 2012/05/29/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 29
SP  - 1340
EP  - 1345
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 9
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - birth weight
KW  - fetal growth retardation
KW  - fires
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - pregnancy outcomes
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - Fires
KW  - Wildfire
KW  - INE, USA, California
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Basins
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Infants
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Fires; Birth weight; Wildfire; Basins; Pollution effects; Hospitals; Infants; Pregnancy; INE, USA, California
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Temporal Lag Structure of Short-term Associations of Fine Particulate Matter Chemical Constituents and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospitalizations
AN  - 1677977047; 17168280
AB  - Background: In air pollution time-series studies, the temporal pattern of the association of fine particulate matter (PM2.5; particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter) and health end points has been observed to vary by disease category. The lag pattern of PM2.5 chemical constituents has not been well investigated, largely because daily data have not been available. Objectives: We explored the lag structure for hospital admissions using daily PM2.5 chemical constituent data for 5 years in the Denver Aerosol Sources and Health (DASH) study. Methods: We measured PM2.5 constituents, including elemental carbon, organic carbon, sulfate, and nitrate, at a central residential site from 2003 through 2007 and linked these daily pollution data to daily hospital admission counts in the five-county Denver metropolitan area. Total hospital admissions and subcategories of respiratory and cardiovascular admissions were examined. We assessed the lag structure of relative risks (RRs) of hospital admissions for PM sub(2.5) and four constituents on the same day and from 1 to 14 previous days from a constrained distributed lag model; we adjusted for temperature, humidity, longer-term temporal trends, and day of week using a generalized additive model. Results: RRs were generally larger at shorter lags for total cardiovascular admissions but at longer lags for total respiratory admissions. The delayed lag pattern was particularly prominent for asthma. Elemental and organic carbon generally showed more immediate patterns, whereas sulfate and nitrate showed delayed patterns. Conclusion: In general, PM sub(2.5) chemical constituents were found to have more immediate estimated effects on cardiovascular diseases and more delayed estimated effects on respiratory diseases, depending somewhat on the constituent.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kim, Sun-Young
AU  - Peel, Jennifer L
AU  - Hannigan, Michael P
AU  - Dutton, Steven J
AU  - Sheppard, Lianne
AU  - Clark, Maggie L
AU  - Vedal, Sverre
AD  - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Y1  - 2012/05/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 18
SP  - 1094
EP  - 1099
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - cardiovascular disease
KW  - chemical constituent
KW  - hospital admission
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - respiratory disease
KW  - time-series study
KW  - Sulfates
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Temporal logic
KW  - Constituents
KW  - Denver
KW  - Health
KW  - Hospitals
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Simultaneous analysis of 10 trihalomethanes at nanogram per liter levels in water using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography mass-spectrometry.
AN  - 1009127961; 22494640
AB  - Trihalomethanes are predominantly formed during disinfection of water via reactions of the oxidant with natural organic matter. Even though chlorinated and brominated trihalomethanes are the most widespread organic contaminants in drinking water, when iodide is present in raw water iodinated trihalomethanes can also be formed. The formation of iodinated trihalomethanes can lead to taste and odor problems and is a potential health concern since they have been reported to be more toxic than their brominated or chlorinated analogs. Currently, there is no published standard analytical method for I-THMs in water. The analysis of 10 trihalomethanes in water samples in a single run is challenging because the iodinated trihalomethanes are found at very low concentrations (ng/L range), while the regulated chlorinated and brominated trihalomethanes are present at much higher concentrations (above μg/L). An automated headspace solid-phase microextraction technique, with a programmed temperature vaporizer inlet coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, was developed for routine analysis of 10 trihalomethanes i.e. bromo-, chloro- and iodo-trihalomethanes in water samples. The carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene fiber was found to be the most suitable. The optimization, linearity range, accuracy and precision of the method are discussed. The limits of detection range from 1 ng/L to 20 ng/L for iodoform and chloroform, respectively. Matrix effects in treated groundwater, surfacewater, seawater, and secondary wastewater were investigated and it was shown that the method is suitable for the analysis of trace levels of iodinated trihalomethanes in a wide range of waters. The method developed in the present study has the advantage of being rapid, simple and sensitive. A survey conducted throughout various process stages in an advanced water recycling plant showed the presence of iodinated trihalomethanes at ng/L levels.
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JF  - Journal of chromatography. A
AU  - Allard, Sebastien
AU  - Charrois, Jeffrey W A
AU  - Joll, Cynthia A
AU  - Heitz, Anna
AD  - Curtin Water Quality Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia. s.allard@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/05/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 18
SP  - 15
EP  - 21
VL  - 1238
KW  - Hydrocarbons, Iodinated
KW  - 0
KW  - Trihalomethanes
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical
KW  - Chloroform
KW  - 7V31YC746X
KW  - iodoform
KW  - KXI2J76489
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW  - Linear Models
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Chloroform -- chemistry
KW  - Hydrocarbons, Iodinated -- chemistry
KW  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- methods
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- analysis
KW  - Trihalomethanes -- isolation & purification
KW  - Solid Phase Microextraction -- methods
KW  - Water Pollutants, Chemical -- isolation & purification
KW  - Trihalomethanes -- analysis
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead Levels in Human Placenta: A Systematic Review
AN  - 1285096886; 17615806
AB  - Background: Placental tissue may furnish information on the exposure of both mother and fetus. Mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) are toxicants of interest in pregnancy because they are associated with alterations in child development. Objectives: The aim of this study was to summarize the available information regarding total Hg, Cd, and Pb levels in human placenta and possible related factors. Methods: We performed a systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Lilacs, OSH, and Web of Science for original papers on total Hg, Cd, or Pb levels in human placenta that were published in English or Spanish (1976-2011). Data on study design, population characteristics, collection and analysis of placenta specimens, and main results were extracted using a standardized form. Results: We found a total of 79 papers (73 different studies). Hg, Cd, and Pb levels were reported in 24, 46, and 46 studies, respectively. Most studies included small convenience samples of healthy pregnant women. Studies were heterogeneous regarding populations selected, processing of specimens, and presentation of results. Hg concentrations > 50 ng/g were found in China (Shanghai), Japan, and the Faroe Islands. Cd levels ranged from 1.2 ng/g to 53 ng/g and were highest in the United States, Japan, and Eastern Europe. Pb showed the greatest variability, with levels ranging from 1.18 ng/g in China (Shanghai) to 500 ng/g in a polluted area of Poland. Conclusion: The use of the placenta as a biomarker to assess heavy metals exposure is not properly developed because of heterogeneity among the studies. International standardized protocols are needed to enhance comparability and increase the usefulness of this promising tissue in biomonitoring studies.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Esteban-Vasallo, Maria D
AU  - Aragones, Nuria
AU  - Pollan, Marina
AU  - Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo
AU  - Perez-Gomez, Beatriz
AD  - Subdirectorate for Health Promotion and Prevention, Madrid Regional Health Authority, Madrid, Spain
Y1  - 2012/05/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 16
SP  - 1369
EP  - 1377
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 10
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - cadmium
KW  - lead
KW  - mercury
KW  - metals
KW  - placenta
KW  - Toxicants
KW  - Heavy metals
KW  - Europe
KW  - Lead
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Placenta
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Population characteristics
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Mercury
KW  - ANE, Atlantic, Faeroe Is.
KW  - Standards
KW  - INW, Japan
KW  - Variability
KW  - Islands
KW  - Heterogeneity
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Population studies
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Systematics
KW  - biomarkers
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - USA
KW  - Poland
KW  - Reviews
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - China, People's Rep., Shanghai
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Toxicants; Heavy metals; Population studies; biomarkers; Lead; Fetuses; Pregnancy; Islands; Placenta; Reviews; Mercury; biomonitoring; Cadmium; Bioindicators; Population characteristics; Standards; Variability; Exposure; Toxicity; Systematics; Heterogeneity; INW, Japan; USA; Poland; Europe; ANE, Atlantic, Faeroe Is.; China, People's Rep., Shanghai; China, People's Rep.
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) on Female Fertility and Adipogenesis in C3H/N Mice
AN  - 1677978126; 17168277
AB  - Background: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and its metabolites are known to affect lipid metabolism and adipogenesis, mainly by activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). Exposure to DEHP has been linked with testicular impairment and male subfertility. However, the effects of DEHP on female reproductive health and metabolism have not been studied in detail. Objective: We examined the effects of dietary DEHP exposure on metabolism and fertility in female mice. Methods: In two independent approaches, female C3H/N mice were exposed to DEHP (0.05, 5, or 500 mg/kg of body weight per day) via their diet for 8 weeks, and we recorded food intake, weight gain, and litter size. After exposure, liver, visceral fat, and plasma from F0 females (study I) and F0 dams and their F1 offspring (study II) were analyzed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: In study I, DEHP-exposed F0 females (all dose groups) had a significant increase in body weight, food intake, and visceral adipose tissue compared with controls. In the 500-mg DEHP group, PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma transcripts were significantly changed in liver tissue. In the same group, PPAR gamma mRNA was significantly reduced in liver but not in fat tissue. In addition, leptin and FABP4 (fatty acid binding protein 4) mRNA were increased in adipose tissue, whereas adiponectin was decreased. In study II, we detected a 100% abortion rate in F0 dams in the 500-mg group. F1 offspring exposed in utero and during lactation had an increase in visceral fat tissue and body weight. Conclusion: Fertility was impaired in mice exposed to high doses of DEHP, and body weight and visceral fat deposits were increased in mice exposed to environmentally relevant doses. Although F1 mice were exposed to DEHP only in utero and during lactation, we observed metabolic changes in the offspring of diet-exposed females.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Schmidt, Juliane-Susanne
AU  - Schaedlich, Kristina
AU  - Fiandanese, Nadia
AU  - Pocar, Paola
AU  - Fischer, Bernd
AD  - Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin Luther University Faculty of Medicine, Halle (Saale), Germany
Y1  - 2012/05/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 15
SP  - 1123
EP  - 1129
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - adiponectin
KW  - adipose tissue
KW  - DEHP
KW  - endocrine disruptors
KW  - female reproduction
KW  - leptin
KW  - obesity
KW  - phthalates
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Dams
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Liver
KW  - Mice
KW  - Health
KW  - Females
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ambient Temperature and Biomarkers of Heart Failure: A Repeated Measures Analysis
AN  - 1093460548; 17168276
AB  - Background: Extreme temperatures have been associated with hospitalization and death among individuals with heart failure, but few studies have explored the underlying mechanisms. Objectives: We hypothesized that outdoor temperature in the Boston, Massachusetts, area (1- to 4-day moving averages) would be associated with higher levels of biomarkers of inflammation and myocyte injury in a repeated-measures study of individuals with stable heart failure. Methods: We analyzed data from a completed clinical trial that randomized 100 patients to 12 weeks of tai chi classes or to time-matched education control. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), C-reactive protein (CRP), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were measured at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks. Endothelin-1 was measured at baseline and 12 weeks. We used fixed effects models to evaluate associations with measures of temperature that were adjusted for time-varying covariates. Results: Higher apparent temperature was associated with higher levels of BNP beginning with 2-day moving averages and reached statistical significance for 3- and 4-day moving averages. CRP results followed a similar pattern but were delayed by 1 day. A 5 degree C change in 3- and 4-day moving averages of apparent temperature was associated with 11.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1, 22.5; p = 0.03) and 11.4% (95% CI: 1.2, 22.5; p = 0.03) higher BNP. A 5 degree C change in the 4-day moving average of apparent temperature was associated with 21.6% (95% CI: 2.5, 44.2; p = 0.03) higher CRP. No clear associations with TNF or endothelin-1 were observed. Conclusions: Among patients undergoing treatment for heart failure, we observed positive associations between temperature and both BNP and CRP-predictors of heart failure prognosis and severity.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Wilker, Elissa H
AU  - Yeh, Gloria
AU  - Wellenius, Gregory A
AU  - Davis, Roger B
AU  - Phillips, Russell S
AU  - Mittleman, Murray A
AD  - Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/05/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 15
SP  - 1083
EP  - 1087
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - biomarkers
KW  - climate variability
KW  - heart failure
KW  - outdoor air
KW  - susceptibility
KW  - USA, Massachusetts, Boston
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Education
KW  - Injuries
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Tumors
KW  - Clinical trials
KW  - H 4000:Food and Drugs
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bioindicators; Mortality; Education; Injuries; Temperature; Proteins; Tumors; Clinical trials; USA, Massachusetts, Boston
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104380
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Why Conservatives Should Fund and Support a Strong National Defense
AN  - 1081891908; 2011-295376
AB  - Today, America's ability to provide for the common defense is threatened by successive rounds of defense cuts. While US fiscal problems demand government restraint, they will not be solved by gutting its military forces. Senator Jon Kyl launches The Heritage Foundation's Protect America Month and explains why the federal government's constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense must remain a bedrock principle of American governance. Tables.
JF  - Heritage Foundation, May 14 2012, 6 pp.
AU  - Kyl, Jon
Y1  - 2012/05/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 14
PB  - Heritage Foundation
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Heritage foundation
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - Fiscal policy
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/05/why-conservatives-should-fund-and-support-a-strong-national-defense
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Heritage Foundation, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - Lecture no. 1205
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Three-Stage Algorithm to Make Toxicologically Relevant Activity Calls from Quantitative High Throughput Screening Data
AN  - 1093465994; 17168273
AB  - Background: The ability of a substance to induce a toxicological response is better understood by analyzing the response profile over a broad range of concentrations than at a single concentration. In vitro quantitative high throughput screening (qHTS) assays are multiple-concentration experiments with an important role in the National Toxicology Program's (NTP) efforts to advance toxicology from a predominantly observational science at the level of disease-specific models to a more predictive science based on broad inclusion of biological observations. Objective: We developed a systematic approach to classify substances from large-scale concentration-response data into statistically supported, toxicologically relevant activity categories. Methods: The first stage of the approach finds active substances with robust concentration-response profiles within the tested concentration range. The second stage finds substances with activity at the lowest tested concentration not captured in the first stage. The third and final stage separates statistically significant (but not robustly statistically significant) profiles from responses that lack statistically compelling support (i.e., "inactives"). The performance of the proposed algorithm was evaluated with simulated qHTS data sets. Results: The proposed approach performed well for 14-point-concentration-response curves with typical levels of residual error ( sigma less than or equal to 25%) or when maximal response (|RMAX|) was > 25% of the positive control response. The approach also worked well in most cases for smaller sample sizes when |RMAX| greater than or equal to 50%, even with as few as four data points. Conclusions: The three-stage classification algorithm performed better than one-stage classification approaches based on overall F-tests, t-tests, or linear regression.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Shockley, Keith R
AD  - Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/05/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 10
SP  - 1107
EP  - 1115
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - activity calls
KW  - concentration-response
KW  - Hill equation
KW  - quantitative high throughput screening
KW  - Tox21
KW  - Classification
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Classification; Toxicology
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104688
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of Developmental Toxicants and Signaling Pathways in a Functional Test Based on the Migration of Human Neural Crest Cells
AN  - 1677966757; 17168295
AB  - Background: Information on the potential developmental toxicity (DT) of the majority of chemicals is scarce, and test capacities for further animal-based testing are limited. Therefore, new approaches with higher throughput are required. A screening strategy based on the use of relevant human cell types has been proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others. Because impaired neural crest (NC) function is one of the known causes for teratologic effects, testing of toxicant effects on NC cells is desirable for a DT test battery. Objective: We developed a robust and widely applicable human-relevant NC function assay that would allow for sensitive screening of environmental toxicants and defining toxicity pathways. Methods: We generated NC cells from human embryonic stem cells, and after establishing a migration assay of NC cells (MINC assay), we tested environmental toxicants as well as inhibitors of physiological signal transduction pathways. Results: Methylmercury (50 nM), valproic acid (> 10 mu M), and lead-acetate [Pb(CH3CO2)4] (1 mu M) affected the migration of NC cells more potently than migration of other cell types. The MINC assay correctly identified the NC toxicants triadimefon and triadimenol. Additionally, it showed different sensitivities to various organic and inorganic mercury compounds. Using the MINC assay and applying classic pharmacologic inhibitors and large-scale microarray gene expression profiling, we found several signaling pathways that are relevant for the migration of NC cells. Conclusions: The MINC assay faithfully models human NC cell migration, and it reveals impairment of this function by developmental toxicants with good sensitivity and specificity.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Zimmer, Bastian
AU  - Lee, Gabsang
AU  - Balmer, Nina V
AU  - Meganathan, Kesavan
AU  - Sachinidis, Agapios
AU  - Studer, Lorenz
AU  - Leist, Marcel
AD  - Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Y1  - 2012/05/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 09
SP  - 1116
EP  - 1122
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cell migration
KW  - developmental toxicity
KW  - mercury
KW  - neural crest
KW  - triazoles
KW  - valproic acid
KW  - Assaying
KW  - Numerical control
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Pathways
KW  - Human
KW  - Inhibitors
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Migration
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104489
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Residues in Wastewater and Soil Adjacent to Swine Feedlots: Potential Transfer to Agricultural Lands
AN  - 1093460802; 17168294
AB  - Background: Inappropriate use of antibiotics in swine feed could cause accelerated emergence of antibiotic resistance genes, and agricultural application of swine waste could spread antibiotic resistance genes to the surrounding environment. Objectives: We investigated the distribution of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes from swine feedlots and their surrounding environment. Methods: We used a culture-independent method to identify PMQR genes and estimate their levels in wastewater from seven swine feedlot operations and corresponding wastewater-irrigated farm fields. Concentrations of (fluoro)quinolones in wastewater and soil samples were determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Results: The predominant PMQR genes in both the wastewater and soil samples were qnrD, qepA, and oqxB, whereas qnrS and oqxA were present only in wastewater samples. Absolute concentrations of all PMQR genes combined ranged from 1.66 107 to 4.06 108 copies/mL in wastewater and 4.06 106 to 9.52 107 copies/g in soil. Concentrations of (fluoro)quinolones ranged from 4.57 to 321 ng/mL in wastewater and below detection limit to 23.4 ng/g in soil. Significant correlations were found between the relative abundance of PMQR genes and (fluoro)quinolone concentrations (r = 0.71, p = 0.005) and the relative abundance of PMQR genes in paired wastewater and agricultural soil samples (r = 0.91, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Swine feedlot wastewater may be a source of PMQR genes that could facilitate the spread of antibiotic resistance. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the occurrence of PMQR genes in animal husbandry environments using a culture-independent method.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Li, Juan
AU  - Wang, Thanh
AU  - Shao, Bing
AU  - Shen, Jianzhong
AU  - Wang, Shaochen
AU  - Wu, Yongning
AD  - Key Laboratory of Development and Evaluation of Chemical and Herbal Drugs for Animal Use, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Y1  - 2012/05/08/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 08
SP  - 1144
EP  - 1149
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - agricultural soil
KW  - culture-independent method
KW  - environmental health
KW  - (fluoro)quinolones
KW  - PMQR genes
KW  - swine feedlot
KW  - wastewater
KW  - Soil
KW  - Agricultural land
KW  - Farms
KW  - Residues
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Relative abundance
KW  - Animal husbandry
KW  - Wastewater
KW  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Agricultural land; Farms; Residues; Relative abundance; Antibiotics; Animal husbandry; Antibiotic resistance; Wastewater
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Selective Pressure of Antibiotic Pollution on Bacteria of Importance to Public Health
AN  - 1093460751; 17168293
AB  - Background: Many bacteria of clinical importance survive and may grow in different environments. Antibiotic pollution may exert on them a selective pressure leading to an increase in the prevalence of resistance. Objectives: In this study we sought to determine whether environmental concentrations of antibiotics and concentrations representing action limits used in environmental risk assessment may exert a selective pressure on clinically relevant bacteria in the environment. Methods: We used bacterial inhibition as an assessment end point to link antibiotic selective pressures to the prevalence of resistance in bacterial populations. Species sensitivity distributions were derived for three antibiotics by fitting log-logistic models to end points calculated from minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distributions based on worldwide data collated by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST). To place bacteria represented in these distributions in a broader context, we performed a brief phylogenetic analysis. The potentially affected fraction of bacterial genera at measured environmental concentrations of antibiotics and environmental risk assessment action limits was used as a proxy for antibiotic selective pressure. Measured environmental concentrations and environmental risk assessment action limits were also directly compared to wild-type cut-off values. Results: The potentially affected fraction of bacterial genera estimated based on antibiotic concentrations measured in water environments is less than or equal to 7%. We estimated that measured environmental concentrations in river sediments, swine feces lagoons, liquid manure, and farmed soil inhibit wild-type populations in up to 60%, 92%, 100%, and 30% of bacterial genera, respectively. At concentrations used as action limits in environmental risk assessment, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin were estimated to inhibit wild-type populations in up to 25% and 76% of bacterial genera. Conclusions: Measured environmental concentrations of antibiotics, as well as concentrations representing environmental risk assessment action limits, are high enough to exert a selective pressure on clinically relevant bacteria that may lead to an increase in the prevalence of resistance.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Tello, Alfredo
AU  - Austin, Brian
AU  - Telfer, Trevor C
AD  - Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/05/08/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 08
SP  - 1100
EP  - 1106
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - antibiotic pollution
KW  - antibiotic resistance
KW  - minimum inhibitory concentration distributions
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - species sensitivity distributions
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Manure
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Lagoons
KW  - Models
KW  - Public health
KW  - Soil
KW  - Ciprofloxacin
KW  - Feces
KW  - Pollution
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Fecal coliforms
KW  - Animal wastes
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Environmental assessment
KW  - Erythromycin
KW  - Minimum inhibitory concentration
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Antimicrobial agents
KW  - Committees
KW  - J 02310:Genetics & Taxonomy
KW  - A 01340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Rivers; Phylogeny; Manure; Data processing; Antibiotics; Erythromycin; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Lagoons; Sediments; Public health; Models; Antimicrobial agents; Soil; Ciprofloxacin; Feces; Pollution; Sensitivity; Fecal coliforms; Animal wastes; Environmental assessment; Committees
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Maternal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and 5'-CpG Methylation of Interferon- gamma in Cord White Blood Cells
AN  - 1093460719; 17168292
AB  - Background: Maternal factors are implicated in the onset of childhood asthma. Differentiation of naive CD4+ T lymphocytes into pro-allergic T-helper 2 cells induces interleukin (IL)4 expression and inhibits interferon (IFN) gamma expression accompanied by concordant methylation changes in the promoters of these genes. However, it has yet to be established whether maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can alter these gene promoters epigenetically during fetal development. Objectives: In this study we sought to elucidate the relationship between maternal PAH exposure and promoter methylation status of IFN gamma and IL4. Methods: We assessed the effects of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a representative airborne PAH, on the methylation status of the IFN gamma and IL4 promoters in Jurkat cells and two lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, and on gene expression. In addition, we evaluated methylation status of the IFN gamma promoter in cord white blood cells from 53 participants in the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health cohort. Maternal PAH exposure was estimated by personal air monitoring during pregnancy. Results: In vitro exposure of the cell models to low, noncytotoxic doses (0.1 and 1 nM) of BaP elicited increased promoter hypermethylation and reduced expression of IFN gamma , but not IL4. IFN gamma promoter methylation in cord white blood cells was associated with maternal PAH exposure in the cohort study subsample. Conclusion: Consistent with the results for the cell lines, maternal exposure to PAHs was associated with hypermethylation of IFN gamma in cord blood DNA from cohort children. These findings support a potential role of epigenetics in fetal reprogramming by PAH-induced environmental diseases.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Tang, Wan-yee
AU  - Levin, Linda
AU  - Talaska, Glenn
AU  - Cheung, Yuk Yin
AU  - Herbstman, Julie
AU  - Tang, Deliang
AU  - Miller, Rachel L
AU  - Perera, Frederica
AU  - Ho, Shuk-Mei
AD  - Division of Environmental Genetics and Molecular Toxicology,
Y1  - 2012/05/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 04
SP  - 1195
EP  - 1200
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - cord white blood cell
KW  - cytokines
KW  - DNA methylation
KW  - epigenetic epidemiology
KW  - epigenetics
KW  - fetal origins of disease
KW  - interferon- gamma
KW  - interleukin 4
KW  - Pollution monitoring
KW  - gamma -Interferon
KW  - Interleukin 4
KW  - Interleukins
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Cell culture
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Lymphocytes
KW  - Cord blood
KW  - Promoters
KW  - Differentiation
KW  - CD4 antigen
KW  - Tumor cell lines
KW  - Lymphocytes T
KW  - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW  - Leukocytes
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Children
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Lung
KW  - DNA
KW  - Benzo(a)pyrene
KW  - Adenocarcinoma
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - N 14820:DNA Metabolism & Structure
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - gamma -Interferon; Interleukin 4; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Leukocytes; Interleukins; Asthma; Cell culture; Children; Fetuses; Pregnancy; Cord blood; Differentiation; Promoters; Tumor cell lines; CD4 antigen; epigenetics; Lung; DNA; DNA methylation; Lymphocytes T; Benzo(a)pyrene; Adenocarcinoma; Pollution monitoring; Environmental health; Lymphocytes; Respiratory diseases
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Respiratory Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter: The Role of Particle Size, Composition, and Oxidative Potential-The RAPTES Project
AN  - 1677977950; 17168286
AB  - Background: Specific characteristics of particulate matter (PM) responsible for associations with respiratory health observed in epidemiological studies are not well established. High correlations among, and differential measurement errors of, individual components contribute to this uncertainty. Objectives: We investigated which characteristics of PM have the most consistent associations with acute changes in respiratory function in healthy volunteers. Methods: We used a semiexperimental design to accurately assess exposure. We increased exposure contrast and reduced correlations among PM characteristics by exposing volunteers at five different locations: an underground train station, two traffic sites, a farm, and an urban background site. Each of the 31 participants was exposed for 5 hr while exercising intermittently, three to seven times at different locations during March-October 2009. We measured PM sub(10), PM sub(2.5), particle number concentrations (PNC), absorbance, elemental/organic carbon, trace metals, secondary inorganic components, endotoxin content, gaseous pollutants, and PM oxidative potential. Lung function [FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 sec), FVC (forced vital capacity), FEF25-75 (forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of vital capacity), and PEF (peak expiratory flow)] and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) were measured before and at three time points after exposure. Data were analyzed with mixed linear regression. Results: An interquartile increase in PNC (33,000 particles/cm super(3)) was associated with an 11% [95% confidence interval (CI): 5, 17%] and 12% (95% CI: 6, 17%) FENO increase over baseline immediately and at 2 hr postexposure, respectively. A 7% (95% CI: 0.5, 14%) increase persisted until the following morning. These associations were robust and insensitive to adjustment for other pollutants. Similarly consistent associations were seen between FVC and FEV1 with PNC, NO sub(2) (nitrogen dioxide), and NO sub(x) (nitrogen oxides). Conclusions: Changes in PNC, NO sub(2), and NO sub(x) were associated with evidence of acute airway inflammation (i.e., FENO) and impaired lung function. PM mass concentration and PM sub(10) oxidative potential were not predictive of the observed acute responses.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Strak, Maciej
AU  - Janssen, Nicole AH
AU  - Godri, Krystal J
AU  - Gosens, Ilse
AU  - Mudway, Ian S
AU  - Cassee, Flemming R
AU  - Lebret, Erik
AU  - Kelly, Frank J
AU  - Harrison, Roy M
AU  - Brunekreef, Bert
AU  - Steenhof, Maaike
AU  - Hoek, Gerard
AD  - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
Y1  - 2012/05/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 02
SP  - 1183
EP  - 1189
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - experimental exposure
KW  - FENO
KW  - FEV1
KW  - FVC
KW  - oxidative potential
KW  - PM
KW  - ultrafine particles
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Regression
KW  - Lungs
KW  - Health
KW  - Trains
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Profiling Environmental Chemicals for Activity in the Antioxidant Response Element Signaling Pathway Using a High Throughput Screening Approach
AN  - 1677976035; 17168283
AB  - Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegeneration, highlighting the need to identify chemicals that can induce this effect. The antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling pathway plays an important role in the amelioration of oxidative stress. Thus, assays that detect the up-regulation of this pathway could be useful for identifying chemicals that induce oxidative stress. Objectives: We used cell-based reporter methods and informatics tools to efficiently screen a large collection of environmental chemicals and identify compounds that induce oxidative stress. Methods: We utilized two cell-based ARE assay reporters, beta -lactamase and luciferase, to screen a U.S. National Toxicology Program 1,408-compound library (NTP 1408, which contains 1,340 unique compounds) for their ability to induce oxidative stress in HepG2 cells using quantitative high throughput screening (qHTS). Results: Roughly 3% (34 of 1,340) of the unique compounds demonstrated activity across both cell-based assays. Based on biological activity and structure-activity relationship profiles, we selected 50 compounds for retesting in the two ARE assays and in an additional follow-up assay that employed a mutated ARE linked to beta -lactamase. Using this strategy, we identified 30 compounds that demonstrated activity in the ARE-bla and ARE-luc assays and were able to determine structural features conferring compound activity across assays. Conclusions: Our results support the robustness of using two different cell-based approaches for identifying compounds that induce ARE signaling. Together, these methods are useful for prioritizing chemicals for further in-depth mechanism-based toxicity testing.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Shukla, Sunita J
AU  - Huang, Ruili
AU  - Simmons, Steven O
AU  - Tice, Raymond R
AU  - Witt, Kristine L
AU  - VanLeer, Danielle
AU  - Ramabhadran, Ram
AU  - Austin, Christopher P
AU  - Xia, Menghang
AD  - NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/05/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 02
SP  - 1150
EP  - 1156
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - ARE
KW  - Nrf2
KW  - oxidative stress
KW  - qHTS
KW  - toxicity
KW  - Tox21
KW  - Screening
KW  - Assaying
KW  - Screens
KW  - Antioxidants
KW  - Pathways
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Stresses
KW  - Toxicity testing
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Current Status of the Epidemiologic Evidence Linking Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and the Role of Immune Dysregulation
AN  - 1677975790; 17168282
AB  - Background: Although case-control studies conducted to date have largely affirmed the relationship between polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), occupational cohort studies of PCB-exposed workers have been generally interpreted as negative, thereby raising doubts about a potential causal association. A common theme of immune dysregulation unifies many of NHL's strongest risk factors, and several authors have posited that subclinical immune dysregulation may increase NHL risk by decreasing host resistance, reducing control of cellular proliferation and differentiation, and diminishing tumor surveillance mechanisms. Objectives: The goals of this review were a) to evaluate the epidemiological research examining the association between PCB exposure and NHL and discuss the contribution to the weight of evidence of case-control studies and occupational cohort studies; and b) to summarize the evidence for immune dysregulation as a means by which PCBs may cause NHL. Methods: We performed a literature search using PubMed and seven additional online biomedical and toxicological referencing libraries to identify literature published through August 2011. Discussion and Conclusions: Overall, we conclude that the weight of evidence supports a causal role of PCBs in lymphomagenesis. The strongest epidemiological evidence for the relationship between PCBs and NHL comes from case-control studies conducted among the general population. Epidemiological and toxicological data demonstrating immunosuppressive and inflammatory effects of PCBs further contribute to the weight of evidence by providing a plausible explanation for how PCBs can cause NHL through immune dysregulation.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kramer, Shira
AU  - Hikel, Stephanie Moller
AU  - Adams, Kristen
AU  - Hinds, David
AU  - Moon, Katherine
AD  - Epidemiology International, Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA
Y1  - 2012/05/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 02
SP  - 1067
EP  - 1075
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cancer
KW  - immunologic response
KW  - non-Hodgkin lymphoma
KW  - organochlorines
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Referencing
KW  - Risk
KW  - Polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Literature reviews
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - On-line systems
KW  - Occupational
KW  - Surveillance
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bisphenol A Induces Gene Expression Changes and Proliferative Effects through GPER in Breast Cancer Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts
AN  - 1093469791; 17168285
AB  - Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is the principal constituent of baby bottles, reusable water bottles, metal cans, and plastic food containers. BPA exerts estrogen-like activity by interacting with the classical estrogen receptors (ER alpha and ER beta ) and through the G protein-coupled receptor (GPR30/GPER). In this regard, recent studies have shown that GPER was involved in the proliferative effects induced by BPA in both normal and tumor cells. Objectives: We studied the transduction signaling pathways through which BPA influences cell proliferation and migration in human breast cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Methods and results: We used as a model system SKBR3 breast cancer cells and CAFs that lack the classical ERs. Specific pharmacological inhibitors and gene-silencing procedures were used to show that BPA induces the expression of the GPER target genes c-FOS, EGR-1, and CTGF through the GPER/EGFR/ERK transduction pathway in SKBR3 breast cancer cells and CAFs. Moreover, we observed that GPER is required for growth effects and migration stimulated by BPA in both cell types. Conclusions: Results indicate that GPER is involved in the biological action elicited by BPA in breast cancer cells and CAFs. Hence, GPER-mediated signaling should be included among the transduction mechanisms through which BPA may stimulate cancer progression.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Pupo, Marco
AU  - Pisano, Assunta
AU  - Lappano, Rosamaria
AU  - Santolla, Maria Francesca
AU  - De Francesco, Ernestina Marianna
AU  - Abonante, Sergio
AU  - Rosano, Camillo
AU  - Maggiolini, Marcello
AD  - Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Y1  - 2012/05/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 02
SP  - 1177
EP  - 1182
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - breast cancer cells
KW  - cancer-associated fibroblasts
KW  - GPR30/GPER
KW  - tumor microenvironment
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Containers
KW  - Metals
KW  - Estrogens
KW  - Breast cancer
KW  - Tumors
KW  - Migration
KW  - Cancer
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - ENA 07:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bisphenol A; Metals; Containers; Estrogens; Breast cancer; Tumors; Migration; Cancer
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104526
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Controlled Exposure Study of Air Pollution and T-Wave Alternans in Volunteers without Cardiovascular Disease
AN  - 1093469771; 17168284
AB  - Background: Epidemiological studies have assessed T-wave alternans (TWA) as a possible mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias related to air pollution in high-risk subjects and have reported associations with increased TWA magnitude. Objective: In this controlled human exposure study, we assessed the impact of exposure to concentrated ambient particulate matter (CAP) and ozone (O3) on T-wave alternans in resting volunteers without preexisting cardiovascular disease. Methods: Seventeen participants without preexisting cardiovascular disease were randomized to filtered air (FA), CAP (150 mu g/m3), O3 (120 ppb), or combined CAP + O3 exposures for 2 hr. Continuous electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded at rest and T-wave alternans (TWA) was computed by modified moving average analysis with QRS alignment for the artifact-free intervals of 20 beats along the V2 and V5 leads. Exposure-induced changes in the highest TWA magnitude (TWAMax) were estimated for the first and last 5 min of each exposure (TWAMax_Early and TWAMax_Late respectively). Delta TWAMax (Late-Early) were compared among exposure groups using analysis of variance. Results: Mean plus or minus SD values for Delta TWAMax were -2.1 plus or minus 0.4, -2.7 plus or minus 1.1, -1.9 plus or minus 1.5, and -1.2 plus or minus 1.5 in FA, CAP, O3, and CAP + O3 exposure groups, respectively. No significant differences were observed between pollutant exposures and FA. Conclusion: In our study of 17 volunteers who had no preexisting cardiovascular disease, we did not observe significant changes in T-wave alternans after 2-hr exposures to CAP, O3, or combined CAP + O3. This finding, however, does not preclude the possibility of pollution-related effects on TWA at elevated heart rates, such as during exercise, or the possibility of delayed responses.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kusha, Marjan
AU  - Masse, Stephane
AU  - Farid, Talha
AU  - Urch, Bruce
AU  - Silverman, Frances
AU  - Brook, Robert D
AU  - Gold, Diane R
AU  - Mangat, Iqwal
AU  - Speck, Mary
AU  - Nair, Krishnakumar
AU  - Poku, Kwaku
AU  - Meyer, Chris
AU  - Mittleman, Murray A
AU  - Wellenius, Gregory A
AU  - Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Y1  - 2012/05/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 May 02
SP  - 1157
EP  - 1161
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - arrhythmia
KW  - controlled exposure
KW  - ozone
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - T-wave alternans
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Atmospheric pollution and health
KW  - Heart rate
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - Particulate atmospheric pollution
KW  - Ozone
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - M2 551.510.42:Air Pollution (551.510.42)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Atmospheric pollution and health; Cardiovascular diseases; Particulate atmospheric pollution; Ozone; Air pollution; Heart rate; Pollution effects; Particulates
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Determining primary and companion species in a multi-species fishery: Implications for TAC setting
AN  - 920810146; 16209001
AB  - The use of ITQ management in multi-species fisheries has been the subject of much debate and the complexities and difficulties of managing multi-species fisheries are well known. A major problem is that the species mix in fishery catches may not necessarily match the mix in combined TACs or in quota holdings. While a number of solutions have been proposed or implemented to improve transferability of quota and other incentives to reduce over-quota fishing and discarding, it is surprising that there has been little focus on TAC-setting itself and coordinating this across multiple species/stocks as a means of dealing with some of these issues. In this paper, data were analysed from the trawl sector of the Australian Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to determine the relationship between primary species and companion species and the implications this has for TAC setting. The primary species is the species being considered when setting an individual species TAC. The companion species are ones that should also be considered when setting the TAC of the primary species, because a considerable proportion of the primary species catch is taken as a companion species non-target catch. The target species in each fishing operation was determined and was used to characterize recent multi-species catch data into primary and companion components. This approach provides an empirical means to examine the impact of individual species TAC decisions across all of the quota species in a fishery.
JF  - Marine Policy
AU  - Klaer, Neil L
AU  - Smith, David C
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, neil.klaer@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 606
EP  - 612
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
SN  - 0308-597X, 0308-597X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - ITQ
KW  - TAC
KW  - Multi-species fisheries
KW  - Targeting
KW  - Marine
KW  - catches
KW  - incentives
KW  - Catch statistics
KW  - Ocean policy
KW  - Shark fisheries
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - Interspecific relationships
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Quota regulations
KW  - Australia
KW  - fishing
KW  - sharks
KW  - O 5080:Legal/Governmental
KW  - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q1 08121:Law, policy, economics and social sciences
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fishing; Shark fisheries; Interspecific relationships; Fishery management; Quota regulations; Catch statistics; Ocean policy; catches; Fisheries; incentives; fishing; sharks; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.10.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exposed or not exposed? Exploring exposure classification in studies using administrative data to investigate outcomes following medication use during pregnancy
AN  - 1837313642; 16665732
AB  - Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to examine and compare differences in the way medication exposures are classified in studies using linked administrative data to investigate outcomes following medication use during pregnancy. This was undertaken with a focus on studies investigating specific neonatal outcomes following prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Methods: We searched Medline and Embase to identify studies that used linked administrative data to investigate specific neonatal outcomes (congenital malformations, birth weight, gestational age) following prenatal exposure to SSRIs. Results: Key factors such as dose, duration and timing of exposure were inconsistently addressed in the studies identified. In addition, there was a great deal of variability in the way medication exposures were classified and how women who stop taking their medication before or during early pregnancy are handled in analyses. Furthermore, there are issues in assuming how and when women who receive a dispensing for a medication actually take it during pregnancy. This creates a great deal of uncertainty around medication exposure during pregnancy in studies using linked administrative data, potentially resulting in biased risk estimates. Conclusions: There is a need for greater focus on determining the most effective and accurate way of using linked administrative data to investigate outcomes following medication use during pregnancy in an effort to minimise potential biases.
JF  - European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
AU  - Grzeskowiak, Luke E
AU  - Gilbert, Andrew L
AU  - Morrison, Janna L
AD  - Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, grzly001@mymail.unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 459
EP  - 467
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 68
IS  - 5
SN  - 0031-6970, 0031-6970
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Gestational age
KW  - Classification
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Serotonin uptake inhibitors
KW  - Congenital defects
KW  - Neonates
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - X 24310:Pharmaceuticals
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2016-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Birth weight; Gestational age; Prenatal experience; Data processing; Classification; Reviews; Congenital defects; Serotonin uptake inhibitors; Neonates; Pregnancy
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-011-1154-9
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Association between frequency of drinking alcohol and chronic kidney disease in men
AN  - 1622614389; 16750296
AB  - Objectives: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem. Epidemiological studies of the relationship between alcohol intake and CKD are scarce in Japan. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the relationship between frequency of drinking alcohol and CKD in Japanese men. Methods: The subjects were 9,196 men (mean plus or minus standard deviation age, 57.9 plus or minus 5.1 years) who underwent a health check-up. CKD was defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m super(2). Frequency of alcohol drinking was obtained from questionnaire and divided into five categories: nondrinkers, once or twice a week, three or four times a week, five or six times a week, and everyday drinkers. Results: Multivariable-adjusted [age, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, hyper-low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterolemia, smoking, and physical activity] odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using logistic regression analysis. Compared with the results for the nondrinkers, the multivariable-adjusted odds ratios of CKD were as follows: 0.76 (95% CI 0.60-0.95) for 1-2 drinks per week, 0.74 (95% CI 0.59-0.93) for 3-4 drinks per week, 0.79 (95% CI 0.64-0.97) for 5-6 drinks per week, and 0.60 (95% CI 0.51-0.71) for everyday drinkers. There was a significant inverse trend across increasing frequency of drinking alcohol (p = 0.001 for trend). Conclusions: An inverse association was found between frequency of drinking alcohol and CKD in apparently healthy men.
JF  - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
AU  - Funakoshi, Yayoi
AU  - Omori, Hisamitsu
AU  - Onoue, Ayumi
AU  - Mihara, Shuichi
AU  - Ogata, Yasuhiro
AU  - Katoh, Takahiko
AD  - Department of Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjou, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan, omorih@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 199
EP  - 204
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1342-078X, 1342-078X
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Age
KW  - Alcoholic beverages
KW  - Beverages
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Kidney diseases
KW  - Glomerular filtration rate
KW  - Lipoproteins (low density)
KW  - Public health
KW  - Diabetes mellitus
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Standard deviation
KW  - Lipoproteins
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Drinking behavior
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Ethanol
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2014-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-11-12
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inventories; Age; Beverages; Alcoholic beverages; Physical activity; Kidney diseases; Glomerular filtration rate; Public health; Lipoproteins (low density); Diabetes mellitus; Smoking; Standard deviation; Lipoproteins; Regression analysis; Drinking behavior; Body mass index; Hypertension; Ethanol
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12199-011-0238-6
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Public Procurement Auctions and Competition in Turkey
AN  - 1364726636; 2011-388524
AB  - This paper empirically investigates the effect of the competitive environment (number of participants) on the cost of procurement. We use a unique dataset provided by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) of Turkey that covers all of the government procurement auctions for the years 2004-2006. First, after controlling for possible endogeneity, we show that the number of bidders significantly and negatively affects the procurement price. Thus, the existence of a more competitive environment significantly decreases procurement costs in Turkey. Second, when auctions are open to foreign participation, the auction price tends to be lower. Finally, prices in services and goods sectors are more sensitive to changes in the number of bidders than is true for the construction sector. The results of this paper have several policy implications for e-procurement and efficient procurement design. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Review of Industrial Organization
AU  - Onur, Ilke
AU  - Ozcan, Rasim
AU  - Tas, Bedri Kamil Onur
AD  - Center for Regulation and Market Analysis, School of Commerce, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, Australia onurtas@etu.edu.tr
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 207
EP  - 223
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
SN  - 0889-938X, 0889-938X
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Cost
KW  - Auctions
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Public sector
KW  - Prices
KW  - Authority
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Competition
KW  - Industrial organization
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - RIOREU
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Industrial organization; Purchasing; Auctions; Prices; Turkey; Public sector; Cost; Competition; Authority
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-011-9299-3
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Tax morale, Eastern Europe and European enlargement
AN  - 1266149691; 201301538
AB  - This study tries to remedy the current lack of tax compliance research analyzing tax morale in 10 Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in 2004 or 2007. By exploring tax morale differences between 1999 and 2008 we show that tax morale has decreased in 7 out of 10 Eastern European countries. This lack of sustainability may support the incentive based conditionality hypothesis that European Union has only a limited ability to influence tax morale over time. We observe that events and processes at the country level are crucial to understanding tax morale. Factors such as perceived government quality, trust in the justice system and the government are positively correlated with tax morale in 2008. [Copyright The Regents of the University of California; published by Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Communist and Post-Communist Studies
AU  - Torgler, Benno
AD  - Queensland University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 11
EP  - 26
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 45
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0967-067X, 0967-067X
KW  - Tax morale, Tax compliance, Eastern Europe, European enlargement
KW  - Morale
KW  - Taxation
KW  - European Union
KW  - Trust
KW  - Europe
KW  - Incentives
KW  - Justice
KW  - Eastern Europe
KW  - article
KW  - 9085: government/political systems; national governments/political systems
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Taxation; Morale; Europe; European Union; Justice; Trust; Eastern Europe; Incentives
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.02.005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sustainability in the United States National Digital Newspaper Program
AN  - 1221406172; 201211839
AB  - This paper describes the program organization, technical specifications, and tools that support the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC). NDNP is a long-term effort to provide permanent access to a national digital collection of newspaper bibliographic information and selected historic newspapers, digitized by NEH awardees in all U.S. states and territories. The program provides the Library of Congress with a testing ground for the development of large-scale distributed, digitization programs and for predicting long-term needs for management and preservation of digital assets. The development focuses on creating digitized newspaper page surrogates through a distributed effort, ingesting the resulting digital objects into a system, providing user-friendly access to the data, while implementing a system that is capable of sustaining the content for future use. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - International Preservation News
AU  - Thomas, Deborah
AU  - Sweeney, Mark
AD  - Library of Congress, USA
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 1218
PB  - Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris, France
IS  - 56
SN  - 0890-4960, 0890-4960
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - History
KW  - Digitization
KW  - article
KW  - 9.15: TECHNICAL SERVICES - PRESERVATION
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Digitization; Newspapers; Library of Congress; History
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Induction of extremely low protein expression level by fusion of C-terminal region of Nef
AN  - 1038610191; 17095322
AB  - Nef is one of the accessory proteins of human immunodeficiency viruses. Here, we noted that the relative expression level of Nef sub(NL4-3) is much lower than that of Nef sub(JR-CSF) in HEK293 cells. By evaluating the expression level using a Nef mutant, it was indicated that amino acids 129-206 of Nef sub(NL4-3), that is, the C-terminal region named NLAA129-206, could contain the region responsible for the induction of the low protein expression level. In addition, the expression levels of the enhanced green fluorescent protein and Renilla luciferase became extremely low with the fusion of NLAA129-206. Interestingly, the NLAA129-206-corresponding sequences of other Nef variants with relatively high expression levels also induced the extremely low protein expression level by fusion. These results suggest that the C-terminal region of Nef can generally induce an extremely low protein expression level. Here, we propose that the C-terminal region of Nef could become an excellent tool for the induction of an extremely low expression level of arbitrary proteins by attachment as fusion proteins.
JF  - Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
AU  - Takamune, N
AU  - Irisaka, Y
AU  - Yamamoto, M
AU  - Harada, K
AU  - Shoji, S
AU  - Misumi, S
AD  - Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan, tkmnnbtk@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 245
EP  - 253
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
VL  - 59
IS  - 3
SN  - 0885-4513, 0885-4513
KW  - Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Amino acids
KW  - Green fluorescent protein
KW  - Immunodeficiency
KW  - Renilla
KW  - Fusion protein
KW  - Nef protein
KW  - V 22360:AIDS and HIV
KW  - W 30940:Products
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Amino acids; Immunodeficiency; Green fluorescent protein; Fusion protein; Nef protein; Renilla
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bab.1021
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - How Natural Therapists enhance positive expectations of patients
AN  - 1030903642; 201220200
AB  - To examine if Natural Therapists purposely enhance patient expectations, and if so which strategies are used in clinical practice. Interviews were conducted with ten experienced Australian Natural Therapists using semi-structured questionnaires. Data was analysed using grounded theory. The Natural Therapists in the present study reported that they spent considerable time and effort to deliberately enhance positive expectations. Strategies included an enthusiastic delivery of the therapeutic scope of the practitioner's modality and the practitioner's capacity to diagnose and treat disease based upon their training and experience, and confidence in patients' self-efficacy, with an emphasis on personal strengths and positive aspects of patients' health. The therapists claimed to be optimistic, but at the same time realistic, cautioning against false hope, particularly in serious or terminal diseases. In order to enhance patient expectation greater emphasis should be placed on these strategies in the training of Natural Therapists. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
AU  - Dellmann, Thomas
AU  - Lushington, Kurt
AD  - School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia dellmann@dodo.com.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 99
EP  - 105
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SN  - 1744-3881, 1744-3881
KW  - Natural Therapists Therapeutic relationship Non-specific factors Positive expectancy Qualitative methodology
KW  - Selfefficacy
KW  - Therapists
KW  - Clinical practice
KW  - Hope
KW  - Health
KW  - Optimism
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Therapists; Hope; Clinical practice; Health; Optimism; Selfefficacy
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.08.001
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predicting alcohol consumption and binge drinking in company employees: An application of planned behaviour and self-determination theories
AN  - 1023093971; 201214851
AB  - Objectives. This study tested an integrated model of the psychosocial determinants of alcohol-related behaviour among company employees from four nations. A motivational sequence was proposed in which motivational orientations from self-determination theory influenced intentions to consume alcohol within guideline limits and alcohol-related behaviour via the mediation of the theory of planned behaviour variables of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control (PBC). Design. A three-wave prospective design using self-reported psychological and behavioural measures. Methods. Company employees (N = 486, males = 225, females = 261; M age = 30.41, SD = 8.31) from four nations (Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and UK) completed measures of autonomous and controlled motivation from self-determination theory, attitudes, subjective norms, PBC, intentions from the theory of planned behaviour, and self-reported measures of past alcohol consumption and binge-drinking occasions at the first time point (time 1). Follow-up psychological and behavioural measures were taken one month later (time 2) and follow-up behavioural measures taken a further 2 months later (time 3). Results. Path analyses supported the motivational sequence with identified regulation (time 1), predicting intentions (time 1), and alcohol units consumed (time 2). The effects were indirect via the mediation of attitudes and PBC (time 1). A similar pattern of effects was found for the effect of time 2 psychological variables on time 3 units of alcohol consumed. There was little support for the effects of the psychological variables on binge-drinking behaviour. Conclusions. Findings provide new information on the psychosocial determinants of alcohol behaviour in company employees and the processes involved. Results may provide impetus for the development of interventions to reduce alcohol consumption. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - British Journal of Health Psychology
AU  - Hagger, Martin S
AU  - Lonsdale, Adam J
AU  - Hein, Vello
AU  - Koka, Andre
AU  - Lintunen, Taru
AU  - Pasi, Heidi
AU  - Lindwall, Magnus
AU  - Rudolfsson, Lisa
AU  - Chatzisarantis, Nikos L D
AD  - School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia martin.hagger@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 379
EP  - 407
PB  - British Psychological Society, Leicester, UK
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1359-107X, 1359-107X
KW  - Binge drinking
KW  - Sequences
KW  - Planned behaviour theory
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Psychosocial factors
KW  - Selfdetermination
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - BJHPFP
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Binge drinking; Selfdetermination; Attitudes; Psychosocial factors; Planned behaviour theory; Sequences
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02043.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Can rodents enhance germination rates in rainforest seeds?
AN  - 1020850387; 16780644
AB  - The decline of large coevolved frugivorous species within fragmented habitats can have an effect on ecological processes, for example, seed dispersal and germination. It is therefore necessary for more resilient species to ensure essential processes are maintained within the system. This study investigates the influence of two rodent species, Melomys cervinipes (Fawn-footed Melomys) and Rattus fuscipes (Bush Rat), on the germination process of rainforest fruits. Both species are endemic to north Queensland rainforest and commonly found in fragmented habitats in high densities. We found in 85% of fruit species tested, rodent feeding increased seed germination rate by a factor of 3.5. Our results suggest that rodents can play a significant role in enhancing germination rates of fruits in the tropical rainforest of far north Queensland.
JF  - Ecological Management & Restoration
AU  - Elmouttie, David
AU  - Mather, Peter B
AD  - (Queensland University of Technology, Earth Environmental and Biological Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4001
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 203
EP  - 207
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-7001, 1442-7001
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Bushes
KW  - Germination
KW  - Melomys cervinipes
KW  - D:04060
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Document feature - figure 2
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Germination; Melomys cervinipes
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00642.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The promoter architectural landscape of the Salmonella PhoP regulon
AN  - 1020837660; 16612343
AB  - The DNA-binding protein PhoP controls virulence and Mg2+ homeostasis in the Gram-negative pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. PhoP regulates expression of a large number of genes that differ both in their ancestry and in the biochemical functions and physiological roles of the encoded products. This suggests that PhoP-regulated genes are differentially expressed. To understand how a bacterial activator might generate varied gene expression behaviour, we investigated the cis-acting promoter features (i.e. the number of PhoP binding sites, as well as their orientation and location with respect to the sites bound by RNA polymerase and the sequences that constitute the PhoP binding sites) in 23 PhoP-activated promoters. Our results show that natural PhoP-activated promoters utilize only a limited number of combinations of cis-acting features - or promoter architectures. We determine that PhoP activates transcription by different mechanisms, and that ancestral and horizontally acquired PhoP-activated genes have distinct promoter architectures.
JF  - Molecular Microbiology
AU  - Zwir, Igor
AU  - Latifi, Tammy
AU  - Perez, JChristian
AU  - Huang, Henry
AU  - Groisman, Eduardo A
AD  - Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, 354D, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 463
EP  - 485
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 84
IS  - 3
SN  - 0950-382X, 0950-382X
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Virulence
KW  - Promoters
KW  - DNA-directed RNA polymerase
KW  - Salmonella enterica
KW  - DNA-binding protein
KW  - Transcription
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Homeostasis
KW  - Magnesium
KW  - J 02310:Genetics & Taxonomy
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 6
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Virulence; Promoters; DNA-directed RNA polymerase; DNA-binding protein; Transcription; Homeostasis; Pathogens; Magnesium; Salmonella enterica
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08036.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Examining Biophysical and Socio-Demographic Factors across Mandated Tank Users in Urban Australia: A Linking Step towards Achieving Best Practices
AN  - 1017976983; 16762049
AB  - This study examines biophysical and socio-demographic factors potentially affecting water use patterns of households with mandatory rainwater tanks in South East Queensland (SEQ). The Queensland Development Code (QDC) MP 4.2 promotes the use of rainwater tanks at the domestic level to reduce direct reliance on mains water supply. A sample of 1,134 mandated rainwater tank households were surveyed across SEQ. Results indicated that the majority of participants (78%) had tanks of 5 kL in capacity or larger, with 35% of householders having at least half of roof catchment area connected to their tanks. Also, the majority of participants utilised their rainwater for toilet flushing (97%), clothes washing (94%) and garden irrigation (77%). These biophysical findings indicate a high level of compliance with the QDC MP 4.2 code. Social factors affecting potential yields from mandated rainwater tanks were also examined, to complement the biophysical data obtained. It was found that the majority of tank users were happy to use rainwater as an alternative water supply option for non-potable uses. However, most participants reported being unaware of past or present water restrictions to their water supply, highlighting important social implications for total mains water savings. In conclusion, this study presents important biophysical and social descriptions about mandated water users in urban SEQ, as well as providing a foundation for future modelling of actual yields from mandated rainwater tanks to facilitate improved assessment of mains water savings due to the implementation of mandated rainwater tanks.
JF  - Water Resources Management
AU  - Mankad, Aditi
AU  - Chong, Meng Nan
AU  - Gardner, Ted
AU  - Sharma, Ashok
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, aditi.mankad@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 1983
EP  - 1998
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 26
IS  - 7
SN  - 0920-4741, 0920-4741
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Water conservation
KW  - Compliance
KW  - Water Supply
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Water Resources Management
KW  - Water supplies
KW  - Yield
KW  - best practices
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Tanks
KW  - Water resources management
KW  - Catchment Areas
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Water Conservation
KW  - Potential yield
KW  - Water supply
KW  - Water use
KW  - Water management
KW  - Households
KW  - Rain
KW  - Water Users
KW  - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality
KW  - M2 556.18:Water Management (556.18)
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - AQ 00005:Underground Services and Water Use
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-08-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Water use; Sociological aspects; Water management; Irrigation; Water resources; Tanks; Potential yield; Water supply; Water resources management; Catchment basins; best practices; Households; Water conservation; Compliance; Rain; Water supplies; Yield; Assessments; Catchment Areas; Water Supply; Water Conservation; Water Resources Management; Water Users; Australia, Queensland
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0003-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Water use by an irrigated almond orchard
AN  - 1017974961; 16732846
AB  - The evapotranspiration rate of a high-yielding (4.3 t/ha) almond orchard was measured by the eddy covariance technique. The site was subject to advection (LE/Rn > 1) for one-third of the mid-season. The slope of energy balance equation calculated from half-hourly flux data was 0.87. Flux data were transformed by forcing closure of the energy balance to give a seasonal ET of 1,450 mm (ETo 1,257 mm). This value could be reconciled with ancillary measures of soil salinity and water content, and plant water status. The mid-phase crop coefficient was 1.1 which was 0.1 higher than a recently published value. Use of the transformed value of ET in calculations of field application efficiency and annual drainage gives values of 98% and 24 mm, respectively.
JF  - Irrigation Science
AU  - Stevens, Rob M
AU  - Ewenz, Caecilia M
AU  - Grigson, Gary
AU  - Conner, Samantha M
AD  - SARDI/PIRSA, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, rob.stevens@sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 189
EP  - 200
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SN  - 0342-7188, 0342-7188
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Orchards
KW  - Crops
KW  - Advection
KW  - Soil salinity
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Slopes
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Saline Soils
KW  - Prunus dulcis
KW  - Drainage
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Evapotranspiration
KW  - Water content
KW  - Water use
KW  - Energy
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - SW 1060:Conservation in agricultural use
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water use; Soil salinity; Sulfur dioxide; Drainage; Energy; Irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Water content; Seasonal variations; Orchards; Crops; Advection; Slopes; Fluctuations; Saline Soils; Prunus dulcis
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00271-011-0270-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Impact of air gun noise on the behaviour of marine fish and squid
AN  - 1017973030; 16724893
AB  - In this study various species of captive marine fish and one species of squid were exposed to the noise from a single air gun. Six trials were conducted off the coast of Western Australia with each trial using a different noise exposure regime. Noise levels received by the animals ranged between 120 and 184dBre1 mu Pa2.s (SEL).Behavioural observations of the fish and squid were made before, during and after air gun noise exposure. Results indicate that as air gun noise levels increase, fish respond by moving to the bottom of the water column and swimming faster in more tightly cohesive groups. Significant increases in alarm responses were observed in fish and squid to air gun noise exceeding 147-151dBre1 mu Pa SEL. An increase in the occurrence of alarm responses was also observed as noise level increased.
JF  - Marine Pollution Bulletin
AU  - Fewtrell, J L
AU  - McCauley, R D
AD  - Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, J.Fewtrell@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 984
EP  - 993
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 64
IS  - 5
SN  - 0025-326X, 0025-326X
KW  - ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Hydrological Regime
KW  - Water Pollution
KW  - Marine Environment
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Toxicity tests
KW  - Water column
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Air exposure
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Pollution indicators
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Marine
KW  - Swimming
KW  - marine fishes
KW  - Noise levels
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Marine pollution
KW  - Noise
KW  - Fish
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - Q4 27750:Environmental
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - SW 3070:Water quality control
KW  - Q1 08423:Behaviour
KW  - O 4060:Pollution - Environment
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 9
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-15
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air exposure; Marine fish; Marine pollution; Toxicity tests; Pollution indicators; Swimming; Noise; Water column; Coasts; Coastal zone; marine fishes; Noise levels; Fish; Water Pollution; Hydrological Regime; Marine Environment; Exposure; ISW, Australia, Western Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.009
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Roadside connectivity does not increase reptile abundance or richness in a fragmented mallee landscape
AN  - 1014102733; 16609669
AB  - The effect of isolation and the importance of dispersal in establishing and maintaining populations in fragments of remnant habitat remain poorly understood. Nevertheless, environmental connectivity is likely to be important for ensuring the long-term preservation of biodiversity in extensively cleared landscapes. In this study, we compared reptile communities in large conservation parks with those in small woodland remnants 6.5-12km from the parks, on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. We assessed the impact of fragmentation on the abundance, richness and habitat preferences of reptiles, and examined whether connection to linear roadside vegetation altered reptile communities in small woodland remnants. Of the 31 reptile species, 12 were restricted to conservation parks and six to habitat fragments in farmland. There was a substantial reduction in reptile species richness and abundance in farmland fragments. Direct connection of remnant vegetation to roadside corridors did not affect abundance of common species in the farmland fragments, although species richness was lower in isolated remnants in one of our two study regions. The habitat preference of the scincid lizard Menetia greyii differed between farmland fragments, where they were regularly found on dunes and roadsides, and conservation parks, where they were rare and not detected on dunes. We suggest that habitat fragmentation may have altered interspecific interactions, enabling an expansion of habitat use in the farming landscape. Significantly lower abundance of four common species in farmland settings compared with reserves indicated that existing corridors and small fragments provide inadequate connectivity over larger distances. To counter this effect, large reserves may need to be less than 10km apart.
JF  - Austral Ecology
AU  - Williams, Joel R
AU  - Driscoll, Don A
AU  - BULL, CMICHAEL
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia (
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 383
EP  - 391
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 37
IS  - 3
SN  - 1442-9985, 1442-9985
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - reptiles
KW  - Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsula
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Lacertilia
KW  - D:04040
KW  - M3:1010
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Abundance; reptiles; Lacertilia; Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsula
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02292.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Panmixia supports divergence with gene flow in Darwin's small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa, on Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
AN  - 1014099947; 16612303
AB  - The divergence-with-gene-flow model of speciation has a strong theoretical basis with a growing number of plausible examples in nature, but remains hotly debated. Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Archipelago have played an important role in our understanding of speciation processes. Recent studies suggest that this group may also provide insights into speciation via divergence with gene flow. On the island of Santa Cruz, recent studies found evidence for adaptive divergence in Darwin's small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa, between ecologically contrasting arid and humid zones. Despite the short geographical distance between these zones, strong disruptive selection during low rainfall periods is expected to generate and maintain adaptive divergence. Conversely, during high rainfall periods, when disruptive selection is predicted to be weakened, population divergence in adaptive traits is expected to break down. Because periods of low and high rainfall irregularly alternate, the geographical pattern of adaptive divergence can be assumed to break down and, importantly, regenerate in situ. Here, we use microsatellite allele frequency data to assess the genetic population structure of G. fuliginosa on Santa Cruz. We sample 21 sites and four ecological zones across the island. We reject hypotheses of population substructure linked to ecological and geographical differences among sites in favour of a single panmictic population. Panmixia implies high levels of gene flow within Santa Cruz, which favours selection over genetic drift as a valid process generating phenotypic divergence in G. fuliginosa on Santa Cruz. We discuss how our findings may support classic adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, matching habitat choice or any combination of these three processes.
JF  - Molecular Ecology
AU  - Galligan, Toby H
AU  - Donnellan, Stephen C
AU  - SULLOWAY, FRANK J
AU  - Fitch, Alison J
AU  - Bertozzi, Terry
AU  - Kleindorfer, Sonia
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 2106
EP  - 2115
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 21
IS  - 9
SN  - 0962-1083, 0962-1083
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Genetics Abstracts
KW  - Speciation
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Data processing
KW  - phenotypic plasticity
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Microsatellites
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Geospiza fuliginosa
KW  - Models
KW  - Islands
KW  - Gene flow
KW  - Gene frequency
KW  - Population structure
KW  - Genetic drift
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - G 07750:Ecological & Population Genetics
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Speciation; Data processing; Adaptations; Rainfall; phenotypic plasticity; Microsatellites; Habitat; Models; Islands; Gene flow; Population structure; Gene frequency; Genetic drift; Geospiza fuliginosa
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05511.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Russian wheat aphids (Diuraphis noxia) in China: native range expansion or recent introduction?
AN  - 1014099897; 16612293
AB  - In this study, we explore the population genetics of the Russian wheat aphid (RWA) (Diuraphis noxia), one of the world's most invasive agricultural pests, in north-western China. We have analysed the data of 10 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial sequences from 27 populations sampled over 2years in China. The results confirm that the RWAs are holocyclic in China with high genetic diversity indicating widespread sexual reproduction. Distinct differences in microsatellite genetic diversity and distribution revealed clear geographic isolation between RWA populations in northern and southern Xinjiang, China, with gene flow interrupted across extensive desert regions. Despite frequent grain transportation from north to south in this region, little evidence for RWA translocation as a result of human agricultural activities was found. Consequently, frequent gene flow among northern populations most likely resulted from natural dispersal, potentially facilitated by wind currents. We also found evidence for the long-term existence and expansion of RWAs in China, despite local opinion that it is an exotic species only present in China since 1975. Our estimated date of RWA expansion throughout China coincides with the debut of wheat domestication and cultivation practices in western Asia in the Holocene. We conclude that western China represents the limit of the far eastern native range of this species. This study is the most comprehensive molecular genetic investigation of the RWA in its native range undertaken to date and provides valuable insights into the history of the association of this aphid with domesticated cereals and wild grasses.
JF  - Molecular Ecology
AU  - Zhang, B
AU  - Edwards, O R
AU  - Kang, L
AU  - Fuller, S J
AD  - Faculty of Science & Technology, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 2130
EP  - 2144
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 21
IS  - 9
SN  - 0962-1083, 0962-1083
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Genetics Abstracts
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Grasses
KW  - Aphididae
KW  - Microsatellites
KW  - Mitochondria
KW  - Sexual reproduction
KW  - Genetic diversity
KW  - Diuraphis noxia
KW  - Domestication
KW  - Triticum aestivum
KW  - Population genetics
KW  - Cereals
KW  - Deserts
KW  - Gene flow
KW  - Grain
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Pests
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - Translocation
KW  - Wind
KW  - G 07810:Insects
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Z 05360:Genetics and Evolution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Grasses; Microsatellites; Genetic diversity; Sexual reproduction; Mitochondria; Domestication; Population genetics; Cereals; Deserts; Gene flow; Grain; Pests; Dispersal; Introduced species; Translocation; Wind; Triticum aestivum; Aphididae; Diuraphis noxia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05517.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rapid genetic change underpins antagonistic coevolution in a natural host-pathogen metapopulation
AN  - 1008844516; 16548445
AB  - Antagonistic coevolution is a critical force driving the evolution of diversity, yet the selective processes underpinning reciprocal adaptive changes in nature are not well understood. Local adaptation studies demonstrate partner impacts on fitness and adaptive change, but do not directly expose genetic processes predicted by theory. Specifically, we have little knowledge of the relative importance of fluctuating selection vs. arms-race dynamics in maintaining polymorphism in natural systems where metapopulation processes predominate. We conducted cross-year epidemiological, infection and genetic studies of multiple wild host and pathogen populations in the Linum-Melampsora association. We observed asynchronous phenotypic fluctuations in resistance and infectivity among demes. Importantly, changes in allelic frequencies at pathogen infectivity loci, and in host recognition of these genetic variants, correlated with disease prevalence during natural epidemics. These data strongly support reciprocal coevolution maintaining balanced resistance and infectivity polymorphisms, and highlight the importance of characterising spatial and temporal dynamics in antagonistic interactions.Original Abstract: Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 425-435
JF  - Ecology Letters
AU  - Thrall, Peter H
AU  - Laine, Anna-Liisa
AU  - Ravensdale, Michael
AU  - Nemri, Adnane
AU  - Dodds, Peter N
AU  - Barrett, Luke G
AU  - Burdon, Jeremy J
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2012/05//
PY  - 2012
DA  - May 2012
SP  - 425
EP  - 435
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 15
IS  - 5
SN  - 1461-023X, 1461-023X
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Infectivity
KW  - D:04040
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Infectivity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01749.x
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - China's Rare Earth Industry and Export Regime: Economic and Trade Implications for the United States
AN  - 1438600231; 2011-496453
AB  - China's position as the world's dominant producer and supplier of rare earths (97% of total output) and its policies to limit exports have raised concerns among many in Congress, especially given the importance of rare earths to a variety of US commercial industries (eg, hybrid and conventional autos, oil and gas, energy-efficient lighting, advanced electronics, chemicals, and medical equipment), as well as to US defense industries that produce various weapon systems. This report examines the economic and trade implications of China's rare earth policies for the US. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Apr 30 2012, 36 pp.
AU  - Morrison, Wayne M
AU  - Tang, Rachel
Y1  - 2012/04/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 30
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Machinery and equipment industry
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - United States
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Equipment
KW  - Alternative fuel vehicles
KW  - Lighting
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - Industry
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42510
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dobutamine "Stress" Test and Latent Cardiac Susceptibility to Inhaled Diesel Exhaust in Normal and Hypertensive Rats
AN  - 1677968751; 17168289
AB  - Background: Exercise "stress" testing is a screening tool used to determine the amount of stress for which the heart can compensate before developing abnormal rhythm or ischemia, particularly in susceptible persons. Although this approach has been used to assess risk in humans exposed to air pollution, it has never been applied to rodent studies. Objective: We hypothesized that a single exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) would increase the risk of adverse cardiac events such as arrhythmia and myocardial ischemia in rats undergoing a dobutamine challenge test, which can be used to mimic exercise-like stress. Methods: Wistar-Kyoto normotensive (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rats implanted with radiotelemeters and a chronic intravenous catheter were whole-body exposed to 150 mu g/m3 DE for 4 hr. Increasing doses of dobutamine, a beta 1-adrenergic agonist, were administered to conscious unrestrained rats 24 hr later to elicit the cardiac response observed during exercise while heart rate (HR) and electrocardiogram (ECG) were monitored. Results: A single exposure to DE potentiated the HR response of WKY and SH rats during dobutamine challenge and prevented HR recovery at rest. During peak challenge, DE-exposed SH rats had lower overall HR variability when compared with controls, in addition to transient ST depression. All DE-exposed animals also had increased arrhythmias. Conclusions: These results are the first evidence that rats exhibit stress-induced cardiac dysrhythmia and ischemia sensitivity comparable to humans after a single exposure to a toxic air pollutant, particularly when in the presence of underlying cardiovascular disease. Thus, exposure to low concentrations of air pollution can impair the heart's ability to respond to stress and increase the risk of subsequent triggered dysfunction.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Hazari, Mehdi S
AU  - Callaway, Justin
AU  - Winsett, Darrell W
AU  - Lamb, Christina
AU  - Haykal-Coates, Najwa
AU  - Krantz, QTodd
AU  - King, Charly
AU  - Costa, Daniel L
AU  - Farraj, Aimen K
AD  - Environmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
SP  - 1088
EP  - 1093
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - arrhythmia
KW  - cardiac
KW  - diesel exhaust
KW  - dobutamine
KW  - "stress" test
KW  - Rats
KW  - Heart
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Risk
KW  - Diesel
KW  - Ischemia
KW  - Stresses
KW  - Diesel fuels
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104684
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Child Behavior in an Inner-City Cohort
AN  - 1093460690; 17168291
AB  - Background: Experimental laboratory evidence suggests that bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, is a neurodevelopmental toxicant. However, there have been limited and inconclusive results with respect to sex-specific BPA effects on child behavior. Objective: We examined the association between prenatal BPA exposure and child behavior, adjusting for postnatal BPA exposure and hypothesizing sex-specific effects. Methods: We followed African-American and Dominican women and their children from pregnancy to child's age 5 years, collecting spot urine samples from the mothers during pregnancy (34 weeks on average) and from children between 3 and 4 years of age to estimate BPA exposure. We assessed child behavior between 3 and 5 years of age using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and used generalized linear models to test the association between BPA exposure and child behavior, adjusting for potential confounders. Results: The analysis was conducted on 198 children (87 boys and 111 girls). Among boys, high prenatal BPA exposure (highest quartile vs. the lowest three quartiles) was associated with significantly higher CBCL scores (more problems) on Emotionally Reactive [1.62 times greater; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.13, 2.32] and Aggressive Behavior syndromes (1.29 times greater; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.53). Among girls, higher exposure was associated with lower scores on all syndromes, reaching statistical significance for Anxious/Depressed (0.75 times as high; 95% CI: 0.57, 0.99) and Aggressive Behavior (0.82 times as high; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.97). Conclusion: These results suggest that prenatal exposure to BPA may affect child behavior, and differently among boys and girls.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Perera, Frederica
AU  - Vishnevetsky, Julia
AU  - Herbstman, Julie B
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Xiong, Wei
AU  - Rauh, Virginia
AU  - Wang, Shuang
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, and
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
SP  - 1190
EP  - 1194
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - child behavior
KW  - Child Behavior Checklist
KW  - prenatal exposure
KW  - sex-specific effects
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Age
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Toxicants
KW  - Endocrine disruptors
KW  - Motor task performance
KW  - Check lists
KW  - Aggressive behavior
KW  - Children
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Urine
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Emotions; Age; Prenatal experience; Statistics; Toxicants; Endocrine disruptors; Motor task performance; Aggressive behavior; Check lists; Children; Pregnancy; Bisphenol A; Urine; Ethnic groups
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Are Ambient Ultrafine, Accumulation Mode, and Fine Particles Associated with Adverse Cardiac Responses in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Rehabilitation?
AN  - 1093446722; 17168290
AB  - Background: Mechanisms underlying previously reported air pollution and cardiovascular (CV) morbidity associations remain poorly understood. Objectives: We examined associations between markers of pathways thought to underlie these air pollution and CV associations and ambient particle concentrations in postinfarction patients. Methods: We studied 76 patients, from June 2006 to November 2009, who participated in a 10-week cardiac rehabilitation program following a recent (within 3 months) myocardial infarction or unstable angina. Ambient ultrafine particle (UFP; 10-100 nm), accumulation mode particle (AMP; 100-500 nm), and fine particle concentrations (PM2.5; less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter) were monitored continuously. Continuous Holter electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings were made before and during supervised, graded, twice weekly, exercise sessions. A venous blood sample was collected and blood pressure was measured before sessions. Results: Using mixed effects models, we observed adverse changes in rMSSD [square root of the mean of the sum of the squared differences between adjacent normal-to-normal (NN) intervals], SDNN (standard deviation of all NN beat intervals), TpTe (time from peak to end of T-wave), heart rate turbulence, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen associated with interquartile range increases in UFP, AMP, and PM2.5 at 1 or more lag times within the previous 5 days. Exposures were not associated with MeanNN, heart-rate-corrected QT interval duration (QTc), deceleration capacity, and white blood cell count was not associated with UFP, AMP, and PM2.5 at any lag time. Conclusions: In cardiac rehabilitation patients, particles were associated with subclinical decreases in parasympathetic modulation, prolongation of late repolarization duration, increased blood pressure, and systemic inflammation. It is possible that such changes could increase the risk of CV events in this susceptible population.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Rich, David Q
AU  - Zareba, Wojciech
AU  - Beckett, William
AU  - Hopke, Philip K
AU  - Oakes, David
AU  - Frampton, Mark W
AU  - Bisognano, John
AU  - Chalupa, David
AU  - Bausch, Jan
AU  - O'Shea, Karen
AU  - Wang, Yungang
AU  - Utell, Mark J
AD  - Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, and
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
SP  - 1162
EP  - 1169
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - cardiac rehabilitation
KW  - fibrinogen
KW  - heart rate variability
KW  - repolarization
KW  - Parasympathetic nervous system
KW  - Heart rate
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - AMP
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Turbulence
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Heart
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Angina
KW  - Leukocytes
KW  - Fibrinogen
KW  - EKG
KW  - Myocardial infarction
KW  - Physical training
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Standard deviation
KW  - C-reactive protein
KW  - X 24310:Pharmaceuticals
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Heart; Parasympathetic nervous system; Rehabilitation; Angina; Heart rate; Fibrinogen; Leukocytes; AMP; Myocardial infarction; Morbidity; Blood pressure; EKG; Inflammation; Physical training; Air pollution; Standard deviation; Turbulence; C-reactive protein; Particle size; Pollution effects; Particulates
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules
AN  - 1081890637; 2011-295063
AB  - If sequestration is triggered -- either under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) or Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO) -- the exemptions and special rules of Sections 255 and 256 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA) apply. Most exempt programs are mandatory, and include Social Security and Medicaid; refundable tax credits to individuals; and low-income programs such as the Children's Health Insurance Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Supplemental Security Income. Some discretionary programs also are exempt, notably all programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 27 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Spar, Karen
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Food stamps
KW  - Medicaid program
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Social insurance
KW  - Poverty relief
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Family
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Child health
KW  - Tax credits
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42050
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support
AN  - 1081890635; 2011-295062
AB  - The federal government maintains a variety of tax credits, loan guarantees, and targeted research and development programs to encourage the solar manufacturing sector, and state-level mandates that utilities obtain specified percentages of their electricity from renewable sources have bolstered demand for large solar projects. This report discusses the solar photovoltaic industry and its supply chain; employment trends; international trade flows; and federal policy efforts aimed at supporting the industry. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 27 2012, 29 pp.
AU  - Platzer, Michaela D
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Manufacturing and manufactured goods
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Photovoltaic power generation
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Research and development
KW  - Loans
KW  - Manufacturing
KW  - Employment
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - Tax credits
KW  - Industry
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42509
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Issues and Challenges for Federal Geospatial Information
AN  - 1081890634; 2011-295061
AB  - Issues concerning the management, sharing, and coordination of geospatial information may be of interest to Congress, and this report includes examples of related legislation. It also summarizes a diverse set of recommendations and proposals from different non-governmental organizations for how to improve the coordination and management of geospatial information at the federal and state levels. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 27 2012, 20 pp.
AU  - Folger, Peter
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Education and education policy - Information services and sources
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Information sources
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Geopolitics
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41826
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ocean Salinities Reveal Strong Global Water Cycle Intensification During 1950 to 2000
AN  - 1028024704; 16643340
AB  - Fundamental thermodynamics and climate models suggest that dry regions will become drier and wet regions will become wetter in response to warming. Efforts to detect this long-term response in sparse surface observations of rainfall and evaporation remain ambiguous. We show that ocean salinity patterns express an identifiable fingerprint of an intensifying water cycle. Our 50-year observed global surface salinity changes, combined with changes from global climate models, present robust evidence of an intensified global water cycle at a rate of 8 plus or minus 5% per degree of surface warming. This rate is double the response projected by current-generation climate models and suggests that a substantial (16 to 24%) intensification of the global water cycle will occur in a future 2 degree to 3 degree warmer world.
JF  - Science (Washington)
AU  - Durack, Paul J
AU  - Wijffels, Susan E
AU  - Matear, Richard J
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research, General Post Office (GPO) Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/04/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 27
SP  - 455
EP  - 458
PB  - American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20005 United States
VL  - 336
IS  - 6080
SN  - 0036-8075, 0036-8075
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Marine
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Ocean-atmosphere system
KW  - Hydrologic cycle
KW  - Surface salinity
KW  - O 2010:Physical Oceanography
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - Q2 09244:Air-sea coupling
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Thermodynamics; Climate change; Ocean-atmosphere system; Hydrologic cycle; Surface salinity; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Integrated Molecular Analysis Indicates Undetectable Change in DNA Damage in Mice after Continuous Irradiation at ~ 400-fold Natural Background Radiation
AN  - 1677966218; 17168287
AB  - Background: In the event of a nuclear accident, people are exposed to elevated levels of continuous low dose-rate radiation. Nevertheless, most of the literature describes the biological effects of acute radiation. Objectives: DNA damage and mutations are well established for their carcinogenic effects. We assessed several key markers of DNA damage and DNA damage responses in mice exposed to low dose-rate radiation to reveal potential genotoxic effects associated with low dose-rate radiation. Methods: We studied low dose-rate radiation using a variable low dose-rate irradiator consisting of flood phantoms filled with 125Iodine-containing buffer. Mice were exposed to 0.0002 cGy/min (~ 400-fold background radiation) continuously over 5 weeks. We assessed base lesions, micronuclei, homologous recombination (HR; using fluorescent yellow direct repeat mice), and transcript levels for several radiation-sensitive genes. Results: We did not observe any changes in the levels of the DNA nucleobase damage products hypoxanthine, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine, 1,N6-ethenoadenine, or 3,N4-ethenocytosine above background levels under low dose-rate conditions. The micronucleus assay revealed no evidence that low dose-rate radiation induced DNA fragmentation, and there was no evidence of double strand break-induced HR. Furthermore, low dose-rate radiation did not induce Cdkn1a, Gadd45a, Mdm2, Atm, or Dbd2. Importantly, the same total dose, when delivered acutely, induced micronuclei and transcriptional responses. Conclusions: These results demonstrate in an in vivo animal model that lowering the dose-rate suppresses the potentially deleterious impact of radiation and calls attention to the need for a deeper understanding of the biological impact of low dose-rate radiation.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Olipitz, Werner
AU  - Wiktor-Brown, Dominika
AU  - Shuga, Joe
AU  - Pang, Bo
AU  - McFaline, Jose
AU  - Lonkar, Pallavi
AU  - Thomas, Aline
AU  - Mutamba, James T
AU  - Greenberger, Joel S
AU  - Samson, Leona D
AU  - Dedon, Peter C
AU  - Yanch, Jacquelyn C
AU  - Engelward, Bevin P
AD  - Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/04/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 26
SP  - 1130
EP  - 1136
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - DNA damage
KW  - gene expression
KW  - in vivo
KW  - ionizing radiation
KW  - low dose-rate
KW  - micronucleus assay
KW  - mouse
KW  - Damage
KW  - Floods
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Deoxyribonucleic acid
KW  - Mice
KW  - Carcinogens
KW  - Background radiation
KW  - Strands
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104294
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources
AN  - 1081890641; 2011-295064
AB  - More than 40 bills and resolutions with provisions related to cybersecurity have been introduced in the first session of the 112th Congress, including several proposing revisions to current laws; however, no comprehensive cybersecurity legislation has been enacted since 2002. This report provides links to cybersecurity hearings and legislation under consideration in the 112th Congress, as well as executive orders and presidential directives, data and statistics, glossaries, and authoritative reports. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 26 2012, 51 pp.
AU  - Tehan, Rita
Y1  - 2012/04/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
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  - Education and education policy - Statistics, research, research methods, and research support
KW  - Government - Executive power
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Law
KW  - Executive orders
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Domestic Content Legislation: The Buy American Act and Complementary Little Buy American Provisions
AN  - 1081890649; 2011-295067
AB  - Congress has broad authority to place conditions on the purchases made by the federal government or with federal dollars. This report summarizes (1) the Buy American Act, what it does and does not cover; (2) the Little Buy American Acts found in permanent law, emphasizing what they govern, major exceptions, and why Congress felt them necessary in light of the requirements of the Buy American Act; and (3) the temporary Little Buy American provision found in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 25 2012, 16 pp.
AU  - Luckey, John R
Y1  - 2012/04/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Authority
KW  - Law
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42501
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Hydraulic Fracturing and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Selected Issues
AN  - 1081890647; 2011-295066
AB  - This report provides an overview of two situations in which agencies are arguing that they do not need to conduct a comprehensive environmental review of hydraulic fracturing under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). On March 21, 2012, the US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency reaffirmed its use of a categorical exclusion (CE) to exempt from further NEPA review the loans it makes for the purchase of single-family homes on properties leased for drilling. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 25 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Murrill, Brandon J
Y1  - 2012/04/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Agriculture department
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42502
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Members of Congress Who Die in Office: Historic and Current Practices
AN  - 1081890644; 2011-295065
AB  - Congressional response to the death of a sitting Member could be characterized as a broad set of actions that are determined in detail at or around the time of the death, in response to a wide array of factors. Broadly, these actions fall into five categories, including announcement or acknowledgment on the House or Senate floor; consideration of resolutions of condolence; a funeral or other rites; issues related to the deceased Member's office, staff, and survivor benefits; and publication of memorials. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 25 2012, 25 pp.
AU  - Petersen, R Eric
AU  - Manning, Jennifer E
Y1  - 2012/04/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Culture and religion - Museums, memorials, monuments, and cultural property
KW  - Culture and religion - Calendars, special days, and ceremonies
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Funerals
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Memorials
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34347
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Greater focus needed on methane leakage from natural gas infrastructure
AN  - 1017962241; 16643269
AB  - Natural gas is seen by many as the future of American energy: a fuel that can provide energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the process. However, there has also been confusion about the climate implications of increased use of natural gas for electric power and transportation. We propose and illustrate the use of technology warming potentials as a robust and transparent way to compare the cumulative radiative forcing created by alternative technologies fueled by natural gas and oil or coal by using the best available estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from each fuel cycle (i.e., production, transportation and use). We find that a shift to compressed natural gas vehicles from gasoline or diesel vehicles leads to greater radiative forcing of the climate for 80 or 280 yr, respectively, before beginning to produce benefits. Compressed natural gas vehicles could produce climate benefits on all time frames if the well-to-wheels CH4 leakage were capped at a level 45-70% below current estimates. By contrast, using natural gas instead of coal for electric power plants can reduce radiative forcing immediately, and reducing CH4 losses from the production and transportation of natural gas would produce even greater benefits. There is a need for the natural gas industry and science community to help obtain better emissions data and for increased efforts to reduce methane leakage in order to minimize the climate footprint of natural gas.
JF  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
AU  - Alvarez, Ramon A
AU  - Pacala, Stephen W
AU  - Winebrake, James J
AU  - Chameides, William L
AU  - Hamburg, Steven P
AD  - Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave Suite 1300, Austin, TX 78701
Y1  - 2012/04/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 24
SP  - 6435
EP  - 6440
PB  - National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave. Washington DC 20418 United States
VL  - 109
IS  - 17
SN  - 0027-8424, 0027-8424
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Coal
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Leakage
KW  - Methane
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Technology
KW  - Transportation
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Methane; Electric power; Leakage; Transportation; Fuels; Emissions; Coal; Natural gas; Technology
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy
AN  - 1081890653; 2011-295069
AB  - This report aims to provide a snapshot of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) capture and sequestration (CCS) program, including its current funding levels and the budget request for FY2013, together with some discussion of the program's achievements and prospects for success in meeting its stated goals. Given the pending EPA rule, congressional interest in the future of coal as a domestic energy source appears directly linked to the future of CCS. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 23 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Folger, Peter
Y1  - 2012/04/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social values
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States Environmental protection agency
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Success
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42496.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42496
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Budget Control Act of 2011: The Effects on Spending and the Budget Deficit When the Automatic Spending Cuts Are Implemented
AN  - 1081890651; 2011-295068
AB  - The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. 112-25) includes a mechanism to increase the debt limit and measures intended to reduce the budget deficit through spending reductions. Combined, these measures are projected to reduce the deficit by roughly 2 trillion dollars over the FY2012-FY2021 period. This report discusses the effects of the BCA on spending and the deficit, assuming that the January 2013 automatic spending reductions proceed as scheduled. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 23 2012, 16 pp.
AU  - Levit, Mindy R
AU  - Labonte, Marc
Y1  - 2012/04/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Debt
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42506
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The STOCK Act, Insider Trading, and Public Financial Reporting by Federal Officials
AN  - 1081890656; 2011-295070
AB  - The STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012), which was signed into law on April 4, 2012, affirms and makes explicit the fact that there is no exemption from the "insider trading" laws and regulations for Members of Congress, congressional employees, or any federal officials. The act also requires expedited public disclosure of covered "financial transactions" by all officials in the executive and legislative branches of the federal government who are covered by the public reporting provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 19 2012, 6 pp.
AU  - Maskell, Jack
Y1  - 2012/04/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Ethics
KW  - Executives
KW  - Stocks Insider trading
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Finance
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Employees
KW  - Stocks
KW  - Law
KW  - Regulation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42495
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Accelerated Mammary Tumor Onset in a HER2/Neu Mouse Model Exposed to DDT Metabolites Locally Delivered to the Mammary Gland
AN  - 1677966634; 17168281
AB  - Background: The association of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) with breast cancer is controversial, but animal studies directly linking DDT to risk are lacking. Concerns with DDT reside in its environmental persistence, bioaccumulation in breast adipose tissue, and endocrine-disrupting actions. Whereas most attention has been focused on estrogenic congeners, we tested the cancer-inducing potential of the antiandrogen, p,p-DDE [1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethylene], the most prevalent and persistent DDT metabolite. Objectives: We aimed to determine whether developmental exposure to p,p-DDE stored in adipose tissue surrounding the cancer-prone mammary epithelium of MMTV-Neu mice influences tumor development. Methods: For localized delivery, Elvax 40P pellets containing p,p-DDE were implanted into the mammary fat pads of prepubertal female mice. We compared mammary tumor development with p,p-DDE with development in response to its estrogenic isomer, o,p-DDE [1,1-dichloro-2-(o-chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl) ethylene], and a mixture of both isomers. Results: p,p-DDE implants significantly accelerated mammary tumor onset compared with vehicle Elvax implants. o,p-DDE had similar results, but only at less than or equal to 10 months of age. Lipid-adjusted levels of p,p-DDE in mammary adipose tissue and serum in young mice were within the ranges of human exposure, whereas concentrations in aged mice were low to undetectable. Exposure to a 2:1 ratio of p,p-DDE:o,p-DDE did not result in the younger latency observed with the individual isomers. Conclusions: p,p-DDE exposure at concentrations relevant to human exposure accelerates mammary carcinogenesis in mice, possibly through hormonal and/or other actions. These data suggest that DDE exposure would promote, but not cause, mammary tumorigenesis. Developmental exposure in immature mammary tissue continues to affect tumor onset even after p,p-DDE levels have declined. Future studies are needed to determine whether early exposure to p,p-DDE correspondingly predisposes women to early-onset breast cancer.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Johnson, Nakpangi A
AU  - Ho, Arline
AU  - Cline, JMark
AU  - Hughes, Claude L
AU  - Foster, Warren G
AU  - Davis, Vicki L
AD  - Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Y1  - 2012/04/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 18
SP  - 1170
EP  - 1176
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - antiandrogen
KW  - breast cancer
KW  - DDT
KW  - endocrine disruptor
KW  - HER2/Neu
KW  - o,p-DDE
KW  - p,p-DDE
KW  - Adipose tissues
KW  - Breast
KW  - Mice
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Tumors
KW  - Ethylene
KW  - Isomers
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104327
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Farm Safety Net Proposals in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1037893658; 2011-281168
AB  - This report provides an overview of farm safety net proposals for the next farm bill, as advocated by the Administration, Members of Congress, and various interest groups. Many proposals with policy changes and proposed cuts have been directed at commodity programs and crop insurance, because these programs account for the bulk of agricultural funding (excluding conservation and nutrition programs, which are also considered part of the agricultural budget). To generate budget savings and provide funding for proposed changes to the farm safety net, many of the proposals either reduce or eliminate direct and counter-cyclical payments. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 18 2012, 43 pp.
AU  - Shields, Dennis A
AU  - Schnepf, Randy
Y1  - 2012/04/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 18
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Saving
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Payment
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42040.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42040
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Reexamination of Agency Reporting Requirements: Annual Process under the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA)
AN  - 1037893657; 2011-281167
AB  - On January 4, 2011, the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) became law. This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report provides an overview of GPRAMA's processes that relate to the reexamination of agency reporting requirements. The report also will be updated to track some aspects of GPRAMA's implementation. Because GPRAMA's provisions are not the first to focus on agency reporting requirements, the report also contrasts GPRAMA's provisions with related authorities and selected efforts from the past. The report concludes by highlighting potential issues for Congress. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 18 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Brass, Clinton T
Y1  - 2012/04/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 18
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Authority
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Human Fetal Testis Xenografts Are Resistant to Phthalate-Induced Endocrine Disruption
AN  - 1093477056; 17168279
AB  - Background: In utero exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS), a proposed constellation of increasingly common male reproductive tract abnormalities (including hypospadias, cryptorchidism, hypospermatogenesis, and testicular cancer). Male rats exposed in utero to certain phthalate plasticizers exhibit multinucleated germ cell (MNG) induction and suppressed steroidogenic gene expression and testosterone production in the fetal testis, causing TDS-consistent effects of hypospadias and cryptorchidism. Mice exposed to phthalates in utero exhibit MNG induction only. This disparity in response demonstrates a species-specific sensitivity to phthalate-induced suppression of fetal Leydig cell steroidogenesis. Importantly, ex vivo phthalate exposure of the fetal testis does not recapitulate the species-specific endocrine disruption, demonstrating the need for a new bioassay to assess the human response to phthalates. Objectives: In this study, we aimed to develop and validate a rat and mouse testis xenograft bioassay of phthalate exposure and examine the human fetal testis response. Methods: Fetal rat, mouse, and human testes were xenografted into immunodeficient rodent hosts, and hosts were gavaged with a range of phthalate doses over multiple days. Xenografts were harvested and assessed for histopathology and steroidogenic end points. Results: Consistent with the in utero response, phthalate exposure induced MNG formation in rat and mouse xenografts, but only rats exhibited suppressed steroidogenesis. Across a range of doses, human fetal testis xenografts exhibited MNG induction but were resistant to suppression of steroidogenic gene expression. Conclusions: Phthalate exposure of grafted human fetal testis altered fetal germ cells but did not reduce expression of genes that regulate fetal testosterone biosynthesis.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Heger, Nicholas E
AU  - Hall, Susan J
AU  - Sandrof, Moses A
AU  - McDonnell, Elizabeth V
AU  - Hensley, Janan B
AU  - McDowell, Erin N
AU  - Martin, Kayla A
AU  - Gaido, Kevin W
AU  - Johnson, Kamin J
AU  - Boekelheide, Kim
AD  - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Y1  - 2012/04/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 17
SP  - 1137
EP  - 1143
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - animal model
KW  - fetal testis
KW  - human
KW  - mouse
KW  - multinucleated germ cells
KW  - phthalate
KW  - rat
KW  - seminiferous cords
KW  - testicular dysgenesis
KW  - xenotransplant
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Testes
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Leydig cells
KW  - Endocrine disruptors
KW  - Immunodeficiency
KW  - Plasticizers
KW  - Histopathology
KW  - Steroidogenesis
KW  - Reproductive system
KW  - Rats
KW  - Gene expression
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Rodents
KW  - Germ cells
KW  - Intrauterine exposure
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Phthalic acid
KW  - Testosterone
KW  - Bioassays
KW  - Xenografts
KW  - Cryptorchidism
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Testes; Leydig cells; Endocrine disruptors; Plasticizers; Germ cells; Immunodeficiency; Intrauterine exposure; Steroidogenesis; Reproductive system; Cancer; Fetuses; Phthalic acid; Gene expression; Testosterone; Xenografts; Cryptorchidism; Chemicals; Rats; Prenatal experience; Bioassays; Phthalates; Histopathology; Rodents
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ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Budget Issues Shaping a 2012 Farm Bill
AN  - 1037893660; 2011-281170
AB  - Congress periodically establishes agricultural and food policy in an omnibus farm bill. The most recent one -- the 2008 farm bill (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, P.L. 110-246) -- generally expires in 2012. Therefore, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are developing a new farm bill. Budget issues are one of the primary factors affecting the development of a new farm bill, particularly in a Congress that is focused on deficit reduction. This report explores the funding available for the farm bill; the amount of that baseline to be taken for deficit reduction; and the budget mechanisms and uncertainties. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 17 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Monke, Jim
Y1  - 2012/04/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Food
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - book
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - An Overview of Tax Provisions Expiring in 2012
AN  - 1037893659; 2011-281169
AB  - Many tax provisions have either expired at the end of 2011 or are scheduled to expire at the end of this year: the Bush tax cuts, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) patch, the temporary payroll tax cut, and other temporary expiring provisions -- referred to as "tax extenders." Aside from the payroll tax cut, which was extended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the most recent law extending many of these provisions was the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. This report provides an overview of these expiring provisions. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 17 2012, 26 pp.
AU  - Crandall-Hollick, Margot L
Y1  - 2012/04/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Labor policy and labor law
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social status
KW  - Middle classes
KW  - Labor policy
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Minimum tax
KW  - Unemployment insurance
KW  - Law
KW  - Payroll tax
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42485
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC): A Fact Sheet
AN  - 1037893662; 2011-281172
AB  - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) was created to protect the pensions of participants and beneficiaries covered by private sector, defined benefit (DB) plans. In FY2011, the PBGC insured about 27,066 DB pension plans covering 44.2 million people. The PBGC paid or owed benefits to 1.5 million people and took in 152 newly terminated pension plans. In the 111th Congress, H.R. 3962, the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-192) provided sponsors of defined benefit pension plans some relief from funding requirements. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 16 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Topoleski, John J
Y1  - 2012/04/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Pension benefit guaranty corporation
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Pensions
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Benefits
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 95-118
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
AN  - 1037893661; 2011-281171
AB  - This report provides background information about the private health insurance market, including market segments and regulation. It describes each of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, ACA) market reforms and notes any major implementation activity that has occurred (eg, issuance of final rule from a department such as Health and Human Services). The appendices of the report provide additional information about the status of regulations relating to each reform and how the reforms apply to the different market segments and health plans. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 16 2012, 24 pp.
AU  - Mach, Annie L
AU  - Fernandez, Bernadette
Y1  - 2012/04/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Markets
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42069
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - How Well Does Climate Change and Human Health Research Match the Demands of Policymakers? A Scoping Review
AN  - 1677976960; 17168274
AB  - Background: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States passed a World Health Assembly resolution that identified the following five priority areas for research and pilot projects on climate change and human health: health vulnerability, health protection, health impacts of mitigation and adaptation policies, decision-support and other tools, and costs of health protection from climate change. Objectives: To assess the extent to which recently published research corresponds to these priorities, we undertook a scoping review of original research on climate change and human health. Scoping reviews address topics that are too broad for a systematic review and commonly aim to identify research gaps in existing literature. We also assessed recent publication trends for climate change and health research. Methods: We searched for original quantitative research published from 2008 onward. We included disease burden studies that were specific to climate change and health and included intervention studies that focused on climate change and measured health outcomes. We used MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science databases and extracted data on research priority areas, geographic regions, health fields, and equity (systematic differences between advantaged and disadvantaged social groups). Discussion: We identified 40 eligible studies. Compared with other health topics, the number of climate change publications has grown rapidly, with a larger proportion of reviews or editorials. Recent original research addressed four of the five priority areas identified by the WHO Member States, but we found no eligible studies of health adaptation interventions, and most of the studies focused on high-income countries. Conclusions: Climate change and health is a rapidly growing area of research, but quantitative studies remain rare. Among recently published studies, we found gaps in adaptation research and a deficit of studies in most developing regions. Funders and researchers should monitor and respond to research gaps to help ensure that the needs of policymakers are met.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Hosking, Jamie
AU  - Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid
AD  - School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Y1  - 2012/04/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 13
SP  - 1076
EP  - 1082
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - climate change
KW  - environmental policy
KW  - health policy
KW  - public health
KW  - world health
KW  - Gaps
KW  - Human
KW  - Pilots
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Priorities
KW  - Documents
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Health
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104093
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pre- and Postnatal Arsenic Exposure and Body Size to 2 Years of Age: A Cohort Study in Rural Bangladesh
AN  - 1093460517; 17168275
AB  - Background: Exposure to arsenic via drinking water has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and infant morbidity and mortality. Little is known, however, about the effects of arsenic on child growth. Objective: We assessed potential effects of early-life arsenic exposure on weight and length of children from birth to 2 years of age. Methods: We followed 2,372 infants born in a population-based intervention trial in rural Bangladesh. Exposure was assessed by arsenic concentrations in urine (U-As) of mothers (gestational weeks 8 and 30) and children (18 months old). Child anthropometry was measured monthly in the first year and quarterly in the second. Linear regression models were used to examine associations of U-As (by quintiles) with child weight and length, adjusted for age, maternal body mass index, socioeconomic status, and sex (or stratified by sex). Results: Median (10th-90th percentiles) U-As concentrations were about 80 (25-400) mu g/L in the mothers and 34 (12-159) mu g/L in the children. Inverse associations of maternal U-As with child's attained weight and length at 3-24 months were markedly attenuated after adjustment. However, associations of U-As at 18 months with weight and length at 18-24 months were more robust, particularly in girls. Compared with girls in the first quintile of U-As (< 16 mu g/L), those in the fourth quintile (26-46 mu g/L) were almost 300 g lighter and 0.7 cm shorter, and had adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for underweight and stunting of 1.57 (1.02-2.40) and 1.58 (1.05-2.37), respectively, at 21 months. Conclusions: Postnatal arsenic exposure was associated with lower body weight and length among girls, but not boys.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Saha, Kuntal K
AU  - Engstrom, Annette
AU  - Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani
AU  - Tofail, Fahmida
AU  - Rasmussen, Kathleen M
AU  - Vahter, Marie
AD  - International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Y1  - 2012/04/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 13
SP  - 1208
EP  - 1214
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - arsenic exposure
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - child growth
KW  - drinking water
KW  - maternal urine
KW  - MINIMat
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - Age
KW  - Underweight
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Models
KW  - Anthropometry
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Body size
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Children
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Birth
KW  - Socio-economic aspects
KW  - Urine
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - Infants
KW  - H 3000:Environment and Ecology
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Arsenic; Age; Underweight; Children; Morbidity; Models; Pregnancy; Birth; Anthropometry; Socio-economic aspects; Body weight; Urine; Regression analysis; Body size; Body mass index; Drinking water; Infants; Rural areas; Bangladesh
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003378
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Statistics and Programs
AN  - 1037893663; 2011-281173
AB  - This report briefly examines some of the data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics on teenage childbearing, offers potential reasons for high teen pregnancy and birth rates, and provides basic information on federal programs whose purpose is primarily to delay sexual activity among teenagers and to reduce teen pregnancy. Although the birth rate for US teens has dropped in 17 of the last 19 years, it remains higher than the teen birth rate of most industrialized nations. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 12 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Y1  - 2012/04/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Family planning
KW  - Education and education policy - Statistics, research, research methods, and research support
KW  - United States
KW  - Teenage pregnancy
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Births
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20301.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS20301
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Data Security Breach Notification Laws
AN  - 1081890663; 2011-295073
AB  - This report provides an overview of state security breach notification laws applicable to entities that collect, maintain, own, possess, or license personal information. The report describes information security and security breach notification requirements in the Office of Management and Budget's "Breach Notification Policy," the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 10 2012, 20 pp.
AU  - Stevens, Gina
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Information policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Information policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Law
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42475
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Financial Services and General Government: A Summary of the President's FY2013 Budget Request
AN  - 1081890661; 2011-295072
AB  - The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than two dozen independent agencies. For FY2013, the President has requested 45.83 billion dollars for agencies funded through FSGG appropriations, an increase of 1.41 billion dollars above amounts enacted for FY2012. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 10 2012, 8 pp.
AU  - Hatch, Garrett
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Executives
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Treasury
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Financial services
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42476.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42476
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
AN  - 1081890659; 2011-295071
AB  - This report describes how the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provisions work in practice. It discusses improvements suggested by immigration attorneys and law enforcement observers to increase the utilization of VAWA provisions by abused foreign nationals as well as ways to reduce immigration fraud. The report closes with possible immigration-related issues that Congress may choose to consider should it reauthorize VAWA. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 10 2012, 31 pp.
AU  - Kandel, William A
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Immigrants and aliens
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Women
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Fraud
KW  - Women
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Violence
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42477.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42477
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues
AN  - 1037893665; 2011-281175
AB  - This report provides a historical examination of the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) size standards, assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business, and discusses how the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 might affect program eligibility. It also discusses H.R. 585, the Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011, which would authorize the SBA's Office of Chief Counsel for Advocacy to approve or disapprove a size standard proposed by a federal agency if it deviates from the SBA's size standards. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 10 2012, 34 pp.
AU  - Dilger, Robert Jay
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Small business
KW  - Standards
KW  - Employment
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40860.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40860
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Issues
AN  - 1037893664; 2011-281174
AB  - This report reviews past and proposed treatment of hydraulic fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the principal federal statute for regulating the underground injection of fluids to protect groundwater sources of drinking water. It reviews current SDWA provisions for regulating underground injection activities, and discusses some possible implications of, and issues associated with, enactment of legislation authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate hydraulic fracturing under this statute. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 10 2012, 34 pp.
AU  - Tiemann, Mary
AU  - Vann, Adam
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States Environmental protection agency
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41760.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41760
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - RPRT
T1  - Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Development of a Children's Headline Indicator. Information Paper. Catalog Number PHE 158
AN  - 1018479247; ED530987
AB  - The Children's Headline Indicators are a set of measures designed to focus policy attention and to help guide and evaluate policy development on key issues for children's health, development and wellbeing in 19 priority areas. They were endorsed by health, community and disability services ministers and education systems officials in 2006. Headline Indicators were defined for 16 of these priority areas. However, more work was needed on the remaining three--"family social network, social and emotional wellbeing" and "shelter"--to conceptualise and identify the most important aspects of these areas for children's health, development and wellbeing. This information paper outlines the process of developing a Headline Indicator for the "social and emotional wellbeing" priority area. Appended are: (1) Process to identify a Headline Indicator; (2) Headline Indicator Data Development Expert Working Group; (3) Social and Emotional Wellbeing Workshop participants; (4) Headline Indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing; and (5) Additional information on selected surveys and screening tools. (Contains 8 tables, 4 figures and 3 footnotes.)
Y1  - 2012/04/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 10
SP  - 77
PB  - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6244-1025; Fax: +61-2-6244-1299; e-mail: info@aihw.gov.au; Web site: http://www.aihw.gov.au
KW  - Australia
KW  - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
KW  - ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE)
KW  - Workshops
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Housing
KW  - Well Being
KW  - Government Role
KW  - Family Relationship
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Child Welfare
KW  - Peer Relationship
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Psychological Patterns
KW  - Parent Child Relationship
KW  - Child Development
KW  - Social Development
KW  - Interpersonal Relationship
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - Questionnaires
KW  - Children
KW  - Emotional Development
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Environmental Influences
KW  - Family Programs
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Social Networks
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LA  - English
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N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - An Analysis of STEM Education Funding at the NSF: Trends and Policy Discussion
AN  - 1037893667; 2011-281177
AB  - The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a key component of the federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education effort. This report analyzes NSF funding trends and selected closely related STEM education policy issues in order to place conversations about FY2013 funding in broader fiscal and policy context. It concludes with an analysis of potential policy options. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 9 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Gonzalez, Heather B
Y1  - 2012/04/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Education and education policy - Education
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Philanthropy
KW  - Science and technology policy - Mathematics
KW  - Science and technology policy - Engineering
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Education
KW  - Educational policy
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Foundations
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Science
KW  - Technology
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42470.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42470
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Medicare Trigger
AN  - 1037893666; 2011-281176
AB  - If the Medicare Board of Trustees determine that general revenue funding for Medicare is expected to exceed 45% of Medicare outlays for the current fiscal year or any of the next six fiscal years, a determination of excess general funding is made. If the determination is issued for two consecutive years, a funding warning is issued which triggers certain presidential and congressional actions. The Medicare funding warning focuses attention on the impact of program spending on the federal budget and provides one measure of the financial health of the program. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 9 2012, 10 pp.
AU  - Davis, Patricia A
AU  - Davis, Christopher M
AU  - Garvey, Todd
Y1  - 2012/04/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Revenue
KW  - Fiscal year
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22796.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS22796
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Requiring Individuals to Obtain Health Insurance: A Constitutional Analysis
AN  - 1081891706; 2011-295074
AB  - This report analyzes certain constitutional issues raised by requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under Congress's authority under its taxing power or its power to regulate interstate commerce. It also addresses whether the exceptions to the minimum coverage provision to purchase health insurance satisfy First Amendment freedom of religion protections. Finally, this report discusses some of the more publicized legal challenges to ACA, as well additional issues that are currently before the Court. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 6 2012, 39 pp.
AU  - Staman, Jennifer
AU  - Brougher, Cynthia
AU  - Liu, Edward C
AU  - Lunder, Erika K
AU  - Thomas, Kenneth R
Y1  - 2012/04/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Courts
KW  - Authority
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Regulation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40725.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40725
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Lean Finely Textured Beef: The "Pink Slime" Controversy
AN  - 1037893670; 2011-281180
AB  - Since early March 2012, the use of lean finely textured beef (LFTB) in the US ground beef supply has come under a barrage of media criticism and consumer backlash. The depiction of LFTB in the media as "pink slime" raised the product's "yuck" factor and implied that there were food safety issues with LFTB, mainly because ammonium gas is used as an antimicrobial intervention in the production of LFTB. The meat industry saw media sensationalism as a campaign of misinformation to undermine a product used for more than ten years to supplement lean beef supplies used in ground beef. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 6 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Greene, Joel L
Y1  - 2012/04/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Livestock, meat, and animal products industry
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - United States
KW  - Meat industry
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Production
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Food safety
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Advertising by the Federal Government: An Overview
AN  - 1037893669; 2011-281179
AB  - Government advertising can be controversial if it conflicts with citizens' views about the proper role of government, yet some government advertising is accepted as a normal part of government information activities. It is difficult to calculate the amount of funds spent by the federal government on advertising each year because (1) there is no government-wide definition of what constitutes advertising and (2) there is no central authority to which agencies are required to report advertising expenses. However, data in the Federal Procurement Data System suggests that federal agencies spent 750.4 million dollars on advertising services in FY2011. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 6 2012, 6 pp.
AU  - Kosar, Kevin R
Y1  - 2012/04/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Business and service sector - Advertising and public relations
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Authority
KW  - Advertising
KW  - Conflict
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41681
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Government Procurement in Times of Fiscal Uncertainty
AN  - 1037893668; 2011-281178
AB  - This report provides an overview of the various options that the government has, pursuant to contract law or otherwise, when confronted with actual or potential funding gaps, funding shortfalls, or budget cuts. It begins by considering the legal principles underlying the government's generally broad rights not to incur new obligations (eg, or declining to exercise options). The contractual and other rights that the government may exercise under existing contracts are explored. Overall, these rights are comparatively well established, although the effects of the exercise of these rights upon contractors is less clear. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 6 2012, 31 pp.
AU  - Manuel, Kate M
AU  - Lunder, Erika K
Y1  - 2012/04/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Law and ethics - Civil law
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Law
KW  - Fiscal policy
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42469
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Issues for Congress
AN  - 1037893671; 2011-281181
AB  - On December 22, 2010, President Obama signed P.L. 111-321 into law. It calls for the repeal of the existing law barring open homosexuality in the military by prescribing a series of steps that must take place before repeal occurs. One step was fulfilled on July 22, 2011, when the President signed the certification of the process ending the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, which was repealed on September 20, 2011. However, in repealing the law and the so-called 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, a number of issues have been raised, but were not addressed by P.L. 111-321. This report considers issues that Congress may wish to consider as the repeal process proceeds. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 5 2012, 11 pp.
AU  - Burrelli, David E
Y1  - 2012/04/05/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 05
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Sex
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Military and martial law
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Military law
KW  - Law
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42003
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy
AN  - 1037894491; 2011-281185
AB  - This report provides background on local and regional food systems, focusing on available data on direct-to-consumer sales, farmers' markets, farm-to-school programs, community-supported agriculture (CSA), and community gardens. It also highlights available resources within existing federal programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies that may be applied to support local food systems. It also describes some of the Obama Administration's initiatives that leverage existing USDA programs to support local food systems. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 4 2012, 54 pp.
AU  - Johnson, Renee
AU  - Aussenberg, Randy Alison
AU  - Cowan, Tadlock
Y1  - 2012/04/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Community life and organization
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Parks, nature reserves, and open spaces
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural population and workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States
KW  - Sales
KW  - Farms
KW  - United States Agriculture department
KW  - Food supply
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Community gardens
KW  - Markets
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42155
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: International Comparisons, Underlying Factors, and Federal Programs
AN  - 1037893674; 2011-281184
AB  - This report examines the US infant mortality rate (IMR). In doing so, it identifies a number of causes of US infant mortality, examines international IMR comparisons, discusses geographic variation in state IMRs, and examines the mother's demographic characteristics and various health system characteristics that may influence the US IMR. The report then describes a number of federal programs that may indirectly reduce the IMR; and finally, it summarizes federal initiatives included in the ACA that may reduce infant mortality. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 4 2012, 30 pp.
AU  - Heisler, Elayne J
Y1  - 2012/04/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - United States
KW  - Infant mortality
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Demographics
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41378
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Oil Imports and Exports
AN  - 1037893673; 2011-281183
AB  - Oil is a critical resource for the US economy, but despite policy makers' longstanding concern, oil imports had generally increased for decades until peaking in 2005. Since then, the economic downturn and higher oil prices were a drag on oil consumption, while price-driven private investment and policy helped increase the domestic supply of oil and oil alternatives. This report explains oil import and export volumes, including sources and destinations of traded oil; discusses the value of oil trade in the total US trade balance for goods and services; and discusses several key policy issues regarding imports. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 4 2012, 32 pp.
AU  - Nerurkar, Neelesh
Y1  - 2012/04/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - United States
KW  - Value
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Investments
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Consumption
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42465
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Hydraulic Fracturing: Chemical Disclosure Requirements
AN  - 1037893672; 2011-281182
AB  - Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to free oil and natural gas trapped underground in low-permeability rock formations by injecting a fluid under high pressure in order to cause cracks in the formations. Fracking fluid typically contains mostly water; a proppant to keep the fractures open, such as sand; and a small percentage of chemical additives. Some of these additives may be hazardous to health and the environment. This report provides an overview of current and proposed laws at the state and federal levels that require the disclosure of the chemicals added to the fluid used in hydraulic fracturing. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 4 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Murrill, Brandon J
AU  - Vann, Adam
Y1  - 2012/04/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Environment
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Law
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Water
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42461
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Legislative Options for Financing Water Infrastructure
AN  - 1037894493; 2011-281187
AB  - This report addresses several options being considered by Congress to address the financing needs of local communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects and to decrease or close the gap between available funds and projected needs. Some of the options exist and are well established, but they are under discussion for expansion or modification. Other innovative policy options have recently been proposed in connection with water infrastructure, especially to supplement or complement existing financing tools. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 3 2012, 20 pp.
AU  - Copeland, Claudia
AU  - Mallett, William J
AU  - Maguire, Steven
Y1  - 2012/04/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Water
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42467.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42467
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Export-Import Bank: Background and Legislative Issues
AN  - 1037894492; 2011-281186
AB  - The Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im Bank, EXIM Bank, or the Bank), an independent federal government agency, is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the US. It helps finance US exports of manufactured goods and services, thus contributing to the employment of US workers, primarily in circumstances when alternative financing is not available. This report discusses the Ex-Im Bank's domestic and international context, credit and insurance programs and activities, statutory and policy requirements for the Ex-Im Bank's transactions, and policy issues for Congress. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 3 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Ilias, Shayerah
Y1  - 2012/04/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Finance
KW  - Credit
KW  - Export-import bank of the United States
KW  - Employment
KW  - Banking
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42472.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42472
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - FY2013 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability
AN  - 1037894498; 2011-281192
AB  - Every year the President submits a series of volumes to Congress containing the President's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Printing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices for obtaining print copies of these publications. It also explains how to find the locations of government depository libraries, which can provide both printed copies for reference use and Internet access to the online versions. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 2 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Nagel, Jared Conrad
Y1  - 2012/04/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Education and education policy - Libraries
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Prices
KW  - Location
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Fiscal year
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment
AN  - 1037894497; 2011-281191
AB  - The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest man-made release ever of radioactive material into the oceans. This report explores concerns about the potential effects of this released radiation on the US marine environment and resources. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 2 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Buck, Eugene H
AU  - Upton, Harold F
Y1  - 2012/04/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Radioactive and dangerous substances
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Nuclear power
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Oceanography and ocean resources
KW  - United States
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Environment
KW  - Atomic power
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Ocean
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Japan
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41751
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Problems
AN  - 1037894496; 2011-281190
AB  - This report presents, in analytical question and answer form, the issues surrounding the financial conditions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are stockholder-owned government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Their federal charters give the GSEs special public policy goals to provide liquidity in the mortgage market and to provide access to homeownership for underserved groups and locations. On September 7, 2008, the federal government took control of the GSEs from their stockholders and management in a process known as conservatorship in order to restore the GSEs' financial strength and to return control to their stockholders and management. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 2 2012, 24 pp.
AU  - Weiss, N Eric
Y1  - 2012/04/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Law and ethics - Real estate, property, and landlord and tenant law
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Housing
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Management
KW  - United States Federal home loan mortgage corporation
KW  - Home ownership
KW  - Location
KW  - Public policy
KW  - Mortgages
KW  - Stockholders
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Federal national mortgage association
KW  - Markets
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34661
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy
AN  - 1037894495; 2011-281189
AB  - Federal policies and programs traditionally have offered voluntary incentives to producers to plan and apply resource-conserving practices on private lands. The Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198, 1985 farm bill) took alternative approaches -- the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), highly erodible land conservation (sodbuster), and wetland conservation (swampbuster). As Congress debates the next farm bill, questions surrounding conservation compliance have arisen, such as how it works, whether it is effective, whom it impacts, how it has changed over time, and how it might continue if current farm programs change. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 2 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Stubbs, Megan
Y1  - 2012/04/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Geography and cartography
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Conservation of resources
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Land
KW  - Food security
KW  - Wetlands
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42459
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Authorization, Operation, and Drawdown Policy
AN  - 1037894494; 2011-281188
AB  - As Iran threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz, rising crude oil prices have once again led to calls for releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Despite the recent rising prices and the blockade threat, markets have not experienced supply shortages; considerable new capacity has come online; and adequate excess capacity exists worldwide, particularly in Saudi Arabia. However, the fear is that excess capacity may not be adequate to make up losses from a blockade; an event the US Navy would not tolerate. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Apr 2 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Andrews, Anthony
AU  - Pirog, Robert
Y1  - 2012/04/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Strait of Hormuz
KW  - Iran
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Blockade
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Prices
KW  - Military operations
KW  - Markets
KW  - Military policy
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42460
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of nutrient loading on biogeochemical processes in tropical tidal creeks
AN  - 954670580; 16399695
AB  - The effect of increased nutrient loads on biogeochemical processes in macrotidal, mangrove-lined creeks was studied in tropical Darwin Harbour, Australia. This study uses an integrative approach involving multiple benthic and pelagic processes as measures of ecosystem function, and provides a comparison of these processes in three tidal creeks receiving different loads of treated sewage effluent. There were significant differences in process rates between Buffalo Creek (BC) (hypereutrophic), which receives the largest sewage loads; Myrmidon Creek (MC) (oligotrophic-mesotrophic) which receives smaller sewage inputs; and Reference Creek (RC) (oligotrophic) which is comparatively pristine. Benthic nutrient fluxes and denitrification were more than an order of magnitude higher and lower, respectively, in BC and denitrification efficiency (DE) was <10%. Pelagic primary production rates were also much higher in BC but respiration exceeded primary production resulting in severe drawdown of O sub(2) concentrations at night. Hypoxic conditions released oxide-bound phosphorus and inhibited coupled nitrification-denitrification, enhancing benthic nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes, leading to a build-up of excess nutrients in the water column. Poor water quality in BC was exacerbated by limited tidal flushing imposed by a narrow meandering channel and sandbar across the mouth. In contrast to BC, the effect of the sewage load in MC was confined to the water column, and the impact was temporary and highly localized. This is attributed to the effective flushing of the sewage plume with each tidal cycle. Denitrification rates in MC and RC were high (up to 6.83 mmol N m super(-2) day super(-1)) and DE was approximately 90%. This study has identified denitrification, benthic nutrient fluxes and pelagic primary production as the biogeochemical processes most affected by nutrient loading in these tidal creek systems. Physical process play a key role and the combined influence of nutrient loading and poor tidal flushing can have serious consequences for ecosystem functioning.
JF  - Biogeochemistry
AU  - Smith, Jodie
AU  - Burford, Michele A
AU  - Revill, Andrew T
AU  - Haese, Ralf R
AU  - Fortune, Julia
AD  - Marine and Coastal Environment Group, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, jodie.smith@ga.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 359
EP  - 380
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 108
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 0168-2563, 0168-2563
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Respiration
KW  - Nutrient loading
KW  - Phosphorus
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Primary production
KW  - Water column
KW  - Sewage
KW  - Hypoxia
KW  - Denitrification
KW  - Mouth
KW  - Plumes
KW  - Sewage effluents
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Respiration; Nutrient loading; Phosphorus; Nutrients; Water quality; Primary production; Water column; Sewage; Denitrification; Hypoxia; Mouth; Plumes; Sewage effluents; Nitrogen
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9605-z
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of the Abraxis Strip Test for Microcystins™ for use with wastewater effluent and reservoir water.
AN  - 921426254; 22204941
AB  - Rapid tests for the microcystin-type cyanobacterial toxins that are designed to be able to be used in the field have recently become available. The tests provide a semi-quantitative result over a relatively narrow concentration range (10-fold) and are available with detection limits relevant for drinking water and recreational water compliance testing (1 μg/L and 10 μg/L, respectively). The aim of this research was to assess the applicability of these tests for the determination of microcystin-related toxicity in treated effluent from the Western Treatment Plant and potable source water from Tarago Reservoir, both near Melbourne, Australia. Accuracy, precision, cross-reactivity, matrix effects and inter-operator variability were assessed. The claimed mLR concentration response range of the tests was confirmed within reasonable limits, although the false negative and false positive rates were significant for spike concentrations below 2.5 μg/L (Recreational Strip Test). Inter-operator variability was reasonably high (CV=23%) and this was exacerbated by the use of untrained scorers. Contributing to this was significant inter-assay variability in test band intensity (CV=28%). The strip tests responded to all 8 microcystin analogues tested and also to a mixture of another 7 analogues contained in a Certified Bloom Material. Cross-reactivity was always greater than 50%. Matrix effects due to the test waters or to cyanobacterial cell material were also relatively minor, being of the order of 2-fold at the maximum. Overall, these Strip Tests were found to be reliable for relatively rapid detection of microcystins around the upper limits of their response ranges, as recommended by the manufacturer. While the Recreational Water Strip test was less reliable in the lower ranges, it can be used in conjunction with the Drinking Water Strip test to reduce uncertainty around the 1 μg/L concentration. Despite limitations, both strip tests provide near real-time information which can assist with day to day operational decisions. When results indicate microcystin concentrations near compliance limits it is recommended that use of the test kits should be supported by accurate quantitative toxin testing together with traditional algal cell counts, and possibly emerging qPCR methods for species and toxin gene detection. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
JF  - Water research
AU  - Humpage, A R
AU  - Froscio, S M
AU  - Lau, H-M
AU  - Murphy, D
AU  - Blackbeard, J
AD  - Australian Water Quality Centre, a business unit of SA Water, GPO Box 1751, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. andrew.humpage@sawater.com.au
Y1  - 2012/04/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 01
SP  - 1556
EP  - 1565
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
KW  - Drinking Water
KW  - 0
KW  - Microcystins
KW  - Reagent Strips
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Water Supply -- analysis
KW  - Recreation
KW  - Reproducibility of Results
KW  - Waste Disposal, Fluid -- standards
KW  - Observer Variation
KW  - Cross Reactions
KW  - Drinking Water -- analysis
KW  - Microcystins -- toxicity
KW  - Reagent Strips -- standards
KW  - Microcystins -- analysis
KW  - Environmental Monitoring -- methods
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N1  - Date completed - 2012-06-15
N1  - Date created - 2012-02-13
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.015
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Toxicity of the cyanobacterium Limnothrix AC0243 to male Balb/c mice.
AN  - 921426223; 22119368
AB  - A growing list of freshwater cyanobacteria are known to produce toxic agents, a fact which makes these organisms of concern to water authorities. A cultured strain of Limnothrix (AC0243) was recently shown to have toxic effects in in vitro bioassays. It did not produce any of the known cyanobacterial toxins. The intrapertoneal toxicity of aqueous extracts of the material was therefore tested in mice to determine whether the observed effects might be of public health relevance to drinking water supplies. The results indicate that Limnothrix AC0243 is acutely toxic to mice, causing widespread cellular necrosis in the liver, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract within 24 h of exposure. Sub-lethal effects lasted at least 7 d. These results suggest that Limnothrix AC0243 produces a novel toxin ("Limnothrixin") and that further work is therefore urgently required to quantify the potential public health implications.
          Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
JF  - Water research
AU  - Humpage, Andrew
AU  - Falconer, Ian
AU  - Bernard, Catherine
AU  - Froscio, Suzanne
AU  - Fabbro, Larelle
AD  - Australian Water Quality Centre, 250 Victoria Square, GPO Box 1751, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. andrew.humpage@sawater.com.au
Y1  - 2012/04/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 01
SP  - 1576
EP  - 1583
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
KW  - Bacterial Toxins
KW  - 0
KW  - Marine Toxins
KW  - Microcystins
KW  - cyanobacterial toxin
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Protein Biosynthesis -- drug effects
KW  - Animals
KW  - Liver -- pathology
KW  - Kidney -- pathology
KW  - Necrosis -- chemically induced
KW  - Gastrointestinal Tract -- pathology
KW  - Mice
KW  - Mice, Inbred BALB C
KW  - Male
KW  - Cyanobacteria -- pathogenicity
KW  - Microcystins -- toxicity
KW  - Bacterial Toxins -- toxicity
KW  - Marine Toxins -- toxicity
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date completed - 2012-06-15
N1  - Date created - 2012-02-13
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.019
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Role of Solids in Heavy Metals Buildup on Urban Road Surfaces
AN  - 1827916238; PQ0003647682
AB  - Solids are widely identified as a carrier of harmful pollutants in stormwater runoff exerting a significant risk to receiving waters. This paper outlines the findings of an in-depth investigation on heavy metal adsorption to solids surfaces. Pollutant build-up samples collected from 16 road sites in residential, industrial, and commercial land uses were separated into four particle size ranges and analyzed for a range of physicochemical parameters and nine heavy metals including Iron (Fe), Aluminum (Al), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), and Copper (Cu). High specific surface area (SSA) and total organic carbon (TOC) content in finer particle size ranges were noted, thus confirming strong correlations with heavy metals. On the basis of their physicochemical characteristics, two different types of solids originating from traffic and soil sources were identified. Solids generated by traffic were associated with high loads of heavy metals, such as Cd and Cr, with strong correlation with SSA. This suggested the existence of surface dependent bonds, such as cation exchange between heavy metals and solids. In contrast, Fe, Al, and Mn, which can be attributed to soil inputs, showed strong correlation with TOC suggesting strong bonds such as chemsorption. Zn was found to be primarily attached to solids by bonding with the oxides of Fe, Al, and Mn. The data analysis also confirmed the predominance of the finer fraction, with 70% of the solids being finer than 150 Amm and containing 60% of the heavy metal pollutant load.
JF  - Journal of Environmental Engineering
AU  - Gunawardana, Chandima
AU  - Goonetilleke, Ashantha
AU  - Egodawatta, Prasanna
AU  - Dawes, Les
AU  - Kokot, Serge
AD  - Doctoral Researcher, School of Urban Development, Queensland Univ. of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
Y1  - 2012/04/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 01
SP  - 490
EP  - 498
PB  - American Society of Civil Engineers, 345 E. 47th St. New York NY 10017-2398 United States
VL  - 138
IS  - 4
SN  - 0733-9372, 0733-9372
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Technical Papers
KW  - Heavy metals
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Stormwater management
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - Highways and roads
KW  - Runoff
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Pollutant adsorption
KW  - Specific surface area
KW  - Stormwater pollutants
KW  - Urban water quality
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Metals
KW  - Chromium
KW  - Physicochemical properties
KW  - Copper
KW  - Lead
KW  - Water pollution
KW  - Traffic
KW  - Soil
KW  - Stormwater runoff
KW  - Cations
KW  - Total organic carbon
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning
KW  - P 5000:LAND POLLUTION
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2016-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2017-02-01
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Metals; Chromium; Heavy metals; Physicochemical properties; Copper; Water pollution; Lead; Traffic; Soil; Cations; Stormwater runoff; Total organic carbon; Cadmium
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000487
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A non-linear model of information sharing practices in academic communities
AN  - 1448990121; 201309783
AB  - A new model of information sharing practices in academic communities is based on Latour's circulatory system of scientific facts, and some elements of Foster's non-linear model of information-seeking behavior. The main proposition of this model is that information-sharing practices and context simultaneously shape each other. The proposed model supports Foster's conceptualization of information practices as non-linear processes, but its emphasis on the interdependence between context and information practices provides a more effective means to capture complex negotiations involved in information-sharing practices. The proposition is that the major reason for nonlinearity in information practices is a continuous shifting of actors' interests, pressures, and concerns. Capturing these dynamic relations becomes possible through this model. The model also offers a way to generate a number of research questions and hypotheses, and as such it could be a useful tool for empirical studies on information sharing in academic communities. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library & Information Science Research
AU  - Tabak, Edin
AU  - Willson, Michele
AD  - Department of Internet Studies, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 110
EP  - 116
PB  - Elsevier, Inc.
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SN  - 0740-8188, 0740-8188
KW  - Cooperation
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Information theory
KW  - Models
KW  - article
KW  - 1.0: LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - LISRDH
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Information theory; Models; Higher education; Cooperation
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Does the Concept of Competitiveness Have Meaning in Formulating Corporate Tax Policy?
AN  - 1347802018; 2011-377789
AB  - There is no doubt that "international competitiveness" figures prominently in the U.S. economic policy debate, where advocates of some policies stress the need of the United States to be competitive in a global economy. Yet it is a concept that is almost always simply asserted and virtually nowhere defined. Reading this discussion in the context of U.S. tax treatment of foreign source income of its corporations, the question is: is the objective to encourage investment abroad (compete abroad in active foreign operations as stated in the first paragraph) or discourage investment abroad (to prevent "the movement of business operations overseas" as stated in the second)? Does the Commission want more foreign-owned operations in the United States and more U.S.-owned operations abroad and, if so, why? Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Tax Law Review
AU  - Gravelle, Jane G
AD  - Congressional Research Service
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 323
EP  - 347
PB  - New York University School of Law, New York
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
SN  - 0040-0041, 0040-0041
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - United States
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Foreign operations
KW  - Business
KW  - Foreign investments
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Business tax
KW  - Income
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2013-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States; Foreign investments; Economic policy; Business; Business tax; Foreign operations; Corporations; Income
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Superheroes in Shanghai: constructing transnational Western men's identities
AN  - 1347784090; 201322646
AB  - This article examines the 'superhero' phenomenon, in which Western masculinity is constructed differently in East Asia than in Western countries. This produces an imagined, Occidentalist 'authenticity' that frames expectations about the performances and identities of Western men in the context. As a result, sojourning Western men in Asia may feel, and be treated, like 'superheroes', because their gendered national identities are attributed (super)powers that are often unfamiliar from prior experiences in their home countries. These object (attributed) identities may be different from individuals' subject (appropriated) identities, with resulting identity tensions for the men themselves. This article reports on empirical, qualitative research from China, and examines the lived realities and identity/masculinity constructions of seven young, heterosexual men, from the UK, the US and Canada, working in Shanghai as English language teachers. The study participants experienced perceptions of increased personal and sexual confidence but also identity tensions, concerns that relationships may be transactional and ethical struggles over peer-sanctioned and locally expected behaviours. The study is framed by literature from tourism studies on the commoditization of identities through the staging of out-group notions of 'authenticity'. A critical approach is taken to the neo-imperialistic power differentials underpinning relationships in the context. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Gender, Place and Culture
AU  - Stanley, Phiona
AD  - University of South Australia -- Learning and Teaching Unit, City West Campus GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia phiona.stanley@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 213
EP  - 231
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Abingdon UK
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SN  - 0966-369X, 0966-369X
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Peoples Republic of China
KW  - Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
KW  - Males
KW  - Heterosexuality
KW  - Teachers
KW  - National Identity
KW  - Asia
KW  - Heroes
KW  - article
KW  - 2983: feminist/gender studies; sociology of gender & gender relations
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - GPCUE9
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Males; Heroes; Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; Masculinity; Teachers; Peoples Republic of China; National Identity; Heterosexuality; Asia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2011.573141
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Can Gaze Avoidance Explain Why Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome Can't Recognise Emotions From Facial Expressions
AN  - 1323338596; 201304926
AB  - Research has shown that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have difficulties recognising emotions from facial expressions. Since eye contact is important for accurate emotion recognition, and individuals with ASD tend to avoid eye contact, this tendency for gaze aversion has been proposed as an explanation for the emotion recognition deficit. This explanation was investigated using a newly developed emotion and mental state recognition task. Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome were less accurate at recognising emotions and mental states, but did not show evidence of gaze avoidance compared to individuals without Asperger's Syndrome. This suggests that the way individuals with Asperger's Syndrome look at faces cannot account for the difficulty they have recognising expressions. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
AU  - Sawyer, Alyssa C P
AU  - Williamson, Paul
AU  - Young, Robyn L
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 606
EP  - 618
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 42
IS  - 4
SN  - 0162-3257, 0162-3257
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Eye contact
KW  - Asperger's syndrome
KW  - Eye fixation
KW  - Emotion recognition
KW  - Autistic spectrum disorders
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JADDDQ
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Emotions; Asperger's syndrome; Autistic spectrum disorders; Emotion recognition; Eye fixation; Eye contact
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1283-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Working in the Virtual Stacks: The New Library and Information Science
AN  - 1315866610; 201301879
AB  - Book review abstract. Working the Virtual Stacks: The New Library and Information Science. Edited by Laura Townsend Kane. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 2011, 184pp., 47.00 USD. ISBN: 978083891103-7. 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  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 163
PB  - Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
SN  - 1941-126X, 1941-126X
KW  - Librarianship
KW  - Professional responsibilities
KW  - Biographies
KW  - article
KW  - 1.11: BOOK REVIEWS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Librarianship; Biographies; Professional responsibilities
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2012.684572
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Residential satisfaction in inner urban higher-density Brisbane, Australia: role of dwelling design, neighbourhood and neighbours
AN  - 1257785281; 17483487
AB  - Increasing the population density of urban areas is a key policy strategy to sustainably manage growth, but many residents often view higher-density living as an undesirable long-term housing option. Thus, this research explores the predictors of residential satisfaction in inner urban higher-density (IUHD) environments, surveying 636 IUHD residents in Brisbane, Australia about the importance of dwelling design (34 specific attributes, assessing satisfaction with facilities, upkeep, size, cost, design, surroundings, location, climate and environmental management) and neighbourhood (73 specific attributes, assessing satisfaction with noise, odours, pollution, safety, growth, neighbourhood characteristics, facilities). Ordinal regression modelling identified the specific features of the neighbourhood and dwelling that were critical in predicting residential satisfaction: satisfaction with dwelling position, design and facilities, noise, walkability, safety and condition of local area and social contacts (family, friends, familiar faces) in the neighbourhood. Identifying the factors that influence residential satisfaction in IUHD will assist with both planning and design of such developments, enhancing quality and appeal to help ensure a lower resident turnover rate and facilitate acceptance and uptake of high-density living.
JF  - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
AU  - Buys, Laurie
AU  - Miller, Evonne
AD  - School of Design, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Australia, e.miller@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Apr 01
SP  - 319
EP  - 338
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
SN  - 0964-0568, 0964-0568
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Brisbane, Australia
KW  - compact city
KW  - perceptions of dwelling, neighbours and neighbourhood
KW  - satisfaction with high density
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - Housing
KW  - Population Dynamics
KW  - Population density
KW  - Odors
KW  - Long-term planning
KW  - Growth
KW  - Safety engineering
KW  - Surveying
KW  - Planning
KW  - Absorption
KW  - Environmental Policy
KW  - Australia
KW  - Environmental surveys
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Safety
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - Noise levels
KW  - Design
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Noise
KW  - Environment management
KW  - Odour
KW  - Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 05:Environmental Design & Urban Ecology
KW  - H 0500:General
KW  - Q5 08521:Mechanical and natural changes
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Long-term planning; Growth; Surveying; Climate; Population density; Odour; Environment management; Environmental surveys; Social conditions; Housing; Safety engineering; Noise levels; Odors; Design; Population Dynamics; Climates; Safety; Planning; Absorption; Noise; Environmental Policy; Australia; Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.597592
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Community Bus in Tokyo: Promoting Community Initiative through Decentralisation
AN  - 1126526477; 201231105
AB  - Public transport can be justified as a public good. Its delivery, however, often proves problematic as it relies on significant government subsidies, especially in the context of low-density urban sprawls. Even in cities with extensive and efficient mass transit systems, coverage of local feeder bus services is often limited. "Community bus" initiatives in Japan represent a major decentralisation of public transport service provision, whereby decision-making authority shifts to the local government at the city/ward level. A community bus initiative typically involves innovative and effective partnerships between local government, the local community and private operators. Focusing on the decentralisation of authority to enable city/ward governments to initiate innovation in local public transport plans and services through partnerships with the community, this paper describes community bus initiatives being tried out in Japan. Through a review of recent legislative changes and the literature coupled with a study of various community bus schemes in and around Tokyo, the study seeks to describe the roles assumed by main actors, the means adopted to mobilise community resources and the type and level of services provided by local authorities. The paper attempts to draw out models of governance, community engagement and the operationalisation of public-private and community partnerships in the inception and implementation of local transport solutions as part of local area improvement planning. The paper draws conclusions on the strengths and weaknesses of the evolving model and makes recommendation on improving its effectiveness. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Space & Polity
AU  - Khan, Shahed
AU  - Khan, Megumi
AD  - Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845 s.khan@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 129
EP  - 151
PB  - Carfax/Taylor & Francis, Basingstoke UK
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SN  - 1356-2576, 1356-2576
KW  - Cities
KW  - Services
KW  - Decentralization
KW  - Delivery Systems
KW  - Governance
KW  - Effectiveness
KW  - Japan
KW  - Innovations
KW  - Local Government
KW  - article
KW  - 9221: politics and society; politics and society
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Services; Decentralization; Cities; Local Government; Delivery Systems; Japan; Innovations; Governance; Effectiveness
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2012.698140
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Justice Perception in Times of Transition: Trends in Germany, 1991-2006
AN  - 1081863873; 201235785
AB  - This article explores how the German distribution system is assessed with regard to justice in the fifteen years after unification. It traces the development of perceived justice for East and West Germany and tries to explain the regional differences and the trends observed. West Germans evaluate the system as more just throughout the entire period, though the gap shrinks. Surprisingly the main changes in the level of perceived justice did not take place in the eastern but in the western part. In 2006 West Germans assess the distribution system as considerably less just as right after unification. The level of consent is astonishingly volatile. In contrast, the assessment in East Germany is quite stable. How can this be explained? Three groups of factors are tested: socio-economic status, the overall economic performance, and justice ideologies. It is shown how the development of perceived justice is largely formed by levels of unemployment and changes in the affirmation of justice ideologies. Economic performance and justice beliefs are intertwined: as the economy fares badly its attitudinal basis weakens. We conclude that even in countries with a well established social market economy the approval of this distribution system depends to a large extent on its performance. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - European Sociological Review
AU  - Gerlitz, Jean-Yves
AU  - Muhleck, Kai
AU  - Scheller, Percy
AU  - Schrenker, Markus
AD  - Jean-Yves Gerlitz, ICIMOD-International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, G.P.O. Box 3226, Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal jgerlitz@icimod.org
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 263
EP  - 282
PB  - Oxford University Press, UK
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SN  - 0266-7215, 0266-7215
KW  - Economic Factors
KW  - German Democratic Republic
KW  - East and West
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Economic Conditions
KW  - Socioeconomic Status
KW  - Federal Republic of Germany
KW  - Ideologies
KW  - Justice
KW  - article
KW  - 0715: social change and economic development; social change & economic development
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - ESOREP
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Justice; Federal Republic of Germany; Ideologies; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; German Democratic Republic; East and West; Unemployment
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcq062
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Congress as publisher: Politics, institutions, and policy
AN  - 1081860522; 201225882
AB  - Since the beginning of the federal government, Congress has functioned as its publisher -- the manager and director of government printing operations. Initially performed by private printers through lucrative contracts, production was statutorily vested in the Government Printing Office (GPO) in 1860 to assure efficient, economical, and quality printing. Over the past century and a half, however, changes in technology, law, and constitutional relationships have eroded arrangements for the public printing system. Information products printed by GPO in the past may now be agency-generated and made directly available to the public through agency Web sites or social media, with the result that congressional general management of the publication system is seemingly decreasing, at least in terms of GPO workload, publication accountability, and document sales. While it is unlikely that Congress will reduce or vacate its publisher capacity anytime soon, some adjustment of the scope of that role and related management capability may appropriately be in order. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Government Information Quarterly
AU  - Relyea, Harold C
AD  - Congressional Research Service (ret.), Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-7470, USA relyea_harold@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 291
EP  - 293
PB  - Elsevier, San Diego CA
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SN  - 0740-624X, 0740-624X
KW  - Government Printing Office, Joint Committee on Printing, Public printing, Social media
KW  - Managers
KW  - Management
KW  - Production
KW  - Federal Government
KW  - Constitutional Law
KW  - Publications
KW  - Accountability
KW  - Legislative Bodies
KW  - Mass Media
KW  - article
KW  - 9089: government/political systems; legislatures
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - CODEN - GIQUEU
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legislative Bodies; Publications; Management; Federal Government; Managers; Accountability; Constitutional Law; Production; Mass Media
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2011.12.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Private printers and the party press: What went on before the GPO
AN  - 1081860501; 201226850
AB  - From the beginning of the federal government, Congress has produced a great deal of paperwork for which it has needed printers. Initially, it turned to private printers in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, who also produced newspapers that promoted the party in power, a system known as the "party press." These newspapers also provided the first reporters of debate in Congress, and then collected and compiled the recorded speeches into the Annals of Debate, Register of Debates, and Congressional Globe. At the same time, each presidential administration usually had an "official organ" that carried its pronouncements in return for printing contracts. The old patronage system finally ended with the creation of the Government Printing Office and publication of the Congressional Record. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Government Information Quarterly
AU  - Ritchie, Donald A
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 283
EP  - 284
PB  - Elsevier, San Diego CA
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SN  - 0740-624X, 0740-624X
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - New York
KW  - Management
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Patronage
KW  - Federal Government
KW  - Publications
KW  - Records (Documents)
KW  - Legislative Bodies
KW  - article
KW  - 9181: politics and communication; politics and communication
KW  - 9105: politics; national-level politics
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N1  - CODEN - GIQUEU
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legislative Bodies; Newspapers; New York; Presidents; Publications; Records (Documents); Federal Government; Patronage; Management
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2011.12.006
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Congress as publisher: Three perspectives
AN  - 1081860490; 201224671
AB  - The Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. (GPO), celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Created by Congress in 1860 and beginning business on the day Lincoln was inaugurated, March 4, 1861, GPO has served as the Federal Government's centralized resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information of the U.S. Government in a variety of formats. Strictly speaking, however, GPO has never been a publisher in the same sense that a newspaper or book publisher takes responsibility for the intellectual content of their publications. Over its history, GPO has provided a vast range of services related to the printing and publishing process, but the ultimate responsibility for the products has rested with the Government generally and Congress specifically. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Government Information Quarterly
AU  - Barnum, George D
AU  - Imholtz, August A, Jr
AU  - Relyea, Harold C
AU  - Ritchie, Donald A
AD  - U.S. Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol St NW, Washington, D.C. 20401, USA Fax: + 1 202 512 1293 gbarnum@gpo.gov
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 281
EP  - 282
PB  - Elsevier, San Diego CA
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SN  - 0740-624X, 0740-624X
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - Central Government
KW  - Services
KW  - Intellectuals
KW  - Federal Government
KW  - Publications
KW  - Legislative Bodies
KW  - article
KW  - 9001: history and theory; political history/historiography
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - CODEN - GIQUEU
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legislative Bodies; Federal Government; Intellectuals; Services; Central Government; Publications; Newspapers
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2011.12.003
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sex, Condoms and Sexually Transmissible Infections: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Health in Young Australian Men
AN  - 1037879399; 201233578
AB  - Young males have a key role in shaping contraceptive use in a sexual relationship, yet often remain the invisible partner in safe sex promotion. This article describes a conceptual model of STI risk and condom use based on the perceptions and experiences of condom use in a group of young Australian males. An explorative descriptive design was used to conceptualize participants' condom use histories into an organized description of behavior. Forty-two semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of males aged 15 to 25 years over an 18 month period. A sequential analytical process of data immersion, coding, and category generation was used to identify personal meanings, motivations, and contextual factors associated with condom use and non-use. Three primary discourses associated with young males' perceptions of STI risk and responding approach to condom use constructed personal commitment to sexual safety as dynamic, context-dependent, and outcome-driven (pregnancy versus STIs as the primary motivator of condom use). A regretful discourse associated with experiences of, or suspected unwanted outcomes, also emerged through changes in risk appraisals and safe sex intentions and behavior. Interventions to increase condom use should go beyond the traditional focus on risky behavior and disease prevention frameworks by addressing the contextual influences on personal risk appraisals and deliver innovative messages to reduce negative social meanings associated with condom use. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Archives of Sexual Behavior
AU  - Smith, Jennifer L
AU  - Fenwick, Jennifer
AU  - Skinner, Rachel
AU  - Hallet, Jonathan
AU  - Merriman, Gareth
AU  - Marshall, Lewis
AD  - School of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, GPO Box D184, Perth, 6014, Australia jenny.smith@meddent.uwa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 487
EP  - 495
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
SN  - 0004-0002, 0004-0002
KW  - Condoms
KW  - Sexual Behavior
KW  - Risk
KW  - Birth Control
KW  - Males
KW  - Venereal Diseases
KW  - Discourse
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Australia
KW  - article
KW  - 1940: the family and socialization; sociology of sexual behavior
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DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - ASXBA8
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Condoms; Males; Risk; Sexual Behavior; Australia; Venereal Diseases; Birth Control; Intervention; Discourse
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9664-6
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Randomized Trial of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Children with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Single-Incident Trauma
AN  - 1030905304; 201221133
AB  - The present study compared the efficacy of trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with trauma-focused cognitive therapy (without exposure; CT) for children and youth with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children and youth who had experienced single-incident trauma (N=33; 7-17 years old) were randomly assigned to receive 9 weeks of either CBT or CT which was administered individually to children and their parents. Intent-to-treat analyses demonstrated that both interventions significantly reduced severity of PTSD, depression, and general anxiety. At posttreatment 65% of CBT and 56% of the CT group no longer met criteria for PTSD. Treatment completers showed a better response (CBT: 91%; CT: 90%), and gains were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Maternal depressive symptoms and unhelpful trauma beliefs moderated children's outcome. It is concluded that PTSD secondary to single-incident trauma can be successfully treated with trauma-focused cognitive behavioural methods and the use of exposure is not a prerequisite for good outcome.
JF  - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
AU  - Nixon, Reginald David Vandervord
AU  - Sterk, Jisca
AU  - Pearce, Amanda
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia reg.nixon@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 327
EP  - 337
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-0627, 0091-0627
KW  - Cognitive behaviour therapy
KW  - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW  - Young people
KW  - Cognitive therapy
KW  - Children
KW  - Anxiety-Depression
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JAPCAC
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cognitive behaviour therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Children; Cognitive therapy; Young people; Anxiety-Depression
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9566-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Does physical activity increase the risk of unsafe sun exposure?
AN  - 1023094399; 201215402
AB  - Issue addressed: Recent increases in the prevalence of self-reported participation in physical activity are encouraging and beneficial for health overall. However, the implications for sun safety need to be considered, particularly in Australia, which has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world. This study investigated the relationship between physical activity and sunburn to determine if there is a need for integration of sun safety in physical activity promotion. Methods: During the 2009/10 southern hemisphere summer, 7802 adults aged 18 to 74 years participated in a computer-assisted telephone interview survey which included a range of self-reported health measures including physical activity, sunburn, skin type, sun protection behaviour and demographic questions. Multivariate logistic regression modelling was undertaken to estimate the association between physical activity and sunburn. Results: Those who reported doing any level of physical activity were significantly more likely to report having experienced sunburn in the past 12 months and on the last weekend, compared with those who did none, with the strongest association among those who undertook 7 hours or more. Each hour of physical activity was associated with a modest increase in the odds of experiencing sunburn in the previous 12 months (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.010-1.037) and weekend (OR 1.04, 95% CI: 1.023-1.065), after adjusting for potential confounding variables. Conclusions: This study highlights the need for sun protection to be given more prominence in physical activity promotion in order to optimise health benefits without increasing the prevalence of sunburn and associated skin cancer risk. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
AU  - Jardine, Andrew
AU  - Bright, Margaret
AU  - Knight, Libby
AU  - Perina, Heather
AU  - Vardon, Paul
AU  - Harper, Catherine
AD  - Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845 andrew.jardine@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 52
EP  - 57
PB  - PO Box 351, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051 Australia
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
SN  - 1036-1073, 1036-1073
KW  - sunburn, physical activity, exercise, health behaviour, health promotion
KW  - Sunburn
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Safety
KW  - Health
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Health promotion
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Physical activity; Sunburn; Health promotion; Health; Prevalence; Safety
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Intrafamilial Adolescent Sex Offenders' Response to Psychological Treatment
AN  - 1023091796; 201214888
AB  - This qualitative study examined perceptions of a community-based treatment program for intrafamilial adolescent sexual offenders, from the perspective of the adolescent clients. The post-treatment interviews of 12 adolescents generated information regarding the participants' experiences of treatment and the effect of treatment on individual and family functioning. Greatest improvements occurred in the areas of communication with family and friends, anger management, and impulsivity. All participants agreed that group therapy was the most beneficial component of the program. The space to express feelings about the inappropriate sexual behaviours, as well as other personal and family issues was regarded as key to positive change. Greater improvements in family functioning were reported when at least one parent also attended therapy. There were fewer indications of change in the expression of empathy and construction of relapse prevention plans. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
AU  - Halse, Andrea
AU  - Grant, Jan
AU  - Thornton, Jenny
AU  - Indermaurb, Dave
AU  - Stevens, Gillian
AU  - Chamarette, Christabel
AD  - School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 221
EP  - 235
PB  - Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills, Australia
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SN  - 1321-8719, 1321-8719
KW  - adolescent sex offender, juvenile sex offenders, sibling incest, therapy treatment
KW  - Relapse
KW  - Anger management
KW  - Juvenile sex offenders
KW  - Family functioning
KW  - Psychological intervention
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adolescents; Family functioning; Juvenile sex offenders; Anger management; Relapse; Psychological intervention
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2011.561763
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Indigeneity and the Likelihood of Imprisonment in Queensland's Adult and Children's Courts
AN  - 1023090378; 201212965
AB  - Australian research on Indigenous sentencing disparities of the standard of international work is somewhat recent. Contrary to expectations based on international research, Australian studies generally have not found Indigenous offenders to be treated substantively more harshly than non-Indigenous offenders in similar circumstances. However, this research has primarily focused on adult higher courts, with little attention to lower courts and children's courts. In this article, we examine whether Indigeneity has a direct impact on the judicial decision to incarcerate for three courts (adult higher, adult lower, children's higher court) in Queensland. We found no significant differences in the likelihood of a sentence of incarceration in the higher courts (adult and children's). In contrast, in the lower courts, Indigenous defendants were more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous defendants when sentenced under statistically similar circumstances. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
AU  - Bond, Christine E.W.
AU  - Jeffries, Samantha
AD  - School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia christine.bond@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 169
EP  - 183
PB  - Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills, Australia
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SN  - 1321-8719, 1321-8719
KW  - adults, disparity, Indigenous status, sentencing, youth
KW  - Sentencing
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Indigenous people
KW  - Courts
KW  - Offenders
KW  - Defendants
KW  - article
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Courts; Indigenous people; Defendants; Imprisonment; Offenders; Sentencing
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2010.543757
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Restoration of Labral Anatomy and Biomechanics After Superior Labral Anterior-Posterior Repair: Comparison of Mattress Versus Simple Technique
AN  - 1017973270; 16575646
AB  - Background: Both simple and mattress repair techniques have been utilized with success for type II superior labral anterior-posterior (SLAP) lesions; however, direct anatomic and biomechanical comparisons of these techniques have yet to be clearly demonstrated.Hypothesis: For type II SLAP lesions, the mattress suture repair technique will result in greater labral height and better position on the glenoid face and exhibit stronger biomechanical characteristics, when cyclically loaded and loaded to failure through the biceps, compared with the simple suture repair technique.Study Design: Controlled laboratory study.Methods: Six matched pairs of cadaveric shoulders were dissected, and a clock face was created on the glenoid from 9 o'clock (posterior) to 3 o'clock (anterior). For the intact specimen, labral height and labral distance from the glenoid edge were measured using a MicroScribe. A SLAP lesion was then created from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock. Lesions were repaired with two 3.0-mm BioSuture-Tak anchors placed at 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock. For each pair, a mattress repair was used for one shoulder, and a simple repair was used for the contralateral shoulder. After repair, labral height and labral distance from the glenoid edge were again measured. The specimens were then cyclically loaded and loaded to failure through the biceps using an Instron machine. A paired t test was used for statistical analysis.Results: After mattress repair, a significant increase in labral height occurred compared with intact from 2.5 +/- 0.3 mm to 4.3 +/- 0.3 mm at 11 o'clock (P = .013), 2.7 +/- 0.5 mm to 4.2 +/- 0.7 mm at 12:30 o'clock (P = .007), 3.1 +/- 0.5 mm to 4.2 +/- 0.7 mm at 1 o'clock (P = .006), and 2.8 +/- 0.7 mm to 3.7 +/- 0.8 mm at 1:30 o'clock (P = .037). There was no significant difference in labral height between the intact condition and after simple repair at any clock face position. Labral height was significantly increased in the mattress repairs compared with simple repairs at 11 o'clock (mean difference, 2.0 mm; P = .008) and 12:30 o'clock (mean difference, 1.3 mm; P = .044). Labral distance from the glenoid edge was not significantly different between techniques. No difference was observed between the mattress and simple repair techniques for all biomechanical parameters, except the simple technique had a higher load and energy absorbed at 2-mm displacement.Conclusion: The mattress technique created a greater labral height while maintaining similar biomechanical characteristics compared with the simple repair, with the exception of load and energy absorbed at 2-mm displacement, which was increased for the simple technique.Clinical Relevance: Mattress repair for type II SLAP lesions creates a higher labral bumper compared with simple repairs, while both techniques resulted in similar biomechanical characteristics.
JF  - American Journal of Sports Medicine
AU  - Boddula, Madhav R
AU  - Adamson, Gregory J
AU  - Gupta, Akash
AU  - McGarry, Michelle H
AU  - Lee, Thay Q
AD  - Congress Medical Foundation, Pasadena, California, tqlee@med.va.govtqlee@uci.edu
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 875
EP  - 881
PB  - Sage Publications Ltd., 6 Bonhill St. London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
SN  - 0363-5465, 0363-5465
KW  - Physical Education Index
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Height
KW  - Shoulders
KW  - Work load
KW  - Biomechanics (sports techniques)
KW  - PE 090:Sports Medicine & Exercise Sport Science
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 31
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Measurement; Height; Work load; Shoulders; Biomechanics (sports techniques)
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363546511433407
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimating the global area of potential establishment for the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgiferavirgifera) under rain-fed and irrigated agriculture*
AN  - 1017962167; 16611049
AB  - A CLIMEX model for Diabrotica virgiferavirgifera (western corn rootworm), was initially fitted to the known range of this pest in the USA and Mexico under rain-fed agricultural situations. When this model was projected into Europe, it became clear that soil moisture thresholds for irrigation differed markedly between Central Europe and the USA. A second model was fitted using soil moisture parameters derived from theoretical expectations, and was found to fit the known distribution of all North American locations well, and all the European distribution records perfectly. Globally, the modelled potential range of D.v.virgifera covers approximately 64% of the global area of maize production. The highest nascent biosecurity risks to maize-producing areas posed by the western corn rootworm are China, Japan, Argentina, South Africa and Australia. Biosecurity agencies concerned with managing D.v.virgifera invasion risks to Asia should adopt a regional approach to the problem, attempting to slow its spread through Eurasia. The sensitivity of D.v.virgifera's modelled potential distribution to the inclusion of irrigated sites in the model training dataset highlighted the importance of carefully exploring the implications of land-use factors that might be practised in different ways in the model training area and the area of concern.
JF  - EPPO Bulletin
AU  - Kriticos, D J
AU  - Reynaud, P
AU  - Baker, RHA
AU  - Eyre, D
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601 (Australia)
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 56
EP  - 64
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 42
IS  - 1
SN  - 0250-8052, 0250-8052
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Models
KW  - Pests
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Soil moisture
KW  - Diabrotica
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2012-12-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agriculture; Risk factors; Irrigation; Pests; Soil moisture; Models; Diabrotica; Zea mays
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2338.2012.02540.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A review of the taxonomy of chondrichthyan fishes: a modern perspective
AN  - 1014110318; 16611692
AB  - Taxonomic clarity is a fundamental requirement as it forms the foundation of all other life sciences. In the last decade, chondrichthyan taxonomy has undergone a scientific renaissance with >180 new species formally described. This effort encompasses c. 15% of the global chondrichthyan fauna, which consists of 1185 currently recognized species. The important role of chondrichthyan taxonomy for conservation management has been highlighted in recent years with new species descriptions or taxonomic resolution of a number of threatened species. These include Australian gulper (genus Centrophorus) and speartooth sharks (genus Glyphis) in coastal waters of Australia and Borneo. Closer examination of other wide-ranging species, for which the taxonomy was thought to be stable, has shown that they consist of species complexes, e.g. manta rays (Manta spp.) and spotted eagle rays (the Aetobatus narinari complex), and highlights the need for critical re-examination of other wide-ranging species. Molecular methods have provided another useful tool to taxonomists and they have proven to assist greatly with identifying cryptic species and species complexes. The limitations of particular molecular methods being used need, however, to be carefully considered and there are some concerns about how these are being integrated with classical taxonomy. The fundamental importance of taxonomic nomenclature to life sciences is often poorly understood but striving for nomenclatural stability is a critical component of taxonomy. Similarly, biological collections are an extremely vital asset to both taxonomists and the broader scientific community. These collections are becoming increasingly important due in part to molecular species identification initiatives such as the Barcode of Life which has resulted in a large number of voucher specimens linked to tissue samples being deposited. Biological collections are also proving to be imperative in biodiversity studies as they contain a 'gold mine' of historical collection information important for assessing changes in faunal assemblages. Resources are typically limited for taxonomic research and the ageing taxonomic community is another issue of concern for the future of taxonomy on this important group. Succession planning and better resource allocation will be essential to ensure that this fundamental discipline is maintained into the future.
JF  - Journal of Fish Biology
AU  - White, W T
AU  - Last, PR
AD  - CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, G.P.O. Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 1
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - April 2012
SP  - 901
EP  - 917
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 80
IS  - 5
SN  - 0022-1112, 0022-1112
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Aetobatus narinari
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Taxonomists
KW  - ISEW, Borneo
KW  - Centrophorus
KW  - Chondrichthyes
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Glyphis
KW  - Pisces
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Biological collections
KW  - Manta
KW  - Australia
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Marine
KW  - new species
KW  - biological collections
KW  - Threatened species
KW  - Coastal waters
KW  - Animal morphology
KW  - taxonomists
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Fish
KW  - Taxonomy
KW  - New species
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - O 1050:Vertebrates, Urochordates and Cephalochordates
KW  - Q1 08343:Taxonomy and morphology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 3
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine fish; Animal morphology; Resource management; Biological collections; Taxonomists; Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Threatened species; New species; new species; taxonomists; biological collections; Biological diversity; Conservation; Fish; taxonomy; Coastal waters; Pisces; Glyphis; Aetobatus narinari; Manta; Centrophorus; Chondrichthyes; ISEW, Borneo; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03192.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Introduction, Establishment, and Potential Geographic Range of Carmenta sp. nr ithacae (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a Biological Control Agent for Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in Australia
AN  - 1014104967; 16558696
AB  - Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.), a major weed causing economic, environmental, and human and animal health problems in Australia and several countries in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, has been a target for biological control in Australia since the mid-1970s. Nine species of insects and two rust fungi have been introduced as biological control agents into Australia. These include Carmenta sp. nr ithacae, a root feeding agent from Mexico. The larvae of C. sp. nr ithacae bore through the stem-base into the root where they feed on the cortical tissue of the taproot. During 1998-2002, 2,816 larval-infested plants and 387 adults were released at 31 sites across Queensland, Australia. Evidence of field establishment was first observed in two of the release sites in central Queensland in 2004. Annual surveys at these sites and nonrelease sites during 2006-2011 showed wide variations in the incidence and abundance of C. sp. nr ithacae between years and sites. Surveys at three of the nine release sites in northern Queensland and 16 of the 22 release sites in central Queensland confirmed the field establishment of C. sp. nr ithacae in four release sites and four nonrelease sites, all in central Queensland. No field establishment was evident in the inland region or in northern Queensland. A CLIMEX model based on the native range distribution of C. sp. nr ithacae predicts that areas east of the dividing range along the coast are more suitable for field establishment than inland areas. Future efforts to redistribute this agent should be restricted to areas identified as climatically favorable by the CLIMEX model.
JF  - Environmental Entomology
AU  - Dhileepan, K
AU  - Trevino, M
AU  - Vitelli, M P
AU  - Senaratne, KADWilmot
AU  - McClay, A S
AU  - McFadyen, R E
AD  - Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld 4001 Australia., k.dhileepan@qld.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 317
EP  - 325
PB  - Entomological Society of America, 9301 Annapolis Rd. Lanham MD 20706 United States
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
SN  - 0046-225X, 0046-225X
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biological control
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Sesiidae
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Roots
KW  - insects
KW  - Rust
KW  - Lepidoptera
KW  - Models
KW  - Cortex
KW  - Economics
KW  - INW, Asia
KW  - Parthenium hysterophorus
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Health problems
KW  - ISEW, Australia, Queensland
KW  - Fungi
KW  - Parthenium
KW  - Climate
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Asteraceae
KW  - ISE, Mexico
KW  - weeds
KW  - Feeds
KW  - K 03400:Human Diseases
KW  - A 01370:Biological Control
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 24
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological control; Weeds; Feeding; Cortex; Fungi; Abundance; Economics; Roots; Rust; Coasts; Models; Coastal zone; Health problems; Climate; weeds; insects; Feeds; Sesiidae; Asteraceae; Parthenium; Parthenium hysterophorus; Lepidoptera; ISEW, Australia, Queensland; INW, Asia; ISE, Mexico
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using a New Learning Environment Questionnaire for Reflection in Teacher Action Research
AN  - 1011206517; 16524874
AB  - This article reports the development, validation and use of an instrument designed to provide teachers with feedback information, based on students' perceptions, about their classroom environments. The instrument was developed to provide teachers with feedback that they could use to reflect on their teaching practices and, in turn, guide the implementation of strategies to improve their learning environments. To determine the validity and reliability of the new instrument, data from 2043 grade 11 and 12 students from 147 classes in 9 schools were analysed. The Rasch model was used to convert data collected using a frequency response scale into interval data that are suitable for parametric analyses. During an action research process, reflective journals, written feedback, discussions at a forum and interviews with eight teachers helped to illuminate the processes used by teachers during action research. This article reports the views of these teachers in general and examines more closely how one of the teachers used student responses to the learning environment questionnaire as a tool for reflection and as a guide in transforming her classroom environment. This case study helped us to gauge the extent to which action research based on students' perceptions of the learning environment was useful in guiding teachers' improvements of their classroom learning environments.
JF  - Journal of Science Teacher Education
AU  - Aldridge, Jill M
AU  - Fraser, Barry J
AU  - Bell, Lisa
AU  - Dorman, Jeffrey
AD  - Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia, J.Aldridge@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 259
EP  - 290
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SN  - 1046-560X, 1046-560X
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Education
KW  - Perception
KW  - case studies
KW  - schools
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - case studies; Education; schools; Perception
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10972-012-9268-1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Geographic adaptation in plant-soil mutualisms: tests using Acacia spp. and rhizobial bacteria
AN  - 1008846411; 16509157
AB  - 1.Variation in the effectiveness of mutualistic associations is well characterized in plant-soil symbiont interactions, yet there are little empirical data providing insight into how such variation evolves and persists in natural settings. 2.Heterogeneity in the strength and direction of co-evolutionary selection among spatially discrete demes is predicted to be important for the maintenance of genetic variation in species interactions. Here, we experimentally test the potential for local adaptation to generate phenotypic divergence among wild host-symbiont populations using two leguminous host species that differ in their specificity for rhizobial partners. 3.Molecular characterization of host populations and associated rhizobial communities revealed significant among-population genetic differentiation. Reciprocal cross-inoculation experiments testing for variation in the fitness of nine populations of Acacia salicina and A. stenophylla in response to inoculation with rhizobia revealed variation in host response to the mutualism (both host species), and the benefit conferred by different rhizobial populations (A. salicina only). However, there was no indication that host population-by-rhizobial population interactions influence the outcomes of mutualism for the host. 4.We further examined potential correlations between (i) plant response to inoculation and (ii) rhizobial effectiveness, with variation in soil fertility at the sites from which plant and rhizobial samples originated. Data from the cross-inoculation experiments revealed no correlations between soil chemistry, water availability and either host or rhizobial performance. However, analysis of results from an extensive whole-soil inoculation trial including nearly 60 A. salicina and A. stenophylla sites showed a significant negative correlation between levels of soil nitrogen and plant response to inoculation. 5.Overall, these findings suggest that selection for local adaptation may play little role in maintaining phenotypic variation in these interactions. We hypothesize that mutualistic interactions occurring among communities of hosts and symbionts do not favour co-evolutionary divergence among populations.
JF  - Functional Ecology
AU  - Barrett, Luke G
AU  - Broadhurst, Linda M
AU  - Thrall, Peter H
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 457
EP  - 468
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0269-8463, 0269-8463
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Inoculation
KW  - mutualism
KW  - Acacia
KW  - D:04040
KW  - J:02430
KW  - M3:1010
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inoculation; mutualism; Acacia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01940.x
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T1  - Beyond fecundity control: which weeds are most containable?
AN  - 1008841791; 16549365
AB  - 1.Eradication is often the preferred strategy in the management of new weed invasions, but recent research has shown that the circumstances under which eradication can be achieved are highly constrained. Containment is a component of an eradication strategy and also a management objective in its own right. Just as for eradication, containment of a weed invasion should be attempted only if it is considered feasible. However, very little guidance exists for the assessment of containment feasibility for weeds. 2.Numerous factors have been proposed as influencing feasibility of containment, but those that relate to the potential for management of dispersal pathways and timely detection of new foci of infestation appear to be critical. Theory suggests that the rate of spread is largely driven by long-distance dispersal (LDD). However, LDD is generally unpredictable and often occurs for species that do not appear to be adapted for it. Furthermore, many (if not most) LDD events fail to give rise to new infestations. 3.As the probability of colonisation is related to the numbers of propagules immigrating ('propagule pressure') at a point in the landscape, dispersal pathways that move relatively large numbers of propagules simultaneously and/or repeatedly should most enhance weed spread. It is these pathways whose potential for management has the greatest bearing upon containment feasibility. A key impediment to containment is undetected spread; this need not occur through LDD and is more likely to occur through dispersal to lesser distances. 4.Synthesis and applications. Feasibility of containment should be viewed in terms of the effort required to reduce weed spread rate, as well as the effectiveness of relevant management actions. Where dispersal vectors are not readily manageable and the probability of detection via structured and/or unstructured surveillance is low, a much greater reliance upon fecundity control will be needed to contain a weed. A combination of empirical and theoretical approaches should be used to develop and refine estimates of containment feasibility. Such estimates will aid decision-making with regard to whether to attempt to reduce weed spread and assist in prioritisation of different weeds for containment.
JF  - Journal of Applied Ecology
AU  - Panetta, FDane
AU  - Cacho, Oscar J
AD  - Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 46, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 311
EP  - 321
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
SN  - 0021-8901, 0021-8901
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Weeds
KW  - D:04060
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 7
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weeds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02105.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Climate-driven range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans into the Southern Ocean
AN  - 1008838035; 16494776
AB  - We describe a climate-driven range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans into the Southern Ocean (45 degree 31'S 147 degree E). Sea surface height data showed that a warm-core eddy moving southwards from Tasmania was the potential vector for the transport of Noctiluca. We provide evidence for active feeding of Noctiluca on Southern Ocean phytoplankton. Possible competition with other grazers may have implications for food web dynamics were Noctiluca to become established in the Southern Ocean.
JF  - Journal of Plankton Research
AU  - McLeod, David J
AU  - Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M
AU  - Hosie, Graham W
AU  - Richardson, Anthony J
AD  - 1 CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia, david.mcleod@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/04//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Apr 2012
SP  - 332
EP  - 337
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SN  - 0142-7873, 0142-7873
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Marine
KW  - Noctiluca scintillans
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Red tides
KW  - Climate
KW  - Phytoplankton
KW  - Oceanic eddies
KW  - Noctiluca
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Dinoflagellates
KW  - Ocean-atmosphere system
KW  - PS, Antarctic Ocean
KW  - Competition
KW  - Plankton
KW  - Food webs
KW  - Grazers
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - Q1 08421:Migrations and rhythms
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - K 03450:Ecology
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Red tides; Climate; Ocean-atmosphere system; Phytoplankton; Oceanic eddies; Grazers; Food webs; Feeding; Data processing; Oceans; Dinoflagellates; Competition; Plankton; Noctiluca scintillans; Noctiluca; PS, Antarctic Ocean; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr112
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Participation in Article III Courts: Standing to Sue
AN  - 1504417759; 2011-564921
AB  - As disputes between Congress and the executive become more prevalent, questions about Congress's ability to turn to the federal courts for vindication of its powers and prerogatives, or for declarations that the executive is in violation of the law or the Constitution, begin to arise. This report seeks to provide an overview of Congress's ability to participate in litigation before Article III courts. The report is limited to a discussion of Congress's participation in litigation as either a plaintiff or as a third-party intervener. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 30 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Dolan, Alissa M
AU  - Garvey, Todd
Y1  - 2012/03/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 30
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - Executives
KW  - Courts
KW  - Law
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42454
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Selected Agency Budget Justifications for FY2013
AN  - 1037894500; 2011-281194
AB  - This report provides a listing of online FY2013 agency budget justification submissions for all 15 executive branch departments and 9 selected independent agencies. In most cases, budget justifications contain more detailed descriptions of proposals and programs than are provided in the President's budget submissions. This report will be updated to reflect the current budget justification submissions for the forthcoming fiscal year. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 30 2012, 3 pp.
AU  - Murray, Justin
Y1  - 2012/03/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Executives
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Fiscal year
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42453
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Expiring Farm Bill Programs without a Budget Baseline
AN  - 1037894499; 2011-281193
AB  - The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm bill) authorizes most federal farm and food policies. People are discussing the future of agricultural policy, and the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are preparing legislation for a possible 2012 farm bill. The farm bill provides the mandatory funding for many farm bill programs, including the farm commodity programs and some nutrition, conservation, research, bioenergy, and rural development programs. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 30 2012, 10 pp.
AU  - Monke, Jim
Y1  - 2012/03/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
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  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Food
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41433.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41433
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Depository Library Program: Issues for Congress
AN  - 1037894501; 2011-281195
AB  - Congress established the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) to provide free public access to federal government information. In the past half-century, information creation, distribution, retention, and preservation has expanded from a tangible, paper-based process to include digital processes managed largely through computerized information technologies. The transition to digital information raises a number of issues of possible interest to Congress, and this report discusses those possible concerns as they affect FDLP. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 29 2012, 19 pp.
AU  - Petersen, R Eric
AU  - Manning, Jennifer E
AU  - Bailey, Christina M
Y1  - 2012/03/29/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Education and education policy - Libraries
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Public access
KW  - Information technology
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42457.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42457
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - An Analysis of the "Buffett Rule"
AN  - 1037894503; 2011-281197
AB  - The Administration stated that one of its principles for tax reform was to observe the "Buffett rule" -- "no household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of its income in taxes than middle-class families pay." This report examines the Buffett rule, but uses a measure of income that captures the ability to pay taxes and incorporates the effect of the corporate income tax in addition to the individual income tax and the payroll tax -- and concludes that the current US tax system violates the Buffett rule. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 28 2012, 11 pp.
AU  - Hungerford, Thomas L
Y1  - 2012/03/28/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - United States
KW  - Income tax
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Households
KW  - Family
KW  - Payroll tax
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42043.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42043
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1037894502; 2011-281196
AB  - Energy tax policy has been actively debated in the 112th Congress. Much of this debate has centered around proposals in the President's FY2012 and FY2013 budgets, proposals to eliminate certain tax preferences, and proposals to extend other expired or expiring provisions. The Obama Administration has proposed a number of changes in energy tax policy with the intent of correcting perceived distortions in the market and encouraging conservation and the use of renewable energy. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 28 2012, 28 pp.
AU  - Sherlock, Molly F
AU  - Crandall-Hollick, Margot L
Y1  - 2012/03/28/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Tax policy
KW  - Markets
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41769.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41769
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Federal Budget: Issues for FY2013 and Beyond
AN  - 1037894505; 2011-281199
AB  - The federal budget is central to Congress's ability to exercise its "power of the purse." Federal budget decisions also express Congress's priorities and reinforce Congress's influence on federal policies. Recent economic turmoil has strained the federal budget as a result of declining revenues and increasing spending levels. As the economic recovery continues, the FY2013 budget process will allow the President and Congress to negotiate priorities and refine spending plans. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 27 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Levit, Mindy
Y1  - 2012/03/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Economics
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Budget
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42362.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42362
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Energy Storage for Power Grids and Electric Transportation: A Technology Assessment
AN  - 1037894504; 2011-281198
AB  - This report attempts to summarize knowledge regarding energy storage technologies for both electric power grid and electric vehicle applications as a reference for policymakers interested in understanding the range of technologies and applications associated with energy storage -- comparing them, when possible, in a structured way to highlight key characteristics relevant to widespread use. While the emphasis is on technology (including key performance metrics such as cost and efficiency), this report also addresses the significant policy, market, and other non-technical factors that may impede storage adoption. It considers eight major categories of storage technology. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 27 2012, 139 pp.
AU  - Parfomak, Paul W
Y1  - 2012/03/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Buildings and structures
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Transportation
KW  - Business and service sector - Personnel management
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Cost
KW  - Storage
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Alternative fuel vehicles
KW  - Technology assessment
KW  - Performance
KW  - Markets
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42455.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42455
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship of Perfluorooctanoic Acid Exposure to Pregnancy Outcome Based on Birth Records in the Mid-Ohio Valley
AN  - 1093469905; 17168288
AB  - Background: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a potential cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes, but previous studies have been limited by low exposures and small study size. Objectives: Using birth certificate information, we examined the relation between estimated PFOA exposure and birth outcomes in an area of West Virginia and Ohio whose drinking water was contaminated by a chemical plant. Methods: Births in the study area from 1990 through 2004 were examined to generate case groups of stillbirth (n = 106), pregnancy-induced hypertension (n = 224), preterm birth (n = 3,613), term low birth weight (n = 918), term small-for-gestational-age (SGA) (n = 353), and a continuous measure of birth weight among a sample of term births (n = 4,534). A 10% sample of term births greater than or equal to 2,500 g were selected as a source of controls (n = 3,616). Historical estimates of serum PFOA were derived from a previously developed fate and transport model. In a second study, we examined 4,547 area births linked to a survey with residential history data. Results: In the analysis based only on birth records, we found no consistent evidence of an association between estimated PFOA exposure and stillbirth, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preterm birth, or indices of fetal growth. In the analysis of birth records linked to the survey, PFOA was unrelated to pregnancy-induced hypertension or preterm birth but showed some suggestion of an association with early preterm birth. Measures of growth restriction showed weak and inconsistent associations with PFOA. Conclusions: Based on the analysis using the health survey, these results provide little support for an effect of PFOA exposure on most pregnancy outcomes, except for early preterm birth and possibly fetal growth restriction.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Savitz, David A
AU  - Stein, Cheryl R
AU  - Elston, Beth
AU  - Wellenius, Gregory A
AU  - Bartell, Scott M
AU  - Shin, Hyeong-Moo
AU  - Vieira, Veronica M
AU  - Fletcher, Tony
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Y1  - 2012/03/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 26
SP  - 1201
EP  - 1207
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - fetal growth restriction
KW  - perfluorooctanoic acid
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - pregnancy-induced hypertension
KW  - preterm birth
KW  - stillbirth
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - Data processing
KW  - USA, West Virginia
KW  - Valleys
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Models
KW  - Low-birth-weight
KW  - USA, Ohio
KW  - Chemical plants
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - H 2000:Transportation
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Birth weight; Data processing; perfluorooctanoic acid; Drinking water; Fetuses; Models; Pregnancy; Hypertension; Historical account; Low-birth-weight; Chemical plants; Valleys; USA, Ohio; USA, West Virginia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104752
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2013 Appropriations
AN  - 1081891207; 2011-281201
AB  - This report will track and describe actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2013 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. It also provides an overview of FY2012 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for CJS. The FY2013 request for CJS is 1.9% greater than the FY2012 appropriation of 60.910 billion dollars. The report also provides an overview of FY2012 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for CJS. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 26 2012, 53 pp.
AU  - James, Nathan
AU  - Williams, Jennifer D
AU  - Sargent, John F, Jr
Y1  - 2012/03/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Science
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42440
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Possible Extension or Expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill
AN  - 1037894506; 2011-281200
AB  - Congress periodically establishes agricultural and food policy in an omnibus farm bill. Provisions in the most recent farm bill -- the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm bill) -- generally expire on September 30, 2012, or with the 2012 crop year. This report explores what could happen if Congress fails to pass a 2012 farm bill. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 26 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Monke, Jim
AU  - Stubbs, Megan
AU  - Aussenberg, Randy Alison
Y1  - 2012/03/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Food
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42442
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - ACA: A Brief Overview of the Law, Implementation, and Legal Challenges
AN  - 1438603123; 2011-496454
AB  - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) increases access to health insurance coverage, expands federal private health insurance market requirements, and requires the creation of health insurance exchanges to provide individuals and small employers with access to insurance. This report provides a brief summary of major ACA provisions, implementation and oversight activities, and current legal challenges. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 23 2012, 8 pp.
AU  - Redhead, C Stephen
AU  - Staman, Jennifer
AU  - Burrows, Vanessa K
AU  - Fernandez, Bernadette
Y1  - 2012/03/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 23
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Medicine and health care
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Education and education policy - Education
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States
KW  - Education
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Law
KW  - Markets
KW  - Medical service
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41664
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Automatic Spending Reduction Procedures on Health Reform Spending
AN  - 1081891219; 2011-281204
AB  - The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) established new budget enforcement mechanisms for reducing the federal deficit by at least 2.1 trillion dollars over the 10-year period FY2012-FY2021. The potential impact of spending reductions triggered by the BCA on health reform spending under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) would appear to be somewhat limited. ACA is likely to affect discretionary spending subject to the annual appropriations process. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 23 2012, 16 pp.
AU  - Redhead, C Stephen
Y1  - 2012/03/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42051.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42051
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension: Issues and Background
AN  - 1081891216; 2011-281203
AB  - Public investment in agricultural research has been linked to productivity gains, and subsequently to increased agricultural and economic growth. Studies consistently find high social rates of return on average from public agricultural research, widely reported to be in the range of 20%-60% annually. Advances in the basic and applied agricultural sciences, such as disease-resistant crop varieties, efficient irrigation practices, and improved marketing systems, are considered fundamental to achievements in agricultural yields, increases in farm sector profitability, higher competitiveness in international agricultural trade, and improvements in nutrition and human health. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 23 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Shields, Dennis A
Y1  - 2012/03/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Agricultural research
KW  - Farms
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Public investments
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Productivity
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40819.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40819
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Health Care: Constitutional Rights and Legislative Powers
AN  - 1081891211; 2011-281202
AB  - The health care reform debate raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health or health care as a moral, legal, or constitutional right. Discussion will be limited to constitutional and legal issues pertaining to a right to health care. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 23 2012, 19 pp.
AU  - Swendiman, Kathleen S
Y1  - 2012/03/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Medicine and health care
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Cost
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Medical service
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40846
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Challenge of Individual Income Tax Reform: An Economic Analysis of Tax Base Broadening
AN  - 1081891223; 2011-281205
AB  - The President's Fiscal Commission, proposed an individual income tax reform with three objectives: to broaden the base and lower the tax rate, to contribute to deficit reduction, and to maintain or increase the progressivity of the tax system. The analysis in this report suggests there are impediments to base broadening by eliminating or reducing tax expenditures, because they are viewed as serving an important purpose, are important for distributional reasons, are technically difficult to change, or are broadly used by the public and are quite popular. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 22 2012, 37 pp.
AU  - Gravelle, Jane G
AU  - Hungerford, Thomas L
Y1  - 2012/03/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Income tax
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Economics
KW  - Science policy
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42435
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Statutes: What They Are and Where to Find Them
AN  - 1081891231; 2011-281207
AB  - This report provides a brief overview of federal statutes and where to find them, both in print and on the Internet. When Congress passes a law, it may amend or repeal earlier enactments or it may create new law. Newly enacted laws are published chronologically, first as separate statutes in "slip law" form and later cumulatively in a series of volumes known as the Statutes at Large. Most statutes are incorporated into the US Code; and the US Code and its commercial counterparts are usually available at local libraries. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 21 2012, 5 pp.
AU  - Foley, Cassandra L
Y1  - 2012/03/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Education and education policy - Libraries
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30812.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL30812
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Health Centers
AN  - 1081891227; 2011-281206
AB  - This report provides an overview of the federal health center program including its statutory authority, program requirements, and appropriation levels. It describes health centers in general, where they are located, their patient population, and some outcomes associated with health center use. The report briefly discusses issues for Congress such as the potential effects of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148, ACA) on health centers, the health center workforce, and financial considerations for health centers in the context of changing federal and state budgets. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 21 2012, 39 pp.
AU  - Heisler, Elayne J
Y1  - 2012/03/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Federal government
KW  - State government
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Authority
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42433
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - America COMPETES 2010 and the FY2013 Budget
AN  - 1081891240; 2011-281209
AB  - On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed P.L. 111-358, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. The law responds to concerns about US competitiveness by, among other things, increasing funding for research in the physical sciences and engineering; and by authorizing certain federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs. America COMPETES 2010 reauthorized selected provisions of the 2007 America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69). The purpose of this report is to provide information on the President's FY2013 budget request -- and the status of FY2013 congressional appropriations actions -- for the agencies, programs, and activities authorized by America COMPETES 2010. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 20 2012, 15 pp.
AU  - Gonzalez, Heather B
Y1  - 2012/03/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Science and technology policy - Engineering
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Science and technology policy - Mathematics
KW  - Education and education policy - Education
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Science
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Education
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42430
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Crude Oil Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas
AN  - 1081891236; 2011-281208
AB  - In 2011, oil prices traded between $85-$110 per barrel and remain high in 2012. Congress is faced with proposals designed to enhance domestic energy supply and security as well as the requirements of environmental statutes. A key question in this discussion is how much oil is produced each year and how much of that comes from federal and nonfederal areas. Oil production has fluctuated on both federal and non-federal lands over the past five years. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 20 2012, 4 pp.
AU  - Humphries, Marc
Y1  - 2012/03/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Land
KW  - Prices
KW  - Production
KW  - Science policy
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42432
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimated Effects of Asian Dust Storms on Spatiotemporal Distributions of Clinic Visits for Respiratory Diseases in Taipei Children (Taiwan)
AN  - 1093460609; 17168278
AB  - Background: Increases in certain cause-specific hospital admissions have been reported during Asian dust storms (ADS), which primarily originate from north and northwest China during winter and spring. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between the ADS and clinic visits for respiratory diseases in children. Objective: We investigated the general impact to children's health across space and time by analyzing daily clinic visits for respiratory diseases among preschool and schoolchildren registered in 12 districts of Taipei City during 1997-2007 from the National Health Insurance dataset. Methods: We applied a structural additive regression model to estimate the association between ADS episodes and children's clinic visits for respiratory diseases, controlling for space and time variations. Results: Compared with weeks before ADS events, the rate of clinic visits during weeks after ADS events increased 2.54% (95% credible interval = 2.43, 2.66) for preschool children ( less than or equal to 6 years of age) and 5.03% (95% credible interval = 4.87, 5.20) for schoolchildren (7-14 years of age). Spatial heterogeneity in relative rates of clinic visits was also identified. Compared with the mean level of Taipei City, higher relative rates appeared in districts with or near large hospitals and medical centers. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first population-based study to assess the impact of ADS on children's respiratory health. Our analysis suggests that children's respiratory health was affected by ADS events across all of Taipei, especially among schoolchildren.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Chien, Lung-Chang
AU  - Yang, Chiang-Hsing
AU  - Yu, Hwa-Lung
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Y1  - 2012/03/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 15
SP  - 1215
EP  - 1220
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 8
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Asian dust storm
KW  - children's clinic visit
KW  - respiratory disease
KW  - spatiotemporal analysis
KW  - Taiwan
KW  - Age
KW  - Taiwan, Taipei
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Children
KW  - Storms
KW  - Dust
KW  - Winter
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - Additives
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Respiratory diseases; Children; Additives; Storms; Dust; Winter; Urban areas; Hospitals; Taiwan; Taiwan, Taipei; China, People's Rep.
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104417
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI): Budget Authority and Request, FY2010-FY2013
AN  - 1081891245; 2011-281210
AB  - President Obama signed the 2010 Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development calling for the elevation of foreign development assistance as a national priority and outlining an integrated approach to development, diplomacy, and national security. The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI) -- one of the three main pillars to the 2010 directive -- aims to integrate climate change considerations into relevant foreign assistance through the full range of bilateral, multilateral, and private mechanisms to foster low-carbon growth, promote sustainable and resilient societies, and reduce emissions from deforestation and land degradation. The initiative promotes (1) adaptation assistance, (2) clean energy assistance, and (3) sustainable landscapes assistance. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 15 2012, 14 pp.
AU  - Lattanzio, Richard K
Y1  - 2012/03/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - International relations - Diplomacy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Land
KW  - Authority
KW  - Diplomacy
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Science policy
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41845.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41845
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Characteristics, distribution and morphogenesis of subtidal microbial systems in Shark Bay, Australia
AN  - 1020846105; 16790722
AB  - The distribution, nature and extent of microbial deposits in Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay have been investigated and mapped with emphasis on the occurrence, external morphologies, internal fabrics, constructional mechanisms, microbial communities, growth rates and sediment associations in the intertidal and previously little researched subtidal zone. Detailed georeferenced substrate mapping revealed extensive subtidal microbial deposits occupying approximately 300km2 of the total Holocene 1400km2 area of Hamelin Pool. The Microbial Pavement covers 227km2 of the subtidal substrate that together with columnar structures reveals a subtidal microbial habitat which occupies an area 10 times larger than the area of the intertidal deposits. Microbial carbonate is composed of aragonite (80-98%) that reveals high positive values of delta 13C (+4.46 to +5.88) and delta 18O (+3.06 to +3.88) as a characteristic of the highly evaporative environment with extensive microbial activity. Oldest dated heads are 1915 and 1680 14Cyears BP, and the overall system was deposited in two stages; the first between 2000 and 1200 and the last from 900years BP to the present. Slow growth rates vary from less than 0.1mm/year to 0.5mm/year. Different internal fabrics were constructed according to their position in relation to the littoral zone by distinct microbial communities, and lateral fabric relations have been established. Evidence of shallowing-upward fabric sequences of microbial origin reflects relative falling sea levels during the late Holocene and is likely useful in ancient environmental interpretation. A sequence of events and mechanisms are described emphasizing differences between the stromatolitic, thrombolitic and cryptomicrobial deposits in Shark Bay. The new substrate map and depositional history for this distinctive and peculiar microbial habitat establish the significance of subtidal structures and emphasize the geoscientific importance of Hamelin Pool, especially with respect to early life studies and ancient analogues for understanding microbial activity, deposit characteristics, fenestral fabrics and distribution.
JF  - Marine Geology
AU  - Jahnert, Ricardo J
AU  - Collins, Lindsay B
AD  - Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, r.jahnert@postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 15
SP  - 115
EP  - 136
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 303-306
SN  - 0025-3227, 0025-3227
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Shark Bay
KW  - stromatolite
KW  - thrombolite
KW  - microbial deposits
KW  - cryptomicrobial
KW  - hypersalinity
KW  - microbial fabrics
KW  - subtidal microbialites
KW  - Sea level
KW  - Palaeo studies
KW  - Morphogenesis
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Hamelin Pool
KW  - Holocene
KW  - Heads
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Substrate preferences
KW  - Australia
KW  - Geology
KW  - Mapping
KW  - Littoral zone
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Marine
KW  - Deposits
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay
KW  - Palaeoenvironments
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Fabrics
KW  - Oxygen isotope ratio
KW  - carbonates
KW  - Q2 09271:Coastal morphology
KW  - A 01450:Environmental Pollution & Waste Treatment
KW  - O 1080:Multi-disciplinary Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-02-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Marine fish; Sea level; Substrate preferences; Palaeo studies; Morphogenesis; Palaeoenvironments; Oxygen isotope ratio; Holocene; Heads; Fabrics; Deposits; Geology; Mapping; Habitat; carbonates; Sediments; Littoral zone; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Hamelin Pool; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.009
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effects of 12-week psyllium fibre supplementation or healthy diet on blood pressure and arterial stiffness in overweight and obese individuals
AN  - 1837298746; 16329564
AB  - Endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness occur early in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome and they are both powerful independent predictors of cardiovascular risk. A high-fibre diet has been correlated with lower BMI and a lower incidence of hyperlipidaemia, CVD, hypertension and diabetes. The present randomised, parallel-design study compared the effects of fibre intake from a healthy diet v. fibre supplement diets on blood pressure (BP) and vascular function over 12 weeks. Overweight and obese adults were randomised to one of three groups: control (with placebo), fibre supplement (FIB) or healthy eating group with placebo (HLT). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was lower in the FIB group compared with the control group at week 6, but not at week 12. However, SBP was lower in the HLT group compared with control group at week 12. At week 6, the FIB group presented lower diastolic blood pressure and augmentation index compared with the control group, but this result did not persist to the end of the study. The present study did not show any improvements in BP or vascular function in overweight and obese individuals with psyllium fibre supplementation over 12 weeks of intervention. However, a healthy diet provided the greatest improvements in BP in overweight and obese subjects. Further research with hypertensive individuals is necessary to elucidate whether increased fibre consumption in the form of psyllium supplementation may provide a safe and acceptable means to reduce BP, vascular function and the risk of developing CVD.
JF  - British Journal of Nutrition
AU  - Pal, Sebely
AU  - Khossousi, Alireza
AU  - Binns, Colin
AU  - Dhaliwal, Satvinder
AU  - Radavelli-Bagatini, Simone
AD  - School of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, s.pal@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 14
SP  - 725
EP  - 734
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 107
IS  - 5
SN  - 0007-1145, 0007-1145
KW  - Physical Education Index
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Diet (effects)
KW  - Dietary supplements
KW  - Health
KW  - Cardiorespiratory
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - Diabetes
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2016-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 80
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Obesity; Diet (effects); Dietary supplements; Cardiorespiratory; Health; Blood pressure; Diabetes; Hypertension
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511003497
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Current Structure and Alternatives
AN  - 1679145875; CO02337
AB  - Reviews current system for congressional oversight of intelligence matters and explores proposals for change, including creation of joint congressional intelligence committee.
AU  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
AD  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
PY  - 2012
SP  - 40
KW  - Congressional oversight
KW  - Government budgeting
KW  - Information security
KW  - Internal oversight
KW  - Reporting procedures
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LA  - English
DB  - Digital National Security Archive
N1  - Name - National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States; United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence; United States. General Accounting Office
N1  - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report
N1  - Last updated - 2015-06-16
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use
AN  - 1081891250; 2011-281212
AB  - This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies' public communications. Congress frequently has investigated federal agency public communication activities, and Congress has enacted three statutory restrictions on agency communications with the public. One limits agencies' authority to hire publicity experts, another prohibits using appropriated funds to lobby Congress, and a third disallows using appropriated funds for "publicity or propaganda." For a number of reasons, enforcing these restrictions has been challenging, not least of which is that these statutory prohibitions do not well clarify licit from illicit public communications. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 14 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Kosar, Kevin R
Y1  - 2012/03/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Communication
KW  - Business and service sector - Advertising and public relations
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social movements
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Executives
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Authority
KW  - Communication
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Prohibition
KW  - Propaganda
KW  - Publicity
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42406
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues
AN  - 1081891247; 2011-281211
AB  - The federal government's role in protecting US citizens and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks has been the subject of recent congressional interest. This report discusses selected legal issues that frequently arise in the context of legislation to address vulnerabilities of private critical infrastructure to cyber threats, efforts to protect government networks from cyber threats, and proposals to facilitate and encourage sharing of cyber threat information amongst private sector and government entities. This report also provides an overview of the ways in which federal laws of these types may preempt or affect the applicability of state law. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 14 2012, 41 pp.
AU  - Liu, Edward C
AU  - Stevens, Gina
AU  - Ruane, Kathleen Ann
AU  - Dolan, Alissa M
AU  - Thompson, Richard M, II
Y1  - 2012/03/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - United States
KW  - Threats
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Changing the Federal Reserve's Mandate: An Economic Analysis
AN  - 1081891268; 2011-313595
AB  - The Federal Reserve's (Fed's) current statutory mandate calls for it to "promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates." Some economists have argued that this mandate should be replaced with a single mandate of price stability. Often the proposal for a single mandate is paired with a more specific proposal that the Fed should adopt an inflation target. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 13 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Labonte, Marc
Y1  - 2012/03/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 13
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banks and other financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic research
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Interest rates
KW  - Economists
KW  - Prices
KW  - Economics
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Inflation
KW  - Employment
KW  - Federal reserve system
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Europe's Energy Security: Options and Challenges to Natural Gas Supply Diversification
AN  - 1081891266; 2011-313594
AB  - Europe as a major energy consumer faces a number of challenges when addressing future energy needs, and a key element of the EU's energy supply strategy has been to shift to a greater use of natural gas. Russia is Europe's most important natural gas supplier; but this report focuses on potential approaches that Europe might employ to diversify its sources of natural gas supply, Russia's role in Europe's energy consumption, and some of the issues hindering efforts to develop alternative suppliers of natural gas. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 13 2012, 28 pp.
AU  - Ratner, Michael
AU  - Belkin, Paul
AU  - Nichol, Jim
AU  - Woehrel, Steven
Y1  - 2012/03/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 13
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - International relations - Regional organizations
KW  - European Union
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Europe
KW  - Energy consumption
KW  - Russian Federation
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42405
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Budget Resolutions: Historical Information
AN  - 1081891260; 2011-281215
AB  - This report provides current and historical information on the budget resolution. It provides a list of the budget resolutions adopted and rejected by Congress and a table of selected optional components, a list of the budget reconciliation measures developed pursuant to directives contained in budget resolutions, and information on the number of years covered by budget resolutions. It also provides information on the consideration and adoption of budget resolutions; the amendments in the nature of a substitute to the budget resolution considered in the House; and the number and disposition of House and Senate amendments to budget resolutions. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 13 2012, 38 pp.
AU  - Heniff, Bill, Jr
AU  - Murray, Justin
Y1  - 2012/03/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 13
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Scientists
KW  - History
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - United States Congressional budget office
KW  - Science policy
KW  - book
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues
AN  - 1081891257; 2011-281214
AB  - This report describes the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. It summarizes key arguments for and against the pipeline put forth by the pipeline's developers, federal agencies, environmental groups, and other stakeholders. Finally, the report reviews the constitutional basis for the State Department's authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents' possible challenges to this authority. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 13 2012, 29 pp.
AU  - Parfomak, Paul W
AU  - Nerurkar, Neelesh
AU  - Luther, Linda
AU  - Vann, Adam
Y1  - 2012/03/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 13
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Authority
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - Science policy
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses
AN  - 1081891506; 2011-281217
AB  - This report focuses on options for protecting structures and for protecting wildlands and natural resources from wildfires. It begins with a brief overview of the nature of wildfires, followed by a discussion of protecting structures. Then, it discusses wildfire damages to wildlands and natural resources, fuel treatment options and their benefits and limitations, and public involvement in federal decisions. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 12 2012, 27 pp.
AU  - Bracmort, Kelsi
Y1  - 2012/03/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Community life and organization
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Forests, forestry, and forest products
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Forest fires
KW  - Land
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Fuel
KW  - Forestry
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Cybersecurity: Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S. 2111) -- A Legal Analysis
AN  - 1081891504; 2011-281216
AB  - The Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S. 2111) would enhance the criminal penalties for the cyber crimes outlawed in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Those offenses include espionage, hacking, fraud, destruction, password trafficking, and extortion committed against computers and computer networks. S. 2111 contains some of the enhancements approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee when it reported the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (S. 1151), S.Rept. 112-91 (2011). Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 12 2012, 14 pp.
AU  - Doyle, Charles
Y1  - 2012/03/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Administration of justice - Judgments and sentences
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Computer networks
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Fraud
KW  - Computers
KW  - Criminal justice
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Judiciary
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Independent Payment Advisory Board
AN  - 1081891269; 2011-313596
AB  - This report, which provides an overview of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, begins with a discussion of the rationale behind the creation of an independent Medicare board and briefly reviews prior proposals for similar boards and commissions. The report then describes the structure of the Board, the calculations and determinations required to be made by the Office of the Chief Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that trigger a Board proposal, and the content of and constraints on Board proposals -- including the Medicare productivity exemptions under Section 3401 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 12 2012, 35 pp.
AU  - Hahn, Jim
AU  - Davis, Christopher M
Y1  - 2012/03/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 12
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Medicaid program
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Payment
KW  - book
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - EPA's Boiler MACT: Controlling Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants
AN  - 1081891512; 2011-281220
AB  - Provides information concerning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards for boilers (the Boiler MACT), an EPA rule designed to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants. EPA proposed changes to the Boiler MACT standards that it had promulgated March 21, 2011. The agency expects to finalize its reconsideration of the rule within months, after which owners and operators of affected boilers would begin the process of obtaining or revising permits and installing equipment necessary to meet the new emission standards -- and of challenging the law in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 9 2012, 26 pp.
AU  - McCarthy, James E
Y1  - 2012/03/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Machinery and equipment industry
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Environmental protection agency
KW  - Equipment
KW  - Law
KW  - Standards
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund: A Short History
AN  - 1081891510; 2011-281219
AB  - As discussed in this report, excise taxes have long been a part of US revenue history. In the field of gasoline taxation, the states led the way with Oregon enacting the first tax on motor fuels in 1919. By 1932, all states and the District of Columbia had followed suit with tax rates that ranged between two and seven cents per gallon. The federal government first imposed its excise tax on gasoline at a one-cent per gallon rate in 1932. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 9 2012, 15 pp.
AU  - Bickley, James M
Y1  - 2012/03/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Trusts, estates, and probate law
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Taxation
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Excise tax
KW  - Revenue
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Trusts and trustees
KW  - Highways
KW  - Fuel
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30304.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Trade Remedy Laws and Nonmarket Economies: A Legal Overview
AN  - 1081891508; 2011-281218
AB  - This report discusses the application of antidumping and countervailing duty (CVD) law to the goods of nonmarket economy (NME) countries, including the decision of the Department of Commerce (DOC) in 2007 to change its long-standing policy and apply CVD law to such goods; reviews China's successful case in the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging the US application of CVDs to Chinese products; examines the December 2011 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v US holding that the Department of Commerce may not apply CVDs to NME country goods. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 9 2012, 34 pp.
AU  - Grimmett, Jeanne J
Y1  - 2012/03/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - United States
KW  - World trade organization
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Courts
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation through the 111th Congress
AN  - 1081891517; 2011-281223
AB  - The potential for biomass to meet US renewable energy demands has yet to be fully explored. Non-food and other types of biomass (eg, manure) have traditionally been considered by some as waste material and as such have been deposited in landfills, used for animal feed, or applied to crop production lands; however, rising fuel prices, environmental concerns, and sustainability issues have led policymakers to create legislation that encourages conversion of biomass into liquid fuels or electricity. Interest has increased in cellulosic biomass because it does not compete directly with crop production for food, although it may compete for land. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 7 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Bracmort, Kelsi
AU  - Gorte, Ross W
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - United States
KW  - Biomass energy
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Land
KW  - Prices
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Fuel
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility: Trends and International Comparisons
AN  - 1081891515; 2011-281222
AB  - This report presents recent analysis of the distribution of income and the extent of income mobility in the US over time and in comparison with other advanced economies. It begins with a discussion of data issues related to measuring income and its distribution. The report compares the US income distribution with the distributions of other industrialized countries and presents explanations for cross-country differences in equality measures. The willingness of a country to incur any economic costs related to attaining greater equality arising from policy decisions rather than market forces may reflect varying national beliefs about the opportunity to progress. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 7 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Levine, Linda
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social values
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Cost
KW  - United States
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Economics
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Markets
KW  - Equality
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Renewable Energy R&D Funding History: A Comparison with Funding for Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, and Energy Efficiency R&D
AN  - 1081891514; 2011-281221
AB  - This report provides a cumulative history of Department of Energy (DOE) funding for renewable energy compared with funding for the other energy technologies -- nuclear energy, fossil energy, and energy efficiency. Specifically, it provides a comparison that covers cumulative funding over the past 10 years (FY2003-FY2012), a second comparison that covers the 35-year period since DOE was established at the beginning of FY1978 (FY1978-FY2012), and a third comparison that covers a 65-year funding history (FY1948-FY2012) for DOE and predecessor agencies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 7 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Sissine, Fred
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Scientists
KW  - History
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Technology
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - A Retrospective of House Rules Changes since the 110th Congress
AN  - 1081891288; 2011-313602
AB  - This report analyzes only US House of Representatives rules changes made on the opening day of the 110th, 111th, and 112th Congresses, with references in footnotes to other selected legislation and actions that also affected House rules during these Congresses. Freestanding legislation such as the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, the gift resolution, and the annual budget resolutions changed House rules in consequential ways. One of the majority party's prerogatives is writing House rules and using its numbers to effect the chamber's rules on the day a new House convenes. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 52 pp.
AU  - Koempel, Michael L
AU  - Schneider, Judy
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance
AN  - 1081891285; 2011-313601
AB  - This report describes and compares the drug- and crime-related policy restrictions contained in selected federal programs that provide assistance to low-income individuals and families: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), and the three primary federal housing assistance programs (the public housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, and the project-based Section 8 rental assistance program). These programs were chosen because they serve many of the same families; however, the programs also differ. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 29 pp.
AU  - McCarty, Maggie
AU  - Falk, Gene
AU  - Aussenberg, Randy Alison
AU  - Carpenter, David H
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
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 - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Poverty relief
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Food stamps
KW  - Block grants
KW  - Family
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Housing policy
KW  - Drug related crime
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Change in the Middle East: Implications for U.S. Policy
AN  - 1081891282; 2011-313600
AB  - This report assesses some of the policy implications of recent and ongoing events in the Middle East, provides an overview of US responses to date, and explores select case studies to illustrate some key questions and dilemmas that Congress and the executive branch may face with regard to these issues and others in the future. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Blanchard, Christopher
AU  - Arieff, Alexis
AU  - Danon, Zoe
AU  - Katzman, Kenneth
AU  - Sharp, Jeremy M
AU  - Zanotti, Jim
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Executives
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Middle East
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Aviation and the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme
AN  - 1081891278; 2011-313599
AB  - This report provides background on inclusion of international aviation in the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and sets forth possible options for congressional consideration. It summarizes the broad agreements internationally to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and explains why emissions from aviation are a particularly difficult problem. The report outlines reasons that many international airlines and non-EU nations oppose the EU regulation, including a review of potential financial, technological, and competitiveness issues. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 40 pp.
AU  - Leggett, Jane A
AU  - Elias, Bart
AU  - Shedd, Daniel T
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - International relations - Regional organizations
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Air transport
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Aviation
KW  - European Union
KW  - Emissions trading
KW  - Regulation
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Legal Authorities Governing Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses
AN  - 1081891275; 2011-313598
AB  - This report discusses the various legal authorities governing small business contracting and subcontracting, as well as the relationship between them. It also explains the roles of the Small Business Administration (SBA), procuring activities, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and other tribunals in implementing and construing the law governing federal contracting and subcontracting with small businesses. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 24 pp.
AU  - Manuel, Kate M
AU  - Luner, Erika K
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Subcontracting
KW  - Authority
KW  - Small business
KW  - Law
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses: Issues in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081891273; 2011-313597
AB  - This report describes and analyzes measures that Members of the 112th Congress have enacted or proposed in response to particular issues pertaining to small business contracting and subcontracting. The majority of such measures appear to address (1) the standards under which firms' size is measured; (2) government-wide or agency-specific goals for contracting and subcontracting with small businesses; and (3) eligibility for the set-aside programs for particular types of small businesses. One of the many ways in which Congress has exercised this authority is by enacting measures intended to promote contracting and subcontracting with "small businesses" by federal agencies. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 7 2012, 34 pp.
AU  - Manuel, Kate M
AU  - Lunder, Erika K
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Law and ethics - Civil law
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Subcontracting
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Authority
KW  - Small business
KW  - Standards
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Surface Transportation Reauthorization in the 112th Congress: Summary and Sources
AN  - 1081890455; 2011-281224
AB  - Legislation to reauthorize federal surface transportation programs is under consideration in Congress. The previous transportation authorization, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA, P.L. 109-59), enacted in 2005, expired in 2009. Since that time, surface transportation programs and activities have been operated under a series of extensions. The most recent of these, P.L. 112-30, expires in 2012. The main obstacle to enactment of a new multi-year bill during the past two years has been the disparity between projected spending and the much lower projections of the revenue flows to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 7 2012, 25 pp.
AU  - Levinson, Marc
Y1  - 2012/03/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Transportation
KW  - Law and ethics - Ethics
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Revenue
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Highways
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Equity
KW  - book
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Medical Marijuana: The Supremacy Clause, Federalism, and the Interplay between State and Federal Laws
AN  - 1081891291; 2011-313603
AB  - This report will review the federal government's constitutional authority to enact the federal criminal prohibition on marijuana; highlight certain principles of federalism that prevent the federal government from mandating that states participate in enforcing the federal prohibition; consider unresolved questions relating to the extent to which state authorization and regulation of medical marijuana are preempted by federal law; and assess what obligations, if any, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has to investigate and prosecute violations of the federal prohibition on marijuana. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 6 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Garvey, Todd
Y1  - 2012/03/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 06
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social movements
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Authority
KW  - Law
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Prohibition
KW  - Marijuana
KW  - book
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment and Risk Adjustment Data Validation Audits
AN  - 1438601501; 2011-496455
AB  - This report describes how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays providers under Medicare Advantage and how these payments are risk adjusted. In addition, it describes how risk scores for individual Medicare Advantage enrollees are initially generated and change over time, and it discusses how CMS audits risk-adjusted MA payments. It concludes with a short discussion of several concerns raised with risk adjustment and the audit process. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 5 2012, 26 pp.
AU  - Morgan, Paulette C
Y1  - 2012/03/05/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 05
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  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Risk
KW  - Medicaid program
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Payment
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42134
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Budget Process Reform: Proposals and Legislative Actions in 2012
AN  - 1081890466; 2011-281226
AB  - An array of budget process reform proposals are put forth each year seeking to refine or modify the existing constitutional requirements, laws, and rules that make up the federal budget process. This report identifies, tracks, and explains current budget process reform proposals reported from committee, or considered on the floor during 2012. The proposals are organized into categories related to the existing budget process. When appropriate, a brief description of the current process is provided. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 2 2012, 8 pp.
AU  - Lynch, Megan Suzanne
Y1  - 2012/03/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - book
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42383
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Categorical Eligibility
AN  - 1081890461; 2011-281225
AB  - While much of the recent increase The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is attributable to the poor economy, recently states have been increasingly adopting more expansive "categorical eligibility" rules -- a set of policies that make a SNAP applicant eligible based on the applicant's involvement with other low-income assistance programs: benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and state-financed General Assistance (GA) programs. This report discusses categorical eligibility and some of the issues raised by it as well as past proposals to restrict TANF-based categorical eligibility. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 2 2012, 15 pp.
AU  - Falk, Gene
AU  - Aussenberg, Randy Alison
Y1  - 2012/03/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Poverty relief
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Food stamps
KW  - Block grants
KW  - Family
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Social insurance
KW  - book
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42054
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in rural Matlab, Bangladesh
AN  - 968176192; 16450022
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To characterise and classify clinical isolates collected from tuberculosis (TB) patients in rural Bangladesh and to investigate the mode of transmission. DESIGN: An epidemiological study using a combination of conventional and molecular methods was performed in a rural population of Bangladesh. A total of 168 clinical isolates were collected from TB patients. Deletion analysis, used for rapid differentiation of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeats of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (VNTR-MIRU) typing were used. RESULTS: Deletion analysis identified all isolates as M. tuberculosis and further divided them into 109 strains (65%) carrying the M. tuberculosis deletion region 1 (TbD1-intact or 'ancestral' strains) and 59 strains (35%) lacking this region ( Delta TbDl or 'modern' strains). MIRU analyses showed that 149 strains (89%) had unique patterns, whereas 19 strains (11%) clustered into eight groups. The largest cluster comprised five Delta TbDl strains of the Beijing type. The rate of recent transmission was estimated to be 6.5%. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that TB in rural Bangladesh is caused primarily by reactivation of latent infections involving TbDl intact strains, overlaid with the recent emergence of Beijing strain clusters that include multidrug-resistant isolates.
JF  - International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
AU  - Banu, S
AU  - Uddin, MKM
AU  - Islam, M R
AU  - Zaman, K
AU  - Ahmed, T
AU  - Talukder, AH
AU  - Rahman, M T
AU  - Rahim, Z
AU  - Akter, N
AU  - Khatun, R
AU  - Brosch, R
AU  - Endtz, H P
AD  - Tuberculosis Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, GPO-128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, sbanu@icddrb.org
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 319
EP  - 326
PB  - International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
SN  - 1027-3719, 1027-3719
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - China, People's Rep., Beijing
KW  - Clinical isolates
KW  - Latent infection
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Lung diseases
KW  - Rural populations
KW  - Infection
KW  - spoligotyping
KW  - Disease transmission
KW  - Differentiation
KW  - Typing
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Lung
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-20
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Clinical isolates; Latent infection; Differentiation; Typing; Epidemiology; Drug resistance; Lung diseases; Rural populations; Tuberculosis; Disease transmission; spoligotyping; Lung; Infection; Rural areas; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; China, People's Rep., Beijing; Bangladesh
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using interview-based recall surveys to estimate cod Gadus morhua and eel Anguilla anguilla harvest in Danish recreational fishing
AN  - 968171884; 16466104
AB  - Sparrevohn, C. R., and Storr-Paulsen, M. 2012. Using interview-based recall surveys to estimate cod Gadus morhua and eel Anguilla anguilla harvest in Danish recreational fishing. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 323-330.Marine recreational fishing is a popular outdoor activity in Denmark, practised by both anglers and passive gear fishers. However, the impact on the targeted stocks is unknown, so to estimate the 2009 harvest of cod Gadus morhua and eel Anguilla anguilla, two separate interview-based surveys were initiated and carried out in 2009/2010. The first recall survey exclusively targeted fishers who had been issued with the mandatory Danish fishing licence. The second survey was designed to identify those who fish without a licence. It was estimated that 1231 t of cod were harvested in 2009, corresponding to 4.8% of the entire Danish cod yield (recreational harvest + commercial landings). Area differences were found, and, in certain areas, the recreational harvest of cod accounted for more than 30% of the total yield. The majority (81%) of the recreational cod harvest was taken by anglers. Eels, however, are almost exclusively caught with passive gear (fykenets) and a total of 104 t year super(-1) was harvested, which corresponds to 19% of the entire Danish eel yield. The inclusion of the harvest taken by fishers without a valid licence was important and added almost 20% to the estimated harvest.
JF  - ICES Journal of Marine Science
AU  - Sparrevohn, Claus Reedtz
AU  - Storr-Paulsen, Marie
AD  - National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund Castle, Jaegersborg Alle 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark, crs@aqua.dtu.dkcor1
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 323
EP  - 330
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 69
IS  - 2
SN  - 1054-3139, 1054-3139
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - angling
KW  - recreational fishing
KW  - recall survey
KW  - stock assessment
KW  - tourist fishing
KW  - the sound
KW  - Biological surveys
KW  - Marine
KW  - Stock assessment
KW  - Fishermen
KW  - Gadus morhua
KW  - Catadromous species
KW  - Chemical oxygen demand
KW  - Anguilla anguilla
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Commercial fishing
KW  - Recreation
KW  - Recreation areas
KW  - Fishery surveys
KW  - Licences
KW  - Denmark
KW  - Fish
KW  - Marine sciences
KW  - Q5 08523:Conservation, wildlife management and recreation
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - Q1 08605:Sport fishing
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological surveys; Marine fish; Commercial fishing; Recreation; Licences; Fishery surveys; Fishermen; Stock assessment; Catadromous species; Fishing; Recreation areas; Fish; Chemical oxygen demand; Marine sciences; Anguilla anguilla; Gadus morhua; Denmark; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Damage caused by low-density exotic herbivore populations: the impact of introduced European rabbits on marsupial herbivores and Allocasuarina and Bursaria seedling survival in Australian coastal shrubland
AN  - 968168151; 16437952
AB  - The impact of over-abundant exotic herbivores is well recognised, but their impact at low population densities is poorly understood. This study examined interactions between European rabbits and native herbivores, and their impact on seedling recruitment in coastal South Australia, 2 years after rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) had reduced rabbit density to 4.48 rabbits ha super(-1). Rabbit density was further reduced to 0.44 rabbits ha super(-1) in replicated experimental treatments. Rabbit control reduced total grazing pressure by 39% despite compensatory grazing increases of >100% for both western grey kangaroos and common wombats. Rabbit control slowed the rate of grazing and mortality for planted drooping sheoak and sweet bursaria seedlings, but few survived for 12 months: 0 and 3% of sheoak, in untreated areas and rabbit control treatments, respectively, and 3 and 11% of bursaria, respectively. Planted sheoaks survived well if protected by rabbit-proof netting (60%). Within treatments, seedling grazing and survival rates were negatively correlated with rabbit density but kangaroo and wombat density had no measurable effect. We conclude that RHD may briefly have reduced rabbit densities enough to allow recruitment of bursaria but that sheoak require much lower rabbit densities than those provided by existing biological control agents. If left unaddressed, rabbit grazing could ultimately lead to the loss of sheoaks throughout most of their current range, irrespective of other attempts to conserve them. More generally, these data show how species-specific damage caused by low-density exotic herbivore populations may occur in the presence of more abundant but less-damaging native herbivores.
JF  - Biological Invasions
AU  - Bird, Peter
AU  - Mutze, Greg
AU  - Peacock, David
AU  - Jennings, Scott
AD  - Natural Resources Management Biosecurity, Biosecurity SA, GPO Box 1671, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, greg.mutze@sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 743
EP  - 755
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SN  - 1387-3547, 1387-3547
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biological control
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Sweet taste
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Plant protection
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Population density
KW  - Survival
KW  - Herbivores
KW  - Allocasuarina
KW  - Invasions
KW  - Seedlings
KW  - Pressure
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological control; Mortality; Sweet taste; Data processing; Grazing; Plant protection; Recruitment; Population density; Survival; Herbivores; Invasions; Seedlings; Pressure; Allocasuarina
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0114-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Landscape context affects honeyeater communities and their foraging behaviour in Australia: implications for plant pollination
AN  - 954652310; 16397997
AB  - We investigated the species richness and composition of bird communities in mallee woodland remnants in a highly fragmented landscape, focusing specifically on honeyeaters and their foraging behaviour. We observed birds around flowering Eremophila glabra ssp. glabra plants in three replicated contexts: (1) the interior of large remnants, (2) linear remnants within ~3 km of a large remnant, and (3) linear remnants 5-7 km from a large remnant. We found species richness differed among elements, with an increase in the number of species that tolerate disturbed, open habitat and a decrease in the number of woodland-dependent species in linear elements. Honeyeater assemblages were similar in species richness and abundance among the elements, but differed in composition due to a higher number of large-sized honeyeater species in distant elements. Honeyeater movement patterns into a site and within a site were similar among the elements. Floral visitation varied among honeyeater species and was positively correlated with their abundance in the far element. Our results demonstrate that bird species respond differently to the spatial context of remnants in a fragmented landscape; however, the degree of isolation of linear remnants was not important. Linear remnants appear to be frequently used by honeyeaters, but the changes in community composition among the elements may influence the quality of pollination, which could have implications for plant reproduction.
JF  - Landscape Ecology
AU  - Elliott, Carole P
AU  - Lindenmayer, David B
AU  - Cunningham, Saul A
AU  - Young, Andrew G
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, carole.elliott@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 393
EP  - 404
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
SN  - 0921-2973, 0921-2973
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Aves
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Flowering
KW  - Foraging behavior
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Mallee
KW  - Plant communities
KW  - Pollination
KW  - Reproduction
KW  - Species richness
KW  - abundance
KW  - flowering
KW  - pollination
KW  - species richness
KW  - Eremophila glabra
KW  - Australia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Flowering; Pollination; Community composition; Mallee; Foraging behavior; Abundance; Landscape; Plant communities; Reproduction; Habitat; Species richness; Aves; flowering; species richness; pollination; abundance; Eremophila glabra; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-011-9697-9
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rights-based fisheries governance: from fishing rights to human rights
AN  - 920806753; 16195940
AB  - In the last twenty years, policy prescriptions for addressing the global crisis in fisheries have centred on strengthening fisheries governance through clarifying exclusive individual or community rights of access to fishery resources. With a focus on small-scale developing-country fisheries in particular, we argue that basing the case for fishery governance reform on assumed economic incentives for resource stewardship is insufficient when there are other sources of insecurity in people's lives that are unrelated to the state of fishery resources. We argue that more secure, less vulnerable fishers make more effective and motivated fishery managers in the context of participatory or rights-based fisheries governance, and we further suggest that insecurity among fishers living in poverty can be most effectively addressed by social and political development that invokes the existing legal framework supporting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This perspective goes well beyond the widely advocated notion of 'rights-based fishing' and aligns what fishery sector analysts call the 'rights-based approach' with the same terminology used in the context of international development. Embedding the fisheries governance challenge within a broader perspective of human rights enhances the chances of achieving both human development and resource sustainability outcomes in small-scale fisheries of developing countries.
JF  - Fish and Fisheries
AU  - Allison, Edward H
AU  - Ratner, Blake D
AU  - Aasgard, Bjorn
AU  - Willmann, Rolf
AU  - Pomeroy, Robert
AU  - Kurien, John
AD  - The WorldFish Center, PO Box 500 GPO, 10670 Penang, Malaysia
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 14
EP  - 29
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1467-2960, 1467-2960
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Fishing rights
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Politics
KW  - Resource conservation
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Fishery development
KW  - Fishery resources
KW  - Fishery policy
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - poverty
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Fish
KW  - sustainability
KW  - fishing rights
KW  - fishing
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Resource development
KW  - fishery resources
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q1 08121:Law, policy, economics and social sciences
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fishery policy; Fishing rights; Resource management; Fishery management; Resource conservation; Sustainable development; Vulnerability; Fishery development; Resource development; Fishery resources; Human rights; poverty; Politics; Fisheries; fishing rights; sustainability; Fish; fishing; fishery resources
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00405.x
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A model of shiftworker sleep/wake behaviour
AN  - 920805366; 16242285
AB  - Software-based biomathematical models of alertness provide a means to estimate fatigue-related risk in advance of a schedule being worked. Obtaining a good estimate of employees' sleep/wake behaviour during non-work periods is critical in obtaining accurate estimates of alertness. This is because estimates of alertness are generated based on estimated sleep and wake times, not rest and work times per se. The purpose of the current analysis was to evaluate the predictive validity of a novel version of a previously published sleep predictor model. This model was originally designed to predict sleep probability for aviation pilots in connection with long-haul flight operations. It has since been modified to predict sleep periods for industrial shiftwork rosters in non-transmeridian environments. The algorithm uses two procedures to predict sleep timing and duration: (1) estimate the total amount of sleep likely to be obtained in a given rest period; and then (2) estimate the timing and duration of sleep periods within that rest period. The sleep periods predicted in the second procedure are generated such that their combined sum is a priori equivalent to the total amount of sleep predicted in the first procedure. The model was parameterized and validated based on a sample of 225 train drivers who collected work/rest and sleep/wake data for two weeks during normal commercial operations. Agreement between observed and predicted sleep periods was robust (percent agreement=85%) and compared favourably with agreement levels between sleep behaviours exhibited by the same individual on distinct occasions but where shift sequences were repeated. These results are discussed within the context of ongoing efforts to develop individualized biomathematical models of alertness.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Dawson, Drew
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, david.darwent@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 6
EP  - 10
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Biomathematical model
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Shiftwork
KW  - Alertness
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Accidents
KW  - shift work
KW  - pilots
KW  - Occupational safety
KW  - prevention
KW  - H 2000:Transportation
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Accidents; shift work; pilots; Occupational safety; prevention
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.017
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effect of sleep restriction on snacking behaviour during a week of simulated shiftwork
AN  - 920805362; 16242284
AB  - Due to irregular working hours shiftworkers experience circadian disruption and sleep restriction. There is some evidence to indicate that these factors adversely affect health through changes in snacking behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of sleep restriction, prior wake and circadian phase on snacking behaviour during a week of simulated shiftwork. Twenty-four healthy males (age: 22.0+/-3.6 years, mean+/-SD) lived in a sleep laboratory for 12 consecutive days. Participants were assigned to one of two schedules: a moderate sleep restriction condition (n=10) equivalent to a 6-h sleep opportunity per 24h or a severe sleep restriction condition (n=14) equivalent to a 4-h sleep opportunity per 24h. In both conditions, sleep/wake episodes occurred 4h later each day to simulate a rotating shiftwork pattern. While living in the laboratory, participants were served three meals and were provided with either five (moderate sleep restriction condition) or six (severe sleep restriction condition) snack opportunities daily. Snack choice was recorded at each opportunity and assigned to a category (sweet, savoury or healthy) based on the content of the snack. Data were analysed using a Generalised Estimating Equations approach. Analyses show a significant effect of sleep restriction condition on overall and sweet snack consumption. The odds of consuming a snack were significantly greater in the severe sleep restriction condition (P<0.05) compared to the moderate sleep restriction condition. In particular, the odds of choosing a sweet snack were significantly increased in the severe sleep restriction condition (P<0.05). Shiftworkers who are severely sleep restricted may be at risk of obesity and related health disorders due to elevated snack consumption and unhealthy snack choice. To further understand the impact of sleep restriction on snacking behaviour, future studies should examine physiological, psychological and environmental motivators.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Heath, Georgina
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AU  - Dorrian, Jillian
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Sargent, Charli
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia GPO Box 2471 Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, Georgina.Heath@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 62
EP  - 67
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Sleep restriction
KW  - Circadian disruption
KW  - Snacking
KW  - Shiftwork
KW  - Forced desynchrony
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Age
KW  - shift work
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Physiology
KW  - circadian rhythms
KW  - prevention
KW  - obesity
KW  - Working conditions
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 0500:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Accidents; shift work; Psychology; Physiology; obesity; prevention; circadian rhythms; Working conditions
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.028
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Can a simple balance task be used to assess fitness for duty?
AN  - 920805356; 16242282
AB  - Human fatigue, caused by sleep loss, extended wakefulness, and/or circadian misalignment, is a major cause of workplace errors, incidents and accidents. In some industries, employees are required to undertake fitness for duty testing at the start of a shift to identify instances where their fatigue risk is elevated, so that minimisation and/or mitigation strategies can be implemented. Postural balance has been proposed as a fitness for duty test for fatigue, but it is largely untested. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of sleep loss, extended wakefulness and circadian phase on postural balance. Fourteen male participants spent 10 consecutive days in a sleep laboratory, including three adaptation days and eight simulated shiftwork days. To simulate a quickly rotating roster, shiftwork days were scheduled to begin 4h later each day, and consisted of a 23.3-h wake episode and a 4.7-h sleep opportunity. Every 2.5h during wake, balance was measured while standing as still as possible on a force platform with eyes open for one minute, and eyes closed for one minute. Subjective sleepiness was assessed using the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale. Core body temperature, continuously recorded with rectal thermistors, was used to determine circadian phase. For measures of postural balance and subjective sleepiness, data were analysed using three separate repeated measures ANOVA with two within-subjects factors: circadian phase (six phases) and prior wake (nine levels). For subjective sleepiness, there was a significant effect of prior wake and circadian phase. In particular, sleepiness increased as prior wake increased, and was higher during biological night-time than biological daytime. For the eyes open balance task, there was no effect of prior wake or circadian phase. For the eyes closed balance task, there was a significant effect of circadian phase such that balance was poorer during the biological night-time than biological daytime, but there was no effect of prior wake. These results indicate that postural balance may be a viable tool for assessing fatigue associated with time of day, but may not be useful for assessing fatigue associated with extended hours of wake.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Sargent, Charli
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, charli.sargent@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 74
EP  - 79
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Physical Education Index; Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Balance
KW  - Sleepiness
KW  - Time of day
KW  - Wakefulness
KW  - Shiftwork
KW  - Fitness-for-duty
KW  - Fitness
KW  - shift work
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Preventive health
KW  - Strategy
KW  - Temperature
KW  - fatigue
KW  - adaptability
KW  - mitigation
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Sleep
KW  - circadian rhythms
KW  - prevention
KW  - Posture
KW  - posture
KW  - Eyes
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index; ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fitness; Accidents; Fatigue; Preventive health; Sleep; Strategy; Posture; Balance; Eyes; mitigation; shift work; Temperature; prevention; circadian rhythms; fatigue; adaptability; posture
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.030
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Restricted sleep and negative affective states in commercial pilots during short haul operations
AN  - 920805353; 16242281
AB  - This study aims to investigate (1) the relationship between restricted sleep and Heightened Emotional Activity (HEA) during normal flight operations, and (2) whether sleep patterns influence the strength of the HEA as a response to threats. Accident investigation reports continue to highlight the relationship between restricted sleep and poor safety outcomes. However, to date we have a limited understanding of how sleep and HEA interact. A total of 302 sectors of normal airline flight operations were observed by trained observers, and instances of heightened emotional activity were recorded. During the cruise phase of each of these sectors, crew members were asked to calculate the amount of sleep they had obtained in previous 24 and 48h. In the 302 sectors of normal flight operations, 535 instances of HEA were observed. Descriptive analyses of instances of HEA and sleep in the prior 24 and 48h showed a significant relationship between the occurrence of HEA and recent sleep. The relationship between restricted sleep and HEA suggests that there may well be further implications with respect to operational safety.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Drury, DArthur
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AU  - Thomas, Matthew JW
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, druda001@mymail.unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 80
EP  - 84
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Safety
KW  - Performance
KW  - Aviation
KW  - Accidents
KW  - pilots
KW  - airlines
KW  - prevention
KW  - H 0500:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Accidents; pilots; airlines; prevention
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.031
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The influence of circadian time and sleep dose on subjective fatigue ratings
AN  - 920796193; 16242287
AB  - Subjective ratings of fatigue are increasingly being used as part of a suite of tools to assess fatigue-related risk on the road and in the workplace. There is some debate however, as to whether individuals can accurately gauge their own fatigue states, particularly under conditions of sleep restriction. It is also unclear which references are used by individuals to assess fatigue - for example prior sleep, time of day, workload, or previous ratings. The current study used a sophisticated laboratory protocol to examine the independent contributions of sleep, circadian phase and sleep debt to fatigue ratings. Importantly, participants had no knowledge of time of day, how much sleep they were getting, or how long they were awake. Twenty-eight healthy, young males participated in one of two conditions of a 28h forced desynchrony protocol - severe sleep restriction (4.7h sleep and 23.3h wake) or moderate sleep restriction (7h sleep and 21h wake). Fatigue ratings were provided prior to and following each sleep period using the Samn-Perelli fatigue scale. Repeated measures ANOVAs were used to analyse the effects of circadian phase, sleep dose and study day. Results demonstrated an effect of circadian phase on both pre-sleep and post-sleep fatigue ratings. The significant effect of study day is interpreted as an effect of circadian time, as opposed to accumulating sleep debt. An effect of sleep dose was only seen in post-sleep fatigue ratings. The findings suggest that post-sleep fatigue ratings may be sensitive to prior sleep and may be useful as an indicator of fatigue-related risk, particularly when triangulated with information about recent total sleep time.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AU  - Paech, Gemma M
AU  - Sargent, Charli
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Kennaway, David J
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, sally.ferguson@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 50
EP  - 54
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Circadian rhythms
KW  - Accidents
KW  - circadian rhythms
KW  - prevention
KW  - fatigue
KW  - working conditions
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Accidents; prevention; circadian rhythms; working conditions; fatigue
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.026
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Simulated driving under the influence of extended wake, time of day and sleep restriction
AN  - 920796191; 16242286
AB  - Around a fifth of all road accidents can be attributed to fatigued drivers. Previous studies indicate that driving performance is influenced by time of day and decreases with sustained wakefulness. However, these influences occur naturally in unison, confounding their effects. Typically, when people drive at a poor time of day and with extended wake, their sleep is also restricted. Hence, the aim of the current study was to determine the independent effects of prior wake and time of day on driving performance under conditions of sleep restriction. The driving performance of fourteen male participants (21.8+/-3.8 years, mean+/-SD) was assessed during a 10min simulated driving task with speed/lane mean, variability and violations (speeding and crashes) measured. Participants were tested at 2.5h intervals after waking, across 728h days with a sleep:wake ratio of 1:5. By forced desynchrony each driving session occurred at 9 doses of prior wake and within 6 divisions of the circadian cycle based on core body temperature. A mixed models ANOVA revealed significant main effects of circadian phase, prior wake and sleep debt on lane violations. In addition, three significant two-way interactions (circadian phaseprior wake, prior wakesleep debt, sleep debtcircadian phase) and one three-way interaction (circadianprior wakesleep debt) were identified. The presence of the large interaction effects shows that the influence of each factor is largely dependent on the magnitude of the other factors. For example, the presence of the time of day influence on driving performance is dependent on the length of prior wake or the presence of sleep debt. The findings suggest that people are able to undertake a low-difficulty simulated drive safely, at least for a short period, during their circadian nadir provided that they have had sufficient sleep and have not been awake too long.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Matthews, Raymond W
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AU  - Zhou, Xuan
AU  - Kosmadopoulos, Anastasi
AU  - Kennaway, David J
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, raymond.matthews@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 55
EP  - 61
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Driving
KW  - Time of day
KW  - Prior wake
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Forced desynchrony
KW  - Accidents
KW  - driving ability
KW  - circadian rhythms
KW  - Temperature
KW  - prevention
KW  - traffic safety
KW  - H 2000:Transportation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Accidents; driving ability; prevention; Temperature; circadian rhythms; traffic safety
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.027
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predicting pilot's sleep during layovers using their own behaviour or data from colleagues: Implications for biomathematical models
AN  - 920790450; 16242294
AB  - Biomathematical models are used in industry to estimate how much sleep people are likely to get on different work patterns, and how efficient and safe people are likely to be at work. Since there is evidence to suggest that individuals respond differently to sleep loss, there has been a recent focus on trying to account for individual differences. One possible approach could use past behaviour to predict future responses to similar working conditions. This study investigated the predictive value of sleep timing and duration data for a particular individual on a break between shifts relative to data from their colleagues. Sleep diaries and wrist actigraphy were collected from 306 international long-haul pilots for at least 2-weeks. Fifty layovers, equivalent in origin and destination, length and timing, were completed twice by individual pilots. Matched layovers done by other pilots (n=2311) were also identified. Layover periods were analysed for minute-by-minute correspondence of sleep or wake (yes/no), and total sleep time (TST). Using an individual's own data improved concordance by approximately 5% relative to using a large sample of different pilots, and by 10% relative to using a random sample of 50 different pilots. Using an individual's own TST to predict their TST on an equivalent layover yielded an r value of 0.83, compared to r=0.78 when data from a colleague was used, and r=0.73 using different pilots in a random sample of equivalent size. The mean difference in TST using pilots' own data was <20min, compared to <40min using data from colleagues. However, the confidence limits on these differences were large (up to 8h). Results suggest that for international pilots on specific layover patterns, knowing the past behaviour of an individual may only represent a modest improvement over knowing the length and timing of a colleague's sleep, when it comes to predicting their sleep behaviour.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Dorrian, Jillian
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Dawson, Drew
AU  - Roach, Gregory D
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, jill.dorrian@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 17
EP  - 21
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Biomathematical modelling
KW  - Individual differences
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Pilots
KW  - Accidents
KW  - pilots
KW  - Occupational safety
KW  - prevention
KW  - working conditions
KW  - H 0500:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Accidents; pilots; Occupational safety; prevention; working conditions
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.019
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Beyond working time: Factors affecting sleep behaviour in rail safety workers
AN  - 920790424; 16242290
AB  - There are many factors that may affect the sleep behaviour and subsequent fatigue risk of shift workers. In the Australian rail industry the emphasis is primarily on the impact of working time on sleep. The extent to which factors other than working time might affect the sleep behaviour of employees in the large and diverse Australian rail industry is largely unknown. The present study used sleep, work and fatigue diaries completed for two weeks, in conjunction with actigraphy, to understand the contribution of demographic and health factors to sleep behaviour in 40 rail safety workers. Both shift type and having dependents were significant predictors of sleep duration (P<.05). Sleep duration was greatest prior to night shifts, followed by afternoon shifts and morning shifts. Participants with dependents got significantly less sleep than participants without dependents. Both timing of sleep and smoking were significant predictors of sleep quality (P<.05). Day sleeps were associated with lower subjective sleep quality than night sleeps and smokers reported poorer sleep quality than non-smokers. These findings indicate that factors other than working time have the potential to influence both the sleep duration and subjective sleep quality of rail safety workers.
JF  - Accident Analysis & Prevention
AU  - Paterson, Jessica L
AU  - Dorrian, Jill
AU  - Clarkson, Larissa
AU  - Darwent, David
AU  - Ferguson, Sally A
AD  - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, jessica.paterson@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 32
EP  - 35
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 45
SN  - 0001-4575, 0001-4575
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Rail
KW  - Working time
KW  - Demographics
KW  - Health
KW  - demography
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Accidents
KW  - shift work
KW  - Occupational safety
KW  - prevention
KW  - Australia
KW  - fatigue
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - demography; Smoking; Accidents; shift work; Occupational safety; prevention; fatigue; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.022
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - An approximate Bayesian computation approach for estimating parameters of complex environmental processes in a cellular automata
AN  - 912919305; 16085076
AB  - Modelling an environmental process involves creating a model structure and parameterising the model with appropriate values to accurately represent the process. Determining accurate parameter values for environmental systems can be challenging. Existing methods for parameter estimation typically make assumptions regarding the form of the Likelihood, and will often ignore any uncertainty around estimated values. This can be problematic, however, particularly in complex problems where Likelihoods may be intractable. In this paper we demonstrate an Approximate Bayesian Computational method for the estimation of parameters of a stochastic CA. We use as an example a CA constructed to simulate a range expansion such as might occur after a biological invasion, making parameter estimates using only count data such as could be gathered from field observations. We demonstrate ABC is a highly useful method for parameter estimation, with accurate estimates of parameters that are important for the management of invasive species such as the intrinsic rate of increase and the point in a landscape where a species has invaded. We also show that the method is capable of estimating the probability of long distance dispersal, a characteristic of biological invasions that is very influential in determining spread rates but has until now proved difficult to estimate accurately.
JF  - Environmental Modelling & Software
AU  - Rasmussen, Rune
AU  - Hamilton, Grant
AD  - Chemical, Earth and Life Sciences (CELS), Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia, r.rasmussen@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
SN  - 1364-8152, 1364-8152
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Approximate Bayesian computations
KW  - Cellular automata
KW  - Range expansion
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - Landscape
KW  - invasive species
KW  - invasions
KW  - dispersal
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Computer programs; Landscape; invasive species; invasions; dispersal
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.10.005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Physical Inactivity Is Correlated with Levels of Quantitative C-reactive Protein in Serum, Independent of Obesity: Results of the National Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-communicable Diseases in Iran
AN  - 1837301189; 16669873
AB  - Increased C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with coronary heart disease, stroke, and mortality. Physical activity prevents cardiovascular disorders, which can be partly mediated through reducing inflammation, including serum CRP levels. The association of different intensities of physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in serum was examined after adjustment for markers of adiposity, including waist-circumference and body mass index (BMI), in a large population-based study. Using data of the SuRFNCD-2007 study, a large national representative population-based study in Iran, the relationship between quantitative CRP concentrations in serum and physical activity was examined in a sample of 3,001 Iranian adults. The global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) was used for evaluating the duration and intensity of physical activity. Total physical activity (TPA) was calculated using metabolic equivalents for the intensity of physical activity. Quantitative CRP concentrations in serum were measured with high-sensitivity enzyme immunoassay. The CRP levels in serum significantly correlated with TPA (r=-0.103, p=0.021 in men and r=-0.114, p=0.017 in women), duration of vigorous-intensity activity (r=-0.122, p=0.019 in men and r=-0.109, p=0.026 in women), duration of moderate-intensity activity (r=- 0.107, p=0.031 in men and r=-0.118, p=0.020 in women), and duration of sedentary behaviours (r=0.092, p=0.029 in men and r=0.101, p=0.022 in women) after multiple adjustments for age, area of residence, BMI, waist-circumference, smoking, and diabetes mellitus. Physical activity (of both moderate and vigorous intensity) is inversely associated with the quantitative CRP levels in serum, independent of diabetes and body adiposity.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Esteghamati, Alireza
AU  - Morteza, Afsaneh
AU  - Khalilzadeh, Omid
AU  - Anvari, Mehdi
AU  - Noshad, Sina
AU  - Zandieh, Ali
AU  - Nakhjavani, Manouchehr
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 66
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Physical Education Index
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - C-reactive protein
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Physical exercise
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Iran
KW  - Blood
KW  - Men
KW  - Body mass
KW  - Women
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Enzymes
KW  - Exercise
KW  - Diabetes
KW  - Heart diseases
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index
N1  - Date revised - 2016-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 30
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Blood; Men; Body mass; Women; Enzymes; Proteins; Exercise; Heart diseases; Diabetes
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimates of Total Seabird Bycatch by Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fisheries from 2003 to 2006
AN  - 1272735054; 17573673
AB  - Results of recent seabird bycatch studies in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic-Tunas Convention Area were combined to estimate total seabird bycatch of pelagic longline fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, and bycatch per selected species. Available studies do not apply to the full spatial and temporal extent of the fishing effort, so assumptions were made to account for missing information. Over the 4 years from 2003 to 2006 the total seabird bycatch estimate was 48,500. Results indicate that about 57% of the pelagic longline seabird bycatch was albatrosses (Diomedea, Phoebastria, Thalassarche, Phoebetria spp.). This mortality is at a level to cause concern for the smaller and more vulnerable albatross/populations in the region. Variation in annual seabird bycatch was caused by variation in total fishing effort, and movement of effort away from areas of higher seabird bycatch rates.
JF  - Marine Fisheries Review
AU  - Klaer, N L
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart Tasmania. Australia, neil.klaer@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 14
EP  - 20
VL  - 74
IS  - 3
SN  - 0090-1830, 0090-1830
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Marine fisheries
KW  - Marine
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Diomedea
KW  - Marine birds
KW  - Thalassarche
KW  - Pelagic fisheries
KW  - Longlining
KW  - A, Atlantic
KW  - Phoebetria
KW  - Fishing
KW  - By catch
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Commissions
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Phoebastria
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Fishing effort
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Mortality causes
KW  - Q1 08603:Fishery statistics and sampling
KW  - O 5080:Legal/Governmental
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine fisheries; By catch; Marine birds; Pelagic fisheries; Longlining; Fishing effort; Vulnerability; Mortality causes; Mortality; Fishing; Reviews; Oceans; Fisheries; Commissions; Conservation; Phoebetria; Diomedea; Thalassarche; Phoebastria; A, Atlantic; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Resistance Determinants of Pseudomonas Species from Aquaculture in Australia
AN  - 1113213692; 17221209
AB  - There is limited information on antibiotic resistance determinants present in bacteria of aquaculture origin in Australia. The presence of integron and other resistance determinants was investigated in 129 Pseudomonas isolates derived from nine freshwater trout farms in Victoria (Australia). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out for the detection of integrase genes Int1, Int2 and Int3, gene cassette array, integron-associated aadA, beta-lactamase resistance genes blaTEM and blaSHV. Genes coding for efflux pump mexA, mexB and oprM were also investigated as well as cadA and czr which are known to mediate resistance to cadmium. Class 1 integrons were detected in 30/129 (23 %) isolates while class 2 and class 3 was not detected in any of the isolates. aadA gene was detected in 28 of the 59 integrase positive isolates which are also resistant to streptomycin. The strA-strB, bla TEM or blaSHV genes were not detected in any of the strains. mexB was detected in 85/129 isolates and cadA gene in 59/92 isolates tested. The sequence analysis mexB from this study demonstrated similarity to the RND multidrug efflux transporter mexB and its homologue TtgB which in addition to multidrug efflux also transports toluene out of the cell. The sequence analysis of cadA confirms similarities to the cadmium translocating P-type ATPases, cadA of various Pseudomonas spp. Pseudomonas spp. carrying integrons, efflux gene and cadmium resistance genes are present in farm-raised fish and sediments even though no antibiotics were licensed for use in Australian aquaculture at the time of the study.
JF  - Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development
AU  - Ndi, O L
AU  - Barton, MD
AD  - Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, G.P.O Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, USA, Sumbo.Ndi@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 2155-9546, 2155-9546
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - aadA gene
KW  - Farms
KW  - Toluene
KW  - Nucleotide sequence
KW  - Disease control
KW  - Pseudomonas
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Streptomycin
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Australia
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - Fish culture
KW  - Integrase
KW  - Adenosinetriphosphatase
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Control resistance
KW  - Aquaculture development
KW  - DNA
KW  - Freshwater aquaculture
KW  - J 02410:Animal Diseases
KW  - Q1 08587:Diseases of Cultured Organisms
KW  - O 5060:Aquaculture
KW  - Q3 08587:Diseases of Cultured Organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Aquaculture development; Nucleotide sequence; DNA; Disease control; Polymerase chain reaction; Antibiotics; Freshwater aquaculture; Fish culture; Control resistance; aadA gene; Adenosinetriphosphatase; Farms; Freshwater environments; Toluene; Streptomycin; Aquaculture; Sediments; Cadmium; Antibiotic resistance; Integrase; Pseudomonas; Australia; Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9546.1000119
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891294; 2011-313604
AB  - In April 2009, then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced he intended to significantly restructure the Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program. As part of this restructuring, the Army was directed to develop a ground combat vehicle (GCV) that would be relevant across the entire spectrum of Army operations and would incorporate combat lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan. Congressional interest in this programs has been significant as the GCV is intended to equip the Army's 24 heavy brigade combat teams (HBCT). Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Mar 1 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Feickert, Andrew
Y1  - 2012/03/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 01
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons
KW  - Gates, Robert Michael
KW  - Armored vehicles, Military
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - United States Army
KW  - Iraq
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41597
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Economic Development Administration: Reauthorization and Funding Issues in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081890476; 2011-281228
AB  - The 112th Congress may consider legislation to fund, reauthorize, and amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act (PWEDA) of 1965, P.L. 89-136 (79 Stat. 552, 42 U.S.C. 3121). It will do so within the context of the more prominent policy debates regarding efforts to reduce federal spending to address growing budget deficits and the national debt; concerns about the duplication, fragmentation, and effectiveness of federal economic development assistance; and efforts to support economic recovery and job creation following the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 1 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Boyd, Eugene
Y1  - 2012/03/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Public works
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Public debts
KW  - Labor policy
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Economics
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41162
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Rising Gasoline Prices 2012
AN  - 1081890471; 2011-281227
AB  - This report briefly covers several short-term options that have been considered by policy makers to curb the rise in crude oil and thus gasoline: (1) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release, (2) Gasoline Tax Holiday, (3) Relaxing Fuel Specifications, (4) Restricting Refined Products Exports, (5) Limit Financial Speculation, (6) Diplomatic Measures. It is unclear what the price impact of these short term options would be, and they involve various policy trade offs impacting national security, fiscal, and public health priorities. An additional set of options focus on longer-term measures that may prevent negative impacts if gasoline prices rise in the future. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Mar 1 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Nerurkar, Neelesh
AU  - Pirog, Robert
Y1  - 2012/03/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Mar 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Scientists, engineers, and technical workers
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Culture and religion - Calendars, special days, and ceremonies
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Prices
KW  - Speculation
KW  - Holidays
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Fuel
KW  - National defense
KW  - Public health
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42382
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - RISK FACTORS FOR BACK, NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES AND CLAIMS IN AMBULANCE OFFICERS
AN  - 1032891006; 16967106
AB  - Relatively little has been published on the range of risk factors contributing to musculoskeletal injuries in ambulance officers. This study aims to identify perceived risk factors for back, neck and shoulder musculoskeletal injuries and claims in relation to working conditions, and the physical and psychological demands of the job. This was a cross-sectional study using an internet-based survey in an Australian ambulance service. The survey included demographic questions and questions on psychosocial factors related to the job and the way in which work is organized, musculoskeletal injuries sustained and claims submitted in the previous 12 months; and two open ended questions on perceived risk factors for injury and injury risk mitigation strategies. Ambulance officers who felt they were able to take sufficient breaks were less likely to sustain a back, neck or shoulder musculoskeletal injury, and those who perceived their work required high levels of physical effort were more likely to submit a claim for these injuries. Two important perceived causal factors contributing to musculoskeletal injuries were the uncontrolled environment and non-adherence to manual handling techniques. However, suggested risk mitigation strategies of improving fitness and manual handling training, were not supported by the quantitative analysis.
JF  - Journal of Musculoskeletal Research
AU  - Broniecki, M
AU  - Esterman, A
AU  - Grantham, H
AD  - University of South Australia, GPO Box 2343, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, broniecki.monica@dpc.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 1250009
EP  - 1-1250009-10
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SN  - 0218-9577, 0218-9577
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Demography
KW  - Injuries
KW  - Materials handling
KW  - Mitigation
KW  - Musculoskeletal system
KW  - Perception
KW  - Quantitative analysis
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - working conditions
KW  - Australia
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - R2 23110:Psychological aspects
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-10-08
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Mitigation; Musculoskeletal system; Injuries; Perception; Risk factors; Quantitative analysis; Materials handling; working conditions; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218957712500091
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Biodiscovery of new Australian thraustochytrids for production of biodiesel and long-chain omega-3 oils
AN  - 1028035380; 16835632
AB  - Heterotrophic growth of thraustochytrids has potential in co-producing a feedstock for biodiesel and long-chain (LC, greater than or equal to C sub(20)) omega-3 oils. Biodiscovery of thraustochytrids from Tasmania (temperate) and Queensland (tropical), Australia, covered a biogeographic range of habitats including fresh, brackish, and marine waters. A total of 36 thraustochytrid strains were isolated and separated into eight chemotaxonomic groups (A-H) based on fatty acid (FA) and sterol composition which clustered closely with four different genera obtained by 18S rDNA molecular identification. Differences in the relative proportions (%FA) of long-chain C sub(20), C sub(22), omega-3, and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), docosapentaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and saturated FA, as well as the presence of odd-chain PUFA (OC-PUFA) were the major factors influencing the separation of these groups. OC-PUFA were detected in temperate strains of groups A, B, and C (Schizochytrium and Thraustochytrium). Group D (Ulkenia) had high omega-3 LC-PUFA (53% total fatty acids (TFA)) and EPA up to 11.2% TFA. Strains from groups E and F (Aurantiochytrium) contained DHA levels of 50-61% TFA after 7 days of growth in basal medium at 20 degree C. Groups G and H (Aurantiochytrium) strains had high levels of 15:0 (20-30% TFA) and the sum of saturated FA was in the range of 32-51%. beta , beta -Carotene, canthaxanthin, and astaxanthin were identified in selected strains. Phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic groupings demonstrated similar patterns for the majority of strains. Our results demonstrate the potential of these new Australian thraustochytrids for the production of biodiesel in addition to omega-3 LC-PUFA-rich oils.
JF  - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
AU  - Lee Chang, Kim Jye
AU  - Dunstan, Graeme A
AU  - Abell, Guy CJ
AU  - Clementson, Lesley A
AU  - Blackburn, Susan I
AU  - Nichols, Peter D
AU  - Koutoulis, Anthony
AD  - Energy Transformed National Research Flagship, CSIRO, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, kim.leechang@csiro.auaff4
PY  - 2012
SP  - 2215
EP  - 2231
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 93
IS  - 5
SN  - 0175-7598, 0175-7598
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Arachidonic acid
KW  - Thraustochytrium
KW  - Strain
KW  - Oil
KW  - Habitats
KW  - Docosahexaenoic acid
KW  - Astaxanthin
KW  - Sterol composition
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Fatty Acids
KW  - Oils
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Schizochytrium
KW  - Acids
KW  - Eicosapentaenoic acid
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Fatty acids
KW  - Polyunsaturated fatty acids
KW  - Diesel
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Biofuels
KW  - Ulkenia
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - W 30940:Products
KW  - A 01310:Products of Microorganisms
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Phylogeny; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Oils; Arachidonic acid; Astaxanthin; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Diesel; Habitat; Sterol composition; Biofuels; Oil; Habitats; Acids; Microorganisms; Fatty Acids; Strain; Biotechnology; Schizochytrium; Thraustochytrium; Ulkenia; Australia, Queensland
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3856-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Statistical power of detecting trends in total suspended sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef
AN  - 1028027941; 16835088
AB  - The export of pollutant loads from coastal catchments is of primary interest to natural resource management. For example, Reef Plan, a joint initiative by the Australian Government and the Queensland Government, has indicated that a 20% reduction in sediment is required by 2020. There is an obvious need to consider our ability to detect any trend if we are to set realistic targets or to reliably identify changes to catchment loads. We investigate the number of years of monitoring aquatic pollutant loads necessary to detect trends. Instead of modelling the trend in the annual loads directly, given their strong relationship to flow, we consider trends through the reduction in concentration for a given flow. Our simulations show very low power (<40%) of detecting changes of 20% over time periods of several decades, indicating that the chances of detecting trends of reasonable magnitudes over these time frames are very small.
JF  - Marine Pollution Bulletin
AU  - Darnell, Ross
AU  - Henderson, Brent
AU  - Kroon, F J
AU  - Kuhnert, Petra
AD  - CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, Ecoscience Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, ross.darnell@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 203
EP  - 209
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 65
IS  - 4-9
SN  - 0025-326X, 0025-326X
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Reefs
KW  - Water Pollution
KW  - Pollution monitoring
KW  - Barrier reefs
KW  - Resuspended sediments
KW  - ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef
KW  - Natural Resources
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Exports
KW  - Natural resources management
KW  - Marine
KW  - Suspended Sediments
KW  - Pollution detection
KW  - ISEW, Australia, Queensland
KW  - Catchment Areas
KW  - Pollution Load
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Suspended Load
KW  - Coastal zone management
KW  - Marine pollution
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Catchments
KW  - Sediment load
KW  - Monitoring
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - O 4060:Pollution - Environment
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Pollution monitoring; Pollution detection; Marine pollution; Natural resources; Sediment load; Coastal zone management; Barrier reefs; Resuspended sediments; Exports; Natural resources management; Catchments; Simulation; Water Pollution; Reefs; Natural Resources; Suspended Sediments; Pollutants; Catchment Areas; Pollution Load; Suspended Load; Monitoring; ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef; ISEW, Australia, Queensland; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.002
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Storing Drinking-water in Copper pots Kills Contaminating Diarrhoeagenic Bacteria
AN  - 1028021217; 16669867
AB  - Microbially-unsafe water is still a major concern in most developing countries. Although many water-purification methods exist, these are expensive and beyond the reach of many people, especially in rural areas. Ayurveda recommends the use of copper for storing drinking-water. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of copper pot on microbially-contaminated drinking-water. The antibacterial effect of copper pot against important diarrhoeagenic bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae O1, Shigella flexneri 2a, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, Salmonella enterica Typhi, and Salmonella Paratyphi is reported. When drinking-water (pH 7.83 plus or minus 0.4; source: ground) was contaminated with 500 CFU/mL of the above bacteria and stored in copper pots for 16 hours at room temperature, no bacteria could be recovered on the culture medium. Recovery failed even after resuscitation in enrichment broth, followed by plating on selective media, indicating loss of culturability. This is the first report on the effect of copper on S. flexneri 2a, enteropathogenic E. coli, and Salmonella Paratyphi. After 16 hours, there was a slight increase in the pH of water from 7.83 to 7.93 in the copper pots while the other physicochemical parameters remained unchanged. Copper content (177 plus or minus 16 ppb) in water stored in copper pots was well within the permissible limits of the World Health Organization. Copper holds promise as a point-of-use solution for microbial purification of drinking-water, especially in developing countries.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Sudha, VB Preethi
AU  - Ganesan, Sheeba
AU  - Pazhani, G P
AU  - Ramamurthy, T
AU  - Nair, G B
AU  - Venkatasubramanian, Padma
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 17
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Copper
KW  - Diarrhoea
KW  - Drinking-water
KW  - Vibrio cholerae
KW  - India
KW  - Anadromous species
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Microbial contamination
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Salmonella paratyphi
KW  - Escherichia coli
KW  - Biological pollutants
KW  - pH effects
KW  - pH
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - Physicochemical properties
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Media (selective)
KW  - Salmonella enterica
KW  - Shigella flexneri
KW  - Colony-forming cells
KW  - Water wells
KW  - Purification
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - A 01360:Plant Diseases
KW  - P 9999:GENERAL POLLUTION
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - J 02340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Number of references - 26
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Pathogenic bacteria; Anadromous species; Physicochemical properties; Biological pollutants; Antibiotics; Copper; Microbial contamination; Nutrition; Developing countries; Temperature effects; Colony-forming cells; Purification; Media (selective); pH effects; Temperature; Water wells; Drinking water; pH; Rural areas; Vibrio cholerae; Salmonella paratyphi; Shigella flexneri; Salmonella enterica; Escherichia coli
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - World natural gas endowment as a bridge towards zero carbon emissions
AN  - 1023028649; 201225742
AB  - We use a global energy market (GEM) model to show that natural gas has the potential to help stabilize global carbon emissions in a span of about 50-100 years and pave the way towards low and zero carbon energy. The GEM provides a close fit of the global energy mix between 1850 and 2005. It also matches historical carbon and CO2 emissions generated by the combustion of fossil fuels. The model is used then to forecast the future energy mix, as well as the carbon and CO2 emissions, up to the year 2150. Historical data show relative decarbonization and an increase in the amount of hydrogen burned as a percent of fossil fuel use between 1850 and 1970. The GEM indicates that with a larger contribution of natural gas to the future energy market, the burned hydrogen percentage will increase. This decarbonization will help to advance economic and environmental sustainability. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
AU  - Aguilera, Roberto F
AU  - Aguilera, Roberto
AD  - Curtin University, Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics (CREME), GPO Box 1987, Perth, 6845, Australia r.aguilera@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 579
EP  - 586
PB  - Elsevier Science Publishing, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 79
IS  - 3
SN  - 0040-1625, 0040-1625
KW  - Natural gas Energy mix Emissions Decarbonization
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Energy
KW  - Energy Consumption
KW  - Markets
KW  - article
KW  - 1772: sociology of science; sociology of technology
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - TFSCB3
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Energy; Markets; Energy Consumption; Fuels
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2011.09.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Perceptions about Probiotic Yogurt for Health and Nutrition in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania
AN  - 1020839604; 16669869
AB  - Recently, the food and malnutrition issues have taken centre stage within the arena of HIV/AIDS epidemic, with several calls being made for context-specific health and nutrition interventions to deal with the emerging food insecurity and malnutrition issues in settings with high burdens of HIV/AIDS. The use of probiotics as nutritional supplements in HIV/AIDS-affected and resource-poor settings has also been advocated. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study on community knowledge and perceptions about probiotics and their potential impact on people's everyday life in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In-depth interviews (n=26) were conducted with residents in Mwanza, Tanzania. The results showed that people living with HIV/AIDS, who were using probiotic yogurt produced through a joint partnership of Western Heads East, Tanzania Medical Research Institute and the Tukwamune Women's Group, reported perceived beneficial effects, such as gain in weight and improved health and well-being. Yet, these beneficial effects might be resulting in growing misconceptions about probiotic yogurt being 'medicine' for the treatment of HIV/AIDS; this is leading some people living with HIV/AIDS to abandon taking their antiretroviral medications based on the view that the probiotic yogurt is making them feel much better. The findings illustrate the potential challenges with regard to the introduction of nutritional food supplements into new contexts plagued by malnutrition and infectious diseases. Public-health education and awareness programmes are needed when introducing novel foods into such contexts.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Whaling, Melissa A
AU  - Luginaah, Isaac
AU  - Reid, Gregor
AU  - Hekmat, Sharereh
AU  - Thind, Amardeep
AU  - Mwanga, Joseph
AU  - Changalucha, John
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 31
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
KW  - Tanzania
KW  - Food
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Heads
KW  - Malnutrition
KW  - Antiviral agents
KW  - Infectious diseases
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - probiotics
KW  - Tanzania, Mwanza
KW  - Antiretroviral agents
KW  - Joints
KW  - Yogurt
KW  - Education
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Perception
KW  - Dietary supplements
KW  - Body weight gain
KW  - V 22360:AIDS and HIV
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - A 01330:Food Microbiology
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - W 30935:Food Biotechnology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 62
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Epidemics; Food; probiotics; Nutrition; Joints; Heads; Yogurt; Malnutrition; Infectious diseases; Antiviral agents; Perception; Dietary supplements; Body weight gain; Education; Human immunodeficiency virus; Intervention; Antiretroviral agents; Tanzania; Tanzania, Mwanza
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 Biotype El Tor Strains Isolated in a Tertiary-care Centre in India
AN  - 1020839569; 16669866
AB  - The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns are on constant change with the recent emergence of multidrugresistant strains of most bacteria. Results of recent studies in India showed that most isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 were resistant to the commonly-used antibiotics. The study was conducted to determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of V. cholerae O1 isolated during 2008-2010 at the hospital of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India. In total, 154 strains of V. cholerae O1 from 2,658 stool specimens were reported during January 2008-December 2010-34 in 2008, 2 in 2009, and 118 in 2010. The isolates of V. cholerae O1 were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the Kirby-Bauer method. The antibiotic disks tested were tetracycline (30 mu ), furazolidone (100 mu ), ampicillin (10 mu ), ceftriaxone (30 mu ), and ciprofloxacin (5 mu ). Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 was used as the control organism. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline were determined using the agar dilution method for all the strains. The E-test method was used for the strains which had either intermediate resistance or were resistant to the antibiotics by the agar dilution method. The results of the agar dilution corroborated the results of the E-test. The MIC of ceftriaxone in 151 strains was 32 mu /mL, and the MIC of ciprofloxacin was >8 mu /mL. These four strains were resistant to both tetracycline and ciprofloxacin by the disc-diffusion test and were exclusive of the three ceftriaxone-resistant strains. The majority of the isolates were obtained from children aged 0-5 year(s)-70.3% (83 of 118) and 41.2% (14 of 34) were reported in 2010 and 2008 respectively. Since treating severe cases of cholera with antibiotics is important, the continuing spread of resistance in V. cholerae to the most important agents of therapy is a matter of concern. Also, chemoprophylaxis with antimicrobial agents is likely to become even more difficult.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Mandal, Jharna
AU  - KP, Dinoop
AU  - Parija, Subhash Chandra
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 12
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - Cholera
KW  - Ceftriaxone
KW  - Ciprofloxacin
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Microbial
KW  - Tetracycline
KW  - Vibrio cholerae
KW  - India
KW  - Agar
KW  - Biotypes
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Tetracyclines
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Furazolidone
KW  - Escherichia coli
KW  - Feces
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - Bacterial diseases
KW  - Therapy
KW  - Ampicillin
KW  - Children
KW  - Strains
KW  - Minimum inhibitory concentration
KW  - Antimicrobial agents
KW  - Education
KW  - Disc-diffusion test
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - A 01340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
KW  - Q1 08485:Species interactions: pests and control
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - J 02340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 26
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agar; Education; Pathogenic bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Therapy; Antibiotics; Strains; Nutrition; Biotypes; Drug resistance; Ampicillin; Ceftriaxone; Children; Tetracyclines; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Antimicrobial agents; Ciprofloxacin; Furazolidone; Cholera; Feces; Disc-diffusion test; Hospitals; Vibrio cholerae; Escherichia coli; India
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T1  - A Rapidly-progressing Outbreak of Cholera in a Shelter-home for Mentally-retarded Females,
AN  - 1020839030; 16669879
AB  - On 13 May 2010, a cluster of diarrhoeal disease cases was reported among the inmates of a shelter-home for mentally-retarded females in Parbaksi village of Howrah district in West Bengal, India. The outbreak was investigated to identify the aetiological agent and source of infection and to propose recommendations. A suspected case of cholera was defined as an acute onset of greater than or equal to 3 loose watery stools in a female resident of the shelter-home since 1 May 2010. The demographic and clinical details were collected from the suspected case-patients, and the outbreak was described by time, place, and person. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify the risk factors associated with the illness. Of the 101 inmates, 91 (90%) developed diarrhoea, and three patients died (case fatality-3%). Four of the five stool specimens were positive for Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa. Drinking of water from the pond-connected tubewell (adjusted odds ratio=25.7, 95% confidence interval 2.7-236.4) was associated with the illness. Relocation of the pond-connected tubewell away from the groundwater tubewell, colour-coding of the tubewells meant for drinking purposes, and regular disinfection of the tubewells were recommended.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Datta, Subhransu Sekhar
AU  - Ramakrishnan, R
AU  - Murhekar, Manoj V
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 109
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Risk Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Water Resources Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Cholera
KW  - Cohort studies
KW  - Disease outbreaks
KW  - Retrospective studies
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Vibrio cholerae
KW  - India
KW  - Disinfection
KW  - Infection
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - India, West Bengal
KW  - Demography
KW  - Relocation
KW  - Ground water
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Feces
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - ISW, India, West Bengal
KW  - Bacterial diseases
KW  - Risk
KW  - Vibrio
KW  - Villages
KW  - Outbreaks
KW  - Females
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - SW 0840:Groundwater
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - H 0500:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 7
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Disinfection; Pathogenic bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Females; Nutrition; Demography; Diarrhea; Risk factors; Ground water; Cholera; Infection; Feces; Drinking water; Prisons; Villages; Outbreaks; Groundwater; Risk; Vibrio; Relocation; Diseases; Vibrio cholerae; ISW, India, West Bengal; India, West Bengal
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Patterns of Alcohol Consumption among Male Adults at a Slum in Kolkata, India
AN  - 1020839016; 16669874
AB  - Globally, alcohol-abuse is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Consumption of alcohol has increased in India in the recent decades. It is imperative to know the patterns of alcohol consumption among different types of consumers to launch a well-planned nationwide programme for the prevention and control of this devastating social pathology. This community-based, cross-sectional study was undertaken to identify the patterns of alcohol intake among different types of alcohol consumers and to assess the clinical signs of chronic harmful alcohol-use. A predesigned, pretested, semi-structured alcohol-use disorders identification test (AUDIT) questionnaire was used for interviewing males, aged greater than or equal to 18 years, selected by random sampling from an updated household list of a randomly-selected sector of the service area of the Urban Health Centre in Chetla, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Written informed consents were obtained from all the respondents. Relevant clinical examination for chronic harmful alcohol-use was done according to the AUDIT clinical screening procedures. The results revealed that 65.8% (150/228) were current consumers of alcohol; 14% were alcohol-dependents; 8% were hazardous or harmful consumers, and 78% were non-hazardous non-harmful consumers. The mean age of the respondents at the initiation of drinking alcohol was 20.8+5.9 years. Eighty-six percent of dependents (n=21) took both Indian-made foreign liquor and locally-made alcoholic beverages. The proportions of alcohol consumers who drank alone among alcohol-dependents, hazardous or harmful consumers, and non-hazardous non-harmful consumers were 71.4%, 50%, and 7.7% respectively, and the difference was significant (p<0.01). Forty-one percent of the consumers drank at public places and workplaces, which may be socially harmful. About 38% of the dependents purchased alcohol from unlicensed liquor shops. Only 16% expressed concerns for their drinking habit mainly to the past illness. The proportion of the concerned respondents was higher in the hazardous and harmful drinking patterns than in the non-hazardous non-harmful drinking pattern, and the difference was significant (p<0.05). About 62% of the dependents had clinical signs of chronic alcohol consumption. The presence of a considerable proportion of alcohol-dependents, the low mean age at initiation of drinking alcohol, and the habit of drinking in public places and workplaces are the main areas that need special emphasis by intervention programmes.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Ghosh, Santanu
AU  - Samanta, Amrita
AU  - Mukherjee, Shuvankar
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 73
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Alcohols
KW  - India, West Bengal
KW  - SW 2060:Effects on water of human nonwater activities
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Alcohols; India, West Bengal
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Severe Malaria in Children from Delhi, India
AN  - 1017964123; 16669880
AB  - Plasmodium vivax is traditionally known to cause benign tertian malaria, although recent reports suggest that P. vivax can also cause severe life-threatening disease analogous to severe infection due to P. falciparum. There are limited published data on the clinical and epidemiological profiles of children suffering from 'severe malaria' in an urban setting of India. To assess the clinical and epidemiological profiles of children with severe malaria, a prospective study was carried out during June 2008-December 2008 in the Department of Pediatrics, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, a tertiary hospital located in East Delhi, India. Data on children aged less than or equal to 12 years, diagnosed with severe malaria, were analyzed for their demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters. All patients were categorized and treated as per the guidelines of the World Health Organization. In total, 1,680 children were screened for malaria at the paediatric outpatient and casualty facilities of the hospital. Thirty-eight children tested positive for malaria on peripheral smear examination (2.26% slide positivity rate). Of these, 27 (71%) were admitted and categorized as severe malaria as per the definition of the WHO while another 11 (29%) received treatment on outpatient basis. Most (24/27; 88.8%) cases of severe malaria (n=27) were infected with P. vivax. Among the cases of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax (n=24), 12 (50%) presented with altered sensorium (cerebral malaria), seven (29.1%) had severe anaemia (haemoglobin <5 g/dL), and 17 (70.8%) had thrombocytopaenia, of which two had spontaneous bleeding (epistaxis). Cases of severe vivax malaria are clinically indistinguishable from severe falciparum malaria. Our study demonstrated that majority (88.8%) of severe malaria cases in children from Delhi and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to P. vivax-associated infection. P. vivax should, thus, be regarded as an important causative agent for severe malaria in children.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Kaushik, Jaya Shankar
AU  - Gomber, Sunil
AU  - Dewan, Pooja
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 113
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Child
KW  - Malaria
KW  - Plasmodium vivax
KW  - Prospective studies
KW  - India
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Organizations
KW  - Pediatrics
KW  - Anemia
KW  - Disease control
KW  - India, Uttar Pradesh
KW  - Plasmodium falciparum
KW  - Children
KW  - Infection
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Public health
KW  - Hemoglobin
KW  - Demography
KW  - Anaemia
KW  - Bleeding
KW  - India, Delhi
KW  - Haemoglobins
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Benign
KW  - K 03400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 13
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Human diseases; Anaemia; Organizations; Disease control; Malaria; Nutrition; Haemoglobins; Public health; Demography; Hemoglobin; Data processing; Pediatrics; Bleeding; Anemia; Infection; Children; Benign; Hospitals; Plasmodium vivax; Plasmodium falciparum; India, Uttar Pradesh; India, Delhi
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T1  - Postpartum Amenorrhoea among Manipuri Women: A Survival Analysis
AN  - 1017964107; 16669877
AB  - Among the three major components of a closed birth interval, waiting time to conception can somehow be managed with effective contraceptives while gestation is universally constant in its duration; the duration of postpartum amenorrhoea (PPA) varies in complex nature. The present study aimed to investigate the proximate factors influencing the duration of PPA. A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in four valley districts of Manipur, India, during 1 August-31 December 2009, to analyze the differentials and determinants of duration of PPA, applying the survival analysis technique. In total, 1,225 ever-married women were selected through two-stage cluster sampling. The median duration of PPA was 5.7 months. Among the 11 explanatory variables of interest, only three variables-place of residence (p<0.05), infant mortality from preceding pregnancy (p<0.01), and duration of breastfeeding (p<0.01)- had a significant effect on the duration of PPA. The findings may be used as baseline information for future researchers and maternal health policy-makers.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Singh, N Sanajaoba
AU  - Singh, N Sharat
AU  - Narendra, R K
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 93
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - infant mortality
KW  - Breast feeding
KW  - Females
KW  - survival
KW  - Valleys
KW  - community involvement
KW  - India
KW  - India, Manipur
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - contraceptives
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 20
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - infant mortality; Breast feeding; Females; survival; community involvement; Valleys; contraceptives; Pregnancy; India, Manipur; India
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sex Differences Independent of Other Psycho-sociodemographic Factors as a Predictor of Body Mass Index in Black South African Adults
AN  - 1017964073; 16669872
AB  - To better understand the sex differences in body mass index (BMI) observed in black South African adults in the Transition and Health during Urbanization of South Africans Study, the present study investigated whether these differences can be explained by the psycho-sociodemographic factors and/or health-related behaviours. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken among 1,842 black South African individuals from 37 study sites that represented five levels of urbanization. The behavioural factors that possibly could have an influence on the outcome of body-weight and that were explored included: diet, smoking, level of education, HIV infection, employment status, level of urbanization, intake of alcohol, physical activity, and neuroticism. The biological factors explored were age and sex. The prevalence of underweight, normal weight, and overweight among men and women was separately determined. The means of the variables were compared by performing Student's t-test for normally-distributed variables and Mann-Whitney Utest for non-normally-distributed variables. The means for the underweight and overweight groups were tested for significant differences upon comparison with normal-weight individuals stratified separately for sex. The differences in prevalence were tested using chi-square tests (p<0.05). All the variables with a large number of missing values were tested for potential bias. The association between sex and underweight or overweight was tested using the Mantel-Haenszel method of odds ratio (OR) and calculation of 95% confidence interval (CI), with statistical significance set at p<0.05 level. Logistic regression was used for controlling for confounders and for testing for effect modification. Females were more likely to be overweight/ obese (crude OR=5.1; CI 3.8-6.8). The association was attenuated but remained strong and significant even after controlling for the psycho-sociodemographic confounders. In this survey, the risk for overweight/obesity was strongly related to sex and not to the psycho-sociodemographic external factors investigated. It is, thus, important to understand the molecular roots of sex- and gender-specific variability in distribution of BMI as this is central to the future development of treatment and prevention programmes against overweight/obesity.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Kruger, Annamarie
AU  - Wissing, Maria P
AU  - Towers, Gordon W
AU  - Doak, Colleen M
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - March 2012
SP  - 56
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Physical Education Index; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Body-weight
KW  - Cross-sectional studies
KW  - Gender
KW  - Overweight
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Sex difference
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Diets
KW  - Alcohol
KW  - Programs
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Body mass
KW  - obesity
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Health
KW  - Adults
KW  - Sex differences
KW  - Education
KW  - body mass
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - infection
KW  - prevention
KW  - Sex
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 55
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Obesity; Programs; Blacks; Body mass; Surveys; Health; Adults; Sex differences; Sex; Diets; Alcohol; Education; Urbanization; Human immunodeficiency virus; body mass; prevention; infection; obesity
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Soaring Potential of a Micro Air Vehicle in an Urban Environment
AN  - 1008833951; 16427671
AB  - Achieving useful endurance with Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) using on-board electric powerplants remains challenging. This paper experimentally examined the feasibility of using orographic 'slope' lift in an urban built environment to increase the endurance of MAV platforms. The glide polar of a soaring MAV was measured in a wind-tunnel and validated through flight-testing, then compared with the velocity field immediately upwind of a representative urban building. The velocity field was mapped using a 1:100 scale model of the building in a wind-tunnel with a scaled atmospheric boundary layer. The vertical velocity component was found to be in the order of 15% to 50% of the mean wind velocity at building height. These results were compared with data measured on the full-size building and found to agree well. As the sink rate of the MAV was less than the available vertical velocity component for a wide flight speed range, it was concluded that it is possible to 'soar' immediately upwind of urban buildings to increase endurance. However, considerable control challenges are thought to exist since the full-scale data demonstrated that the flow exhibited high turbulence intensities.
JF  - International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles
AU  - White, Caleb
AU  - Watkins, Simon
AU  - Lim, Ee Wei
AU  - Massey, Kevin
AD  - School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., 5 Wates Way Brentwood Essex CM15 9TB United Kingdom
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SN  - 1756-8293, 1756-8293
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Feasibility studies
KW  - scale models
KW  - Boundary layers
KW  - Wind tunnels
KW  - Velocity
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Turbulence
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Feasibility studies; scale models; Boundary layers; Wind tunnels; Velocity; Turbulence; Buildings
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/1756-8293.4.1.1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Novel Synthetic Odorant Blend for Trapping of Malaria and Other African Mosquito Species
AN  - 1008830366; 16496018
AB  - Estimating the biting fraction of mosquitoes is of critical importance for risk assessment of malaria transmission. Here, we present a novel odor-based tool that has been rigorously assessed in semi-field assays and traditional African villages for estimating the number of mosquitoes that enter houses in search of a blood meal. A standard synthetic blend (SB) consisting of ammonia, (S)-lactic acid, tetradecanoic acid, and carbon dioxide was complemented with isovaleric acid, 4,5 dimethylthiazole, 2-methyl-1-butanol, and 3-methyl-1-butanol in various combinations and concentrations, and tested for attractiveness to the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Compounds were released through low density polyethylene (LDPE) material or from nylon strips (nylon). Studies were done in a semi-field facility and two traditional villages in western Kenya. The alcohol 3-methyl-1-butanol significantly increased the attraction of SB. The other compounds proved less effective or inhibitory. Tested in a village, 3-methyl-1-butanol, released from LDPE, increased the attraction of SB. Further studies showed a significantly enhanced attraction of adding 3-methyl-1-butanol to SB compared to previously-published attractive blends both under semi-field and village conditions. Other mosquito species with relevance for public health were collected with this blend in significantly higher numbers as well. These results demonstrate the advent of a novel, reliable odor-based sampling tool for the collection of malaria and other mosquitoes. The advantage of this odor-based tool over existing mosquito sampling tools is its reproducibility, objectiveness, and relatively low cost compared to current standards of CDC light traps or the human landing catch.
JF  - Journal of Chemical Ecology
AU  - Mukabana, Wolfgang R
AU  - Mweresa, Collins K
AU  - Otieno, Bruno
AU  - Omusula, Philemon
AU  - Smallegange, Renate C
AU  - Loon, Joop JA
AU  - Takken, Willem
AD  - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, GPO Nairobi, Kenya, willem.takken@wur.nl
Y1  - 2012/03//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Mar 2012
SP  - 235
EP  - 244
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
SN  - 0098-0331, 0098-0331
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Chemoreception Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Polyethylene
KW  - Malaria
KW  - Blood meals
KW  - Public health
KW  - Kenya
KW  - alcohols
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Aquatic insects
KW  - Nylon
KW  - Houses
KW  - Ammonia
KW  - Attraction
KW  - Light traps
KW  - Trapping
KW  - Anopheles gambiae
KW  - Landing statistics
KW  - Biting
KW  - Africa
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Odour
KW  - Odorants
KW  - isopentyl alcohol
KW  - New species
KW  - R 18050:Chemoreception correlates of behavior
KW  - K 03410:Animal Diseases
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-10-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Landing statistics; Human diseases; Malaria; Carbon dioxide; Odour; Aquatic insects; New species; Public health; Nylon; Risk assessment; Houses; Light traps; Attraction; Ammonia; Polyethylene; Blood meals; Trapping; Biting; alcohols; Sampling; Odorants; isopentyl alcohol; Anopheles gambiae; Kenya; Africa
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0088-8
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Changes to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA): Overview of the New Framework of Products and Processes
AN  - 1081892016; 2011-295076
AB  - The GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA, acronym taken from the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 [GPRA 1993]) became law on January 4, 2011. Under GPRA 1993, Congress established statutory requirements for most agencies to set goals, measure performance, and submit related plans and reports (products) to Congress for its potential use. This report provides an overview of GPRAMA's products and processes, and it highlights potential issues for Congress. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 29 2012, 33 pp.
AU  - Brass, Clinton T
Y1  - 2012/02/29/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Law
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42379.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42379
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies: Overview and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081892015; 2011-295075
AB  - This report provides background information on sovereign debt and examines the shift of concerns over sovereign debt sustainability from emerging markets in the 1990s and 2000s to advanced economies following the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, and the challenges posed by high debt levels. It also discusses the current strategy of fiscal austerity and concerns that have been raised about its global impact. It concludes with issues of concern to Congress, including comparisons between US and European debt levels, how efforts to reduce debt levels could impact the US economy, and policy options available to Congress. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 29 2012, 33 pp.
AU  - Nelson, Rebecca M
Y1  - 2012/02/29/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Finance
KW  - Debt
KW  - Markets
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41838
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Bosnia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
AN  - 1081891297; 2011-313605
AB  - In recent years, many analysts have expressed concern that the international community's efforts over the past 15 years to stabilize Bosnia are failing. Milorad Dodik, president of the Republika Srpska (RS), one of the two semi-autonomous "entities" within Bosnia, has obstructed efforts to make Bosnia's central government more effective and has repeatedly asserted the RS's right to secede from Bosnia; and some ethnic Croat leaders in Bosnia have called for the creation of a third, Croat "entity," threatening a further fragmentation of the country. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Feb 29 2012, 14 pp.
AU  - Woehrel, Steven
Y1  - 2012/02/29/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 29
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - United States
KW  - Bosnia-Herzegovina
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Croats
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40479
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Deductibility of Corporate Campaign Expenditures
AN  - 1081891300; 2011-313606
AB  - One question raised after the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v FEC, which struck down prohibitions in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) on corporations using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures and electioneering communications, is whether businesses may deduct the amounts spent on these activities. A related question is whether they may deduct dues paid to a Section 501(c)(6) trade association that then engages in such activities. These questions have greater significance since Citizens United struck down long-standing prohibitions in federal campaign finance law on corporations making certain types of campaign-related expenditures. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Feb 28 2012, 6 pp.
AU  - Lunder, Erika K
Y1  - 2012/02/28/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 28
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Associations and meetings
KW  - Politics - Campaigns, lobbying, and pressure groups
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States Supreme court
KW  - Business
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Treasury
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Law
KW  - Campaign funds
KW  - Trade associations
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42381
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
AN  - 1081892017; 2011-295077
AB  - Today's global economy, or what many call globalization, has a growing impact on the economic futures of American companies, workers, and families. Increasing integration with the world economy makes the US and other economies more productive. For most Americans, this has translated into absolute increases in living standards and real disposable incomes; however, while the US economy as a whole benefits from globalization, it is not always a win-win situation for all Americans. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 27 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Ahearn, Raymond J
Y1  - 2012/02/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - United States
KW  - Economics
KW  - Family
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Cost and standard of living
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34091.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34091
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - What's the Difference? Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data
AN  - 1438600585; 2011-496456
AB  - According to the US, the 2011 bilateral trade deficit with China was 295.5 billion dollars, but according to China, its trade surplus with the US was 206.2 billion dollars -- 89.3 billion dollars less. This paper examines the differences in the trade data from the two nations in two ways: (1) It compares the trade figures at the two-digit level using the Harmonized System to discern any patterns in the discrepancies between the US and Chinese data and (2) It reviews the existing literature on the technical and non-technical sources of the trade data discrepancies. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Feb 24 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Martin, Michael F
Y1  - 2012/02/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 24
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - International relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic relations
KW  - Balance of trade
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS22640
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - CPAPER
T1  - Finding the Antipodes: Mathematical Constructivism and the Changing Logic of Cartographic Objects, 1960-1975
T2  - 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG 2012)
AN  - 1412160567; 6223254
JF  - 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG 2012)
AU  - Hessler, John
Y1  - 2012/02/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 24
KW  - Geography
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-30
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-25
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Issues in International Trade Law: Restricting Exports of Electronic Waste
AN  - 1081892018; 2011-295078
AB  - Developing countries in Asia or Africa appear to be active importers of e-waste -- obsolete, broken, or irreparable electronic devices like televisions, computer central processing units, computer monitors, laptops, printers, scanners, and associated wiring. Many of these countries lack, or do not enforce, labor or environmental laws that would mitigate or prevent the harms to human and environmental health that are associated with e-waste processing. Legislation restricting US e-waste exports may be passed; however, these restrictions may be difficult to reconcile with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and could be challenged before a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 24 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Barbour, Emily C
Y1  - 2012/02/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 24
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Computer and electronics industry
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Wastes and waste management
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Commercial treaties and agreements
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor
KW  - Law and ethics - Environmental law
KW  - United States
KW  - Computers
KW  - Waste disposal in the ground
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Labor
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - World trade organization
KW  - Africa
KW  - Law
KW  - Environmental law
KW  - Asia
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Electronics industry
KW  - Legislation
KW  - General agreement on tariffs and trade
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42373
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Highlighted Activities
AN  - 1081892022; 2011-295082
AB  - After the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig on April 20, 2010, the federal government, state governments, and responsible parties faced an unprecedented challenge in the Gulf of Mexico. This report provides a summary update of selected issues related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill: oil spill response, compensations and claims; natural resources damage assessment (NRDA) and Gulf Coast restoration, government activities, and independent inquiries. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 23 2012, 9 pp.
AU  - Ramseur, Jonathan L
Y1  - 2012/02/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Oil well drilling
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Federal government
KW  - State government
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Gulf of Mexico
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42371
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
AN  - 1081892021; 2011-295081
AB  - Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. In recent years these measures have provided approximately 35% to 39% of total federal spending. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 23 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Tollestrup, Jessica
Y1  - 2012/02/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Education and education policy - Education
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Education
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Rules and practice
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42388
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory
AN  - 1081892020; 2011-295080
AB  - The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory is a radio and radar telescope located on approximately 120 acres of federally owned land in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico and is managed, operated, and maintained by SRI International. The fixed spherical telescope has the ability to predict and track the movement of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. Initially designed for radar studies of Earth's ionosphere, it was also found to be valuable for research in radio and radar astronomy. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 23 2012, 10 pp.
AU  - Matthews, Christine M
Y1  - 2012/02/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Computer and electronics industry
KW  - Media - Radio
KW  - Business and service sector - Entertainment business
KW  - Science and technology policy - Chemistry, geology, and physics
KW  - Science and technology policy - Astronomy and space research and technology
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Earth
KW  - Puerto Rico
KW  - Land
KW  - Radar
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Radio
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40437
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Global Challenge of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
AN  - 1081892019; 2011-295079
AB  - The spread of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), tuberculosis (TB), and malaria across the world poses a major global health challenge. Congress may consider international efforts to eradicate these diseases as it debates spending levels and priority areas for related programs. When compared to FY2011, funding in FY2012 included decreases for global HIV/AIDS, and slight increases for global TB and malaria programs. Some health experts applaud a shift toward less expensive efforts that maximize health impact, while others warn that divestment from HIV/AIDS could significantly endanger lives and reverse fragile gains made against the epidemic and other diseases. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 23 2012, 50 pp.
AU  - Kendall, Alexandra E
Y1  - 2012/02/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Diseases and disorders
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - Malaria
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Public health
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41802
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Indoor Air Pollutants and Health in the United Arab Emirates
AN  - 1677977604; 16810454
AB  - Background: Comprehensive global data on the health effects of indoor air pollutants are lacking. There are few large population-based multi-air pollutant health assessments. Further, little is known about indoor air health risks in the Middle East, especially in countries undergoing rapid economic development. Objectives: To provide multifactorial indoor air exposure and health data, we conducted a population-based study of indoor air pollution and health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in a population-based sample of 628 households in the UAE. Indoor air pollutants [sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), formaldehyde (HCHO), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter] were measured using passive samplers over a 7-day period. Health information was collected from 1,590 household members via in-person interviews. Results: Participants in households with quantified SO2, NO2, and H2S (i.e., with measured concentrations above the limit of quantification) were twice as likely to report doctor-diagnosed asthma. Participants in homes with quantified SO2 were more likely to report wheezing symptoms {ever wheezing, prevalence odds ratio [POR] 1.79 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05, 3.05]; speech-limiting wheeze, POR 3.53 (95% CI: 1.06, 11.74)}. NO2 and H2S were similarly associated with wheezing symptoms. Quantified HCHO was associated with neurologic symptoms (difficulty concentrating POR 1.47; 95% CI: 1.02, 2.13). Burning incense daily was associated with increased headaches (POR 1.87; 95% CI: 1.09, 3.21), difficulty concentrating (POR 3.08; 95% CI: 1.70, 5.58), and forgetfulness (POR 2.68: 95% CI: 1.47, 4.89). Conclusions: This study provides new information regarding potential health risks from pollutants commonly found in indoor environments in the UAE and other countries. Multipollutant exposure and health assessments in cohort studies are needed to better characterize health effects of indoor air pollutants.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Yeatts, Karin B
AU  - El-Sadig, Mohamed
AU  - Leith, David
AU  - Kalsbeek, William
AU  - Al-Maskari, Fatma
AU  - Couper, David
AU  - Funk, William E
AU  - Zoubeidi, Taoufik
AU  - Chan, Ronna L
AU  - Trent, Chris B
AU  - Davidson, Christopher A
AU  - Boundy, Maryanne G
AU  - Kassab, Maamoon M
AU  - Hasan, Mohamed Y
AU  - Rusyn, Ivan
AU  - Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald
AU  - Olshan, Andrew F
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 22
SP  - 687
EP  - 694
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - asthma
KW  - incense
KW  - indoor air pollutants
KW  - neurologic
KW  - respiratory
KW  - United Arab Emirates
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Risk
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Households
KW  - Indoor
KW  - Health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104090
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environmental Risks to Public Health in the United Arab Emirates: A Quantitative Assessment and Strategic Plan
AN  - 1020853954; 16810453
AB  - Background: Environmental risks to health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have shifted rapidly from infectious to noninfectious diseases as the nation has developed at an unprecedented rate. In response to public concerns over newly emerging environmental risks, the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi commissioned a multidisciplinary environmental health strategic planning project. Objectives: In order to develop the environmental health strategic plan, we sought to quantify the illnesses and premature deaths in the UAE attributable to 14 environmental pollutant categories, prioritize these 14 risk factors, and identify interventions. Methods: We estimated the disease burden imposed by each risk factor using an attributable fraction approach, and we prioritized the risks using an empirically tested stakeholder engagement process. We then engaged government personnel, scientists, and other stakeholders to identify interventions. Results: The UAE's environmental disease burden is low by global standards. Ambient air pollution is the leading contributor to premature mortality [~ 650 annual deaths; 95% confidence interval (CI): 140, 1,400]. Risk factors leading to > 10,000 annual health care facility visits included occupational exposures, indoor air pollution, drinking water contamination, seafood contamination, and ambient air pollution. Among the 14 risks considered, on average, outdoor air pollution was ranked by the stakeholders as the highest priority (mean rank, 1.4; interquartile range, 1-2) and indoor air pollution as the second-highest priority (mean rank 3.3; interquartile range, 2-4). The resulting strategic plan identified 216 potential interventions for reducing environmental risks to health. Conclusions: The strategic planning exercise described here provides a framework for systematically deciding how to invest public funds to maximize expected returns in environmental health, where returns are measured in terms of reductions in a population's environmental burden of disease.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald
AU  - Farah, Zeinab S
AD  - Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 22
SP  - 681
EP  - 686
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - environmental burden of disease
KW  - environmental priorities
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - strategic planning
KW  - United Arab Emirates
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Stakeholders
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Indoor air pollution
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Public health
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Air pollution; Stakeholders; Mortality; Indoor air pollution; Risk factors; Environmental health; Intervention; Pollution effects; Public health; United Arab Emirates
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104064
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conducting Environmental Health Research in the Arabian Middle East: Lessons Learned and Opportunities
AN  - 1020847357; 16810452
AB  - Background: The Arabian Gulf nations are undergoing rapid economic development, leading to major shifts in both the traditional lifestyle and the environment. Although the pace of change is brisk, there is a dearth of environmental health research in this region. Objective: We describe challenges and successes of conducting an environmental epidemiologic study in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a Gulf nation in the Middle East, with an inter-disciplinary team that includes in-country academic and government collaborators as well as U.S. academic collaborators. Discussion: We present several issues, including study and data collection design, exposure assessment, scheduling and time coordination, quality assurance and quality control, and institutional review board protocols. These topics are considered in a cultural context. Benefits of this research included building linkages among multinational, interdisciplinary team members, generating data for local environmental decision making, and developing local epidemiologic research capacity. The Middle Eastern culture of hospitality greatly benefited the project team. Conclusion: Cultural differences impact multiple aspects of epidemiologic research and should be respectfully addressed. Conducting international population-based environmental research poses many challenges; these challenges can be met successfully with careful planning, cultural knowledge, and flexibility. Lessons learned are applicable to interdisciplinary research all over the world. The research conducted will benefit the environmental and public health agencies of the UAE and provide the nation's leadership with country-specific environmental health data that can be used to protect the public's health in a rapidly changing environment.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Yeatts, Karin B
AU  - El-Sadig, Mohamed
AU  - Ali, Habiba I
AU  - Al-Maskari, Fatma
AU  - Campbell, Alan
AU  - Ng, Shu Wen
AU  - Reeves, Lisa
AU  - Chan, Ronna L
AU  - Davidson, Christopher A
AU  - Funk, William E
AU  - Boundy, Maryanne G
AU  - Leith, David
AU  - Popkin, Barry
AU  - Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald
AU  - Rusyn, Ivan
AU  - Olshan, Andrew F
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 22
SP  - 632
EP  - 636
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - environmental epidemiology
KW  - indoor air
KW  - international issues
KW  - policy
KW  - population health
KW  - ISW, United Arab Emirates
KW  - Data collection
KW  - interdisciplinary research
KW  - Quality assurance
KW  - quality assurance
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - Public health
KW  - USA
KW  - Interdisciplinary research
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Quality control
KW  - Middle East
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data collection; interdisciplinary research; Interdisciplinary research; quality assurance; Quality control; Quality assurance; Reviews; Economic development; Environmental health; Public health; ISW, United Arab Emirates; USA; Middle East
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape
AN  - 1081892024; 2011-295084
AB  - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent federal agency with its five members appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate to ensure that the American people have available -- at reasonable cost and without discrimination -- rapid, efficient, nation- and world-wide communication services. Some policymakers have been critical of the FCC and the manner in which it regulates various sectors of the telecommunications industry and some aspects of the Internet. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 21 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Y1  - 2012/02/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Telecommunications and communication systems
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Cost
KW  - United States Federal communications commission
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Telecommunications
KW  - Internet
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL32589
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Oil Spill Legislation in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081892023; 2011-295083
AB  - This report identifies legislation that addresses oil spill-related issues, including oil spill policy matters that concern prevention, preparedness, response, liability and compensation, and Gulf restoration. Oil spill issues do not generally include questions regarding offshore leasing and drilling. House and Senate proposals provide a snapshot of oil spill-related bills in the 112th Congress, many of which were (at least in part) offered in response to issues raised by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 21 2012, 25 pp.
AU  - Ramseur, Jonathan L
Y1  - 2012/02/21/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Law and ethics - Liability, torts, and personal injury
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Oil well drilling
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Liability
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41684
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires
AN  - 1677977651; 16810449
AB  - Background: Forest, grass, and peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air quality. Objective: We estimated the annual global mortality attributable to landscape fire smoke (LFS). Methods: Daily and annual exposure to particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) from fire emissions was estimated globally for 1997 through 2006 by combining outputs from a chemical transport model with satellite-based observations of aerosol optical depth. In World Health Organization (WHO) subregions classified as sporadically affected, the daily burden of mortality was estimated using previously published concentration-response coefficients for the association between short-term elevations in PM2.5 from LFS (contrasted with 0 mu g/m3 from LFS) and all-cause mortality. In subregions classified as chronically affected, the annual burden of mortality was estimated using the American Cancer Society study coefficient for the association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and all-cause mortality. The annual average PM2.5 estimates were contrasted with theoretical minimum (counterfactual) concentrations in each chronically affected subregion. Sensitivity of mortality estimates to different exposure assessments, counterfactual estimates, and concentration-response functions was evaluated. Strong La Nina and El Nino years were compared to assess the influence of interannual climatic variability. Results: Our principal estimate for the average mortality attributable to LFS exposure was 339,000 deaths annually. In sensitivity analyses the interquartile range of all tested estimates was 260,000-600,000. The regions most affected were sub-Saharan Africa (157,000) and Southeast Asia (110,000). Estimated annual mortality during La Nina was 262,000, compared with 532,000 during El Nino. Conclusions: Fire emissions are an important contributor to global mortality. Adverse health outcomes associated with LFS could be substantially reduced by curtailing burning of tropical rainforests, which rarely burn naturally. The large estimated influence of El Nino suggests a relationship between climate and the burden of mortality attributable to LFS.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Johnston, Fay H
AU  - Henderson, Sarah B
AU  - Chen, Yang
AU  - Randerson, James T
AU  - Marlier, Miriam
AU  - DeFries, Ruth S
AU  - Kinney, Patrick
AU  - Bowman, David MJS
AU  - Brauer, Michael
AD  - Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Y1  - 2012/02/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 18
SP  - 695
EP  - 701
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - biomass burning
KW  - carbon cycle
KW  - deforestation
KW  - global burden of disease
KW  - landscape fire smoke
KW  - mortality
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Fires
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - El Nino
KW  - La Nina
KW  - Health
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104422
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Paris Club and International Debt Relief
AN  - 1081892025; 2011-295085
AB  - The Paris Club is a voluntary, informal group of creditor nations who meet approximately 10 times per year, to provide debt relief to developing countries. Members of the Paris Club agree to renegotiate and/or reduce official debt owed to them on a case-by-case basis. The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 stipulates that Congress must be involved in any official foreign country debt relief and notified of any debt reduction and debt renegotiation. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 17 2012, 5 pp.
AU  - Weiss, Martin A
Y1  - 2012/02/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Credit
KW  - Debt relief
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21482.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21482
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Senate Committee Rules in the 112th Congress: A Comparison of Key Provisions
AN  - 1081890538; 2011-295087
AB  - This report reviews the requirements contained in Senate rules pertaining to committees; it then explores how each Senate committee addresses 11 specific issues: meeting day, hearing and meeting notice requirements, scheduling of witnesses, hearing quorum, business quorum, amendment filing requirements, proxy voting, polling, nominations, investigations, and subpoenas. In addition, the report looks at the unique provisions some committees have included in their rules in the miscellaneous category. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 17 2012, 29 pp.
AU  - Palmer, Betsy
Y1  - 2012/02/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Administration of justice - Legal procedure
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Business
KW  - Witnesses
KW  - Hearing
KW  - United States Senate
KW  - Voting
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42361.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42361
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Financial Performance of the Major Oil Companies, 2007-2011
AN  - 1081890534; 2011-295086
AB  - This report examines the financial performance of the five major oil companies for the period 2007-2011. Both the sources and uses of revenue and profit are analyzed. The recent behavior of oil prices and company profits have led to changes in the structure of the market for oil in the US which could have implications for gasoline prices and availability, and energy security. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 17 2012, 9 pp.
AU  - Pirog, Robert
Y1  - 2012/02/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Finance
KW  - Prices
KW  - Profits
KW  - Revenue
KW  - Markets
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42364.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42364
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Arsenic, Organic Foods, and Brown Rice Syrup
AN  - 1677968439; 16810447
AB  - Background: Rice can be a major source of inorganic arsenic (Asi) for many sub-populations. Rice products are also used as ingredients in prepared foods, some of which may not be obviously rice based. Organic brown rice syrup (OBRS) is used as a sweetener in organic food products as an alternative to high-fructose corn syrup. We hypothesized that OBRS introduces As into these products. Objective: We determined the concentration and speciation of As in commercially available brown rice syrups and in products containing OBRS, including toddler formula, cereal/energy bars, and high-energy foods used by endurance athletes. Methods: We used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and ion chromatography coupled to ICP-MS to determine total As (Astotal) concentrations and As speciation in products purchased via the Internet or in stores in the Hanover, New Hampshire, area. Discussion: We found that OBRS can contain high concentrations of Asi and dimethyl-arsenate (DMA). An "organic" toddler milk formula containing OBRS as the primary ingredient had Astotal concentrations up to six times the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safe drinking water limit. Cereal bars and high-energy foods containing OBRS also had higher As concentrations than equivalent products that did not contain OBRS. Asi was the main As species in most food products tested in this study. Conclusions: There are currently no U.S. regulations applicable to As in food, but our findings suggest that the OBRS products we evaluated may introduce significant concentrations of Asi into an individual's diet. Thus, we conclude that there is an urgent need for regulatory limits on As in food.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Jackson, Brian P
AU  - Taylor, Vivien F
AU  - Karagas, Margaret R
AU  - Punshon, Tracy
AU  - Cottingham, Kathryn L
AD  - Trace Element Analysis Core Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 16
SP  - 623
EP  - 626
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - arsenic
KW  - baby formula
KW  - brown rice syrup
KW  - cereal bars
KW  - energy bars
KW  - organic foods
KW  - speciation
KW  - Speciation
KW  - Ingredients
KW  - Rice
KW  - Foods
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Cereals
KW  - Syrup
KW  - Internet
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104619
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Who Earns Pass-Through Business Income? An Analysis of Individual Tax Return Data
AN  - 1081890543; 2011-295088
AB  - Pass-through businesses -- sole proprietorships, partnerships, and S corporations -- generate more than half of all business income in the US. Pass-through income is, in general, taxed only once at the individual income tax rates in contrast to the income of C corporations which is taxed twice; once at the corporate level according to corporate tax rates, and then a second time at the individual tax rates when shareholders receive dividend payments or realize capital gains. This report analyzes individual tax return data to determine who earns pass-through business income and finds a significant fraction of pass-through income is concentrated among upper-income earners. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 16 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Keightley, Mark P
Y1  - 2012/02/16/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Income tax
KW  - United States
KW  - Partnership
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Business
KW  - Dividends
KW  - Business tax
KW  - Tax returns
KW  - Capital
KW  - Payment
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Farm Income
AN  - 1081890567; 2011-295093
AB  - According to USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), national net farm income -- a key indicator of US farm well-being -- is forecast at 91.7 billion dollars in 2012, down 6.5 billion dollars (6.5%) from the record total of 98.1 billion dollars achieved in 2011. Data suggests a strong financial position heading into 2012 for the agriculture sector as a whole relative to the rest of the US economy; however, there is substantial regional variation. In general, the increase in expenses will affect livestock producers more harshly than crop producers. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 15 2012, 25 pp.
AU  - Schnepf, Randy
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic research
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - United States
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Farms
KW  - Economic research
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40152
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Previewing the Next Farm Bill
AN  - 1081890562; 2011-295092
AB  - Congress periodically establishes agricultural and food policy in an omnibus farm bill. The 112th Congress faces reauthorization of the current five-year farm bill (the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, P.L. 110-246) because many of its provisions expire in 2012. One of the principal drivers of the farm bill debate will be the federal budget, which is more uncertain and difficult to predict than for past farm bills because of the congressional attention to deficit reduction. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 15 2012, 53 pp.
AU  - Chite, Ralph M
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Farms
KW  - Food
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42357
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Interplay of Borders, Turf, Cyberspace, and Jurisdiction: Issues Confronting U.S. Law Enforcement
AN  - 1081890558; 2011-295091
AB  - Savvy criminals constantly develop new techniques to target US persons, businesses, and interests. Individual criminals as well as broad criminal networks exploit geographic borders, criminal turf, cyberspace, and law enforcement jurisdiction to dodge law enforcement countermeasures. Policy makers may question how to best design policies to help law enforcement combat ever-evolving criminal threats. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 15 2012, 38 pp.
AU  - Finklea, Kristin M
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Business
KW  - Jurisdiction
KW  - Border areas
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41927
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Federal Contractor Criminal Liability Overseas
AN  - 1081890552; 2011-295090
AB  - The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) permits federal prosecution of certain crimes committed abroad by Defense Department civilian employees, contractors, or their dependents. The Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA; H.R. 2136) and S. 1145 would permit federal prosecution for certain crimes committed abroad by the civilian employees, dependents, or contractors of other federal agencies. The bills would supplement rather than replace MEJA or other provisions of federal extraterritorial jurisdiction. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 15 2012, 16 pp.
AU  - Doyle, Charles
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Criminal liability
KW  - Jurisdiction
KW  - Employees
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42358
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
AN  - 1081890548; 2011-295089
AB  - American criminal law applies beyond the geographical confines of the US, however, under certain limited circumstances. To further facilitate the prosecution of federal crimes with extraterritorial application, Congress has enacted special venue, statute of limitations, and evidentiary statutes. To further cooperative efforts, it enacted the Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act, P.L. 111-79, which authorizes federal courts to issue search warrants, subpoenas, and other orders to facilitate criminal investigations in this country on behalf of foreign law enforcement officials. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 15 2012, 72 pp.
AU  - Doyle, Charles
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Administration of justice - Legal procedure
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - United States
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Courts
KW  - Evidence
KW  - Criminal investigation
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 94-166
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Residential Black Carbon Exposure and Circulating Markers of Systemic Inflammation in Elderly Males: The Normative Aging Study
AN  - 1020853129; 16810446
AB  - Background: Traffic-related particles (TRPs) are associated with adverse cardiovascular events. The exact mechanisms are unclear, but systemic inflammatory responses likely play a role. Objectives: We conducted a repeated measures study among male participants of the Normative Aging Study in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area to determine whether individual-level residential black carbon (BC), a marker of TRPs, is associated with systemic inflammation and whether coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, and obesity modify associations. Methods: We quantified markers of inflammation in 1,163 serum samples from 580 men. Exposure to BC up to 4 weeks prior was predicted from a validated spatiotemporal land-use regression model. Linear mixed effects models estimated the effects of BC on each marker while adjusting for potential confounders. Results: Associations between BC and blood markers were not observed in main effects models or when stratified by obesity status. However, BC was positively associated with markers of inflammation in men with CHD (particularly vascular endothelial growth factor) and in men with diabetes (particularly interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor- alpha ). Significant exposure time windows varied by marker, although in general the strongest associations were observed with moving averages of 2-7 days after a lag of several days. Conclusions: In an elderly male population, estimated BC exposures were positively associated with markers of systemic inflammation but only in men with CHD or diabetes.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Fang, Shona C
AU  - Mehta, Amar J
AU  - Alexeeff, Stacey E
AU  - Gryparis, Alexandros
AU  - Coull, Brent
AU  - Vokonas, Pantel
AU  - Christiani, David C
AU  - Schwartz, Joel
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/15/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 15
SP  - 674
EP  - 680
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - black carbon
KW  - cardiovascular disease
KW  - coronary heart disease
KW  - diabetes
KW  - inflammation
KW  - land-use regression model
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - susceptible
KW  - traffic
KW  - Vascular endothelial growth factor
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Black carbon
KW  - Interleukin 1
KW  - Aging
KW  - Elderly
KW  - obesity
KW  - males
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Coronary heart disease
KW  - Models
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - USA, Massachusetts, Boston
KW  - Diabetes mellitus
KW  - Blood
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Geriatrics
KW  - Growth factors
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - Tumor necrosis factor- alpha
KW  - aging
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Vascular endothelial growth factor; Obesity; Aging; Interleukin 1; Coronary heart disease; Inflammation; Models; Diabetes mellitus; Blood; black carbon; Geriatrics; Regression analysis; Tumor necrosis factor- alpha; Black carbon; obesity; Elderly; males; Particulates; Cardiovascular diseases; Growth factors; aging; USA, Massachusetts, Boston
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103982
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mercury Production and Use in Colonial Andean Silver Production: Emissions and Health Implications
AN  - 1660052664; 16810444
AB  - Background: Colonial cinnabar mining and refining began in Huancavelica, Peru, in 1564. With a local source of mercury, the amalgamation process was adopted to refine silver in Potosi, Bolivia, in the early 1570s. As a result, large quantities of mercury were released into the environment. Objectives: We used archival, primary, and secondary sources to develop the first estimate of mercury emissions from cinnabar refining in Huancavelica and to revise previous estimates of emissions from silver refining in Potosi during the colonial period (1564-1810). Discussion: Although other estimates of historical mercury emissions have recognized Potosi as a significant source, Huancavelica has been overlooked. In addition, previous estimates of mercury emissions from silver refining under-estimated emissions because of unrecorded (contra-band) production and volatilization of mercury during processing and recovery. Archival descriptions document behavioral and health issues during the colonial period that are consistent with known effects of mercury intoxication. Conclusions: According to our calculations, between 1564 and 1810, an estimated 17,000 metric tons of mercury vapor were emitted from cinnabar smelting in Huancavelica, and an estimated 39,000 metric tons were released as vapor during silver refining operations in Potosi. Huancavelica and Potosi combined contributed > 25% of the 196,000 metric tons of mercury vapor emissions in all of Latin America between 1500 and 1800. The historical record is laden with evidence of mercury intoxication consistent with effects recognized today. Our estimates serve as the foundation of investigations of present-day contamination in Huancavelica and Potosi resulting from historical emissions of mercury.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Robins, Nicholas A
AU  - Hagan, Nicole A
AD  - Department of History, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
SP  - 627
EP  - 631
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - health effects
KW  - Huancavelica, Peru
KW  - mercury emissions
KW  - mercury production
KW  - Potosi, Bolivia
KW  - silver production
KW  - Intoxication
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Mercury vapor
KW  - Recognition
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Refining
KW  - Health
KW  - Silver
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104192
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Exposure and Diabetes: Results from the Anniston Community Health Survey
AN  - 1660045643; 16810445
AB  - Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufactured in Anniston, Alabama, from 1929 to 1971 caused significant environmental contamination. The Anniston population remains one of the most highly exposed in the world. Objectives: Reports of increased diabetes in PCB-exposed populations led us to examine possible associations in Anniston residents. Methods: Volunteers (n = 774) from a cross-sectional study of randomly selected households and adults who completed the Anniston Community Health Survey also underwent measurements of height, weight, fasting glucose, lipid, and PCB congener levels and verification of medications. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the relationships between PCBs and diabetes, adjusting for diabetes risk factors. Participants with prediabetes were excluded from the logistic regression analyses. Results: Participants were 47% African American, 70% female, with a mean age of 54.8 years. The prevalence of diabetes was 27% in the study population, corresponding to an estimated prevalence of 16% for Anniston overall; the PCB body burden of 35 major congeners ranged from 0.11 to 170.42 ppb, wet weight. The adjusted OR comparing the prevalence of diabetes in the fifth versus first quintile of serum PCB was 2.78 (95% CI: 1.00, 7.73), with similar associations estimated for second through fourth quintiles. In participants < 55 years of age, the adjusted OR for diabetes for the highest versus lowest quintile was 4.78 (95% CI: 1.11, 20.6), whereas in those greater than or equal to 55 years of age, we observed no significant associations with PCBs. Elevated diabetes prevalence was observed with a 1 SD increase in log PCB levels in women (OR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.01, 2.28); a decreased prevalence was observed in men (OR = 0.68; 95% CI: 0.33, 1.41). Conclusions: We observed significant associations between elevated PCB levels and diabetes mostly due to associations in women and in individuals < 55 years of age.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Silverstone, Allen E
AU  - Rosenbaum, Paula F
AU  - Weinstock, Ruth S
AU  - Bartell, Scott M
AU  - Foushee, Herman R
AU  - Shelton, Christie
AU  - Pavuk, Marian
AD  - State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
SP  - 727
EP  - 732
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - diabetes
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
KW  - POPs
KW  - Age
KW  - Polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Communities
KW  - Congeners
KW  - Health
KW  - Adjustment
KW  - Elevated
KW  - Diabetes
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104247
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
AN  - 1081891671; 2011-295097
AB  - Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). Both CSRS and FERS require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. Several bills have been introduced in the 112th Congress that propose comprehensive changes to federal retirement benefits and financing; and, in addition, the President's Budget Proposal for FY2013 also contains recommendations for changes to federal pensions. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 14 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Isaacs, Katelin P
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - Government - Government employees
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Cost
KW  - Pensions
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Employees
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Retirement
KW  - Payroll tax
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 98-810
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081890580; 2011-295096
AB  - In the ongoing energy debate in Congress, one issue has been whether to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR or the Refuge) in northeastern Alaska -- and if so, under what conditions -- or whether to continue to prohibit development to protect the area's biological, recreational, and subsistence values. This primer provides background for analyzing the various claims through an examination of ANWR's history, and an analysis of its geological, biological, human, and economic resources. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 14 2012, 28 pp.
AU  - Corn, M Lynne
AU  - Ratner, Michael
AU  - Alexander, Kristina
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Animals
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - History
KW  - Economics
KW  - Wildlife
KW  - Alaska
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33872
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview
AN  - 1081890576; 2011-295095
AB  - President Obama's FY2013 budget submission was released on February 13, 2012. This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority (BA) from FY1976 through FY2011, enacted levels for FY2012 spending, and the levels consistent with the President's proposals for FY2013 through FY2017. Spending caps and budget enforcement mechanisms established in the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25; BCA) will probably strongly affect the FY2013 budget cycle. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 14 2012, 30 pp.
AU  - Austin, D Andrew
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Authority
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41726
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2013
AN  - 1081890571; 2011-295094
AB  - This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for US payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations. It will be updated periodically as annual appropriation figures are known, and the title of this report will also change annually, as new yearly appropriation figures are added. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 14 2012, 9 pp.
AU  - Nelson, Rebecca M
Y1  - 2012/02/14/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banks and other financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - United States
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Development banks
KW  - Banking
KW  - Payment
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS20792
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs
AN  - 1081891673; 2011-295098
AB  - This report gives an overview of the federal programs that provide food assistance within the US and the territories. It offers a brief overview of hunger and food insecurity along with the related network of programs. Three main tables contain information about each program, including its authorizing language, administering agency, eligibility, services provided, participation data, and funding information. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 13 2012, 16 pp.
AU  - Aussenberg, Randy Alison
AU  - Colello, Kirsten J
Y1  - 2012/02/13/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 13
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Government - Government agencies and bodies
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public welfare and social services
KW  - Hunger
KW  - United States
KW  - Food
KW  - Food relief
KW  - Government agencies
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42353
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891676; 2011-295099
AB  - Congress established the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), including the position of its Director, within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) through the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-282) to provide scientific and technological analysis and advice to the President. This report provides an overview of the history of science and technology (S&T) advice to the President, and discusses selected issues and options for Congress regarding OSTP's Director, OSTP management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 10 2012, 43 pp.
AU  - Sargent, John F, Jr
AU  - Shea, Dana A
Y1  - 2012/02/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Executives
KW  - Technology policy
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Science
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34736
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mind the Gap: Predicted vs. Actual Performance of Green Buildings
AN  - 1038231461; 16900466
AB  - This paper reviews the major North American and Australian sustainability rating tools to determine how they measure building energy performance. It then reviews the major building energy simulation software packages. The paper then details some of the literature surrounding predicted vs. actual energy performance in green buildings, and concludes with an argument for a more performance-orientated ratings regime.
JF  - Shigong Jishu/Construction Technology
AU  - Pollard, Brett
AD  - GPO Box 5487, Sydney NSW 2001 Australia, bpollard@hassellstudio.com
Y1  - 2012/02/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 10
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - Zhongguo Jianzhu Gongye Chubanshe, 19 Chegongzhuang Dajie, Beijing 100044 China
VL  - 41
IS  - 2a
SN  - 1002-8498, 1002-8498
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - North America
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Green development
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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LA  - Chinese
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Reviews; Green development; Simulation; Buildings; Sustainability; North America; Australia
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891678; 2011-295100
AB  - The Internet is often described as a "network of networks" because it is not a single physical entity, but hundreds of thousands of interconnected networks linking hundreds of millions of computers around the world. As such, the Internet is international, decentralized, and comprised of networks and infrastructure largely owned and operated by private sector entities. As the Internet grows and becomes more pervasive in all aspects of modern society, the question of how it should be governed becomes more pressing. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 9 2012, 19 pp.
AU  - Kruger, Lennard G
Y1  - 2012/02/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Computers
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42351.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42351
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data
AN  - 1081891683; 2011-295102
AB  - The federal government owns roughly 635-640 million acres, 28% of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the US, administered by agencies within the Department of the Interior (DOI). Conflicting public values concerning federal lands raise many questions and issues, including the extent to which the federal government should own land; whether to focus resources on maintenance of existing infrastructure and lands or acquisition of new areas; how to balance use and protection; and how to ensure the security of international borders along the federal lands of multiple agencies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 8 2012, 24 pp.
AU  - Gorte, Ross W
AU  - Vincent, Carol Hardy
AU  - Hanson, Laura A
AU  - Rosenblum, Marc R
Y1  - 2012/02/08/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 08
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Land
KW  - Public lands
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42346
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Money Laundering: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1956 and Related Federal Criminal Law
AN  - 1081891681; 2011-295101
AB  - This is an overview of the elements of federal criminal money laundering statutes and the sanctions imposed for their violation. The most prominent is 18 U.S.C. 1956 which outlaws four kinds of money laundering -- promotional, concealment, structuring, and tax evasion laundering of the proceeds generated by designated federal, state, and foreign underlying crimes (predicate offenses) -- committed or attempted under one or more of three jurisdictional conditions (laundering involving certain financial transactions, laundering involving international transfers, and stings). Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 8 2012, 65 pp.
AU  - Doyle, Charles
Y1  - 2012/02/08/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 08
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Money
KW  - Laundering of money
KW  - Tax evasion
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33315.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33315
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Sourcing Policy: Selected Developments and Issues
AN  - 1081891685; 2011-295103
AB  - This report begins with a history of sourcing policy that focuses on the terms commercial and inherently governmental, and the policy of government reliance on the private sector. It examines the two strains of sourcing policy: competitive sourcing and multisector workforce management. Policy issues that may be of interest to the 112th Congress are also discussed. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 7 2012, 53 pp.
AU  - Halchin, L Elaine
Y1  - 2012/02/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration
KW  - Government - Public administration
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Management
KW  - History
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42341.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42341
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Risk of Nonaccidental and Cardiovascular Mortality in Relation to Long-term Exposure to Low Concentrations of Fine Particulate Matter: A Canadian National-Level Cohort Study
AN  - 1020858298; 16810465
AB  - Background: Few cohort studies have evaluated the risk of mortality associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter [ less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5)]. This is the first national-level cohort study to investigate these risks in Canada. Objective: We investigated the association between long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and cardiovascular mortality in nonimmigrant Canadian adults. Methods: We assigned estimates of exposure to ambient PM2.5 derived from satellite observations to a cohort of 2.1 million Canadian adults who in 1991 were among the 20% of the population mandated to provide detailed census data. We identified deaths occurring between 1991 and 2001 through record linkage. We calculated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) adjusted for available individual-level and contextual covariates using both standard Cox proportional survival models and nested, spatial random-effects survival models. Results: Using standard Cox models, we calculated HRs of 1.15 (95% CI: 1.13, 1.16) from nonaccidental causes and 1.31 (95% CI: 1.27, 1.35) from ischemic heart disease for each 10- mu g/m3 increase in concentrations of PM2.5. Using spatial random-effects models controlling for the same variables, we calculated HRs of 1.10 (95% CI: 1.05, 1.15) and 1.30 (95% CI: 1.18, 1.43), respectively. We found similar associations between nonaccidental mortality and PM2.5 based on satellite-derived estimates and ground-based measurements in a subanalysis of subjects in 11 cities. Conclusions: In this large national cohort of nonimmigrant Canadians, mortality was associated with long-term exposure to PM2.5. Associations were observed with exposures to PM2.5 at concentrations that were predominantly lower (mean, 8.7 mu g/m3; interquartile range, 6.2 mu g/m3) than those reported previously.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Crouse, Dan L
AU  - Peters, Paul A
AU  - van Donkelaar, Aaron
AU  - Goldberg, Mark S
AU  - Villeneuve, Paul J
AU  - Brion, Orly
AU  - Khan, Saeeda
AU  - Atari, Dominic Odwa
AU  - Jerrett, Michael
AU  - Pope, CArden
AU  - Brauer, Michael
AU  - Brook, Jeffrey R
AU  - Martin, Randall V
AU  - Stieb, David
AU  - Burnett, Richard T
AD  - Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Y1  - 2012/02/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 07
SP  - 708
EP  - 714
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Canada
KW  - cardiovascular mortality
KW  - cohort study
KW  - fine particulate matter
KW  - Particle size
KW  - census
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Particulate matter
KW  - Remote sensing
KW  - Survival
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Ischemia
KW  - Satellites
KW  - Models
KW  - Census
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - Heart diseases
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Lead Levels, Plasma Amyloid beta Levels, and Gene Expression in Young Adulthood
AN  - 1020858296; 16810464
AB  - Background: Animal studies suggest that early-life lead exposure influences gene expression and production of proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objectives: We attempted to assess the relationship between early-life lead exposure and potential biomarkers for AD among young men and women. We also attempted to assess whether early-life lead exposure was associated with changes in expression of AD-related genes. Methods: We used sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) to measure plasma concentrations of amyloid beta proteins A beta 40 and A beta 42 among 55 adults who had participated as newborns and young children in a prospective cohort study of the effects of lead exposure on development. We used RNA microarray techniques to analyze gene expression. Results: Mean plasma A beta 42 concentrations were lower among 13 participants with high umbilical cord blood lead concentrations ( greater than or equal to 10 mu g/dL) than in 42 participants with lower cord blood lead concentrations (p = 0.08). Among 10 participants with high prenatal lead exposure, we found evidence of an inverse relationship between umbilical cord lead concentration and expression of ADAM metallopeptidase domain 9 (ADAM9), reticulon 4 (RTN4), and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein associated protein 1 (LRPAP1) genes, whose products are believed to affect A beta production and deposition. Gene network analysis suggested enrichment in gene sets involved in nerve growth and general cell development. Conclusions: Data from our exploratory study suggest that prenatal lead exposure may influence A beta -related biological pathways that have been implicated in AD onset. Gene network analysis identified further candidates to study the mechanisms of developmental lead neurotoxicity.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Mazumdar, Maitreyi
AU  - Xia, Weiming
AU  - Hofmann, Oliver
AU  - Gregas, Matthew
AU  - Sui, Shannan Ho
AU  - Hide, Winston
AU  - Yang, Ting
AU  - Needleman, Herbert L
AU  - Bellinger, David C
AD  - Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/02/07/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 07
SP  - 702
EP  - 707
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; CSA Neurosciences Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Alzheimer's disease
KW  - children
KW  - fetal basis of adult disease
KW  - human
KW  - lead
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Development
KW  - DNA microarrays
KW  - Umbilical cord
KW  - Lead
KW  - Gene expression
KW  - Cord blood
KW  - Nerves
KW  - beta -Amyloid
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Children
KW  - biomarkers
KW  - Blood levels
KW  - Metalloproteinase
KW  - Neurodegenerative diseases
KW  - prenatal experience
KW  - Neurotoxicity
KW  - Lipoproteins
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Neonates
KW  - Immunoassays
KW  - N3 11028:Neuropharmacology & toxicology
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - G 07730:Development & Cell Cycle
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Data processing; Prenatal experience; Alzheimer's disease; Development; Children; DNA microarrays; biomarkers; Lead; Umbilical cord; Nerves; Cord blood; Gene expression; Metalloproteinase; Neurodegenerative diseases; Lipoproteins; Neurotoxicity; Neonates; beta -Amyloid; Bioindicators; prenatal experience; Proteins; Immunoassays; Blood levels
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Suicide Prevention Efforts of the Veterans Health Administration
AN  - 1081891689; 2011-295105
AB  - This report identifies challenges the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) faces in each component of suicide prevention and discusses potential issues for Congress. A recurring theme is the need for the VHA to work in concert with other federal, state, and local government agencies; private for-profit and not-forprofit health care providers; veterans, their families, and their communities; and other individuals or organizations that might be able to help. Specific challenges in surveillance include timeliness of data, accurate identification of decedents as veterans, and consistent classification of deaths as suicides. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 3 2012, 18 pp.
AU  - Bagalman, Erin
Y1  - 2012/02/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems
KW  - Government - Local and municipal government
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Medicine and health care
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Local government
KW  - Family
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Suicide
KW  - Medical service
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - United States Veterans administration
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42340
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity
AN  - 1081891687; 2011-295104
AB  - Fueled by stimulus funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), electric utilities have accelerated their deployment of smart meters to millions of homes across the US with help from the Department of Energy's Smart Grid Investment Grant program. Issues concerning the privacy and security of the data collected by the new technology are discussed. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 3 2012, 45 pp.
AU  - Murrill, Brandon J
AU  - Liu, Edward C
AU  - Thompson, Richard M, II
Y1  - 2012/02/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - United States
KW  - Investments
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Electric utilities
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42338
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Chronic Air Pollution Exposure during Pregnancy and Maternal and Fetal C-Reactive Protein Levels: The Generation R Study
AN  - 1020858372; 16810463
AB  - Background: Exposure to air pollution has been associated with higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, suggesting an inflammatory response. Not much is known about this association in pregnancy. Objectives: We investigated the associations of air pollution exposure during pregnancy with maternal and fetal CRP levels in a population-based cohort study in the Netherlands. Methods: Particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels were estimated at the home address using dispersion modeling for different averaging periods preceding the blood sampling (1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and total pregnancy). High-sensitivity CRP levels were measured in maternal blood samples in early pregnancy (n = 5,067) and in fetal cord blood samples at birth (n = 4,450). Results: Compared with the lowest quartile, higher PM10 exposure levels for the prior 1 and 2 weeks were associated with elevated maternal CRP levels (> 8 mg/L) in the first trimester [fourth PM10 quartile for the prior week: odds ratio (OR), 1.32; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08, 1.61; third PM10 quartile for the prior 2 weeks: OR, 1.28; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.56]; however, no clear dose-response relationships were observed. PM10 and NO2 exposure levels for 1, 2, and 4 weeks preceding delivery were not consistently associated with fetal CRP levels at delivery. Higher long-term PM10 and NO2 exposure levels (total pregnancy) were associated with elevated fetal CRP levels (> 1 mg/L) at delivery (fourth quartile PM10: OR, 2.18; 95% CI: 1.08, 4.38; fourth quartile NO2: OR, 3.42; 95% CI: 1.36, 8.58; p-values for trend < 0.05). Conclusions: Our results suggest that exposure to air pollution during pregnancy may lead to maternal and fetal inflammatory responses.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - van den Hooven, Edith H
AU  - de Kluizenaar, Yvonne
AU  - Pierik, Frank H
AU  - Hofman, Albert
AU  - van Ratingen, Sjord W
AU  - Zandveld, P
AU  - Lindemans, Jan
AU  - Russcher, Henk
AU  - Steegers, Eric AP
AU  - Miedema, Henk ME
AU  - Jaddoe, Vincent WV
AD  - Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Y1  - 2012/02/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 03
SP  - 746
EP  - 751
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - C-reactive protein
KW  - dispersion modeling
KW  - inflammation
KW  - nitrogen dioxide
KW  - particulate matter
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - Atmospheric pollution models
KW  - Pollution dispersion
KW  - Particulate matter
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Cord blood
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Atmospheric pollution and health
KW  - Dose-response effects
KW  - Atmospheric pollution dispersion
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Atmospheric pollution
KW  - Particulate atmospheric pollution
KW  - Fetuses
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Birth
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Dispersion models
KW  - M2 551.510.42:Air Pollution (551.510.42)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Birth; Nitrogen dioxide; Cord blood; Air pollution; Dose-response effects; Particulate matter; Sampling; Fetuses; Inflammation; Pregnancy; C-reactive protein; Atmospheric pollution models; Atmospheric pollution; Atmospheric pollution and health; Atmospheric pollution dispersion; Dispersion models; Particulate atmospheric pollution; Aerodynamics; Pollution dispersion; Proteins; Pollution effects; Particulates; Netherlands
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorooctanoate and Risk of Overweight at 20 Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study
AN  - 1020858280; 16810462
AB  - Background: Perfluoroalkyl acids are persistent compounds used in various industrial -applications. Of these compounds, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) is currently detected in humans worldwide. A recent study on low-dose developmental exposure to PFOA in mice reported increased weight and elevated biomarkers of adiposity in postpubertal female offspring. Objective: We examined whether the findings of increased weight in postpubertal female mice could be replicated in humans. Methods: A prospective cohort of 665 Danish pregnant women was recruited in 1988-1989 with offspring follow-up at 20 years. PFOA was measured in serum from gestational week 30. Offspring body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference were recorded at follow-up (n = 665), and biomarkers of adiposity were quantified in a subset (n = 422) of participants. Results: After adjusting for covariates, including maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking, education, and birth weight, in utero exposure to PFOA was positively associated with anthropometry at 20 years in female but not male offspring. Adjusted relative risks comparing the highest with lowest quartile (median: 5.8 vs. 2.3 ng/mL) of maternal PFOA concentration were 3.1 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.4, 6.9] for overweight or obese (BMI greater than or equal to 25 kg/m2) and 3.0 (95% CI: 1.3, 6.8) for waist circumference > 88 cm among female offspring. This corresponded to estimated increases of 1.6 kg/m2 (95% CI: 0.6, 2.6) and 4.3 cm (95% CI: 1.4, 7.3) in average BMI and waist circumference, respectively. In addition, maternal PFOA concentrations were positively associated with serum insulin and leptin levels and inversely associated with adiponectin levels in female offspring. Similar associations were observed for males, although point estimates were less precise because of fewer observations. Maternal perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctane sulfonamide (PFOSA), and perfluorononanoate (PFNA) concentrations were not independently associated with offspring anthropometry at 20 years. Conclusions: Our findings on the effects of low-dose developmental exposures to PFOA are in line with experimental results suggesting obesogenic effects in female offspring at 20 years of age.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Halldorsson, Thorhallur I
AU  - Rytter, Dorte
AU  - Haug, Line Smastuen
AU  - Bech, Bodil Hammer
AU  - Danielsen, Inge
AU  - Becher, Georg
AU  - Henriksen, Tine Brink
AU  - Olsen, Sjurdur F
AD  - Center for Fetal Programming, Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
PY  - 2012
SP  - 668
EP  - 673
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Physical Education Index; Environment Abstracts
KW  - offspring obesity
KW  - overweight
KW  - perfluoroalkyl compounds
KW  - PFOA
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - prenatal exposure
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Birth weight
KW  - sulfonates
KW  - Age
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Body mass
KW  - Animal subjects
KW  - Women
KW  - obesity
KW  - Offspring
KW  - Sex differences
KW  - Hormones
KW  - Insulin
KW  - Anthropometry
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Weight
KW  - birth weight
KW  - Adiponectin
KW  - offspring
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Mice
KW  - Intrauterine exposure
KW  - biomarkers
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Leptin
KW  - Blood
KW  - Education
KW  - Waist
KW  - Acids
KW  - Adipose tissue
KW  - Progeny
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Sulfonamides
KW  - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Anthropometry; Blood; Obesity; Waist; Weight; Animal subjects; Body mass; Women; Hormones; Risk assessment; Birth weight; Age; Prenatal experience; Intrauterine exposure; Sex differences; biomarkers; Insulin; Pregnancy; Smoking; Leptin; Body weight; Acids; Adipose tissue; Adiponectin; Progeny; Body mass index; Sulfonamides; Bioindicators; sulfonates; obesity; Mice; Offspring; Education; birth weight; offspring
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104034
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository
AN  - 1081891691; 2011-295106
AB  - Congress designated Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the sole candidate site for a new permanent geologic repository by terminating site specific activities at all other candidate sites. The Obama Administration, in conjunction with the Department of Energy (DOE), has taken three important steps directed toward terminating the Yucca Mountain project. The states of Washington and South Carolina -- each awaiting cleanup and removal of defense-related nuclear waste -- have played significant roles in the legal challenge to the license withdrawal. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 2 2012, 27 pp.
AU  - Garvey, Todd
Y1  - 2012/02/02/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Geography and cartography
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Wastes and waste management
KW  - Mountains
KW  - United States Education department
KW  - Waste disposal in the ground
KW  - Hazardous waste sites
KW  - Nevada
KW  - Waste management
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41675.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41675
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A theory-based intervention to reduce alcohol drinking in excess of guideline limits among undergraduate students
AN  - 964270233; 201206687
AB  - Objectives. Undergraduate students frequently exceed guideline limits for alcohol intake in a single session and are highly susceptible to associated health, social, and economic problems. Psychological theory suggests that interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption should target both motivational and volitional phases of action to be effective. This study reports an integrated theory-based intervention aimed at reducing undergraduates' alcohol consumption in excess of guideline limits. Design. The study adopted a 2 (motivation: mental simulation vs. no mental simulation) x 2 (volitional: implementation intention vs. no implementation intention) randomized controlled design presented in an online format. Methods. Undergraduate students (N = 238; females, n = 133, M age = 20.11, SD = 2.09; males, n 105, M age = 20.38, SD = 1.35) completed baseline psychological measures and self-reported alcohol consumption as units consumed and heavy episodic drinking occasions followed by the intervention manipulation (if any). One month later participants completed follow-up measures of the psychological variables and alcohol consumption. Results. Significant reductions in alcohol consumption were observed at follow-up. Participants receiving a mental simulation intervention reported significantly fewer units of alcohol consumed and heavy episodic drinking occasions. Among participants with high baseline alcohol consumption, participants in the combined mental simulation and implementation intention intervention group consumed significantly fewer units than other groups. Conclusion. Results support the use of these theory-based strategies to reduce alcohol drinking in excess of guideline limits among undergraduates. There was preliminary support for the interaction between the two strategies among heavier. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - British Journal of Health Psychology
AU  - Hagger, Martin S
AU  - Lonsdale, Adam
AU  - Chatzisarantis, Nikos L D
AD  - School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University. GPO Box UI 987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia martin.hagger@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 18
EP  - 43
PB  - British Psychological Society, Leicester, UK
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1359-107X, 1359-107X
KW  - Alcohol consumption
KW  - Binge drinking
KW  - Mental simulation
KW  - Manipulation
KW  - Internet
KW  - Undergraduate students
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - BJHPFP
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Alcohol consumption; Undergraduate students; Mental simulation; Binge drinking; Internet; Manipulation
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8287.2010.02011.x
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Fragile X CGG Repeat Variation in Tamil Nadu, South India: A Comparison of Radioactive and Methylation-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction in CGG Repeat Sizing
AN  - 954652034; 16448446
AB  - Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent hereditary cause of mental retardation after Down syndrome. Expansion of CGG repeats in the 5' UTR of the fragile X mental retardation gene 1 (FMR1) causes gene inactivation in most of the cases. The FMR1 gene is classified into normal 5--44; gray zone 45--54; premutation 55 to <200; and full mutation greater than or equal to 200 repeats. Precise sizing of FMR1 alleles is important to understand their variation, predisposition, and for genetic counseling. Meta-analysis reveals prevalence of premutation carriers as 1 in 259. No such reports are available in India. About 705 women from Tamil Nadu, South India, were screened for the FMR1 allelic variation by using radioactive polymerase chain reaction-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) analysis. The women who were homozygous by radioactive polymerase chain reaction (rPCR) were reanalyzed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (Ms-PCR) and GeneScan analysis. The techniques were validated and compared to arrive at a correction factor. Among 122 genotypes, 35 repeat variants ranging in size from 16 to 57 were observed. The most common repeat is 30 followed by 29. One in 353 women carried the premutation. No full mutations were observed. Screening populations with low frequency of premutations may not be applicable. Ms-PCR is more suitable for routine screening and clinical testing compared with rPCR-PAGE analysis.
JF  - Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers
AU  - Indhumathi, N
AU  - Singh, D
AU  - Chong, S S
AU  - Thelma, B K
AU  - Arabandi, R
AU  - Srisailpathy, CRS
AD  - Department of Genetics, Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras Taramani Campus Chennai 600113, Tamil Nadu, India, srikumari@hotmail.com
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 113
EP  - 122
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
SN  - 1945-0265, 1945-0265
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Fragile X syndrome
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Down's syndrome
KW  - Genetic screening
KW  - Mental retardation
KW  - Prenatal diagnosis
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - fragile X mental retardation protein
KW  - Mutation
KW  - Gel electrophoresis
KW  - G 07880:Human Genetics
KW  - W 30900:Methods
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-04-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fragile X syndrome; Reviews; Genetic screening; Down's syndrome; Polymerase chain reaction; Genotypes; Prenatal diagnosis; Mental retardation; fragile X mental retardation protein; Mutation; Gel electrophoresis
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/gtmb.2011.0102
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Towards determining soft tissue properties for modelling spine surgery: current progress and challenges
AN  - 954647705; 16398856
AB  - Current complication rates for adolescent scoliosis surgery necessitate the development of better surgical planning tools to improve outcomes. Here we present our approach to developing finite element models of the thoracolumbar spine for deformity surgery simulation, with patient-specific model anatomy based on low-dose pre-operative computed tomography scans. In a first step towards defining patient-specific tissue properties, an initial 'benchmark' set of properties were used to simulate a clinically performed pre-operative spinal flexibility assessment, the fulcrum bending radiograph. Clinical data for ten patients were compared with the simulated results for this assessment and in cases where these data differed by more than 10%, soft tissue properties for the costo-vertebral joint (CVJt) were altered to achieve better agreement. Results from these analyses showed that changing the CVJt stiffness resulted in acceptable agreement between clinical and simulated flexibility in two of the six cases. In light of these results and those of our previous studies in this area, it is suggested that spinal flexibility in the fulcrum bending test is not governed by any single soft tissue structure acting in isolation. More detailed biomechanical characterisation of the fulcrum bending test is required to provide better data for determination of patient-specific soft tissue properties.
JF  - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
AU  - Little, JPaige
AU  - Adam, Clayton
AD  - Paediatric Spine Research Group, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, j2.little@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 199
EP  - 209
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
SN  - 0140-0118, 0140-0118
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Scoliosis
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Spine
KW  - Bone surgery
KW  - Adolescence
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Computed tomography
KW  - Radiography
KW  - Soft tissues
KW  - Joints
KW  - W 30910:Imaging
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Scoliosis; Spine; Mathematical models; Data processing; Bone surgery; Surgery; Adolescence; Computed tomography; Radiography; Soft tissues; Joints
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-011-0848-6
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the short-term impact of an insecticide (Deltamethrin) on predator and herbivore abundance in soybean Glycine max using a replicated small-plot field experiment
AN  - 926905978; 16372635
AB  - A greater understanding of the relative impact of insecticide use on non-target species is critical for the incorporation of natural enemies into integrated pest management strategies. Here we use a small-plot field trial to examine the relative impact of an insecticide on herbivores and predators found in soybean (Glycine max L.), and to highlight the issues associated with calculating impact factors from these studies. The pyrethroid insecticide (Deltamethrin) caused a significant reduction in invertebrate abundance in the treated plots, and populations did not recover to pre-treatment levels even 20 days after spraying. To assess the relative impact of the spray on arthropods we first examined the mean difference in abundance in each plot before and after spraying. All herbivores decreased in abundance in the sprayed plots but increased in the control plots after spraying. Most predators (excluding hemipterans) showed a decrease in the control plots but a proportionally greater decrease in the sprayed plots. Next we examined the corrected percentage population reduction calculated using Abbott's formula. All predators (including Araneae) experienced a greater reduction (mean 87% plus or minus 3.54 SE) than herbivores (mean 56% plus or minus 4.37 SE) and Araneae alone (mean 71% plus or minus 8.12 SE). The range in values across the plots varied and made categorising overall impact subjective for some taxa. Despite the constraints associated with small-plot trials, by using a combination of impact factors and examining community-level response across time, we did get some indication of the likely impact of this insecticide if used in a commercial situation.
JF  - Insect Science
AU  - Macfadyen, S
AU  - Zalucki, M P
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Black Mountain, GPO Box 1700, Canberra 2601, Australia, sarina.macfadyen@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 112
EP  - 120
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SN  - 1672-9609, 1672-9609
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts
KW  - Natural enemies
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Predators
KW  - Pest control
KW  - Spraying
KW  - Glycine max
KW  - Deltamethrin
KW  - Soybeans
KW  - Arthropoda
KW  - Insecticides
KW  - Herbivores
KW  - Araneae
KW  - Pyrethroids
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-04-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Natural enemies; Herbivores; Insecticides; Abundance; Pest control; Predators; Pyrethroids; Spraying; Deltamethrin; Soybeans; Arthropoda; Araneae; Glycine max
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01410.x
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influence of residency and social odors in interactions between competing native and alien rodents
AN  - 926888842; 16370669
AB  - Residency status of individuals in populations may be an important determinant of the outcomes of interspecific competition between native and introduced species. We examined direct behavioral interactions between two similarly sized rodents, the alien Rattus rattus and native Rattus fuscipes when they were respective residents and intruders in a small enclosure. Resident individuals were dominant in their behaviors toward intruders irrespective of the species that was resident. In contrast, interactive behaviors between conspecifics were often neutral or amicable, supporting suggestions that R. rattus and R. fuscipes are social animals. We then tested whether rodent species use heterospecific odors to avoid aggressive competitive interactions and partition space in the field. Neither R. fuscipes nor R. rattus responded to traps scented with the odors of male or female heterospecifics. If R. fuscipes does not recognize the odor of introduced R. rattus, then odors will not be cues to the presence or territorial space of competing heterospecifics. Rather, findings from both enclosure and field trials suggest that direct aggressive interactions between individual R. rattus and R. fuscipes probably facilitate segregation of space between these two species in wild populations, where resident animals may typically be the winners and exclude heterospecific intruders. These findings have implications for the invasion success of introduced rodents such as R. rattus into intact forests, where native populations may have competitive advantage because of their residency status.
JF  - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
AU  - Stokes, Vicki L
AU  - Banks, Peter B
AU  - Pech, Roger P
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, vicki.stokes@alcoa.com.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 329
EP  - 338
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 66
IS  - 2
SN  - 0340-5443, 0340-5443
KW  - Chemoreception Abstracts; Animal Behavior Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Rattus fuscipes
KW  - Rattus
KW  - Intruder
KW  - Conspecifics
KW  - Odor
KW  - Traps
KW  - Forests
KW  - Rattus rattus
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - Competition
KW  - R 18050:Chemoreception correlates of behavior
KW  - Y 25040:Behavioral Ecology
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-11-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Intruder; Conspecifics; Forests; Traps; Odor; Introduced species; Competition; Rattus fuscipes; Rattus; Rattus rattus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1280-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Integrating revegetation with management methods to rehabilitate coastal vegetation invaded by Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata) in Australia
AN  - 923199909; 16303639
AB  - Two multi-year field experiments investigated the effects of integrating revegetation with invasive plant management methods to rehabilitate coastal dune and woodland vegetation invaded by Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norl. ssp. rotundata (DC.) Norl.) in New South Wales, Australia. The revegetation technique used was to sow directly seeds of three native species common to coastal habitats. Management treatments involved combinations of prescribed fire, manual removal of Bitou bush and an application of herbicide. Addition of native seeds significantly increased density of native species in both habitats. The benefits of manually removing Bitou bush were observed only where densities of native species were at their lowest. Fire increased densities of some native species in the woodland, but decreased those of others in the dune. Densities of Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae (Labill.) Court (woodland) and of Banksia integrifolia L.f. (woodland and dune) were significantly reduced within 4months of herbicide application, alone or in combination with other treatments. The majority of these effects, however, did not persist. Manual removal in both habitats and addition of seed in the woodland were most effective in reducing Bitou bush densities when applied post-fire. Herbicide treatment on its own or in combination with other treatments did not significantly reduce Bitou bush densities by the end of the experiments. We conclude that restoration of coastal ecosystems invaded by a major invasive plant species requires a whole-of-system approach involving revegetation in combination with known management methods to assist recovery of native species in the longer term.
JF  - Austral Ecology
AU  - VRANJIC, JA
AU  - Morin, L
AU  - Reid, A M
AU  - Groves, R H
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia (
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 78
EP  - 89
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-9985, 1442-9985
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Fires
KW  - revegetation
KW  - Acacia longifolia
KW  - PSE, Australia, New South Wales
KW  - Bushes
KW  - D:04040
KW  - M2:551.5
KW  - M3:1010
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 5
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bushes; Fires; revegetation; Acacia longifolia; PSE, Australia, New South Wales
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02242.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Eliciting Expert Knowledge in Conservation Science
AN  - 923197850; 16304144
AB  - Abstract:Expert knowledge is used widely in the science and practice of conservation because of the complexity of problems, relative lack of data, and the imminent nature of many conservation decisions. Expert knowledge is substantive information on a particular topic that is not widely known by others. An expert is someone who holds this knowledge and who is often deferred to in its interpretation. We refer to predictions by experts of what may happen in a particular context as expert judgments. In general, an expert-elicitation approach consists of five steps: deciding how information will be used, determining what to elicit, designing the elicitation process, performing the elicitation, and translating the elicited information into quantitative statements that can be used in a model or directly to make decisions. This last step is known as encoding. Some of the considerations in eliciting expert knowledge include determining how to work with multiple experts and how to combine multiple judgments, minimizing bias in the elicited information, and verifying the accuracy of expert information. We highlight structured elicitation techniques that, if adopted, will improve the accuracy and information content of expert judgment and ensure uncertainty is captured accurately. We suggest four aspects of an expert elicitation exercise be examined to determine its comprehensiveness and effectiveness: study design and context, elicitation design, elicitation method, and elicitation output. Just as the reliability of empirical data depends on the rigor with which it was acquired so too does that of expert knowledge.Original Abstract: Resumen:El conocimiento de expertos es utilizado ampliamente en la ciencia y practica de la conservacion por la complejidad de los problemas, la falta relativa de datos y la naturaleza inminente de muchas decisiones de conservacion. El conocimiento de expertos es informacion sustancial sobre un topico particular que no es conocido ampliamente por otros. Un experto es alguien que tiene ese conocimiento y a quien se recurre a menudo para su interpretacion. Nos referimos a las predicciones de expertos de lo que puede suceder en un contexto particular como juicio de expertos. En general, un metodo de obtencion de expertos consiste en cinco pasos: decidir como se utilizara la informacion, determinar que se va a obtener, disenar el proceso de obtencion, llevar a cabo la obtencion y traducir la informacion obtenida en datos cuantitativos que puedan ser utilizados directamente o en un modelo para tomar decisiones. Este ultimo paso es conocido como codificacion. Algunas de las consideraciones en la obtencion de conocimiento de expertos incluyen determinar como trabajar con multiples expertos y como combinar multiples juicios, minimizando el sesgo en la informacion obtenida, y verificando la precision de la informacion de expertos. Resaltamos tecnicas estructuradas de obtencion que, de ser adoptadas, mejoraran la precision y contenido de informacion del juicio de expertos y aseguraran que la incertidumbre sea capturada con precision. Sugerimos que se examinen cuatro aspectos de un ejercicio de obtencion de expertos para determinar su amplitud y efectividad: estudiar el diseno y el contexto, diseno de la obtencion, metodo de obtencion y resultado de la obtencion. Tal como la confiabilidad de los datos empiricos depende del rigor con que fueron obtenidos, tambien lo es para el conocimiento de expertos.
JF  - Conservation Biology
AU  - Martin, Tara G
AU  - Burgman, Mark A
AU  - Fidler, Fiona
AU  - Kuhnert, Petra M
AU  - Low-Choy, Samantha
AU  - McBride, Marissa
AU  - Mengersen, Kerrie
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Ecoscience Precinct, GPO Box 2583 Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia,
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 29
EP  - 38
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0888-8892, 0888-8892
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Physical training
KW  - Models
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Decision making; Data processing; Conservation; Models; Physical training
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01806.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sociogenetic structure, kin associations and bonding in delphinids
AN  - 920800358; 16239473
AB  - Social systems are the outcomes of natural and sexual selection on individuals' efforts to maximize reproductive success. Ecological conditions, life history, demography traits and social aspects have been recognized as important factors shaping social systems. Delphinids show a wide range of social structures and large variation in life history traits and inhabit several aquatic environments. They are therefore an excellent group in which to investigate the interplay of ecological and intrinsic factors on the evolution of mammalian social systems in these environments. Here I synthetize results from genetic studies on dispersal patterns, genetic relatedness, kin associations and mating patterns and combine with ecological, life history and phylogenetic data to predict the formation of kin associations and bonding in these animals. I show that environment type impacts upon dispersal tendencies, with small delphinids generally exhibiting female-biased philopatry in inshore waters and bisexual dispersal in coastal and pelagic waters. When female philopatry occurs, they develop moderate social bonds with related females. Male bonding occurs in species with small male-biased sexual size dimorphism and male-biased operational sex ratio, and it is independent of dispersal tendencies. By contrast, large delphinids, which live in coastal and pelagic waters, show bisexual philopatry and live in matrilineal societies. I propose that sexual conflict favoured the formation of these stable societies and in turn facilitated the development of kin-biased behaviours. Studies on populations of the same species inhabiting disparate environments, and of less related species living in similar habitats, would contribute towards a comprehensive framework for the evolution of delphinid social systems.
JF  - Molecular Ecology
AU  - Moeller, Luciana M
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 745
EP  - 764
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
SN  - 0962-1083, 0962-1083
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Genetics Abstracts
KW  - Sexual dimorphism
KW  - Sexual selection
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - Demography
KW  - Mating
KW  - Body size
KW  - Reproductive behaviour
KW  - Phylogenetics
KW  - Dimorphism
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Sex ratio
KW  - Population studies
KW  - Social bonds
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Philopatry
KW  - Adhesion
KW  - Aquatic environment
KW  - Life history
KW  - Bisexual
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Breeding success
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - G 07750:Ecological & Population Genetics
KW  - Q1 08423:Behaviour
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sexual selection; Sociological aspects; Sex ratio; Body size; Reproductive behaviour; Environmental factors; Adhesion; Phylogenetics; Evolution; Phylogeny; Sexual dimorphism; Data processing; Population studies; Social aspects; Social bonds; Habitat; Philopatry; Aquatic environment; Demography; Mating; Life history; Bisexual; Dispersal; Dimorphism; Breeding success
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ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Strategic Project Appraisal framework for ecologically sustainable urban infrastructure
AN  - 920792225; 16209161
AB  - Actors in the built environment are progressively considering environmental and social issues alongside functional and economic aspects of development projects. Infrastructure projects represent major investment and construction initiatives with attendant environmental, economic and societal impacts across multiple scales. To date, while sustainability strategies and frameworks have focused on wider national aspirations and strategic objectives, they are noticeably weak in addressing micro-level integrated decision making in the built environment, particularly for infrastructure projects. The proposed approach of this paper is based on the principal that early intervention is the most cost-effective and efficient means of mitigating the environmental effects of development projects, particularly macro infrastructure developments. A strategic overview of the various project alternatives, taking account for stakeholder and expert input, could effectively reduce project impacts/risks at low cost to the project developers but provide significant benefit to wider communities, including communities of future stakeholders. This paper is the first exploratory step in developing a more systematic framework for evaluating strategic alternatives for major metropolitan infrastructure projects, based on key sustainability principles. The developed Strategic Project Appraisal (SPA) framework, grounded in the theory of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), provides a means of practically appraising project impacts and alternatives in terms of quantified ecological limits; addresses the neglected topic of metropolitan infrastructure as a means of delivering sustainability outcomes in the urban context and more broadly, seeks to open a debate on the potential for SEA methodology to be more extensively applied to address sustainability challenges in the built environment. Practically applied and timed appropriately, the SPA framework can enable better decision-making and more efficient resource allocation ensuring low impact infrastructure development.
JF  - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
AU  - Morrissey, John
AU  - Iyer-Raniga, Usha
AU  - McLaughlin, Patricia
AU  - Mills, Anthony
AD  - Centre for Design, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia, john.morrissey@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 55
EP  - 65
PB  - Elsevier B.V., Box 882 New York NY 10159 United States
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SN  - 0195-9255, 0195-9255
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Decision-making
KW  - Infrastructure development
KW  - Strategic
KW  - Appraisal
KW  - Framework
KW  - SEA
KW  - Development projects
KW  - resource allocation
KW  - environmental impact assessment
KW  - Environmental economics
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Economics
KW  - sustainability
KW  - infrastructure
KW  - stakeholders
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - R2 23050:Environment
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - resource allocation; Development projects; environmental impact assessment; Environmental economics; Reviews; Economics; sustainability; stakeholders; infrastructure
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2011.10.005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A refined approach to estimate exposure for use in calculating the Maximum Residue Limit of veterinary drugs.
AN  - 918575955; 22203043
AB  - Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) are standards that represent the maximum residue concentration expected to be found if a veterinary drug is administered according to good practice in the use of veterinary drugs (GVP). MRLs are established only where the exposure to residues in food resulting from particular use patterns of the veterinary drug pass a public health risk assessment. The current model diet as used by major regulators overstates mean consumption of food for populations when compared to results from food surveys of actual consumption. Exposure to residues is overestimated when calculating long-term (chronic) exposure using the model diet leading to the risk to consumers being overstated. Additionally the model diet underestimates the size of large portions eaten by the group of consumers that eat large quantities of a particular food in a single meal potentially leading to understating of risks associated with exposure to residues of drugs that produce an adverse effect after a single exposure. A revision of dietary consumption figures is proposed that will better match the consumption figures used in point-estimates of dietary exposure to the timeframe for consumption that is relevant to the reference dose.
          Crown Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
JF  - Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP
AU  - MacLachlan, Dugald J
AU  - Mueller, Utz
AD  - Residues and Food Safety Branch, Food Division, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, 18 Marcus Clarke Street, GPO Box 858, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia. dugald.maclachlan@aqis.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 99
EP  - 106
VL  - 62
IS  - 1
KW  - Veterinary Drugs
KW  - 0
KW  - Index Medicus
KW  - Swine
KW  - Animals
KW  - Poultry
KW  - Maximum Allowable Concentration
KW  - Humans
KW  - Adult
KW  - Child
KW  - Seafood
KW  - Ruminants
KW  - Risk Assessment
KW  - Veterinary Drugs -- standards
KW  - Agriculture -- standards
KW  - Food Contamination -- analysis
KW  - Environmental Exposure -- analysis
KW  - Diet
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date completed - 2012-05-08
N1  - Date created - 2012-01-27
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.12.006
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sequential data assimilation in fine-resolution models using error-subspace emulators: Theory and preliminary evaluation
AN  - 902363718; 15893330
AB  - A novel technique for nonlinear sequential data assimilation in computationally expensive fine-resolution models is introduced. The technique involves basis function approximation for dimension reduction and Gaussian Process Modelling for simulation speedup. The basis function approximation is carried out via the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) of the model ensemble. The Gaussian Process Models propagate the model solution in the error-subspace defined by a finite set of basis functions. The developed technique can also be considered approximate Particle Filtering with two classes of particles: model-particles representing an ensemble of computationally expensive model solutions, and emulator-particles representing an ensemble of fast and cheap model approximations. The algorithm was tested by assimilating synthetic data into a two-dimensional (one spatial dimension plus time) sediment transport model in an idealised vertically-resolved benthic-pelagic system. The assimilation algorithm updates 2 spatially varying state variables and 3 unknown parameters. Numerical experiments illustrate robust performance of the technique for a wide range of the assimilation settings. The capabilities and limitations of the approach are discussed, and further developments are outlined.
JF  - Journal of Marine Systems
AU  - Margvelashvili, N
AU  - Campbell, E P
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, Nugzar.margvelashvili@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 13
EP  - 22
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 90
IS  - 1
SN  - 0924-7963, 0924-7963
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Data assimilation
KW  - Particle Filter
KW  - Gaussian Process Modelling
KW  - Emulator
KW  - Singular Value Decomposition
KW  - Marine
KW  - Data collection
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Degradation
KW  - Economics
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Sediment transport
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Decomposition
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Q2 09262:Methods and instruments
KW  - Q1 08482:Ecosystems and energetics
KW  - O 3050:Sediment Dynamics
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mathematical models; Degradation; Sediment transport; Modelling; Data collection; Economics; Simulation; Particulates; Decomposition; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.08.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Thermal decomposition and combustion chemistry of cellulosic biomass
AN  - 1777150147; 16165870
AB  - Emissions from open vegetation fires contribute significantly to global atmospheric dynamics. However, the value of improved quantification of areas burned and knowledge of the composition and structure of biomass fuel is compromised in current emissions modelling and measurement by inadequate understanding of the chemistry of biomass combustion. Physical models of the behaviour of open vegetation fires also have relied on over-simplified combustion chemistry. Considerable knowledge of the thermal degradation and combustion of cellulose, the major constituent of the terrestrial biomass, exists but has yet to make an impact in the fields of atmospheric emissions monitoring and open vegetation fire behaviour modelling. This article provides an interpretive summary of the current knowledge of the chemistry and dynamics of the processes of thermal degradation and combustion of cellulosic biomass and discusses the role of these processes in determining the emissions from, and behaviour of, open fires in such fuels. The important role of competitive thermal decomposition is emphasised, as a driver and regulator of emissions and fire spread (short-term, local effects) and global carbon distributions (long-term, global effects).
JF  - Atmospheric Environment
AU  - Sullivan, AL
AU  - Ball, R
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 133
EP  - 141
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 47
SN  - 1352-2310, 1352-2310
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH)
KW  - Fires
KW  - Thermal degradation
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Thermal decomposition
KW  - Atmospherics
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Combustion chemistry
KW  - Combustion
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 5
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.022
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A species assemblage approach to comparative phylogeography of birds in southern Australia
AN  - 1712570211; PQ0001954404
AB  - We present a novel approach to investigating the divergence history of biomes and their component species using single-locus data prior to investing in multilocus data. We use coalescent-based hierarchical approximate Bayesian computation (HABC) methods (MsBayes) to estimate the number and timing of discrete divergences across a putative barrier and to assign species to their appropriate period of co-divergence. We then apply a coalescent-based full Bayesian model of divergence (IMa) to suites of species shown to have simultaneously diverged. The full Bayesian model results in reduced credibility intervals around divergence times and allows other parameters associated with divergence to be summarized across species assemblages. We apply this approach to 10 bird species that are wholly or patchily discontinuous in semi-arid habitats between Australia's southwest (SW) and southeast (SE) mesic zones. There was substantial support for up to three discrete periods of divergence. HABC indicates that two species wholly restricted to more mesic habitats diverged earliest, between 594,382 and 3,417,699 years ago, three species from semi-arid habitats diverged between 0 and 1,508,049 years ago, and four diverged more recently, between 0 and 396,843 years ago. Eight species were assigned to three periods of co-divergence with confidence. For full Bayesian analyses, we accounted for uncertainty in the two remaining species by analyzing all possible suites of species. Estimates of divergence times from full Bayesian divergence models ranged between 429,105 and 2,006,355; 67,172 and 663,837; and 24,607 and 171,085 for the earliest, middle, and most recent periods of co-divergence, respectively. This single-locus approach uses the power of multitaxa coalescent analyses as an efficient means of generating a foundation for further, targeted research using multilocus and genomic tools applied to an understudied biome. In order to compare demographic histories of ten broadly co-distributed birds that are wholly or patchily discontinuous in semi-arid habitats between the continent's south-west and south-east mesic zones we applied coalescent-based hierarchical approximate Bayesian computation (HABC) methods to estimate the number and timing of divergence events, and then applied coalescent-based full Bayesian models of divergence to suites of species shown to have simultaneously diverged. This novel approach to analysing mtDNA achieves a new analytical level for single-locus datasets, enabling a more thorough investigation of the history of biomes and their component species prior to investing in multi-locus data.
JF  - Ecology and Evolution
AU  - Dolman, Gaynor
AU  - Joseph, Leo
AD  - Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
PY  - 2012
SP  - 354
EP  - 369
PB  - Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SN  - 2045-7758, 2045-7758
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Aves
KW  - Demography
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Semiarid environments
KW  - Australia
KW  - Habitat
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2015-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Aves; Historical account; Semiarid environments; Habitat; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.87
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Who Adopts Improved Fuels and Cookstoves? A Systematic Review
AN  - 1677975797; 16810443
AB  - Background: The global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local environmental quality, and regional climate benefits. However, ICS and clean fuel dissemination programs have met with low rates of adoption. Objectives: We reviewed empirical studies on ICSs and fuel choice to describe the literature, examine determinants of fuel and stove choice, and identify knowledge gaps. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the adoption of ICSs or cleaner fuels by households in developing countries. Results are synthesized through a simple vote-counting meta-analysis. Results: We identified 32 research studies that reported 146 separate regression analyses of ICS adoption (11 analyses) or fuel choice (135 analyses) from Asia (60%), Africa (27%), and Latin America (19%). Most studies apply multivariate regression methods to consider 7-13 determinants of choice. Income, education, and urban location were positively associated with adoption in most but not all studies. However, the influence of fuel availability and prices, household size and composition, and sex is unclear. Potentially important drivers such as credit, supply-chain strengthening, and social marketing have been ignored. Conclusions: Adoption studies of ICSs or clean energy are scarce, scattered, and of differential quality, even though global distribution programs are quickly expanding. Future research should examine an expanded set of contextual variables to improve implementation of stove programs that can realize the "win-win-win" of health, local environmental quality, and climate associated with these technologies.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lewis, Jessica J
AU  - Pattanayak, Subhrendu K
AD  - Nicholas School of the Environment,
Y1  - 2012/02/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 01
SP  - 637
EP  - 645
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - adoption regressions
KW  - fuel choice
KW  - fuel switching
KW  - improved cookstove
KW  - indoor air pollution
KW  - systematic review
KW  - Heating
KW  - Determinants
KW  - Households
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Environmental quality
KW  - Health
KW  - Stoves
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104194
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - CliMond: global high-resolution historical and future scenario climate surfaces for bioclimatic modelling
AN  - 1529956673; 19804235
AB  - 1.Gridded climatologies have become an indispensable component of bioclimatic modelling, with a range of applications spanning conservation and pest management. Such globally conformal data sets of historical and future scenario climate surfaces are required to model species potential ranges under current and future climate scenarios. 2.We developed a set of interpolated climate surfaces at 10' and 30' resolution for global land areas excluding Antarctica. Input data for the baseline climatology were gathered from the WorldClim and CRU CL1.0 and CL2.0 data sets. A set of future climate scenarios were generated at 10' resolution. For each of the historical and future scenario data sets, the full set of 35 Bioclim variables was generated. Climate variables (including relative humidity at 0900 and 1500hours) were also generated in CLIMEX format. The Koppen-Geiger climate classification scheme was applied to the 10' hybrid climatology as a tool for visualizing climatic patterns and as an aid for specifying absence or background data for correlative modelling applications. 3.We tested the data set using a correlative model (MaxEnt) addressing conservation biology concerns for a rare Australian shrub, and a mechanistic niche model (CLIMEX) to map climate suitability for two invasive species. In all cases, the underlying climatology appeared to behave in a robust manner. 4. This global climate data set has the advantage over the WorldClim data set of including humidity data and an additional 16 Bioclim variables. Compared with the CRU CL2.0 data set, the hybrid 10' data set includes improved precipitation estimates as well as projected climate for two global climate models running relevant greenhouse gas emission scenarios. 5.For many bioclimatic modelling purposes, there is an operational attraction to having a globally conformal historical climatology and future climate scenarios for the assessments of potential climate change impacts. Our data set is known as 'CliMond' and is available for free download from http://www.climond.org.
JF  - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
AU  - Kriticos, Darren J
AU  - Webber, Bruce L
AU  - Leriche, Agathe
AU  - Ota, Noboru
AU  - Macadam, Ian
AU  - Bathols, Janice
AU  - Scott, John K
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and Climate Adaptation Flagship, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2614, Australia.
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 53
EP  - 64
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, Baffins Lane Chichester W. Sussex PO19 1UD United Kingdom
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 2041-210X, 2041-210X
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Bioclim
KW  - biosecurity
KW  - climate change
KW  - climatology
KW  - CLIMEX
KW  - conservation biology
KW  - CRU
KW  - invasion ecology
KW  - MaxEnt
KW  - niche model
KW  - pest risk assessment
KW  - species distribution model
KW  - WorldClim
KW  - Relative humidity
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Niches
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Models
KW  - Classification
KW  - Hybrids
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Australia
KW  - Shrubs
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Running
KW  - Climate
KW  - Humidity
KW  - Pest control
KW  - Precipitation
KW  - Greenhouses
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - Invasive species
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Greenhouse gases
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00134.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - HIV Non-B Subtype Distribution: Emerging Trends and Risk Factors for Imported and Local Infections Newly Diagnosed in South Australia
AN  - 1315612727; 17715606
AB  - Monitoring HIV subtype distribution is important for understanding transmission dynamics. Subtype B has historically been dominant in Australia, but in recent years new clades have appeared. Since 2000, clade data have been collected as part of HIV surveillance in South Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for HIV-1 non-B subtypes. The study population was composed of newly diagnosed, genotyped HIV subjects in South Australia between 2000 and 2010. We analyzed time trends and subtype patterns in this cohort; notification data were aggregated into three time periods (2000-2003, 2004-2006, and 2007-2010). Main outcome measures were number of new non-B infections by year, exposure route, and other demographic characteristics. There were 513 new HIV diagnoses; 425 had information on subtype. The majority (262/425) were in men who have sex with men (MSM), predominantly subtype B and acquired in Australia. Infections acquired in Australia decreased from 77% (2000-2003) to 64% (2007-2010) (p=0.007) and correspondingly the proportion of subtype B declined from 85% to 68% (p=0.002). Non-B infections were predominantly (83%) heterosexual contacts, mostly acquired overseas (74%). The majority (68%) of non-B patients were born outside of Australia. There was a nonsignificant increase from 1.6% to 4.2% in the proportion of locally transmitted non-B cases (p=0.3). Three non-B subtypes and two circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) were identified: CRF_AE (n=41), C (n=36), CRF_AG (n=13), A (n=9), and D (n=2). There has been a substantial increase over the past decade in diagnosed non-B infections, primarily through cases acquired overseas.
JF  - AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
AU  - Hawke, K G
AU  - Waddell, R G
AU  - Gordon, D L
AU  - Ratcliff, R M
AU  - Ward, PR
AU  - Kaldor, J M
AD  - Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, karen.hawke@health.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 311
EP  - 317
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SN  - 0889-2229, 0889-2229
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Australia, South Australia
KW  - Population studies
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - Infection
KW  - Demography
KW  - Retrovirus
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus 1
KW  - Corticotropin-releasing hormone
KW  - Sex
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - V 22360:AIDS and HIV
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-10-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Data processing; Risk factors; Population studies; Infection; Corticotropin-releasing hormone; Sex; Historical account; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Homosexuality; Retrovirus; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Australia, South Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/aid.2012.0082
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia
AN  - 1268654747; 17484949
AB  - This paper discusses the recreational and natural heritage of Penguin Island in its journey from use as a recreation reserve to its current management within a Class A biodiversity conservation reserve. Protected natural areas were historically managed for tourism and recreation, resulting in a significant heritage of use. They are now mainly managed for biodiversity protection, but continue to be a focus for tourism and recreation. Visitors to natural areas are considered a prime audience to raise awareness about biodiversity protection, but Australia has a poor record of integrating cultural and natural heritage management. The long heritage of recreational use on Penguin Island was superimposed with a biodiversity protection mandate. Effective design based on minimal site hardening and selective restriction of recreational use, rather than education, has successfully restored the island's natural heritage. However, the island's cultural heritage has been obscured. This implies that the biodiversity protection and education mandate has been at the cost of preserving awareness of Penguin Island's recreation and tourism heritage.
JF  - Journal of Heritage Tourism
AU  - Hughes, Michael
AD  - Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth Western, 6845, Australia, m.hughes@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/02/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 01
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SN  - 1743-873X, 1743-873X
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Marine
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Culture
KW  - Marine birds
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Australia, Western Australia, Penguin I.
KW  - Education
KW  - Islands
KW  - Recreation
KW  - Potential resources
KW  - Recreation areas
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Q1 08626:Food technology
KW  - O 4090:Conservation and Environmental Protection
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-08-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Tourism; Education; Marine birds; Potential resources; Recreation; Nature conservation; Biodiversity; Environmental protection; Historical account; Culture; Islands; Recreation areas; Conservation; Biological diversity; Australia, Western Australia, Penguin I.; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2011.602685
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Water, Wind, Wood, and Trees: Interactions, Spatial Variations, Temporal Dynamics, and their Potential Role in River Rehabilitation
AN  - 1093436836; 16885876
AB  - Recent Australian research has quantified the role of large wood (wood of any origin and length with a diameter greater than 0.1m) in dissipating stream energy, forming pool habitats by local bed scour, protecting river banks from erosion, and damming rivers with long rafts causing avulsions. Large wood in Australian streams is sourced by a range of processes from the nearby riparian zone which has usually been degraded by post-European settlement vegetation clearing. Large wood loadings within the bankfull channel are dependent not only on the type and quality of the riparian plant community but also on bankfull specific stream power, channel width, and the processes of large wood delivery to the stream. While bank erosion and floodplain stripping by catastrophic floods are obvious and important delivery mechanisms, treefall and trunk and branch breakage by strong winds during tropical cyclones and severe storms are also significant in the tropics. Furthermore, wood decay and downstream transport produce temporally dynamic large wood distributions. The longevity of natural large wood structures in rivers, such as rafts, debris dams, and log steps, requires determination. River rehabilitation programs need to not only include the reintroduction of large wood, but also carefully plan the spatial distribution of that wood, the most appropriate type and range of large wood structures, and, most importantly, the revegetation of the riparian zone to ensure a natural long-term source of large wood. Exotic species management is an essential part of river rehabilitation.
JF  - Geographical Research
AU  - Erskine, Wayne D
AU  - SAYNOR, MICHAEL J
AU  - Chalmers, Anita
AU  - Riley, Steven J
AD  - Physico-Chemical Processes Group, Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist, GPO Box 461, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 60
EP  - 74
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
SN  - 1745-5863, 1745-5863
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Tropical cyclones
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Streams
KW  - Spatial variations
KW  - Severe storms
KW  - Boats
KW  - Floods
KW  - Exotic Species
KW  - Australia
KW  - Plant populations
KW  - River basin management
KW  - Wind
KW  - Strong winds
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Riparian zone
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Hardwood
KW  - Channels
KW  - Erosion
KW  - Dam control
KW  - Flood plains
KW  - River banks
KW  - Aquatic Habitats
KW  - Stream
KW  - M2 551.515.2:Cyclones Hurricanes Typhoons (551.515.2)
KW  - Q2 09422:Storage and transport
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - O 3050:Sediment Dynamics
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Spatial variations; Erosion; Boats; River banks; Riparian zone; Exotic Species; Stream; Plant populations; River basin management; Severe storms; Flood plains; Dam control; Spatial distribution; Floods; Tropical cyclones; Strong winds; Channels; Rivers; Rehabilitation; Aquatic Habitats; Vegetation; Streams; Wind; Hardwood; Australia; Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00731.x
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Votes on Measures to Adjust the Statutory Debt Limit, 1978 to Present
AN  - 1081891694; 2011-295107
AB  - Almost all borrowing by the federal government is conducted by the Treasury Department, within the restrictions established by a single, statutory limit (ceiling) on the total amount of debt that may be outstanding. By law, the Treasury must ask Congress to enact new debt limits, and since 1978, the statutory federal debt limit has been changed 52 times by Congress either as stand-alone legislation or as part of legislation dealing with other matters. This report provides roll call vote data identified by the Congressional Research Service for measures to adjust the statutory debt limit. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Feb 1 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Murray, Justin
Y1  - 2012/02/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Feb 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Treasury
KW  - Debt
KW  - Law
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41814.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41814
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reality Check: An Experimental Investigation of the Addition of Warning Labels to Fashion Magazine Images on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction
AN  - 1023096699; 201218355
AB  - Policy makers across a number of Western countries have suggested that warning labels be placed on idealized media images to inform viewers that the images have been digitally altered or enhanced, as a means of ameliorating the negative psychological effects of such media images. The present study aimed to experimentally investigate the impact of the addition of such warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's negative mood and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 102 undergraduate women aged 18 to 35 years were randomly allocated to view magazine fashion spreads with either no warning labels, generic warning labels that stated that the image had been digitally altered, or specific warning labels that stated the way in which the image had been digitally altered. Participants who viewed images with a warning label (either generic or specific) reported lower levels of body dissatisfaction, but not negative mood, than participants who viewed the same images with no warning label, regardless of the degree of internalization of the thin ideal. The findings provide the first evidence that the use of warning labels may help to ameliorate some of the known negative effects of viewing media images that feature the thin ideal. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
AU  - Slater, Amy
AU  - Tiggemann, Marika
AU  - Firth, Bonny
AU  - Hawkins, Kimberley
AD  - School of Psychology Flinders University GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia amy.slater@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 105
EP  - 122
PB  - Guilford Press, New York NY
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
SN  - 0736-7236, 0736-7236
KW  - Imagery
KW  - Women
KW  - Moods
KW  - Warnings
KW  - Body image
KW  - Mass media
KW  - article
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DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Warnings; Mass media; Women; Moods; Imagery; Body image
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The psychosocial impact of interrupted childbearing in long-term female cancer survivors
AN  - 1023092536; 201213254
AB  - Objective: To understand the influence of cancer-related infertility on women's long-term distress and quality of life. Women diagnosed at age 40 or less with invasive cervical cancer, breast cancer, Hodgkin disease, or non-Hodgkin lymphoma were interviewed an average of 10 years later. We predicted that women whose desire for a child at diagnosis remained unfulfilled would be significantly more distressed. Methods: Participants completed a semi-structured phone interview, including the SF-12, Brief Symptom Inventory-18, Impact of Events Scale (IES), Reproductive Concerns Scale (RCS), brief measures of marital satisfaction or comfort with dating, sexual satisfaction, and menopause symptoms. Results: Of 455 women contacted by phone, 240 (53%) participated. Seventy-seven women had wanted a child at diagnosis but did not conceive subsequently (38 remaining childless and 39 with secondary infertility). Even controlling for other psychosocial and health factors, this group had higher distress about infertility (RCS) (p<0.001), had more intrusive thoughts about infertility, and used more avoidance strategies when reminded of infertility (IES) (p<0.001). Childless women were the most distressed. Women with adopted or stepchildren were intermediate, and those with at least one biological child were least distressed. Infertility-related distress did not differ significantly by cancer site. Conclusions: Even at long-term follow-up, distress about interrupted childbearing persists, particularly in childless women. Social parenthood buffers distress somewhat, but not completely. Not only is it important to offer fertility preservation before cancer treatment, but interventions should be developed for survivors to alleviate unresolved grief about cancer-related infertility. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
JF  - Psycho-Oncology
AU  - Canada, Andrea L
AU  - Schover, Leslie R
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 1652 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612-3833, USA
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 134
EP  - 143
PB  - John Wiley, Chichester UK
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
SN  - 1057-9249, 1057-9249
KW  - cancer, infertility, survivorship, childbearing, distress, parenting
KW  - Infertility
KW  - Psychological distress
KW  - Women
KW  - Psychosocial factors
KW  - Children
KW  - Cancer
KW  - article
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
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N1  - CODEN - POJCEE
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Women; Infertility; Psychological distress; Children; Cancer; Psychosocial factors
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.1875
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 'That Tiny, Stratospheric Apex That Owns Most of the World'- Exploring Geographies of the Super-Rich
AN  - 1023030440; 201226976
AB  - This paper exhorts geographers to give critical attention to the super-rich, defined as individuals with investable assets in excess of $1 million. The super-rich currently number almost 11 million globally (2011) and have collective wealth in excess of $42 trillion. We argue that as a result of our discipline's typical, and not unjustifiable, focus on the poor and middle class, and our neglect of the super-rich, geographers may both be overlooking potentially valuable insights to the institutions, practices, and cultural values of our society and gaining only a partial view of global capitalism. We point to prospectively useful work in areas that embrace relationships between the super-rich, place, and mobility; links between wealth and (geo)politics; new philanthropy; and the social and environmental consequences of 'luxury fever'. We also speculate as to some of the reasons for geographers' apparent reluctance to engage with the super-rich, responding to some of the critical methodological challenges associated with such work. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Geographical Research
AU  - Hay, Iain
AU  - Muller, Samantha
AD  - Geography, School of the Environment, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - February 2012
SP  - 75
EP  - 88
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton South Victoria Australia
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
SN  - 1745-5863, 1745-5863
KW  - World Economy
KW  - Middle Class
KW  - Philanthropy
KW  - Cultural Values
KW  - Geography
KW  - Methodological Problems
KW  - article
KW  - 2682: environmental interactions; social geography
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Methodological Problems; Geography; Middle Class; Philanthropy; World Economy; Cultural Values
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00739.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Non-additive effects of pollen limitation and self-incompatibility reduce plant reproductive success and population viability
AN  - 1008827650; 16466031
AB  - Background and Aims Mating system is a primary determinant of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of wild plant populations. Pollen limitation and loss of self-incompatibility genotypes can both act independently to reduce seed set and these effects are commonly observed in fragmented landscapes. This study used a simulation modelling approach to assess the interacting effects of these two processes on plant reproductive performance and population viability for a range of pollination likelihood, self-incompatibility systems and S-allele richness conditions. Methods A spatially explicit, individual-based, genetic and demographic simulation model parameterized to represent a generic self-incompatible, short-lived perennial herb was used to conduct simulation experiments in which pollination probability, self-incompatibility type (gametophytic and sporophytic) and S-allele richness were systematically varied in combination to assess their independent and interacting effects on the demographic response variables of mate availability, seed set, population size and population persistence. Key Results Joint effects of reduced pollination probability and low S-allele richness were greater than independent effects for all demographic response variables except population persistence under high pollinator service (>50 %). At intermediate values of 15-25 % pollination probability, non-linear interactions with S-allele richness generated significant reductions in population performance beyond those expected by the simple additive effect of each independently. This was due to the impacts of reduced effective population size on the ability of populations to retain S alleles and maintain mate availability. Across a limited set of pollination and S-allele conditions (P = 0.15 and S = 20) populations with gametophytic SI showed reduced S-allele erosion relative to those with sporophytic SI, but this had limited effects on individual fecundity and translated into only modest increases in population persistence. Conclusions Interactions between pollen limitation and loss of S alleles have the potential to significantly reduce the viability of populations of a few hundred plants. Population decline may occur more rapidly than expected when pollination probabilities drop below 25 % and S alleles are fewer than 20 due to non-additive interactions. These are likely to be common conditions experienced by plants in small populations in fragmented landscapes and are also those under which differences in response between gameptophytic and sporophtyic systems are observed.
JF  - Annals of Botany
AU  - Young, Andrew G
AU  - Broadhurst, Linda M
AU  - Thrall, Peter H
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, andrew.young@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/02//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Feb 2012
SP  - 643
EP  - 653
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 109
IS  - 3
SN  - 0305-7364, 0305-7364
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Pollination
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Population decline
KW  - Pollen
KW  - Demography
KW  - Mating
KW  - Population genetics
KW  - Self-incompatibility
KW  - Fecundity
KW  - Seed set
KW  - Pollinators
KW  - Herbs
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Breeding success
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-11-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Pollination; Landscape; Genotypes; Population decline; Pollen; Demography; Population genetics; Mating; Self-incompatibility; Seed set; Fecundity; Pollinators; Herbs; Evolution; Breeding success
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcr290
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of feed spacer arrangement on flow dynamics through spacer filled membranes
AN  - 920791427; 16166094
AB  - Operational issues arising from scaling and fouling of membranes are addressed by pre-treatment processes and alternative membrane or membrane secondary structures. In the present work the flow patterns associated with fluids within the membrane module are investigated using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools. The effects on flow patterns through a spacer filled Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane with the secondary structure of the membranes (feed spacer filaments) at various angles with the inlet flow are analyzed. The presence of the feed spacers in membrane module appears to generate secondary flow patterns enhancing the prospects for self induced backwashing increasing the allowable operational time and membrane efficiency. The flow visualization in the present study is useful in understanding the complex flow patterns generated in spacer filled RO membrane modules and could possibly lead to developing a new RO membrane which is more efficient, economical and appears to be a practically viable solution to reduce costs associated with the maintenance of RO membranes.
JF  - Desalination
AU  - Saeed, Asim
AU  - Vuthaluru, Rupa
AU  - Yang, Yanwu
AU  - Vuthaluru, Hari B
AD  - School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box 1987, Perth Western Australia 6845, Australia, h.vuthaluru@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01/31/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 31
SP  - 163
EP  - 169
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 285
SN  - 0011-9164, 0011-9164
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Reverse osmosis
KW  - Hydrodynamics
KW  - fluid dynamics
KW  - Economics
KW  - Coastal inlets
KW  - Flow Pattern
KW  - Fouling
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Inlets
KW  - Reverse Osmosis
KW  - Dynamics
KW  - Maintenance
KW  - scaling
KW  - Fluid dynamics
KW  - Feeds
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q2 09282:Materials technology, corrosion, fouling and boring
KW  - SW 1010:Saline water conversion
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
KW  - O 2020:Hydrodynamics
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fouling; Reverse osmosis; Fluid dynamics; Coastal inlets; Membranes; Economics; fluid dynamics; Maintenance; scaling; Feeds; Hydrodynamics; Inlets; Reverse Osmosis; Dynamics; Flow Pattern
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.050
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Inorganic Arsenic and Basal Cell Carcinoma in Areas of Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia: A Case-Control Study
AN  - 1020853991; 16810461
AB  - Background: Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a potent carcinogen, but there is a lack of information about cancer risk for concentrations < 100 mu g/L in drinking water. Objectives: We aimed to quantify skin cancer relative risks in relation to iAs exposure < 100 mu g/L and the modifying effects of iAs metabolism. Methods: The Arsenic Health Risk Assessment and Molecular Epidemiology (ASHRAM) study, a case-control study, was conducted in areas of Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia with reported presence of iAs in groundwater. Consecutively diagnosed cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin were histologically confirmed; controls were general surgery, orthopedic, and trauma patients who were frequency matched to cases by age, sex, and area of residence. Exposure indices were constructed based on information on iAs intake over the lifetime of participants. iAs metabolism status was classified based on urinary concentrations of methylarsonic acid (MA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA). Associations were estimated by multivariable logistic regression. Results: A total of 529 cases with BCC and 540 controls were recruited for the study. BCC was positively associated with three indices of iAs exposure: peak daily iAs dose rate, cumulative iAs dose, and lifetime average water iAs concentration. The adjusted odds ratio per 10- mu g/L increase in average lifetime water iAs concentration was 1.18 (95% confidence interval: 1.08, 1.28). The estimated effect of iAs on cancer was stronger in participants with urinary markers indicating incomplete metabolism of iAs: higher percentage of MA in urine or a lower percentage of DMA. Conclusion: We found a positive association between BCC and exposure to iAs through drinking water with concentrations < 100 mu g/L.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Leonardi, Giovanni
AU  - Vahter, Marie
AU  - Clemens, Felicity
AU  - Goessler, Walter
AU  - Gurzau, Eugen
AU  - Hemminki, Kari
AU  - Hough, Rupert
AU  - Koppova, Kvetoslava
AU  - Kumar, Rajiv
AU  - Rudnai, Peter
AU  - Surdu, Simona
AU  - Fletcher, Tony
AD  - Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Health Protection Agency, Chilton, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/01/31/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 31
SP  - 721
EP  - 726
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - low-dose arsenic
KW  - metabolism
KW  - methylation
KW  - skin neoplasms
KW  - urine
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Slovakia
KW  - Skin cancer
KW  - Carcinogens
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Ground water
KW  - dimethylarsinic acid
KW  - Sex
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Skin
KW  - Orthopedics
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Carcinoma
KW  - Trauma
KW  - Hungary
KW  - Basal cells
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Urine
KW  - Romania
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - H 3000:Environment and Ecology
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Arsenic; Orthopedics; Skin cancer; Carcinogens; Trauma; Carcinoma; Basal cells; Epidemiology; Urine; Surgery; Ground water; Drinking water; Metabolism; dimethylarsinic acid; Sex; Skin; Groundwater; Cancer; Hungary; Slovakia; Romania
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103534
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of a Heat Vulnerability Index on Abnormally Hot Days: An Environmental Public Health Tracking Study
AN  - 1020851160; 16810460
AB  - Background: Extreme hot weather conditions have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but risks are not evenly distributed throughout the population. Previously, a heat vulnerability index (HVI) was created to geographically locate populations with increased vulnerability to heat in metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Objectives: We sought to determine whether areas with higher heat vulnerability, as characterized by the HVI, experienced higher rates of morbidity and mortality on abnormally hot days. Methods: We used Poisson regression to model the interaction of HVI and deviant days (days whose deviation of maximum temperature from the 30-year normal maximum temperature is at or above the 95th percentile) on hospitalization and mortality counts in five states participating in the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network for the years 2000 through 2007. Results: The HVI was associated with higher hospitalization and mortality rates in all states on both normal days and deviant days. However, associations were significantly stronger (interaction p-value < 0.05) on deviant days for heat-related illness, acute renal failure, electrolyte imbalance, and nephritis in California, heat-related illness in Washington, all-cause mortality in New Mexico, and respiratory hospitalizations in Massachusetts. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the HVI may be a marker of health vulnerability in general, although it may indicate greater vulnerability to heat in some cases.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Reid, Colleen E
AU  - Mann, Jennifer K
AU  - Alfasso, Ruth
AU  - English, Paul B
AU  - King, Galatea C
AU  - Lincoln, Rebecca A
AU  - Margolis, Helene G
AU  - Rubado, Dan J
AU  - Sabato, Joseph E
AU  - West, Nancy L
AU  - Woods, Brian
AU  - Navarro, Kathleen M
AU  - Balmes, John R
AD  - Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/31/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 31
SP  - 715
EP  - 720
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - climate change
KW  - extreme heat
KW  - hospitalizations
KW  - mortality
KW  - vulnerable populations
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Weather
KW  - USA, New Mexico
KW  - Data collection
KW  - Electrolytes
KW  - USA, Massachusetts
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - USA, Washington
KW  - USA, California
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Metropolitan areas
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weather; Mortality; Electrolytes; Data collection; Temperature; Vulnerability; Metropolitan areas; Morbidity; USA, Washington; USA, New Mexico; USA, Massachusetts; USA, California
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103766
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Serum Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Concentrations and Liver Function Biomarkers in a Population with Elevated PFOA Exposure
AN  - 1660094043; 16810459
AB  - Background: Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) persist in the environment and are found in relatively high concentrations in animal livers. Studies in humans have reported inconsistent associations between PFOA and liver enzymes. Objectives: We examined the cross-sectional association between serum PFOA and PFOS concentrations with markers of liver function in adults. Methods: The C8 Health Project collected data on 69,030 persons; of these, a total of 47,092 adults were included in the present analysis. Linear regression models were fitted for natural log (ln)-transformed values of alanine transaminase (ALT), gamma -glutamyltransferase (GGT), and direct bilirubin on PFOA, PFOS, and potential confounders. Logistic regression models were fitted comparing deciles of PFOA or PFOS in relation to high biomarker levels. A multilevel analysis comparing the evidence for association of PFOA with liver function at the individual level within water districts to that at the population level between water districts was also performed. Results: ln-PFOA and ln-PFOS were associated with ln-ALT in linear regression models [PFOA: coefficient, 0.022; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.018, 0.025; PFOS: coefficient, 0.020; 95% CI: 0.014, 0.026] and with raised ALT in logistic regression models [with a steady increase in the odds ratio (OR) estimates across deciles of PFOA and PFOS; PFOA: OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.13; PFOS: OR = 1.13; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.18]. There was less consistent evidence of an association of PFOA and GGT or bilirubin. The relationship with bilirubin appears to rise at low levels of PFOA and to fall again at higher levels. Conclusions: These results show a positive association between PFOA and PFOS concentrations and serum ALT level, a marker of hepatocellular damage.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Gallo, Valentina
AU  - Leonardi, Giovanni
AU  - Genser, Bernd
AU  - Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-Jose
AU  - Frisbee, Stephanie J
AU  - Karlsson, Lee
AU  - Ducatman, Alan M
AU  - Fletcher, Tony
AD  - Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/01/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 30
SP  - 655
EP  - 660
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - C8
KW  - cross-sectional study
KW  - liver function biomarkers
KW  - PFOA
KW  - PFOS
KW  - population-based survey
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Sulfonates
KW  - Regression
KW  - Liver
KW  - Adults
KW  - Serums
KW  - Coefficients
KW  - Markers
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104436
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Evaluating the Current Stance of Monetary Policy Using a Taylor Rule
AN  - 1081891696; 2011-295108
AB  - Oversight of the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) monetary policy decisions rests with Congress, but oversight is encumbered by the absence of a straightforward relationship between interest rates and economic performance -- and the Fed's policy decisions are discretionary. The Fed's conventional policy tool is to target the federal funds rate, the overnight interest rate at which banks lend to each other. A simple rule of thumb guide to monetary policy decisions called a "Taylor rule" is an intuitive way to judge actual policy against some objective, albeit simplistic, ideal; and this report compares current policy to a number of Taylor rules. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 30 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Labonte, Marc
Y1  - 2012/01/30/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Interest rates
KW  - Economics
KW  - Banking
KW  - Monetary policy
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21821
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cadmium Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in U.S. Children
AN  - 1677976381; 16810457
AB  - Background: Low-level environmental cadmium exposure in children may be associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Objective: Our aim was to evaluate associations between urinary cadmium concentration and reported learning disability (LD), special education utilization, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in U.S. children using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. Methods: We analyzed data from a subset of participants in NHANES (1999-2004) who were 6-15 years of age and had spot urine samples analyzed for cadmium. Outcomes were assessed by parent or proxy-respondent report. We fit multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models to estimate associations between urinary cadmium and the outcomes. Results: When we compared children in the highest quartile of urinary cadmium with those in the lowest quartile, odds ratios adjusted for several potential confounders were 3.21 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.43, 7.17] for LD, 3.00 (95% CI: 1.12, 8.01) for special education, and 0.67 (95% CI: 0.28, 1.61) for ADHD. There were no significant interactions with sex, but associations with LD and special education were somewhat stronger in males, and the trend in the ADHD analysis was only evident among those with blood lead levels above the median. Conclusions: These findings suggest that children who have higher urinary cadmium concentrations may have increased risk of both LD and special education. Importantly, we observed these associations at exposure levels that were previously considered to be without adverse effects, and these levels are common among U.S. children.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Ciesielski, Timothy
AU  - Weuve, Jennifer
AU  - Bellinger, David C
AU  - Schwartz, Joel
AU  - Lanphear, Bruce
AU  - Wright, Robert O
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
SP  - 758
EP  - 763
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW  - cadmium
KW  - learning disability
KW  - neurodevelopment
KW  - neuropsychological development
KW  - NHANES
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - special education
KW  - Risk
KW  - Education
KW  - Regression
KW  - Health
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Children
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Quartiles
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104152
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Multilateral Development Banks: General Capital Increases
AN  - 1081891703; 2011-295112
AB  - For the first time in the history of the institutions, each of the major Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are simultaneously seeking increases in their capital bases to fund the continued expansion of their development lending programs. This presents an opportunity for the Obama Administration and Congress to collectively evaluate US participation and leadership in the MDBs, debate whether the MDBs are using their existing capital effectively, and decide whether to participate in any or all of the capital increases, and if so, whether to seek additional reforms. Key issues regarding the MDBs are discussed in this report. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 27 2012, 14 pp.
AU  - Weiss, Martin A
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banks and other financial institutions
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - History
KW  - Development banks
KW  - Capital
KW  - Leadership
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41672
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Presidential Nominating Process: Current Issues
AN  - 1081891701; 2011-295111
AB  - After a period of uncertainty over the presidential nominating calendar for 2012, the early states again settled on January dates for primaries and caucuses. The rapid pace of primaries and caucuses that characterized the 2000 and 2004 cycles continued in 2008, despite national party efforts to reverse the phenomenon known as front-loading. Front-loading is only the most recent among a list of complaints about the nominating system. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 27 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Coleman, Kevin J
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Primaries
KW  - Elections
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - Nominations
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34222.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34222
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Small Business Lending Fund
AN  - 1081891699; 2011-295110
AB  - This report focuses on the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF). It opens with a discussion of the supply and demand for small business loans. The report then examines other arguments which were presented both for and against the program. The report concludes with an examination of the program's implementation and a discussion of bills introduced during the 112th Congress to amend the SBLF. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 27 2012, 27 pp.
AU  - Dilger, Robert Jay
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Loans
KW  - Small business
KW  - Supply and demand
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42045.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42045
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Postal Service's Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891698; 2011-295109
AB  - This report provides an overview of the US Postal Service's (USPS's) financial condition, legislation enacted to alleviate the USPS's financial challenges, and possible issues for the 112th Congress. It also includes a side-by-side comparison of two of the postal reform bills, H.R. 2309 and S. 1789. In recent years, the USPS has experienced significant financial challenges. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 27 2012, 24 pp.
AU  - Kosar, Kevin R
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Mail service
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States
KW  - Postal service
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41024.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41024
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2012
AN  - 1081891133; 2011-295113
AB  - This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) congressional districts of the 276 women who have served in Congress. Ninety-two women currently serve in the 112th Congress: 75 in the House (51 Democrats and 24 Republicans) and 17 in the Senate (12 Democrats and 5 Republicans). Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 27 2012, 107 pp.
AU  - Manning, Jennifer E
AU  - Shogan, Colleen J
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Women
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Women
KW  - Congressional districts
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30261.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL30261
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prioritization of Biomarker Targets in Human Umbilical Cord Blood: Identification of Proteins in Infant Blood Serving as Validated Biomarkers in Adults
AN  - 1020853985; 16810458
AB  - Background: Early diagnosis represents one of the best lines of defense in the fight against a wide array of human diseases. Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is one of the first easily available diagnostic biofluids and can inform about the health status of newborns. However, compared with adult blood, its diagnostic potential remains largely untapped. Objectives: Our goal was to accelerate biomarker research on UCB by exploring its detectable protein content and providing a priority list of potential biomarkers based on known proteins involved in disease pathways. Methods: We explored cord blood serum proteins by profiling a UCB pool of 12 neonates with different backgrounds using a combination of isoelectric focusing and liquid chromatography coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS/MS) and by comparing results with information contained in metabolic and disease databases available for adult blood. Results: A total of 1,210 UCB proteins were identified with a protein-level false discovery rate of ~ 5% as estimated by naive target-decoy and MAYU approaches, signifying a 6-fold increase in the number of UCB proteins described to date. Identified proteins correspond to 138 different metabolic and disease pathways and provide a platform of mechanistically linked biomarker candidates for tracking disruptions in cellular processes. Moreover, among the identified proteins, 38 were found to be approved biomarkers for adult blood. Conclusions: The results of this study advance current knowledge of the human cord blood serum proteome. They showcase the potential of UCB as a diagnostic medium for assessing infant health by detection and identification of candidate biomarkers for known disease pathways using a global, nontargeted approach. These biomarkers may inform about mechanisms of exposure-disease relationships. Furthermore, biomarkers approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for screening in adult blood were detected in UCB and represent high-priority targets for immediate validation.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Hansmeier, Nicole
AU  - Chao, Tzu-Chiao
AU  - Goldman, Lynn R
AU  - Witter, Frank R
AU  - Halden, Rolf U
AD  - Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/27/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 27
SP  - 764
EP  - 769
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - body fluid
KW  - diagnostics
KW  - disease
KW  - LC-MALDI-MS
KW  - pathways
KW  - proteomics
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - USA
KW  - Liquid chromatography
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Mass spectrometry
KW  - Neonates
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Infants
KW  - ENA 07:General
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bioindicators; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Proteins; Neonates; Drugs; Infants; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104190
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparison of Trihalomethanes in Tap Water and Blood: A Case Study in the United States
AN  - 1671424835; 16810456
AB  - Background: Epidemiological studies have used various measures to characterize trihalomethane (THM) exposures, but the relationship of these indicators to exposure biomarkers remains unclear. Objectives: We examined temporal and spatial variability in baseline blood THM concentrations and assessed the relationship between these concentrations and several exposure indicators (tap water concentration, water-use activities, multiroute exposure metrics). Methods: We measured water-use activity and THM concentrations in blood and residential tap water from 150 postpartum women from three U.S. locations. Results: Blood capital sigma THM [sum of chloroform (TCM), bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromo-chloromethane (DBCM), and bromoform (TBM)] concentrations varied by site and season. As expected based on variable tap water concentrations and toxicokinetic properties, the proportion of brominated species (BDCM, DBCM, and TBM) in blood varied by site (site 1, 24%; site 2, 29%; site 3, 57%) but varied less markedly than in tap water (site 1, 35%; site 2, 75%; site 3, 68%). The blood-water capital sigma THM Spearman rank correlation coefficient was 0.36, with correlations higher for individual brominated species (BDCM, 0.62; DBCM, 0.53; TBM, 0.54) than for TCM (0.37). Noningestion water activities contributed more to the total exposure metric than did ingestion, but tap water THM concentrations were more predictive of blood THM levels than were metrics that incorporated water use. Conclusions: Spatial and temporal variability in THM concentrations was greater in water than in blood. We found consistent blood-water correlations across season and site for BDCM and DBCM, and multivariate regression results suggest that water THM concentrations may be an adequate surro-gate for baseline blood levels.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Rivera-Nunez, Zorimar
AU  - Wright, JMichael
AU  - Blount, Benjamin C
AU  - Silva, Lalith K
AU  - Jones, Elizabeth
AU  - Chan, Ronna L
AU  - Pegram, Rex A
AU  - Singer, Philip C
AU  - Savitz, David A
AD  - National Research Council, Washington, DC, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 26
SP  - 661
EP  - 667
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - blood THM
KW  - blood-water correlations
KW  - brominated THMs
KW  - noningestion water activities
KW  - trihalomethanes
KW  - Blood
KW  - Temporal logic
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Tap water
KW  - Seasons
KW  - Bromination
KW  - Regression
KW  - Indicators
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104347
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Recess Appointments Made by President Barack Obama
AN  - 1081891136; 2011-295114
AB  - Under the Constitution, the President and the Senate share the power to make appointments to the highest-level politically appointed positions in the federal government; however, it allows the President unilaterally to make a temporary appointment to such a position if it is vacant and the Senate is in recess. This report identifies recess appointments by President Barack Obama, from the beginning of his presidency, on January 20, 2009, until January 23, 2012; discusses these appointments in the context of recess appointment authorities and practices generally; and explores Congressional efforts to prevent further recess appointments. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 26 2012, 15 pp.
AU  - Hogue, Henry B
AU  - Bearden, Maureen
Y1  - 2012/01/26/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Authority
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42329
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Deregulating Genetically Engineered Alfalfa and Sugar Beets: Legal and Administrative Responses
AN  - 1081891146; 2011-295117
AB  - Monsanto Corporation, the developer of herbicide-tolerant varieties of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa and sugar beet (called Roundup Ready alfalfa and Roundup Ready sugar beet), petitioned USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for deregulation of the items. As part of the deregulation process, APHIS conducted a limited review, known as an environmental assessment (EA), of the GE plants to assess the impacts of growing them on a commercial scale and issued a "finding of no significant impact" (FONSI) for GE alfalfa and for GE sugar beet. Lawsuits subsequently challenged the adequacy of the EAs in separate actions. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 25 2012, 15 pp.
AU  - Cowan, Tadlock
AU  - Alexander, Kristina
Y1  - 2012/01/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Grass, grain, seed, and nut industries
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Animals
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Plants
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Science and technology policy - Biology and biotechnology
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Animals
KW  - Deregulation
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Monsanto company
KW  - Plants
KW  - Alfalfa
KW  - Genetically modified foods
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41395
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products
AN  - 1081891139; 2011-295115
AB  - This report presents recent trends in US fruit and vegetable trade and highlights some of the factors contributing to these trends. Over the last decade, there has been a growing US trade deficit in fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. This trade deficit has widened over time -- despite the fact that US fruit and vegetable exports have continued to rise each year -- because growth in imports has greatly outpaced export growth. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 25 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Johnson, Renee
Y1  - 2012/01/25/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Fruit industry
KW  - United States
KW  - Fruit industry
KW  - International finance
KW  - Balance of trade
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34468
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Detecting changes in streamflow after partial woodland clearing in two large catchments in the seasonal tropics
AN  - 920800764; 16166155
AB  - We used daily rainfall and streamflow time series from two large catchments in the seasonal tropics of Queensland, Australia to investigate the hydrological impacts of woodland clearing. The Comet catchment (16,440km2) had 45% of the native woodland cleared during the mid-1960s. In the Upper Burdekin catchment (17,299km2) clearing decreased native woodland extent from 83% to 58% between 1998 and 2009. An earlier modelling study concluded that clearing in the Comet catchment increased annual streamflow by more than 40%. Here, several published inference methods to separate land use effects from climate variability were applied. Trend analysis of daily rainfall and streamflow data showed that interannual changes in mean streamflow in the Comet catchment were mostly due to changes in rainfall. In particular, a series of La Nina events after clearing led to an unusual lack of dry periods and an apparently associated temporary increase in runoff coefficient. The overriding importance of climate variability was further confirmed using a conceptual framework that was used to interpret changes in the long-term coupled water-energy budget. Even so, there was some evidence for a slight increase in streamflow for the first few years after clearing. Fitting a Budyko-type model for two climatically similar pre- and post-clearing periods (1920-1953 and 1979-2007) did not suggest a considerable change in the catchment water balance after clearing. Analysis of daily streamflow metrics did reveal some changes however, with enhanced peak flows and reduced low flows. In the Upper Burdekin catchment, trend analysis revealed a change in baseflow dynamics after clearing, while event storm flow for large rainfall events increased. In summary, woodland clearing in northern Queensland appears to have had a smaller impact on mean and interannual streamflow than might be expected from studies at sites and in small experimental catchments, but changes in daily streamflow patterns do suggest a modest change in catchment dynamics.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - Pena-Arancibia, Jorge L
AU  - van Dijk, Albert IJM
AU  - Guerschman, Juan P
AU  - Mulligan, Mark
AU  - Sampurno Bruijnzeel, LAdrian
AU  - McVicar, Tim R
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, jorge.penaarancibia@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
SP  - 60
EP  - 71
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 416-417
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Variability
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - La Nina
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Hydrologic Budget
KW  - Time series analysis
KW  - Storms
KW  - Flow rates
KW  - Hydrologic Models
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Climatic variability
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - budgets
KW  - Trend analysis
KW  - Climate models
KW  - time series analysis
KW  - Catchment Areas
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - Streamflow
KW  - Comets
KW  - Land use
KW  - Stream flow
KW  - Water balance
KW  - Interannual variability
KW  - Tropical environments
KW  - Catchments
KW  - Runoff
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q2 09171:Dynamics of lakes and rivers
KW  - M2 523.64:Comets (523.64)
KW  - SW 2010:Control of water on the surface
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water balance; Catchment area; Resource management; Climate change; Hydrology; Land use; Runoff; Stream flow; Interannual variability; Climate models; Climatic variability; Catchment basins; La Nina; Time series analysis; Storms; Comets; Trend analysis; Sulfur dioxide; time series analysis; Rainfall; Climate; Tropical environments; Catchments; budgets; Seasonal variations; Flow rates; Variability; Hydrologic Models; Climates; Catchment Areas; Hydrologic Budget; Streamflow; Australia, Queensland
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation
AN  - 920788973; 16166160
AB  - Graphical abstract In a globally warming climate, observed rates of atmospheric evaporative demand have declined over recent decades. Several recent studies have shown that declining rates of evaporative demand are primarily governed by trends in the aerodynamic component (primarily being the combination of the effects of wind speed (u) and atmospheric humidity) and secondarily by changes in the radiative component. A number of these studies also show that declining rates of observed near-surface u (termed 'stilling') is the primary factor contributing to declining rates of evaporative demand. One objective of this paper was to review and synthesise the literature to assess whether stilling is a globally widespread phenomenon. We analysed 148 studies reporting terrestrial u trends from across the globe (with uneven and incomplete spatial distribution and differing periods of measurement) and found that the average trend was -0.014ms super(-1)a super(-1) for studies with more than 30 sites observing data for more than 30 years, which confirmed that stilling was widespread. Assuming a linear trend this constitutes a -0.7ms super(-1) change in u over 50 years. A second objective was to confirm the declining rates of evaporative demand by reviewing papers reporting trends in measured pan evaporation (E sub(pan)) and estimated crop reference evapotranspiration (ET sub(o)); average trends were -3.19mma super(-1) (n=55) and -1.31mma super(-1) (n=26), respectively. A third objective was to assess the contribution to evaporative demand trends that the four primary meteorological variables (being u; atmospheric humidity; radiation; and air temperature) made. The results from 36 studies highlighted the importance of u trends. We also quantified the sensitivity of rates of evaporative demand to changes in u and how the relative contributions of the aerodynamic and radiative components change seasonally over the globe. Our review: (i) shows that terrestrial stilling is widespread across the globe; (ii) confirms declining rates of evaporative demand; and (iii) highlights the contribution u has made to these declining evaporative rates. Hence we advocate that assessing evaporative demand trends requires consideration of all four primary meteorological variables (being u, atmospheric humidity, radiation and air temperature). This is particularly relevant for long-term water resource assessment because changes in u exert greater influence on energy-limited water-yielding catchments than water-limited ones.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - McVicar, Tim R
AU  - Roderick, Michael L
AU  - Donohue, Randall J
AU  - Li, Ling Tao
AU  - Van Niel, Thomas G
AU  - Thomas, Axel
AU  - Grieser, Jurgen
AU  - Jhajharia, Deepak
AU  - Himri, Youcef
AU  - Mahowald, Natalie M
AU  - Mescherskaya, Anna V
AU  - Kruger, Andries C
AU  - Rehman, Shafiqur
AU  - Dinpashoh, Yagob
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, 2601 ACT, Australia, tim.mcvicar@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
SP  - 182
EP  - 205
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 416-417
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - air temperature
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Evaporation
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Air temperature
KW  - Wind speed
KW  - spatial distribution
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Meteorology
KW  - Wind
KW  - Air Temperature
KW  - Climates
KW  - Velocity
KW  - Humidity
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Evaporation estimation
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Temperature trends
KW  - Water Resources
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 0830:Evaporation and transpiration
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - Q2 09244:Air-sea coupling
KW  - M2 556.13:Evaporation/Evapotranspiration (556.13)
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Wind speed; Evaporation; Aerodynamics; Climate change; Hydrology; Water resources; Humidity; Air temperature; Spatial distribution; Catchment basins; Radiation; Evaporation estimation; Global warming; Temperature trends; spatial distribution; air temperature; Reviews; Velocity; Meteorology; Assessments; Air Temperature; Climates; Wind; Water Resources
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.024
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the Incidence of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning with Two Surveys Conducted in Culebra, Puerto Rico, during 2005 and 2006
AN  - 1671440251; 16725623
AB  - Background: Although ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common seafood intoxication worldwide, its burden has been difficult to establish because there are no biomarkers to diagnose human exposure. Objective: We explored the incidence of CFP, percentage of CFP case-patients with laboratory-confirmed ciguatoxic meal remnants, cost of CFP illness, and potential risk factors for CFP. Methods: During 2005 and again during 2006, we conducted a census of all occupied households on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, where locally caught fish are a staple food. We defined CFP case-patients as persons with gastrointestinal symptoms (abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, or nausea) and neurological symptoms (extremity paresthesia, arthralgia, myalgia, malaise, pruritus, headache, dizziness, metallic taste, visual disturbance, circumoral paresthesia, temperature reversal, or toothache) or systemic symptoms (e.g., bradycardia) within 72 hr of eating fish during the previous year. Participants were asked to save fish remnants eaten by case-patients for ciguatoxin analysis at the Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Dauphin Island, Alabama (USA). Results: We surveyed 340 households during 2005 and 335 households during 2006. The estimated annual incidence of possible CFP was 4.0 per 1,000 person-years, and that of probable CFP was 7.5 per 1,000 person-years. One of three fish samples submitted by probable case-patients was positive for ciguatoxins. None of the case-patients required respiratory support. Households that typically consumed barracuda were more likely to report CFP (p = 0.02). Conclusions: Our estimates, which are consistent with previous studies using similar case findings, contribute to the overall information available to support public health decision making about CFP prevention.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo
AU  - Luber, George
AU  - Conklin, Laura
AU  - Tosteson, Thomas R
AU  - Granade, Hudson R
AU  - Dickey, Robert W
AU  - Backer, Lorraine C
AD  - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
SP  - 526
EP  - 529
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - ciguatera
KW  - ciguatera fish poisoning
KW  - ciguatoxins
KW  - incidence
KW  - poisoning
KW  - Puerto Rico
KW  - seafood
KW  - Intoxication
KW  - Foods
KW  - Islands
KW  - Households
KW  - Poisoning
KW  - Incidence
KW  - Fish
KW  - Seafood
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104003
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?
AN  - 1081891142; 2011-295116
AB  - In the three years since Barack Obama was sworn in as President, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated numerous regulations implementing the pollution control statutes enacted by Congress. This report provides background information on recent EPA rulemaking to help address controversies. It also discusses factors that affect the timeframe in which regulations take effect, including statutory and judicial deadlines, public comment periods, judicial review, and permitting procedures, the net results of which are that existing facilities are likely to have several years before being required to comply with most of the regulatory actions under discussion. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 24 2012, 35 pp.
AU  - McCarthy, James E
AU  - Copeland, Claudia
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Pollution and environmental degradation
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States Environmental protection agency
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Pollution
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41561
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estrogen Receptor- alpha Mediates Diethylstilbestrol-Induced Feminization of the Seminal Vesicle in Male Mice
AN  - 1017976345; 16725625
AB  - Background: Studies have shown that perinatal exposure to the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) leads to feminization of the seminal vesicle (SV) in male mice, as illustrated by tissue hyperplasia, ectopic expression of the major estrogen-inducible uterine secretory protein lactoferrin (LF), and reduced expression of SV secretory protein IV (SVS IV). Objectives: The present study was designed to evaluate the role of the estrogen receptor (ER) in this action by using ER-knockout (ERKO) mice. Methods: Wild-type (WT), ER alpha -null ( alpha ERKO), and ER beta -null ( beta ERKO) male mice were treated with either vehicle or DES (2 mu g/day) on neonatal days 1-5. These mice were divided into two groups: In the first group, intact mice were sacrificed at 10 weeks of age; in the second group, mice were castrated at 10 weeks of age, allowed to recover for 10 days, treated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or placebo, and sacrificed 2 weeks later. Body weights and SV weights were recorded, and mRNA expression levels of Ltf (lactoferrin), Svs4, and androgen receptor (Ar) were assessed. Results: In DES-treated intact mice, SV weights were reduced in WT and beta ERKO mice but not in alpha ERKO mice. DES-treated WT and beta ERKO males, but not alpha ERKO males, exhibited ectopic expression of LF in the SV. DES treatment resulted in decreased SVS IV protein and mRNA expression in WT males, but no effect was seen in alpha ERKO mice. In addition, DES-treated beta ERKO mice exhibited reduced Svs4 mRNA expression but maintained control levels of SVS IV protein. In DES-treated castrated mice, DHT implants restored SV weights to normal levels in alpha ERKO mice but not in WT mice, suggesting full androgen responsiveness in alpha ERKO mice. Conclusions: These data suggest that DES-induced SV toxicity and feminization are primarily mediated by ER alpha ; however, some aspects of androgen response may require the action of ER beta .
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Walker, Vickie R
AU  - Jefferson, Wendy N
AU  - Couse, John F
AU  - Korach, Kenneth S
AD  - Receptor Biology Section, and
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
SP  - 560
EP  - 565
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - development
KW  - endocrine disruptor
KW  - reproductive tract
KW  - Age
KW  - males
KW  - Mice
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Weight
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Neonates
KW  - body weight
KW  - estrogens
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; males; Proteins; Mice; Neonates; Toxicity; body weight; estrogens; Weight; Exposure; Water Pollution Effects
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103678
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Understanding Differences in the Body Burden-Age Relationships of Bioaccumulating Contaminants Based on Population Cross Sections versus Individuals
AN  - 1017976322; 16725624
AB  - Background: Body burdens of persistent bioaccumulative contaminants estimated from the cross-sectional biomonitoring of human populations are often plotted against age. Such relationships have previously been assumed to reflect the role of age in bioaccumulation. Objectives: We used a mechanistic modeling approach to reproduce concentration-versus-age relationships and investigate factors that influence them. Method: CoZMoMAN is an environmental fate and human food chain bioaccumulation model that estimates time trends in human body burdens in response to time-variant environmental emissions. Trends of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener 153 concentrations versus age for population cross sections were estimated using simulated longitudinal data for individual women born at different times. The model was also used to probe the influence of partitioning and degradation properties, length of emissions, and model assumptions regarding lipid content and liver metabolism on concentration-age trends of bioaccumulative and persistent contaminants. Results: Body burden-age relationships for population cross sections and individuals over time are not equivalent. The time lapse between the peak in emissions and sample collection for biomonitoring is the most influential factor controlling the shape of concentration-age trends for chemicals with human metabolic half-lives longer than 1 year. Differences in observed concentration-age trends for PCBs and polybrominated diphenyl ethers are consistent with differences in emission time trends and human metabolic half-lives. Conclusions: Bioaccumulation does not monotonically increase with age. Our model suggests that the main predictors of cross-sectional body burden trends with age are the amount of time elapsed after peak emissions and the human metabolic and environmental degradation rates.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Quinn, Cristina L
AU  - Wania, Frank
AD  - Department of Chemistry, and Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Y1  - 2012/01/24/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 24
SP  - 554
EP  - 559
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - cross-sectional trends
KW  - environmental modeling
KW  - human bioaccumulation
KW  - longitudinal trends
KW  - time-variant exposure
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Age
KW  - Food chains
KW  - Probes
KW  - Models
KW  - Pollutant persistence
KW  - Emissions
KW  - body burden
KW  - Congeners
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - PCB
KW  - Bioindicators
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Lipid metabolism
KW  - polybrominated diphenyl ethers
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Bioaccumulation
KW  - Liver
KW  - Contaminants
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Environmental degradation; Age; Food chains; Data processing; Probes; Lipid metabolism; Models; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Bioaccumulation; polychlorinated biphenyls; Liver; biomonitoring; Congeners; Contaminants; PCB; Metabolism; Bioindicators; Pollutant persistence; Emissions; body burden; PCB compounds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104236
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Iran's Threat to the Strait of Hormuz
AN  - 1641843614; 2011-760722
AB  - From December 2011 to January 2012, some Iranian government officials openly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions are imposed on Iran's oil exports; however, the prospect of a major disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait risks damaging Iranian interests -- And US and allied military capabilities in the region remain formidable. Such threats do raise tensions in global energy markets and leave the US vulnerable to potential conflict in the Middle East. This report explains Iranian threats to the Strait of Hormuz and analyzes the implications of some scenarios for potential US or international conflict with Iran. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 20 pp.
AU  - Katzman, Kenneth
AU  - Nerurkar, Neelesh
AU  - O'Rourke, Ronald
AU  - Mason, R Chuck
AU  - Ratner, Michael
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Oceanography and ocean resources
KW  - United States
KW  - Strait of Hormuz
KW  - Threats
KW  - Risk
KW  - Iran
KW  - Sanctions (international law)
KW  - Straits
KW  - Markets
KW  - Conflict
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-01-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. R42335
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Wildfire Protection in the Wildland-Urban Interface
AN  - 1081891164; 2011-295123
AB  - Wildfires have made national headlines in recent years, with major fires in the West and South killing firefighters, burning homes, and threatening communities. With the population and size of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) expanding, more money is being spent on fire management in these locales. Federal funding for fire protection has more than doubled in the past decade, and administration and congressional leaders have urged additional wildfire protection. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 8 pp.
AU  - Gorte, Ross W
AU  - Bracmort, Kelsi
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Money
KW  - Forest fires
KW  - Population
KW  - Firefighters
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Size
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21880.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21880
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - "Who Is a Veteran?" -- Basic Eligibility for Veterans' Benefits
AN  - 1081891161; 2011-295122
AB  - This report examines the basic eligibility criteria for Veteran's Administration (VA) administered veterans' benefits, including the issue of eligibility of members of the National Guard and reserve components. A broad range of benefits are offered to veterans of the US Armed Forces and to certain members of their families by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including various types of financial assistance, including monthly cash payments to disabled veterans, health care, education, and housing benefits -- However, basic criteria must be met to be eligible to receive any of the benefits administered by the VA. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Scott, Christine
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Housing
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Disabled
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Medicine and health care
KW  - Education and education policy - Education
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - United States
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Education
KW  - Housing
KW  - Disabled
KW  - Family
KW  - Medical service
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Payment
KW  - Armed forces
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42324
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues
AN  - 1081891159; 2011-295121
AB  - In 2008, TransCanada Corp. applied for a presidential permit from the State Department to construct and operate an oil pipeline across the US-Canada border in a project known as Keystone XL. President Obama stated his determination that the Keystone XL pipeline project "would not serve the national interest." This report reviews those legal issues associated with this decision. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 29 pp.
AU  - Vann, Adam
AU  - Alexander, Kristina
AU  - Burrows, Vanessa K
AU  - Thomas, Kenneth R
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42124.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42124
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Overview and Issues
AN  - 1081891157; 2011-295120
AB  - Federal policy has played a key role in the emergence of the US biofuels industry. This report focuses on mandated minimum usage requirements -- referred to as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) -- whereby a minimum volume of biofuels is to be used in the national transportation fuel supply each year. It describes the general nature of the biofuels RFS and its implementation, and outlines some of the emerging issues related to the sustainability of the continued growth in US biofuels production needed to fulfill the expanding RFS mandate, as well as the emergence of potential unintended consequences of this rapid expansion. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 27 pp.
AU  - Schnepf, Randy
AU  - Yacobucci, Brent D
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Transportation
KW  - United States
KW  - Biomass energy
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Standards
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Fuel
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40155
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Biological Opinions for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: A Case Law Summary
AN  - 1081891153; 2011-295119
AB  - Under California's hybrid system of appropriative water rights, users are issued permits for water diverted from rivers and streams regardless of the users' proximity to the water. California has issued permits to the Bureau of Reclamation to store, divert, and deliver water from the federal Central Valley Project (CVP), which consists of facilities on the Sacramento, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Rivers. This report summarizes the proceedings on the biological opinions (BiOps) issued since 2004. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 9 pp.
AU  - Alexander, Kristina
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - California
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Water management
KW  - Law
KW  - Water
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41876
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - President Obama's January 4, 2012, Recess Appointments: Legal Issues
AN  - 1081891149; 2011-295118
AB  - This report analyzes the legal issues associated with the President's asserted exercise of his Recess Appointments Clause power on January 4, 2012. It offers a general legal overview of the Recess Appointments Clause, analyzes two legal principles which may impede a reviewing court from reaching the merits of a potential legal challenge to the appointments, and analyzes the constitutional validity of the appointments; potential statutory restrictions on a recess appointee's authority to exercise the powers of the CFPB; and how actions taken by the recess appointees could be impacted by a court ruling that the appointments are unlawful. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 23 2012, 39 pp.
AU  - Carpenter, David H
AU  - Chu, Vivian S
AU  - Dolan, Alissa M
AU  - Garvey, Todd
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Courts
KW  - Authority
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42323
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationships of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Serum Concentrations between Mother-Child Pairs in a Population with Perfluorooctanoate Exposure from Drinking Water
AN  - 1020853966; 16810455
AB  - Background: There are limited data on the associations between maternal or newborn and child exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), including perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). This study provides an opportunity to assess the association between PFAA concentrations in mother-child pairs in a population exposed to PFOA via drinking water. Objectives: We aimed to determine the relationship between mother-child PFAA serum concentrations and to examine how the child:mother ratio varies with child's age, child's sex, drinking-water PFOA concentration, reported bottled water use, and mother's breast-feeding intention. Methods: We studied 4,943 mother-child pairs (children, 1-19 years of age). The child:mother PFAA ratio was stratified by possible determinants. Results are summarized as geometric mean ratios and correlation coefficients between mother-child pairs, overall and within strata. Results: Child and mother PFOA and PFOS concentrations were correlated (r = 0.82 and 0.26, respectively). Up to about 12 years of age, children had higher serum PFOA concentrations than did their mothers. The highest child:mother PFOA ratio was found among children less than or equal to 5 years (44% higher than their mothers), which we attribute to in utero exposure and to exposure via breast milk and drinking water. Higher PFOS concentrations in children persisted until at least 19 years of age (42% higher than their mothers). Boys > 5 years of age had significantly higher PFOA and PFOS child:mother ratios than did girls. Conclusion: Concentrations of both PFOA and PFOS tended to be higher in children than in their mothers. This difference persisted until they were about 12 years of age for PFOA and at least 19 years of age for PFOS.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Mondal, Debapriya
AU  - Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-Jose
AU  - Armstrong, Ben
AU  - Stein, Cheryl R
AU  - Fletcher, Tony
AD  - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/01/23/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 23
SP  - 752
EP  - 757
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - mother-child pairs
KW  - drinking water
KW  - in utero exposure
KW  - lactation
KW  - Mid-Ohio Valley
KW  - PFOA
KW  - PFOS
KW  - serum concentration
KW  - sulfonates
KW  - Bottled water
KW  - Age
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Motivation
KW  - Sulfonates
KW  - Breast milk
KW  - Intrauterine exposure
KW  - Children
KW  - breast milk
KW  - Water use
KW  - Acids
KW  - Neonates
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Sex
KW  - H 3000:Environment and Ecology
KW  - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water use; Age; Data processing; Motivation; Acids; Breast milk; Intrauterine exposure; Neonates; Drinking water; Children; Sex; Bottled water; sulfonates; Prenatal experience; Sulfonates; breast milk
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104538
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TY  - CPAPER
T1  - If It's Not Archived, It May Be Lost In The Future: Collecting and Preserving Websites at the Library of Congress
T2  - 15th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI 2011)
AN  - 1313057993; 6102627
JF  - 15th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI 2011)
AU  - Harbster, Jennifer
Y1  - 2012/01/22/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 22
KW  - Congress
KW  - Archives
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Ill Wind? Climate Change, Migration, and Health
AN  - 1677968409; 16810451
AB  - Background: Climate change is projected to cause substantial increases in population movement in coming decades. Previous research has considered the likely causal influences and magnitude of such movements and the risks to national and international security. There has been little research on the consequences of climate-related migration and the health of people who move. Objectives: In this review, we explore the role that health impacts of climate change may play in population movements and then examine the health implications of three types of movements likely to be induced by climate change: forcible displacement by climate impacts, resettlement schemes, and migration as an adaptive response. Methods: This risk assessment draws on research into the health of refugees, migrants, and people in resettlement schemes as analogs of the likely health consequences of climate-related migration. Some account is taken of the possible modulation of those health risks by climate change. Discussion: Climate-change-related migration is likely to result in adverse health outcomes, both for displaced and for host populations, particularly in situations of forced migration. However, where migration and other mobility are used as adaptive strategies, health risks are likely to be minimized, and in some cases there will be health gains. Conclusions: Purposeful and timely policy interventions can facilitate the mobility of people, enhance well-being, and maximize social and economic development in both places of origin and places of destination. Nevertheless, the anticipated occurrence of substantial relocation of groups and communities will underscore the fundamental seriousness of human-induced climate change.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - McMichael, Celia
AU  - Barnett, Jon
AU  - McMichael, Anthony J
AD  - School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
SP  - 646
EP  - 654
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - climate change
KW  - displacement
KW  - health
KW  - migration
KW  - resettlement
KW  - Risk
KW  - Displacement
KW  - Policies
KW  - Resettlement
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Health
KW  - Movement
KW  - Migration
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-06-30
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104375
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Trade and Investment in the Middle East and North Africa: Overview and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081892027; 2011-295125
AB  - In order to support democratic political transitions and stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), policymakers in Congress and elsewhere are discussing potentially using US trade and investment to bolster long-term economic growth in the region. This report analyzes policy approaches that the Congress might consider concerning US-MENA trade and investment. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 20 2012, 36 pp.
AU  - Nelson, Rebecca M
AU  - Bolle, Mary Jane
AU  - Ilias, Shayerah
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States
KW  - Investments
KW  - North Africa
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42153
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Agriculture-Based Biofuels: Overview and Emerging Issues
AN  - 1081892026; 2011-295124
AB  - Energy from renewable sources, such as agriculture-based biofuels, has historically been more expensive to produce and use than fossil-fuel-based energy. US policymakers have attempted to overcome this economic impediment by enacting an increasing number of policies since the late 1970s, at both the state and federal levels, to directly support US biofuels production and use. This report reviews the evolution of the US biofuels sector and the role that federal policy has played in shaping its development. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 20 2012, 33 pp.
AU  - Schnepf, Randy
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - United States
KW  - Biomass energy
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41282.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41282
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues
AN  - 1081891708; 2011-295126
AB  - The federal government provides funding for youth mentoring primarily through a grant program to the Department of Justice (DOJ), with annual appropriations for the program of about 80 million to 100 million dollars. This funding is used for research and direct mentoring services to select populations of youth, such as those involved or at risk of being involved in the juvenile justice system. Issues relevant to the federal role in mentoring include the limitations of research on outcomes for mentored youth, the potential need for additional mentors, grantees' challenges in sustaining funding, and the possible discontinuation of federal mentoring funding. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 20 2012, 40 pp.
AU  - Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Children and youth
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Administration of justice - Judgments and sentences
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - United States Justice department
KW  - Population
KW  - Juvenile justice
KW  - Youth
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Mentors
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34306.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34306
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter on Emergency Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Diseases: A Time-Series Analysis in Hong Kong
AN  - 1017980446; 16725619
AB  - Background: Many epidemiological studies have linked daily counts of hospital admissions to particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM10) and less than or equal to 2.5 mu m (PM2.5), but relatively few have investigated the relationship of hospital admissions with coarse PM (PMc; 2.5-10 mu m aerodynamic diameter). Objectives: We conducted this study to estimate the health effects of PMc on emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Hong Kong after controlling for PM2.5 and gaseous pollutants. Methods: We conducted a time-series analysis of associations between daily emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Hong Kong from January 2000 to December 2005 and daily PM2.5 and PMc concentrations. We estimated PMc concentrations by subtracting PM2.5 from PM10 measurements. We used generalized additive models to examine the relationship between PMc (single- and multiday lagged exposures) and hospital admissions adjusted for time trends, weather conditions, influenza outbreaks, PM2.5, and gaseous pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone). Results: A 10.9- mu g/m3 (interquartile range) increase in the 4-day moving average concentration of PMc was associated with a 1.94% (95% confidence interval: 1.24%, 2.64%) increase in emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases that was attenuated but still significant after controlling for PM2.5. Adjusting for gaseous pollutants and altering models assumptions had little influence on PMc effect estimates. Conclusion: PMc was associated with emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Hong Kong independent of PM2.5 and gaseous pollutants. Further research is needed to evaluate health effects of different components of PMc.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Qiu, Hong
AU  - Yu, Ignatius Tak-sun
AU  - Tian, Linwei
AU  - Wang, Xiaorong
AU  - Tse, Lap Ah
AU  - Tam, Wilson
AU  - Wong, Tze Wai
AD  - School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
SP  - 572
EP  - 576
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - coarse particulate matter
KW  - emergency hospital admissions
KW  - fine particulate matter
KW  - generalized additive model
KW  - respiratory diseases
KW  - time-series study
KW  - Respiratory diseases
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Time series analysis
KW  - Influenza
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Particulate Matter
KW  - Diseases
KW  - China, People's Rep., Hong Kong
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Weather
KW  - time series analysis
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - emergency medical services
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Influenza; Particle size; Weather; Sulfur dioxide; time series analysis; Aerodynamics; Particulates; Respiratory diseases; Time series analysis; emergency medical services; Hospitals; Pollutants; Water Pollution Effects; Particulate Matter; Toxicity; Diseases; Nitrogen; Model Studies; China, People's Rep., Hong Kong
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104002
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Impact of Heat Waves on Mortality in Seven Major Cities in Korea
AN  - 1017980425; 16725618
AB  - Background: Understanding the health impacts of heat waves is important, especially given anticipated increases in the frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves due to climate change. Objectives: We examined mortality from heat waves in seven major Korean cities for 2000 through 2007 and investigated effect modification by individual characteristics and heat wave characteristics (intensity, duration, and timing in season). Methods: Heat waves were defined as greater than or equal to 2 consecutive days with daily mean temperature at or above the 98th percentile for the warm season in each city. We compared mortality during heat-wave days and non-heat-wave days using city-specific generalized linear models. We used Bayesian hierarchical models to estimate overall effects within and across all cities. In addition, we estimated effects of heat wave characteristics and effects according to cause of death and examined effect modification by individual characteristics for Seoul. Results: Overall, total mortality increased 4.1% [95% confidence interval (CI): -6.1%, 15.4%] during heat waves compared with non-heat-wave days, with an 8.4% increase (95% CI: 0.1%, 17.3%) estimated for Seoul. Estimated mortality was higher for heat waves that were more intense, longer, or earlier in summer, although effects were not statistically significant. Estimated risks were higher for women versus men, older versus younger residents, those with no education versus some education, and deaths that occurred out of hospitals in Seoul, although differences among strata of individual characteristics were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Our findings support evidence of mortality impacts from heat waves and have implications for efforts to reduce the public health burden of heat waves.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Son, Ji-Young
AU  - Lee, Jong-Tae
AU  - Anderson, GBrooke
AU  - Bell, Michelle L
AD  - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/20/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 20
SP  - 566
EP  - 571
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - climate change
KW  - effect modification
KW  - extreme temperature
KW  - heat wave
KW  - mortality
KW  - heat tolerance
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Education
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Summer
KW  - Korea, Rep., Seoul
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - Public health
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; heat tolerance; Education; Climate change; Temperature; Summer; Hospitals; Public health; Urban areas; Korea, Rep., Seoul
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103759
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Variability of Urinary Phthalate Metabolite and Bisphenol A Concentrations before and during Pregnancy
AN  - 1660094072; 16810450
AB  - Background: Gestational phthalate and bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may increase the risk of adverse maternal/child health outcomes, but there are few data on the variability of urinary biomarkers before and during pregnancy. Objective: We characterized the variability of urinary phthalate metabolite and BPA concentrations before and during pregnancy and the ability of a single spot urine sample to classify average gestational exposure. Methods: We collected 1,001 urine samples before and during pregnancy from 137 women who were partners in couples attending a Boston fertility clinic and who had a live birth. Women provided spot urine samples before (n greater than or equal to 2) and during (n greater than or equal to 2) pregnancy. We measured urinary concentrations of monoethyl phthalate (MEP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP), mono-iso-butyl phthalate, monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), four metabolites of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and BPA. After adjusting for specific gravity, we characterized biomarker variability using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and conducted several surrogate category analyses to determine whether a single spot urine sample could adequately classify average gestational exposure. Results: Absolute concentrations of phthalate metabolites and BPA were similar before and during pregnancy. Variability was higher during pregnancy than before pregnancy for BPA and MBzP, but similar during and before pregnancy for MBP, MEP, and capital sigma DEHP. During pregnancy, MEP (ICC = 0.50) and MBP (ICC = 0.45) were less variable than BPA (ICC = 0.12), MBzP (ICC = 0.25), and capital sigma DEHP metabolites (ICC = 0.08). Surrogate analyses suggested that a single spot urine sample may reasonably classify MEP and MBP concentrations during pregnancy, but more than one sample may be necessary for MBzP, DEHP, and BPA. Conclusions: Urinary phthalate metabolites and BPA concentrations were variable before and during pregnancy, but the magnitude of variability was biomarker specific. A single spot urine sample adequately classified MBP and MEP concentrations during pregnancy. The present results may be related to unique features of the women studied, and replication in other pregnancy cohorts is recommended.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Braun, Joe M
AU  - Smith, Kristen W
AU  - Williams, Paige L
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Berry, Katharine
AU  - Ehrlich, Shelley
AU  - Hauser, Russ
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, and
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
SP  - 739
EP  - 745
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - endocrine disruptors
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - phthalates
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - variability
KW  - Bisphenol A
KW  - Classification
KW  - Urine
KW  - Replication
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Health
KW  - Pregnancy
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104139
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. National Science Foundation: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
AN  - 1081891715; 2011-295129
AB  - The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) was authorized by Congress in 1978, partly in response to concerns in Congress and the concerns of some in academia and the scientific community about the geographic distribution of federal research and development (R&D) funds. It was argued that there was a concentration of federal R&D funds in large and wealthy states and universities, and that the continuation of such funding patterns might ensure a dichotomy between the "haves" and "have-nots.". Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 19 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Matthews, Christine M
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Philanthropy
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Education and education policy - Colleges and universities
KW  - Research and development
KW  - Foundations
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Science
KW  - Colleges and universities
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL30930
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
AN  - 1081891712; 2011-295128
AB  - For centuries, industrial hemp (plant species Cannabis sativa) has been a source of fiber and oilseed used worldwide to produce a variety of industrial and consumer products. In the US, however, production is strictly controlled under existing drug enforcement laws. Over the past few Congresses, Representative Ron Paul has introduced legislation that would open the way for commercial cultivation of industrial hemp in the US (H.R. 1866, 111th Congress; H.R. 1009, 110th Congress; H.R. 3037, 109th Congress). This legislation was introduced in the 112th Congress (H.R. 1831). Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 19 2012, 22 pp.
AU  - Johnson, Renee
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Plants
KW  - United States
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Plants
KW  - Cannabis
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Law
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL32725
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Constitutional Analysis of Suspicionless Drug Testing Requirements for the Receipt of Governmental Benefits
AN  - 1081891710; 2011-295127
AB  - Concern about the "moral character" and worthiness of beneficiaries to federal benefits has led to policies such as testing for illicit drug use and sanctioning recipients who test positive. To effectively evaluate the constitutionality of laws requiring suspicionless drug tests to receive governmental benefits, this report provides an overview of the Fourth Amendment; reviews five Supreme Court decisions that have evaluated government-administered drug testing programs; and provides an analysis of the preliminary lower court opinions directly on point. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 19 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Carpenter, David H
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Courts
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Law
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Benefits
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42326
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Peripheral Nervous System Function and Organophosphate Pesticide Use among Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
AN  - 1017980389; 16725616
AB  - Background: Evidence is limited that long-term human exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides, without poisoning, is associated with adverse peripheral nervous system (PNS) function. Objective: We investigated associations between OP pesticide use and PNS function by administering PNS tests to 701 male pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS). Methods: Participants completed a neurological physical examination (NPx) and electrophysiological tests as well as tests of hand strength, sway speed, and vibrotactile threshold. Self-reported information on lifetime use of 16 OP pesticides was obtained from AHS interviews and a study questionnaire. Associations between pesticide use and measures of PNS function were estimated with linear and logistic regression controlling for age and outcome-specific covariates. Results: Significantly increased odds ratios (ORs) were observed for associations between ever use of 10 of the 16 OP pesticides and one or more of six NPx outcomes. Most notably, abnormal toe proprioception was significantly associated with ever use of 6 OP pesticides, with ORs ranging from 2.03 to 3.06; monotonic increases in strength of association with increasing use was observed for 3 of the 6 pesticides. Mostly null associations were observed between OP pesticide use and electrophysiological tests, hand strength, sway speed, and vibrotactile threshold. Conclusions: This study provides some evidence that long-term exposure to OP pesticides is associated with signs of impaired PNS function among pesticide applicators.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Starks, Sarah E
AU  - Hoppin, Jane A
AU  - Kamel, Freya
AU  - Lynch, Charles F
AU  - Jones, Michael P
AU  - Alavanja, Michael C
AU  - Sandler, Dale P
AU  - Gerr, Fred
AD  - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
SP  - 515
EP  - 520
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - CSA Neurosciences Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - agricultural workers
KW  - neurological testing
KW  - occupational exposure
KW  - organophosphates
KW  - pesticide exposure
KW  - Age
KW  - Organophosphates
KW  - peripheral nervous system
KW  - Agricultural Chemicals
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Organophosphorus Pesticides
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Peripheral nervous system
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Pesticides (organophosphorus)
KW  - Poisoning
KW  - Hand
KW  - Strength
KW  - Proprioception
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Toe
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - H 5000:Pesticides
KW  - N3 11028:Neuropharmacology & toxicology
KW  - AQ 00002:Water Quality
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Inflammatory Pathway Genes Belong to Major Targets of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Adipose Cells
AN  - 1017980373; 16725615
AB  - Background: Epidemiological studies emphasize the possible role of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in obesity and the metabolic syndrome. These pollutants are stored in adipose tissue (AT). Objectives: Our aim was to study the effects of POPs on human adipose cells and rodent AT. Methods: Using human multipotent adipose-derived stem cells, we carried out large-scale gene expression analysis to identify the major pathways modified by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener 126 (PCB-126), and PCB-153 and to evaluate their toxic effects. The effects of TCDD on gene expression and AT histology were also assessed in mice. Results: The most significantly regulated genes in both precursor cells and adipocytes were those involved in the inflammatory/immune response, cancer, and metabolism pathways. Interestingly, the fold induction and the number of modulated genes were higher in precursors than in adipocytes, suggesting that the former could be more sensitive to the effect of pollutants. When cells were treated with combinations of pollutants, the effects of the AhR ligands TCDD and PCB-126 were dominant compared with those of the non-dioxin-like PCB-153. The effects of AhR ligands were reduced by the AhR antagonist alpha -naphthoflavone. The regulation of inflammatory pathway was observed in wild-type AT but not in AhR-knockout mice. Conclusions: Both in vitro and in vivo studies showed that adipose cells were targets of AhR ligands and suggest that inflammation is one of the main regulated pathways. These observations suggest a possible contribution of pollutants to low-grade AT inflammation that accompanies the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kim, Min Ji
AU  - Pelloux, Veronique
AU  - Guyot, Erwan
AU  - Tordjman, Joan
AU  - Bui, Linh-Chi
AU  - Chevallier, Aline
AU  - Forest, Claude
AU  - Benelli, Chantal
AU  - Clement, Karine
AU  - Barouki, Robert
AD  - INSERM UMR-S 747, Universite Paris Descartes, Centre Universitaire des Saints-Peres, Paris, France
Y1  - 2012/01/19/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 19
SP  - 508
EP  - 514
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - adipocytes
KW  - adipose tissue
KW  - inflammation
KW  - obesity
KW  - PCB
KW  - persistent organic pollutants
KW  - TCDD
KW  - metabolic disorders
KW  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
KW  - Stem cells
KW  - Pollutants
KW  - Adipocytes
KW  - Congeners
KW  - Regulations
KW  - Diseases
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - Rodents
KW  - Obesity
KW  - alpha -Naphthoflavone
KW  - Metabolic disorders
KW  - Mice
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Histology
KW  - stem cells
KW  - Persistent organic pollutants
KW  - Adipose tissue
KW  - Immune response
KW  - rodents
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - G 07720:Immunogenetics
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - alpha -Naphthoflavone; Obesity; Metabolic disorders; TCDD; Cancer; Inflammation; Stem cells; polychlorinated biphenyls; Pollutants; Adipocytes; Adipose tissue; Congeners; Immune response; PCB; Metabolism; metabolic disorders; stem cells; persistent organic pollutants; Persistent organic pollutants; Mice; Toxicity; PCB compounds; rodents; Histology; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Regulations; Diseases; Rodents
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Physiological response of spring canola (Brassica napus) to defoliation in diverse environments
AN  - 918049505; 15909648
AB  - Canola (Brassica napus) has recently been developed for dual-purpose use where vegetative biomass is removed by grazing animals, after which the crop recovers and is harvested for grain. Maintaining seed yield depends upon the timing and extent of defoliation in relation to plant development and the seasonal conditions for recovery and regrowth. We sought insights into the physiological basis for crop recovery and seed yield following defoliation using detailed growth analysis of plants defoliated in the diverse environments of southern Australia (35 degree S) and eastern Canada (45 degree N). The crop was defoliated by grazing with sheep in Australia and cutting by hand in Canada. Although canola development progressed more rapidly in the warm, long-day summer growing season of eastern Canada, developmental stages and biomass accumulation progressed at similar rates on the basis of photothermal time using a base temperature of 0 degree C. Hybrid, conventional, and triazine-tolerant canola cultivars, with inherently different growth rates but similar phenology, showed little difference in their response to defoliation at any site. At all sites, recovery after defoliation was characterised by a rapid recovery in the absolute growth of leaves, a sustained reduction in stem biomass, but little impact on pod biomass. Despite this rapid recovery in leaf growth rates, leaf area and biomass in defoliated treatments recovered to only 50% of un-defoliated treatments prior to leaf drop, and reduced stem growth was manifested in reduced plant height (20-30 cm) at all sites. Despite the lack of response to defoliation in pod growth rate across all sites, final seed yield was reduced by defoliation in both years at Ottawa (by 0.6 t ha super(-1 or 25%) but not at the two Australian sites (Young and Wagga Wagga), except when the crop was affected by severe post-flowering water stress. Overall, the results from the Australian sites support previous observations of complete seed yield recovery in crops defoliated in the vegetative stage, provided sufficient time and reasonable conditions allow sufficient biomass recovery to fulfil the water-limited seed yield potential. In contrast, the Canadian crops did not recover seed yield following defoliation despite similar peak LAIs and more favourable regrowth conditions. Later defoliation after bud elongation, combined with accelerated development prevented the recovery of leaf area and biomass and reduced assimilation during pod-fill in defoliated plants.)
JF  - Field Crops Research
AU  - Kirkegaard, JA
AU  - Sprague, S J
AU  - Lilley, J M
AU  - McCormick, JI
AU  - Virgona, J M
AU  - Morrison, MJ
AD  - CSIRO National Sustainable Agriculture Flagship, CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, John.Kirkegaard@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 18
SP  - 61
EP  - 68
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 125
SN  - 0378-4290, 0378-4290
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Brassica napus
KW  - Australia
KW  - Defoliation
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Defoliation; Brassica napus; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Greening of Pesticide-Environment Interactions: Some Personal Observations
AN  - 1677976089; 16725613
AB  - Background: Pesticide-environment interactions are bidirectional. The environment alters pesticides by metabolism and photodegradation, and pesticides in turn change the environment through nontarget or secondary effects. Objectives: Approximately 900 currently used commercial pesticides of widely diverse structures act by nearly a hundred mechanisms to control insects, weeds, and fungi, usually with minimal disruption of nature's equilibrium. Here I consider some aspects of the discovery, development, and use of ecofriendly or green pesticides (i.e., pesticides that are safe, effective, and biodegradable with minimal adverse secondary effects on the environment). Emphasis is given to research in my laboratory. Discussion: The need for understanding and improving pesticide-environment interactions began with production of the first major insecticide approximately 150 years ago: The arsenical poison Paris Green was green in color but definitely not ecofriendly. Development and use of other pesticides has led to a variety of problems. Topics considered here include the need for high purity [e.g., hexachlorocyclohexane and polychloroborane isomers and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T)], environmental degradation and the bioactivity of resulting photoproducts and metabolites, pesticide photochemistry (including the use of structural optimization, photostabilizers, and photosensitizers to achieve suitable persistence), the presence of multiple active ingredients in botanical insecticides, the need to consider compounds with common mechanisms of action, issues related to primary and secondary targets, and chemically induced or genetically modified changes in plant biochemistry. Many insecticides are bird, fish, and honeybee toxicants, whereas herbicides and fungicides pose fewer environmental problems. Conclusion: Six factors have contributed to the greening of pesticide-environment interactions: advances in pesticide chemistry and toxicology, banning of many chlorinated hydrocarbons, the development of new biochemical targets, increased reliance on genetically modified crops that reduce the amount and variety of pesticides applied, emphasis on biodegradability and environmental protection, and integrated pest- and pesticide-management systems.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Casida, John E
AD  - Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, and
Y1  - 2012/01/18/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 18
SP  - 487
EP  - 493
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - ecochemistry
KW  - ecotoxicology
KW  - metabolism
KW  - pesticide
KW  - photochemistry
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Insecticides
KW  - Biochemistry
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Paris
KW  - Fungicides
KW  - Botanical
KW  - Biodegradability
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Benzo[a]pyrene-DNA Adducts, and Genomic DNA Methylation in Cord Blood
AN  - 1671544563; 16810448
AB  - Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic environmental pollutants generated during incomplete combustion. After exposure and during metabolism, PAHs can form reactive epoxides that can covalently bind to DNA. These PAH-DNA adducts are established markers of cancer risk. PAH exposure has been associated with epigenetic alterations, including genomic cytosine methylation. Both global hypomethylation and hypermethylation of specific genes have been associated with cancer and other diseases in humans. Experimental evidence suggests that PAH-DNA adduct formation may preferentially target methylated genomic regions. Early embryonic development may be a particularly susceptible period for PAH exposure, resulting in both increased PAH-DNA adducts and altered DNA methylation. Objective: We explored whether prenatal exposure to PAHs is associated with genomic DNA methylation in cord blood and whether methylation levels are associated with the presence of detectable PAH-DNA adducts. Methods: In a longitudinal cohort study of nonsmoking women in New York City, we measured PAH exposure during pregnancy using personal air monitors, assessed PAH internal dose using prenatal urinary metabolites (in a subset), and quantified benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts and genomic DNA methylation in cord blood DNA among 164 participants. Results: Prenatal PAH exposure was associated with lower global methylation in umbilical cord white blood cells (p = 0.05), but global methylation levels were positively associated with the presence of detectable adducts in cord blood (p = 0.01). Conclusions: These observations suggest that PAH exposure was adequate to alter global methylation in our study population. Additional epidemiologic studies that can measure site-specific cytosine methylation and adduct formation will improve our ability to understand this complex molecular pathway in vivo.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Herbstman, Julie B
AU  - Tang, Deliang
AU  - Zhu, Deguang
AU  - Qu, Lirong
AU  - Sjodin, Andreas
AU  - Li, Zheng
AU  - Camann, David
AU  - Perera, Frederica P
AD  - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, New York, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
SP  - 733
EP  - 738
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - adducts
KW  - epigenetics
KW  - methylation
KW  - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW  - prenatal
KW  - umbilical cord blood
KW  - Blood
KW  - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW  - Rope
KW  - Adducts
KW  - Deoxyribonucleic acid
KW  - Polyallylamine hydrochloride
KW  - Methylation
KW  - Cancer
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Global Trends in the Use of Insecticides to Control Vector-Borne Diseases
AN  - 1642326834; 16725612
AB  - Background: Data on insecticide use for vector control are essential for guiding pesticide management systems on judicious and appropriate use, resistance management, and reduction of risks to human health and the environment. Objective: We studied the global use and trends of insecticide use for control of vector-borne diseases for the period 2000 through 2009. Methods: A survey was distributed to countries with vector control programs to request national data on vector control insecticide use, excluding the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs). Data were received from 125 countries, representing 97% of the human populations of 143 targeted countries. Results: The main disease targeted with insecticides was malaria, followed by dengue, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. The use of vector control insecticides was dominated by organochlorines [i.e., DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)] in terms of quantity applied (71% of total) and by pyrethroids in terms of the surface or area covered (81% of total). Global use of DDT for vector control, most of which was in India alone, was fairly constant during 2000 through 2009. In Africa, pyrethroid use increased in countries that also achieved high coverage for LNs, and DDT increased sharply until 2008 but dropped in 2009. Conclusions: The global use of DDT has not changed substantially since the Stockholm Convention went into effect. The dominance of pyrethroid use has major implications because of the spread of insecticide resistance with the potential to reduce the efficacy of LNs. Managing insecticide resistance should be coordinated between disease-specific programs and sectors of public health and agriculture within the context of an integrated vector management approach.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - van den Berg, Henk
AU  - Zaim, Morteza
AU  - Yadav, Rajpal Singh
AU  - Soares, Agnes
AU  - Ameneshewa, Birkinesh
AU  - Mnzava, Abraham
AU  - Hii, Jeffrey
AU  - Dash, Aditya Prasad
AU  - Ejov, Mikhail
AD  - Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
SP  - 577
EP  - 582
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Chagas disease
KW  - dengue
KW  - global trend
KW  - insecticide resistance
KW  - insecticides
KW  - insecticide use
KW  - integrated pest management
KW  - integrated vector management
KW  - leishmaniasis
KW  - malaria
KW  - pesticide management
KW  - resistance management
KW  - vector control
KW  - Management
KW  - Insecticides
KW  - DDT
KW  - Health
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Vectors (mathematics)
KW  - Mathematical analysis
KW  - Insecticide resistance
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104340
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Organized Retail Crime
AN  - 1081891722; 2011-295133
AB  - This report provides an overview of organized retail crime rings (ORC), their operations, and goods targeted. It then examines the domestic impact of ORC in the arenas of the economy, public health and safety, and domestic security. The report also outlines current efforts by retailers, resale markets, and the federal government to combat ORC as well as various policy issues that Congress may wish to consider. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 17 2012, 23 pp.
AU  - Finklea, Kristin M
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Business and service sector - Retail business
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Retail trade
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Crime and criminals
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Markets
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41118
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Loan Guarantees for Clean Energy Technologies: Goals, Concerns, and Policy Options
AN  - 1081891720; 2011-295132
AB  - In 2011, the high-profile bankruptcy, and subsequent loan default, of Solyndra resulted in a congressional investigation and subjected DOE's loan guarantee program to a high degree of scrutiny. This report provides analysis of goals for and concerns about the use of loan guarantees as a mechanism to support the deployment of innovative clean energy technologies. A discussion of several policy options for Congress to consider is also provided, should Congress decide to debate the future of clean energy loan guarantee programs. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 17 2012, 20 pp.
AU  - Brown, Phillip
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Loans
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42152
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Circular A-76 and the Moratorium on DOD Competitions: Background and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891718; 2011-295131
AB  - This report discusses the current moratorium on the conduct of Department of Defense (DOD) public-private competitions under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 and issues for Congress. There is a long-standing public debate over the conduct of A-76 competitions. Questions about the moratorium are largely centered around to what extent the problems identified with Circular A-76 have been corrected, and whether the congressionally required reports have been completed and the issues resolved to the satisfaction of Congress. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 17 2012, 31 pp.
AU  - Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration
KW  - Government - Public administration
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - United States Defense department
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40854
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Agricultural Conservation and the Next Farm Bill
AN  - 1081891716; 2011-295130
AB  - As Congress debates the next farm bill, the conservation title continues to receive increased attention and interest from farmers and ranchers as well as environmental and conservation organizations. Several conservation programs, provisions, and funding authorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 farm bill) will expire at the end of FY2012. Discussions for the conservation title could center on amending existing programs, adding new options to protect or restore resources on agricultural lands, and/or consolidating duplicative approaches. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 17 2012, 17 pp.
AU  - Stubbs, Megan
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural policy and agricultural research
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural population and workers
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Food and nutrition
KW  - Agricultural policy
KW  - Conservation of resources
KW  - Farms
KW  - Land
KW  - Food
KW  - Farmers
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42093
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Have Regulatory Efforts to Reduce Organophosphorus Insecticide Exposures Been Effective?
AN  - 1017975864; 16725611
AB  - Background: The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was signed into law in 1996 to strengthen the regulation of pesticide tolerances in food. Organophosphorus (OP) insecticides were the first group of pesticides reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the new law. Objective: Our goal was to determine whether urinary concentrations of dialkylphosphate (DAP) metabolites of OP pesticides declined between the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III and NHANES 1999-2004. Methods: Using mass spectrometry-based methods, we analyzed urine samples from a nationally representative sample of 2,874 adults 20-59 years of age in NHANES 1999-2004 and samples from a non-nationally representative sample of 197 adult participants for NHANES III (1988-1994) for six common DAP metabolites of OP pesticides. Results: Median urinary DAP concentrations decreased by more than half between NHANES III and NHANES 2003-2004. Reductions of about 50%-90% were also observed for 95th percentile concentrations of five of the six metabolites. Frequencies of detection (FODs) decreased in all six metabolites (< 50% reduction). On average, median and 95th percentile concentrations and FODs showed a larger decrease in diethylphosphate metabolites than dimethylphosphate metabolites. Conclusions: Human exposure to OP insecticides as assessed by urinary DAP concentrations has decreased since the implementation of the FQPA, although we cannot be certain that U.S. EPA actions in response to the FQPA directly caused the decrease in DAP concentrations.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Clune, Alison L
AU  - Ryan, PBarry
AU  - Barr, Dana Boyd
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/17/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 17
SP  - 521
EP  - 525
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - dialkylphosphate metabolite
KW  - FQPA
KW  - NHANES
KW  - organophosphorus insecticide
KW  - Age
KW  - Organophosphorus compounds
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - EPA
KW  - USA
KW  - Insecticides
KW  - Urine
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Food quality
KW  - H 5000:Pesticides
KW  - X 24330:Agrochemicals
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Insecticides; Urine; Reviews; Pesticides; Metabolites; Food quality; Nutrition; EPA; Organophosphorus compounds; USA
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104323
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Nuclear Power Plant Design and Seismic Safety Considerations
AN  - 1081891727; 2011-295136
AB  - The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and the earthquake that forced the North Anna, VA, nuclear power plant's temporary shutdown have focused attention on the seismic criteria applied to siting and designing commercial nuclear power plants. This report presents some of the general design concepts of operating nuclear power plants in order to discuss design considerations for seismic events. It does not attempt to conclude whether one design is inherently safer or less safe than another plant. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 12 2012, 38 pp.
AU  - Andrews, Anthony
AU  - Folger, Peter
Y1  - 2012/01/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Nuclear power
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Atomic power
KW  - Atomic power plants
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Shutdowns
KW  - Japan
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41805
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Privacy Protection for Customer Financial Information
AN  - 1081891726; 2011-295135
AB  - Implementation of P.L. 111-203, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank), may prompt legislative committees to review the federal regime that addresses how financial institutions protect confidential customer information. Possible topics for congressional oversight include (1) the transition of power from the financial institution prudential regulators and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); (2) the interaction between the federal regulators and state enforcement efforts; and (3) the CFPB's success at issuing rules that adequately protect consumers without unreasonably increasing the regulatory burden on financial institutions. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 12 2012, 7 pp.
AU  - Murphy, M Maureen
Y1  - 2012/01/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Government - Information policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Stock and commodity exchanges
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social values
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Information policy
KW  - Finance
KW  - Wall Street
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Success
KW  - Consumer protection
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Prudential Financial, Inc.
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Legislative committees
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS20185
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Text and Multimedia Messaging: Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891724; 2011-295134
AB  - For congressional policymakers, two major categories of issues have arisen concerning text messaging: (1) "same problem, different platform" and (2) issues stemming from the difficulty in applying existing technical definitions to a new service. Policy issues include distracted driving, SMS spam, the inability of consumers to disable text messaging, text messaging price fixing, carrier blocking of common short code messages, deceptive and misleading common short code programs, protecting children from inappropriate content on wireless devices, "sexting," mobile cyberbullying, privacy of text messages, and using SMS to support law enforcement and emergency response. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 12 2012, 19 pp.
AU  - Figliola, Patricia Moloney
AU  - Stevens, Gina
Y1  - 2012/01/12/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Communication
KW  - Science and technology policy - Telecommunications and communication systems
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Transportation
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Carriers
KW  - Mobile communication systems
KW  - Prices
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Communication
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Public policy
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34632.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34632
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Tracer adsorption in sand-tank experiments of saltwater up-coning
AN  - 920791338; 16165986
AB  - This study aims to substantiate otherwise unresolved double-peaked plumes produced in recent saltwater up-coning experiments (see Jakovovic et al. (2011), Numerical modelling of saltwater up-coning: Comparison with experimental laboratory observations, Journal of Hydrology 402, 261-273) through additional laboratory testing and numerical modelling. Laboratory experimentation successfully reproduced the double-peaked plume demonstrating that this phenomenon was not an experimental nuance in previous experiments. Numerical modelling by Jakovovic et al. (2011) was extended by considering adsorption effects, which were needed to explain the observed up-coning double peaks of both previous and current laboratory experiments. A linear adsorption isotherm was applied in predicting dye tracer (Rhodamine WT) behaviour in the sand-tank experiments using adsorption parameters obtained experimentally. The same adsorption parameters were tested on all laboratory experiments and it was found that adsorption had insignificant effect on experiments with high pumping rates. However, low pumping rates produced pronounced spatial velocity variations within the dense salt plume beneath the pumping well, with velocities within the plume increasing from the centre of the plume towards the interface. The dye tracer was retarded relative to the salt and was transported preferentially along the higher-velocity paths (i.e. along the edges of the salt plume) towards the well forming double-peaked up-coning patterns. This illustrates the sensitive adsorptive nature of Rhodamine WT and that care should be taken when it is used in similar sand-tank experiments. Observations from this study offer insight into the separation of chemicals in natural systems due to different adsorption characteristics and under conditions of density-dependent flow.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - Jakovovic, Danica
AU  - Post, Vincent EA
AU  - Werner, Adrian D
AU  - Maennicke, Oliver
AU  - Hutson, John L
AU  - Simmons, Craig T
AD  - National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, danica.jakovovic@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01/11/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 11
SP  - 476
EP  - 481
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 414-415
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Model Testing
KW  - Tracers
KW  - Hydrologic Models
KW  - Numerical models
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Pumping
KW  - Isotherms
KW  - Plumes
KW  - Laboratory experiments
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Laboratory testing
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Velocity
KW  - Salts
KW  - Adsorption
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - Q2 09161:General
KW  - SW 6030:Hydraulic machinery
KW  - M2 556.3:Groundwater Hydrology (556.3)
KW  - ENA 07:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Tracers; Adsorption; Hydrology; Pumping; Isotherms; Numerical models; Laboratory experiments; Chemicals; Salts; Mathematical models; Laboratory testing; Velocity; Plumes; Hydrologic Models; Laboratories; Model Testing
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.024
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influence of the first-order exchange coefficient on simulation of coupled surface-subsurface flow
AN  - 920791315; 16165982
AB  - Presently, there is little guidance for model users on the selection of the first-order exchange coefficient (FOEC; or "conductance") commonly used in simulating surface-subsurface interactions (e.g. infiltration). In this study, relationships between the FOEC and surface-subsurface exchange flux, surface-subsurface head difference and time to initiate overland flow are systematically explored using 1D soil column simulations with the fully integrated code HydroGeoSphere. Numerical experiments adopt five different hydrological scenarios and nine different soil profiles. Results converge on the more accurate, but sometimes more computationally intensive, continuity of pressure (COP) coupling approach as the coupling length (le) parameter within the FOEC is decreased (i.e. FOEC increased). Threshold le values that produce results converged on the COP approach vary considerably with hydrological scenario, soil type and total obstruction height (Hs; accounting for sub-grid depression storage), with most threshold le values a[copy1/210-2m. Lower le values are required for infiltration under Hortonian conditions, under non-Hortonian conditions in lower permeability soils, and to capture timing of initiation of overland flow. The condition le>Hs precludes top-down saturation under Hortonian conditions. Steady-state exchange flux and time to initiate overland flow are within 0.05% and 24%, respectively, of COP results when le=Hs=1mm. 3D simulation of a hypothetical catchment demonstrates that the general FOEC sensitivities obtained through 1D simulation are transferrable to the 3D case. This study shows that a value of le=Hs provides an appropriate initial value for modelling applications. We suggest a FOEC parameter sensitivity assessment on a case-by-case basis to ensure adequately converged results and to avoid unrealistic model behaviour.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - Liggett, Jessica E
AU  - Werner, Adrian D
AU  - Simmons, Craig T
AD  - National Centre for Groundwater Research & Training, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, jessica.liggett@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01/11/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 11
SP  - 503
EP  - 515
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 414-415
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Depression Storage
KW  - Soil
KW  - Permeability
KW  - Hydrologic Models
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Overland Flow
KW  - Timing
KW  - Exchange coefficients
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - soil types
KW  - Hydrologic analysis
KW  - Depressions
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Numerical experiments
KW  - Saturation
KW  - Accounting
KW  - Overland flow
KW  - Exchange coefficient
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Catchments
KW  - Infiltration
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 0845:Water in soils
KW  - Q2 09161:General
KW  - ENA 15:Renewable Resources-Terrestrial
KW  - M2 556.14:Infiltration/Soil Moisture (556.14)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Number of references - 2
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Exchange coefficients; Permeability; Hydrology; Exchange coefficient; Depressions; Hydrologic analysis; Catchment basins; Numerical simulations; Infiltration; Numerical experiments; Overland flow; Soil; Sensitivity; soil types; Catchments; Simulation; Timing; Hydrologic Models; Assessments; Depression Storage; Saturation; Accounting; Fluctuations; Overland Flow
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.028
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Meeting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Mandate for Cellulosic Biofuels: Questions and Answers
AN  - 1081891729; 2011-295137
AB  - The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was expanded under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA; P.L. 110-140) in an effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil, promote biofuel use, and stabilize transportation fuel prices, among other goals. The mandate is to be accomplished with an assortment of advanced biofuels, including cellulosic biofuels -- fuels produced from cellulosic materials including grasses, trees, and agricultural and municipal wastes -- which will ramp up over time to comprise some 44% of the RFS in 2022. Many questions regarding cellulosic biofuels and the RFS may arise as the 112th Congress engages in energy legislation debates. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 11 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Bracmort, Kelsi
Y1  - 2012/01/11/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 11
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Transportation
KW  - Biomass energy
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Prices
KW  - Standards
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Fuel
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41106.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41106
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Missing from the Table: Role of the Environmental Public Health Community in Governmental Advisory Commissions Related to Marcellus Shale Drilling
AN  - 1677966334; 16725610
AB  - Background: The Marcellus Shale is a vast natural gas field underlying parts of Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Rapid development of this field has been enabled by advances in hydrofracking techniques that include injection of chemical and physical agents deep underground. Response to public concern about potential adverse environmental and health impacts has led to the formation of state and national advisory committees. Objectives: We review the extent to which advisory committees formed in 2011 by President Obama and governors of the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania contain individuals with expertise pertinent to human environmental public health. We also analyze the extent to which human health issues are of concern to the public by reviewing presentations at the public meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) Natural Gas Subcommittee formed by the U.S. President's directive. Results: At a public hearing held by the SEAB Natural Gas Subcommittee 62.7% of those not in favor of drilling mentioned health issues. Although public health is specified to be a concern in the executive orders forming these three advisory committees, we could identify no individuals with health expertise among the 52 members of the Pennsylvania Governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, the Maryland Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission, or the SEAB Natural Gas Subcommittee. Conclusions: Despite recognition of the environmental public health concerns related to drilling in the Marcellus Shale, neither state nor national advisory committees selected to respond to these concerns contained recognizable environmental public health expertise.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Goldstein, Bernard D
AU  - Kriesky, Jill
AU  - Pavliakova, Barbara
AD  - Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 10
SP  - 483
EP  - 486
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - drilling
KW  - hydrofracking
KW  - Marcellus Shale
KW  - natural gas
KW  - policy. Environ Health Perspect 120:483-486 (2012)
KW  - Human
KW  - Recognition
KW  - Drilling
KW  - Health
KW  - Shale
KW  - Hearing
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Public health
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Reasserting American Exceptionalism in the U.S.-Russia Relationship
AN  - 1081891896; 2011-295369
AB  - Articulating the values of American exceptionalism is no act of belligerence, but a duty of its leaders and its President. Over the past 10 years, the US has paid a high price to preserve freedom and liberty. If the next 10 years is going to be another American century, policymakers must match the vigilance of those on the front lines of the mission of freedom: US servicemembers, intelligence professionals, diplomats, and their families. Tables.
JF  - Heritage Foundation, Jan 10 2012, 5 pp.
AU  - Boehner, John
Y1  - 2012/01/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 10
PB  - Heritage Foundation
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Psychology
KW  - Education and education policy - Educational psychology and learning ability
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - International relations - Diplomacy
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - United States
KW  - International relations
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Heritage foundation
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Russian Federation
KW  - Leadership
KW  - book
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N1  - Publication note - Heritage Foundation, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - Heritage Lectures no. 1198
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Regenerability of elite tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using immature zygotic embryo explants
AN  - 1020856151; 16777872
AB  - Five elite tropical maize inbred lines; CML395, CML443, CML442, MAS [MSR/312]-117-2-2-1-B-5-B) and CML216 as a control, were evaluated for their regenerability making use of calli derived from immature zygotic embryos. Murashige and Skoog basal salts supplemented with 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid were used to induce callus. Callus induction frequency and formation of embryogenic callus varied significantly (p<0.01) depending on genotype and level of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Shoot regeneration efficiency also differed significantly (p<0.01) depending on genotype. Significantly (p<0.05) higher callus induction and frequency of embryogenic callus were obtained at 1 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, indicating this as the optimal level for regenerating these inbred lines. CML395 and CML442 revealed significantly (p<0.05) higher callus induction and embryogenic callus frequency compared to CML443 and MAS [MSR/312]-117-2-2-1-B-5-B), while they were at par with the control inbred line CML216. Plants were regenerated from all the inbred lines except CML443 and were successfully acclimatized and grown to maturity. CML395 was the best regenerable line with significantly (p<0.05) higher regeneration efficiency of 109.3%. It was concluded that CML395, CML216 and CML442 can be used in in vitro genetic transformation.
JF  - African Journal of Biotechnology
AU  - Bedada, L T
AU  - Seth
AU  - Runo, S M
AU  - Tefera, W
AU  - Jesse, M
AD  - Plant Transformation Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844, GPO 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, machuka.jesse@ku.ac.ke
Y1  - 2012/01/10/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 10
SP  - 598
EP  - 605
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SN  - 1684-5315, 1684-5315
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Shoots
KW  - Transformation
KW  - Salts
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Callus
KW  - Inbreeding
KW  - Embryos
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Maturity
KW  - Explants
KW  - W 30925:Genetic Engineering
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Transformation; Shoots; Salts; Embryos; Inbreeding; Callus; Maturity; Genotypes; Explants; Zea mays
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJB11.812
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Investigation of Modifying Effects of Metallothionein Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Association between Mercury Exposure and Biomarker Levels
AN  - 1677976671; 16725632
AB  - Background: Recent studies have suggested that several genes that mediate mercury metabolism are polymorphic in humans. Objective: We hypothesized that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in metallothionein (MT) genes may underlie interindividual differences in mercury biomarker levels. We studied the potential modifying effects of MT SNPs on mercury exposure-biomarker relationships. Methods: We measured total mercury in urine and hair samples of 515 dental professionals. We also surveyed occupational and personal exposures to dental amalgam and dietary fish consumption, from which daily methylmercury (MeHg) intake was estimated. Log-transformed urine and hair levels were modeled in multivariable linear regression separately against respective exposure surrogates, and the effect modification of 13 MT SNPs on exposure was investigated. Results: The mean mercury levels in urine (1.06 mu g/L) and hair (0.51 mu g/g) were not significantly different from the U.S. general population (0.95 mu g/L and 0.47 mu g/g, respectively). The mean estimated daily MeHg intake was 0.084 mu g/kg/day (range, 0-0.98 mu g/kg/day), with 25% of study population intakes exceeding the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reference dose of 0.1 mu g/kg/day. Multivariate regression analysis showed that subjects with the MT1M (rs2270836) AA genotype (n = 10) or the MT2A (rs10636) CC genotype (n = 42) had lower urinary mercury levels than did those with the MT1M or MT2A GG genotype (n = 329 and 251, respectively) after controlling for exposure and potential confounders. After controlling for MeHg intake, subjects with MT1A (rs8052394) GA and GG genotypes (n = 24) or the MT1M (rs9936741) TT genotype (n = 459) had lower hair mercury levels than did subjects with MT1A AA (n = 113) or MT1M TC and CC genotypes (n = 15), respectively. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that some MT genetic polymorphisms may influence mercury biomarker concentrations at levels of exposure relevant to the general population.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Wang, Yi
AU  - Goodrich, Jaclyn M
AU  - Gillespie, Brenda
AU  - Werner, Robert
AU  - Basu, Niladri
AU  - Franzblau, Alfred
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
Y1  - 2012/01/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 09
SP  - 530
EP  - 534
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - biomarker
KW  - gene-environment interaction
KW  - mercury
KW  - metallothionein
KW  - single-nucleotide polymorphism
KW  - Genes
KW  - Urine
KW  - Polymorphism
KW  - Intakes
KW  - Regression
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Genetic algorithms
KW  - Hair
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Contemporary Developments in Presidential Elections
AN  - 1081891734; 2011-295138
AB  - This report considers contemporary developments in presidential elections. It emphasizes three topics chosen for their recurring importance and notable recent developments: (1) nominating procedures; (2) campaign finance; and (3) the electoral college. The report highlights significant developments in these areas, particularly for the 2008 and 2012 elections. It also provides background information about the presidential election process in general. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 9 2012, 50 pp.
AU  - Coleman, Kevin J
AU  - Garrett, R Sam
AU  - Neale, Thomas H
Y1  - 2012/01/09/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Politics - Campaigns, lobbying, and pressure groups
KW  - Elections
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - Campaign funds
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42139
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE-209) in Regulation of Growth and Apoptosis of Breast, Ovarian, and Cervical Cancer Cells
AN  - 1677966499; 16725630
AB  - Background: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), commonly used in building materials, electronics, plastics, polyurethane foams, and textiles, are health hazards found in the environment. Objective: In this study we investigated the effects of PBDE-209, a deca-PBDE, on the regulation of growth and apoptosis of breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer cells as well as the underlying protein alterations. Methods: We used MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR (multidrug-resistant MCF-7) breast cancer cell lines, the HeLa cervical cancer cell line, the OVCAR-3 ovarian cancer cell line, and the normal CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) cell line to assess the effects of PBDE-209 using cell viability, immunofluorescence, and flow cytometric assays. Western blot assays were used to detect changes in protein expression. To assess the effects of PBDE-209 on apoptosis, we used the protein kinase C alpha (PKC alpha ) inhibitor Go 6976, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor PD98059, and tamoxifen. Results: Our data indicate that PBDE-209 increased viability and proliferation of the tumor cell lines and in CHO cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. PBDE-209 also altered cell cycle distribution by inducing the S phase or G2/M phase. Furthermore, PBDE-209 partially suppressed tamoxifen-induced cell apoptosis in the breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR) but suppressed Go 6976- and PD98059-induced apoptosis in all cell lines. At the molecular level, PBDE-209 enhanced PKC alpha and ERK1/2 phosphorylation in the cell lines. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that PBDE-209 is able to promote proliferation of various cancer cells from the female reproductive system and normal ovarian CHO cells. Furthermore, it reduced tamoxifen, PKC alpha , and ERK inhibition-induced apoptosis. Finally, PBDE-209 up-regulated phosphorylation of PKC alpha and ERK1/2 proteins in tumor cells and in CHO cells.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Li, Zhi-Hua
AU  - Liu, Xiao-Yan
AU  - Wang, Na
AU  - Chen, Jing-Si
AU  - Chen, Yan-Hong
AU  - Huang, Jin-Tao
AU  - Su, Chun-Hong
AU  - Xie, Fukang
AU  - Yu, Bin
AU  - Chen, Dun-Jin
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
Y1  - 2012/01/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 06
SP  - 541
EP  - 546
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - cell proliferation
KW  - ERK1/2
KW  - female reproductive cancer
KW  - PBDE-209
KW  - PKC alpha
KW  - Kinases
KW  - Apoptosis
KW  - Phosphorylation
KW  - Breast
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Inhibitors
KW  - Ethers
KW  - Cancer
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hexavalent Chromium Cr(VI) Up-Regulates COX-2 Expression through an NF Kappa B/c-Jun/AP-1-Dependent Pathway
AN  - 1660096526; 16725631
AB  - Background: Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is recognized as a human carcinogen via inhalation. However, the molecular mechanisms by which Cr(VI) causes cancers are not well understood. Objectives: We evaluated cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and the signaling pathway leading to this induction due to Cr(VI) exposure in cultured cells. Methods: We used the luciferase reporter assay and Western blotting to determine COX-2 induction by Cr(VI). We used dominant negative mutant, genetic knockout, gene knockdown, and chromatin immunoprecipitation approaches to elucidate the signaling pathway leading to COX-2 induction. Results: We found that Cr(VI) exposure induced COX-2 expression in both normal human bronchial epithelial cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Deletion of IKK beta [inhibitor of transcription factor NF Kappa B (I Kappa B) kinase beta ; an upstream kinase responsible for nuclear factor Kappa B (NF Kappa B) activation] or overexpression of TAM67 (a dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun) dramatically inhibited the COX-2 induction due to Cr(VI), suggesting that both NF Kappa B and c-Jun/AP-1 pathways were required for Cr(VI)-induced COX-2 expression. Our results show that p65 and c-Jun are two major components involved in NF Kappa B and AP-1 activation, respectively. Moreover, our studies suggest crosstalk between NF Kappa B and c-Jun/AP-1 pathways in cellular response to Cr(VI) exposure for COX-2 induction. Conclusion: We demonstrate for the first time that Cr(VI) is able to induce COX-2 expression via an NF Kappa B/c-Jun/AP-1-dependent pathway. Our results provide novel insight into the molecular mechanisms linking Cr(VI) exposure to lung inflammation and carcinogenesis.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Zuo, Zhenghong
AU  - Cai, Tongjian
AU  - Li, Jingxia
AU  - Zhang, Dongyun
AU  - Yu, Yonghui
AU  - Huang, Chuanshu
AD  - Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 06
SP  - 547
EP  - 553
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - AP-1
KW  - chromium
KW  - c-Jun
KW  - COX-2
KW  - NF Kappa B
KW  - Kinases
KW  - Activation
KW  - Hexavalent chromium
KW  - Cellular
KW  - Pathways
KW  - Human
KW  - Inhibitors
KW  - Carcinogens
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Organized Crime: An Evolving Challenge for U.S. Law Enforcement
AN  - 1081891738; 2011-295140
AB  - This report provides an analysis of how organized crime has capitalized on globalization by using borders as opportunities, relying on fast-paced technological change, and adapting its organizational structures -- as well as its impact on US persons, businesses, and interests. It discusses how US law enforcement conceptualizes organized crime in the 21st century and concludes by examining potential issues for Congress, including the extent to which organized crime is a national security threat (partly to be tackled by US law enforcement agencies), congressional oversight regarding the federal coordination of organized crime investigations, and the utility of current resources appropriated to combat organized crime. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 6 2012, 40 pp.
AU  - Bjelopera, Jerome P
AU  - Finklea, Kristin M
Y1  - 2012/01/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Business
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41547.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41547
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Federal Aid to Roads and Highways since the 18th Century: A Legislative History
AN  - 1081891736; 2011-295139
AB  - The federal government has provided aid for roads and highways since the establishment of the US in 1789. This report comprises a brief history of such aid, detailing some precedent setters and more recent funding through the Highway Trust Fund, which was created in 1956. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 6 2012, 13 pp.
AU  - Williamson, John
Y1  - 2012/01/06/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - United States
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Federal government
KW  - History
KW  - Highways
KW  - Federal aid
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42140
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective
AN  - 1081891072; 2011-295142
AB  - This report is designed to inform the debate over the health of US manufacturing through a series of charts and tables that depict the position of the US relative to other countries according to various metrics. Understanding which trends in manufacturing reflect factors that may be unique to the US and which are related to broader changes in technology or consumer preferences may be helpful in formulating policies intended to aid firms or workers engaged in manufacturing activity. This report does not describe or discuss specific policy options. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 5 2012, 21 pp.
AU  - Levinson, Marc
Y1  - 2012/01/05/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 05
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Manufacturing and manufactured goods
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - United States
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Manufacturing
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42135
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Tuberculosis: Basic Facts
AN  - 1081891069; 2011-295141
AB  - The US has increasingly recognized tuberculosis (TB) as a critical global health issue. Fighting TB is a key goal of President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI) and global TB programs saw funding increases in FY2009 and FY2010. Funding was reduced slightly from the FY2010 peak in FY2011 and FY2012, reflecting deficit reduction measures that affected most discretionary spending amounts. This report provides information on key components of the global TB epidemic and US global TB efforts as the 112th Congress considers how the US should continue to respond to the challenge of TB around the world. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 5 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Kendall, Alexandra E
Y1  - 2012/01/05/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 05
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Diseases and disorders
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Threats
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - Public health
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41643
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - The application of the Bacterial Regrowth Potential method and Flow Cytometry for biofouling detection at the Penneshaw Desalination Plant in South Australia
AN  - 1777147967; 16130083
AB  - As the use of reverse osmosis (RO) for sea water desalination is rapidly expanding in Australia, the detection of biofouling on spiral wound RO membranes is becoming increasingly important for limiting this phenomenon and thus making substantial energy savings. Bacterial Regrowth Potential (BRP) and Flow Cytometry (FCM) were assessed as methods for detecting biofouling rapidly and without need for sacrificing any elements for autopsy. The study was undertaken at the Penneshaw Desalination Plant in South Australia from May 2008 to January 2009. Whilst BRP or FCM alone made interpretation of results difficult, the combination of BRP and FCM analysis provided a potential tool to evaluate membrane biofouling. Biofouling of the RO membrane was present but the extent varied due to feed seawater quality and water temperature. The dynamics of biofilms are complex as adhesion and sloughing of bacteria occur simultaneously. The combination of BRP and FCM techniques revealed sloughing or adhesion of bacteria to the membrane surface.
JF  - Desalination
AU  - Dixon, Mike B
AU  - Qiu, Teresa
AU  - Blaikie, Matthew
AU  - Pelekani, Con
AD  - SA Water Corporation, GPO Box 1751, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia mike.dixon@sawater.com.au
Y1  - 2012/01/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 04
SP  - 245
EP  - 252
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 284
SN  - 0011-9164, 0011-9164
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Flow cytometry
KW  - Biofouling
KW  - Plants (organisms)
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Sea water
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Desalination
KW  - Adhesion
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 3
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.006
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A robust methodology for conducting large-scale assessments of current and future water availability and use: A case study in Tasmania, Australia
AN  - 1777136979; 16165961
AB  - This paper describes a robust methodology for determining current surface and groundwater availability and use, as well as future changes due to climate and landuse changes. It is based on the methodology developed by CSIRO to deliver on four large-scale water availability assessments conducted in the Murray-Darling Basin, Northern Australia, south-west Western Australia, and Tasmania. It will focus on the application of the technique and results from Tasmania, providing a representative example of the approach used. The genesis of this work was the explicit desire by Australian State and Commonwealth governments to use the outputs of these water availability assessments for assisting the formation of state and federal government water policy. For example, the results of the work have already been utilised as a key technical input to decision making on funding for proposed irrigation projects in Tasmania. Outputs from the other three study areas have been used to assist in developing a water resources plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, to guide infrastructure development in northern Australia, and to plan for reductions in water availability due to climate change in south-west Western Australia.The methodology assesses current water availability through the application of rainfall-runoff and river models, and recharge and groundwater models. These were calibrated to streamflow records and groundwater levels, and parameterised using estimates of current surface and groundwater extractions and use. Having derived an estimate of current water availability, the impacts of future climate change on water availability were determined through deriving projected changes in rainfall and potential evaporation from 15 IPCC AR4 global climate models. The changes in rainfall were then dynamically downscaled using the CSIRO-CCAM model over the study area (50,000km2). The future climate sequence was then derived by modifying the historical 84-year climate sequence based on these changes in rainfall and potential evaporation. This future climate sequence was then run through the rainfall-runoff, river, recharge and groundwater models to give an estimate of water availability under future climate. The impacts of landuse changes were derived by modifying the parameters and inputs/outputs of each of the models as appropriate.Results for Tasmania indicate that historical average surface water availability across the study area is 21,815GL/year. Of this, 636GL/year is currently extracted for use. Historical groundwater development in Tasmania has been largely unregulated and unmetered, however current extraction is estimated to be only 38GL/year. In some intensive irrigation areas, the modelling has demonstrated that current and future groundwater extraction will reduce baseflow in connected streams. By 2030, rainfall is projected to decrease by an average of 3% over the study area. This decrease in rainfall and concurrent increase in potential evaporation leads to a decrease in runoff and, to a lesser extent recharge, leading to a reduction in surface water availability of 5% by 2030. Results from this study are being used by the Tasmanian and Australian governments to guide decisions on the development of a sustainable irrigated agriculture industry in Tasmania.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - Post, DA
AU  - Chiew, FHS
AU  - Teng, J
AU  - Viney, N R
AU  - Ling, FLN
AU  - Harrington, G
AU  - Crosbie, R S
AU  - Graham, B
AU  - Marvanek, S
AU  - McLoughlin, R
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2012/01/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 04
SP  - 233
EP  - 245
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 412-413
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Evaporation
KW  - Availability
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Climate
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Tasmania
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Freshwater
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-06-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.02.011
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Salaries and Allowances
AN  - 1504417930; 2011-564930
AB  - This report provides basic information on congressional salaries and allowances. First, the report briefly summarizes the current salary of Members of Congress, limits on their outside earned income and honoraria, and applicable health insurance and retirement benefits. Second, the report provides information on allowances available to Representatives and Senators to support them in their official and representational duties as Members. Third, the report lists the salaries of congressional officers and officials and salary limits for committee staff. Tables.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jan 4 2012, 12 pp.
AU  - Brudnick, Ida A
Y1  - 2012/01/04/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 04
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Health conditions and policy - Health and health policy
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Retirement
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RL30064
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems
AN  - 1735654031; 2011-899514
AB  - Unmanned aerial systems comprise a rapidly growing portion of the military budget and have been a long-term interest of Congress. At times, Congress has encouraged the development of such systems; in other instances, it has attempted to rein in or better organize the Department of Defense's efforts. Unmanned aircraft are commonly called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and when combined with ground control stations and data links, form UAS, or unmanned aerial systems. The use of UAS in conflicts such as Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and humanitarian relief operations such as Haiti, revealed the advantages and disadvantages provided by unmanned aircraft. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 3 2012, 50 pp.
AU  - Gertler, Jeremiah
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Haiti
KW  - Kosovo
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Conflict
KW  - Airplanes, Pilotless
KW  - Iraq
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-12-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42136
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cross-Regulations among NRFs and KEAP1 and Effects of their Silencing on Arsenic-Induced Antioxidant Response and Cytotoxicity in Human Keratinocytes
AN  - 1677977937; 16725626
AB  - Background: Nuclear factor E2-related factors (NRFs), including NRF2 and NRF1, play critical roles in mediating the cellular adaptive response to oxidative stress. Human exposure to inorganic arsenic, a potent oxidative stressor, causes various dermal disorders, including hyperkeratosis and skin cancer. Objective: We investigated the cross-regulations among NRF2, NRF1, and KEAP1, a cullin-3-adapter protein that allows NRF2 to be ubiquinated and degraded by the proteasome complex, in arsenic-induced antioxidant responses. Results: In human keratinocyte HaCaT cells, selective knockdown (KD) of NRF2 by lentiviral short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) significantly reduced the expression of many antioxidant enzymes and sensitized the cells to acute cytotoxicity of inorganic arsenite (iAs3+). In contrast, silencing KEAP1 led to a dramatic resistance to iAs3+-induced apoptosis. Pretreatment of HaCaT cells with NRF2 activators, such as tert-butylhydroquinone, protects the cells against acute iAs3+ toxicity in an NRF2-dependent fashion. Consistent with the negative regulatory role of KEAP1 in NRF2 activation, KEAP1-KD cells exhibited enhanced transcriptional activity of NRF2 under nonstressed conditions. However, deficiency in KEAP1 did not facilitate induction of NRF2-target genes by iAs3+. In addition, NRF2 silencing reduced the expression of KEAP1 at transcription and protein levels but increased the protein expression of NRF1 under the iAs3+-exposed condition. In contrast, silencing KEAP1 augmented protein accumulation of NRF2 under basal and iAs3+-exposed conditions, whereas the iAs3+-induced protein accumulation of NRF1 was attenuated in KEAP1-KD cells. Conclusions: Our studies suggest that NRF2, KEAP1, and NRF1 are coordinately involved in the regulation of the cellular adaptive response to iAs3+-induced oxidative stress.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Zhao, Rui
AU  - Hou, Yongyong
AU  - Zhang, Qiang
AU  - Woods, Courtney G
AU  - Xue, Peng
AU  - Fu, Jingqi
AU  - Yarborough, Kathy
AU  - Guan, Dawei
AU  - Andersen, Melvin E
AU  - Pi, Jingbo
AD  - School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 583
EP  - 589
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - antioxidant response
KW  - arsenic
KW  - cytotoxicity
KW  - KEAP1
KW  - keratinocyte
KW  - NRF1
KW  - NRF2
KW  - Activation
KW  - Cellular
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Antioxidants
KW  - Human
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Enzymes
KW  - Stresses
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104580
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pre- and Postnatal Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations and Longitudinal Measures of Thymus Volume in Infants
AN  - 1660096507; 16725627
AB  - Background: Previously, we reported an association between higher maternal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations and smaller thymus volume in newborns in a birth cohort residing in eastern Slovakia. Objective: In the present report we address whether thymus volume at later ages is influenced by prenatal and early postnatal PCB exposure. Methods: At the time of delivery, 1,134 mother-infant pairs were enrolled. Maternal and 6- and 16-month infant blood samples were collected and analyzed for 15 PCB congeners. Thymus volume was measured in infants shortly after birth and at ages 6 and 16 months using ultrasonography. Results: Higher maternal PCB concentration was associated with reduced thymus volume at birth [a 0.21 SD reduction in thymus volume for an increase in total maternal PCB concentration from the 10th to the 90th percentile; 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.37, -0.05], whereas maternal PCB concentration was not predictive of 6- and 16-month thymus volume. Six-month infant PCB concentration was associated with a 0.40 SD decrease in 6-month thymus volume (95% CI: -0.76, -0.04). There was also some suggestion that thymus volume at 16 months was positively associated with concurrent infant PCB concentration. Conclusions: The potential adverse effects of in utero PCB exposure on thymic development may extend beyond the neonatal period. Results from this highly exposed cohort provide suggestive evidence that postnatal PCB concentrations may be influential, but a smaller set of 6-month PCB measurements limited statistical power at that time point. Implications regarding impaired immunologic maturation or long-term clinical implications remain to be determined.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Jusko, Todd A
AU  - Sonneborn, Dean
AU  - Palkovicova, Lubica
AU  - Kocan, Anton
AU  - Drobna, Beata
AU  - Trnovec, Tomas
AU  - Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
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
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 595
EP  - 600
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - atrophy
KW  - cohort
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - immune
KW  - Roma
KW  - T cell
KW  - Birth
KW  - Blood
KW  - Age
KW  - Polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Congeners
KW  - Samples
KW  - Confidence intervals
KW  - Infants
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reducing Personal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Improves Cardiovascular Health in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
AN  - 1660052988; 16537016
AB  - Background: Air pollution exposure increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is a major global public health concern. Objectives: We investigated the benefits of reducing personal exposure to urban air pollution in patients with coronary heart disease. Methods: In an open randomized crossover trial, 98 patients with coronary heart disease walked on a predefined route in central Beijing, China, under different conditions: once while using a highly efficient face mask, and once while not using the mask. Symptoms, exercise, personal air pollution exposure, blood pressure, heart rate, and 12-lead electrocardiography were monitored throughout the 24-hr study period. Results: Ambient air pollutants were dominated by fine and ultrafine particulate matter (PM) that was present at high levels [74 mu g/m super(3) for PM sub(2.5) (PM with aerodynamic diamater <2.5 mu m)]. Consistent with traffic-derived sources, this PM contained organic carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and was highly oxidizing, generating large amounts of free radicals. The face mask was well tolerated, and its use was associated with decreased self-reported symptoms and reduced maximal ST segment depression (-142 vs. -156 mu V, p = 0.046) over the 24-hr period. When the face mask was used during the prescribed walk, mean arterial pressure was lower (93 +/- 10 vs. 96 +/- 10 mmHg, p = 0.025) and heart rate variability increased (high-frequency power: 54 vs. 40 msec super(2), p = 0.005; high-frequency normalized power: 23.5 vs. 20.5 msec, p = 0.001; root mean square successive differences: 16.7 vs. 14.8 msec, p = 0.007). However, mask use did not appear to influence heart rate or energy expenditure. Conclusions: Reducing personal exposure to air pollution using a highly efficient face mask appeared to reduce symptoms and improve a range of cardiovascular health measures in patients with coronary heart disease. Such interventions to reduce personal exposure to PM air pollution have the potential to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events in this highly susceptible population.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Langrish, Jeremy P
AU  - Li, Xi
AU  - Wang, Shengfeng
AU  - Lee, Matthew MY
AU  - Barnes, Gareth D
AU  - Miller, Mark R
AU  - Cassee, Flemming R
AU  - Boon, Nicholas A
AU  - Donaldson, Ken
AU  - Li, Jing
AU  - Li, Liming
AU  - Mills, Nicholas L
AU  - Newby, David E
AU  - Jiang, Lixin
AD  - Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 367
EP  - 372
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - blood pressure
KW  - face mask
KW  - heart rate variability
KW  - myocardial ischemia
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Free radicals
KW  - Heart rate
KW  - Patients
KW  - Health
KW  - Masks
KW  - Heart diseases
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities
AN  - 1081891081; 2011-295143
AB  - Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are based on the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Congress passed the first law requiring automatic COLAs for federal civil service retirement benefits in 1962, and it has adjusted either the formula by which they are calculated or the date on which they take effect more than a dozen times since then. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jan 3 2012, 4 pp.
AU  - Isaacs, Katelin P
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Government - Government employees
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor
KW  - Education and education policy - Statistics, research, research methods, and research support
KW  - Annuities
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Price indexes
KW  - Employees
KW  - Inflation
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Law
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Cost and standard of living
KW  - Retirement
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2012
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 94-834
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lead and Cadmium Levels and Balance and Vestibular Dysfunction among Adult Participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004
AN  - 1008843805; 16537019
AB  - Background: Few studies have been conducted to identify risk factors for balance and vestibular dysfunction in general populations, but previous studies have reported evidence of adverse effects of lead and cadmium on balance control in high-risk groups. Objective: We evaluated the relationship between blood lead and cadmium levels and balance and vestibular dysfunction in a general population study. Methods: We analyzed data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) of 5,574 adults greater than or equal to 40 years of age. Balance dysfunction was evaluated by the Romberg Test of Standing Balance on Firm and Compliant Support Surfaces, which examines the ability to stand unassisted using four test conditions to evaluate vestibular system, vision, and proprioception inputs that contribute to balance. Blood levels of lead and cadmium were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry. Associations were estimated using logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders. Associations with time to loss of balance were estimated using adjusted Cox proportional hazard models. Results: The adjusted odds ratio (OR) for balance dysfunction in association with the highest quintile (3.3-48 mu g/dL) versus the lowest quintile (& 1.2 mu g/dL) of lead was 1.42 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07, 1.89]. The corresponding OR for cadmium (0.9-7.4 mu g/L vs. & 0.2 mu g/L) was 1.27 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.60). The adjusted hazard ratio for time to failure for the most physiologically challenging balance test among subjects with the highest vs. lowest quintiles of blood lead was 1.24 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.48). Cadmium levels were not associated with time to failure. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that blood lead and cadmium levels may be associated with balance and vestibular dysfunction in a general sample of U.S. adults.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Min, Kyoung-Bok
AU  - Lee, Kyung-Jong
AU  - Park, Jae-Beom
AU  - Min, Jin-Young
AD  - Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 413
EP  - 417
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - cadmium
KW  - lead
KW  - ototoxicity
KW  - neurotoxicity
KW  - vestibular disturbance
KW  - Age
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Lead
KW  - Models
KW  - population studies
KW  - Vision
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Vestibular system
KW  - Absorption
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Risk groups
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Population studies
KW  - Blood levels
KW  - Spectrometry
KW  - USA
KW  - Proprioception
KW  - Side effects
KW  - ENA 13:Population Planning & Control
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Population studies; Nutrition; Lead; Models; Spectrometry; Blood levels; Vision; Vestibular system; Risk factors; Proprioception; Regression analysis; Risk groups; Cadmium; Side effects; population studies; Absorption; USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bisphenol A and Its Analogues Activate Human Pregnane X Receptor
AN  - 1008843796; 16537018
AB  - Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is a base chemical used extensively in many consumer products. BPA and its analogues are present in environmental and human samples. Many endocrine-disrupting chemicals, including BPA, have been shown to activate the pregnane X receptor (PXR), a nuclear receptor that functions as a master regulator of xenobiotic metabolism. However, the detailed mechanism by which these chemicals activate PXR remains unknown. Objective: We investigated the mechanism by which BPA interacts with and activates PXR and examined selected BPA analogues to determine whether they bind to and activate PXR. Methods: Cell-based reporter assays, in silico ligand-PXR docking studies, and site-directed mutagenesis were combined to study the interaction between BPA and PXR. We also investigated the influence of BPA and its analogues on the regulation of PXR target genes in human LS180 cells. Results: We found that BPA and several of its analogues are potent agonists for human PXR (hPXR) but do not affect mouse PXR activity. We identified key residues within hPXR's ligand-binding pocket that constitute points of interaction with BPA. We also deduced the structural requirements of BPA analogues that activate hPXR. BPA and its analogues can also induce PXR target gene expression in human LS180 cells. Conclusions: The present study advances our understanding of the mechanism by which BPA interacts with and activates human PXR. Activation of PXR by BPA may explain some of the adverse effects of BPA in humans.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Sui, Yipeng
AU  - Ai, Ni
AU  - Park, Se-Hyung
AU  - Rios-Pilier, Jennifer
AU  - Perkins, Jordan T
AU  - Welsh, William J
AU  - Zhou, Changcheng
AD  - Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 399
EP  - 405
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - BPA
KW  - BPB
KW  - endocrine-disrupting chemicals
KW  - PXR
KW  - SXR
KW  - bisphenol A
KW  - Residues
KW  - Consumer products
KW  - endocrine disruptors
KW  - Xenobiotics
KW  - Side effects
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - bisphenol A; Consumer products; Residues; endocrine disruptors; Xenobiotics; Metabolism; Side effects
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104426
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Fine Particulate Matter Constituents and Cardiopulmonary Mortality in a Heavily Polluted Chinese City
AN  - 1008843782; 16537017
AB  - Background: Although ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5; particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter) has been linked to adverse human health effects, the chemical constituents that cause harm are unknown. To our knowledge, the health effects of PM2.5 constituents have not been reported for a developing country. Objectives: We examined the short-term association between PM2.5 constituents and daily mortality in Xi'an, a heavily polluted Chinese city. Methods: We obtained daily mortality data and daily concentrations of PM2.5, organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), and 10 water-soluble ions for 1 January 2004 through 31 December 2008. We also measured concentrations of fifteen elements 1 January 2006 through 31 December 2008. We analyzed the data using over-dispersed generalized linear Poisson models. Results: During the study period, the mean daily average concentration of PM2.5 in Xi'an was 182.2 mu g/m3. Major contributors to PM2.5 mass included OC, EC, sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium. After adjustment for PM2.5 mass, we found significant positive associations of total, cardiovascular, or respiratory mortality with OC, EC, ammonium, nitrate, chlorine ion, chlorine, and nickel for at least 1 lag day. Nitrate demonstrated stronger associations with total and cardiovascular mortality than PM2.5 mass. For a 1-day lag, interquartile range increases in PM2.5 mass and nitrate (114.9 and 15.4 mu g/m3, respectively) were associated with 1.8% [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.8%, 2.8%] and 3.8% (95% CI: 1.7%, 5.9%) increases in total mortality. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that PM2.5 constituents from the combustion of fossil fuel may have an appreciable influence on the health effects attributable to PM2.5 in Xi'an.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Cao, Junji
AU  - Xu, Hongmei
AU  - Xu, Qun
AU  - Chen, Bingheng
AU  - Kan, Haidong
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 373
EP  - 378
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - chemical constituents
KW  - fine particulate matter
KW  - mortality
KW  - time-series studies
KW  - China, People's Rep., Shaanxi Prov., Xian
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Nitrates
KW  - Fossil fuels
KW  - Chlorine
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - Combustion
KW  - ENA 03:Energy
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Mortality; Carbon; Fossil fuels; Nitrates; Chlorine; Particulates; Combustion; Urban areas; China, People's Rep., Shaanxi Prov., Xian
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103671
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution Associated with Blood Pressure and Self-Reported Hypertension in a Danish Cohort
AN  - 1008841459; 16537020
AB  - Background: Short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with changes in blood pressure (BP) and emergency department visits for hypertension, but little is known about the effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on BP and hypertension. Objectives: We studied whether long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with BP and hypertension. Methods: In 1993-1997, 57,053 participants 50-64 years of age were enrolled in a population-based cohort study. Systolic and diastolic BP (SBP and DBP, respectively) were measured at enrollment. Self-reported incident hypertension during a mean follow-up of 5.3 years was assessed by questionnaire. We used a validated dispersion model to estimate residential long-term nitrogen oxides (NO sub(x)), a marker of traffic-related air pollution, for the 1- and 5-year periods prior to enrollment and before a diagnosis of hypertension. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of associations between air pollution and BP at enrollment with linear regression, adjusting for traffic noise, measured short-term NO sub(x), temperature, relative humidity, and potential lifestyle confounders (n = 44,436). We analyzed incident hypertension with Cox regression, adjusting for traffic noise and potential confounders. Results: A doubling of NO sub(x) exposure during 1- and 5-year periods preceding enrollment was associated with 0.53-mmHg decreases [95% confidence interval (CI): -0.88, -0.19 mmHg] and 0.50-mmHg decreases (95% CI: -0.84, -0.16 mmHg) in SBP, respectively. Long-term exposure also was associated with a lower prevalence of baseline self-reported hypertension (per doubling of 5-year mean NO sub(x): odds ratio = 0.96; 95% CI: 0.91, 1.00), whereas long-term NO sub(x) exposure was not associated with incident self-reported hypertension during follow-up. Conclusions: Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution was associated with a slightly lower prevalence of BP at baseline, but was not associated with incident hypertension.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Sorensen, Mette
AU  - Hoffmann, Barbara
AU  - Hvidberg, Martin
AU  - Ketzel, Matthias
AU  - Jensen, Steen Solvang
AU  - Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic
AU  - Tjonneland, Anne
AU  - Overvad, Kim
AU  - Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole
AD  - Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Y1  - 2012/01/03/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 03
SP  - 418
EP  - 424
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - blood pressure
KW  - hypertension
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - nitrogen oxide
KW  - Relative humidity
KW  - Age
KW  - Atmospheric pollution models
KW  - Acoustic waves
KW  - Atmospheric pollution analysis
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - Air temperature
KW  - Models
KW  - Atmospheric pollution and health
KW  - Atmospheric pollution dispersion
KW  - oxides
KW  - Noise pollution
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Noise levels
KW  - Atmospheric pollution effects
KW  - Humidity
KW  - Traffic
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Photochemicals
KW  - emergency medical services
KW  - Emergency medical services
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - M2 551.510.42:Air Pollution (551.510.42)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - X 24300:Methods
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Relative humidity; Air pollution; Inventories; Age; oxides; Air temperature; Blood pressure; Models; Nitrogen; Traffic; Hypertension; Atmospheric pollution models; Atmospheric pollution analysis; Acoustic waves; Atmospheric pollution and health; Statistical analysis; Atmospheric pollution effects; Atmospheric pollution dispersion; Noise pollution; Photochemicals; blood pressure; hypertension; Noise levels; Humidity; Pollution effects; emergency medical services; Emergency medical services
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103631
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Co-infection patterns and geographic distribution of a complex pathosystem targeted by pathogen-resistant plants
AN  - 968179696; 16506819
AB  - Increasingly, pathogen-resistant (PR) plants are being developed to reduce the agricultural impacts of disease. However PR plants also have the potential to result in increased invasiveness of nontarget host populations and so pose a potential threat to nontarget ecosystems. In this paper we use a new framework to investigate geographical variation in the potential risk associated with unintended release of genetically modified alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)-resistant Trifolium repens (white clover) into nontarget host populations containing AMV, clover yellow vein virus (C1YVV), and white clover mosaic virus (WC1MV) in southeastern Australia. Surveys of 213 sites in 37 habitat types over a 300 000-km super(2) study region showed that T. repens is a significant weed of many high-conservation-value habitats in southeastern Australia and that AMV, C1YVV, and WC1MV occur in 15-97% of nontarget host populations. However, T. repens abundance varied with site disturbance, habitat conservation value, and proximity to cropping, and all viral pathogens had distinct geographic distributions and infection patterns. Virus species frequently co-infected host plants and displayed nonindependent distributions within host populations, although co-infection patterns varied across the study region. Our results clearly illustrate the complexity of conducting environmental risk assessments that involve geographically widespread, invasive pasture species and demonstrate the general need for targeted, habitat- and pathosystem-specific studies prior to the process of tiered risk assessment.
JF  - Ecological Applications
AU  - Biddle, J M
AU  - Linde, C
AU  - Godfree, R C
AD  - Black Mountain Laboratories, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia, Robert.Godfree@csiro.au
A2  - Collinge, SK (ed)
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 35
EP  - 52
PB  - Ecological Society of America, 1707 H Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington DC 20006 United States
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
SN  - 1051-0761, 1051-0761
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Invasiveness
KW  - Geographical distribution
KW  - Clover yellow vein virus
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Infection
KW  - Pasture
KW  - Veins
KW  - mosaics
KW  - Australia
KW  - Geographical variations
KW  - disturbance
KW  - Plant diseases
KW  - Environmental assessment
KW  - Alfalfa mosaic virus
KW  - alfalfa
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Host plants
KW  - Trifolium repens
KW  - White clover mosaic virus
KW  - Conservation
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - R2 23050:Environment
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-08-23
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Weeds; Geographical distribution; Plant diseases; Invasiveness; Abundance; Pathogens; Habitat; Infection; Host plants; Pasture; Veins; Conservation; Geographical variations; disturbance; Environmental assessment; mosaics; alfalfa; Clover yellow vein virus; Alfalfa mosaic virus; White clover mosaic virus; Trifolium repens; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Modelling and performance evaluation of the IEEE 802.11 DCF for real-time control
AN  - 964168414; 201203923
AB  - Popular wireless networks, such as IEEE 802.11/15/16, are not designed for real-time applications. Thus, supporting real-time quality of service (QoS) in wireless real-time control is challenging. This paper adopts the widely used IEEE 802.11, with the focus on its distributed coordination function (DCF), for soft-real-time control systems. The concept of the critical real-time traffic condition is introduced to characterize the marginal satisfaction of real-time requirements. Then, mathematical models are developed to describe the dynamics of DCF based real-time control networks with periodic traffic, a unique feature of control systems. Performance indices such as throughput and packet delay are evaluated using the developed models, particularly under the critical real-time traffic condition. Finally, the proposed modelling is applied to traffic rate control for cross-layer networked control system design. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Computer Networks
AU  - Tian, Guosong
AU  - Tian, Yu-Chu
AD  - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia g.tian@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 435
EP  - 447
PB  - Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SN  - 1389-1286, 1389-1286
KW  - IEEE 802.11
KW  - Distributed coordination function (DCF)
KW  - Real-time control
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Performance evaluation
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Control systems
KW  - Wireless networks
KW  - Real time information
KW  - article
KW  - 14.11: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - NETWORKS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - CNETDP
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Wireless networks; Real time information; Control systems; Evaluation
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2011.10.001
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians
AN  - 964167766; 201203028
AB  - Book review abstract. Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians. By Mary Beth Weber and Fay Angela Austin. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman, 2011, 301pp., 80.00 USD (paperback). ISBN 978-1-5557-0668-5. Reviewed by Andrea Leigh. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Library Resources & Technical Services
AU  - Leigh, Andrea
AU  - Leigh, Andrea
AD  - Library of Congress, Washington, D.C alei@loc.goc
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 53
EP  - 54
PB  - American Library Association, Chicago IL
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SN  - 0024-2527, 0024-2527
KW  - Electronic media
KW  - AACR2
KW  - Resource Description & Access-RDA
KW  - article
KW  - 1.11: BOOK REVIEWS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - AACR2; Resource Description & Access-RDA; Electronic media
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bioleaching in brackish waters-effect of chloride ions on the acidophile population and proteomes of model species
AN  - 926889092; 16369001
AB  - High concentrations of chloride ions inhibit the growth of acidophilic microorganisms used in biomining, a problem particularly relevant to Western Australian and Chilean biomining operations. Despite this, little is known about the mechanisms acidophiles adopt in order to tolerate high chloride ion concentrations. This study aimed to investigate the impact of increasing concentrations of chloride ions on the population dynamics of a mixed culture during pyrite bioleaching and apply proteomics to elucidate how two species from this mixed culture alter their proteomes under chloride stress. A mixture consisting of well-known biomining microorganisms and an enrichment culture obtained from an acidic saline drain were tested for their ability to bioleach pyrite in the presence of 0, 3.5, 7, and 20 gL super(-1) NaCl. Microorganisms from the enrichment culture were found to out-compete the known biomining microorganisms, independent of the chloride ion concentration. The proteomes of the Gram-positive acidophile Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans and the Gram-negative acidophile Acidithiobacillus caldus grown in the presence or absence of chloride ions were investigated. Analysis of differential expression showed that acidophilic microorganisms adopted several changes in their proteomes in the presence of chloride ions, suggesting the following strategies to combat the NaCl stress: adaptation of the cell membrane, the accumulation of amino acids possibly as a form of osmoprotectant, and the expression of a YceI family protein involved in acid and osmotic-related stress.
JF  - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
AU  - Zammit, Carla M
AU  - Mangold, Stefanie
AU  - Jonna, Venkateswara
AU  - Mutch, Lesley A
AU  - Watling, Helen R
AU  - Dopson, Mark
AU  - Watkin, Elizabeth LJ
AD  - Curtin University, School of Biomedical Sciences, Parker Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, WA, Australia, E.Watkin@curtin.edu.au
PY  - 2012
SP  - 319
EP  - 329
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 93
IS  - 1
SN  - 0175-7598, 0175-7598
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - osmoprotectants
KW  - Ions
KW  - Amino acids
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Mixed culture
KW  - Stress
KW  - Cell culture
KW  - Chloride
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans
KW  - Acidithiobacillus caldus
KW  - Cell membranes
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Drains
KW  - pyrite
KW  - proteomics
KW  - Sodium chloride
KW  - A 01310:Products of Microorganisms
KW  - W 30960:Bioinformatics & Computer Applications
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Ions; osmoprotectants; Adaptations; Amino acids; Mixed culture; Stress; Chloride; Cell culture; Population dynamics; Cell membranes; Microorganisms; pyrite; Drains; proteomics; Sodium chloride; Acidithiobacillus caldus; Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3731-3
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Far-field impact and coastal sedimentation associated with the 2006 Java tsunami in West Australia
AN  - 926881953; 16343378
AB  - A detailed assessment of the impact of a far-field tsunami on the Australian coastline was carried out in the Steep Point region of Western Australia following the July 17 2006 Java tsunami. Tsunami inundation and run-up were mapped on the basis of eyewitness accounts, debris lines, vegetation damage and the occurrence of recently deposited fish, starfish, corals and sea urchins well above high-tide mark. A topographic survey using kinematic GPS with accuracies of 0.02 m in the horizontal and 0.04 m in the vertical recorded flow depths of between 1 and 2 m, inundation of up to 200 m inland, and a maximum recorded run-up of 7.9 m AHD (Australian Height Datum). The tsunami impacted the sparsely populated Steep Point coastline close to low tide. It caused widespread erosion in the littoral zone, extensive vegetation damage and destroyed several campsites. Eyewitnesses reported three waves in the tsunami wave train, the second being the largest. A sand sheet, up to 14 cm thick and tapering landwards over 200 m, was deposited over coastal dunes. The deposits are predominantly composed of moderately well-sorted, medium-grained carbonate sand with some gravel and organic debris. A basal unconformity defines the boundary between tsunami sediments and underlying aeolian dune sand. Evidence for up to three individual waves is preserved as normally graded sequences mantled by layers of dark grey, organic-rich fine silty sand. Given the strong wind regimes in the area and the similarity of the underlying dune deposits to the tsunami sediments, it is likely that seasonal erosion will remove all traces of these sediment sheets within years to decades.
JF  - Natural Hazards
AU  - Prendergast, AL
AU  - Brown, N
AD  - Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, Australia, alp60@cam.ac.uk
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 69
EP  - 79
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 60
IS  - 1
SN  - 0921-030X, 0921-030X
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Risk Abstracts
KW  - tsunamis
KW  - dunes
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Topographic effects
KW  - Debris
KW  - Wave trains
KW  - Sand
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Sedimentation
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Asteroidea
KW  - Strong winds
KW  - Marine
KW  - Coastal erosion
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Erosion
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Sediment-water interface
KW  - Dunes
KW  - Fish
KW  - Echinoidea
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - R2 23050:Environment
KW  - Q5 08521:Mechanical and natural changes
KW  - Q2 09124:Coastal zone management
KW  - M2 551.466:Ocean Waves and Tides (551.466)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sediment-water interface; Coastal zone; Coastal erosion; Wave trains; Topographic effects; Tsunamis; Sedimentation; Debris; Erosion; Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite; Strong winds; tsunamis; dunes; Sand; Dunes; Vegetation; Fish; Seasonal variations; Sediments; Echinoidea; Asteroidea; ISW, Australia, Western Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-011-9953-y
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of exotic grass invasion on spatial heterogeneity in the ground-layer of grassy woodlands
AN  - 926881659; 16367565
AB  - We quantified the effects of exotic annual grass invasion on the ground-layer structure of grassy eucalypt woodlands, with the aim of determining if weed invasion decreased gap size and plant basal area leading to reduced spatial heterogeneity. We measured plant density, distance between plants and basal plant area in woodland sites which ranged from zero to 100% exotic plant cover in the ground-layer. The ground-layer in uninvaded woodlands was heterogeneous, with a large variation in basal plant area and distance between plants. Exotic annual grass density was positively correlated with total plant density, whereas native plant density was negatively correlated. Total plant basal area decreased as total plant density increased, with a lower total plant area in exotic dominated transects compared to native dominated. Variation in basal plant area decreased with increasing plant density. Exotic annual grasses were more closely spaced together (smaller gap size) and had a smaller basal area than the native grasses and rushes. There was also less variation in basal area and gap size with individual exotic annual grasses compared to the native grasses. Inter-plant distance was greater for both the native and exotic grasses when they had native grasses neighbouring them instead of exotic grasses. These findings show that woodlands invaded by exotic annual grasses have relatively less spatial heterogeneity in the ground-layer. These results have implications for other aspects of perennial grassy ecosystems invaded by annual grasses, including plant recruitment and restoration strategies.
JF  - Biological Invasions
AU  - Lindsay, Elizabeth A
AU  - Cunningham, Saul A
AD  - CSIRO Entomology, GPO BOX 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, lindsay_eliz@yahoo.com.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 203
EP  - 213
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1387-3547, 1387-3547
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Grasses
KW  - Spatial heterogeneity
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weeds; Grasses; Recruitment; Spatial heterogeneity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-9997-7
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effect of limited English proficiency on falls risk and falls prevention after stroke
AN  - 925740913; 201204210
AB  - Language barriers disadvantage the health care of people with limited English proficiency (LEP). For people with stroke, having LEP has been associated with increased length of hospital stay and underutilisation of anticoagulants. There remain many gaps in the evidence regarding health care for stroke patients with LEP as researchers frequently exclude this group from studies. Falling is an adverse event for many stroke survivors. Up to 73% of people with stroke fall during the first 6 months after discharge home. Despite recent interest in falls prevention for people with stroke, falls risk and falls prevention after stroke for people with LEP has not been specifically explored. The objective of this sub-study analysis of a randomised controlled trial was to determine if having LEP affected overall falls risk, falls risk factors, falls prevention strategies or planned health and support service use for community-dwelling people at risk of recurrent falls after stroke. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Age and Ageing
AU  - Fryer, Caroline
AU  - Mackintosh, Shylie
AU  - Batchelor, Frances
AU  - Hill, Keith
AU  - Said, Catherine
AD  - School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 104
EP  - 107
PB  - Oxford University Press, UK
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
SN  - 0002-0729, 0002-0729
KW  - Community living
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Health care
KW  - Falls
KW  - Strokes
KW  - Non-English speaking people
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Falls; Strokes; Prevention; Non-English speaking people; Health care; Community living
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr127
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of organ doses in brachytherapy treatment of uterus cancer using mathematical reference Indian adult phantom
AN  - 923207212; 16279202
AB  - Quantifying organ dose to healthy organs during radiotherapy is essential to estimate the radiation risk. Dose factors are generated by simulating radiation transport through an anthropomorphic mathematical phantom representing a reference Indian adult using the Monte Carlo method. The mean organ dose factors (in mGy min-1 GBq-1) are obtained considering the microselectron 192Ir source and BEBIG 60Co sources in the uterus of a reference Indian adult female phantom. The present study provides the factors for mean absorbed dose to organs applicable to the Indian female patient population undergoing brachytherapy treatment of uterus cancer. This study also includes a comparison of the dimension of organs in the phantom model with measured values of organs in the various investigated patients.
JF  - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
AU  - Biju, K
AD  - Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, CT & CRS, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 185
EP  - 188
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 148
IS  - 2
SN  - 0144-8420, 0144-8420
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Dosimetry
KW  - Monte Carlo simulation
KW  - Organs
KW  - radiotherapy
KW  - H 2000:Transportation
KW  - ENA 07:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-05-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Monte Carlo simulation; Dosimetry; radiotherapy; Organs; Cancer
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating Policies to Increase Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy
AN  - 923201303; 16243243
AB  - Building on a review of experience in the United States and the European Union, this article advances four main propositions concerning policies aimed at increasing electricity generation from renewable energy. First, who bears the short-run costs of programs to subsidize the generation of electricity from renewable sources varies with the organization of the electric power industry, and this variation may be a significant contributor to such programs' political attractiveness in U.S. states. Second, despite the greater popularity of feed-in tariff schemes worldwide, renewable portfolio standard (RPS) programs may involve less long-run social risk. Third, in contrast to the European Union's approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, its renewables program is almost certain not to minimize the cost of achieving its goals. Fourth, state RPS programs in the United States are also almost certain to cost more than necessary, even though most use market mechanisms. To support this last proposition I provide a fairly detailed description of actual markets for renewable energy credits and their shortcomings.
JF  - Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
AU  - Schmalensee, Richard
AD  - This paper began as a plenary talk at the 4th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in Montreal in June 2010
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 45
EP  - 64
PB  - Oxford University Press
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 1750-6816, 1750-6816
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Environmental economics
KW  - Politics
KW  - USA
KW  - European Union
KW  - Electric power generation
KW  - Renewable energy
KW  - Reviews
KW  - portfolios
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Electric power; Environmental economics; Politics; Reviews; Renewable energy; Electric power generation; portfolios; Emissions; Carbon dioxide; USA; European Union
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Arafura three: Aboriginal ranger groups protecting and managing an internationally significant swamp
AN  - 923198743; 16304340
AB  - The Arafura Swamp is a globally significant wooded wetland in central Arnhem Land providing important habitat for migratory birds and fish. It is, however, threatened by saltwater intrusions from rising sea levels and a range of other threats including some cattle grazing, inappropriate fire regimes and feral plant and animal invasions. Three Indigenous Ranger groups are working to address these management issues but need stronger levels of support to be able to secure ongoing and long-term management solutions for this important wetland.
JF  - Ecological Management & Restoration
AU  - Weston, Nigel
AU  - Bramley, Chantal
AU  - Bar-Lev, Jacob
AU  - Guyula, Mangay
AU  - O'Ryan, Solomon
AD  - (Territory Natural Resource Management, GPO Box 2775, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia; Tel: +61889994125; 1
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 84
EP  - 88
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-7001, 1442-7001
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Geographical distribution
KW  - Sea level
KW  - grazing
KW  - migratory birds
KW  - Australia, Northern Terr., Arnhem Land
KW  - Migratory species
KW  - Invasions
KW  - Wetlands
KW  - Swamps
KW  - Marine
KW  - Fires
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Habitat improvement
KW  - invasions
KW  - Fish
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - Sea level changes
KW  - Q1 08463:Habitat community studies
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Number of references - 7
N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Geographical distribution; Migratory species; Habitat improvement; Grazing; Wetlands; Introduced species; Swamps; Sea level changes; Fires; Recruitment; Invasions; Habitat; Sea level; grazing; migratory birds; invasions; Fish; Australia, Northern Terr., Arnhem Land; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00626.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reliability and variability in facial electromyography for identification of speech and for human computer control: an experimental study
AN  - 923197841; 16306263
AB  - The need for developing reliable and flexible human computer interface is increased and applications of HCI have been in each and every field. Human factors play important role in these kinds of interfaces. This research investigates the use of facial muscle activity for a reliable interface to identify voiceless speech-based commands without any audio signals. We propose a method of measuring the relative activity of the articulatory muscles of the face for recognition of unvoiced vowels. System performance and reliability were also tested for the case of variations like inter-subject, inter-day, and different languages. In these investigations, English vowels and German vowels were used as recognition variables. The designed methodology used linear and non-linear classification based on statistical clustering techniques and artificial neural network architecture. The results show that there is a variability in facial muscle activation during vowel utterance between different subjects, different days. These results will be helpful in use of facial electromyography for identification of speech and in other application such as human computer control.
JF  - International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
AU  - Arjunan, Sridhar Poosapadi
AU  - Weghorn, Hans
AU  - Kumar, Dinesh Kant
AD  - School of Electrical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 311
EP  - 330
PB  - Inderscience Publishers Ltd., PO Box 735 Olney Bucks MK46 5WB United Kingdom
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SN  - 1755-0653, 1755-0653
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - HEALTHCARE AND BIOSCIENCES
KW  - COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS
KW  - Biosciences and Bioinformatics
KW  - Computing Science, Applications and Software
KW  - Healthcare and Medical Engineering
KW  - Pattern recognition
KW  - Muscle contraction
KW  - speech
KW  - Classification
KW  - Neural networks
KW  - Informatics
KW  - Computers
KW  - Muscles
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Language
KW  - EMG
KW  - W 30960:Bioinformatics & Computer Applications
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Muscle contraction; Pattern recognition; speech; Classification; Informatics; Neural networks; Computers; Statistical analysis; Muscles; Language; EMG
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMEI.2011.044746
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A local upwelling controls viral and microbial community structure in South Australian continental shelf waters
AN  - 920805124; 16165910
AB  - Despite the increasing awareness of the role of viruses and heterotrophic bacteria in microbial dynamics and biogeochemical cycles, there is still a critical lack of information on their community composition and dynamics, especially in relation to upwellings. We investigated, within surface waters and the Deep Chlorophyll Max, the community composition and dynamics of flow cytometrically defined sub-populations of heterotrophic bacteria and virus-like particles in nearby water masses that were affected and unaffected by a localised wind-driven coastal upwelling. In contrast to previous studies we uniquely identified a 4-fold increase in total viral abundance and a decrease in bacterial abundance, from upwelled to offshore waters. Individual viral sub-populations were seen to correlate significantly to both bacterial populations and chlorophyll a, suggesting the possibility of individual viral populations infecting multiple host species rather than the often assumed single host species. The percentage of HDNA bacteria was high (84.3-93.4%) within upwelled waters, in accordance with the highest recorded values within an upwelling system, and decreased down to 35.5-42.6% away from the upwelling. Additionally, changes in the community composition of individual bacterial sub-populations suggest individual populations might be better adapted to distinct environments. We suggest that each flow cytometrically defined bacterial population may possess its own environmental niche where favourable conditions for that population result in an increase in abundance, cellular activity and productivity.
JF  - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
AU  - Paterson, James S
AU  - Nayar, Sasi
AU  - Mitchell, James G
AU  - Seuront, Laurent
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia, james.paterson@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 01
SP  - 197
EP  - 208
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 96
SN  - 0272-7714, 0272-7714
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Chlorophylls
KW  - Chlorophyll
KW  - Virus-like particles
KW  - Surface water
KW  - Upwelling
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Viruses
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - Continental shelf waters
KW  - Brackishwater environment
KW  - Australia
KW  - Marine
KW  - Coastal upwelling
KW  - Biogeochemistry
KW  - Subpopulations
KW  - Biogeochemical cycles
KW  - Brackish
KW  - Ocean circulation
KW  - Microbial activity
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Community structure
KW  - Heterotrophic bacteria
KW  - abundance
KW  - niches
KW  - V 22490:Miscellaneous
KW  - M2 551.465:Structure/Dynamics/Circulation (551.465)
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - O 1080:Multi-disciplinary Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Chlorophylls; Community composition; Upwelling; Subpopulations; Viruses; Ocean circulation; Brackishwater environment; Population dynamics; Environmental factors; Chlorophyll; Virus-like particles; Community structure; Surface water; Abundance; Heterotrophic bacteria; Continental shelf waters; Coastal upwelling; Biogeochemical cycles; Biogeochemistry; Microbial activity; niches; abundance; Australia; Marine; Brackish
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.009
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A quality control programme for medical X-ray films in India
AN  - 920801803; 16168830
AB  - Medical X-ray films are continued to be the major image receptors in diagnostic radiology in India. About 9x106 m2 of medical X-ray films are used per annum for diagnostic imaging in India, and its magnitude may further increase as the number of diagnostic X-ray units is increasing rapidly. A national quality control programme was initiated for testing the medical X-ray films of various suppliers/manufacturers so that optimum quality film can only be used in diagnostic radiography examinations. X-ray laboratory of Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre was recognised as national film testing laboratory. A dedicated test phantom was fabricated as per the prescription of International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9236-I, 1996), simulating the attenuation and scatter properties of chest of an average patient for periodic X-ray sensitometric evaluations of the medical X-ray films. The basic fog, speed, latitude, maximum optical density, uniformity and artefacts of all the films tested so far were found well within the requirements specified in the national standards. The average gradient for a few blue and green sensitive films were found less than the specified value. Suppliers/manufacturers of such films were advised to improve the performance quality of their films.
JF  - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
AU  - Sharma, Reena
AU  - Sharma, Sunil Dutt
AD  - Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, CT & CRS, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 51
EP  - 57
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 148
IS  - 1
SN  - 0144-8420, 0144-8420
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Dosimetry
KW  - Fog
KW  - International Organization for Standardization
KW  - Quality control
KW  - Radiography
KW  - Radiology
KW  - latitude
KW  - India
KW  - ENA 14:Radiological Contamination
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - International Organization for Standardization; Quality control; Dosimetry; latitude; Radiography; Radiology; Fog; India
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Anatomy of a sub-tropical Positive Energy Home (PEH)
AN  - 920795960; 16185390
AB  - Zero energy buildings (ZEB) and zero energy homes (ZEH) are a current hot topic globally for policy makers (what are the benefits and costs), designers (how do we design them), the construction industry (can we build them), marketing (will consumers buy them) and researchers (do they work and what are the implications). This paper presents initial findings from actual measured data from a 9 star (as built), off-ground detached family home constructed in south-east Queensland in 2008. The integrated systems approach to the design of the house is analysed in each of its three main goals: maximising the thermal performance of the building envelope, minimising energy demand whilst maintaining energy service levels, and implementing a multi-pronged low carbon approach to energy supply. The performance outcomes of each of these stages are evaluated against definitions of net zero carbon/net zero emissions (site and source) and net zero energy (onsite generation vs primary energy imports). The paper will conclude with a summary of the multiple benefits of combining very high efficiency building envelopes with diverse energy management strategies: a robustness, resilience, affordability and autonomy not generally seen in housing.
JF  - Solar Energy
AU  - Miller, Wendy
AU  - Buys, Laurie
AD  - Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia, W2.miller@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 231
EP  - 241
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 86
IS  - 1
SN  - 0038-092X, 0038-092X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Energy autonomy
KW  - House design
KW  - Zero carbon
KW  - Zero energy buildings (ZEB)
KW  - Positive energy buildings
KW  - Integrated systems
KW  - Housing
KW  - marketing
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Residential areas
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Solar energy
KW  - imports
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Anatomy
KW  - ENA 03:Energy
KW  - M2 551.521.2/.3:Absorption Emissions Scattering (551.521.2/.3)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Solar energy; Housing; marketing; Residential areas; Emissions; Buildings; Construction industry; imports; Anatomy; Australia, Queensland
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2011.09.028
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Soil carbon sequestration and associated economic costs for farming systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: A meta-analysis
AN  - 918051467; 16144610
AB  - Soil organic carbon sequestration rates over 20 years based on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) methodology were combined with local economic data to determine the potential for soil C sequestration in wheat-based production systems on the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The C sequestration potential of rice-wheat systems of India on conversion to no-tillage is estimated to be 44.1MtC over 20 years. Implementing no-tillage practices in maize-wheat and cotton-wheat production systems would yield an additional 6.6MtC. This offset is equivalent to 9.6% of India's annual greenhouse gas emissions (519MtC) from all sectors (excluding land use change and forestry), or less than one percent per annum. The economic analysis was summarized as carbon supply curves expressing the total additional C accumulated over 20 year for a price per tonne of carbon sequestered ranging from zero to USD 200. At a carbon price of USD 25MgC-1, 3MtC (7% of the soil C sequestration potential) could be sequestered over 20 years through the implementation of no-till cropping practices in rice-wheat systems of the Indian States of the IGP, increasing to 7.3MtC (17% of the soil C sequestration potential) at USD 50MgC-1. Maximum levels of sequestration could be attained with carbon prices approaching USD 200MgC-1 for the States of Bihar and Punjab. At this carbon price, a total of 34.7MtC (79% of the estimated C sequestration potential) could be sequestered over 20 years across the rice-wheat region of India, with Uttar Pradesh contributing 13.9MtC.
JF  - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
AU  - Grace, Peter R
AU  - Antle, John
AU  - Aggarwal, P K
AU  - Ogle, Stephen
AU  - Paustian, Keith
AU  - Basso, Bruno
AD  - Institute for Sustainable Resources, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia, pr.grace@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01/01/
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012 Jan 01
SP  - 137
EP  - 146
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 146
IS  - 1
SN  - 0167-8809, 0167-8809
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Soil carbon sequestration
KW  - Indo-Gangetic Plain
KW  - Economics
KW  - Greenhouse gases
KW  - Data processing
KW  - India, Bihar
KW  - India, Punjab
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - India, Uttar Pradesh
KW  - Soils (organic)
KW  - no-till cropping
KW  - Land use
KW  - Greenhouses
KW  - Soil
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Emissions
KW  - plains
KW  - economic analysis
KW  - Forestry
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Data processing; Carbon; Reviews; Climatic changes; Economics; Soils (organic); Land use; Greenhouses; Forestry; Emissions; plains; no-till cropping; Greenhouse gases; economic analysis; India, Bihar; India, Punjab; India, Uttar Pradesh
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.10.019
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Identifying hotspots for biodiversity management using rank abundance distributions
AN  - 915484394; 16104782
AB  - Aim Identification of biodiversity hotspots has typically relied on species richness. We extend this approach to include prediction to regional scales of other attributes of biodiversity based on the prediction of Rank Abundance Distributions (RADs). This allows us to identify areas that have high numbers of rare species and areas that have a rare assemblage structure. Location Continental slope and shelf of south-western Australia, between 20.5 and 30 degree S and depths of 100-1500m. Methods We use a recently developed method to analyse RADs from biological surveys and predict attributes of RADs to regional scales from spatially abundant physical data for demersal fish and invertebrates. Predictions were made for total abundance (N), species richness (S) and relative evenness at 147,996 unsampled locations using data from two spatially limited surveys. The predictions for S and relative evenness were then independently split into categories, creating a bivariate distribution. The RAD categories are mapped spatially between 20.5 and 30 degree S to depths of 1500m to allow identification of areas with rare species and assemblage structure across this region. Results Rank abundance distributions for demersal fish vary with large scale oceanographic patterns. Peaks in abundance and unevenness are found on the shelf break. The bivariate distributions for richness and evenness for both fish and invertebrates show that all assemblage structures are not equally likely. The RAD categories identify regions that have high numbers of rare species and areas with unique assemblage structure. Main conclusions Predicted RADs over large regions can be used to identify biodiversity hotspots in more detail than richness alone. Areas of rare species and rare assemblage structure identified from fish and invertebrates largely overlap, despite the underlying data coming from two different data sets with two different collection methods. This approach allows us to target conservation management at species that would otherwise be missed.
JF  - Diversity and Distributions
AU  - Dunstan, Piers K
AU  - Bax, Nicholas J
AU  - Foster, Scott D
AU  - Williams, Alan
AU  - Althaus, Franziska
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, 7001 Tasmania, Australia
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 22
EP  - 32
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SN  - 1366-9516, 1366-9516
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - hot spots
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Hot spots
KW  - Continental slope
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - relative abundance
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Rare species
KW  - invertebrates
KW  - species richness
KW  - Scales
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Fish
KW  - Species richness
KW  - rare species
KW  - abundance
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Data processing; Continental slope; Hot spots; Scales; Abundance; Conservation; Biodiversity; Rare species; Species richness; hot spots; species richness; relative abundance; Biological diversity; Fish; invertebrates; abundance; rare species; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00838.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The influence of landscape context on the distribution of flightless mammals in exurban developments
AN  - 911161728; 16076802
AB  - Broad-acre subdivisions constitute an increasing form of residential development known as exurbia. Despite significant impacts on biodiversity, exurbia is critically understudied in Australia. Exurban developments are distributed non-uniformly around city margins and are typically clustered adjacent to desirable landscape elements, such as forests and water. Forested peninsulas are thus popular sites for exurban development. Developments on these relatively insular regions have the potential to reduce local populations of species with limited dispersal capabilities and an aversion to exurbia. Two exurban regions of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, one a peninsula and one inland, were surveyed for flightless mammals using spotlight observations and a survey of landowners. The frequencies of mammals within exurbia were compared with their frequencies in wildlands and tested against life history traits. Within the exurbanised peninsula, there were disproportionately fewer individuals of species with large home range sizes. Overall, two very fecund species, including a threatened native bandicoot, Perameles gunnii, were more frequent in exurbia than in wildlands. We cannot conclude that any of female body mass, female home range size and fecundity can provide consistently strong predictions of the likelihood of negative or positive effects of urbanisation, but we can conclude that each of these variables can be predictive within particular regional and faunal contexts. We suggest that, until further information is gained, planners could use fecundity as a predictor of mammal survival in exurbia, except where the exurban area is isolated from other areas that contain native vegetation, in which case, female home range negatively predicts survival.
JF  - Landscape and Urban Planning
AU  - Daniels, G D
AU  - Kirkpatrick, J B
AD  - School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, GPO, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, gdaniels@utas.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 114
EP  - 123
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 104
IS  - 1
SN  - 0169-2046, 0169-2046
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Urban ecology
KW  - Fringe development
KW  - Periurbia
KW  - Urban sprawl
KW  - Mammal conservation
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Body mass
KW  - Forests
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Survival
KW  - Development
KW  - dispersal
KW  - fecundity
KW  - Urban planning
KW  - Aversion
KW  - Planning
KW  - mammals
KW  - Australia, Tasmania, Hobart
KW  - Perameles gunnii
KW  - Landscape
KW  - home range
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Life history
KW  - Fecundity
KW  - Home range
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - survival
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Body mass; Landscape; Survival; Biodiversity; Forests; Vegetation; Development; Fecundity; Life history; Aversion; Planning; Home range; Dispersal; Urban planning; fecundity; mammals; Urbanization; home range; survival; dispersal; Perameles gunnii; Australia, Tasmania, Hobart
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Fred's Flow (Canada) and Murphy Well (Australia): thick komatiitic lava flows with contrasting compositions, emplacement mechanisms and water contents
AN  - 1832665796; 650163-11
JF  - Geophysical Research Abstracts
AU  - Siegel, C
AU  - Arndt, N T
AU  - Henriot, A -L
AU  - Barnes, S J
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - Abstract EGU2012
EP  - 6963-1
PB  - Copernicus GmbH on behalf of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Katlenburg-Lindau
VL  - 14
SN  - 1029-7006, 1029-7006
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L2  - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/EGU2012-6963-1.pdf http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/gra/gra.html
LA  - English
DB  - GeoRef
N1  - Conference title - European Geosciences Union general assembly 2012
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N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-24
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Equatorial carbonates: an earth systems approach
AN  - 1811893176; 16162099
AB  - The hypothesis here is that an earth systems 'processes to products' approach can be used to better develop predictive models for the recognition and assessment of under-evaluated equatorial carbonate systems. Warm temperatures, together with common clastic, fresh water and nutrient influx, as well as basinal settings in the equatorial tropics, all have a major impact on carbonate deposition and diagenesis. Specific features of equatorial carbonate systems resulting from the combination of processes acting in the region include: common occurrence of photoautotrophs and heterotrophs, aragonitic and/or calcitic dominant mineralogies, lack of coated grains or aggregates, common associations with clastics, lack of associations with evaporites, and diversity of platform types, including oligophotic ones. Additional diagenetic characteristics include: common micritization and bioerosion, paucity of marine cements, extensive vadose dissolution and concomitant phreatic cementation. There is also significant replacement of aragonite by calcite in regions of meteoric groundwater flow, common burial compaction and leaching, as well as localized massive dolomitization via sea water or continental derived groundwater flow. Although equatorial carbonates fall into the warm-water Photozoan Association, many of the features described above are at odds with models derived from their warm-water, arid-zone counterparts. Instead, a range of the equatorial carbonate features show some similarities with those formed in cool waters, and there have been difficulties separating carbonates from these two very different climatic regimes. Recommendations for the recognition of Phanerozoic regional equatorial carbonate development are: (i) a diversity of calcitic and/or aragonitic photoautotrophs; plus (ii) common elements of the Heterozoan Association; plus (iii) independent (for example, isotopic) evidence for warm temperatures (>22 degree C). Additional indicators towards a humid equatorial setting are: (iv) situation in appropriate palaeolatitudes; (v) lack of association with sedimentary evaporites, coated grain or aggregates; and (vi) geochemical evidence for reduced marine salinity and/or nutrient upwelling. The aim is that this work will lead to greater awareness and understanding of equatorial carbonate systems, and contribute to the development of globally predictive models to better understand past and likely future environmental change.
JF  - Sedimentology
AU  - WILSON, MOYRA EJ
AD  - Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia Associate Editor - Tracy Frank, m.wilson@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 31
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
SN  - 0037-0746, 0037-0746
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Palaeotemperature
KW  - Evaporites
KW  - Dolomitization
KW  - Upwelling
KW  - Carbonates
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Calcite
KW  - Bioerosion
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Compaction
KW  - Aggregates
KW  - Clastics
KW  - Groundwater Movement
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Diagenesis
KW  - Q2 09264:Sediments and sedimentation
KW  - SW 0810:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2016-08-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 12
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prediction; Dolomitization; Evaporites; Palaeotemperature; Upwelling; Bioerosion; Clastics; Diagenesis; Modelling; Carbonates; Calcite; Temperature; Nutrients; Compaction; Groundwater Movement; Aggregates
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01293.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Informing regional level policy development and actions for increased adaptive capacity in rural livelihoods
AN  - 1777108770; 16129792
AB  - Hazard impact assessments of vulnerability to climate change inherently fail to provide the context-specific understanding required to precipitate informed development of adaptation policies and actions. We demonstrate how this can occur by comparing a stakeholder participatory approach to assessing rural livelihood vulnerability across Pacific Island countries, with a widely used non-contextual approach, the Environmental Vulnerability Climate Change sub-index. The participatory approach was conducted in collaboration with a group of regional Pacific representatives. The approach included three activities: (i) producing a shared vision of the characteristics of vulnerability, (ii) estimating the relative vulnerability and capacity to adapt of Pacific Island communities using the Sustainable Livelihoods conceptual framework, and (iii) producing a post-hoc perspective of desirable policy-relevant outcomes to enhance adaptive capacity using Public Values Mapping analysis. The comparison of outputs derived from the two vulnerability assessment methods highlighted two notable differences: (i) different rankings of the vulnerability status of rural livelihoods in individual Pacific island countries, and (ii) differing capacities to support the delivery of action-orientated outputs and policy development. We argue that the participatory approach is more likely to result in effective policy outcomes, i.e. a reduction in the policy relevance gap and increased capacity to adapt. We substantiate this argument by attempting to create policy relevant outcomes from both vulnerability approaches. We show that the three-stage participatory approach is more able to satisfy the demand for decision-making processes relating to the allocation of climate change adaptation resources to be transparent and based on scientific evidence, as well as delivering outcomes that are in the public's interest. Output from the Environmental Vulnerability Climate Change sub-index was considered inadequate to effectively inform the development of policies and adaptation actions to reduce vulnerability in rural livelihoods.
JF  - Environmental Science & Policy
AU  - Park, Sarah
AU  - Howden, Mark
AU  - Crimp, Steven
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences/Climate Adaptation Flagship, GPO Box 1700, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia sarah.park@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 23
EP  - 37
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SN  - 1462-9011, 1462-9011
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Sustainable Livelihoods
KW  - Public Value Mapping
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Policy relevance
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Pacific
KW  - Policies
KW  - Islands
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Estimating
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Regional
KW  - Rural
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-06-30
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2011.09.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - James Richard Logan and the indigenous peoples of the Malay Peninsula: Image and rhetoric
AN  - 1684424287; 201518738
AB  - When James Richard Logan (1819-1869) embarked on his ethnological study of the indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula, he, like earlier and later scholars, thought of the non-Malays as 'wild tribes', that is primitive savages little changed since the dawn of time. He soon found that the image of the 'wild tribes' was not true to life. This article explores some of the features of his work that set him apart from other British scholars of the Peninsula. Logan was a professional man and not attached to the administration, as the majority of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scholars were. He was not distracted by the political situation, nor did he consider the Malays as exalted owners of the land. Logan viewed the indigenous peoples of the Peninsula as a whole. He endeavoured to trace the origins of the various indigenous races of the Peninsula, believing that identifying factors that had assisted or impeded their arrival would contribute to understanding the world-wide pattern of population movement. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Carroll, Diana J
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 147
EP  - 175
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Emigration and immigration Colonization Ethnology
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Indigenous Populations
KW  - Emigration
KW  - Immigration
KW  - Race
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - article
KW  - 0514: culture and social structure; social anthropology
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Colonization; Emigration; Immigration; Ethnology; Indigenous Populations; Race; Rhetoric; United Kingdom
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Taking Sufism to the streets: 'Majelis zikir' and 'majelis salawat' as new venues for popular Islamic piety in Indonesia
AN  - 1684423354; 201519976
AB  - This article identifies the institutional and social origins of a newly prominent type of vehicle for the promotion of Islamic piety. This makes rituals associated with the Sufi heritage the central foci of group gatherings and personal practice. These are the 'majelis salawat' and 'majelis zikir'. Two urban and one rural 'majelis' (associations) that are highly popular and use both 'salawat' and 'zikir' rituals provide the case material for this investigation. Distinctive structural features of these 'majelis' distinguish them from traditional Sufi orders and enable them to serve Indonesians responding to modern social pressures for geographic mobility and loosened ties to kin and local community. There is also distinctive conceptual framing and ritual deployment of the 'sawalat' and 'zikir' rituals by the 'habaib' preachers who commonly lead the urban 'majelis salawat and by the 'kiai' who leads the rural 'majelis', which considers the appeal of those usages of 'salawat' and 'zikir' for the groups' largely non-elite followings. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Zamhari, Arif
AU  - Howell, Julia Day
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 47
EP  - 75
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Spirituality Religious educators Islam--Customs and practices Sufism
KW  - Communities
KW  - Urban Areas
KW  - Social Pressure
KW  - Geographic Mobility
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Preachers
KW  - Rural Areas
KW  - Rituals
KW  - article
KW  - 1535: sociology of religion; sociology of religion
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DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rituals; Rural Areas; Social Pressure; Indonesia; Preachers; Communities; Geographic Mobility; Urban Areas
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Re-energising recognised Sufi orders in Indonesia
AN  - 1684423110; 201512503
AB  - This article explores a current development in recognised Sufi orders ('tarekat muktabarah') in Indonesia in response to the emergence of relatively new forms of urban Sufism. These new forms ignore one or more of the main characteristics of conventional Sufism as manifest in the recognised orders. The way in which Habib Luthfi Yahya teaches the practice of conventional Sufism provides an example of how conventional Sufism has now become more open, simple and attractive, not only for elderly members, but also for younger participants. Habib Luthfi has re-energised conventional Sufism by redefining its teachings in more understandable terms for the ordinary people, promoting the importance of social engagement through nationalistic Sufism and employing musical instruments and other cultural means to attract younger participants. The popularity of Habib Luthfi and his Sufi order shows that the recognised orders can successfully adapt to dynamic changes in society and meet people's spiritual needs today. This suggests that conventional Sufism can continue to play a significant role in society without losing its basic features: embodiment in a 'tarekat' (Sufi order), 'baiat' (initiation), and ongoing guidance by the initiating spiritual master. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Arifin, Achmad Zainal
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 77
EP  - 104
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Music--Religious aspects--Sufism Mysticism--Islam Sufism--Study and teaching
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Islam
KW  - Religiosity
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Music
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Islam; Muslims; Religiosity; Music; Sufism; Indonesia; Teaching; Nationalism
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - From piety to efficacy: Hybrid Sufism in a secular landscape
AN  - 1684422953; 201512538
AB  - This paper discusses Bioenergi, a spiritual centre in Yogyakarta, and the ways it interprets, modulates and contextualises the heritage of Sufi teaching to meet the demands of a modern secular landscape. Combining spirituality with modern management, the centre exemplifies what might be called 'scientification of spiritual goods' and 'psychologisation of Sufi spiritual training'. Bioenergi transforms Sufi teachings from formulas for normative piety into practices aimed at active worldly efficacy, and provides popular scientific justifications for Sufi-derived and commercialised programs for self-betterment. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Muttaqin, Ahmad
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 25
EP  - 46
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Sufism--Study and teaching Sufism--Psychological aspects Spirituality--Psychological aspects
KW  - Psychological Factors
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Islam
KW  - Religiosity
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Effectiveness
KW  - Secularism
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Psychological Factors; Sufism; Teaching; Secularism; Effectiveness; Landscape; Islam; Muslims; Religiosity
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sufism and neo-sufism in Indonesia today
AN  - 1684422467; 201512521
AB  - The articles on Sufism in this issue arise from a conference entitled 'Sufism for a New Age: Twenty-First Century Neo-Sufism, Cosmopolitan Piety and Traditionalist Responses'. The conference was held by the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies (now the Religion and Society Research Centre) at the University of Western Sydney on 29 and 30 September 2011. It featured new research on contemporary forms of Sufism across the globe, not only in Indonesia but elsewhere. Happily we had sufficient materials on Indonesia, combined with a later addition, to allow a focus in this issue on new trends in the study of Indonesian Sufism. Together these articles help update existing sociological accounts of how Indonesian Muslims today are making use of their Sufi heritage.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Howell, Julia Day
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 24
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Sufism, Neo-Sufism, Islam in Indonesia
KW  - Islam
KW  - Twenty First Century
KW  - Religions
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Research
KW  - Congresses and Conventions
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sufism; Indonesia; Congresses and Conventions; Research; Muslims; Twenty First Century; Islam; Religions
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Returning to Sengkang
AN  - 1684422393; 201512374
AB  - In late December 2011, I arrived in Sengkang, the main town of the district of Wajo in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, after a flight from Sydney to Denpasar, and then to Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi. My trip to South Sulawesi, particularly to Wajo, was part of twelve-month fieldwork research for my PhD in anthropology. I was born in Belawa, one of fourteen subdistricts in Wajo, and completed my primary and secondary school education there before I moved to Makassar to attend a university in 1988. Since then, I lived in Makassar until I went to Canberra to begin my PhD course in January 2011. Wajo, together with its Bugis cultural tradition, has, therefore, been very familiar to me from childhood. Yet, when reflecting as an adult on my own heritage from various perspectives, including anthropology, I have never imagined that I knew enough about this heritage, and Bugis matters in general, to make fieldwork in Wajo easy. My knowledge of Bugis culture came mostly from my parents' stories, as well as from my own participation in various local cultural events. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Halim, Wahyuddin
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 177
EP  - 185
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Sufism Twentieth century Political ethics Bugis (Malay people)
KW  - Cities
KW  - Culture
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Islam
KW  - Fieldwork
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Traditions
KW  - Secondary Schools
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9221: politics and society; politics and society
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fieldwork; Anthropology; Traditions; Indonesia; Culture; Secondary Schools; Cities; Muslims; Islam
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ordering what is right, forbidding what is wrong: Two faces of Hadhrami dakwah in contemporary Indonesia
AN  - 1684422363; 201512559
AB  - This paper is concerned with two faces of Hadhrami dakwah in post-New Order Indonesia. One is that of Habib Syech bin Abulkadir Assegaf (Habib Syech) who promotes traditional Sufi piety and opposes religious and political violence. The other is that of Al-Habib Muhammad Rizieq bin Hussein Syihab (Habib Rizieq), one of the founders of Front Pembela Islam (Islamic Defenders Front, FPI). He is known as much for his politics as for his piety. Both are examples of the new institutional and ritual forms that Sufism takes and the increasing significance of Hadhrami sayyid in post-New Order Indonesia. They lead social movements located in new, primarily urban, social spaces. As is true of many religiously inspired social movements they draw on and seek to amplify emotions. Habib Syech stresses love and compassion; Habib Rizieq, fear and hatred. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Woodward, Mark
AU  - Rohmaniyah, Inayah
AU  - Amin, Ali
AU  - Ma'arif, Samsul
AU  - Coleman, Diana Murtaugh
AU  - Umar, Muhammad Sani
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 105
EP  - 146
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Al-Habib Muhammad Rizieq bin Husein Syihab, 1965- Sufism Social movements
KW  - Political Violence
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Social Movements
KW  - Compassion
KW  - Rituals
KW  - Social Space
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Indonesia; Social Movements; Islam; Sufism; Emotions; Social Space; Political Violence; Rituals; Compassion
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Vulnerability Indicators of Sea Water Intrusion
AN  - 1671483016; 16196084
AB  - In this paper, simple indicators of the propensity for sea water intrusion (SWI) to occur (referred to as "SWI vulnerability indicators") are devised. The analysis is based on an existing analytical solution for the steady-state position of a sharp fresh water-salt water interface. Interface characteristics, that is, the wedge toe location and sea water volume, are used in quantifying SWI in both confined and unconfined aquifers. Rates-of-change (partial derivatives of the analytical solution) in the wedge toe or sea water volume are used to quantify the aquifer vulnerability to various stress situations, including (1) sea-level rise; (2) change in recharge (e.g., due to climate change); and (3) change in seaward discharge. A selection of coastal aquifer cases is used to apply the SWI vulnerability indicators, and the proposed methodology produces interpretations of SWI vulnerability that are broadly consistent with more comprehensive investigations. Several inferences regarding SWI vulnerability arise from the analysis, including: (1) sea-level rise impacts are more extensive in aquifers with head-controlled rather than flux-controlled inland boundaries, whereas the opposite is true for recharge change impacts; (2) sea-level rise does not induce SWI in constant-discharge confined aquifers; (3) SWI vulnerability varies depending on the causal factor, and therefore vulnerability composites are needed that differentiate vulnerability to such threats as sea-level rise, climate change, and changes in seaward groundwater discharge. We contend that the approach is an improvement over existing methods for characterizing SWI vulnerability, because the method has theoretical underpinnings and yet calculations are simple, although the coastal aquifer conceptualization is highly idealized.
JF  - Ground Water
AU  - Werner, Adrian D
AU  - Ward, James D
AU  - Morgan, Leanne K
AU  - Simmons, Craig T
AU  - Robinson, Neville I
AU  - Teubner, Michael D
AD  - School of the Environment, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. 1
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 48
EP  - 58
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
SN  - 0017-467X, 0017-467X
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Discharge
KW  - Aquifers
KW  - Sea water
KW  - Indicators
KW  - Wedges
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Intrusion
KW  - Mathematical analysis
KW  - Marine
KW  - Freshwater
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 1
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Marine; Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00817.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Diagnostic Assessment of Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematical Content Knowledge
AN  - 1651852037; EJ1018653
AB  - Establishing the mathematical content knowledge of pre-service teachers is a requirement in New Zealand. However, this knowledge is not clearly defined and is a challenge for initial teacher education providers to assess. We develop the concept of foundation content knowledge and suggest how it can be assessed using two forms of diagnostic assessment. We examined an established conventional written test and an adaptive online adult numeracy assessment. The usefulness of each assessment tool was analysed in terms of how it revealed the foundation content knowledge of pre-service teachers. The two assessment tools were administered to different cohorts of pre-service teachers. In both cases, less than one-half of each cohort demonstrated foundation content knowledge at the beginning of their teacher education programmes. Both assessment tools provide information about the learning needs of each pre-service teacher. Crucially, the adaptive assessment tool gave immediate feedback directly to pre-service teachers. Furthermore, the adaptive assessment tool has the potential to provide consistent diagnostic information from year to year and between initial teacher education providers.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Linsell, Chris
AU  - Anakin, Megan
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 4
EP  - 27
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Comparative Analysis
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Diagnostic Tests
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Mathematics Tests
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Computer Assisted Testing
KW  - Adaptive Testing
KW  - Mathematics
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Role of ICT in Supporting the Development of Professional Knowledge during Teaching Practice
AN  - 1651850013; EJ1018701
AB  - Prospective mathematics teachers often start their practice with images of learning situations quite different from current curriculum orientations. Such is the case of Fabio, who, at the beginning of his practicum, proposed mostly exercises and promoted unidirectional communication. We analyse the contribution of a teacher education setting based on ICT (email and forum) in developing his professional knowledge, looking especially at tasks and forms of communication. The qualitative and interpretative case study of this prospective teacher is based on interviews and on the analysis of the documentation generated in the teacher education setting. The results show that, in addition to exercises, the prospective teacher began to suggest more open and challenging tasks, and to promote contributive communication in his classroom. In planning his lessons, Fabio's professional knowledge showed improvement in the diversity of tasks that he adopted, in the attention he gave to student activity, in the adequacy of instructional materials that he used, and in the forms of communication that he promoted, which involved more students in the classroom activities. By reflecting on his actions, he developed his ability to gather information about his practice, how to interpret it, question it, and reshape it. The reconstruction of particular parts of the practice helped Fabio to expand his professional knowledge and to see practice as a source of learning to teach.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Viseu, Floriano
AU  - da Ponte, Joao Pedro
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 137
EP  - 158
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Portugal
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 9
KW  - Qualitative Research
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Student Development
KW  - Computer Mediated Communication
KW  - Classroom Techniques
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Electronic Mail
KW  - Technology Uses in Education
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Student Teaching
KW  - Group Discussion
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Interpersonal Communication
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Supervision
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Student Teacher Supervisors
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Mathematical Content Knowledge and Attitudes of New Zealand Pre-Service Primary Teachers
AN  - 1651849823; EJ1018630
AB  - This paper presents data on the mathematical content knowledge and attitudes of pre-service primary teacher education students. The assessment consisted of nine tasks, including 2-digit computations and proportional reasoning. Students rated their liking for mathematics at three time points: primary, secondary, .and when assessed. Fewer than half the students liked mathematics, currently. Those with positive attitudes tended to perform well on mathematics tasks, but some low scorers were positive and some high' scorers were negative about mathematics. Most students used algorithmic procedures to solve problems and several consistent misconceptions were identified. Performance was noticeably poor on adding common fractions and converting fractions to percentages using knowledge of common factors. The implications of these findings for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers are presented.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Young-Loveridge, Jenny
AU  - Bicknell, Brenda
AU  - Mills, Judith
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 28
EP  - 49
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Student Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Graduate Students
KW  - Undergraduate Students
KW  - Preservice Teacher Education
KW  - Achievement Gains
KW  - Misconceptions
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Mathematical Aptitude
KW  - Prior Learning
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Knowing Mathematics to Be a Teacher
AN  - 1651849637; EJ1018644
AB  - The limited mathematical knowledge of preservice primary teachers is an international concern. The areas of mathematical difficulties have been well documented, which has led to many universities instituting testing regimes to ensure that preservice teachers have appropriate knowledge of primary school mathematics. In our study, the preservice teachers identify some benefits for being tested, but these were often related to having sufficient knowledge so that they did not lose face in front of students. We suggest that this emphasis on performance could exacerbate preservice teachers' reliance on procedural rather than conceptual understanding. Thus, there needs to be consideration of the type of testing that is instituted so that it connects to preservice teachers' professional identities as teachers.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Meaney, Tamsin
AU  - Lange, Troels
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 50
EP  - 69
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Student Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - Focus Groups
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Knowledge Level
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Student Evaluation
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - How Do They Measure Up? Primary Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge of Area and Perimeter
AN  - 1651848830; EJ1018652
AB  - This paper reports on the results of three different investigations into pre-service teachers' understanding of the mathematical concepts of area and perimeter. Different test instruments were used with three cohorts from two universities in order to identify pre-service teachers' understandings and common misconceptions. The results indicated that many pre-service teachers across the cohorts had a procedural understanding of area and perimeter, displayed similar misconceptions to their student counterparts, and were limited in their ability to demonstrate examples of the mathematics knowledge required to teach these topics. The findings add to the limited field of research into primary pre-service teachers' understanding of area and perimeter, particularly within an Australian context and across institutions.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Livy, Sharyn
AU  - Muir, Tracey
AU  - Maher, Nicole
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 91
EP  - 112
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mixed Methods Research
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Misconceptions
KW  - Knowledge Level
KW  - Teaching Skills
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Measuring Pre-Service Primary Teachers' Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics
AN  - 1651848579; EJ1018656
AB  - This paper reports on the knowledge for teaching mathematics of 294 pre-service primary teachers from seven Australian universities participating in a project aimed at establishing a culture of evidence-based improvement of teacher education. The project was funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Rasch measurement techniques were used to validate and obtain performance measures on an overall Teacher Knowledge scale and three subscales (beliefs, content knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge). The relative difficulties of items on each of the three subscales are discussed and differences between the participants' performances on each subscale and the overall scale according to level of education (prior to their pre-service teacher education course), previous mathematics study, course type, mode of study, and confidence to teach mathematics at the grade levels for which they were being prepared, are examined. The findings contribute to the establishment of an evidence-base for pre-service teacher education, and they also raise questions about the knowledge with which pre-service teachers leave teacher education, and current understandings of how important aspects of the knowledge teachers need can be measured.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Beswick, Kim
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 70
EP  - 90
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Australia
KW  - Rasch Scaled Scores
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Program Effectiveness
KW  - Student Characteristics
KW  - Educational Attainment
KW  - Test Items
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Teacher Competencies
KW  - Comparative Analysis
KW  - Knowledge Level
KW  - Teacher Educators
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Teacher Education Programs
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Teacher Characteristics
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Difficulty Level
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Best Practices
KW  - Educational Opportunities
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Change Strategies
KW  - Beliefs
KW  - Evidence
KW  - College Mathematics
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing Robust Forms of Pre-Service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge through Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching Analysis
AN  - 1651843563; EJ1018658
AB  - This study documents and describes efforts to develop robust forms of pre-service teachers' pedagogical content knowledge through a culturally responsive mathematics teaching approach. Embedded in a university K-8 mathematics methods course emphasising the connections among mathematics, children's mathematical thinking, and children's cultural/linguistic funds of knowledge, pre-service teachers (N = 40) were given an assignment to analyse their own mathematics lessons utilizing a rubric tool with categories about children's mathematical thinking, academic language supports, cultural funds of knowledge, and critical math/social justice. Utilizing a mixed methods approach to analyse the pre-service teachers' (PST) work, we found the highest average self-ratings across the categories associated with children's mathematical thinking and high variability in the categories related to language, culture, and social justice. To understand the variation within the latter three categories we qualitatively analysed PST written reflections. We found strong PST receptivity to supporting academic language for second language learners and integrating cultural funds of knowledge into mathematics lessons, and mixed receptivity to integrating social justice into mathematics lessons. However, a more nuanced analysis of teacher resistance revealed challenges with pedagogy rather than ideology. Implications for mathematics teacher education and strengthening pedagogical content knowledge of pre-service teachers are discussed.
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Aguirre, Julia M.
AU  - Zavala, Maria del Rosario
AU  - Katanyoutanant, Tiffany
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 113
EP  - 136
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Pacific Northwest
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Language Usage
KW  - Graduate Study
KW  - Culturally Relevant Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Scoring Rubrics
KW  - Mixed Methods Research
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Methods Courses
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - English (Second Language)
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Knowledge Level
KW  - Student Needs
KW  - Classroom Communication
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Cultural Relevance
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Social Justice
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Comparison of the Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Quality of Greywater from Water Deficient Households in Homabay Town and Githurai Estates in Kenya
AN  - 1642320588; 20293948
AB  - Greywater, the untreated household wastewater that has not been contaminated by toilet waste, has been touted as a reliable all year-round source of water, especially in water scarce areas. Although it is commonly reused in water scarce urban and peri-urban settlements in Kenya, information on its bacteriological and physico-chemical properties is generally limited. The present study sought to compare the physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of kitchen and laundry greywater from an urban (Githurai) and peri-urban settlement (Homabay). Compared to the source water, kitchen and laundry greywater at the two sites had higher electrical conductivity (EC) and salinity, depressed dissolved oxygen (DO) levels and a wide pH range. Although significant differences in EC, DO and salinity of greywater from kitchen and laundry were noted (P < 0.05), the two sites differed significantly only in DO (P = 0.002). Total coliforms (TC) and fecal coliforms (FC) were also higher in greywater than in source water. The greywater types differed in TC (P = 0.003) while the two sites differed in both TC and FC (P < or = 0.03). High loads of TC and FC suggest possible fecal contamination of greywater. This coupled with the occasional presence of Salmonella, Shigella and Vibrio cholerae means that reuse of untreated greywater is not safe in both sites, and should be treated before use. Owing to the differences in the quality of the different types of greywater as well as the sites investigated, the design of greywater treatment technologies should consider both type and source.
JF  - Open Environmental Engineering Journal
AU  - Nganga, Victor G
AU  - Kariuki, Francis W
AU  - Kotut, Kiplagat
AD  - Department of Plant and Microbial Science, P.O. Box 43844 GPO 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 110
EP  - 118
PB  - Bentham Science Publishers B.V., P.O. Box 1673 Hilversum 1200 BR Netherlands
VL  - 5
SN  - 1874-8295, 1874-8295
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Greywater
KW  - homabay
KW  - githurai
KW  - coliforms
KW  - salmonella
KW  - shigella
KW  - vibrio
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Households
KW  - Settlements
KW  - Dissolution
KW  - Waste water
KW  - Kitchens
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2014-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-04
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Book Reviewer Introduction: Theron Westervelt
AN  - 1550991659; 201406952
AB  - Theron Westervelt is a new book reviewer for this journal. Westervelt is section head of serials -- Arts, Humanities and Sciences, U.S. General Division at the Library of Congress. Westervelt's background and classic books on electronic resources are discussed. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
AU  - Westervelt, Theron
AD  - Serials-Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, US General Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 73
PB  - Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
SN  - 1941-126X, 1941-126X
KW  - Librarians
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Electronic resources management
KW  - Biographies
KW  - article
KW  - 2.11: LIS - BIOGRAPHIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biographies; Library of Congress; Librarians; Electronic resources management
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2012.657148
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Geoethics; a perspective from Australia
AN  - 1549619770; 2014-059263
AB  - This short article is based on the introductory remarks I made in the Geoethics symposium at Geoitalia 2011. I was pleased to be invited to provide a brief address at this meeting because it gave me the opportunity to promote the 34th International Geological Congress (IGC) that will to be held in Brisbane, Australia, on August 5-10, 2012, and which will have a strong geoethics symposium. My succinct remarks reflect my experience over many years in provision of technical information and advice in support of Australian government decisions and policies on mining, energy and groundwater - all of which have core geoscientific elements. Further, they reflect the situation in a new world country with a strong economy dominated by mining, which differs in many ways from the countries where the field of geoethics has been nurtured and grown. They also outline a dilemma relating to mining in a developing country.
JF  - Annals of Geophysics
AU  - Lambert, Ian B
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 377
EP  - 378
PB  - Editrice Compositori, Bologna
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
SN  - 1593-5213, 1593-5213
KW  - resources
KW  - mining
KW  - developing countries
KW  - geologic hazards
KW  - Australasia
KW  - ethics
KW  - regulations
KW  - government agencies
KW  - damage
KW  - decision-making
KW  - environmental effects
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - natural hazards
KW  - policy
KW  - economics
KW  - Australia
KW  - 22:Environmental geology
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L2  - http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals
LA  - English
DB  - GeoRef
N1  - Conference title - Geoitalia 2011; 8th Italian forum of earth sciences
N1  - Copyright - GeoRef, Copyright 2014, American Geosciences Institute.
N1  - Date revised - 2014-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-07-31
N1  - CODEN - AGFRAI
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Australasia; Australia; damage; decision-making; developing countries; economics; environmental effects; ethics; geologic hazards; government agencies; mining; natural hazards; policy; regulations; resources; sustainable development
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4401/ag-5556
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - From climate to climate change: works in progress, lessons and challenges for history
TT  - Du climat au changement climatique: chantiers, lecons et defis pour l'histoire
AN  - 1504420228; 201405664
AB  - This article examines how history can help us think -- and offer new insights -- about climate change. After a presentation of the different fields of investigation in the history of climate, it first looks at the way past societies have understood climate and its changes over the centuries and shows that, far from being a recent phenomenon, concern about climate change is old. But awareness of contemporary anthropogenic warming reflects a change of scale and a different kind of fear, because global warming poses for the first time the question of the very survival of our civilizations. The second part of the article sets out what the past can teach us about the vulnerability of human societies to climatic shocks. Finally, the paper offers some reflections on the challenges historians working on these issues face and also the obstacles that continue to hamper historical research in this area. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Cultures et Conflits
AU  - Mouhot, Jean-Francois
AD  - Docteur en histoire et Marie Curie fellow, Georgetown University et Kluge Center, Library of Congress, USA
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 19
EP  - 42
PB  - L'Harmattan, Paris France
IS  - 88
SN  - 1157-996X, 1157-996X
KW  - climate change, history, historiography, environment
KW  - Climate Change
KW  - Historical Research
KW  - Climate
KW  - Historians
KW  - article
KW  - 9221: politics and society; politics and society
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LA  - French
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - CCONEF
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Climate Change; Climate; Historians; Historical Research
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Serials and RDA: An Ongoing Relationship
AN  - 1504413839; 201402496
AB  - This full-day preconference offered a comprehensive study of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the cataloging of serials and related issues. It discussed RDA guidelines that covered identifying entities and making relationships in the context of Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), and the Statement of International Cataloguing Principles. In addition to reviewing changes between Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2) and RDA, Kuhagen introduced new RDA elements and machine-readable cataloging (MARC) coding. Finally, the speaker gave a preview of possible changes in RDA affecting serials. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Serials Librarian
AU  - Kuhagen, Judith A
AU  - Mering, Margaret
AD  - Policy and Standards Division, Library of congress
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 5
EP  - 16
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 62
IS  - 1-4
SN  - 0361-526X, 0361-526X
KW  - serials cataloging
KW  - Resource Description and Access (RDA)
KW  - expression
KW  - work
KW  - manifestation
KW  - Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records-FRBR
KW  - Serials
KW  - AACR2
KW  - Resource Description & Access-RDA
KW  - MARC
KW  - article
KW  - 12.14: BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - SELID4
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Resource Description & Access-RDA; AACR2; Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records-FRBR; MARC; Serials
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2012.652470
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigations into Soil Composition and Texture Using Infrared Spectroscopy (2-14 mu m)
AN  - 1500777718; 17612864
AB  - The ability of thermal and shortwave infrared spectroscopy to characterise composition and texture was evaluated using both particle size separated soil samples and natural soils. Particle size analysis and separation into clay, silt, and sand-sized soil fractions was undertaken to examine possible relationships between quartz and clay mineral spectral signatures and soil texture. Spectral indices, based on thermal infrared specular and volume scattering features, were found to discriminate clay mineral-rich soil from mostly coarser quartz-rich sandy soil and to a lesser extent from the silty quartz-rich soil. Further investigations were undertaken using spectra and information on 51 USDA and other soils within the ASTER spectral library to test the application of shortwave, mid- and thermal infrared spectral indices for the derivation of clay mineral, quartz, and organic carbon content. A nonlinear correlation between quartz content and a TIR spectral index based on the 8.62 mu m was observed. Preliminary efforts at deriving a spectral index for the soil organic carbon content, based on 3.4-3.5 mu m fundamental H-C stretching vibration bands, were also undertaken with limited results.
JF  - Applied and Environmental Soil Science
AU  - Hewson, Robert D
AU  - Cudahy, Thomas J
AU  - Jones, Malcolm
AU  - Thomas, Matilda
AD  - School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, robert.hewson@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
PB  - Hindawi Publishing Corporation, P.O. Box 3079 Cuyahoga Falls OH 44223 United States
VL  - 2012
SN  - 1687-7667, 1687-7667
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Soil
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Clay
KW  - Vibration
KW  - Organic carbon
KW  - Sandy soils
KW  - Soil texture
KW  - Spectroscopy
KW  - Minerals
KW  - ENA 15:Renewable Resources-Terrestrial
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-01
N1  - Number of references - 4
N1  - Last updated - 2015-09-03
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Soil; Clay; Vibration; Organic carbon; Soil texture; Sandy soils; Spectroscopy; Minerals
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/535646
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Worker self-organization in the new economy: the AFL-CIO's experience in movement building with community-labour partnerships
AN  - 1446269827; 4496209
AB  - In 2006, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) issued a resolution calling for increased collaboration between organized labour and worker centres. Drawing from the federation's experience, this article traces the growing convergence of organized labour and worker centres to structural economic and political shifts in the past decades. It holds that worker centres, as a movement-based strategy for a new economy, and labour unions, as institutions built to secure bargaining victories, could potentially conflict in their organizational imperatives. However, through successful collaboration, these two trends in the labour movement could reshape organizing strategies in the 21st century to better leverage worker power. From the 2006 resolution, we present five case studies of labour-community partnerships to highlight encouraging developments. Adapted from the source document. Reprinted by permission of McGill University Centre for Developing Area Studies
JF  - Labour, capital and society
AU  - Avendano, Ana
AU  - Hiatt, Jonathan
AD  - American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 66
EP  - 95
VL  - 45
IS  - 1
SN  - 0706-1706, 0706-1706
KW  - Economics
KW  - Workers
KW  - Power
KW  - Cooperation
KW  - Collaboration
KW  - Labour movements
KW  - Conflict
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LA  - English
DB  - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-10-28
N1  - Last updated - 2013-10-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 13682; 7167 11871 11869; 2859; 9965; 2698; 2464 2859
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Preparation Of Graduate Health Professionals For Working With Bereaved Clients: An Australian Perspective
AN  - 1417549212; 201315150
AB  - Students enrolled in health profession courses require grief education so that, upon graduation, they are able to meet the needs of clients living with loss and grief. We investigated grief and loss education in six Australian university programs-medicine, nursing, counseling, psychology, social work, and occupational therapy-drawing from course documents and face-to-face interviews with key staff and final-year students. Only the counseling course included a dedicated grief and loss unit. The nursing, medicine, and occupational therapy courses emphasized end-of-life issues rather than a breadth of bereavement experiences. The social work course taught grief as a socially-constructed practice and the psychology course focused on grief and loss in addiction. Several factors influenced the delivery of grief education, including staffing, time, placement opportunities, student feedback, and needs of each profession. The study provides an indication as to how future health professionals are prepared for grief and loss issues in their practice. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Omega - Journal of Death and Dying
AU  - Breen, Lauren J
AU  - Fernandez, Maria
AU  - O'Connor, Moira
AU  - Pember, Amiee-Jade
AD  - School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University,GPO Box U1987, Perth Western Australia 6845, Australia lauren.breen@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 313
EP  - 332
PB  - Baywood Publishing, Amityville NY
VL  - 66
IS  - 4
SN  - 0030-2228, 0030-2228
KW  - Health professionals
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Social work
KW  - Grief
KW  - Counselling psychology
KW  - Bereavement
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - OMGABX
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Grief; Health professionals; Nursing; Social work; Bereavement; Counselling psychology
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/OM.66.4.c
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Private Returns on Education in Ghana: Estimating the Effects of Education on Employability in Ghana
AN  - 1417527009; 201333445
AB  - The relevance of education for both individual and social development in Ghana and in many developing societies is generally acknowledged. Human capital theorists identify positive effects of education on labour market outcomes of individuals. it has been argued that education enhances the skills and knowledge of individuals for better employment, higher productivity and improved wages. This paper draws on the latest and most comprehensive survey data in Ghana, the fifth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 5), to assess the effects of education on employability in Ghana. This paper argues that education has a positive effect on employability in Ghana. Analysis of the GLSS 5 data shows that in the Ghanaian labour market, individuals who have attained basic, secondary and tertiary education have higher probabilities of being employed than those with no education, ceteris paribus. However, the highest private returns on education, in terms of employability is tertiary education. Hence optimal post primary education investment in Ghana is one with a high possibility for tertiary education. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - African Sociological Review/Revue Africaine de Sociologie
AU  - Asafu-Adjaye
AD  - Labour research And Policy institute, Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC Princeb65@Hotmail.com
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 121
EP  - 139
PB  - University of the Western Cape, Cape Town South Africa
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SN  - 1027-4332, 1027-4332
KW  - Standard of Living
KW  - Ghana
KW  - Human Capital
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Employability
KW  - Wages
KW  - Labor Market
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - article
KW  - 1432: sociology of education; sociology of education
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Ghana; Employability; Secondary Education; Labor Market; Knowledge; Primary Education; Human Capital; Wages; Standard of Living
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Striga parasitizes transgenic hairy roots of Zea mays and provides a tool for studying plant-plant interactions
AN  - 1399904610; 17381303
AB  - Background: Striga species are noxious root hemi-parasitic weeds that debilitate cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Control options for Striga are limited and developing Striga resistant crop germplasm is regarded as the best and most sustainable control measure. Efforts to improve germplasm for Striga resistance by a non-Genetic Modification (GM) approach, for example by exploiting natural resistance, or by a GM approach are constrained by limited information on the biological processes underpinning host-parasite associations. Additionaly, a GM approach is stymied by lack of availability of candidate resistance genes for introduction into hosts and robust transformation methods to validate gene functions. Indeed, a majority of Striga hosts, the world's most cultivated cereals, are recalcitrant to genetic transformation. In maize, the existing protocols for transformation and regeneration are tedious, lengthy, and highly genotype-specific with low efficiency of transformation. Results: We used Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain K599 carrying a reporter gene construct, Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), to generate transgenic composite maize plants that were challenged with the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Eighty five percent of maize plants produced transgenic hairy roots expressing GFP. Consistent with most hairy roots produced in other species, transformed maize roots exhibited a hairy root phenotype, the hallmark of A. rhizogenes mediated transformation. Transgenic hairy roots resulting from A. rhizogenes transformation were readily infected by S. hermonthica. There were no significant differences in the number and size of S. hermonthica individuals recovered from either transgenic or wild type roots. Conclusions: This rapid, high throughput, transformation technique will advance our understanding of gene function in parasitic plant-host interactions.
JF  - Plant Methods
AU  - Runo, Steven
AU  - Macharia, Sarah
AU  - Alakonya, Amos
AU  - Machuka, Jesse
AU  - Sinha, Neelima
AU  - Scholes, Julie
AD  - Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 20
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SN  - 1746-4811, 1746-4811
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Transformation
KW  - Weeds
KW  - Agrobacterium rhizogenes
KW  - Hairy root
KW  - Green fluorescent protein
KW  - Roots
KW  - Striga
KW  - Transgenic plants
KW  - Crops
KW  - Cereals
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Reporter gene
KW  - Germplasm
KW  - Striga hermonthica
KW  - G 07800:Plants and Algae
KW  - W 30900:Methods
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-07-01
N1  - Number of references - 46
N1  - Last updated - 2013-08-23
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Transformation; Weeds; Cereals; Reporter gene; Hairy root; Germplasm; Green fluorescent protein; Roots; Crops; Transgenic plants; Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Zea mays; Striga hermonthica; Striga
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-8-20
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sustainability Without Politics: How The Nero Act Can Energize The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
AN  - 1373424144; 201321254
AB  - In Part I of this paper I will provide you with background information about how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission operates, its traditional practices, and how the Commission has recently deviated from its established norms under the leadership of Gregory Jaczko. Part II gives a brief summary of the current legislation that dictates how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission functions, and Part III is a description of my proposed legislation, the NERO Act, which would clarify the role and obligations of the Chairman. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Legislation
AU  - Terry, Congressman Lee
AD  - Member, United States House of Representatives
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Notre Dame Law School, IN
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
SN  - 0146-9584, 0146-9584
KW  - Commissions
KW  - Obligation
KW  - Leadership
KW  - article
KW  - 9089: government/political systems; legislatures
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - JLEGDF
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Commissions; Obligation; Leadership
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Low-to-no carbon city: Lessons from western urban projects for the rapid transformation of Shanghai
AN  - 1364700911; 201327408
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to explore the rapid urbanization of Chinese cities with a focus on the plans for a new, ongoing urban sub-centre in the north-west of Shanghai: Zhenru Urban Sub-Centre. Information-rich urbanization is a defining feature of the 21st century, reshaping cities and communities in China and in developing countries around the world. The scale and pace of change requires a solid systems approach of urban development. In 2011, China announced that it has reached an urbanization rate of 50%. If we take rapid urbanization as a given and that it is already well underway, it is still widely unclear what research needs to be conducted and policy changes made to support municipalities of fast transforming cities and to avoid repeating the development mistakes that have occurred in industrialized nations, i.e. driving urban growth with high consumption patterns without fully considering the environmental and social needs and occupants' behaviour and aspirations. This paper compares two cases of urban development patterns for new sub-centres for polycentric city structures: It relates to new urban sub-centres in Berlin (Germany) and Shanghai (China), and the relationship of these sub-centres to 'Network City' theory. Network theory is useful in this context as the 'network' metaphor and concepts of decentralization seem to have replaced the 'machine' metaphor which was based on efficiency based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels. As cities aim to move towards more resilient urban ecosystems and polycentric systems, the case of Potsdamer Platz Berlin, compared to Zhenru Sub-Centre in Shanghai, is discussed. Both are transport-oriented developments promoting mixed-use density and less car-dependency. According to documentation of the Shanghai municipality, Zhenru urban centre, which is currently in its planning phase, is supposed to become a 'new sustainable sub-centre for a growing metropolis'. Based on the Potsdamer Platz experience, a series of careful recommendations are formulated for the design and development of such centres, knowing that it is rather difficult to translate from one case to the other. The conclusion includes five lessons (recommendations) from Potsdamer Platz for the urban design of new sub-centres to ensure a delivery of economical, social and environmental sustainable outcomes. A core finding is that drawing lessons from the German case study for Chinese urbanization seemed a useful tactic and gave a sense that there are underlying urban design strategies. However, the conversion of such strategies to another cultural and social context requires further research. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Habitat International
AU  - Lehmann, Steffen
AD  - Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour, North Terrace, GPO Box 2471, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, AustraliaTel.: +61883020654 steffen.lehmann@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 61
EP  - 69
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 37
SN  - 0197-3975, 0197-3975
KW  - Urban sub-centre, China, Network City theory, Urbanization, Sustainable urban growth, Low-carbon city
KW  - Needs
KW  - Peoples Republic of China
KW  - Cities
KW  - Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
KW  - Urban Development
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Twenty First Century
KW  - Urban Areas
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - article
KW  - 2656: environmental interactions; environmental interactions
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - HINTDM
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Urban Areas; Cities; Urbanization; Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China; Peoples Republic of China; Urban Development; Needs; Developing Countries; Twenty First Century
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.12.014
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Important Ideas in Mathematics: What Are They and Where Do You Get Them?
AN  - 1361857125; EJ1002542
AB  - In recent years, there has been greater attention in research and professional development work to discussion of the kinds of knowledge teachers need to teach effectively in the mathematics classroom. It seems reasonable that in planning at the school level, teaching team level and then specifically for a given lesson, teachers might have a sense of the most important mathematical ideas on which they wish to focus. In this article, we discuss written statements by teachers in surveys regarding the most important ideas on which they intended to focus in their next teaching topic. There was considerable variation in teachers' capacity to articulate these important ideas. We discuss the implications of this for teacher professional learning and planning. (Contains 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 13
EP  - 18
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Professional Development
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - From Routine to Rich: Developing an Algebraic Reasoning Task for a Middle/Upper Primary Class?
AN  - 1361856738; EJ1002547
AB  - As part of one of the undergraduate Bachelor of Education units offered as a specialisation unit in primary mathematics education at The University of Notre Dame Australia, the pre-service teachers were asked to complete an assignment. In this assignment they were given 12 typical algebra text book problems which they were asked to solve and then to take one of these problems and work extensively with it, to turn it into what was referred to as a "rich" learning experience. Working through the process of solving many problems provides experience to allow the identification of what constitutes a good task (Siemon, Beswick, Brady, Clark, Faragher & Warren, 2011). The main body of this article is the journey undertaken by one of the pre-service teachers, Courtney, in completing this assessment task and his reflections about the task. It should be noted that this assignment was preceded by much in the way of discussion and modelling of current best practice with an emphasis on developing sound pedagogy backed by current research. In answering the task requirements, Courtney drew the many strands of understanding together to create what was considered to be a cogent and thoughtful reflection which illustrates how a relatively trivial and context-free question can be teased out to provide not just an answer but a series of activities that can lead to developing some key understandings in the area of algebra. At the conclusion of this article is a small section which outlines some of the Australian Curriculum proficiencies and content links which have been addressed in the completion of this set of activities. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Bridge, Courtney
AU  - Day, Lorraine
AU  - Hurrell, Derek
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 8
EP  - 12
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Undergraduate Students
KW  - Elementary School Students
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Undergraduate Study
KW  - Learning Experience
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Best Practices
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Reflection
KW  - Assignments
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - What Matters Most when Students and Teachers Use Interactive Whiteboards in Mathematics Classrooms?
AN  - 1361856501; EJ1002546
AB  - Teachers are encouraged to immerse their students in rich and engaging learning environments (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003). One teaching tool that can facilitate the creation of rich learning environments is the interactive whiteboard (IWB) (Baker, 2009). When teaching mathematics, the varied representational aspects of IWBs can be used to assist students in achieving specific learning outcomes. IWBs can be used to represent mathematical shapes, activities and processes. This article considers what matters most to the students and teachers who use IWBs, drawing from a study of how IWBs were used in two primary schools. This study has identified that the pedagogical uses of IWBs do impact on student attitudes towards them. This study has also concluded that teachers' attitudes towards IWBs are generally positive and can be linked to how IWBs are used in the classroom. The way in which teachers use and implement IWBs in the classroom affects the extent to which students are engaged in the lesson. IWBs can be used to engage students in learning but teachers should mix up student-centred and teacher-centred approaches in short periods of time, thereby facilitating student interaction and high engagement levels in the mathematics classroom. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - McQuillan, Kimberley
AU  - Northcote, Maria
AU  - Beamish, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 3
EP  - 7
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Interaction
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Gender Differences
KW  - Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Computer Software
KW  - Computer Assisted Instruction
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Teacher Effectiveness
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Removing the Walls and Textbook from the Classroom: A Case Study of a Creative Entrepreneurship Class of Multinational Students in South Korea
AN  - 1361854143; EJ1001778
AB  - Introducing creative elements into the syllabus and pedagogy of an Entrepreneurship class in a business school can be a risky endeavour for an educator and students alike. Populating the class with students from traditionally risk-averse cultures provides opportunities for everyone involved. Identifying the core behavioural issues for students in this learning experience brought creativity and entrepreneurship together in the academic environment. Emergent was a joint learning workshop using Skype, involving a book author, a multilingual multicultural class in South Korea and a culturally homogenous class in Indonesia. Along the way, the walls of the classroom were removed and the covers from the book disappeared. At the end of the journey, a new paradigm had emerged, driven and defined by the students that want to be the Entrepreneurs of their own worlds. This is the story of one creative entrepreneurship class of multinational students in South Korea.
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Parry, Zen
AU  - Baird, Craig
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 25
EP  - 37
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - South Korea
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Cultural Context
KW  - Virtual Classrooms
KW  - Classroom Environment
KW  - Course Descriptions
KW  - Learning Experience
KW  - Multicultural Education
KW  - Student Diversity
KW  - Instruction
KW  - Creativity
KW  - Class Organization
KW  - Electronic Learning
KW  - Risk
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Cultural Differences
KW  - Business Administration Education
KW  - Multilingualism
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exploring a Cross-Institutional Research Collaboration and Innovation: Deploying Social Software and Web 2.0 Technologies to Investigate Online Learning Designs and Interactions in Two Australian Universities
AN  - 1361854140; EJ1001776
AB  - One significant manifestation of the proposition of a "classroom without walls" is the online learning environments evident in most contemporary Australian universities. A key element of the effectiveness of those environments is the quality of the interactions that they foster. Planning and implementing rigorous research into that quality is crucial if these particular "classrooms without walls" are to deliver enhanced and sustained learning outcomes. This article explores selected aspects of a cross-institutional collaboration linking two Australian universities researching the quality of learning interactions in their online courses. In particular, the authors analyse the utility of the social software and Web 2.0 technologies that have been deployed to facilitate their collaborative research. Despite the constraints and tensions attendant on within- and cross-organisational learning, teaching and research activities, the article records evidence of a developing innovation in investigating both the online learning designs and the research project developed to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of those designs. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Rossi, Dolene
AU  - van Rensburg, Henriette
AU  - Harreveld, E. R.
AU  - Beer, Colin
AU  - Clark, Damien
AU  - Danaher, A. P.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - Computer Software
KW  - Instructional Design
KW  - Outcomes of Education
KW  - Electronic Learning
KW  - Online Courses
KW  - Educational Environment
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Web 2.0 Technologies
KW  - Social Networks
KW  - Institutional Cooperation
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Educational Research
KW  - Educational Quality
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Designing Online Role Plays with a Focus on Story Development to Support Engagement and Critical Learning for Higher Education Students
AN  - 1361853632; EJ1001777
AB  - Online role plays, as they are designed for use in higher education in Australia and internationally, are active and authentic learning activities (Wills, Leigh & Ip, 2011). In online role plays, students take a character role in developing a story that serves as a metaphor for real-life experience in order to develop a potentially wide range of subject-related and generic learning outcomes. The characteristics of these stories are rarely considered as factors in the design--and success--of these activities. The unspoken cultural assumptions, norms and rules in the stories that impact on the meanings students make from their experiences are also rarely scrutinised in the online role play literature. This paper presents findings from a case study of an asynchronous text-based online role play involving politics and journalism students from three Australian universities. The findings highlight the centrality of students' collaborative story-building activity to their engagement and learning, including their development of critical perspectives. The study underlines the importance of certain aspects of the role play's design to support students' story-building activity. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Dracup, Mary
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 12
EP  - 24
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - Middle East
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Computer Simulation
KW  - Asynchronous Communication
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Perspective Taking
KW  - Journalism Education
KW  - Role Playing
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Figurative Language
KW  - News Media
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Story Telling
KW  - Connected Discourse
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Teacher Decisions about Planning and Assessment in Primary Mathematics
AN  - 1361852027; EJ1002543
AB  - We are interested in exploring the processes teachers use when planning. We sought responses from teachers on aspects of their planning from a survey of various aspects of their decisions. We found that, while there is diversity in processes teachers use for planning, a consistent theme was that teachers make deliberative decisions at all stages in the planning process. Likewise teachers make active use of assessment information, especially to address the needs of their students. There are important implications from our findings for those who support teachers in the transition to the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. (Contains 2 tables.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 20
EP  - 23
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Planning
KW  - Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Student Evaluation
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Evaluation Utilization
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Teachers' Planning Processes: Seeking Insights from Australian Teachers
AN  - 1361850054; EJ1002540
AB  - The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (AC:M) prompts consideration of planning processes teachers typically use (as a whole school, in grade levels, and at the classroom level). In order to gain insights into the nature of the planning decisions teachers make, Australian teachers drawn from every state and territory were invited to respond to a survey on planning processes, during professional learning programs or voluntarily online through the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers' website. In this article, we provide background to the overall project in which this survey was situated, and describe the process through which the survey was developed. Subsequent articles in this journal detail some important findings from the survey data. (Contains 1 table and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
AU  - Albright, James
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Farrell, Lesley
AU  - Freebody, Peter
AU  - Gerrard, Jessica
AU  - Michels, Deborah
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 4
EP  - 8
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Focus Groups
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Professional Development
KW  - Mathematics Education
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T1  - Using the Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years Assessment Materials to Support Student Learning
AN  - 1361849958; EJ1002550
AB  - The Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years 2003-2006 Project (SNMY) focussed on the efficacy of an assessment-guided approach to improving student outcomes in numeracy in Years 4-8. The project was prompted by previous research (e.g., Siemon, Virgona & Corneille, 2001), which identified an "eight-year" range in student mathematical achievement in any one year level in the middle years of schooling, and highlighted the critical importance of finding ways to address the learning needs of at-risk students. This research found that student difficulty in numeracy was primarily characterised by an inability to engage in multiplicative thinking (Siemon & Virgona, 2001). As a consequence, the SNMY Project was aimed at developing and validating an evidence-based Learning and Assessment Framework for Multiplicative Thinking (LAF) and examining the extent to which student learning could be enhanced by more targeted teaching approaches. This article describes and illustrates how the author used the SNMY Project assessment materials to support the learning of students in Year 6. In the process, the author learned a great deal about the students' multiplicative thinking. (Contains 7 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Breed, Margarita
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 28
EP  - 32
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Middle Schools
KW  - At Risk Students
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Middle School Students
KW  - Mathematics Achievement
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - How Do Mathematics Teachers Decide What to Teach? Curriculum Authority and Sources of Information Accessed by Australian Teachers
AN  - 1361849694; EJ1002541
AB  - Essential to teachers' planning are decisions regarding what should be taught. Curriculum documents are the most obvious authority. But what is a "curriculum document" for a mathematics teacher in Australia? Are there other credible sources of information that Australian teachers draw on when deciding what to teach? This article examines the responses of a national sample of Australian teachers to a survey examining their planning practices. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 9
EP  - 12
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Test Items
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Test Results
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reasoning in the Australian Curriculum: Understanding Its Meaning and Using the Relevant Language
AN  - 1361847276; EJ1002545
AB  - The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics encourages teachers to consider seriously the four proficiencies: Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning. In responding to the reasoning proficiency, many teachers may find that the language of the classroom may well change. In this article, we discuss the meaning given to the term reasoning within the AC:M and elsewhere, share an example of a classroom task with the potential to develop mathematical reasoning, consider the language involved in describing reasoning, and present some survey responses on teachers' current understanding and use of the relevant terms. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 28
EP  - 32
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing "Algebraic Thinking": Two Key Ways to Establish Some Early Algebraic Ideas in Primary Classrooms
AN  - 1361844296; EJ1002548
AB  - Primary teachers play a key role in their students' future mathematical success in the early secondary years. While the word "algebra" may make some primary teachers feel uncomfortable or worried, the basic arithmetic ideas underlying algebra are vitally important for older primary students as they are increasingly required to use "algebraic thinking" in the transition years. Radford (2001) said that teachers of mathematics "need to deepen [their] own understanding of the nature of algebraic thinking and the way it relates to generalisation". Some commentators have also recently argued that "algebraic thinking" should begin as early as Year 2 or 3 (Kaput, 2008; Mason, 2006; Van Dooren, Vershcaffel & Onghena, 2002). Warren and Cooper (2009) go so far as to claim "that the power of mathematics lies in the intertwining of algebraic and arithmetic thinking, each enhancing the other as students become numerate." This may seem a daunting task, however, and therefore this paper offers some fundamental strategies to help in this important work of developing early algebraic concepts. (Contains 4 figures and 6 footnotes.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Ormond, Christine
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 13
EP  - 21
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Thinking Skills
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Elementary School Students
KW  - Visualization
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Manipulative Materials
KW  - Arithmetic
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Misconceptions
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Choosing Tasks to Match the Content You Are Wanting to Teach
AN  - 1361844182; EJ1002544
AB  - At some stage in the planning process, teachers develop or select tasks which prompt the type of activity that can offer students experiences that can help them learn the intended content. This article presents results from an item on a survey that invited teachers to match particular content descriptions with selected tasks. While many teachers matched the tasks with the content descriptions that we anticipated they would, there were also many teachers who chose descriptions that we consider do not match the tasks. It is suggested that teachers should discuss within their planning teams the purpose and potential of particular tasks, and that such discussions also form part of teacher professional learning. It is recommended that the notion of matching tasks to the curriculum is incorporated into teacher learning sessions. (Contains 1 table.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Sullivan, Peter
AU  - Clarke, David J.
AU  - Clarke, Doug M.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 24
EP  - 27
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Teacher Surveys
KW  - Course Content
KW  - Curriculum Development
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Planning
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T1  - Applying a Framework for Engagement with Mathematics in the Primary Classrooms
AN  - 1361843520; EJ1002549
AB  - Engagement with mathematics during the primary years of schooling is crucial if students are to develop an appreciation for and understanding of the value of mathematics learning. It has been claimed that students who are engaged are more likely to learn, find the experience of schooling more rewarding, and are more likely to continue with higher education (Marks, 2000). In this article, the author explains the necessary foundations for engagement to occur and outlines pedagogy that will assist with encouraging student engagement. A particular highlight is the application of Thinkers Keys to the teaching of mathematics; in this case the teaching of time concepts. (Contains 4 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Attard, Catherine
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 22
EP  - 27
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Grade 6
KW  - Grade 7
KW  - Grade 8
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Concept Formation
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Time
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Student Participation
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wiki Use that Increases Communication and Collaboration Motivation
AN  - 1361839511; EJ1001779
AB  - Communication and collaboration can be readily enabled by the use of many ICT tools. A wiki, which is an easily accessible and editable website, is one such platform that provides the opportunity for students to work on group projects without the barriers that arise from traditional group work. Whilst wiki use is becoming more common, its use in education is patchy and pedagogical reasoning and evaluation of such use is under explored. This paper addresses the gap in pedagogy and evaluation in the context of accounting studies. A traditional assessment task of writing an essay that involved a research and knowledge component was redesigned to enable groups to communicate and collaborate at a distance using a wiki. Through participant observation and student reflections of the group project, a wiki was found to be an effective platform to communicate and collaborate on a group project and enabled different barriers to be broken down. Wikis provide ubiquitous access to group work, organisation and version control, levels the playing field for dominant and shy students, and provides transparency for non-performers and high achievers. (Contains 1 footnote.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Davidson, Robyn
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 38
EP  - 49
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Graduate Study
KW  - Instructional Effectiveness
KW  - Web Sites
KW  - Cooperative Learning
KW  - Writing Skills
KW  - Student Projects
KW  - Accounting
KW  - Technology Uses in Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Access to Information
KW  - Praxis
KW  - Web 2.0 Technologies
KW  - Editing
KW  - Data Interpretation
KW  - Collaborative Writing
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Somewhere over the Border: Grammar in a Class of Its Own
AN  - 1361838996; EJ1001780
AB  - The Grammar Gang blog has now passed its fourth anniversary as a borderless, non-proprietary language and learning online classroom. It gives wing to the aspirations of academic staff from four universities to explore language and learning across hemispheres. The Blog's recent birthday provides a timely opportunity to explore how this collaboration takes place and some possible ways to extend language, learning and academic support services. The Grammar Gang is an online classroom where people around the world can learn and explore their interest in language in a fun, conversational way. It is also a borderless classroom which queries the notion of institutional "ownership" in its traditional sense. Further, it opens wide the debate around the rights and wrongs of English language expression and learning. Four members of the Grammar Gang examine the implications of this digital collaboration in this context by addressing the ways in which the blog is used and some of the thinking within the literature around global English and institutional ownership of knowledge. The Grammar Gang continues to be an "adventure across the hemispheres" providing a model for others to follow.
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Duff, Andrea
AU  - Miller, Julia
AU  - Johnston, Helen
AU  - Bergmann, Linda S.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 50
EP  - 57
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - Canada
KW  - France
KW  - Germany
KW  - India
KW  - Indiana
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Russia
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - United States
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Adult Education
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Postsecondary Education
KW  - Virtual Classrooms
KW  - Web Sites
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - English
KW  - English (Second Language)
KW  - Intellectual Property
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Ownership
KW  - Academic Support Services
KW  - Institutional Cooperation
KW  - Native Speakers
KW  - Language Role
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Electronic Publishing
KW  - Global Approach
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Commuter Rail Balancing Freight Clearance with Level Boarding and Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Requirements
AN  - 1349429894; 17400450
AB  - Federal regulators and passenger railways are both concerned about passengers with mobility impairments that limit their ability to use stairways. Federal policy and railway practice strongly encourage development of services that allow for level boarding and alighting from commuter rail trains. In addition to benefiting individuals who have trouble using stairs, level boarding can lead to significant improvements in service delivery for the rest of the public by reducing unproductive station dwell times, improving safety, and creating opportunities to improve crew efficiency. One obstacle to level boarding has been concerns presented by the freight railroads that operate over (and often own) trackage shared with the commuter trains. The freight operators wish to maintain a full horizontal clearance envelope allowing unrestricted operations. These concerns often limit the close door-platform interface necessary for level boarding. This paper summarizes current Federal Transit Administration policy on level boarding, discusses the benefits of level boarding, reviews the tension between freight clearance concerns and level boarding, and reviews the state of the practice in serving passengers with mobility impairments. On the basis of an industry review, it highlights three innovations that have been implemented or considered to expand the scope of level boarding among North American commuter railroads. Finally, it provides recommendations for further research.
JF  - Transportation Research Record
AU  - Nelson, David O
AU  - Martinez, Eloy
AU  - Bonina, Stephen
AD  - Jacobs Engineering Group, 343 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 david.nelson@jacobs.com
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 120
EP  - 129
PB  - Transportation Research Board
VL  - 2
IS  - 2275
SN  - 0361-1981, 0361-1981
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Passengers
KW  - Policies
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Boarding
KW  - Impairment
KW  - Clearances
KW  - Railway engineering
KW  - Trains
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 10
N1  - Last updated - 2013-08-06
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2275-14
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effect of 12 weeks of aerobic, resistance or combination exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors in the overweight and obese in a randomized trial
AN  - 1348481934; 17391088
AB  - Background: Evidence suggests that exercise training improves CVD risk factors. However, it is unclear whether health benefits are limited to aerobic training or if other exercise modalities such as resistance training or a combination are as effective or more effective in the overweight and obese. The aim of this study is to investigate whether 12 weeks of moderate-intensity aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training would induce and sustain improvements in cardiovascular risk profile, weight and fat loss in overweight and obese adults compared to no exercise. Methods: Twelve-week randomized parallel design examining the effects of different exercise regimes on fasting measures of lipids, glucose and insulin and changes in body weight, fat mass and dietary intake. Participants were randomized to either: Group 1 (Control, n = 16); Group 2 (Aerobic, n = 15); Group 3 (Resistance, n = 16); Group 4 (Combination, n = 17). Data was analysed using General Linear Model to assess the effects of the groups after adjusting for baseline values. Within-group data was analyzed with the paired t-test and between-group effects using post hoc comparisons. Results: Significant improvements in body weight (-1.6%, p = 0.044) for the Combination group compared to Control and Resistance groups and total body fat compared to Control (-4.4%, p = 0.003) and Resistance (-3%, p = 0.041). Significant improvements in body fat percentage (-2.6%, p = 0.008), abdominal fat percentage (-2.8%, p = 0.034) and cardio-respiratory fitness (13.3%, p = 0.006) were seen in the Combination group compared to Control. Levels of ApoB48 were 32% lower in the Resistance group compared to Control (p = 0.04). Conclusion: A 12-week training program comprising of resistance or combination exercise, at moderate-intensity for 30 min, five days/week resulted in improvements in the cardiovascular risk profile in overweight and obese participants compared to no exercise. From our observations, combination exercise gave greater benefits for weight loss, fat loss and cardio-respiratory fitness than aerobic and resistance training modalities. Therefore, combination exercise training should be recommended for overweight and obese adults in National Physical Activity Guidelines. This clinical trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR), registration number: ACTRN12609000684224.
JF  - BMC Public Health
AU  - Ho, Suleen S
AU  - Dhaliwal, Satvinder S
AU  - Hills, Andrew P
AU  - Pal, Sebely
AD  - School of Public Health; Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6845
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 704
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SN  - 1471-2458, 1471-2458
KW  - Risk Abstracts
KW  - Body weight
KW  - Clinical trials
KW  - Glucose
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Lipids
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Training
KW  - Australia
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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N1  - Number of references - 38
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-704
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - More2books
AN  - 1347461871; EJ998825
AB  - Reach for the Stars is AAMT's data-collection activity for National Literacy and Numeracy Week, funded by the Australian Government. This year's activity was on the theme "More2books" and many thousands of students and their teachers explored the mathematics of the books in their classrooms. This article presents a version of the findings which were made available at www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au. This report, the full data set, and teaching ideas are all available on this website. (Contains 5 figures and 2 tables.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 28
EP  - 30
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Program Descriptions
KW  - Class Activities
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Educational Practices
KW  - Books
KW  - Data Collection
KW  - Literacy
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Constructing with Non-Standard Bricks
AN  - 1347461848; EJ998852
AB  - The necessity of using inquiry-based learning (IBL) was recently recommended by studies and reports made for the European Commission. Several European projects are devoted to the widespread use of IBL methods. The effects of using IBL are studied worldwide. In the framework of the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) project PRIMAS, a series of piloting activities were organized in Romania in order to test, adapt and develop inquiry-based teaching materials. Most of these piloting actions were organised by local professional communities with the purpose of creating real feedback for the project and for gathering professional experience in implementing inquiry-based pedagogies in mathematics and science education. This article presents an activity where students were formulating the problems. Teachers were only creating the milieu and facilitating the work. As a second step, the accumulated experience related to this activity was used in a professional development (PD) course organised by the Babes-Bolyai University in the framework of the PRIMAS project. (Contains 10 figures and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Andras, Szilard
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 23
EP  - 29
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Romania
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Problem Based Learning
KW  - Action Research
KW  - Construction (Process)
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - Inquiry
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematical Formulas
KW  - Problem Sets
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Student Developed Materials
KW  - Active Learning
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Understanding Proportional Reasoning for Teaching
AN  - 1347461698; EJ998826
AB  - Proportional reasoning is an important cornerstone in children's mathematical development. This sort of reasoning has been shown to develop across the early years of schooling (ages 8 to 10) through the middle years (ages 11-14). In the early years, children tend to use additive reasoning to generate solutions to problems, while later comparisons rely on multiplicative strategies including the use of ratios, fractions, percents and proportions. In part this is a result of the support provided by their teachers. Yet children in the middle years, while expected to understand and be able to use ratios and percents, often over-generalise and apply missing value proportions strategies to problems that require only additive reasoning. To support development teachers can use a variety of tools including ratio tables and contextual activities the basis of which is an understanding of learners' reasoning. But understanding such reasoning and deciding which direction to take can be quite challenging. Given the challenges faced in the middle years' curriculum and the expertise the teachers have at solving proportional problems themselves, students' approaches may not be the first thinking teachers draw on as they plan for instruction. In this article, the authors contrast teacher reasoning and student reasoning in work samples. They highlight some computational and reasoning approaches 11 to 14 year old students take on a comparison problem and suggest that teachers' understanding and use of student approaches is a fruitful basis for instruction. In their efforts to understand teachers' conceptions of proportional reasoning, the authors have had many conversations with teachers and mathematics educators. The first half of this article is written as a dialogue among teachers as they examine and compare tasks using their mathematical understandings. The dialogue was crafted from the authors' experiences with teachers in their workshops, presentations and classes. The second half of the article looks closely at how students solved one of the problems. Student work is discussed as a mechanism to build teacher awareness of student reasoning and use of that thinking in instructional decision making. (Contains 10 figures.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Kastberg, Signe E.
AU  - D'Ambrosio, Beatriz
AU  - Lynch-Davis, Kathleen
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 32
EP  - 40
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Comparative Analysis
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Early Adolescents
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Children
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Problem Solving
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Satellites You Can See for Homework
AN  - 1347461679; EJ998853
AB  - Artificial satellites are easily observed most nights when the weather is fine. The website called "Heavens Above" at www.heavens-above.com will help locate these satellites flying over one's location. It also includes how bright they will appear. The direction of travel of each satellite in the night sky also indicates the type of satellite. For example, astronomical and scientific satellites, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, move west to east. The International Space Station and the space shuttle move southwest-to-northeast or northwest-to-southeast. A north-to-south or south-to-north moving satellite is usually a meteorological or Earth environmental satellite such as Envisat. Finally if a satellite follows a retrograde (southeast-to-northwest) path, it is most likely a spy satellite. This article presents a homework idea that will help students determine: (1) the orbital period, altitude and speed of four naked eye satellites; (2) if various landmarks are visible from the Moon, Space Station or the space shuttle; and (3) the distance to the horizon from the Space Station and the field of view. (Contains 1 table, 4 figures and 2 footnotes.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Broderick, Stephen
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 30
EP  - 32
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Teachers
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Satellites (Aerospace)
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Homework
KW  - Space Exploration
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Spatial Ability
KW  - Space Sciences
KW  - Problem Solving
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reasoning: A Dog's Tale
AN  - 1347461442; EJ998824
AB  - The authors illustrate three basic types of reasoning used in mathematics by showing how they operate in practical and mathematical situations. The importance and function of the different types of reasoning in each situation is outlined. As a consequence the authors note that while introducing new techniques by example is good from a pedagogical viewpoint, several examples by themselves do not provide a proof that the techniques are correct. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Holton, Derek
AU  - Stacey, Kaye
AU  - FitzSimons, Gail
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 22
EP  - 26
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Demonstrations (Educational)
KW  - Mathematical Models
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Logical Thinking
KW  - Mathematical Formulas
KW  - Mathematical Applications
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Box Plots in the Australian Curriculum
AN  - 1347460183; EJ998822
AB  - This article compares the definition of "box plot" as used in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" with other definitions used in the education community; describes the difficulties students experience when dealing with box plots; and discusses the elaboration that is necessary to enable teachers to develop the knowledge necessary to use them effectively. The box plot is 40 years old. Like many 40-year-olds the box plot has changed its shape and varied its personal descriptors over the years. Its power to inform exploratory data analysis has gained it a place in statistics curricula at various levels in many countries. The "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" has placed it at Year 10 in the Statistics and Probability strand of the learning area. As the curriculum document is sparse in its description and elaboration of the term, three issues relating to the needs of the teachers required to implement the curriculum are discussed in this article: (1) there is not one universally accepted definition of a box plot and teachers need to be aware that they and their students may encounter contradictions in different contexts where different conventions apply; (2) teachers need to be aware of the difficulties their students encounter in understanding box plots; and, (3) there is minimal advice in the curriculum elaborations about how the box plot can be used effectively in a statistical investigation. (Contains 12 figures, 1 table and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Watson, Jane M.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 3
EP  - 11
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 10
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Program Descriptions
KW  - Probability
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Educational Needs
KW  - Difficulty Level
KW  - Student Experience
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Definitions
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Data Analysis
KW  - Mathematical Applications
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Deepening Students' Understanding of Multiplication and Division by Exploring Divisibility by Nine
AN  - 1347459896; EJ998823
AB  - This article explores how a focus on understanding divisibility rules can be used to help deepen students' understanding of multiplication and division with whole numbers. It is based on research with seven Year 7-8 teachers who were observed teaching a group of students a rule for divisibility by nine. As part of the lesson, students were shown a way of proving why the divisibility rule for nine works, using materials grouped in tens and hundreds. After the lesson, students' understanding of multiplication and division was considerably deepened. (Contains 7 figures.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Young-Loveridge, Jenny
AU  - Mills, Judith
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 15
EP  - 20
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Arithmetic
KW  - Multiplication
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Numbers
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mathematics and Numeracy--Is There a Difference?
AN  - 1347459351; EJ998851
AB  - The term "numeracy" seems to be commonly used in discussions about school mathematics education these days. It is not altogether clear what various school systems intend "numeracy" to mean and whether or not it is meant to replace the term "mathematics", whether it is just one part of mathematics or whether it is meant to signify something else in addition to school mathematics. In the author's work around the country on various projects concerned with numeracy across the curriculum, groups of primary and secondary teachers frequently want to ask the question posed in the title. The ensuing conversations are further complicated by the fact that there have been, and still are, many differences in the way people perceive and define numeracy and varying degrees of understanding about mathematics itself. Nor is there agreement on this question outside Australia. For example, while the term "numeracy" is often used in Australia, the same term is often used in the UK and many US educators use the term "quantitative literacy", it is not clear that any of these have the same meaning, or even consistent meanings. This article offers two tasks for the reader. The first task provides some relevant quotations for the reader to read and think about, while the second asks the reader to classify various activities. (Contains 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 8
EP  - 11
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - United States
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Classification
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Vocabulary
KW  - Cultural Differences
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Mathematics Education
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mathematics and Numeracy: Has Anything Changed? Are We Any Clearer? Are We on Track?
AN  - 1347459340; EJ998827
AB  - Ten years ago, the author wrote a short piece entitled "Mathematics and numeracy--Is there a difference?". In mathematics, many put an emphasis on the content concepts and skills contained typically in strands such as Algebra, Number, Geometry, etc. Others argued that "mathematics" was about the "search for pattern" and that the key elements of "working mathematically", such as applying mathematics and mathematical modelling, working contextually, mathematical reasoning, investigating and problem solving, should be embedded in the curriculum content and a major influence on the approach to teaching and learning. "Numeracy" was seen by many as a set of core basic mathematical skills that young people need to deal with the mathematical demands of life, work and learning. Others described numeracy as not just the competence but also the confidence and disposition to use mathematics to meet the demands of life, work and learning. Even in this latter view there exist further differences with some emphasising the mathematical skills and others emphasising the importance and power of context. In this article, the author examines mathematics and numeracy ten years on.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Hogan, John
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 4
EP  - 7
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Context Effect
KW  - Course Content
KW  - Student Role
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Educational Trends
KW  - Curriculum Evaluation
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Educational Development
KW  - Educational Practices
KW  - Educational Change
KW  - Behavioral Objectives
KW  - Educational Philosophy
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Maths in the Board Room
AN  - 1347459333; EJ998850
AB  - The author has recently been experimenting with having students work at a set of six blackboards mounted on the walls of a maths teaching space. In this article, he describes this project which he started because he had become impatient with, and aggravated by the usual setup of a maths teaching space. He had started to question why there are students (in the prime of their physical life) sitting down during lessons while he (just short of requiring a Zimmer frame) does all the moving around? He had also noticed that for himself, he could do much smarter work if he did it standing at a black (or white) board and he wondered which of his students would respond similarly.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Johnston, Scott
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 12
EP  - 16
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Classroom Environment
KW  - Program Implementation
KW  - Chalkboards
KW  - Teaching Styles
KW  - Teaching Models
KW  - Classroom Techniques
KW  - Instructional Innovation
KW  - Classroom Design
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Characterisation of arsenic contamination in groundwater by statistical methods
AN  - 1328509956; 17408599
AB  - Statistical investigation on groundwater arsenic concentration data of southwest Bangladesh was performed. Two data sets of 1998-99 and 2002-03 were selected for this analysis. Summary statistics of the data shows that the mean concentration exceeds the Bangladesh limit (0.05 mg-l) in all areas. Normality of arsenic concentration data was checked by frequency histogram, skewness coefficient and chi-square goodness-of-fit test and found that the arsenic contamination is not normally distributed. The data were checked for spatial distribution by plotting contour maps and it shows substantial spatial variation. Temporal variability was tested by student's t-test and found that the area closer to the confluence of Ganges-Meghna-Jamuna river showing significant temporal variation. Vertical variability of arsenic contamination shows that more than 80-90% of the shallow aquifer (  0.05 mg-l). Though deep aquifer ( < 150 m) is still considered as arsenic free but 1-3% of deep tubewells water was also found contaminated with arsenic.
JF  - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
AU  - Anwar, AHMFaisal
AU  - Nur-E-Kawonine
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 302
EP  - 317
PB  - Inderscience Publishers Ltd., PO Box 735 Olney Bucks MK46 5WB United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 2-3-4
SN  - 1466-6650, 1466-6650
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
KW  - Environment and Sustainable Development
KW  - Aquifers
KW  - Aquifer
KW  - Variability
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Groundwater Pollution
KW  - Maps
KW  - Spatial variations
KW  - Ground water
KW  - Histograms
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Temporal variations
KW  - Groundwater pollution
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Confluence
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - SW 5080:Evaluation, processing and publication
KW  - M2 556.38:Groundwater Basins (556.38)
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Spatial variations; Aquifer; Arsenic; Contamination; Temporal variations; Ground water; Groundwater pollution; Aquifers; Spatial distribution; Statistical analysis; Histograms; Confluence; Groundwater; Testing Procedures; Variability; Statistics; Groundwater Pollution; Maps; Bangladesh
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2012.049387
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sugarcane bagasse pretreatment using three imidazolium-based ionic liquids; mass balances and enzyme kinetics
AN  - 1328509212; 17381452
AB  - Background: Effective pretreatment is key to achieving high enzymatic saccharification efficiency in processing lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars, biofuels and value-added products. Ionic liquids (ILs), still relatively new class of solvents, are attractive for biomass pretreatment because some demonstrate the rare ability to dissolve all components of lignocellulosic biomass including highly ordered (crystalline) cellulose. In the present study, three ILs, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C4mim]Cl), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C2mim]Cl), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim]OAc) are used to dissolve/pretreat and fractionate sugarcane bagasse. In these IL-based pretreatments the biomass is completely or partially dissolved in ILs at temperatures greater than 130 degree C and then precipitated by the addition of an antisolvent to the IL biomass mixture. For the first time mass balances of IL-based pretreatments are reported. Such mass balances, along with kinetics data, can be used in process modelling and design. Results: Lignin removals of 10% mass of lignin in bagasse with [C4mim]Cl, 50% mass with [C2mim]Cl and 60% mass with [C2mim]OAc, are achieved by limiting the amount of water added as antisolvent to 0.5 water:IL mass ratio thus minimising lignin precipitation. Enzyme saccharification (24 h, 15FPU) yields (% cellulose mass in starting bagasse) from the recovered solids rank as: [C2mim]OAc(83%) > >[C2mim]Cl(53%) = [C4mim]Cl(53%). Composition of [C2mim]OAc-treated solids such as low lignin, low acetyl group content and preservation of arabinosyl groups are characteristic of aqueous alkali pretreatments while those of chloride IL-treated solids resemble aqueous acid pretreatments. All ILs are fully recovered after use (100% mass as determined by ion chromatography). Conclusions: In all three ILs regulated addition of water as an antisolvent effected a polysaccharide enriched precipitate since some of the lignin remained dissolved in the aqueous IL solution. Of the three IL studied [C2mim]OAc gave the best saccharification yield, material recovery and delignification. The effects of [C2mim]OAc pretreatment resemble those of aqueous alkali pretreatments while those of [C2mim]Cl and [C4mim]Cl resemble aqueous acid pretreatments. The use of imidazolium IL solvents with shorter alkyl chains results in accelerated dissolution, pretreatment and degradation.
JF  - Biotechnology for Biofuels
AU  - Karatzos, Sergios Kimon
AU  - Edye, Leslie Alan
AU  - Doherty, William Orlando Sinclair
AD  - School of Chemistry, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 62
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Floor 6 London WC1X 8HL United Kingdom
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1754-6834, 1754-6834
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Ionic liquids
KW  - Pretreatment
KW  - Sugarcane bagasse
KW  - Enzyme hydrolysis
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Sugar
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Chromatography
KW  - Cellulose
KW  - Solvents
KW  - Enzymes
KW  - Chloride
KW  - Precipitation
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Polysaccharides
KW  - Acetic acid
KW  - Bagasse
KW  - Kinetics
KW  - Lignin
KW  - Dissolution
KW  - Preservation
KW  - Alkalis
KW  - Biofuels
KW  - W 30945:Fermentation & Cell Culture
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 25
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Sugar; Data processing; Chromatography; Cellulose; Solvents; Enzymes; Chloride; Precipitation; Polysaccharides; Biomass; Acetic acid; Bagasse; Kinetics; Lignin; Dissolution; Preservation; Alkalis; Biofuels
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-5-62
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Campi Flegrei Blind Test: Evaluating the Imaging Capability of Local Earthquake Tomography in a Volcanic Area
AN  - 1323807836; 17612818
AB  - During the 1982-1984 bradyseismic crises in the Campi Flegrei area (Italy), the University of Wisconsin deployed a network of seismological stations to record local earthquakes. In order to analyse the potential of the recorded data in terms of tomographic imaging, a blind test was recently set up and carried out in the framework of a research project. A model representing a hypothetical 3D structure of the area containing the Campi Flegrei caldera was also set up, and a synthetic dataset of time arrivals was in turn computed. The synthetic dataset consists of several thousand P- and S-time arrivals, computed at about fourteen stations. The tomographic inversion was performed by four independent teams using different methods. The teams had no knowledge of either the input velocity model or the earthquake hypocenters used to create the synthetic dataset. The results obtained by the different groups were compared and analysed in light of the true model. This work provides a thorough analysis of the earthquake tomography potential of the dataset recording the seismic activity at Campi Flegrei in the 1982-1984 period. It shows that all the tested earthquake tomography methods provide reliable low-resolution images of the background velocity field of the Campi Flegrei area, but with some differences. However, none of them succeeds in detecting the hypothetical structure details (i.e. with a size smaller than about 1.5-2 km), such as a magmatic chamber 4 km deep and especially the smaller, isolated bodies, which represent possible magmatic chimneys and intrusions.
JF  - International Journal of Geophysics
AU  - Priolo, E
AU  - Lovisa, L
AU  - Zollo, A
AU  - Bohm, G
AU  - D'Auria, L
AU  - Gautier, S
AU  - Gentile, F
AU  - Klin, P
AU  - Latorre, D
AU  - Michelini, A
AU  - Vanorio, T
AU  - Virieux, J
AD  - Dipartimento Centro di Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy, epriolo@inogs.it
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
PB  - Hindawi Publishing Corporation, P.O. Box 3079 Cuyahoga Falls OH 44223 United States
VL  - 2012
SN  - 1687-885X, 1687-885X
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Testing Procedures
KW  - Velocity
KW  - USA, Wisconsin
KW  - Italy
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Italy, Campi Flegrei
KW  - Networks
KW  - Geophysics
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00003:Monitoring and Analysis of Water and Wastes
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Testing Procedures; Earthquakes; Networks; Velocity; Geophysics; Model Studies; Italy, Campi Flegrei; USA, Wisconsin; Italy
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/505286
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Filters and hubs: shortening the distance to palliative care evidence
AN  - 1323340165; 201305156
AB  - Palliative care is an integral part of the care provided by GPs and other primary health care providers, and as Australia's population ages and the palliative care needs of patients with end stage organ failure are recognised, this area of care is likely to increase. Using a knowledge translation framework, two strategies have been used to develop resources to support those providing palliative care in the community. PubMed searches on a range of common palliative care topics and incorporating a palliative care filter provide an easy and validated mechanism to retrieve relevant literature. A 'GP Hub' offers knowledge, skills and practical advice for GPs who provide palliative care in the community. Both resources are freely available within the CareSearch website, ensuring immediate access to palliative care information and evidence when it is needed. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange
AU  - Tieman, J J
AD  - Flinders University, Palliative and Supportive Services, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia jennifer.tieman@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 268
EP  - 273
PB  - CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Australia
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
SN  - 1448-7527, 1448-7527
KW  - Web sites
KW  - Translation
KW  - General practitioners
KW  - Primary health care
KW  - Palliative care
KW  - Australia
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Palliative care; Web sites; Translation; Primary health care; Australia; General practitioners
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11103
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Forum Lingkar Pena and Muslim youth in contemporary Indonesia
AN  - 1322723369; 201312980
AB  - Forum Lingkar Pena (FLP or Writing Circle Forum) was founded by some Gerakan Tarbiyah campus activists in 1997 at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. The primary purpose of the organisation is to train young Muslim writers to propagate Islam through short stories, comics and novels targeting Indonesian Muslim youth readers. An analysis of textual material, supported by field research among the writers of the FLP in Yogyakarta, shows how these writers have packaged Islam in forms of pop culture to reach and attract young Muslim readers. They have propagated the image of a pious, yet trendy Muslim. The popularity of FLP materials among young Muslims in contemporary Indonesia is due, firstly, to the rise of the Islamic publication industry in the late Soeharto era and, secondly, to the crises of self and issues of morality among the Muslim youth in the Reformasi era. This case study opens up an exploration of the nature of contemporary Muslim youth movements in Indonesia. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Kailani, Najib
AD  - Southeast Asian Social Inquiry, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales in Canberra Najib.Kailani@student.adfa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 33
EP  - 53
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - contemporary Indonesia, Islamic literature, youth movements
KW  - Morality
KW  - Youth Movements
KW  - Jakarta, Indonesia
KW  - Fieldwork
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Activism
KW  - Youth
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 1939: the family and socialization; adolescence & youth
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DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Muslims; Indonesia; Youth; Islam; Youth Movements; Fieldwork; Jakarta, Indonesia; Morality; Activism
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Preaching to Muslim youth in Indonesia: The dakwah activities of Habiburrahman El Shirazy
AN  - 1322723353; 201312628
AB  - This article focuses on emergent ways by which Islam has been propagated among Muslim youth in Indonesia. It highlights Habiburrhahman El Shirazy, a popular Islamic novelist and his approaches to propagating Islam (dakwah or da'wa). Instead of analysing cultural representations in his literary works, I will present Habiburrahman as an emergent Islamic preacher and will examine his preaching activities, including creative art production and his family-owned Islamic educational institution for Muslim university students, Pesantren Basmala in Semarang. His success and popularity owes much to the shift away from traditional sources of Islamic authority in Indonesia deriving from mass secular education and the subsequent diversification of dakwah methods. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Sakai, Minako
AD  - Southeast Asian Social Inquiry, University of New South Wales, Canberra m.sakai@adfa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 9
EP  - 31
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Islamic propagation, religious authority, Indonesia, Islamic education
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Preachers
KW  - College Students
KW  - Religious Education
KW  - Youth
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 1535: sociology of religion; sociology of religion
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DB  - Sociological Abstracts
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Indonesia; Muslims; Youth; College Students; Islam; Preachers; Religious Education
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Introduction
AN  - 1322723349; 201310832
AB  - The first four articles in this issue examine the nature of Islamic propagation and everyday practices in contemporary Indonesia. The main feature of these articles is that they analyse ethnographic descriptions drawing on fieldwork data. The significance of this collection is that it examines the complexities surrounding the resurgence of Islam in Indonesia, an intriguing sociological phenomenon and one that challenges long-standing theories of modernisation and secularisation. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Sakai, Minako
AD  - Southeast Asian Social Inquiry, University of New South Wales, Canberra m.sakai@adfa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Islam
KW  - Fieldwork
KW  - Ethnography
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - article
KW  - 0410: group interactions; social group identity & intergroup relations (groups based on race & ethnicity, age, & sexual orientation)
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DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Indonesia; Fieldwork; Ethnography; Islam
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Shadows on the page: Javanese wayang in contemporary Indonesian literature
AN  - 1322711307; 201312339
AB  - This paper examines the multiple and changing constructions of wayang shadow-puppetry in Indonesian novels from the 1980s to today by closely examining the work of three authors: YB Mangunwijaya, Putu Wijaya, and Ayu Utami. The discussion centres on the complex ways in which these authors adapt certain narrative, stylistic and thematic elements of wayang into their novelistic discourse, and what these adaptation processes reveal about the social and political geography of Indonesian culture, both during the New Order regime and in post-authoritarian Indonesia. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Downes, Meghan
AD  - School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University in Canberra meg.downes@anu.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 127
EP  - 149
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Indonesian literature, wayang, mythology, resistance, gender, post- authoritarianism
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Narratives
KW  - Political Geography
KW  - article
KW  - 9221: politics and society; politics and society
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DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Political Geography; Narratives; Indonesia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Countering Utopianism: Alatas and the Muslim resurgence of the 1970s
AN  - 1322711304; 201312568
AB  - Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007) was renowned for his contributions in the field of sociology, but little attention has been paid to his writings on Islam. This paper seeks to examine two of Alatas's works on Islam that were written in the 1970s, Islam dan Sosialisma (1976) and Kita Dengan Islam (1979). In these works, he countered utopian tendencies which emanated from the resurgence groups and promoted Islam based on universal principles, values, and reason. His analysis serves as a continuing critique of the thinking of certain quarters in Malay society today that promote the Islamisation of knowledge, systems, and institutions. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Saat, Norshahril
AD  - Department of Political and Social Change, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University norshahril.saat@anu.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 105
EP  - 125
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Utopian mentality, Islamic resurgence, Malay, Alatas, socialism, Islamisation of knowledge
KW  - Values
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Islam
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Islam; Values; Sociology; Muslims
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Religiously committed and prosperously developed: the survival of 'pesantren salaf' in modern Indonesian Islamic education
AN  - 1322711298; 201312389
AB  - This paper starts with a brief definition of traditionalist Islam in Indonesia and how scholars have addressed it. It then discusses how Indonesian Islamic education institutions, including pesantren, have responded to modernisation and secularisation imposed by the state and public demand. The case of Pesantren Sidogiri is presented as a case study to show how a traditional pesantren can cope with modernisation in a different way to most other pesantren. It is then followed by an analysis of the extent to which the success of the Pesantren Sidogiri's economic projects affects its popularity among the Muslim public. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Isbah, M Falikul
AD  - Mathaliul Falah Institute for Islamic Studies (STAIMAFA), Pati, Central Java and is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of New South Wales, Canberra M.Isbah@student.adfa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 83
EP  - 104
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - Islamic education, pesantren salaf Indonesian modernisation
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Religious Education
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9221: politics and society; politics and society
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Religious Education; Islam; Indonesia; Muslims
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Female voices on Jakarta's da'wa stage
AN  - 1322711296; 201312559
AB  - Young female preachers have become important agents for the proliferation of majelis ta'lim (meeting places for learning Islam) in Jakarta. This article focuses on two talented female preachers belonging to the family of the Prophet, Sharifah Halimah Alaydrus and Sharifah Khadijah Al-Junayd. They are not only active in arranging majelis ta'lim but also in strengthening the position of other female preachers belonging to the family of the Prophet. I analyse their role in the development of da'wa and their position amidst the increasing number of mostly male 'pop' preachers in Indonesia. Their talent and their achievement in becoming students of Habib Umar bin Hafiz have made them authoritative voices both locally and transnationally. The case of Sharifah Halimah and Sharifah Khadijah demonstrates not only the new visibility of such women in Indonesian public Islam, but also illuminates the significant role played by female Indonesian preachers in the global Muslim world. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
AU  - Nisa, Eva F
AD  - Anthropology in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University and also DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) researcher at Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universitat Hamburg eva_amrullah@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 55
EP  - 81
PB  - RIMA, GPO Box 1820, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 0815-7251, 0815-7251
KW  - female preachers, da'wa, Indonesian Islam, Yemen, Jakarta
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jakarta, Indonesia
KW  - Males
KW  - Womens Roles
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Females
KW  - Students
KW  - Muslims
KW  - article
KW  - 9241: politics and religion; politics and religion
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Females; Jakarta, Indonesia; Islam; Students; Males; Indonesia; Muslims; Womens Roles
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Meldorf fibula inscription and epigraphic typology
AN  - 1315888800; 201302530
AB  - Inscriptions found on fibulae from late antiquity are usually accounted maker's texts. The much-discussed inscription on the Meldorf fibula, however, has not usually been assessed in light of such a typological consideration. A fully contextualised epigraphic approach to the controversial find suggests that the Meldorf inscription preserves a linguistically expected onomastic designation which is paralleled in early continental West Germanic. Adapted from the source document
JF  - Beitrage zur Namenforschung
AU  - Mees, Bernard
AD  - Centre for Sustainable Organisations and Work, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australien
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 259
EP  - 284
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
SN  - 0005-8114, 0005-8114
KW  - Paleography (62300)
KW  - Germanic Languages (27800)
KW  - Antiquity (03285)
KW  - Onomastics (60900)
KW  - article
KW  - 5121: descriptive linguistics; paleolinguistics/paleography
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LA  - English
DB  - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - BNAMF9
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Onomastics (60900); Germanic Languages (27800); Antiquity (03285); Paleography (62300)
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - In search for an explanation to the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988-2003 period
AN  - 1315620320; 17720768
AB  - Background: In Kenya, infant mortality rate increased from 59 deaths per 1000 live births in 1988 to 78 deaths per 1000 live births by 2003. This was an increase of about 32 percent in 15 years. The reasons behind this upturn are poorly understood. This paper investigates the probable factors behind the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988-2003 period. Understanding the causes behind the upsurge is critical in designing high impact public health strategies for the acceleration of national and international public health goals such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The reversals in early child mortality is also regarded as one of the most important topics in contemporary demography. Methods: A merged dataset drawn from the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys of 1993, 1998 and 2003 was used. The merged KDHS included a total of 5265 singletons. Permission to use the KDHS data was obtained from ICF international on the following website: http://www.measuredhs.com . Stata version 11.0 was used for data analysis. The paper used regression decomposition techniques as the main method for analysing the contribution of the selected covariates on the upsurge in infant mortality. Results: The duration of breastfeeding; maternal education, regional HIV prevalence and malaria endemicity were the factors that appeared to have contributed much to the observed rise in infant mortality in Kenya over the period. If all the live births that occurred in the 1996/03 period had the same mean values of all explanatory variables as those of live births that occurred in the 1988/95 period, then infant mortality would have increased by a massive 14 deaths per 1000 live births. However, if the live births that occurred in the 1988/95 period had the same mean values of all explanatory variables as those that occurred in the 1996/03 period, the upsurge in infant mortality would have been negligible. While the role of HIV in the upturn in infant mortality in Kenya and other sub Saharan African countries is indisputable, this study demonstrates that it is the duration of breastfeeding and Malaria endemicity that played a more significant role in Kenya's upsurge in infant mortality during the 1988-2003 period. Conclusions: Efforts aimed at controlling and preventing malaria and HIV should be stepped up to avert an upsurge in infant mortality. There is need to step up alternative baby feeding practices among mothers who are HIV positive especially after the first six months of breastfeeding. Owing to the widely known inverse relationship between maternal education and infant mortality, there is need for concerted efforts to promote girl child education. Owing to the important role played by the short preceding birth interval to the upsurge in infant mortality, there is need to promote family planning methods in Kenya.
JF  - BMC Public Health
AU  - Wafula, Sam W
AU  - Ikamari, Lawrence DE
AU  - K'Oyugi, Boniface O
AD  - Population Studies and Research Institute, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 441
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SN  - 1471-2458, 1471-2458
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Infant mortality
KW  - Decomposition
KW  - Malaria
KW  - HIV/AIDS
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Family planning
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Degradation
KW  - Parturition
KW  - Acceleration
KW  - Public health
KW  - Education
KW  - Endemism
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Africa, Sahara Desert
KW  - Africa
KW  - Breast feeding
KW  - Mortality causes
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Number of references - 20
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Human diseases; Education; Degradation; Endemism; Parturition; Malaria; Acceleration; Mortality causes; Public health; Family planning; Feeding; Mortality; Infant mortality; Human immunodeficiency virus; Breast feeding; Kenya; Africa, Sahara Desert; Africa
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-441
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A New Iterative Method to Calculate [pi]
AN  - 1314330171; EJ992373
AB  - For at least 2000 years people have been trying to calculate the value of [pi], the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. People know that [pi] is an irrational number; its decimal representation goes on forever. Early methods were geometric, involving the use of inscribed and circumscribed polygons of a circle. However, real accuracy did not come until the use of infinite series techniques, in which one can, by calculating more and more terms, obtain smaller and smaller corrections all leading to a precise value. In this paper the authors use an iterative approach to calculate [pi], in which a computer is also used. This method initially appears to be very impressive, providing more than sixteen decimal places with only three iterations. This article addresses first year undergraduate university students who will encounter in their mathematics courses the subjects of differentiation, Taylor series, exponentials and natural logarithms, and the idea of array storage in basic computer programming. In terms of teaching concepts the authors describe the Newton-Raphson method for solving equations in detail as a very useful and lesser known application of differentiation, and then apply it in an unexpected manner to solve a seemingly unrelated problem, the determination of the value of [pi], thus introducing a new method of approaching one of the most famous endeavours in mathematics. In pursuing this they delve into practical problems in using power series to calculate functions and also into in certain aspects of numerical analysis. (Contains 1 figure.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Dion, Peter
AU  - Ho, Anthony
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 41
EP  - 49
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Undergraduate Students
KW  - Programming
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Geometric Concepts
KW  - Symbols (Mathematics)
KW  - Computers
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Computation
KW  - Mathematical Formulas
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - College Students
KW  - Numbers
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prior Study of Mathematics as a Predictor of Pre-Service Teachers' Success on Tests of Mathematics and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
AN  - 1314329251; EJ991855
AB  - There remains a lack of empirical evidence about the relationship between the level of mathematics studied at high school and within tertiary degrees and primary school pre-service teachers' success in curriculum subjects. Further, there is little evidence to inform the structure and delivery of mathematics teacher preparation. In this study, the content and pedagogical knowledge of pre-service primary teachers were examined, as was their view of the effectiveness of a unit of study based on mathematics content and pedagogy. The cohort comprised 122 graduate diploma primary teacher preparation students; the unit's assessment required them to know the mathematics they were expected to teach as well as describe how to teach it. It was found that the level of high school mathematics undertaken was highly correlated with success in the teacher education unit designed to prepare prospective teachers to teach primary (elementary) mathematics. The findings have implications for enrolment in pre-service primary teacher preparation courses as well as for the structure of mathematics curriculum units. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Norton, Stephen
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 2
EP  - 26
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - High Schools
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Graduate Students
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Preservice Teacher Education
KW  - Correlation
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Success
KW  - Teacher Competencies
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Knowledge Level
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - College Mathematics
KW  - Predictor Variables
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pressure to Perform: Reviewing the Use of Data through Professional Learning Conversations
AN  - 1314318957; EJ991858
AB  - With increased accountability attached to students' results on national testing in Australia, teachers feel under pressure to prepare students for the tests. However, this can lead to shallow teaching of a narrowed curriculum. An alternative approach involves using data to identify common errors and misconceptions, discussing strategies aimed at building understanding of important mathematical ideas as well as students' confidence in answering context-based mathematics questions. This study explored the use of a learning model based on professional conversations about national testing results as well as school-based assessment data with junior secondary mathematics teachers in one school. The teachers identified the learning needs of students and chose to implement mental computation and estimation approaches as well as a strategy to address the literacy demands of numeracy test items to support student learning before and after the NAPLAN test. An analysis of the professional learning model identified approaches to enhance both student learning and teaching practice. (Contains 7 tables and 3 figures.)
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - White, Paul
AU  - Anderson, Judy
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 60
EP  - 77
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Scores
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Professional Development
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Testing
KW  - Test Items
KW  - Secondary School Teachers
KW  - Pretests Posttests
KW  - High Stakes Tests
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Misconceptions
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mental Computation
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Data Analysis
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Explaining Definitions in Secondary School Mathematics: A[superscript 0], A[superscript n], 0!
AN  - 1314318927; EJ992377
AB  - Educators look for "teaching opportunities" within the curriculum to "bring the practice of knowing mathematics in school closer to what it means to know within the discipline". The need to emphasise disciplinarity--and the concomitant canons of logic, consistency, and connections--in the teaching of mathematics is in line with the proficiency strand of "understanding" in the Australian curriculum. One of the key constructs within the mathematics discipline is that of "definition." This article intends first to explain the role of definitions as it is used within the mathematics community; second, the authors illustrate, using two examples, how the disciplinarity surrounding "definitions" can be introduced in secondary mathematics classrooms. (Contains 1 figure.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Guan, Tay Eng
AU  - Hoong, Leong Yew
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 28
EP  - 37
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Definitions
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Discipline
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Visualising the Complex Roots of Quadratic Equations with Real Coefficients
AN  - 1314318914; EJ992375
AB  - The roots of the general quadratic equation y = ax[superscript 2] + bx + c (real a, b, c) are known to occur in the following sets: (i) real and distinct; (ii) real and coincident; and (iii) a complex conjugate pair. Case (iii), which provides the focus for this investigation, can only occur when the values of the real coefficients a, b, and c are such as to render the discriminant negative. In this case, a simple two-dimensional x-y plot of the quadratic equation does not reveal the location of the complex conjugate roots, and the interested student might well be forgiven for asking, "Where exactly are the roots located and why can't I see them?" In the author's experience, this sort of question is hardly ever raised--or answered satisfactorily--in school Years 11 or 12, or in undergraduate mathematics courses. In this paper, the author aims to provide a clear answer to this question by revealing the whereabouts of the complex roots and explaining the significance of the conjugate pairing. (Contains 10 figures, 1 table and 4 footnotes.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Bardell, Nicholas S.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 6
EP  - 20
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - High Schools
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Undergraduate Study
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - High School Students
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Giving More Realistic Definitions of Trigonometric Ratios
AN  - 1314318888; EJ992376
AB  - Trigonometry is a well known branch of Mathematics. The study of trigonometry is of great importance in surveying, astronomy, navigation, engineering, and in different branches of science. This paper reports on the discovery of flaws in the traditional definitions of trigonometric ratios of an angle, which (in most cases) make use of the most unrealistic concept of negative length (or distance). With a view to getting rid of the misleading concept of negative length (distance), the definitions of novel trigonometric ratios (falling within the purview of Year 9 to Year 10A in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics") have been offered first with the help of vector algebra and then subsequently employed to derive some important formulae of trigonometry. This paper first considers the traditional branch of trigonometry, examines it to see that it is very much unrealistic at its root level and finally it gives birth to the definitions of novel trigonometric ratios of an angle with the help of vector algebra so as to uproot the most unrealistic concept of negative length. It deals with a debatable issue regarding the misleading concept of negative length (distance) prevailing at the basic level of defining trigonometric ratios of an angle in the traditional literature and in fact reflects a discovery of real truth. (Contains 3 figures.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Bhattacharjee, Pramode Ranjan
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 21
EP  - 27
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Geometric Concepts
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Trigonometry
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Definitions
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - On Periodicity of Trigonometric Functions and Connections with Elementary Number Theoretic Ideas
AN  - 1314318884; EJ992374
AB  - The notion of periodicity stands for regular recurrence of phenomena in a particular order in nature or in the actions of man, machine, etc. Many examples can be given from daily life featuring periodicity. Mathematically the meaning of periodicity is that some value recurs with a constant frequency. Students learn about the periodicity of the trigonometric functions--sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent, after they study the subject of extension of the trigonometric circle and the graphical representation of these functions. However, students encounter the notion of the period even before their studies in trigonometry. This article considers the properties of periodical functions, and how to find the period of the sum, the difference and the product functions of trigonometric functions. The author discusses the issue of the smallest period, and finds a connection between the period of a product of trigonometric functions and the period of their sum. A surprising connection between different mathematics topics is presented in the process of determining the period of the sum or product of trigonometric functions. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Stupel, Moshe
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 50
EP  - 63
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Arithmetic
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Trigonometry
KW  - Mathematical Formulas
KW  - Validity
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Definitions
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Scoring Points: Goals for Real World Problem Solving
AN  - 1314318878; EJ992379
AB  - This paper is presented in two parts. Through an example the first part takes up the issue of applying mathematics to situations that form part of the life context of students--the priority expressed in three curriculum statements presented. Then, noting the particular point in time--development of a National Curriculum for Mathematics--the second part goes on to address broader curriculum issues that a purely illustrative exercise in real world problem solving might not normally engage. The chosen example relates to a real world question that is located within the domain of Australian Rules Football, and it is recognized that while this provides a familiar, and often an emotionally engaged context in the majority of states, it may not do so for all. The specific mathematical and modelling issues raised in this particular problem have no essential connection with the discussion in the final part of the paper (other than in providing illustrations), where issues regarding the place of modelling and applications in curricula are considered. For that purpose, the football example can be replaced by any authentic modelling problem. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Galbraith, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 51
EP  - 62
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Team Sports
KW  - Mathematical Models
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Scores
KW  - Scoring
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - National Curriculum
KW  - Numbers
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pythagoras' Garden, Revisited
AN  - 1314318496; EJ992372
AB  - Mack and Czernezkyj (2010) have given an interesting account of primitive Pythagorean triples (PPTs) from a geometrical perspective. In this article, the authors wish to enlarge on the role of the equicircles (incircle and three excircles), and show there is yet another family tree in Pythagoras' garden. Where Mack and Czernezkyj (2010) begin with four equicircles, the authors begin with four tangent circles, attached to the corners of a rectangle based on the right triangle. Reflecting these circles in a certain line results in a congruent tangent cluster, having the same six points of tangency, orthogonal to the first four, and ultimately revealed as (jostled) equicircles! They then develop three celebrated families of triples by elementary means, and tinker with the sequencing rules until the classic Pythagorean family tree magically appears. Using a favourite set of four parameters to identify and tag triples, they find more circle secrets. (Contains 7 figures.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Bernhart, Frank R.
AU  - Price, Lee H.
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 29
EP  - 40
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Geometric Concepts
KW  - Mathematical Formulas
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Geometry
KW  - College Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers Making Sense of Definitions of Functions
AN  - 1314316236; EJ991856
AB  - Definitions play an essential role in mathematics. As such, mathematics teachers and students need to flexibly and productively interact with mathematical definitions in the classroom. However, there has been little research about mathematics teachers' understanding of definitions. At an even more basic level, there is little clarity about what teachers must know about mathematical definitions in order to support the development of mathematically proficient students. This paper reports on a qualitative study of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers choosing, using, evaluating, and interpreting definitions. In an undergraduate capstone course for mathematics majors, these future teachers were assigned three tasks which required them to (1) choose and apply definitions of functions, (2) evaluate the equivalence of definitions of functions, and (3) interpret and critique a secondary school textbook's definition of a specific type of function. Their performances indicated that many of these pre-service mathematics teachers had deficiencies reasoning with and about mathematical definitions. The implications of these deficiencies are discussed and suggestions for teacher educators are proposed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Chesler, Joshua
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 27
EP  - 40
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - United States
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Undergraduate Students
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Undergraduate Study
KW  - Majors (Students)
KW  - Secondary School Students
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Secondary School Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Pedagogical Content Knowledge
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Definitions
KW  - Teacher Educators
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T1  - Building Intuitions about Statistical Inference Based on Resampling
AN  - 1314311691; EJ992370
AB  - Formal inference, which makes theoretical assumptions about distributions and applies hypothesis testing procedures with null and alternative hypotheses, is notoriously difficult for tertiary students to master. The debate about whether this content should appear in Years 11 and 12 of the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" has gone on for several years. The statistics education research community has been discussing the lead in to inference, through informal inference, for some time, and for example the fifth Statistical Reasoning, Thinking and Literacy Forum (SRTL-5 in 2005) had informal inferential reasoning as its theme. Over the last few years various phrases have been used to describe the concept. Ben-Zvi (2006) used IIR (informal inferential reasoning), whereas Pratt and Ainley used ISI (informal statistical inference). Makar and Rubin (2009) presented a useful framework that can be summarised as context and a question, where "evidence" is used to make a "generalisation" beyond the data with an acknowledgement of "uncertainty." Moving to the stage of informal inference where randomness is deliberately introduced into the study design through random sampling and/or random assignment, "resampling" methods offer a way of evaluating evidence to support a generalisation that can be reported with an associated frequency-based probability. In this article, the authors discuss how to build intuitions about statistical inference based on resampling. They present some steps that illustrate the resampling (without replacement) procedure for comparing groups without having to write instructions in a software language. (Contains 10 figures, 2 footnotes and 1 table.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Watson, Jane
AU  - Chance, Beth
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 6
EP  - 18
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Comparative Analysis
KW  - Probability
KW  - Statistical Inference
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Research Methodology
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Sample Size
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Computer Software
KW  - Hypothesis Testing
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T1  - Supporting Mathematics Instruction with an Expert Coaching Model
AN  - 1314311419; EJ991866
AB  - This article presents findings from a study in which the author served as an expert coach and provided ongoing support to four elementary school teachers related to employing standards-based pedagogies in their mathematics classrooms. In addition to assisting teachers, the author examined which supports they sought and the impact of them on mathematics instruction. Data were collected through participant interviews, classroom observations, and anecdotal notes. Inductive qualitative analysis indicated that teachers who sought more in-class support and co-teaching opportunities showed more enactments of standards-based pedagogies than teachers who asked for resources and support outside of their mathematics classroom. Implications for models of teacher support related to mathematics instruction are provided. (Contains 6 tables.)
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Polly, Drew
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 78
EP  - 93
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - United States
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Classroom Observation Techniques
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Educational Change
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Expertise
KW  - Professional Development
KW  - Elementary School Teachers
KW  - Feedback (Response)
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - On Interpreting and Extracting Information from the Cumulative Distribution Function Curve: A New Perspective with Applications
AN  - 1314311331; EJ992371
AB  - For any density function (or probability function), there always corresponds a "cumulative distribution function" (cdf). It is a well-known mathematical fact that the cdf is more general than the density function, in the sense that for a given distribution the former may exist without the existence of the latter. Nevertheless, while the density function curve is frequently adopted as a graphical device in depicting the main attributes of the distribution it represents, the cdf curve is usually ignored in such practical analysis. Can the cdf curve be more fruitfully utilised as a graphical device? In this paper, the authors show that the region above a cdf curve can be interpreted as an aggregate value of the underlying random variable. This perspective would facilitate the graphical display of the information contained in the distribution. They also exploit this approach to give intuition to the derivation of some well-known results. (Contains 14 figures.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Balasooriya, Uditha
AU  - Li, Jackie
AU  - Low, Chan Kee
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 19
EP  - 28
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Lorenz Curve
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Probability
KW  - Computation
KW  - Mathematical Logic
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Validity
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Bayesian Statistics
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Mathematics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Mathematics of Networks Science: Scale-Free, Power-Law Graphs and Continuum Theoretical Analysis
AN  - 1314311297; EJ992378
AB  - When hoping to initiate or sustain students' interest in mathematics teachers should always consider relevance, relevance to students' lives and in the middle and later years of instruction in high school and university, accessibility. A topic such as the mathematics behind networks science, more specifically scale-free graphs, is up-to-date, highly relevant to students' lives, and accessible. This article illustrates how mathematicians and scientists work together collaboratively when applying mathematics and developing new scientific theories, and describes ways of teaching mathematics in a highly meaningful, real-world context with a topic which is widely acknowledged as being important mathematically and scientifically. (Contains 4 figures and 4 footnotes.)
JF  - Australian Senior Mathematics Journal
AU  - Padula, Janice
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 38
EP  - 50
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-4564, 0819-4564
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Probability
KW  - Professional Personnel
KW  - Mathematical Models
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Calculus
KW  - Equations (Mathematics)
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Geometry
KW  - Graphs
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Lesson Based on the Use of Contexts: An Example of Effective Practice in Secondary School Mathematics
AN  - 1314310731; EJ991857
AB  - The importance of using real-life contexts in teaching mathematics is emphasised in many policy and curriculum statements. The literature indicates using contexts to teach mathematics can be difficult and few detailed exemplars exist. This article describes the use of real-life contexts in one New Zealand Year 11 algebra lesson. Data included a video recording of one lesson and the teacher's reflections on the lesson. Analysis of the lesson revealed the importance for its success of the ways in which the learning tasks and their contexts were introduced, ongoing referral to the contexts, consolidation of prior mathematics learning, and teacher questioning. The lesson described illustrates how meaningful links to real-life contexts can be developed to promote mathematical understanding, how a balance between focusing on the mathematics and the context can be achieved, and that these require careful planning. The lesson example and its analysis indicate that awareness of the complexity of implementing context-based mathematics learning is important for those who promote or want to implement context-based mathematics teaching, including policy makers, teacher educators, and teachers. (Contains 1 table and 6 figures.)
JF  - Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
AU  - Harvey, Roger
AU  - Averill, Robin
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 41
EP  - 59
PB  - Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1442-3901, 1442-3901
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 11
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Video Technology
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Relevance (Education)
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Females
KW  - Teacher Educators
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Single Sex Schools
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - GEN
T1  - Children and Young People at Risk of Social Exclusion: Links between Homelessness, Child Protection and Juvenile Justice. Data Linkage Series. Number 13
AN  - 1312424255; ED537904
AB  - Current research demonstrates relationships between child abuse and neglect, homelessness and criminal activity. This report presents key findings from analysis of a data set linking three community-sector data collections: Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), juvenile justice supervision, and child protection notifications and substantiations in Victoria and Tasmania. While this project demonstrated that linking these collections is both feasible and worthwhile, the results are limited by data availability (this project used 3 years of SAAP data, 10 years of juvenile justice data, 18 years of Victorian child protection data and 3 years of Tasmanian child protection data). The accumulation of data over multiple years for all sectors would enable the flows between services over the long term to be identified, but despite the data limitations, the results highlight the possibilities for data linkage in these sectors although caution must be used in generalising these findings. Findings include: (1) People with involvement in one of the three sectors are more likely to be involved in another of the sectors than the general population; (2) Young people with a child protection history enter juvenile justice supervision at a younger age; and (3) Young people, particularly young women, completing a detention sentence are at greater risk of homelessness. Cohorts for analysis are appended. A list of abbreviations is included. (Contains 26 figures and 3 tables.)
AU  - Aalders, Rachel
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 46
PB  - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6244-1025; Fax: +61-2-6244-1299; e-mail: info@aihw.gov.au; Web site: http://www.aihw.gov.au
SN  - 9781742493718
KW  - Australia
KW  - British Columbia (Victoria)
KW  - ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - At Risk Persons
KW  - Welfare Services
KW  - Young Adults
KW  - Housing Needs
KW  - Child Safety
KW  - Cohort Analysis
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Welfare Recipients
KW  - Economically Disadvantaged
KW  - Victims of Crime
KW  - Population Distribution
KW  - Supervision
KW  - Social Isolation
KW  - Homeless People
KW  - Child Abuse
KW  - Trend Analysis
KW  - Juvenile Justice
KW  - Statistical Distributions
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ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - New books for new people: Soviet Central Asian children's books (1926-32)
AN  - 1288989952; 4406288
AB  - Analyses 5 children books published in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Crimea between 1926 and 1932.  The author points out that they are product of the new Soviet understanding of children. [IBSSMB] Reprinted by permission of Duke University Press
JF  - Comparative studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
AU  - Murphy, Christopher M
AD  - Library of Congress
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 310
EP  - 322
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SN  - 1089-201X, 1089-201X
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Learning
KW  - Crime
KW  - Uzbekistan
KW  - Social change
KW  - Children
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - Turkmenistan
KW  - Communism
KW  - Books
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Soviet studies
KW  - Social history
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LA  - English
DB  - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-12
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-16
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Images of the child and childhood in modern Muslim contexts
AN  - 1288989931; 4406306
JF  - Comparative studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
AU  - Karimi, Pamela
AU  - Gruber, Christiane
AU  - Gencer, Yasemin
AU  - Murphy, Christopher M
AU  - Janson, Torsten
AU  - Malekzadeh, Shervin
AU  - Szanto, Edith
AU  - Dempsey, Anna M
AU  - Deeb, Mary-Jane
AU  - Mojab, Shahrzad
AU  - Aguilar, Delia D
AU  - Hale, Sondra
AU  - Amireh, Amal
AD  - University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth ; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; Indiana University, Bloomington ; Library of Congress ; Lund University ; Georgetown University ; University of Toronto ; Bowling Green State University ; University of California, Los Angeles ; George Mason University
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 273
EP  - 407
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SN  - 1089-201X, 1089-201X
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Iran
KW  - Childhood
KW  - Syria
KW  - Comics
KW  - Social change
KW  - Cartoons
KW  - Images
KW  - Religious education
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - Social perception
KW  - Social history
KW  - Islam
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Children
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - History of education
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Books
KW  - Arabs
KW  - Shiism
KW  - Soviet studies
KW  - Muslims
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LA  - English
DB  - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-12
N1  - SuppNotes - Collection of 8 articles
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-16
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Phuentsholing General Hospital: a six-year retrospective study
AN  - 1285088748; 17457170
AB  - Background: This study was carried out to describe the epidemiology and treatment outcomes of TB infection in Bhutan at Phuentsholing General Hospital (PGH). Retrospective analysis of TB data was carried out using data from the TB registry of PGH from 2004-2009. Comparisons were made between TB, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and outcomes amongst male and female. Findings: A total of 735 patients were analyzed, 12.4% (91) of whom were children (< or =14 years). The highest cases was reported in 2009 (148), lowest in 2004 (93). Males and females were equally infected with TB. The median age was 25 years, (range 11 months - 98 years; IQR = 20-35). Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPT) 62.6% (57) was the commonest form of TB in children. Pleural effusion was more common in males 62.8% (27) (p = 0.013). Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (SPPT) 54.3% (207) (p = 0.02) and treatment defaulted 84.2% (16) (p = 0.004) was higher in males. However, transfer-in cases 57.0% (90) (p = 0.036) and treatment outcome-failure 92.3% (12) (p = 0.002) were more in females than males. The cure rate for SPPT was 69.0% (293) and unknown treatment outcome for all forms of TB was 11.2% (82). Conclusion: TB infection has increased over the study period; SPPT increased more than other two forms of TB. The majority of the TB patients were in the age group of 15-34 years. Males and females were equally infected with TB and children made up 12.4% of TB patients. The cure rate amongst SPPT was 69%, which is much lower than the national target of 85% set by National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP). Further studies need to be undertaken to identify the risk factor for TB in the economically productive age group. There is a need for improvement in the services, recording and reporting so as to meet the target of cure rate of 85% in SPPT patients.
JF  - BMC Research Notes
AU  - Wangdi, Kinley
AU  - Gurung, Manish Raj
AD  - Phuentsholing General Hospital, G.P.O. Phuentsholing, Chhukha, Bhutan
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 311
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Floor 6 London WC1X 8HL United Kingdom
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1756-0500, 1756-0500
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Age
KW  - Children
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Infection
KW  - Lung
KW  - Pleural effusion
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Sex differences
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - Mycobacterium
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Number of references - 23
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Age; Data processing; Epidemiology; Lung; Risk factors; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis; Sex differences; Infection; Children; Hospitals; Mycobacterium
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-311
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Passenger Transmission and Productiveness of Transit Lines with High Loads
AN  - 1283652702; 17526005
AB  - Deterministic transit capacity analysis applies to the planning, design, and operational management of urban transit systems. Transit performance can be quantified and assessed with the use of transit capacity and productive capacity. This paper further defines important productive performance measures of an individual transit service and transit line. Transit work (measured in passengers per kilometer) captures the transit task performed over distance. Passenger transmission (in passenger kilometers per hour) captures the passenger task delivered by service at speed. Transit productiveness (in passenger kilometers per hour) captures transit work performed over time. These measures are useful to operators in understanding their services' or systems' capabilities and passenger quality of service. This paper accounts for variability in utilized demand by passengers along a line and high passenger load conditions in which passenger pass-up delay occurs. A hypothetical case study of an individual bus service's operation demonstrates the usefulness of passenger transmission in comparing existing and growth scenarios. A hypothetical case study of a bus line's operation during a peak-hour window demonstrates the theory's usefulness in examining the contribution of individual services to line productive performance. Scenarios may be assessed with the use of this theory to benchmark or compare lines, segments, and conditions or to consider improvements.
JF  - Transportation Research Record
AU  - Bunker, Jonathan
AD  - School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia j.bunker@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 144
EP  - 153
PB  - Transportation Research Board
VL  - 1
IS  - 2274
SN  - 0361-1981, 0361-1981
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Passengers
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Design engineering
KW  - Delay
KW  - Segments
KW  - Transit
KW  - Tasks
KW  - Buses (vehicles)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Number of references - 19
N1  - Last updated - 2013-11-06
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2274-16
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Digital Media: Technology and Social Challenges of the Interactive World
AN  - 1283634184; 201300926
AB  - Book review abstract. Digital Media: Technology and Social Challenges of the Interactive World. Edited by Megan A. Winget and William Aspray. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011, 237pp., 55.00 USD (cloth). ISBN: 978-0-8108-8196-9. Reviewed by Trevor Owens. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Archival Organization
AU  - Owens, Trevor
AU  - Owens, Trevor
AD  - Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 86
EP  - 88
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SN  - 1533-2748, 1533-2748
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic media
KW  - Interactive media
KW  - article
KW  - 1.11: BOOK REVIEWS
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Electronic media; Social aspects; Interactive media
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2012.680381
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predictive modelling: parents' decision making to use online child health information to increase their understanding and/or diagnose or treat their child's health
AN  - 1272716991; 17529211
AB  - Background: The quantum increases in home Internet access and available online health information with limited control over information quality highlight the necessity of exploring decision making processes in accessing and using online information, specifically in relation to children who do not make their health decisions. The aim of this study was to understand the processes explaining parents' decisions to use online health information for child health care. Methods: Parents (N = 391) completed an initial questionnaire assessing the theory of planned behaviour constructs of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control, as well as perceived risk, group norm, and additional demographic factors. Two months later, 187 parents completed a follow-up questionnaire assessing their decisions to use online information for their child's health care, specifically to 1) diagnose and/or treat their child's suspected medical condition/illness and 2) increase understanding about a diagnosis or treatment recommended by a health professional. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression showed that, for both behaviours, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, (less) perceived risk, group norm, and (non) medical background were the significant predictors of intention. For parents' use of online child health information, for both behaviours, intention was the sole significant predictor of behaviour. The findings explain 77% of the variance in parents' intention to treat/diagnose a child health problem and 74% of the variance in their intentions to increase their understanding about child health concerns. Conclusions: Understanding parents' socio-cognitive processes that guide their use of online information for child health care is important given the increase in Internet usage and the sometimes-questionable quality of health information provided online. Findings highlight parents' thirst for information; there is an urgent need for health professionals to provide parents with evidence-based child health websites in addition to general population education on how to evaluate the quality of online health information.
JF  - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
AU  - Walsh, Anne M
AU  - Hyde, Melissa K
AU  - Hamilton, Kyra
AU  - White, Katherine M
AD  - School of Nursing, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 144
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SN  - 1472-6947, 1472-6947
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Online health information
KW  - Child health
KW  - Child health information seeking
KW  - Theory of planned behaviour
KW  - Risk taking
KW  - Group norm
KW  - Parental decision making
KW  - Internet use
KW  - Thirst
KW  - Demography
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Motivation
KW  - Informatics
KW  - Risk groups
KW  - Children
KW  - Internet
KW  - W 30960:Bioinformatics & Computer Applications
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Number of references - 42
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Thirst; Inventories; Decision making; Motivation; Informatics; Risk groups; Children; Internet
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-144
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Behavioural response of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to host plant volatiles and synthetic blends
AN  - 1268655580; 17488461
AB  - Background: Sugar feeding is critical for survival of malaria vectors and, although discriminative plant feeding previously has been shown to occur in Anopheles gambiae s.s., little is known about the cues mediating attraction to these plants. In this study, we investigated the role of olfaction in An. gambiae discriminative feeding behaviour. Methods: Dual choice olfactometer assays were used to study odour discrimination by An. gambiae to three suspected host plants: Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae), Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) and Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae). Sugar content of the three plant species was determined by analysis of their trimethylsilyl derivatives by coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and confirmed with authentic standards. Volatiles from intact plants of the three species were collected on Super Q and analyzed by coupled GC-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-MS to identify electrophysiologically-active components whose identities were also confirmed with authentic standards. Active compounds and blends were formulated using dose-response olfactory bioassays. Responses of females were converted into preference indices and analyzed by chi-square tests. The amounts of common behaviourally-active components released by the three host plants were compared with one-way ANOVA. Results: Overall, the sugar contents were similar in the two Asteraceae plants, P. hysterophorus and B. pilosa, but richer in R. communis. Odours released by P. hysterophorus were the most attractive, with those from B. pilosa being the least attractive to females in the olfactometer assays. Six EAD-active components identified were consistently detected by the antennae of adult females. The amounts of common antennally-active components released varied with the host plant, with the highest amounts released by P. hysterophorus. In dose-response assays, single compounds and blends of these components were attractive to females but to varying levels, with one of the blends recording a significantly attractive response from females when compared to volatiles released by either the most preferred plant, P. hysterophorus ([chi] super(2) = 5.23, df = 1, P < 0.05) or as a synthetic blend mimicking that released by P. hysterophorus. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that (a) a specific group of plant odours attract female An. gambiae (b) females use both qualitative and quantitative differences in volatile composition to associate and discriminate between different host plants, and (c) altering concentrations of individual EAD-active components in a blend provides a practical direction for developing effective plant-based lures for malaria vector management.
JF  - Parasites & Vectors
AU  - Nyasembe, Vincent O
AU  - Teal, Peter EA
AU  - Mukabana, Wolfgang R
AU  - Tumlinson, James H
AU  - Torto, Baldwyn
AD  - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Box 30772, GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 234
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Floor 6 London WC1X 8HL United Kingdom
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1756-3305, 1756-3305
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Entomology Abstracts; Chemoreception Abstracts
KW  - Sugar feeding
KW  - Host plants
KW  - An. gambiae s.s
KW  - Malaria vector
KW  - Attractant
KW  - Terpenoids
KW  - Parasites
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Survival
KW  - Malaria
KW  - Hosts
KW  - Antennae
KW  - Mass spectroscopy
KW  - Gas chromatography
KW  - Odor
KW  - Parthenium hysterophorus
KW  - Feeding behavior
KW  - Aquatic insects
KW  - Bidens pilosa
KW  - Mimicry
KW  - Sugar
KW  - Chemical composition
KW  - Allelochemicals
KW  - Olfactometers
KW  - Vectors
KW  - Olfactory discrimination
KW  - Electrophysiology
KW  - Anopheles gambiae
KW  - Olfactory discrimination learning
KW  - Asteraceae
KW  - Ricinus communis
KW  - Odour
KW  - Olfaction
KW  - Euphorbiaceae
KW  - R 18050:Chemoreception correlates of behavior
KW  - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior
KW  - K 03400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - Number of references - 50
N1  - Last updated - 2015-10-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Parasites; Human diseases; Vectors; Malaria; Electrophysiology; Hosts; Aquatic insects; Odour; Olfaction; Sugar; Mimicry; Chemical composition; Allelochemicals; Survival; Olfactometers; Olfactory discrimination; Host plants; Mass spectroscopy; Antennae; Olfactory discrimination learning; Gas chromatography; Odor; Feeding behavior; Asteraceae; Ricinus communis; Parthenium hysterophorus; Bidens pilosa; Anopheles gambiae; Euphorbiaceae
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-234
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum using antigenic polymorphic markers and to study anti-malarial drug resistance markers in malaria endemic areas of Bangladesh
AN  - 1257779395; 17463190
AB  - Background: In the past many regions of Bangladesh were hyperendemic for malaria. Malaria control in the 1960s to 1970s eliminated malaria from the plains but in the Chittagong Hill Tracts remained a difficult to control reservoir. The Chittagong Hill Tracts have areas with between 1 and 10% annual malaria rates, predominately 90-95% Plasmodium falciparum. In Southeast Asia, multiplicity of infection for hypo-endemic regions has been approximately 1.5. Few studies on the genetic diversity of P. falciparum have been performed in Bangladesh. Anderson et al. performed a study in Khagrachari, northern Chittagong Hill Tracts in 2002 on 203 patients and found that parasites had a multiplicity of infection of 1.3 by MSP-1, MSP-2 and GLURP genotyping. A total of 94% of the isolates had the K76T Pfcrt chloroquine resistant genotype, and 70% showed the N86Y Pfmdr1 genotype. Antifolate drug resistant genotypes were high with 99% and 73% of parasites having two or more mutations at the dhfr or dhps loci. Methods: Nested and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods were used to genotype P. falciparum using antigenic polymorphic markers and to study anti-malarial drug resistance markers in malaria endemic areas of Bangladesh. Results: The analysis of polymorphic and drug resistant genotype on 33 paired recrudescent infections after drug treatment in the period 2004 to 2008 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, which is just prior to countrywide provision of artemisinin combination therapy. Overall the multiplicity of infection for MSP-1 was 2.7 with a slightly smaller parasite diversity post-treatment. The 13 monoclonal infections by both GLURP and MSP-1 were evenly divided between pre- and post-treatment. The MSP-1 MAD block was most frequent in 66 of the samples. The prevalence of the K76T PfCRT chloroquine resistant allele was approximately 82% of the samples, while the resistant Pfmdr1 N86Y was present in 33% of the samples. Interestingly, the post-treatment samples had a small but significantly higher frequency of the sensitive PfCRT alleles by RT-PCR. Conclusion: The parasite population retains high population diversity despite hypo-endemic transmission with retention, but decrease in the chloroquine-resistant allele and Pfmdr1 resistant alleles in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
JF  - Malaria Journal
AU  - Akter, Jasmin
AU  - Thriemer, Kamala
AU  - Khan, Wasif A
AU  - Sullivan, David J, Jr
AU  - Noedl, Harald
AU  - Haque, Rashidul
AD  - ICDDR,B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 386
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SN  - 1475-2875, 1475-2875
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology
KW  - Malaria
KW  - Genotype
KW  - Anti-malarial drug resistance markers
KW  - Plasmodium falciparum
KW  - MSP-1 and pfcrt
KW  - Parasites
KW  - Human diseases
KW  - Allelles
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Nucleotide sequence
KW  - Genetic diversity
KW  - Genotypes
KW  - Public health
KW  - Population genetics
KW  - Dihydrofolate reductase
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - Multiplicity of infection
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Genotyping
KW  - Chloroquine
KW  - Bangladesh, Chittagong
KW  - artemisinin
KW  - Mutation
KW  - K 03350:Immunology
KW  - Q1 08485:Species interactions: pests and control
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 17
N1  - Last updated - 2015-10-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Parasites; Human diseases; Allelles; Nucleotide sequence; Polymerase chain reaction; Malaria; Genotypes; Drugs; Public health; Drug resistance; Genotyping; Chloroquine; Genetic diversity; Population genetics; Dihydrofolate reductase; artemisinin; Multiplicity of infection; Mutation; Plasmodium falciparum; Southeast Asia; Bangladesh, Chittagong; Bangladesh
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Eucalypts and Their Potential for Invasiveness Particularly in Frost-Prone Regions
AN  - 1221145327; 17365924
AB  - Eucalypts are being considered for biofuel production in the Lower Coastal Plain of the United States. The evolution of eucalypts in Australia has equipped some species to be successful in plantations and has also influenced their potential as invasive species. More than 200 eucalypt species have been evaluated in many countries around the world. Generally eucalypts have proved to have limited invasive potential for a number of reasons, including their poor dispersal capabilities. Two regions with climates similar to the Lower Coastal Plain of the United States are identified in Argentina and China. Frosts, particularly sudden frosts, are an important limitation for eucalypts in these regions, so existing plantations are very limited. However, invasive eucalypts do not appear to be a major problem in other regions of either country. The use of carefully selected frost-tolerant species and the development of genetically modified eucalypts may now open up more frost-affected areas for eucalypt plantations. Some control actions may be necessary and research needs are outlined, but it is concluded that experience in other regions around the world suggests that eucalypts are likely to be a relatively low risk as invasive species in the Lower Coastal Plain.
JF  - International Journal of Forestry Research
AU  - Booth, Trevor H
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, trevor.booth@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
PB  - Hindawi Publishing Corporation, P.O. Box 3079 Cuyahoga Falls OH 44223 United States
VL  - 2012
SN  - 1687-9368, 1687-9368
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Fuel technology
KW  - Invasiveness
KW  - Plains
KW  - Frost
KW  - Climate
KW  - Forestry research
KW  - Plantations
KW  - USA
KW  - Invasive species
KW  - Australia
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - PSW, Argentina
KW  - Biofuels
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fuel technology; Invasiveness; Climate; Frost; Plains; Forestry research; Invasive species; Plantations; Biofuels; USA; Australia; China, People's Rep.; PSW, Argentina
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/837165
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Targeted, Timely, Learning Support for International Students: One Australian University's Approach
AN  - 1140146383; EJ978985
AB  - This paper documents the approach taken by an Australian University to enhance student study skills, development of academic language, and writing skills. The Curtin Business School (CBS) has the only fully faculty-based student learning support centre at Curtin University in Western Australia. Called the CBS Communication Skills Centre (CSC) it has seven academic staff charged with enhancing learning outcomes, intercultural communication and study proficiency for a diverse student cohort having a large proportion of international students. Described here is the CSC approach to using a suite of targeted services and collaborative practices in multiple academic disciplines to assist transnational learning. Challenges faced by international students using learning support services, and by staff designing and delivering those services in an Australian University form part of this discussion. (Contains 1 table.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Baird, Craig
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 52
EP  - 62
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Workshops
KW  - Study Skills
KW  - Writing Skills
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Intercultural Communication
KW  - Mentors
KW  - Communication Skills
KW  - Foreign Students
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - College Students
KW  - Business Administration Education
KW  - Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
KW  - Academic Discourse
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DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1204 8260 3150; 4128 10278 8016 4542; 4744 8046 3150; 11593; 1806 10278 8016 4542; 39 5794 5800 5801 9837 6089 9804 9351 5964; 10291 9690 1; 11635 11615 11225 1 5792 9690; 4109 4335; 1858 9690 1; 5364 1849; 4540 1595 7404; 10482 730; 28 96; 6545 9017 6752 9651 6582 8016 4542
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Overcoming the Glassy-Eyed Nod: An Application of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Techniques in Information Technology
AN  - 1140146371; EJ978980
AB  - Two significant problems faced by universities are to ensure sustainability and to produce quality graduates. Four aspects of these problems are to improve engagement, to foster interaction, develop required skills and to effectively gauge the level of attention and comprehension within lectures and large tutorials. Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a technique used to teach in large lectures and tutorials. It invokes interaction, team building, learning and interest through highly structured group work. This paper describes a new approach to teaching Information Technology (IT) using POGIL. Two IT subjects were chosen for the implementation of the POGIL technique to explore its potential to resolve the aforementioned issues. Preliminary evidence from perspectives of the institution, students and lecturer suggest that POGIL is better able to maximise engagement, foster interaction and effectively gauge the level of attention and comprehension in teaching process-oriented IT concepts than a traditional didactic approach. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Myers, Trina
AU  - Monypenny, Richard
AU  - Trevathan, Jarrod
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 12
EP  - 22
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Team Training
KW  - Interaction
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Measurement Equipment
KW  - Evidence
KW  - Tutors
KW  - Active Learning
KW  - Feedback (Response)
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5168 10669; 3645; 10621 3227 6582; 5348 8768; 10641 10939; 10385 3627 2416 10031; 6441 3553; 5880; 3924 5348 8768; 124 5882; 11056 10591 8267 3417 8016 4542 5703 4908 8917
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Creative Exchange: An Evolving Model of Multidisciplinary Collaboration
AN  - 1140146320; EJ978981
AB  - Often the traditional creative arts curriculum does not sufficiently respond to, nor reflect, contemporary work practice. Multidisciplinary teams are now increasingly the norm in creative arts practice especially when driven by technological innovation. Drawing on contemporary research that centres on the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration, Creative Exchange is a direct attempt to implement multidisciplinary practice within a tertiary learning environment. Outcomes aim to prepare students for dynamic engagement with the challenges and possibilities of their future workplace in the creative arts industries. After the initial planning stages and based on recent research findings, the scope of Creative Exchange has broadened from collaborative engagement within the creative arts to a broader rationale that includes non-creative arts' disciplines e.g. Information Technology, Business and Journalism. In order to develop a sustainable solution this approach was formalised in the POOL MODEL framework (Fleischmann, 2008a, 2008b, 2010) within which Creative Exchange saw its first implementation in 2009 in the School of Creative Arts at James Cook University. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Fleischmann, Katja
AU  - Hutchison, Clive
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 23
EP  - 31
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - Educational Environment
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Cooperation
KW  - Teamwork
KW  - Expertise
KW  - Interdisciplinary Approach
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Authentic Learning for Pre-Service Teachers in a Technology-Rich Environment
AN  - 1140141179; EJ978983
AB  - This paper shares the findings from a three year Participatory Action Research Study around the selection, implementation and effectiveness of educational technologies for enhancing learning in a Teacher Education subject for second year pre-service primary teachers. The innovative Project-Based subject is described using a critical lens. The paper will share how two lecturers and their students explored their changing roles as teachers and learners and the tensions that emerged between their beliefs about student centered, authentic learning and the role of technology. It will explore the ways the technological innovations began to reshape and inform thinking about teaching and learning practices. (Contains 1 footnote.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Latham, Gloria
AU  - Carr, Nicky
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 32
EP  - 42
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Canada
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Web Sites
KW  - Action Research
KW  - Teacher Education
KW  - Preservice Teacher Education
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Transformative Learning
KW  - Attendance
KW  - Participatory Research
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - Technology Uses in Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Technology Integration
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Preservice Teachers
KW  - Editing
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Collaborative Writing
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dictionaries without Borders: Expanding the Limits of the Academy
AN  - 1140140116; EJ978984
AB  - Many people imagine dictionaries to be bulky tomes that are hard to lift and are only useful for quick translations or to check the meaning or spelling of difficult words. This paper aims to dispel that myth and show how online versions of monolingual English learners' dictionaries (MELDs) can be used pedagogically to engage students in academic writing and speaking conventions at Australian universities, thus expanding the borders of academe. It is not necessary to be an expert in lexicography in order to point students in the direction of these resources, which are freely available online. All that lecturers need is a basic knowledge of the uses of a MELD, and a willingness to share these insights with their students. Once students have acquired skills in dictionary use, they are equipped with a tool to engage them throughout their degrees and beyond into the workplace. This paper will present important features from five online MELDs and outline their information on spelling, pronunciation, grammar, meanings, synonyms, style and idioms in order to improve EAL speakers' academic writing and widen the borders of the academy.
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Miller, Julia
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 43
EP  - 51
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Lexicography
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Spelling
KW  - Pronunciation
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - Second Language Learning
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Nouns
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Monolingualism
KW  - Verbs
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reflections around Artefacts: Using a Deliberative Approach to Teaching Reflective Practices in Fashion Studies
AN  - 1140137421; EJ978979
AB  - While requiring students to think reflectively is a desirable teaching goal, it is often fraught with complexity and is sometimes poorly implemented in higher education. In this paper, we describe an approach to academic reflective practices that fitted a design subject in fashion education and was perceived as effective in enhancing student learning outcomes. In many design-based disciplines, it is essential to evaluate, through a reflective lens, the quality of tangible design outcomes--referred to here as artefacts. Fashion studio based practice (unlike many other theory based disciplines) requires an artefact to be viewed in order to initiate the reflective process. This reflection is not solely limited to reflective writing; the reflection happens through sight, touch and other non-traditional approaches. Fashion students were asked to reflect before, during and after the development of an artefact. Through a variety of media, a review of the first garment prototype--called a Sample Review--occurred. The reflective practices of students during the Sample Review provided a valuable insight into their own learning, as well as a valid assessment indicator for the lecturer. It also mirrored industry practices for design evaluation. We believe that this deliberative approach, characterised by artefact-prompted reflection, has wide applicability across undergraduate courses in a variety of discipline areas. (Contains 4 figures.)
JF  - Journal of Learning Design
AU  - Ryan, Michael
AU  - Brough, Dean
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 1832-8342, 1832-8342
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Intellectual Disciplines
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - Reflection
KW  - Reflective Teaching
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Outcomes of Education
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Teaching with Technology: Exploring the Use of Robotics to Teach Mathematics
AN  - 1140136825; EJ978138
AB  - In this article, the author explores the value of using simple robotics such as BeeBots and ProBots to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics in the primary classroom. Before making the decision to use such technologies, it is important that they be evaluated in terms of their affordances and constraints. In other words, teachers need to understand how each individual technology could enhance the learning and teaching of specific mathematics content, and, just as importantly, when the use of a specific technology could hinder, limit or distract the learning and teaching of particular mathematics content. This article presents a table listing the affordances and constraints of BeeBots and ProBots. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Attard, Catherine
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 31
EP  - 32
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 8
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Classroom Environment
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Grade 4
KW  - Mathematics Achievement
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - What Is a Reasonable Answer? Ways for Students to Investigate and Develop Their Number Sense
AN  - 1140135451; EJ978131
AB  - Although number sense is difficult to define, it involves having a good intuition about numbers and their relationships, including the ability to have a "feel" for the relative size of numbers and to make reasonable estimations. Students with good number sense typically recognise the relative magnitude of numbers, appreciate the effect of operations on numbers and have developed a system of personal benchmarks. In this article the author discusses the concept of number sense, revisits a framework for examining basic number sense and shares activities and experiences to promote number sense, including examples from a lesson conducted with a Grade 5/6 class (aged 11-12 years). (Contains 1 table, 5 figures and 1 footnote.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Muir, Tracey
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 21
EP  - 28
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Elementary School Students
KW  - Grade 5
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Grade 6
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Investigations
KW  - Numbers
KW  - Models
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Australian Curriculum Linked Lessons
AN  - 1140134990; EJ978129
AB  - Equivalence is mostly associated with the strand of Number and Algebra and is fundamental in both of the substrands. Equivalence is considered a key and foundational concept of algebra, and whereas an assumption might be made that equivalence is a relatively "easy" concept; studies have shown that when asked to balance an equation such as "8 + 4 = ___ + 5," students have substantial difficulties. This article provides activities which can be modified to meet the requirements of particular year level descriptors and although the descriptors articulated in this article from the Australian Curriculum start at Year 4, the work needs to, and can be developed, from a much younger age.
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Hurrell, Derek
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 14
EP  - 18
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Teachers
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Cognitive Processes
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Grade 4
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Professor's Page: Why Reasoning?
AN  - 1140134954; EJ978135
AB  - Reasoning is one of the proficiency strands of the new Australian Curriculum. It has always been important in mathematics and its importance has always been recognised in mathematics curricula across Australia. However, the new proficiency strand provides an opportunity for all teachers to reconsider how they teach this essential aspect of mathematics. There are many aspects to reasoning in mathematics, but this focuses on the reasoning that establishes why mathematical results are true. Mathematics is distinguished amongst the areas of human knowledge by the special way in which claims of what is true are justified. The assumptions (technically called axioms) and definitions are stated, and gradually, piece by piece, all other mathematical knowledge is built up using the rules for logical deduction. It is an enormously complex web, but the consequence is that mathematical results can be definitely proved. This is not true to nearly the same extent for any other subject. In this article, the author discusses how this fundamental characteristic of mathematics can be conveyed at school. (Contains 2 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Stacey, Kaye
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 16
EP  - 17
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Thinking Skills
KW  - Money Management
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Jabberwocky: The Complexities of Mathematical English
AN  - 1140134803; EJ978133
AB  - Students find it hard to interpret mathematical problem texts. Mathematics is a unique language with its own symbols (grapho-phonics), vocabulary (lexicon), grammar (syntax), semantics and literature. As in any other language, to make meaning of the text, the student must learn: (1) signs and symbols (for example: [division], x, [not equal to]); (2) lexicon (for example, coefficient, square, similar); (3) syntax (for example, multiplication precedes addition or the meaning of the absence of a symbol); and (4) semantics (for example, variables in some situations are likely to be rational, whereas in other situations are likely to be irrational). Moreover, mathematics is a creole language, that is, it is a hybrid of English and mathematical language and, as in many creole languages, some words and symbols have a redefined status. So, when the normal burden of reading is complicated by the language, symbols, tables, charts and diagrams of mathematics, it is little wonder that students find it challenging. In this article, the authors explore the complexities of mathematical language and offer some useful suggestions for helping children make sense out the mathematical text.
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Carter, Merilyn
AU  - Quinnell, Lorna
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 3
EP  - 9
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Language Acquisition
KW  - Reading
KW  - Oral Language
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Speech Communication
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Symbols (Mathematics)
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - English
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Semantics
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effective Mathematics Strategies for Pre-School Children with Autism
AN  - 1140134779; EJ978137
AB  - Autism is a neural development disorder which impairs one's ability to socialise, communicate, process sensory information, and those with autism experience restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. These signs all begin before three years of age and the child may have difficulty with organising their responses, with inhibition of repetitive behaviors and interests, and are more likely to have associated leaning difficulties. Australia is similar to the rest of the world in terms of the issues it faces in Special Education, specifically with the Autism condition, but it also has its own set of challenges. In this article, the authors look at adjusting the teaching of mathematics to cater for young students with autism. They report on a project that helped students link unfamiliar concepts to what they already know. Many of the ideas could be applied to teaching young mainstream students. (Contains 3 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Su, Hui Fang Huang
AU  - Lai, Leanne
AU  - Rivera, Herminia Janet
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 25
EP  - 30
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Early Childhood Education
KW  - Preschool Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Neurological Impairments
KW  - Comparative Analysis
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Educational Games
KW  - Inservice Teacher Education
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - Preschool Children
KW  - Autism
KW  - Learning Strategies
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mathematics on the Move: Using Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning (Part 2)
AN  - 1140134575; EJ978132
AB  - Continuing the series of articles on teaching mathematics with technology, this article furthers the authors' exploration of the use of a range of mobile technologies to enhance teachers' practices in the primary mathematics classroom. In Part 1 of this article, the authors explored the use of the iPod Touch and iPad. In Part 2, they explore global positioning system (GPS) devices and a range of other hand-held devices. (Contains 3 figures.) [For Part 1, see EJ961656.]
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Attard, Catherine
AU  - Northcote, Maria
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 29
EP  - 32
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Satellites (Aerospace)
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Handheld Devices
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T1  - A Mathematics and Science Trail
AN  - 1140130772; EJ978136
AB  - In an attempt to engage primary-school students in a hands-on, real-world problem-solving context, a large urban district, a mathematics and science institute housed in a college of education, and a corporate sponsor in the southwest United States, joined forces to create a mathematics and science trail for fourth- and fifth-grade students. A mathematics and science trail is a series of locations at which students answer mathematics and science questions, connecting the environment to classroom learning. The "environment" is limitless because a trail can take place in a school, on school grounds, or within or beyond a community. This article describes the development and implementation of this ongoing project, the benefits of participation in a trail, and advice for those considering developing a trail. (Contains 6 figures).
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Smith, Kathy Horak
AU  - Fuentes, Sarah Quebec
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 19
EP  - 23
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - United States (Southwest)
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - School Districts
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Recreational Facilities
KW  - Partnerships in Education
KW  - Grade 5
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Grade 4
KW  - World Problems
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Professor's Page: Is Understanding a Proficiency?
AN  - 1140130730; EJ978130
AB  - The everyday use of "proficient" carries connotations of having reached a level of expertise. One would not describe someone stumbling through a rendition of "Chopsticks" as a proficient piano player; but novice pianists work on musical proficiencies--practicing scales or playing a polka--in parallel. They do not put off playing the polka until they can play scales fluently. Like learning to play the piano, becoming mathematically proficient means engaging in certain actions even before one displays full competence with these actions. Becoming a proficient mathematician means working with all of the proficiencies (fluency, reasoning, problem solving and understanding) from the beginning. This challenges the popularly held view (myth even) that children first become fluent in adding, creating equivalent fractions, naming shapes, or whatever and only then can apply this to solve problems, or reason about it. One needs continuously to challenge this "fluency first" view as otherwise building the other proficiencies into mathematics lessons may be put off to some later (and again often mythical) time when learners are "ready" to engage with them. In other words, taking the stance of the proficiencies as actions means moving from seeing school mathematics as a body of knowledge for learners to acquire, to seeing it as an activity to engage in; or, in the words of Brent Davis, moving from seeing mathematics as preformed to mathematics as performed. In this article, the author discusses what these proficiencies look like in action. Paying attention in mathematics lessons to a good balance of the actions involved in fluency, problem solving and reasoning will lead to connected, robust, related understanding.
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Askew, Mike
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 19
EP  - 20
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Education
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Expertise
KW  - Teaching Methods
KW  - Problem Solving
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Engagement with Mathematics: What Does It Mean and What Does It Look Like?
AN  - 1140130713; EJ978128
AB  - When discussing issues surrounding mathematics education, the topic of student engagement (or lack of) often dominates conversations. The low levels of engagement with mathematics experienced by students during the middle years have been of some concern to Australian mathematics educators and stakeholders in recent decades. Lowered engagement with mathematics has the potential to affect communities beyond the need to fill occupations that require the use of high level mathematics. It can also limit one's capacity to understand life experiences through a mathematical perspective. This article explores the concept of engagement against the backdrop of a recent longitudinal study into the influences on student engagement during the middle years of schooling, provides some insight into students' perceptions of engaging mathematics lessons and introduces a "framework for engagement with mathematics" that could be used to inform planning. (Contains 1 figure.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Attard, Catherine
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 9
EP  - 13
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Models
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Word Problem Solving: A Schema Approach in Year 3
AN  - 1140127444; EJ978127
AB  - This article outlines how a Brisbane independent school, Clayfield College, improved the ability of its Year 3 students to solve addition and subtraction word problems by utilising a schematic approach. It was observed that while students could read the words in the text of a written problem, many had difficulty identifying the core information and were unable to derive a relevant number sentence. In this article, the author briefly outlines the most pertinent research and provides a short summary of how the unit unfolded. The word problem solving unit consisted of two 40-minute lessons per week throughout an eight-week block and was undertaken in two co-educational Year 3 classes. (Contains 6 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - van Klinken, Eduarda
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 3
EP  - 8
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Teachers
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Word Problems (Mathematics)
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Subtraction
KW  - Mathematical Concepts
KW  - College Students
KW  - College Mathematics
KW  - Addition
KW  - Private Schools
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Tools of the Trade
AN  - 1140127418; EJ978134
AB  - This article outlines the author's efforts to build her knowledge of students' understandings of mathematics whilst catering for different abilities within a Year 1 classroom, using the freely available "Assessment for Common Misunderstandings tools." "The Assessment for Common Misunderstandings" materials have been "designed to assist teachers identify student learning needs in relation to a small set of big ideas in Number without which students' progress in mathematics is likely to be seriously impacted." The tools provide diagnostic tasks that assess these big ideas from Prep to Year 10, "Victorian Essential Learning Standards" levels one to six inclusive. All of the tasks are short, quick and easy to administer. As with any tool, the author explains, it is how one uses the tool that makes the difference. (Contains 3 figures.)
JF  - Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
AU  - Arnold, Kathy
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 10
EP  - 15
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1326-0286, 1326-0286
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Grade 1
KW  - School Role
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Number Concepts
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - One species of seagrass cannot act as a surrogate for others in relation to providing habitat for other taxa
AN  - 1113219731; 17248660
AB  - Epibiotic assemblages provide an important source of primary and secondary production in seagrass habitats. Surrogates for biodiversity, such as broad-scale habitat types, have been used in selecting marine park boundaries and zones. As a preliminary test of one assumption of surrogacy that in effect treats all seagrass species as equal, the epibiotic assemblages of pairs of seagrass species, including the regionally rare Posidonia coriacea, were sampled between homogeneous or heterospecific patches at 3 separate locations in South Australia. Three seagrass species, each with distinct morphology, had distinguishable epifaunal assemblages. Free-living epifauna showed clear selection between seagrass species with movement likely over small scales within heterospecific patches, but no such distinction was shown when the same seagrass species pair was separated rather than intermingled. Epiphytic sessile species showed less well-defined specificity among seagrass species, but there were still significant differences in epiphytic species richness. The results of this preliminary study suggest that marine conservation planning needs to consider seagrass habitat on a species-by-species basis, including how they are arranged within localised patches.
JF  - Marine Ecology Progress Series
AU  - Hamilton, B M
AU  - Fairweather, P G
AU  - McDonald, B
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, ben.hamilton@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 43
EP  - 51
PB  - Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany
VL  - 456
SN  - 0171-8630, 0171-8630
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Specificity
KW  - Species Richness
KW  - Australia, South Australia
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Epifauna
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Taxa
KW  - Species richness
KW  - Posidonia coriacea
KW  - Marine
KW  - Sessile species
KW  - Seagrasses
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Boundaries
KW  - Parks
KW  - Marine parks
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Sea grass
KW  - Secondary production
KW  - Q1 08463:Habitat community studies
KW  - O 4090:Conservation and Environmental Protection
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sessile species; Species Richness; Specificity; Marine parks; Regional planning; Biodiversity; Sea grass; Secondary production; Habitat; Epifauna; Seagrasses; Parks; Boundaries; Conservation; Species richness; Morphology; Biological diversity; Taxa; Posidonia coriacea; Australia, South Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09647
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Food supplementation reduces post-release dispersal during simulated translocation of the Endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis
AN  - 1113219622; 17249116
AB  - Translocation is among several tools available to conservation managers, either to augment existing populations, or to establish populations in previously occupied habitat, or in habitat identified as suitable for the future persistence of the species. Translocated reptiles do not always become established at the release site. We simulated a translocation site for an Endangered Australian skink, the pygmy bluetongue lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis, to investigate whether adding food would encourage released individuals to disperse less. We provided artificial burrows in a central release area within circular cages and found that lizards were more likely to remain in a burrow, spent less time exposed on the ground surface and were less likely to move out of the central area when food was provided. These modified behaviours are likely to encourage translocation success if lizards with added food expose themselves less frequently to predators, and if fewer of those lizards disperse away from the translocation site in the early days after release. We suggest that the provision of supplementary food will be an important component of any translocation programme for this lizard.
JF  - Endangered Species Research
AU  - Ebrahimi, Mehregan
AU  - Bull, CMichael
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, mehregan.ebrahimi@gmail.com
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 169
EP  - 178
PB  - Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SN  - 1863-5407, 1863-5407
KW  - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Bluetongue
KW  - Lizards
KW  - Australia
KW  - Lacertilia
KW  - Translocation
KW  - Y 25150:General/Miscellaneous
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Translocation; Lizards; Lacertilia; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00446
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predicted benthic disturbance regimes on the Australian continental shelf: a modelling approach
AN  - 1113216819; 17248409
AB  - Models of seabed sediment mobilisation by waves and currents over Australia's continental shelf environment are used to examine whether disturbance regimes exist in the context of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH), whereby maximum biodiversity coincides with moderate levels of disturbance. Our study shows that it is feasible to model the frequency and magnitude of seabed disturbance in relation to the dominant energy source (wave-, tide- or cyclone-dominated shelf). Areas are mapped where the recurrence interval of disturbance events is comparable to the rate of ecological succession, which meets criteria defined for a disturbance regime. We focus our attention on high-energy, patch-clearing events defined as exceeding the Shields (bed shear stress) parameter value of 0.25. Using known rates of ecological succession for different substrate types (gravel, sand and mud), predictions are made of the spatial distribution of a dimensionless ecological disturbance (ED) index, given as: ED = FA(ES/RI), where ES is the ecological succession rate for different substrates, RI is the recurrence interval of disturbance events and FA is the fraction of the frame of reference (surface area) disturbed. Maps for the Australian continental shelf show small patches of seafloor where ED indicates the potential existence of disturbance regimes (and inferred greater biodiversity) distributed around the continent, on both the inner and outer shelf. The patterns are different for wave-dominated (patches on the outer shelf trending parallel to the coast), tide-dominated (patches crossing the middle-shelf trending normal to the coast) and cyclone-dominated (large oval-shaped patches crossing all depths) shelf environments. Only a small portion of the shelf ( similar to 10%) is characterised by a disturbance regime as defined here.
JF  - Marine Ecology Progress Series
AU  - Harris, Peter T
AU  - Hughes, Michael G
AD  - Marine and Coastal Environment Group, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, peter.harris@ga.gov.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 13
EP  - 25
PB  - Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany
VL  - 449
SN  - 0171-8630, 0171-8630
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Wave frequency
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Ecological distribution
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Maps
KW  - Succession
KW  - Bottom stress
KW  - Mechanical stimuli
KW  - Models
KW  - Ecological succession
KW  - Sand
KW  - Wave energy
KW  - Australia
KW  - Waves
KW  - Ocean floor
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Marine
KW  - Surface area
KW  - Ecosystem disturbance
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Continents
KW  - Energy
KW  - Energy resources
KW  - Disturbance
KW  - Patchiness
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q1 08567:Fishery oceanography and limnology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Wave frequency; Ecological succession; Ecological distribution; Energy resources; Wave energy; Biodiversity; Bottom stress; Ocean floor; Patchiness; Spatial distribution; Surface area; Succession; Maps; Sediments; Models; Mechanical stimuli; Sand; Energy; Waves; Disturbance; Coasts; Prediction; Coastal zone; Continents; Biological diversity; Ecosystem disturbance; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09463
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Modelling ecological change over half a century in a subtropical estuary: impacts of climate change, land-use, urbanization and freshwater extraction
AN  - 1113215106; 17248684
AB  - The Clarence River Estuary is the largest estuary in southeast Australia, with an extensive floodplain encompassing multiple river channels and a large coastal lagoon. It is the focus of major commercial and recreational fisheries and there is pressure to divert its freshwater inputs for agricultural and domestic uses. We used a spatial biogeochemical model to simulate the variability and evolution of this system on timescales from days to decades over the past half century. Like most tropical and subtropical estuaries, the Clarence River Estuary is strongly influenced by river discharge, sediment and nutrient loads. Given the high nutrient loads arriving from the upper catchment, plankton biomasses in the model were typically limited by flushing through the estuary channels. However, the longer residence times of the lagoons produced a profoundly different regime where higher zooplankton concentrations were supported by recycling of nutrients and detritus. Using alternative model scenarios, it was found that the ecology of the lagoon was sensitive to changes in land-use and urbanization within the local sub-catchment, but was largely insensitive to changes in upstream river discharge (i.e. rainfall or freshwater extraction). The opposite was true in the estuary channels, where changes in land-use or urbanisation in the populated lower catchment had little effect on the estuarine ecology, while even modest reductions in river discharges dramatically increased the biomass of the smaller phytoplankton and zooplankton groups, and favoured benthic algae over seagrass and macroalgae. The contrasting responses of these 2 estuarine environments suggests the need for distinct management approaches, with stringent controls on nutrient loads into coastal lagoons and protection of environmental flows into estuary channels.
JF  - Marine Ecology Progress Series
AU  - Condie, Scott A
AU  - Hayes, Donna
AU  - Fulton, Elizabeth A
AU  - Savina, Marie
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7004, Australia, scott.condie@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 43
EP  - 66
PB  - Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany
VL  - 457
SN  - 0171-8630, 0171-8630
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Nutrient loading
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Phytoplankton
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Recycling
KW  - Lagoons
KW  - Models
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Brackishwater environment
KW  - Australia
KW  - Coastal inlets
KW  - Australia, New South Wales, Clarence R.
KW  - Pressure
KW  - Detritus
KW  - Algae
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Marine
KW  - Seagrasses
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Zooplankton
KW  - Estuaries
KW  - River discharge
KW  - Brackish
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Land use
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Channels
KW  - Catchments
KW  - Sea grass
KW  - Coastal lagoons
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Plankton
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - K 03450:Ecology
KW  - Q1 08567:Fishery oceanography and limnology
KW  - O 4060:Pollution - Environment
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Resource management; Urbanization; Estuaries; River discharge; Brackishwater environment; Sea grass; Coastal inlets; Coastal lagoons; Rivers; Seagrasses; Freshwater environments; Rainfall; Climatic changes; Zooplankton; Phytoplankton; Nutrients; Recycling; Biomass; Lagoons; Sediments; Models; Fisheries; Pressure; Detritus; Plankton; Evolution; Algae; Ecology; Channels; Nutrient loading; Catchments; Land use; Australia; Australia, New South Wales, Clarence R.; Marine; Brackish; Freshwater
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 'Why isn't it solved?': Factors affecting improvements in housing outcomes in remote Indigenous communities in Australia
AN  - 1081870021; 201206961
AB  - A range of factors has affected the design and construction of Indigenous housing in remote areas of Australia in recent times, including: socio-demographic issues; culture and design; consultation processes; the costs of remoteness; and procurement and delivery processes. Their implications for appropriate design and construction of remote Indigenous housing are analysed in this paper. Most significantly, these factors cannot be separated from cost because the need to spread available funds broadly to build the largest number of houses at the best price affects design and construction quality, and these are often neglected in the short-term budgeting within this process. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Habitat International
AU  - Fien, John
AU  - Charlesworth, Esther
AD  - Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures Research Programme, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia john.fien@rmitedu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 20
EP  - 25
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SN  - 0197-3975, 0197-3975
KW  - Australia, Indigenous, Remote settlements, Housing outcomes, Barriers
KW  - Indigenous Populations
KW  - Housing
KW  - Sociocultural Factors
KW  - Housing Costs
KW  - Australia
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - article
KW  - 6152: community development/organizing
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - HINTDM
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Housing; Aboriginal Australians; Australia; Indigenous Populations; Sociocultural Factors; Housing Costs
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.05.002
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Baan Mankong participatory slum upgrading in Bangkok, Thailand: Community perceptions of outcomes and security of tenure
AN  - 1081866452; 201236497
AB  - A key problem facing slum dwellers is tenure insecurity -- as well as the threat of eviction, residents are excluded from many services extended to legal residents, from water connections to public schooling. Thailand's Baan Mankong slum upgrading program adopts a people-driven approach to resolving problems of insecure housing and poor living conditions, putting slum residents at the core of the process. This paper explores, through interviews, how residents in four Bangkok communities perceive the outcomes of upgrading, particularly their new homes and tenure situation. Participant satisfaction is key to ensuring successful scaling up of Baan Mankong, as this is done through community-driven exchange and learning-by-doing. The results show that while the respondents appreciate their new houses and improved living environment, they are wary of the resulting debt burden. While tenure is regarded as secure in the short term, the long-term situation is not so clear. Homes cannot be sold on outside the community, and therefore Baan Mankong is valued more for improving shelter and strengthening community cohesiveness, rather than as a profit-driven financial investment. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Habitat International
AU  - Archer, Diane
AD  - GPO Box 2006, Bangkok 10500, Thailand. Tel.: +66 02 2860385, Fax: +66 026794263 dianearcher84@googlemaiI.com
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 178
EP  - 184
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SN  - 0197-3975, 0197-3975
KW  - Slums, Bangkok, Community participation, Secure tenure
KW  - Legal Services
KW  - Satisfaction
KW  - Housing
KW  - Bangkok, Thailand
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Shelters
KW  - Slums
KW  - Residents
KW  - Threat
KW  - article
KW  - 1218: urban sociology; urban sociology
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - HINTDM
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Slums; Thailand; Bangkok, Thailand; Shelters; Housing; Satisfaction; Threat; Legal Services; Residents
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.08.006
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of silver in severely nitrified chloraminated bulk waters
AN  - 1069194200; 17116466
AB  - Chloramine has been widely used in many water utilities as a secondary disinfectant because of increased concern over disinfection by-products (DBPs) formation. However, its popularity has been affected due to microbial acceleration, which is traditionally believed to be by nitrifying organisms or their products such as nitrite and pH value which change substantially under nitrifying conditions. With the traditional belief in mind, the conventional approach to solve 'chloramine decay' was aimed at killing or flushing out nitrifiers. We have recently shown that either soluble microbial products (SMPs) released by microbes or changes in natural organic matter (NOM) characteristics under nitrified conditions could be responsible for the acceleration. With this new insight, a new control strategy was attempted by dosing silver at a concentration of 0.1 mg-Ag/L to the nitrified bulk waters obtained in a laboratory scale system. Accelerated chemical and microbial chloramine losses were significantly reduced after the addition of silver. These results are very promising for future applications.
JF  - Water Science & Technology: Water Supply
AU  - Krishna, K C Bal
AU  - Sathasivan, Arumugam
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, s.sathasivan@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 415
EP  - 421
PB  - IWA Publishing, Alliance House London SW1H 0QS United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-9749, 1606-9749
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - Chlorophylls
KW  - Disinfection
KW  - Byproducts
KW  - Water Supply
KW  - Water supplies
KW  - Utilities
KW  - Disinfectants
KW  - Organic Matter
KW  - Decay
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - Acceleration
KW  - Water supply
KW  - Nitrites
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Flushing
KW  - Silver
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - Q2 09185:Organic compounds
KW  - Q5 08505:Prevention and control
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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L2  - http://www.iwaponline.com/ws/01204/ws012040415.htm
LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-05
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Disinfection; Chlorophylls; Disinfectants; Organic matter; Byproducts; Flushing; Acceleration; Water supply; Nitrites; Decay; Water supplies; Silver; Utilities; Organic Matter; Laboratories; Water Supply; Microorganisms
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2012.008
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Time Limitations in NAPLAN Numeracy Tests
AN  - 1037909637; EJ974980
AB  - Is the time allowed for National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) numeracy tests sufficient? Is there any evidence that students run out of time and, if so, what are the implications for teachers who prepare students for NAPLAN numeracy tests? In each of the 2010 Years 7 and 9 numeracy tests students were required to complete 32 test items in 40 minutes, an average of 75 seconds per question. Norton (2009, p. 28) noted that time limitations were an issue in the 2008 Year 9 NAPLAN numeracy tests, but did not seek to examine their effect. In this paper, the author analyses the available quantitative student test response data to examine whether there is evidence of a timing issue for students. There are indications that some students may not have had sufficient time to show what they could do in the 2010 Year 7 and 9 NAPLAN numeracy tests. Despite limitations of the lack of data available to this study, there is enough evidence to alert all schools that lack of time in Year 7 and 9 NAPLAN numeracy tests could be a concern for some students. (Contains 2 tables and 2 footnotes.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Carter, Merilyn
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 36
EP  - 40
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 7
KW  - Grade 9
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Time Factors (Learning)
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Secondary School Students
KW  - Data Analysis
KW  - Test Items
KW  - Evidence
KW  - Middle Schools
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LA  - English
DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Diversions: Hilbert and Sierpinski Space-Filling Curves, and beyond
AN  - 1037909452; EJ974985
AB  - Space-filling curves are related to fractals, in that they have self-similar patterns. Such space-filling curves were originally developed as conceptual mathematical "monsters", counter-examples to Weierstrassian and Reimannian treatments of calculus and continuity. These were curves that were everywhere-connected but nowhere-differentiable (or some similar paradoxical combination of conditions): that is, there were no breaks in the curves, but they were so extremely and discontinuously wiggly that ordinary differentiation did not apply to them. Moreover, they showed that a "line"--specifically a "curve", rather than a "straight line"--could fill two-dimensional space. As early as 1940, the great mathematics popularisers Kasner and Newman discussed the Koch snowflake, the anti-snowflake, and bizarre space-filling "curves" as examples of what Kasner and Newman called "pathological" shapes. Pathological, because the two-dimensional snowflake curve, for example, is contained within a finite area but is itself infinitely long, while the three-dimensional counterpart is a space-filling curve that is infinitely long and completely fills a finite volume. The author offers a few suggestions for materials to read about the great "popularisers" of mathematics.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Gough, John
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 30
EP  - 33
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 9
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Geometric Concepts
KW  - Calculus
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Computer Uses in Education
KW  - Mathematics Education
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numeracy in Secondary School Mathematics
AN  - 1037909434; EJ974979
AB  - This article describes a project that focuses on numeracy in secondary school mathematics. During the course of the project a teacher had the chance to develop and trial new tasks and styles of teaching and learning numeracy. She became increasingly comfortable with using more extended tasks for learning mathematics. However, she believes that it is beneficial if larger projects are made up of self-contained sub-tasks that allow students to move towards smaller, achievable goals. Surveys of students indicated that many of the class appreciated the variety of tasks that they had the opportunity to tackle, and many were quite happy to complete exercises from the textbook interspersed with these other tasks to practise their skills. Throughout the course of the project the teacher also had an increased focus on developing activities that provided a critical orientation towards the use of mathematics. It also became obvious how vital the role of positive dispositions is in encouraging students to try approaches to solving a problem for themselves rather than relying on the teacher to provide all the answers.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Gibbs, Melissa
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
AU  - Geiger, Vince
AU  - Dole, Shelley
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 29
EP  - 35
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - High Schools
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Task Analysis
KW  - Student Projects
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Encouraging Meaningful Engagement with Pictorial Patterning Tasks
AN  - 1037909260; EJ974981
AB  - Pattern generalisation has become an important feature of mathematics classrooms around the globe. Sometimes these activities focus purely on given numerical terms, but the use of pictorial or figural patterns is now becoming part of the standard repertoire for such generalisation exercises. From a pedagogic point of view, the investigation of pictorial patterns potentially allows for a meaningful way of arriving at and exploring algebraically equivalent expressions of generality. Although the presentation of generalisation tasks is an important aspect in terms of how students are likely to engage with such exercises, this is not the only consideration to be taken into account. Teachers still need a toolbox of pedagogical strategies which they can draw on to encourage visual engagement with the pictorial context. What this article contains is such a toolbox of strategies that teachers can draw on to encourage visual engagement with patterning activities presented in a pictorial context. (Contains 8 figures.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Samson, Duncan
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 4
EP  - 10
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Africa
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Higher Education
KW  - Educational Strategies
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Task Analysis
KW  - Learner Engagement
KW  - Pattern Recognition
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Visual Stimuli
KW  - Investigations
KW  - Global Approach
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numeracy across the Curriculum
AN  - 1037909250; EJ974975
AB  - The purpose of this article is to explain the authors' model of numeracy and outline how the project was conducted. The idea of numeracy is a relatively recent one. The term was first introduced in the UK by the "Crowther Report" (Ministry of Education, 1959) and was defined as the mirror image of literacy, but involving quantitative thinking. Another early definition proposed by the Cockcroft Report (Cockcroft, 1982) described being numerate as possessing an at-homeness with numbers and an ability to use mathematical skills to cope confidently with the practical demands of everyday life. Although numeracy is a term used in many English speaking countries, such as the UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, in the USA and elsewhere it is more common to speak of quantitative literacy or mathematical literacy. The authors argue that a description of numeracy for new times needs to better acknowledge the rapidly evolving nature of knowledge, work, and technology. (Contains 1 figure.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
AU  - Dole, Shelley
AU  - Geiger, Vince
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 3
EP  - 7
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Elementary School Mathematics
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Mathematics Curriculum
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Secondary Schools
KW  - Mathematics Education
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LA  - English
DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lesson Study on the Area of a Parallelogram for Year 7 Students
AN  - 1037909242; EJ974982
AB  - This article describes a lesson study on the area of a parallelogram for year 7 students. In Singapore, students in secondary schools are streamed into ability bands. Normal (Academic) is the label for the middle band. The teachers were convinced that Lesson Study provided a valuable platform for professional development. The authors followed the key steps of the Lesson Study process as delineated by a number of writers. These steps include: (1) identifying the problem and setting goals; (2) designing the lesson of focus; (3) teaching, observing, and refining; and (4) sharing of results. As a Lesson Study team, the authors focused on the topic of Mensuration and subsequently zoomed-in further to the lesson on "area of parallelogram" as the Lesson of focus. They discuss their experiences in teaching the topic "Area of Parallelogram", especially the difficulties they faced in helping their students understand how to derive the formula "base x height". In the Singapore context, "height" is taken to mean "perpendicular height". The aim of this paper is to share the learning experiences of the team as they underwent the Lesson Study process. (Contains 6 figures.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Hoong, Leong Yew
AU  - Phyllis, Joseph
AU  - Ling, Lee Hui
AU  - Wei, Felicia Tan Yi
AU  - Hassan, Herma Ayuni Binte
AU  - Yih, Tay Hui
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 14
EP  - 21
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Singapore
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 7
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Geometric Concepts
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Geometry
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Identification
KW  - Teaching Methods
KW  - Design
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LA  - English
DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 4109 4335; 9417 9414 2515 6416; 6419 5242; 4954; 2768; 10621 3227 6582; 4339 6396; 4424 5264; 4343 6410 5964
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Working without a Safety Net
AN  - 1037908637; EJ974984
AB  - A science teacher has the advantage of hooking learners with all their senses: flashes, bangs and smells. The science labs are something that many learners at the start of secondary school (high school) are eager to explore, and when there is an open day at school it feels unfair that the mathematics department has to try to compete for excitement with the liquid nitrogen and explosions on display in the science area. The author argues that there is nothing wrong with being a science teacher, but school science teaching is full of restrictions. On the contrary, mathematics teachers are lucky because they do not have to be a control freak in the classroom. What the author loves about teaching mathematics is that learners can explore without permission--no teacher needs to impede their thinking by fencing off areas and telling them they are too young or too inexperienced or too clumsy to go there. The author loves the way that learners of mathematics can take control and come to conclusions that they "know" are right, not because someone tells them so but because they have reasoned it out for themselves. (Contains 4 figures.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Foster, Colin
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 25
EP  - 29
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - High Schools
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Science Teachers
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Teacher Attitudes
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Science Instruction
KW  - Secondary School Students
KW  - Interdisciplinary Approach
KW  - Knowledge Base for Teaching
KW  - Teaching Methods
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numeracy in Health and Physical Education
AN  - 1037908456; EJ974978
AB  - This article describes a teacher's Maths lesson that focuses on numeracy in health and physical education learning area. In the lesson, the students were learning about Directed Numbers, something they often struggle with and a topic where the teacher finds it hard to explain using real life situations when using addition and subtraction. The teacher began the lesson by outlining what students were expected to achieve. The introduction also included revisiting previous work on how to convert an individual's number of walking paces to kilometres, as well as directions for the activity that was to follow. The teacher wants to emphasise with other teachers that numeracy is not just about number and that there is great potential to address other strands of mathematics within all learning areas.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Peters, Colleen
AU  - Geiger, Vince
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
AU  - Dole, Shelley
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 21
EP  - 27
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Middle Schools
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Middle School Students
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Grade 8
KW  - Physical Education
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Human Body
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Learning Activities
KW  - Teaching Methods
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LA  - English
DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Greek or Not: The Use of Symbols and Abbreviations in Mathematics
AN  - 1037907966; EJ974986
AB  - The language of mathematics is unique and complex. One feature of the mathematical register is the use of symbols and abbreviations. Whilst it may be possible for a student to think mathematically in the absence of symbols, the written communication of mathematical ideas cannot be achieved concisely without the use of mathematical symbols. Further, it is possible that the fear and dislike of algebra can be attributed to the failure to understand fully the symbols inherent in this area of mathematics. This paper examines some of the complexities of the symbolic aspects of mathematical language, where possible using the 2010 National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) (ACARA, 2010) numeracy test items as examples. The paper begins by clarifying the meaning of mathematical symbols and abbreviations. (Contains 1 table.)
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Quinnell, Lorna
AU  - Carter, Merilyn
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 34
EP  - 40
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 9
KW  - Program Effectiveness
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Symbols (Mathematics)
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Secondary School Mathematics
KW  - Test Items
KW  - Teaching Methods
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LA  - English
DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - You Are Never Too Late to Learn... or Teach
AN  - 1037907959; EJ974983
AB  - The author became aware that there are hundreds of retired teachers in the community who want to continue to learn, or at least to have their intellect stimulated. Some join clubs or read books or do crosswords or even surf the net when they retire, but these folks wanted to be stimulated with some mathematics. The author was initially surprised that any group of people let alone retired teachers actually wanted someone to talk to them from that subject about which most people boast of their ignorance (even abhorrence). After completing a series of sessions that talk about an aspect of mathematics to fellow retirees at the College for Seniors, the author realised that adult learners and retired ones are more than willing to continue to learn mathematics for its own sake as a source of intellectual stimulation. He points out that retiring from teaching is not the end of a meaningful engagement with mathematics.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Brinkworth, Peter
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 22
EP  - 24
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Adult Education
KW  - Teacher Retirement
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Stimulation
KW  - Adult Students
KW  - Adult Basic Education
KW  - Adult Learning
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Student Attitudes
KW  - Lecture Method
KW  - Personal Narratives
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Teacher Educators
KW  - Student Motivation
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DB  - ERIC
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numeracy in Society and Environment
AN  - 1037907670; EJ974977
AB  - This article describes a project that focuses on how a Society and Environment unit could develop required numeracy. This is more of an integrated unit organised around a theme rather than a Society and Environment unit that required specific aspects of numeracy. Suggested data sources for examining students numeracy development included (1) a timeline; (2) a reflective piece of writing that demonstrated students' understanding of large numbers, developed through considering the number of people who died in the war (data collected from the War Memorial excursion); and (3) a trip planner that contained details of how to go back to either a war site or place of origin (or similar). The numeracy model has enabled a teacher to see connections between the elements that comprise numeracy, and she can see how to embed numeracy in her teaching practice in a meaningful way. As a result of participating in this project, the teacher has come to realise that numeracy involves more than mathematical knowledge and skills. She now appreciates the role of contexts in providing opportunities for students to develop and use mathematics skills and knowledge for a purpose.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Cooper, Cath
AU  - Dole, Shelley
AU  - Geiger, Vince
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 16
EP  - 20
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Grade 6
KW  - Grade 7
KW  - Middle Schools
KW  - Measures (Individuals)
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Educational Opportunities
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Mathematics Activities
KW  - Child Development
KW  - Mathematics Skills
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numeracy for What's in the News and Building an Expressway
AN  - 1037907660; EJ974976
AB  - This article presents a lesson that focuses on numeracy. In the lesson, students were tasked to find the best path for a new expressway. The purpose of the activity was for students to gain an appreciation of the complexities associated with designing public infrastructure and to put into practice the mathematical skills. This article also describes a numeracy model that could be a powerful tool when thinking about designing units and activities, because it provides a means of looking at numeracy from different perspectives. By reflecting on and reviewing a teacher's practice, teachers will also find a way to incorporate all aspects of the numeracy model.
JF  - Australian Mathematics Teacher
AU  - Willis, Kym
AU  - Geiger, Vince
AU  - Goos, Merrilyn
AU  - Dole, Shelley
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 9
EP  - 15
PB  - Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0045-0685, 0045-0685
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
KW  - Elementary Secondary Education
KW  - Primary Education
KW  - Secondary Education
KW  - Mathematics Instruction
KW  - Rural Development
KW  - Lesson Plans
KW  - Numeracy
KW  - Middle Schools
KW  - Mathematics Education
KW  - Models
KW  - Problem Solving
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Mathematics Teachers
KW  - Teaching Methods
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DB  - ERIC
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-21
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Active Ageing Among Older Adults With Lifelong Intellectual Disabilities: The Role of Familial and Nonfamilial Social Networks
AN  - 1037876267; 201205960
AB  - Little research has examined the extent to which active ageing is facilitated by family and nonfamilial support persons of older adults with intellectual disabilities. This study explores the role played by key unpaid carers/support persons of older adults with lifelong intellectual disabilities in facilitating "active ageing." All key social network members conceived active ageing to mean ongoing activity. Family and extended family members were found to play a crucial role in facilitating independent living and providing opportunities for recreational pursuits for those living in group homes. Members of religious organizations and group home staff provided the same types of opportunities where family support was absent. The findings suggest the need for improvements in resource provision, staff training, and group home policy and building design. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Families in Society
AU  - Buys, Laurie
AU  - Aird, Rosemary
AU  - Miller, Evonne
AD  - Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia l.buys@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 55
EP  - 64
PB  - Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee WI
VL  - 93
IS  - 1
SN  - 1044-3894, 1044-3894
KW  - Caregivers
KW  - Physically Handicapped
KW  - Training
KW  - Intellectuals
KW  - Independent Living
KW  - Aging
KW  - Elderly
KW  - Social Networks
KW  - Social Support
KW  - article
KW  - 6143: child & family welfare
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-21
N1  - Number of references - 11
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - FASOEN
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Elderly; Aging; Physically Handicapped; Social Support; Social Networks; Intellectuals; Independent Living; Caregivers; Training
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.4179
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Building public policy to support young people in reducing alcohol-related harm when partying at Schoolies Festivals
AN  - 1030904080; 201220636
AB  - Mass gatherings such as Schoolies Festivals are often situated in existing communities. Schoolies Festivals are generally unbounded, transient mass gathering events that are situated within various coastal communities around Australia. Mass gatherings are traditionally examined as separate case studies or through using a mass gathering framework to assess patient safety. However, mass gathering frameworks and single case studies do not go far enough to examine events such as Schoolies Festivals. Schoolies Festivals often consist of a bounded ticketed dry zone for night time activities, surrounded by open dry zones, which are an unbounded part of the general community social space and can include hotels, caravan parks and the local community services. We believe that the Ottawa Charter provides the necessary broader lens through which to examine the safety of young people participating in Schoolies Festivals. The Ottawa Charter views health in terms of the whole population and although developed in 1986, maintains its relevance in contemporary social and health contexts. As a primary health care framework, the Ottawa Charter provides researchers and policy makers with the capacity to think 'outside the square' to develop strategies to prevent harm for young people attending such events. In addition the Ottawa Charter is a useful framework as it views the health of whole populations and maintains its relevance today. Through examining the needs of the community through a primary health care framework, the interface between the Schoolies event and the wider community can be examined to address some of the underlying structural factors that contribute to the safety of young people at Schoolies Festivals. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange
AU  - Hutton, Alison
AU  - Cusack, Lynette
AU  - Zannettino, Lana
AD  - School of Nursing and Midwifery, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia alison.hutton@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 96
EP  - 100
PB  - CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Australia
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SN  - 1448-7527, 1448-7527
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Primary health care
KW  - Health
KW  - Young people
KW  - Festivals
KW  - Charters
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Festivals; Charters; Young people; Health; Primary health care; Attitudes
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11067
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study
AN  - 1028033237; 16857901
AB  - Background: Prevalence of low back pain (LBP) rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching adult levels by the age of 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP is benign with minimal impact, despite limited evidence. Methods: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of LBP and the influence of chronicity, gender and presence of other spinal pain comorbidities at age 17. Subjects (n = 1283) were categorised according to experiencing current and chronic LBP, gender and presence of other areas of spinal pain. LBP impact was ascertained via questions regarding seeking professional assistance, using medication, missing school/work, limited normal or recreational physical activity and health related quality of life (HRQOL). Results: 12.3% of participants reported current but not chronic LBP, while 19.9% reported current chronic LBP. LBP was more commonly reported by females than males. Other spinal pain comorbidities were common in the LBP groups. Impact was greater in subjects with chronic LBP, in females and in those with other spinal pain comorbidities. Conclusion: LBP, and particularly chronic LBP, has a significant negative impact at 17 years. It is commonly associated with care seeking, medication use, school absenteeism, and reduced HRQOL. These findings support that adolescent LBP is an important public health issue that requires attention.
JF  - BMC Public Health
AU  - O'Sullivan, Peter B
AU  - Beales, Darren J
AU  - Smith, Anne J
AU  - Straker, Leon M
AD  - School of Physiotherapy and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 100
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd., Middlesex House London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SN  - 1471-2458, 1471-2458
KW  - Physical Education Index; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Age
KW  - Physical activity
KW  - Adolescence
KW  - Medications
KW  - Work
KW  - Pain
KW  - Exercise
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Public health
KW  - Backache
KW  - Schools
KW  - Gender
KW  - Low back pain
KW  - School health
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index; ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Number of references - 46
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adolescence; Gender; Medications; Work; Pain; Exercise; School health; Backache; Public health; Age; Schools; Physical activity; Low back pain; Drugs; Adolescents; Morbidity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-100
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Beginning Understanding of Caregivers' Spiritual Needs When Relinquishing a Loved One to a Palliative Care Setting
AN  - 1023091445; 201214956
AB  - There has been little evidence of the importance placed on spiritual care by caregivers of palliative care patients. To establish what was expected from caregivers of patients who had been diagnosed with life-limiting illness, fifteen participants were recruited and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Qualitative analysis demonstrated that the importance of spirituality and spiritual care could be classed as positive, negative, or positive and negative. Although the majority of participants indicated spirituality was an important component of their lives, five people did not indicate they had an interest in this area with two participants unclear as to the benefits of spirituality. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
AU  - Harrington, Ann
AD  - School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University GPO, Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 ann.harrington@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 131
EP  - 145
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 24
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 1552-8030, 1552-8030
KW  - Carers, spiritual care, qualitative research, life-limiting illness
KW  - Qualitative analysis
KW  - Life threatening sickness
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Palliative care
KW  - Carers
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Carers; Spirituality; Palliative care; Life threatening sickness; Qualitative analysis
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2012.633055
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Politics and independent scientific advice in RFMO processes: A case study of crossing boundaries
AN  - 1023035166; 2011-231611
AB  - Provision of independent scientific advice is central to the operation of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) even though RFMOs are largely policy (and political) instruments. Political pressures and intervention in science and crossing of the boundaries between scientific and political processes, however, appear to be relatively common. A case study is presented to illustrate some ways in which this occurs. It involves a paper that was withdrawn from scientific meetings of two RFMOs as a result of largely political (rather than scientific) concerns. The details involved in this incident are important for understanding the ways in which political intervention in independent scientific process can and does occur. Moreover, unless one is directly involved in actions of this kind, it is impossible from the reports of RFMOs' scientific bodies to assess whether, and the extent to which, there has been political intervention in the scientific process. It is argued that the nature of the working arrangements in these scientific committees can engender deliberate or inadvertent crossing of the boundaries between scientific independence and the political processes of RFMOs, both of which are important components of RFMO operation. Further, there is very little documentation or assessment of the generic extent of such problems. No simple solutions or reforms exist for isolating scientific advice from political agenda in the processes of RFMOs but it is suggested that increased discussion of the problem along with better understanding and clarity of the role of science in the management process may lead to improved recognition of the importance of independent scientific analyses and advice. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Marine Policy
AU  - Polacheck, Tom
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia runningtide.tom@gmail.com
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - January 2012
SP  - 132
EP  - 141
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SN  - 0308-597X, 0308-597X
KW  - Law and ethics - Maritime law
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Oceanography and ocean resources
KW  - Education and education policy - Information services and sources
KW  - RFMO Political Interference Transparency Censorship
KW  - Documentation
KW  - Politics
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Maritime law
KW  - Science policy
KW  - Science
KW  - Coastal zone management
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Maritime law; Politics; Science; Science policy; Coastal zone management; Fisheries; Documentation
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.04.006
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of various renal biopsy techniques on haemato-biochemical parameters in dogs
AN  - 1022571130; 16814436
AB  - Eighteen mongrel dogs of either sex were divided into three equal groups of six animals each, and were subjected to three different renal biopsy techniques viz., ultrasound-guided biopsy using 14-G Tru-cut biopsy needle (Group A), ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (Group B) and laparoscope-guided biopsy using laparoscopic biopsy forceps (Group C) to study the changes in various haemato-biochemical parameters. The estimations were made just before and at 24, 48 and 72 h post-biopsy. Haematological parameters (Hb, PCV, TLC and DLC) and serum protein remained within the normal reference range in all groups throughout the study period and did not show any significant alterations at any observation interval within and amongst the groups. In all groups, serum creatinine and urea nitrogen increased at 24 h post-biopsy, started to decrease thereafter and by the end of study period the values reached nearer to their corresponding base values. Serum sodium values showed significant (P < 0.05) decrease only at 48 h post-biopsy interval in the animals of group A and it was also significantly (P < 0.05) different from corresponding value in group C. Serum sodium values showed non-significant variation throughout the study period in the animals of group B and C. The group B values were significantly different from corresponding values of other groups at all post-biopsy intervals.
JF  - Applied Biological Research
AU  - Sheikh, G M
AU  - Parrah, J D
AU  - Buchoo, BA
AU  - Moulvi, BA
AU  - Athar, H
AU  - Kalim, MO
AU  - Dedmari, F H
AD  - Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng Post Box No: 494, GPO Srinagar, Kashmir, 190 001 (India), drjdparrah@gmail.com
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 54
EP  - 59
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 0972-0979, 0972-0979
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biopsy
KW  - Creatinine
KW  - Kidney
KW  - Laparoscopy
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - Serum proteins
KW  - Sex
KW  - Sodium
KW  - Urea
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sodium; Creatinine; Laparoscopy; Kidney; Urea; Biopsy; Sex; Serum proteins; Nitrogen
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of the arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase gene family in barley does not support their involvement in the remodelling of endosperm cell walls during development
AN  - 1020843451; 16759351
AB  - Arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolases (AXAHs) are family GH51 enzymes that have been implicated in the removal of arabinofuranosyl residues from the (1,4)- beta -xylan backbone of heteroxylans. Five genes encoding barley AXAHs range in size from 4.6 kb to 7.1 kb and each contains 16 introns. The barley HvAXAH genes map to chromosomes 2H, 4H, and 5H. A small cluster of three HvAXAH genes is located on chromosome 4H and there is evidence for gene duplication and the presence of pseudogenes in barley. The cDNAs corresponding to barley and wheat AXAH genes were cloned, and transcript levels of the genes were profiled across a range of tissues at different developmental stages. Two HvAXAH cDNAs that were successfully expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves exhibited similar activities against 4-nitrophenyl alpha -L-arabinofuranoside, but HvAXAH2 activity was significantly higher against wheat flour arabinoxylan, compared with HvAXAH1. HvAXAH2 also displayed activity against (1,5)- alpha -L-arabinopentaose and debranched arabinan. Western blotting with an anti-HvAXAH antibody was used to define further the locations of the AXAH enzymes in developing barley grain, where high levels were detected in the outer layers of the grain but little or no protein was detected in the endosperm. The chromosomal locations of the genes do not correspond to any previously identified genomic regions shown to influence heteroxylan structure. The data are therefore consistent with a role for AXAH in depolymerizing arabinoxylans in maternal tissues during grain development, but do not provide compelling evidence for a role in remodelling arabinoxylans during endosperm or coleoptile development in barley as previously proposed.
JF  - Journal of Experimental Botany
AU  - Laidlaw, Hunter KC
AU  - Lahnstein, Jelle
AU  - Burton, Rachel A
AU  - Fincher, Geoffrey B
AU  - Jobling, Stephen A
AD  - 1 CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, GPO Box 93, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia, Steve.Jobling@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 3031
EP  - 3045
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 63
IS  - 8
SN  - 0022-0957, 0022-0957
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - AXAH
KW  - family GH51
KW  - glycosyl hydrolase
KW  - heteroxylan remodelling
KW  - Barley
KW  - Gene families
KW  - gene duplication
KW  - Triticum aestivum
KW  - Chromosomes
KW  - genomics
KW  - Hordeum vulgare
KW  - Endosperm
KW  - Western blotting
KW  - Pseudogenes
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Transcription
KW  - Enzymes
KW  - Developmental stages
KW  - Nicotiana benthamiana
KW  - Antibodies
KW  - Introns
KW  - Grain
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Wheat
KW  - Coleoptile
KW  - Cell walls
KW  - G 07800:Plants and Algae
KW  - SW 0540:Properties of water
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-02-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Endosperm; Pseudogenes; Western blotting; Data processing; Leaves; Developmental stages; Enzymes; Transcription; Gene families; gene duplication; Antibodies; Chromosomes; Grain; Introns; genomics; Coleoptile; Cell walls; Barley; Proteins; Wheat; Hordeum vulgare; Triticum aestivum; Nicotiana benthamiana
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ers019
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Grassroots cultural policy for water management in Bangladesh
AN  - 1020839805; 16770545
AB  - Rural Bangladesh's livelihood depends on water and the existing grassroots policy framework for sustainable water management (conservation and consumption) reflects a cultural unity within a country which is culturally very diverse. Extra-abundance or shortage of water supply is generally viewed as natural; however, prolonged or human caused water deficiency is treated as the retaliation of nature against anthropogenic transgression, which is often attributed to an act of climate change. The mostly uneducated rural people of multi-cultural Bangladesh live a simple lifestyle promoted by the country's inspiring Baul tradition, including water management. The Bauls religiously promote water conservation and are devoted to enhancing public understanding of the role of water. Spirituality can be the basis for sound water management as traditionally prevalent in rural Bangladesh's self-reliant lifestyle. Western culture and development treat water as an economic resource and commodity. Irreverence or ignorance of water related spirituality by modern societies is the fundamental reason for scarcity, pollution, over-extraction, mal-utilisation and aggressive politics of water. Values-driven water management is emphasised as the sustainability breakthrough and an essential requirement for proper development. Based on the Bangladeshi experience, the paper argues for a spirituality oriented educational policy to inform sustainable water management.
JF  - Water Practice and Technology
AU  - Hossain, Amzad
AU  - Marinova, Dora
AD  - Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, CUSP, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia., A.Hossain@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
PB  - IWA Publishing, Alliance House London SW1H 0QS United Kingdom
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Water Management
KW  - Politics
KW  - Water conservation
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Water Supply
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Traditions
KW  - Water supplies
KW  - Water Policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - Sounds
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Water Conservation
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Water management
KW  - Cultures
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 04:Environmental Education
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water management; Water conservation; Climate change; Conservation; Politics; Economics; Sustainable development; Traditions; Water supplies; Sustainability; Rural areas; Water Management; Water Policy; Cultures; Water Supply; Sounds; Water Conservation; Bangladesh
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2012.023
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Suppression of anger and subsequent pain intensity and behavior among chronic low back pain patients: the role of symptom-specific physiological reactivity
AN  - 1018376142; 201210216
AB  - Suppression of anger may be linked to heightened pain report and pain behavior during a subsequent painful event among chronic low back patients, but it is not clear whether these effects are partly accounted for by increased physiological reactivity during suppression. Chronic low back pain patients (N = 58) were assigned to Suppression or No Suppression conditions for a "cooperative" computer maze task during which a confederate harassed them. During baseline and maze task, patients' lower paraspinal and trapezius muscle tension, blood pressure and heart rate were recorded. After the maze task, patients underwent a structured pain behavior task (behaviors were videotaped and coded). Results showed that: (a) Suppression condition patients revealed greater lower paraspinal muscle tension and systolic blood pressure (SBP) increases during maze task than No Suppression patients (previously published results showed that Suppression condition patients exhibited more pain behaviors than No Suppression patients); (b) residualized lower paraspinal and SBP change scores were related significantly to pain behaviors; (c) both lower paraspinal and SBP reactivity significantly mediated the relationship between Condition and frequency of pain behaviors. Results suggest that suppression-induced lower paraspinal muscle tension and SBP increases may link the actual suppression of anger during provocation to signs of clinically relevant pain among chronic low back pain patients. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
AU  - Burns, John W
AU  - Quartana, Phillip J
AU  - Gilliam, Wesley
AU  - Matsuura, Justin
AU  - Nappi, Carla
AU  - Wolfe, Brandy
AD  - Department of Behavioral Science, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, 310 Rawson, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA john_burns@Rush.edu
Y1  - 2012///0,
PY  - 2012
DA  - 0, 2012
SP  - 103
EP  - 114
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Dordrecht, The Netherlands
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
SN  - 0160-7715, 0160-7715
KW  - Chronic low back pain
KW  - Chronic pain
KW  - Muscles
KW  - Physiological reactivity
KW  - Anger
KW  - Suppression
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JBMEDD
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Suppression; Chronic low back pain; Chronic pain; Muscles; Anger; Physiological reactivity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9347-3
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Temporal Changes in Long-Distance Running Performance of Asian Children between 1964 and 2009
AN  - 1011214363; 16601274
AB  - Aerobic fitness is considered to be an important marker of current health and even a predictor of future health. The aim of this study was to systematically analyse the available scientific information on temporal changes in maximal long-distance running performance (a widely and long-used marker of aerobic fitness) of Asian children. A systematic review of the scientific literature was undertaken to locate studies explicitly reporting on temporal changes (spanning a minimum of 5 years) in maximal long-distance running of apparently healthy (free from known disease or injury) Asian children aged 9-17 years. Studies were located up to October 2010 via computerized searching of bibliographical databases, reference list searching and personal communication with international experts. Temporal changes were analysed at the country by sex by age by test level using best-fitting linear or polynomial regression models relating the year of testing to long-distance running performances expressed as average running speeds. Changes in means were expressed as percent changes and as standardized effect sizes. Eight studies reporting temporal changes in the long-distance running performance of 23897 571 children aged 9-17 years from four Asian countries over the period 1964-2009 were included. Overall, there was a large decline in long-distance running performance equivalent to -16.6 plus or minus 1.3% (mean change plus or minus 95% confidence interval) or -1.2 plus or minus 0.1 standard deviations. Temporal changes were generally consistent for different sex and age groups, but not for different countries, with large declines observed for children from China and the Republic of Korea, small declines for children from Japan and very small declines for children from Singapore. There is overwhelming evidence of meaningful declines in the maximal long-distance running performance of Asian children in recent decades, which are probably caused by a network of social, behavioural, physical, psychosocial and physiological factors. These declines highlight the need for regular surveillance of Asian children's health-related fitness and proactive public health strategies.
JF  - Sports Medicine
AU  - Tomkinson, G R
AU  - Macfarlane, D
AU  - Noi, S
AU  - Kim, D-Y
AU  - Wang, Z
AU  - Hong, R
AD  - Health and Use of Time Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, grant.tomkinson@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2012
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
SP  - 267
EP  - 279
VL  - 42
IS  - 4
SN  - 0112-1642, 0112-1642
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Physical Education Index
KW  - Age
KW  - Age groups
KW  - Cardiorespiratory endurance
KW  - Children
KW  - Communications
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Health
KW  - Performance
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Public health
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Running
KW  - Sex
KW  - Speed
KW  - Sports related injuries
KW  - Standards
KW  - Korea, Rep.
KW  - Singapore
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - Japan
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - PE 030:Exercise, Health & Physical Fitness
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LA  - English
DB  - Physical Education Index; ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-01-11
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Speed; Age; Running; Health; Diseases; Performance; Children; Cardiorespiratory endurance; Sex; Communications; Sports related injuries; Reviews; Physiology; Age groups; Standards; Public health; Singapore; Korea, Rep.; China, People's Rep.; Japan
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Gradient forests: calculating importance gradients on physical predictors
AN  - 1008841455; 16532651
AB  - In ecological analyses of species and community distributions there is interest in the nature of their responses to environmental gradients and in identifying the most important environmental variables, which may be used for predicting patterns of biodiversity. Methods such as random forests already exist to assess predictor importance for individual species and to indicate where along gradients abundance changes. However, there is a need to extend these methods to whole assemblages, to establish where along the range of these gradients the important compositional changes occur, and to identify any important thresholds or change points. We develop such a method, called "gradient forest." which is an extension of the random forest approach. By synthesizing the cross-validated R super(2) and accuracy importance measures from univariate random forest analyses across multiple species, sampling devices, and surveys, gradient forest obtains a monotonic function of each predictor that represents the compositional turnover along the gradient of the predictor. When applied to a synthetic data set, the method correctly identified the important predictors and delineated where the compositional change points occurred along these gradients. Application of gradient forest to a real data set from part of the Great Barrier Reef identified mud fraction of the sediment as the most important predictor, with highest compositional turnover occurring at mud fraction values around 25%, and provided similar information for other predictors. Such refined information allows for more accurate capturing of biodiversity patterns for the purposes of bioregionalization, delineation of protected areas, or designing of biodiversity surveys.
JF  - Ecology
AU  - Ellis, N
AU  - Smith, S J
AU  - Pitcher, C R
AD  - CSIRO Marine ami Atmospheric Research, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland 4001 Australia, Nick.Ellis@csiro.au
A2  - Forlin, M (ed)
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 156
EP  - 168
VL  - 93
IS  - 1
SN  - 0012-9658, 0012-9658
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Reefs
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Forests
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Sediments
KW  - ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef
KW  - protected areas
KW  - mud
KW  - Sampling
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-09-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Reefs; Data processing; Abundance; Biodiversity; Forests; Sampling; Sediments; protected areas; mud; Biological diversity; ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Climate and variability bias adjustment of climate model-derived winds for a southeast Australian dynamical wave model
AN  - 1008839185; 16490712
AB  - Climate models are increasingly being used to force dynamical wind wave models in order to assess the potential climate change-driven variations in wave climate. In this study, an ensemble of wave model simulations have been used to assess the ability of climate model winds to reproduce the present-day (1981-2000) mean wave climate and its seasonal variability for the southeast coast of Australia. Surface wind forcing was obtained from three dynamically downscaled Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP-3) global climate model (GCM) simulations (CSIRO Mk3.5, GFDLcm2.0 and GFDLcm2.1). The downscaling was performed using CSIRO's cubic conformal atmospheric model (CCAM) over the Australian region at approximately 60-km resolution. The wind climates derived from the CCAM downscaled GCMs were assessed against observations (QuikSCAT and NCEP Re-analysis 2 (NRA-2) reanalyses) over the 1981-2000 period and were found to exhibit both bias in mean wind conditions (climate bias) as well as bias in the variance of wind conditions (variability bias). Comparison of the modelled wave climate with over 20 years of wave data from six wave buoys in the study area indicates that direct forcing of the wave models with uncorrected CCAM winds result in suboptimal wave hindcast. CCAM winds were subsequently adjusted for climate and variability bias using a bivariate quantile adjustment which corrects both directional wind components to align in distribution to the NRA-2 winds. Forcing of the wave models with bias-adjusted winds leads to a significant improvement of the hindcast mean annual wave climate and its seasonal variability. However, bias adjustment of the CCAM winds does not improve the ability of the model to reproduce the storm wave climate. This is likely due to a combination of storm systems tracking too quickly through the wave generation zone and the performance of the NRA-2 winds used as a benchmark in this study.
JF  - Ocean Dynamics
AU  - Hemer, Mark A
AU  - McInnes, Kathleen L
AU  - Ranasinghe, Roshanka
AD  - CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship and the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia, mark.hemer@csiro.au
Y1  - 2012/01//
PY  - 2012
DA  - Jan 2012
SP  - 87
EP  - 104
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 62
IS  - 1
SN  - 1616-7341, 1616-7341
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - Wave forces
KW  - Mean winds
KW  - Wave climate
KW  - Storms
KW  - Wave buoys
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Climatic variability
KW  - Wind waves
KW  - Australia
KW  - Seasonal variability
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Wind variability
KW  - Marine
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Wave models
KW  - Atmospheric circulation
KW  - Tracking
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Wave hindcasting
KW  - Oceans
KW  - General circulation models
KW  - Benchmarks
KW  - Wave generation
KW  - Storm waves
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - O 2070:Meteorology
KW  - M2 551.466:Ocean Waves and Tides (551.466)
KW  - Q2 09124:Coastal zone management
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Wave forces; Wave buoys; Wave hindcasting; Wind waves; Atmospheric circulation; Wave generation; Wave climate; Storms; Tracking; Mean winds; Climate models; Numerical simulations; Climatic variability; General circulation models; Seasonal variability; Wave models; Wind variability; Storm waves; Coastal zone; Sulfur dioxide; Oceans; Simulation; Benchmarks; Seasonal variations; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0486-4
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Changes in the Distribution of Income among Tax Filers between 1996 and 2006: The Role of Labor Income, Capital Income, and Tax Policy
AN  - 1081891084; 2011-295144
AB  - Policy makers have also long been interested in income inequality issues. Bills have been introduced in the 112th Congress that address the issue of income inequality by affecting the income of workers and taxpayers in different parts of the income distribution. The 112th Congress will likely debate the scheduled expiration (at the end of 2012) of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, which could affect income inequality. This report examines changes in income inequality among tax filers between 1996 and 2006 -- In particular, the role of changes in wages, capital income, and tax policy. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 29 2011, 19 pp.
AU  - Hungerfold, Thomas L
Y1  - 2011/12/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social values
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Work and labor
KW  - Capital
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Tax policy
KW  - Labor
KW  - Equality
KW  - Income
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42131
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimation of mercury uptake efficiency and the development of feed input models for the evaluation of baitfish regimes in determining mercury concentration of farmed southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
AN  - 911168014; 16084863
AB  - A model is presented for the prediction of mercury (Hg) concentrations in the edible tissues of farmed southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (SBT) during commercial culture. The predictive model was developed using the initial Hg concentration of wild-caught SBT (mgkg-1), Hg concentration of feed (mgkg-1), SBT feeding rate (kgkg-1day-1), SBT tissue growth rate (kgday-1) and least squares minimisation estimation of Hg uptake efficiency, eta . Model development and validation was based on experimental data collected from commercially cultured SBT which are farmed in in-sea pontoons (sea-pontoons). Model predictions indicate that over a typical farming season SBT from each of three commercially operated sea-pontoons experienced a 0.1mgkg-1, 0.14mgkg-1 and >0.2mgkg-1 reduction in the Hg concentration of muscular tissues respectively. This is the first study to attempt to estimate Hg uptake efficiency in a tuna species. Estimation of Hg uptake efficiency and development of a working model for prediction of Hg concentration in SBT under varying culture diets, represent the first steps towards taking the guesswork out of managing Hg residues in cultured tuna.
JF  - Aquaculture
AU  - Balshaw, S
AU  - Ellis, D
AU  - Daughtry, B
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, School of Environment, Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, sita.balshaw@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 21
SP  - 227
EP  - 234
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 322-323
SN  - 0044-8486, 0044-8486
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Diets
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Marine
KW  - Residues
KW  - baitfishes
KW  - Feed
KW  - feeding
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Marine fish
KW  - Aquaculture development
KW  - Feeding behaviour
KW  - prediction models
KW  - Pontoons
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Thunnus maccoyii
KW  - Fish culture
KW  - Feeds
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - Q3 08582:Fish culture
KW  - Q1 08582:Fish culture
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Prediction; Marine fish; Feeding behaviour; Aquaculture development; Feed; Pontoons; Mercury; Fish culture; Diets; baitfishes; Residues; prediction models; feeding; Aquaculture; Feeds; Thunnus maccoyii; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.10.007
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries
AN  - 1081891087; 2011-295145
AB  - This report provides a descriptive analysis of both nonmonetary and monetary burial benefits and national cemeteries. It addresses congressional and constituent issues, such as who is eligible to receive burial benefits; who can be buried in a national cemetery; what plans does the VA have to build new or expand existing national cemeteries; and what benefits does the VA provide, among others. These issues may be of particular interest to Congress due to the aging of the veteran population, the changes to eligibility requirements, and recent VA report findings and recommendations related to the establishment of national cemeteries. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 21 2011, 19 pp.
AU  - Scott, Christine
Y1  - 2011/12/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Culture and religion - Museums, memorials, monuments, and cultural property
KW  - Culture and religion - Calendars, special days, and ceremonies
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Population
KW  - Cemeteries
KW  - Burial
KW  - Benefits
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41386
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and p,p-DDE and Sperm Sex-Chromosome Disomy
AN  - 1017980478; 16725621
AB  - Background: Chromosomal abnormalities contribute substantially to reproductive problems, but the role of environmental risk factors has received little attention. Objectives: We evaluated the association of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p-DDE) exposures with sperm sex-chromosome disomy. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 192 men from subfertile couples. We used multiprobe fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for chromosomes X, Y, and 18 to determine XX, YY, XY, and total sex-chromosome disomy in sperm nuclei. Serum was analyzed for concentrations of 57 PCB congeners and p,p-DDE. Poisson regression models were used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for disomy by exposure quartiles, controlling for demographic characteristics and semen parameters. Results: The median percent disomy was 0.3 for XX and YY, 0.9 for XY, and 1.6 for total sex-chromosome disomy. We observed a significant trend of increasing IRRs for increasing quartiles of p,p-DDE in XX, XY, and total sex-chromosome disomy, and a significant trend of increasing IRRs for increasing quartiles of PCBs for XY and total sex-chromosome disomy; however, there was a significant inverse association for XX disomy. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that exposure to p,p-DDE may be associated with increased rates of XX, XY, and total sex-chromosome disomy, whereas exposure to PCBs may be associated with increased rates of YY, XY, and total sex-chromosome disomy. In addition, we observed an inverse association between increased exposure to PCBs and XX disomy. Further work is needed to confirm these findings.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - McAuliffe, Megan E
AU  - Williams, Paige L
AU  - Korrick, Susan A
AU  - Altshul, Larisa M
AU  - Perry, Melissa J
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, and
Y1  - 2011/12/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 21
SP  - 535
EP  - 540
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - aneuploidy
KW  - dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
KW  - dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)
KW  - disomy
KW  - endocrine disruptors
KW  - in situ hybridization
KW  - fluorescence
KW  - pesticides
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
KW  - reproduction
KW  - sperm
KW  - demography
KW  - Fluorescence
KW  - X chromosome
KW  - Sperm
KW  - Models
KW  - Demography
KW  - Chromosomes
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Congeners
KW  - Semen
KW  - Nuclei
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - Chromosome aberrations
KW  - PCB
KW  - Fluorescence in situ hybridization
KW  - G 07880:Human Genetics
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - X 24350:Industrial Chemicals
KW  - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; polychlorinated biphenyls; Risk factors; X chromosome; Regression analysis; Semen; Congeners; Sperm; Nuclei; PCB; Models; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; demography; Chromosomes; Fluorescence; Chromosome aberrations; PCB compounds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104017
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options
AN  - 1081891092; 2011-295147
AB  - One of the most persistent political issues facing Congress in recent decades is whether to require that the budget of the US be in balance. Although a balanced federal budget has long been held as a political ideal, the accumulation of large deficits in recent years has heightened concern that some action to require a balance between revenues and expenditures may be necessary. This report provides an overview of the issues and options that have been raised during prior consideration of proposals for a balanced budget constitutional amendment. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 20 2011, 45 pp.
AU  - Saturno, James V
AU  - Lynch, Megan Suzanne
Y1  - 2011/12/20/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41907.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41907
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Tax Cuts on Repatriation Earnings as Economic Stimulus: An Economic Analysis
AN  - 1081891090; 2011-295146
AB  - From the start of the 112th Congress, reform of the current US corporate tax system has been widely debated as an option to stimulate the economy. Most of the debate has focused on lowering the corporate tax rate and moving toward a territorial system. An exception to this approach is a plan to reduce the tax rate on repatriated dividends that has received some consideration. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 20 2011, 12 pp.
AU  - Marples, Donald J
AU  - Gravelle, Jane G
Y1  - 2011/12/20/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Citizenship, immigration, and immigration law and policy
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - United States
KW  - Dividends
KW  - Economics
KW  - Repatriation
KW  - Business tax
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40178
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010
AN  - 1017980461; 16725620
AB  - Background: In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria. Objectives: Our goal was to determine the cause of the childhood lead poisoning outbreak, investigate risk factors for child mortality, and identify children  45 mu g/dL), and incidence of convulsions among children before death (82%) suggest that most of the recent childhood deaths in the two surveyed villages were caused by acute lead poisoning from gold ore-processing activities. Control measures included environmental remediation, chelation therapy, public health education, and control of mining activities.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Dooyema, Carrie A
AU  - Neri, Antonio
AU  - Lo, Yi-Chun
AU  - Durant, James
AU  - Dargan, Paul I
AU  - Swarthout, Todd
AU  - Biya, Oladayo
AU  - Gidado, Saheed O
AU  - Haladu, Suleiman
AU  - Sani-Gwarzo, Nasir
AU  - Nguku, Patrick M
AU  - Akpan, Henry
AU  - Idris, Sa'ad
AU  - Bashir, Abdullahi M
AU  - Brown, Mary Jean
AD  - Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/20/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 20
SP  - 601
EP  - 607
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - artisanal gold mining
KW  - childhood
KW  - environmental health
KW  - lead poisoning
KW  - nervous system
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Age
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Chelation
KW  - Lead
KW  - Public health
KW  - Soil
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - International organizations
KW  - Gold
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Poisoning
KW  - Children
KW  - Risk
KW  - Blood
KW  - Education
KW  - Villages
KW  - Convulsions
KW  - Remediation
KW  - Mining
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inventories; Mortality; Age; Data processing; Contamination; Chelation; Poisoning; Children; Lead; Public health; Soil; Blood; Convulsions; Risk factors; International organizations; Gold; Villages; Mining; Risk; Education; Public Health; Remediation; Nigeria
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103965
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Strategy for Comparing the Contributions of Environmental Chemicals and Other Risk Factors to Neurodevelopment of Children
AN  - 1677978291; 16725614
AB  - Background: The impact of environmental chemicals on children's neurodevelopment is sometimes dismissed as unimportant because the magnitude of the impairments are considered to be clinically insignificant. Such a judgment reflects a failure to distinguish between individual and population risk. The population impact of a risk factor depends on both its effect size and its distribution (or incidence/prevalence). Objective: The objective was to develop a strategy for taking into account the distribution (or incidence/prevalence) of a risk factor, as well as its effect size, in order to estimate its population impact on neurodevelopment of children. Methods: The total numbers of Full-Scale IQ points lost among U.S. children 0-5 years of age were estimated for chemicals (methylmercury, organophosphate pesticides, lead) and a variety of medical conditions and events (e.g., preterm birth, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, congenital heart disease). Discussion: Although the data required for the analysis were available for only three environmental chemicals (methylmercury, organophosphate pesticides, lead), the results suggest that their contributions to neurodevelopmental morbidity are substantial, exceeding those of many nonchemical risk factors. Conclusion: A method for comparing the relative contributions of different risk factors provides a rational basis for establishing priorities for reducing neurodevelopmental morbidity in children.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Bellinger, David C
AD  - Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 19
SP  - 501
EP  - 507
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - chemicals
KW  - children
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - neurodevelopment
KW  - Risk
KW  - Organophosphates
KW  - Strategy
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Brain
KW  - Incidence
KW  - Children
KW  - Heart diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104170
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - China's Currency Policy: An Analysis of the Economic Issues
AN  - 1504417702; 2011-564922
AB  - China's policy of intervening in currency markets to limit or halt the appreciation of its currency, the renminbi (RMB), against the US dollar and other currencies has become an issue of concern. Critics charge that China's currency policy is intended to make its exports significantly less expensive, and its imports more expensive, than would occur if the RMB were a freely-traded currency. Other analysts contend that China's industrial policies, its failure to adequately protect US intellectual property rights, and its unbalanced economic growth model, pose more serious challenges to US economic interests than China's currency policy. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Dec 19 2011, 43 pp.
AU  - Morrison, Wayne M
AU  - Labonte, Marc
Y1  - 2011/12/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 19
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - United States
KW  - Industrial policy
KW  - Property, Intellectual
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Markets
KW  - Right of property
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - Currency in circulation
KW  - book
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L2  - https://opencrs.com/document/RS21625/2011-12-19/download/1005/
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. RS21625
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Economic Downturns and Crime
AN  - 1081891094; 2011-295148
AB  - This report examines the relationships between selected variables of economic strength and crime. It provides an overview of crime rates during times of economic recession in the US and reviews the existing literature in the field analyzing various data sets that examine whether the unemployment rate and foreclosures can be related to increases in the national crime rate. It presents a picture of the relationship between crime and economic indicators for the nation as a whole, but it does not discuss these relationships that may exist at the state or local level. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 19 2011, 15 pp.
AU  - Finklea, Kristin M
Y1  - 2011/12/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic research
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic indicators
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Economics
KW  - Foreclosures
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40726.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40726
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds in Texas Children from Birth through 12 Years of Age
AN  - 1017980406; 16725617
AB  - Background: For > 50 years, polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) have been used worldwide, mainly as surfactants and emulsifiers, and human exposure to some PFCs is widespread. Objectives: Our goal was to report PFC serum concentrations from a convenience sample of Dallas, Texas, children from birth to  92% of participants; the other PFCs measured were detected less frequently. Overall median concentrations of PFOS (4.1 ng/mL) were higher than those for PFOA (2.85 ng/mL), PFNA (1.2 ng/mL), and PFHxS (1.2 ng/mL). For PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS, we found no significant differences (p < 0.05) by sex, significantly increasing concentrations for all four chemicals by age, and significantly positive correlations between all four compounds. Conclusions: We found no significant differences in the serum concentrations of PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS by sex, but increasing concentrations with age. Our results suggest that these 300 Texas children from birth through 12 years of age continued to be exposed to several PFCs in late 2009, years after changes in production of some PFCs in the United States.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Schecter, Arnold
AU  - Malik-Bass, Noor
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Kato, Kayoko
AU  - Colacino, Justin A
AU  - Gent, Tyra L
AU  - Hynan, Linda S
AU  - Harris, TRobert
AU  - Malla, Sunitha
AU  - Birnbaum, Linda
AD  - University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 19
SP  - 590
EP  - 594
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - blood
KW  - children
KW  - infants
KW  - PFC
KW  - PFOA
KW  - PFOS
KW  - polyfluoroalkyl compounds
KW  - United States
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Age
KW  - USA, Texas, Dallas
KW  - Mass spectrometry
KW  - USA, Texas
KW  - Children
KW  - Surfactants
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Chemicals; Age; Mass spectrometry; Children; Surfactants; USA, Texas, Dallas; USA, Texas
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104325
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimated Short-Term Effects of Coarse Particles on Daily Mortality in Stockholm, Sweden
AN  - 1008847359; 16537009
AB  - Background: Although serious health effects associated with particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 mu m (PM sub(10)) and less than or equal to 2.5 mu m (PM sub(2.5); fine fraction) are documented in many studies, the effects of coarse PM (PM sub(2.5-10)) are still under debate. Objective: In this study, we estimated the effects of short-term exposure of PM sub(2.5-10) on daily mortality in Stockholm, Sweden. Method: We collected data on daily mortality for the years 2000 through 2008. Concentrations of PM sub(10), PM sub(2.5), ozone, and carbon monoxide were measured simultaneously in central Stockholm. We used additive Poisson regression models to examine the association between daily mortality and PM sub(2.5-10) on the day of death and the day before. Effect estimates were adjusted for other pollutants (two-pollutant models) during different seasons. Results: We estimated a 1.68% increase [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.20%, 3.15%] in daily mortality per 10- mu g/m super(3) increase in PM sub(2.5-10) (single-pollutant model). The association with PM sub(2.5-10) was stronger for November through May, when road dust is most important (1.69% increase; 95% CI: 0.21%, 3.17%), compared with the rest of the year (1.31% increase; 95% CI: -2.08%, 4.70%), although the difference was not statistically significant. When adjusted for other pollutants, particularly PM sub(2.5), the effect estimates per 10 mu g/m super(3) for PM sub(2.5-10) decreased slightly but were still higher than corresponding effect estimates for PM sub(2.5). Conclusions: Our analysis shows an increase in daily mortality associated with elevated urban background levels of PM sub(2.5-10). Regulation of PM sub(2.5-10) should be considered, along with actions to specifically reduce PM sub(2.5-10) emissions, especially road dust suspension, in cities.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Meister, Kadri
AU  - Johansson, Christer
AU  - Forsberg, Bertil
AD  - Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Y1  - 2011/12/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 19
SP  - 431
EP  - 436
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - coarse particles
KW  - health effects
KW  - mortality
KW  - PM2.5
KW  - PM10
KW  - road dust
KW  - short-term exposure
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Carbon monoxide
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Sweden, Stockholm
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Dust
KW  - Sweden
KW  - Ozone
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Carbon monoxide; Particle size; Mortality; Aerodynamics; Emissions; Particulates; Dust; Urban areas; Ozone; Sweden, Stockholm; Sweden
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103995
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 2003-2010
AN  - 1735654016; 2011-899515
AB  - This report provides background data on US arms sales agreements with and deliveries to its major purchasers during calendar years 2003-2010, made through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. In a series of data tables, it lists the total dollar values of US government-to-government arms sales agreements with its top five purchasers, and the total dollar values of US arms deliveries to those purchasers, in five specific regions of the world for three specific periods: 2003-2006, 2007-2010, and 2010 alone. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 16 2011, 6 pp.
AU  - Grimmett, Richard F
Y1  - 2011/12/16/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - United States
KW  - Sales
KW  - Calendars
KW  - book
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L2  - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R42121.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2015-12-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R42121
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Tax Gap: Should the 3% Withholding Requirement on Payments to Contractors by Government Be Repealed?
AN  - 1081891097; 2011-295149
AB  - In 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-222), which included Section 511: "Imposition of Withholding on Certain Payments Made by Government Entities." This section required 3% withholding on payments for goods and services to contractors made by all branches of the federal government and its agencies and all units of state and local governments, including counties and parishes. President Obama signed H.R. 674 (P.L. 112-56), 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act of 2011, which repealed the 3% withholding provisions and provided tax credits for businesses hiring unemployed veterans. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 16 2011, 17 pp.
AU  - Bickley, James M
Y1  - 2011/12/16/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Government - Local and municipal government
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Business
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - State government
KW  - Local government
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Tax policy
KW  - Payment
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Labor policy
KW  - Tax credits
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41924.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41924
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of novel isocryptolepine derivatives
AN  - 911164511; 16093126
AB  - A series of mono- and di-substituted analogues of isocryptolepine have been synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antimalarial activity against chloroquine sensitive (3D7) and resistant (W2mef) Plasmodium falciparum and for cytotoxicity (3T3 cells). Di-halogenated compounds were the most potent derivatives and 8-bromo-2-chloroisocryptolepine displayed the highest selectivity index (106; the ratio of cytotoxicity (IC sub(50 = 9005 nM) to antimalarial activity (IC) sub(5)0 = 85 nM)). Our evaluation of novel isocryptolepine compounds has demonstrated that di-halogenated derivatives are promising antimalarial lead compounds.
JF  - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
AU  - Whittell, Louise R
AU  - Batty, Kevin T
AU  - Wong, Rina PM
AU  - Bolitho, Erin M
AU  - Fox, Simon A
AU  - Davis, Timothy ME
AU  - Murray, Paul E
AD  - School of Pharmacy, Curtin University, Bentley, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, P.Murray@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 15
SP  - 7519
EP  - 7525
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 19
IS  - 24
SN  - 0968-0896, 0968-0896
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Isocryptolepine
KW  - Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
KW  - Antimalarial
KW  - Parasites
KW  - Cytotoxicity
KW  - Lead compounds
KW  - Antimalarial agents
KW  - Chloroquine
KW  - Antimalarial activity
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Plasmodium falciparum
KW  - K 03340:Effects of Physical & Chemical Factors
KW  - W 30910:Imaging
KW  - Q1 08485:Species interactions: pests and control
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-11-12
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Parasites; Cytotoxicity; Lead compounds; Metabolites; Chloroquine; Antimalarial agents; Antimalarial activity; Plasmodium falciparum
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.10.037
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Modeling long-term soil carbon dynamics and sequestration potential in semi-arid agro-ecosystems
AN  - 911151753; 15936739
AB  - Long-term soil carbon (C) dynamics in agro-ecosystems is controlled by interactions of climate, soil and agronomic management. A modeling approach is a useful tool to understand the interactions, especially over long climatic sequences. In this paper, we examine the performance of the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) to predict the long-term soil C dynamics under various agricultural practices at four semi-arid sites across the wheat-belt of eastern Australia. We further assessed the underlying factors that regulate soil C dynamics in the top 30cm of soil through scenario analysis using the validated model. The results show that APSIM is able to predict aboveground biomass production and soil C dynamics at the study sites. Scenario analyses indicate that nitrogen (N) fertilization combined with residue retention (SR) has the potential to significantly slow or reverse the loss of C from agricultural soils. Optimal N fertilization (Nopt) and 100% SR, increased soil C by 13%, 46% and 45% at Warra, Wagga Wagga and Tarelee, respectively. Continuous lucerne pasture was the most efficient strategy to accumulate soil C, resulting in increases of 49%, 57% and 50% at Warra, Wagga Wagga and Tarlee, respectively. In contrast, soil C decreases regardless of agricultural practices as a result of cultivation of natural soils at the Brigalow site. Soil C input, proportional to the amount of retained residue, is a significant predictor of soil C change. At each site, water and nitrogen availability and their interaction, explain more than 59% of the variation in soil C. Across the four sites, mean air temperature has significant (P<0.05) effects on soil C change. There was greater soil C loss at sites with higher temperature. Our simulations suggest that detailed information on agricultural practices, land use history and local environmental conditions must be explicitly specified to be able to make plausible predictions of the soil C balance in agro-ecosystems at different agro-ecological scales.
JF  - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
AU  - Luo, Zhongkui
AU  - Wang, Enli
AU  - Sun, Osbert J
AU  - Smith, Chris J
AU  - Probert, Mervyn E
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, enli.wang@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/12/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 15
SP  - 1529
EP  - 1544
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 151
IS  - 12
SN  - 0168-1923, 0168-1923
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - APSIM
KW  - Agricultural management
KW  - Carbon sequestration
KW  - Climate
KW  - Soil nitrogen stress
KW  - Soil water stress
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Prediction
KW  - agricultural practices
KW  - Soil
KW  - Fertilization
KW  - Carbon
KW  - History
KW  - Australia
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Residues
KW  - Climates
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Land use
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - fertilization
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Semiarid environments
KW  - Agricultural Practices
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Cultivation
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - SW 0845:Water in soils
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - M2 551.5:General (551.5)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-08-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Climate models; Numerical simulations; Land use; Soil; fertilization; agricultural practices; Residues; Semiarid environments; Temperature; Biomass; Environmental conditions; Nitrogen; Prediction; Fertilization; Carbon; History; Climates; Agricultural Practices; Cultivation; Model Studies; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Identification of Phthalates in Medications and Dietary Supplement Formulations in the United States and Canada
AN  - 1008847357; 16537008
AB  - Background: In animal studies, some ortho-phthalates, including di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), have been shown to be reproductive and developmental toxicants. Human studies show widespread population exposure to background levels of phthalates. Limited evidence suggests that particularly high exposure levels may result from orally ingested medicinal products containing phthalates as excipients (inactive ingredients). Objective: In this study we aimed to identify and describe the scope of prescription (RX) and nonprescription (over-the-counter; OTC) medicinal products and dietary supplements marketed in the United States and Canada since 1995 that include phthalates as excipients. Methods: We used lists of modified-release drug products to identify potential drug products. Inclusion of phthalates was verified using available electronic databases, print references, published package inserts, product packages, and direct communication from manufacturers. Additional products were identified using Internet searches utilizing keywords for phthalates. Results: Based on labeling information, 6 RX drug products included DBP as an excipient, and 45 specified the use of diethyl phthalate (DEP). Phthalate polymers with no known toxicity-hypromellose phthalate (HMP), cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), and polyvinyl acetate phthalate (PVAP)-were included in 75 RX products. Three OTC drug and dietary supplement products listed DBP, 64 listed DEP, and > 90 indicated inclusion of polymers. Conclusions: Numerous RX and OTC drug products and supplements from a wide range of therapeutic categories may use DBP or DEP as excipients in oral dosage forms. The potential effects of human exposure to these phthalates through medications are unknown and warrant further investigation.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Kelley, Katherine E
AU  - Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia
AU  - Chaplin, Erica L
AU  - Hauser, Russ
AU  - Mitchell, Allen A
AD  - Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 15
SP  - 379
EP  - 384
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - coating
KW  - dietary supplements
KW  - excipients
KW  - medications
KW  - phthalates
KW  - Toxicants
KW  - Communication
KW  - Population studies
KW  - Ingestion
KW  - Acetic acid
KW  - Phthalic acid
KW  - Databases
KW  - USA
KW  - cellulose acetate
KW  - Communications
KW  - Canada
KW  - Dietary supplements
KW  - Background levels
KW  - diethyl phthalate
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Internet
KW  - Packaging
KW  - X 24320:Food Additives & Contaminants
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Databases; cellulose acetate; Toxicants; Dietary supplements; Background levels; Communication; Population studies; diethyl phthalate; Acetic acid; Drugs; Internet; Phthalic acid; phthalates; Communications; dietary supplements; Ingestion; Polymers; Packaging; USA; Canada
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103998
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - National Infrastructure Bank: Overview and Current Legislation
AN  - 1081891101; 2011-295150
AB  - Several bills to establish a national infrastructure bank have been introduced in the 112th Congress. This report examines three such bills, the Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act (S. 652), the American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011 (S. 936), and the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2011 (H.R. 402). This report discusses the infrastructure bank concept and some examples of existing infrastructure financing mechanisms, describes and analyzes selected legislative proposals for infrastructure banks, and concludes with an analysis of some advantages and disadvantages of creating a national infrastructure bank and alternative institutional structures. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 14 2011, 27 pp.
AU  - Mallett, William J
AU  - Maguire, Steven
AU  - Kosar, Kevin R
Y1  - 2011/12/14/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banking operations and services
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Banks and other financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Investments
KW  - Development banks
KW  - Banking
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42115
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda
AN  - 1081891117; 2011-295155
AB  - The WTO Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, begun in November 2001, has entered its 11th year. The negotiations have been characterized by persistent differences among the US, the European Union, and developing countries on major issues, such as agriculture, industrial tariffs and non-tariff barriers, services, and trade remedies. Developing countries (including emerging economic powerhouses such as China, Brazil, and India) have sought the reduction of agriculture tariffs and subsidies among developed countries, non-reciprocal market access for manufacturing sectors, and protection for their services industries. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 12 2011, 24 pp.
AU  - Fergusson, Ian F
Y1  - 2011/12/12/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - Diplomacy
KW  - Administration of justice - Legal procedure
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Customs administration and duties
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - International relations - Regional organizations
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - European Union
KW  - World trade organization
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Service industries
KW  - Economics
KW  - Subsidies
KW  - Tariff
KW  - Markets
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Negotiation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32060.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL32060
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)
AN  - 1081891113; 2011-295154
AB  - One potential mechanism for mobilizing a share of the proposed international climate financing is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Green Climate Fund (GCF), proposed in the Cancun Agreements and accepted by Parties during the December 2011 conference in Durban, South Africa. The fund aims to assist developing countries in their efforts to combat climate change through the provision of grants and other concessional financing for mitigation and adaptation projects, programs, policies, and activities. The GCF is to be capitalized by contributions from donor countries and other sources, including both innovative mechanisms and the private sector. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 12 2011, 12 pp.
AU  - Lattanzio, Richard K
Y1  - 2011/12/12/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Associations and meetings
KW  - Conventions
KW  - Conferences
KW  - Climate
KW  - Global warming
KW  - South Africa
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41889.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41889
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Recess Appointments: Frequently Asked Questions
AN  - 1081891110; 2011-295153
AB  - Under the Constitution, the President and the Senate share the power to make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and commissions. Generally, the President nominates individuals to these positions, and the Senate must confirm them before he can appoint them to office; however, when the Senate is in recess, the President may make a temporary appointment, called a recess appointment, to any such position without Senate approval. This report supplies brief answers to some frequently asked questions regarding recess appointments. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 12 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Hogue, Henry B
Y1  - 2011/12/12/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States Senate
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21308.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21308
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment for Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Laws
AN  - 1081891107; 2011-295152
AB  - This is a chart of the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment that may be imposed as a consequence of conviction for violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and other drug supply and drug demand related laws. It lists the penalties for heroin, cocaine, crack, PCP, LSD, marihuana (marijuana), amphetamine, methamphetamine, listed (precursor) chemicals, paraphernalia, date rape drugs, rave drugs, designer drugs, ecstasy, drug kingpins, as well as the other substances including narcotics and opiates. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 12 2011, 13 pp.
AU  - Yeh, Brian T
Y1  - 2011/12/12/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 12
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Pharmaceutical industry
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Administration of justice - Prisoners and correctional facilities and personnel
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Amphetamines
KW  - Heroin
KW  - Narcotics
KW  - Law
KW  - Marijuana
KW  - Cocaine
KW  - Drug related crime
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30722.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL30722
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Did Smokefree Legislation in England Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke among Nonsmoking Adults? Cotinine Analysis from the Health Survey for England
AN  - 1008847355; 16537007
AB  - On 1 July 2007, smokefree legislation was implemented in England, which made virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces smokefree. We examined trends in and predictors of secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adults to determine whether exposure changed after the introduction of smokefree legislation and whether these changes varied by socioeconomic status (SES) and by household smoking status. We analyzed salivary cotinine data from the Health Survey for England that were collected in 7 of 11 annual surveys undertaken between 1998 and 2008. We conducted multivariate regression analyses to examine secondhand smoke exposure as measured by the proportion of nonsmokers with undetectable levels of cotinine and by geometric mean cotinine. Secondhand smoke exposure was higher among those exposed at home and among lower-SES groups. Exposure declined markedly from 1998 to 2008 (the proportion of participants with undetectable cotinine was 2.9 times higher in the last 6 months of 2008 compared with the first 6 months of 1998 and geometric mean cotinine declined by 80%). We observed a significant fall in exposure after legislation was introduced-the odds of having undetectable cotinine were 1.5 times higher [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.3, 1.8] and geometric mean cotinine fell by 27% (95% CI: 17%, 36%) after adjusting for the prelegislative trend and potential confounders. Significant reductions were not, however, seen in those living in lower-social class households or homes where smoking occurs inside on most days. We found that the impact of England's smokefree legislation on secondhand smoke exposure was above and beyond the underlying long-term decline in secondhand smoke exposure and demonstrates the positive effect of the legislation. Nevertheless, some population subgroups appear not to have benefitted significantly from the legislation. This finding suggests that these groups should receive more support to reduce their exposure.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Sims, Michelle
AU  - Mindell, Jennifer S
AU  - Jarvis, Martin J
AU  - Feyerabend, Colin
AU  - Wardle, Heather
AU  - Gilmore, Anna
AD  - Department for Health, and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom
Y1  - 2011/12/12/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 12
SP  - 425
EP  - 430
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - cotinine
KW  - environmental tobacco smoke
KW  - evaluation
KW  - nonsmokers
KW  - passive smoke
KW  - secondhand smoke
KW  - smokefree legislation
KW  - smoking ban
KW  - Data processing
KW  - British Isles, England
KW  - Socioeconomics
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Socio-economic aspects
KW  - households
KW  - Passive smoking
KW  - Cotinine
KW  - Households
KW  - Regression analysis
KW  - Legislation
KW  - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Smoke; Socio-economic aspects; Smoking; Data processing; Cotinine; Regression analysis; Legislation; households; Passive smoking; Households; Socioeconomics; British Isles, England
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103680
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - DNA Testing in Criminal Justice: Background, Current Law, Grants, and Issues
AN  - 1081891120; 2011-295156
AB  - Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is the fundamental building block for an individual's entire genetic makeup. This report provides an overview of how DNA is used to investigate crimes and help protect the innocent. It also reviews current statutory law on collecting DNA samples, sharing DNA profiles generated from those samples, and providing access to post-conviction DNA testing. The report also includes a summary of grant programs authorized by Congress to assist state and local governments with reducing DNA backlogs, provide post-conviction DNA testing, and promote new technology in the field. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 7 2011, 45 pp.
AU  - James, Nathan
Y1  - 2011/12/07/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Government - Local and municipal government
KW  - Science and technology policy - Biology and biotechnology
KW  - Administration of justice - Judgments and sentences
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - Genetics
KW  - State government
KW  - Criminal justice
KW  - Local government
KW  - DNA
KW  - Law
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41800
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adverse Birth Outcomes and Maternal Exposure to Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene through Soil Vapor Intrusion in New York State
AN  - 1677967495; 16725629
AB  - Background: Industrial spills of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Endicott, New York (USA), have led to contamination of groundwater, soil, and soil gas. Previous studies have reported an increase in adverse birth outcomes among women exposed to VOCs in drinking water. Objective: We investigated the prevalence of adverse birth outcomes among mothers exposed to trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene [or perchloroethylene (PCE)] in indoor air contaminated through soil vapor intrusion. Methods: We examined low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, and birth defects among births to women in Endicott who were exposed to VOCs, compared with births statewide. We used Poisson regression to analyze births and malformations to estimate the association between maternal exposure to VOCs adjusting for sex, mother's age, race, education, parity, and prenatal care. Two exposure areas were identified based on environmental sampling data: one area was primarily contaminated with TCE, and the other with PCE. Results: In the TCE-contaminated area, adjusted rate ratios (RRs) were significantly elevated for LBW [RR = 1.36; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07, 1.73; n = 76], small for gestational age (RR = 1.23; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.48; n = 117), term LBW (RR = 1.68; 95% CI: 1.20, 2.34; n = 37), cardiac defects (RR = 2.15; 95% CI: 1.27, 3.62; n = 15), and conotruncal defects (RR = 4.91; 95% CI: 1.58, 15.24; n = 3). In the PCE-contaminated area, RRs for cardiac defects (five births) were elevated but not significantly. Residual socioeconomic confounding may have contributed to elevations of LBW outcomes. Conclusions: Maternal residence in both areas was associated with cardiac defects. Residence in the TCE area, but not the PCE area, was associated with LBW and fetal growth restriction.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Forand, Steven P
AU  - Lewis-Michl, Elizabeth L
AU  - Gomez, Marta I
AD  - Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Troy, New York, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/05/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 05
SP  - 616
EP  - 621
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - birth defects
KW  - birth outcomes
KW  - soil vapor intrusion
KW  - tetrachloroethylene
KW  - trichloroethylene
KW  - volatile organic compounds
KW  - Birth
KW  - Soil (material)
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Trichloroethylene
KW  - Volatile organic compounds
KW  - Elevated
KW  - Defects
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Response Inhibition and Error Monitoring during a Visual Go/No-Go Task in Inuit Children Exposed to Lead, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Methylmercury
AN  - 1660094149; 16725628
AB  - Background: Lead (Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are neurotoxic contaminants that have been related to impairment in response inhibition. Objectives: In this study we examined the neurophysiological correlates of the response inhibition deficits associated with these exposures, using event-related potentials (ERPs) in a sample of school-age Inuit children from Arctic Quebec exposed through their traditional diet. Methods: In a prospective longitudinal study, we assessed 196 children (mean age, 11.3 years) on a visual go/no-go response inhibition paradigm. Pb, PCB, and mercury (Hg) concentrations were analyzed in cord and current blood samples. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of contaminant levels to go/no-go performance (mean reaction time, percent correct go, percent correct no-go) and five ERPs [N2, P3, error-related negativity, error positivity (Pe), and correct response positivity (Pc)] after control for confounding variables. Results: Current blood Pb concentrations were associated with higher rates of false alarms and with decreased P3 amplitudes to go and no-go trials. Current plasma PCB-153 concentrations were associated with slower reaction times and with reduced amplitudes of the Pe and Pc response-related potentials. Hg concentrations were not related to any outcome on this task but showed significant interactions with other contaminants on certain outcomes. Conclusions: These results suggest that Pb exposure during childhood impairs the child's ability to allocate the cognitive resources needed to correctly inhibit a prepotent response, resulting in increased impulsivity. By contrast, postnatal PCB exposure appears to affect processes associated with error monitoring, an aspect of behavioral regulation required to adequately adapt to the changing demands of the environment, which results in reduced task efficiency.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Boucher, Olivier
AU  - Burden, Matthew J
AU  - Muckle, Gina
AU  - Saint-Amour, Dave
AU  - Ayotte, Pierre
AU  - Dewailly, Eric
AU  - Nelson, Charles A
AU  - Jacobson, Sandra W
AU  - Jacobson, Joseph L
AD  - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Y1  - 2011/12/05/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 05
SP  - 608
EP  - 615
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - event-related potentials
KW  - error monitoring
KW  - executive function
KW  - lead
KW  - methylmercury
KW  - neurotoxicity
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - response inhibition
KW  - Polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Mercury
KW  - Tasks
KW  - Inhibition
KW  - Contaminants
KW  - Children
KW  - Lead (metal)
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Overt and Latent Cardiac Effects of Ozone Inhalation in Rats: Evidence for Autonomic Modulation and Increased Myocardial Vulnerability
AN  - 1677966665; 16537010
AB  - Background: Ozone (O3) is a well-documented respiratory oxidant, but increasing epidemiological evidence points to extrapulmonary effects, including positive associations between ambient O3 concentrations and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Objective: With preliminary reports linking O3 exposure with changes in heart rate (HR), we investigated the hypothesis that a single inhalation exposure to O3 will cause concentration-dependent autonomic modulation of cardiac function in rats. Methods: Rats implanted with telemeters to monitor HR and cardiac electrophysiology [electrocardiography (ECG)] were exposed once by whole-body inhalation for 4 hr to 0.2 or 0.8 ppm O3 or filtered air. A separate cohort was tested for vulnerability to aconitine-induced arrhythmia 24 hr after exposure. Results: Exposure to 0.8 ppm O3 caused bradycardia, PR prolongation, ST depression, and substantial increases in atrial premature beats, sinoatrial block, and atrioventricular block, accompanied by concurrent increases in several HR variability parameters that were suggestive of increased parasympathetic tone. Low-O3 exposure failed to elicit any overt changes in autonomic tone, heart rhythm, or ECG. However, both 0.2 and 0.8 ppm O3 increased sensitivity to aconitine-induced arrhythmia formation, suggesting a latent O3-induced alteration in myocardial excitability. Conclusions: O3 exposure causes several alterations in cardiac electrophysiology that are likely mediated by modulation of autonomic input to the heart. Moreover, exposure to low O3 concentrations may cause subclinical effects that manifest only when triggered by a stressor, suggesting that the adverse health effects of ambient levels of air pollutants may be insidious and potentially underestimated.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Farraj, Aimen K
AU  - Hazari, Mehdi S
AU  - Winsett, Darrell W
AU  - Kulukulualani, Anthony
AU  - Carll, Alex P
AU  - Haykal-Coates, Najwa
AU  - Lamb, Christina M
AU  - Lappi, Edwin
AU  - Terrell, Dock
AU  - Cascio, Wayne E
AU  - Costa, Daniel L
AD  - Environmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Y1  - 2011/12/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 02
SP  - 348
EP  - 354
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - air pollution
KW  - arrhythmia
KW  - autonomic
KW  - cardiac
KW  - electrocardiogram
KW  - heart rate variability
KW  - inhalation
KW  - latent
KW  - overt
KW  - ozone
KW  - rats
KW  - Rats
KW  - Inhalation
KW  - Heart
KW  - Arrhythmia
KW  - Modulation
KW  - Health
KW  - Electrophysiology
KW  - Ozone
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - "Super PACs" in Federal Elections: Overview and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891123; 2011-295157
AB  - The development of super PACs is one of the most recent components of the debate over money and speech in elections. For those who advocate for super PACs, these new political committees provide an important outlet for political speech advocating independent calls for election or defeat of federal candidates -- Others contend that they are the latest outlet for unlimited money in politics. This report does not attempt to settle that debate, but it does provide context for understanding what the rapidly developing topic of super PACs might mean for federal campaign finance policy and federal elections. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 2 2011, 29 pp.
AU  - Garrett, R Sam
Y1  - 2011/12/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Politics - Campaigns, lobbying, and pressure groups
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Lobbying
KW  - Elections
KW  - Money
KW  - Politics
KW  - Campaign funds
KW  - Political action committees
KW  - Candidates
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42042.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42042
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Arsenic Exposure and Hypertension: A Systematic Review
AN  - 1017980496; 16725622
AB  - Background: Environmental exposure to arsenic has been linked to hypertension in persons living in arsenic-endemic areas. Objective: We summarized published epidemiologic studies concerning arsenic exposure and hypertension or blood pressure (BP) measurements to evaluate the potential relationship. Data sources and extraction: We searched PubMed, Embase, and TOXLINE and applied predetermined exclusion criteria. We identified 11 cross-sectional studies from which we abstracted or derived measures of association and calculated pooled odds ratios (ORs) using inverse-variance weighted random-effects models. Data synthesis: The pooled OR for hypertension comparing the highest and lowest arsenic exposure categories was 1.27 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09, 1.47; p-value for heterogeneity = 0.001; I2 = 70.2%]. In populations with moderate to high arsenic concentrations in drinking water, the pooled OR was 1.15 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.37; p-value for heterogeneity = 0.002; I2 = 76.6%) and 2.57 (95% CI: 1.56, 4.24; p-value for heterogeneity = 0.13; I2 = 46.6%) before and after excluding an influential study, respectively. The corresponding pooled OR in populations with low arsenic concentrations in drinking water was 1.56 (95% CI: 1.21, 2.01; p-value for heterogeneity = 0.27; I2 = 24.6%). A dose-response assessment including six studies with available data showed an increasing trend in the odds of hypertension with increasing arsenic exposure. Few studies have evaluated changes in systolic and diastolic BP (SBP and DBP, respectively) measurements by arsenic exposure levels, and those studies reported inconclusive findings. Conclusion: In this systematic review we identified an association between arsenic and the prevalence of hypertension. Interpreting a causal effect of environmental arsenic on hypertension is limited by the small number of studies, the presence of influential studies, and the absence of prospective evidence. Additional evidence is needed to evaluate the dose-response relationship between environmental arsenic exposure and hypertension.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Abhyankar, Lalita N
AU  - Jones, Miranda R
AU  - Guallar, Eliseo
AU  - Navas-Acien, Ana
AD  - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and
Y1  - 2011/12/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 02
SP  - 494
EP  - 500
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 4
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - arsenic
KW  - blood pressure
KW  - hypertension
KW  - meta-analysis
KW  - systematic review
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - Models
KW  - Drinking Water
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Dose-response effects
KW  - Synthesis
KW  - Heterogeneity
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Systematics
KW  - Blood
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Arsenic; Data processing; Dose-response effects; Reviews; Drinking water; Blood pressure; Models; Hypertension; blood pressure; hypertension; Blood; Drinking Water; Assessments; Exposure; Synthesis; Systematics; Heterogeneity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103988
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Extensive Phylogeographic and Morphological Diversity in Diporiphora nobbi (Agamidae) Leads to a Taxonomic Review and a New Species Description
AN  - 954649948; 16387107
AB  - Morphological and molecular information is invaluable in the description of cryptic diversity and the evolutionary processes driving diversification within closely related species that exhibit morphological homoplasy. We present a distribution-wide data set consisting of both molecular and morphological information, providing a taxonomic revision of the Diporiphora nobbi species group, and develop preliminary hypotheses regarding the evolutionary history of D. nobbi. We show deep molecular divergence between D. nobbi and a newly described sister lineage associated with divergence in meristic characters. Our molecular data also show large divergences among subclades within nominate D. nobbi associated with different habitats rather than specific biogeographc barriers. We further discuss potential diversification mechanisms within the D. nobbi species group.
JF  - Journal of Herpetology
AU  - Edwards, Danielle L
AU  - Melville, Jane
AD  - Department of Sciences, GPO Box 666, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, Dan.Edwards@@yale.edu
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 530
EP  - 546
PB  - Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
VL  - 45
IS  - 4
SN  - 0022-1511, 0022-1511
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Habitat
KW  - New species
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Taxonomic revision
KW  - homoplasy
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Number of references - 50
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-08
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - homoplasy; Data processing; Reviews; Taxonomic revision; Habitat; Evolution; New species
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1670/10-115.1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Plant and microbial strategies to improve the phosphorus efficiency of agriculture
AN  - 926895739; 16356689
AB  - Background: Agricultural production is often limited by low phosphorus (P) availability. In developing countries, which have limited access to P fertiliser, there is a need to develop plants that are more efficient at low soil P. In fertilised and intensive systems, P-efficient plants are required to minimise inefficient use of P-inputs and to reduce potential for loss of P to the environment. Scope: Three strategies by which plants and microorganisms may improve P-use efficiency are outlined: (i) Root-foraging strategies that improve P acquisition by lowering the critical P requirement of plant growth and allowing agriculture to operate at lower levels of soil P; (ii) P-mining strategies to enhance the desorption, solubilisation or mineralisation of P from sparingly-available sources in soil using root exudates (organic anions, phosphatases), and (iii) improving internal P-utilisation efficiency through the use of plants that yield more per unit of P uptake. Conclusions: We critically review evidence that more P-efficient plants can be developed by modifying root growth and architecture, through manipulation of root exudates or by managing plant-microbial associations such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and microbial inoculants. Opportunities to develop P-efficient plants through breeding or genetic modification are described and issues that may limit success including potential trade-offs and trait interactions are discussed. Whilst demonstrable progress has been made by selecting plants for root morphological traits, the potential for manipulating root physiological traits or selecting plants for low internal P concentration has yet to be realised.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Richardson, Alan E
AU  - Lynch, Jonathan P
AU  - Ryan, Peter R
AU  - Delhaize, Emmanuel
AU  - Smith, FAndrew
AU  - Smith, Sally E
AU  - Harvey, Paul R
AU  - Ryan, Megan H
AU  - Veneklaas, Erik J
AU  - Lambers, Hans
AU  - Oberson, Astrid
AU  - Culvenor, Richard A
AU  - Simpson, Richard J
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture National Research Flagship/CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, alan.richardson@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 121
EP  - 156
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 349
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Anions
KW  - Desorption
KW  - Fungi
KW  - Phosphorus
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Roots
KW  - Mineralization
KW  - Soil
KW  - Exudates
KW  - Reviews
KW  - arbuscular mycorrhizas
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - A 01400:Soil Microbes
KW  - K 03420:Plant Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agriculture; Desorption; Anions; Fungi; Plant breeding; Phosphorus; Roots; Mineralization; Soil; Exudates; Reviews; Morphology; arbuscular mycorrhizas; Microorganisms; Developing countries
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0950-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adapting to climate change through local municipal planning: barriers and challenges
AN  - 926888012; 16355423
AB  - Municipal planning represents a key avenue for local adaptation, but is subject to recognised constraints. To date, these constraints have focused on simplistic factors such as limited resources and lack of information. In this paper we argue that this focus has obscured a wider set of constraints which need to be acknowledged and addressed if adaptation is likely to advance through municipal planning. Although these recognised constraints are relevant, we argue that what underpins these issues are more fundamental challenges affecting local, placed-based planning by drawing on the related field of community-based environmental planning (CBEP). In considering a wider set of constraints to practical attempts towards adaptation, the paper considers planning based on a case study of three municipalities in Sydney, Australia in 2008. The results demonstrate that climate adaptation was widely accepted as an important issue for planning conducted by local governments. However, it was yet to be embedded in planning practice which retained a strong mitigation bias in relation to climate change. In considering the case study, we draw attention to factors thus far under-acknowledged in the climate adaptation literature. These include leadership, institutional context and competing planning agendas. These factors can serve as constraints or enabling mechanisms for achieving climate adaptation depending upon how they are exploited in any given situation. The paper concludes that, through addressing these issues, local, place-based planning can play a greater role in achieving climate adaptation.
JF  - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
AU  - Measham, Thomas G
AU  - Preston, Benjamin L
AU  - Smith, Timothy F
AU  - Brooke, Cassandra
AU  - Gorddard, Russell
AU  - Withycombe, Geoff
AU  - Morrison, Craig
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, Tom.Measham@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 889
EP  - 909
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 16
IS  - 8
SN  - 1381-2386, 1381-2386
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - case studies
KW  - mitigation
KW  - Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
KW  - Climate change
KW  - exploitation
KW  - community involvement
KW  - adaptability
KW  - environmental planning
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 20:Weather Modification & Geophysical Change
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Climate change; case studies; mitigation; exploitation; community involvement; environmental planning; adaptability; Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-011-9301-2
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Protecting Indigenous Values in Water Management: A Challenge to Conventional Environmental Flow Assessments
AN  - 926885945; 16355034
AB  - Although environmental flow assessments and allocations have been practiced in Australia for nearly 20 years, to date they have not effectively incorporated indigenous values. In many cases, even though indigenous people rely substantially on aquatic resources, environmental flows have been assumed to be an acceptable surrogate for the protection of indigenous interests. This paper argues that the need to adapt flow assessments to account for linkages and dependencies between people and rivers is equally applicable to developed world indigenous contexts such as Australia as it is to developing countries where there has been some attempt to address indigenous or subsistence water requirements. We propose three challenges to conventional environmental flow assessments that, if met, will improve the ability of water resource planning to address indigenous interests. The first challenge is to recognize that in an indigenous context a different suite of species may be considered important when compared to those valued by other stakeholders. Although conservation status or rarity may be important, it is common and widespread species that make substantial contributions to indigenous household incomes through customary use. The second challenge is to accommodate a different set of management objectives in environmental flow allocation. Environmental flows will need to meet the requirement of hunting and fishing activities at rates that are socially and economically sustainable. The third and arguably most theoretically challenging task is for environmental flow assessments to take into account indigenous worldviews and the quality of people-place relationships that are significant in indigenous cultures. Meeting these three challenges to environmental flow assessment will assist water management agencies and other practitioners to protect indigenous interests as water allocation decisions are made.
JF  - Ecosystems
AU  - Finn, Marcus
AU  - Jackson, Sue
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, Marcus.Finn@csiroalumni.org.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 1232
EP  - 1248
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 14
IS  - 8
SN  - 1432-9840, 1432-9840
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Households
KW  - Hunting
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Stakeholders
KW  - Water management
KW  - Water requirements
KW  - Water resources
KW  - fishing
KW  - hunting
KW  - income
KW  - resource allocation
KW  - water requirements
KW  - Australia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-12-14
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rivers; Fishing; Water management; Water requirements; Water resources; Conservation; Hunting; Developing countries; resource allocation; Stakeholders; Ecosystems; water requirements; income; Households; hunting; fishing; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-011-9476-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Phosphorus requirements of tropical grazing systems: the northern Australian experience
AN  - 926885069; 16356685
AB  - Background and aims: Extensive grazing is common on low phosphorus (P) soils in tropical areas. In this study we aimed to use experience and research results from northern Australia to investigate methods to manage low P status to efficiently raise animals without exploiting soil P resources. Scope: Simple "farm-gate" P balances were calculated for four cattle breeding and growing operations. Estimated P balances were slightly negative (outputs>inputs) for extensive breeding operations (0.02 to 0.04 kg/ha/year depending on P supplementation), slightly positive for a system growing young animals with small annual P fertilizer applications, and negative for a mixed grazing-cropping enterprise. In northern tablelands pastoral environments, responses to P application have remained unchanged over the last 50 years, with >80% of paddocks remaining P limited. Liveweight gain responses to P fertilizer in most experiments have been <4 kg LWG/kg P applied as fertilizer. Conclusions: Little or no P fertilizer is used in most grazing systems. Supplying P directly to animals as a feed supplement can economically improve animal performance and contribute to an improvement in the P balances of grazing systems. Guidelines for supplement use have been devised. Further research is required to determine the best application strategies to overcome P deficits, and the best farming systems to minimise P requirements.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - McIvor, J G
AU  - Guppy, C
AU  - Probert, ME
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Qld, 4001, Australia, john.mcivor@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 55
EP  - 67
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 349
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Agrochemicals
KW  - Feeds
KW  - Fertilizer application
KW  - Fertilizer applications
KW  - Fertilizers
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Phosphorus
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Soil
KW  - Supplementation
KW  - breeding
KW  - grazing
KW  - guidelines
KW  - Australia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Fertilizers; Grazing; Fertilizer applications; Plant breeding; Phosphorus; Supplementation; Fertilizer application; breeding; grazing; guidelines; Agrochemicals; Feeds; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0906-8
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Strategies and agronomic interventions to improve the phosphorus-use efficiency of farming systems
AN  - 926885040; 16356681
AB  - Phosphorus (P)-deficiency is a significant challenge for agricultural productivity on many highly P-sorbing weathered and tropical soils throughout the world. On these soils it can be necessary to apply up to five-fold more P as fertiliser than is exported in products. Given the finite nature of global P resources, it is important that such inefficiencies be addressed. For low P-sorbing soils, P-efficient farming systems will also assist attempts to reduce pollution associated with P losses to the environment. P-balance inefficiency of farms is associated with loss of P in erosion, runoff or leaching, uneven dispersal of animal excreta, and accumulation of P as sparingly-available phosphate and organic P in the soil. In many cases it is possible to minimise P losses in runoff or erosion. Uneven dispersal of P in excreta typically amounts to ~5% of P-fertiliser inputs. However, the rate of P accumulation in moderate to highly P-sorbing soils is a major contributor to inefficient P-fertiliser use. We discuss the causal edaphic, plant and microbial factors in the context of soil P management, P cycling and productivity goals of farms. Management interventions that can alter P-use efficiency are explored, including better targeted P-fertiliser use, organic amendments, removing other constraints to yield, zone management, use of plants with low critical-P requirements, and modified farming systems. Higher productivity in low-P soils, or lower P inputs in fertilised agricultural systems can be achieved by various interventions, but it is also critically important to understand the agroecology of plant P nutrition within farming systems for improvements in P-use efficiency to be realised.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Simpson, Richard J
AU  - Oberson, Astrid
AU  - Culvenor, Richard A
AU  - Ryan, Megan H
AU  - Veneklaas, Erik J
AU  - Lambers, Hans
AU  - Lynch, Jonathan P
AU  - Ryan, Peter R
AU  - Delhaize, Emmanuel
AU  - Smith, FAndrew
AU  - Smith, Sally E
AU  - Harvey, Paul R
AU  - Richardson, Alan E
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture National Research Flagship / CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, richard.simpson@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 89
EP  - 120
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 349
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Agricultural production
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Erosion
KW  - Farms
KW  - Fertilizers
KW  - Leaching
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Phosphate
KW  - Phosphorus
KW  - Pollution
KW  - Runoff
KW  - Soil
KW  - Tropical environments
KW  - dispersal
KW  - farms
KW  - intervention
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - D 04070:Pollution
KW  - P 5000:LAND POLLUTION
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Leaching; Farms; Phosphate; Phosphorus; Dispersal; Nutrition; Pollution; Runoff; Fertilizers; Erosion; Agricultural production; farms; intervention; Tropical environments; dispersal
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0880-1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Contrasting sedimentation rates in Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, two large barrier estuaries on the southeast coast of Australia
AN  - 926884859; 16356140
AB  - Sedimentation rates over the last 100 years within two lagoons on the southeast coast of Australia, Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, have been quantified to determine the effects of catchment land use change and native vegetation clearance on infill rates, and spatial variations in the rate at which the estuaries have filled. Both catchments have similar lake and catchment area but have experience different degrees of modification due to land clearing for agriculture practices, urbanisation and industrialisation. Results indicate that in the heavily modified catchment of Lake Illawarra sedimentation rates close to fluvial deltas can be in excess of 16 mm/year, and between 2 and 4 mm/year in the adjacent central basin. This is approximately an order of magnitude greater than the pre-European rates. In contrast, at St Georges Basin, where the catchment has experienced much less modification, sedimentation rates in the central basin appear to have remained close to those prior to European settlement. However, sedimentation rates in the urbanized margin of St Georges Basin are relatively high (up to 4.4 mm/year). This rapid modern sedimentation in the margin of the estuarine embayments has been detected in several other estuaries in the region. However the degree of sedimentation within the bay-head deltas, and more significantly in the central basin appears proportional to the degree clearance of native vegetation (forest) in the catchment, urban expansion and development of heavy industry in the respective catchment areas.
JF  - Journal of Paleolimnology
AU  - Sloss, Craig R
AU  - Jones, Brian G
AU  - Brooke, Brendan P
AU  - Heijnis, Henk
AU  - Murray-Wallace, Colin V
AD  - The Discipline of Biogeoscience, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, c.sloss@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 561
EP  - 577
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
SN  - 0921-2728, 0921-2728
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Resource management
KW  - Biological settlement
KW  - Salinity variations
KW  - Settling rate
KW  - Basins
KW  - Forests
KW  - Lagoons
KW  - spatial variations
KW  - Lakes
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Paleolimnology
KW  - Catchment areas
KW  - Palaeolimnology
KW  - Brackishwater environment
KW  - Australia
KW  - Sedimentation
KW  - Coasts
KW  - PSE, Australia, New South Wales, Woolongong, Illawarra L.
KW  - Estuaries
KW  - Brackish
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Land use
KW  - Coastal lagoons
KW  - M2 556.55:Lakes, Reservoirs, Ponds (556.55)
KW  - O 3050:Sediment Dynamics
KW  - Q2 09124:Coastal zone management
KW  - D 04050:Paleoecology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Catchment area; Biological settlement; Resource management; Settling rate; Palaeolimnology; Forests; Brackishwater environment; Coastal lagoons; Sedimentation; Agriculture; Estuaries; Basins; Vegetation; Lagoons; Land use; Lakes; spatial variations; Paleolimnology; Catchment areas; Coasts; Salinity variations; Catchment basins; PSE, Australia, New South Wales, Woolongong, Illawarra L.; Australia; Brackish
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10933-011-9507-z
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Regional and local effects on reproductive allocation in epicormic and lignotuberous populations of Banksia menziesii
AN  - 926881901; 16357466
AB  - Reproductive allocation (RA) is a measure of how resources (biomass, nutrients) are partitioned between reproductive structures and the rest of the plant. For plants that resprout after fire, the percentage of resources allocated to reproduction may vary depending on their resprouting ability. Our study examines the percentage RA (biomass, N, P, K) and nutrient content of current season's growth in southern (Swan Coastal Plain) epicormic and northern (Eneabba Plain) lignotuberous resprouter populations of Banksia menziesii (Proteaceae), a species endemic to nutrient-impoverished sandplains of southwestern Australia. Within each population, plants along road edges were compared with plants not associated with road edges. There was no difference in total nutrient content of current year's growth between both resprouting types, except that total K in the shoots of lignotuberous populations was >2 times that in the epicormic populations. Non-road lignotuberous plants allocated twice the biomass, N and P, and 13.5 times the K, to reproduction as non-road epicormic plants. Lignotuberous populations had the highest RA (17-34% of biomass, N, P, K), with non-road epicormic populations the lowest RA (3-15%). This can be viewed as an adaptive (ultimate) response to the poorer postfire survival and recruitment conditions where the lignotuberous populations occur. Total biomass and nutrient content of road-edge plants was 2-3 times that of non-edge plants. Lignotuberous populations in both road positions allocated the same fraction of biomass, N and P to reproduction, whereas road-edge populations allocated 10% less K than non-road. Road-edge epicormic populations allocated 5-10% more biomass, N, P and K to reproduction than non-road populations. This can be viewed as an ecophysiological (proximate) response to the better growing conditions created by the roadways that may also ultimately have an adaptive explanation.
JF  - Plant Ecology
AU  - Groom, Philip K
AU  - Lamont, Byron B
AD  - Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia, p.groom@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 2003
EP  - 2011
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 212
IS  - 12
SN  - 1385-0237, 1385-0237
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Shoots
KW  - Nutrient content
KW  - Fires
KW  - Banksia
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Survival
KW  - Reproduction
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Proteaceae
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Shoots; Fires; Nutrient content; Recruitment; Survival; Nutrients; Reproduction; Biomass; Banksia; Proteaceae
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-011-9935-x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Attitude and action syndromes of exurban landowners have little effect on native mammals in exurbia
AN  - 926881798; 16354937
AB  - Private property is increasingly important for nature conservation, and exurbia an increasingly prominent form of private land use. There have been very few studies of the attitudes of exurban landowners to nature, all of which indicate a high degree of biophilia, and no studies of the effect of variation in the attitudes and actions of these landowners on wild mammal assemblages on their properties. A questionnaire survey of landowners was combined with spotlight observations of fauna on their properties to test the attitudes of the landowners to nature and the null hypothesis that syndromes of landowner attitudes to nature, and actions in relation to nature, have no effect on wild mammals at the property scale. All respondents were positive about native wild animals and trees. Four groups of landowners (biophiles, autocrats, idealists and utilitarians) derived by a classification of ordination scores based on attitude and action question responses, were different in their attitudes towards native wild mammals, exotic wild mammals and trees. However, their properties did not differ in the presence or frequency of any native wild mammal species. There were statistical relationships between the presence/absence of native wild animal species and indices related to intervention, fondness of trees, aversion to trees, fondness of native animals, and fondness of exotic animals. However, with the possible exception of the tendency of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) to be absent from properties owned by the people who least liked wild animals, the association of native animals with attitude or action indices appeared to be coincidental. It therefore seems that programs directed towards influencing the attitudes of landowners to wildlife may be ineffective in conserving wildlife in exurbia.
JF  - Biodiversity and Conservation
AU  - Daniels, G D
AU  - Kirkpatrick, J B
AD  - School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, GPO, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia, gdaniels@utas.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 3517
EP  - 3535
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 20
IS  - 14
SN  - 0960-3115, 0960-3115
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Aversion
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Classification
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Land use
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Ordination
KW  - Private lands
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Trees
KW  - Wildlife
KW  - attitudes
KW  - classification
KW  - mammals
KW  - ordination
KW  - Trichosurus vulpecula
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Inventories; Statistics; Classification; Trees; Aversion; Wildlife; Nature conservation; Conservation; Biodiversity; Ordination; Land use; mammals; ordination; classification; Biological diversity; attitudes; Private lands; Trichosurus vulpecula
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0139-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Climatic background of cold and wet winter in southern China: part I observational analysis
AN  - 926880636; 16354482
AB  - This study explores the climate background of anomalous wet and cold winter in southern China, focusing on results in January when most of its disastrous snowstorms and freezing rainfall events were observed. Based on the ERA-40 reanalysis and Climate Research Unit (CRU) observed precipitation and surface temperature monthly data for the period of 1959-2001, the difference between normalised monthly precipitation and temperature is used to define a simple index which reflects the intensity of the wet and cold condition in the region. It offers a good agreement with an index defined by daily weather station data observed in the region. Then, through simple correlation analyses we focus on exploring the dominant physical and dynamical processes leading to such climatic anomalies. While we acknowledge the contribution of the cold/dry air penetrated from the north, the importance of maintaining a warm and moist airflow from the south is highlighted, including an enhanced Middle East Jet Stream (MEJS) and southwesterly flow over Indochina Peninsula and South China Sea region. Strong vertical share of meridional wind, with enhanced northerly flow near the surface and southerly flow in the low to middle troposphere, leads to significant temperature and moisture inversions. These are consistent with results from synoptic analyses of the severe January 2008 event which was not included in the correlation calculations and thus suggest the 2008 event was not an unusual event although it was very intense. In the third part, we use a partial least-square statistical method to uncover dominant SST patterns corresponding to such climatic conditions. By comparing results for the periods of 1949-1978 and 1978-2007, we demonstrate the shift of dominant SST patterns responsible for the wet and cold anomalies. Shifting from "conventional" ENSO SST patterns to ENSO Modoki-like conditions in recent decades partially explains the unstable relationship between ENSO and Asian winter monsoon. Meanwhile, the importance of SST conditions in extra-tropic Pacific and Indian oceans is acknowledged. Finally, we developed a forecasting model which uses SST condition in October to predict the occurrence of the anomalous wet and cold January in the region and reasonable forecasting skill is obtained.
JF  - Climate Dynamics
AU  - Zhang, Huqiang
AU  - Qin, Jun
AU  - Li, Yun
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, GPO Box 1289K, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia, h.zhang@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 2335
EP  - 2354
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 37
IS  - 11-12
SN  - 0930-7575, 0930-7575
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Climatic conditions
KW  - Monthly precipitation
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - River Flow
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Weather
KW  - Inversions
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - ISEW, South China Sea
KW  - Inversion
KW  - El Nino-Southern Oscillation event
KW  - Monsoons
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Climatic anomalies
KW  - Streams
KW  - Winter
KW  - Sea surface temperature anomalies
KW  - Dry air
KW  - Ocean-atmosphere system
KW  - Sea surface temperatures
KW  - Daily weather
KW  - Sea surface temperature forecasting
KW  - El Nino phenomena
KW  - Marine
KW  - ISW, Indian Ocean
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - Jet stream
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Troposphere
KW  - Precipitation
KW  - Southern Oscillation
KW  - Oceans
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - Q2 09243:Structure, mechanics and thermodynamics
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - M2 551.58:Climatology (551.58)
KW  - O 2070:Meteorology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prediction; Jet stream; Climate; Ocean-atmosphere system; Troposphere; Inversions; Winter; El Nino phenomena; Southern Oscillation; Monthly precipitation; Sea surface temperature anomalies; Dry air; El Nino-Southern Oscillation event; Climatic anomalies; Daily weather; Sea surface temperatures; Sea surface temperature forecasting; Weather; Inversion; Oceans; Rainfall; Temperature; Climatic conditions; Climates; River Flow; Forecasting; Precipitation; Streams; Model Studies; Monsoons; ISW, Indian Ocean; ISEW, South China Sea; China, People's Rep.; Middle East; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1022-4
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Presidential Libraries Act and the Establishment of Presidential Libraries
AN  - 925721422; 2011-181221
AB  - This report details the legislative history of the Presidential Libraries Act. The report then provides information on existing library facilities and their locations. It also analyzes legislative options for the act, including increasing endowment requirements for the library foundations and clearly delineating the relationship between NARA and the libraries' supporting organizations. Congress, for example, might consider consolidating the libraries into one centralized location or could attempt to create standards for the historical exhibits at the libraries. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 1 2011, 24 pp.
AU  - Ginsberg, Wendy R
AU  - Lunder, Erika K
Y1  - 2011/12/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Education and education policy - Libraries
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Philanthropy
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Endowments
KW  - Presidents
KW  - History
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Foundations
KW  - Location
KW  - Standards
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R41513.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41513
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Web Archiving at the Library of Congress
AN  - 919899959; 201201413
AB  - The Library of Congress' (LC) National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) was created to develop a national strategy to collect and preserve significant digital content that can be accessed by current and future generations. The LC also embarked on an initiative to address the issue of preservation and access to born-digital content after it became evident that a lot of material usually collected in print form by the LC was appearing only online. The result was MINERVA (Mapping the INternet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive), now known as The Library of Congress Web Archives. The article outlines a number of social, technological, and legal challenges involved with web archiving that the LC faces. It also looks at what the future holds for web archiving at the LC. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Computers in Libraries
AU  - Grotke, Abbie
AD  - Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress abgr@loc.gov
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 15
EP  - 19
PB  - Information Today, Medford NJ
VL  - 31
IS  - 10
SN  - 1041-7915, 1041-7915
KW  - Web sites
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Preservation
KW  - Digital archives
KW  - article
KW  - 9.15: TECHNICAL SERVICES - PRESERVATION
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Web sites; Digital archives; Preservation; Library of Congress
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influence of local physical events on picophytoplankton spatial and temporal dynamics in South Australian continental shelf waters
AN  - 918065626; 16150334
AB  - We investigated the space-time dynamics of picophytoplankton in South Australian continental shelf waters from February 2008 to January 2009, focusing on localized physical events. We discriminated six picophytoplankton populations by flow cytometry, including Synechococcus (SYN1, SYN2), Prochlorococcus (PROC1, PROC2) and small and large picoeukaryotes (EUKS, EUKL). Local physical events observed included downwelling and dense waters outflowing from a nearby gulf in winter-early spring 2008, upwelling in summer and early spring 2008 and eddy formation in January 2009. Each population responded differently to these events, which resulted in up to four orders of magnitude changes in their abundances. Population-specific hotspots reflected a succession of distinct dominant communities associated with the strength of upwelling events, changes in fluorescence maximum depths and local downwelling and mixing processes. The unexpected high abundances and local dominance of Prochlorococcus in summer reflected the possible influence of eastward and westward current transports and the presence of a High-Light (PROC1)- and Low-Light (PROC2)-adapted ecotypes. This study highlights the role of localized physical events in the dominance of all three picophytoplankton groups that may be critical for the high productivity of the study region, and suggests the importance of hydroclimatic forcing for inter-annual changes in picophytoplankton communities.
JF  - Journal of Plankton Research
AU  - van Dongen-Vogels, Virginie
AU  - Seymour, Justin R
AU  - Middleton, John F
AU  - Mitchell, Jim G
AU  - Seuront, Laurent
AD  - 1 School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, vand0267@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 1825
EP  - 1841
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 33
IS  - 12
SN  - 0142-7873, 0142-7873
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - picophytoplankton
KW  - spatial and temporal dynamics
KW  - coastal upwelling and downwelling
KW  - chlorophyll fluorescence maximum
KW  - South Australia
KW  - Dense water
KW  - Fluorescence
KW  - Downwelling
KW  - Upwelling
KW  - Hot spots
KW  - Picoplankton
KW  - Synechococcus
KW  - Phytoplankton
KW  - Succession
KW  - Dominance
KW  - Flow cytometry
KW  - Ecotypes
KW  - Australia
KW  - Mixing processes
KW  - Prochlorococcus
KW  - Plankton
KW  - Q1 08461:Plankton
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - O 1080:Multi-disciplinary Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Flow cytometry; Dense water; Downwelling; Ecotypes; Hot spots; Upwelling; Picoplankton; Phytoplankton; Mixing processes; Fluorescence; Succession; Plankton; Dominance; Synechococcus; Prochlorococcus; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr077
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Variability in aggressiveness of Quambalaria pitereka isolates
AN  - 915492567; 16112871
AB  - Quambalaria shoot blight, caused by the fungal pathogen Quambalaria pitereka, is a serious disease of eucalypt plantations in Australia. The aggressiveness of four Q. pitereka isolates was compared on a range of host genera, species, provenances and clones. Isolates differed substantially in their aggressiveness, with two consistently showing higher levels of aggressiveness based on incidence and severity of disease and lesion size. Isolates derived from Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata (Ccv) and C. torelliana were shown to have a relatively restricted host range, with lesions but no sporulation found on Eucalyptus species, Angophora species other than A. costata and Corymbia species other than Ccv, the host of origin. The level of aggressiveness toward the different provenances of spotted gum and C. torelliana varied between isolates and there was evidence of some isolatehost interaction within provenances of Ccv. The two methods of inoculation used in this study, spray and spot inoculation, gave similar results. However, the fact that the spot inoculation method was labour-intensive was a disadvantage limiting the numbers of isolates and hosts that can be tested.
JF  - Plant Pathology
AU  - Pegg, G S
AU  - Shuey, L S
AU  - Carnegie, A J
AU  - Wingfield, MJ
AU  - Drenth, A
AD  - Horticulture and Forestry Science, Agri-Science Queensland, GPO Box 46, Brisbane, Qld 4068
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 1107
EP  - 1117
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 60
IS  - 6
SN  - 0032-0862, 0032-0862
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Host range
KW  - Inoculation
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Shoot blight
KW  - Sporulation
KW  - Eucalyptus
KW  - A 01360:Plant Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Host range; Sporulation; Inoculation; Shoot blight; Pathogens; Plantations; Eucalyptus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02478.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the impacts of biodiversity offset policies
AN  - 912919580; 16077472
AB  - In response to the increasing loss of native vegetation and biodiversity, a growing number of countries have adopted "offsetting" policies that seek to balance local habitat destruction by restoring, enhancing and/or protecting similar but separate habitat. Although these policies often have a stated aim of producing a "net gain" or "no net loss" in environmental benefits, it is challenging to determine the potential impacts of a policy and if, or when, it will achieve its objectives. In this paper we address these questions with a general approach that uses predictive modelling under uncertainty to quantify the ecological impacts of different offset policies. This is demonstrated with a case study to the west of Melbourne, Australia where a proposed expansion of Melbourne's urban growth boundary would result in a loss of endangered native grassland, requiring offsets to be implemented as compensation. Three different offset policies were modelled: i) no restrictions on offset location, ii) offset locations spatially restricted to a strategically defined area and iii) offset locations spatially and temporally restricted, requiring all offsets to be implemented before commencing development. The ecological impact of the policies was determined with a system model that predicts future changes in the extent and condition of native grassland. The case study demonstrates how relative and absolute policy performance can be quantified in relation to best and worst-case scenarios. The study also shows that the ecological benefits of being temporally and spatially strategic in choosing offsets locations are substantially greater than being spatially strategic alone. We also show that even with considerable uncertainties in the system model predicting future grassland condition, the performance of the three offset policies can still be differentiated. Finally, we show the extent to which a policy achieves a "net gain" is dependent on the baseline against which policy performance is measured. The quantitative framework presented here can also be used to evaluate other offset policies or extended to deal with different types of environmental policies.
JF  - Environmental Modelling & Software
AU  - Gordon, Ascelin
AU  - Langford, William T
AU  - Todd, James A
AU  - White, Matt D
AU  - Mullerworth, Daniel W
AU  - Bekessy, Sarah A
AD  - School of Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia, ascelin.gordon@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 1481
EP  - 1488
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 26
IS  - 12
SN  - 1364-8152, 1364-8152
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Policy modelling
KW  - Biodiversity offsets
KW  - Grassland
KW  - Habitat quality
KW  - Conservation planning
KW  - Global sensitivity analysis
KW  - Uncertainty
KW  - case studies
KW  - Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
KW  - Grasslands
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - urban sprawl
KW  - prediction models
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 05:Environmental Design & Urban Ecology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - case studies; Computer programs; Grasslands; urban sprawl; prediction models; Vegetation; Biological diversity; Habitat; Environmental policy; Australia, Victoria, Melbourne; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.021
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ecotoxicological assessment of a polyelectrolyte flocculant
AN  - 911162146; 16002168
AB  - Flocculant blocks are commonly used as a component of (passive) water treatment systems to reduce suspended sediment loads in the water column. This study investigated the potential for aquatic biological impacts of a flocculant block formulation that contained an anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) active ingredient and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) based carrier. The toxicity of the whole flocculant block was assessed and the individual components of the block were also tested separately. Five Northern Australian tropical freshwater species (i.e. Chlorella sp. Lemna aequinoctialis, Hydra viridissima, Moinodaphnia macleayi and Mogurnda mogurnda) were exposed to a range of concentrations of the whole flocculant block, and of the individual PAM and PEG components. The concentration of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in solution was used to provide a measure of the total amount of PAM and PEG present. An extremely wide range of toxic responses were found, with the flocculant blocks being essentially non-toxic to the duckweed, fish and algae (IC50>1880mgl-1CTOC, IC10>460mgl-1CTOC), slightly toxic to the hydra (IC50=610-2180mgl-1CTOC, IC10=80-60mgl-1CTOC) and significantly more toxic to the cladoceran (IC50=10mgl-1CTOC, IC10=4mgl-1CTOC). More detailed investigation of the two components indicated that the PAM was the primary "toxicant" in the flocculant blocks. Derived Protective Concentrations (PCs) for the flocculant blocks, expressed as equivalent TOC concentrations, were found to be lower than typically measured natural environmental concentrations of TOC. It will thus be possible to use TOC as measure of the concentration of PAM only in those situations where lower levels of ecosystem protection (i.e. higher PCs) are applicable.
JF  - Water Research
AU  - Harford, Andrew J
AU  - Hogan, Alicia C
AU  - Jones, David R
AU  - van Dam, Rick A
AD  - Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS), Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, GPO Box 461, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801, Australia, andrew.harford@environment.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/12/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 01
SP  - 6393
EP  - 6402
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 45
IS  - 19
SN  - 0043-1354, 0043-1354
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Anions
KW  - Coagulants
KW  - Toxicants
KW  - Toxicity tests
KW  - Water column
KW  - Cladocera
KW  - Lemna aequinoctialis
KW  - Resuspended sediments
KW  - Flocculants
KW  - Algae
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Aquatic plants
KW  - Animal physiology
KW  - Suspended Load
KW  - Hydra
KW  - Water Pollution Effects
KW  - Polyelectrolytes
KW  - Fish
KW  - Hydra viridissima
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Total organic carbon
KW  - total organic carbon
KW  - Australia
KW  - Duckweed
KW  - Polyethylene glycol
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Chlorella
KW  - Moinodaphnia macleayi
KW  - Bioaccumulation
KW  - water column
KW  - Sediment load
KW  - K 03410:Animal Diseases
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms
KW  - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Anions; Bioaccumulation; Water treatment; Total organic carbon; Aquatic plants; Animal physiology; Sediment load; Toxicity; Toxicity tests; Toxicants; Freshwater environments; total organic carbon; Polyelectrolytes; Polyethylene glycol; Sediments; Water column; Flocculants; Algae; Resuspended sediments; Coagulants; water column; Fish; Assessments; Water Pollution Effects; Suspended Load; Duckweed; Chlorella; Lemna aequinoctialis; Moinodaphnia macleayi; Hydra viridissima; Hydra; Cladocera; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Modelling the potential transport of tropical fish larvae in the Leeuwin Current
AN  - 911158211; 16086021
AB  - Application of an individual-based particle tracking model to the migration of tropical fish larvae along the continental shelf between the Houtman Abrolhos Islands and Rottnest Island (Western Australia) has shown that there is potential for the southwards advection of passive particles/larvae in the Leeuwin Current system throughout the year. However, seasonal variations in the prevailing wind field result in corresponding seasonal changes in the surface current flow (both alongshore and cross-shelf) on the continental shelf, leading to a pulse of modelled particles arriving at Rottnest Island during the autumn months. This matches, within a month, the observed April/May peak in annual recruitment of 2 species of damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus and A. vaigiensis), at the time when the Leeuwin Current is strengthening. It is assumed that the larvae are in the uppermost 20m of the water column and that there are no vertical diurnal movements.The model has a 10km grid spacing, and so can resolve some of the current gradients across the continental shelf. Comparison of the modelled near-surface currents with ADCP measurements at 2 current mooring sites as well as with a broader range of historical current measurements off south-western Australia indicates that the alongshore net transport is reasonably well reproduced by the model, whereas agreement with the cross-shelf flow is not as good (this may be partly attributed to the paucity of high-quality near-surface current measurements in the area of study). Because of limitations in our knowledge of the swimming ability, choice of swimming direction and habitat selection of larval fish, as well as the inability of the model to reproduce the small-scale circulation around Rottnest Island, the swimming capacity of the late-stage larval fish is not specifically included; they are considered as potential settlers once they have reached within 20km of the Island.The observed inter-annual variability in recruitment is not as well matched by the model as is the seasonal pattern, but this is almost certainly due to uncertainties in biological factors such as spawning strength, food and predation en route, which are not known.The modelled results are also applied to a more general discussion of the transport of eggs and larvae of commercial fish and invertebrate species on the Western Australian continental shelf, and it is shown that the seasonality and position on the shelf of the spawning may play a large role in the movement (and hence survival and ultimate recruitment) of different species.
JF  - Continental Shelf Research
AU  - Pearce, A
AU  - Slawinski, D
AU  - Feng, M
AU  - Hutchins, B
AU  - Fearns, P
AD  - Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, alanpearce@iinet.net.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 2018
EP  - 2040
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 31
IS  - 19-20
SN  - 0278-4343, 0278-4343
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Acoustic current meters
KW  - Food
KW  - Fish eggs
KW  - Predation
KW  - Survival
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Habitat selection
KW  - Biological drift
KW  - spawning
KW  - Migration
KW  - Fish larvae
KW  - Eggs
KW  - Water column
KW  - Models
KW  - Abudefduf sexfasciatus
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Islands
KW  - Continental shelves
KW  - recruitment
KW  - ISW, Indian Ocean, Leeuwin Current
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Wind
KW  - Australia, Western Australia, Rottnest I.
KW  - Swimming
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Larvae
KW  - Tropical fish
KW  - tropical fishes
KW  - Spawning
KW  - Tracking
KW  - Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Australia, Western Australia, Houtman Abrolhos Is.
KW  - Fish
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - Q1 08567:Fishery oceanography and limnology
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 4
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Acoustic current meters; Fish eggs; Continental shelves; Recruitment; Tropical fish; Biological drift; Seasonal variations; Fish larvae; Tracking; Swimming; Food; Predation; Survival; Spawning; Habitat selection; Migration; Water column; Eggs; Models; Islands; Wind; Sulfur dioxide; Larvae; recruitment; Fish; tropical fishes; Particulates; spawning; Abudefduf sexfasciatus; Australia, Western Australia, Rottnest I.; Australia, Western Australia, Houtman Abrolhos Is.; ISW, Indian Ocean, Leeuwin Current; Australia, Western Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dietary responses of the brackish cladoceran Daphniopsis australis fed on different algal species
AN  - 911157614; 16059033
AB  - The effect of algal species on the life history of the euryhaline cladoceran, Daphniopsis australis was investigated under laboratory conditions. Three algal species, Tetraselmis suecica (T), Nannochloropsis oculata (N) and Isochrysis tahitian (I) were used to form three mono-alga species and four multi-algae species (TN, IN, IT and ITN) to feed D. australis. The type of algal species significantly affected the life history of D. australis at both individual and population levels. The mono-alga T. suecica enhanced animal longevity and reproductive output but hampered animal body growth. In contrast, the mono-alga N. oculata and I. tahitian resulted in the highest growth rate of D. australis while the multi-algae IN reduced the age at first reproduction with a possible cause of high carbon contents in the N. oculata and I. tahitian diets. The mono-alga I. tahitian led to the shortest longevity and poorest reproduction output. Egg development was the fastest when animals fed on mono-algal species but was delayed by feeding animals on multi-algal species. The animals fed on the mono-algal species T. suecica showed the highest net reproduction (Ro) and the longest generation time (GT) while those fed on the mono-algal diet I. tahitian exhibited the lowest Ro and the shortest GT. The intrinsic growth rate was the highest when the animals fed either on the mono-alga T. suecica or on the multi-algae IN. This study indicates that species composition of algae in the diet can affect development, growth and reproduction of D. australis and thereby influence the population dynamic of cladocerans living in heterogeneous food environments.
JF  - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
AU  - Ismail, Hasnun N
AU  - Qin, Jian G
AU  - Seuront, Laurent
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia, jian.qin@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 01
SP  - 275
EP  - 282
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 409
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0022-0981, 0022-0981
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Age
KW  - Food
KW  - Tetraselmis suecica
KW  - Development
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Species Composition
KW  - Cladocera
KW  - Carbon
KW  - Isochrysis
KW  - Population levels
KW  - Species composition
KW  - Algae
KW  - Diets
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Marine
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Daphniopsis
KW  - Embryonic development
KW  - Longevity
KW  - Life history
KW  - Nannochloropsis oculata
KW  - Feeding experiments
KW  - Reproduction
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q1 08442:Population dynamics
KW  - K 03450:Ecology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 3
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Embryonic development; Feeding experiments; Population dynamics; Species Composition; Longevity; Diets; Feeding; Age; Food; Development; Life history; Carbon; Reproduction; Species composition; Population levels; Algae; Isochrysis; Nannochloropsis oculata; Daphniopsis; Tetraselmis suecica; Cladocera; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Impact of ultrasonic pre-treatment on the microfiltration of a biologically treated municipal effluent
AN  - 911157436; 16086078
AB  - Biologically treated municipal effluent contains a wide range of organic components which play important roles in fouling filtration membranes. The effect of ultrasound (US) on feed pre-treatment for fouling mitigation in the microfiltration (MF) of an activated sludge-lagoon effluent was investigated at lab-scale. Two minutes sonication of the feed led to reduced irreversible membrane fouling, with an increase in flux recovery of 30%. However, considerable reduction in membrane permeability was observed. The coupling of US pre-treatment with Al3+-based coagulation improved the permeate flux more than using coagulation alone. This was attributed to the fragmentation of the particles and altered physico-chemical properties of the effluent organic matter, particularly biopolymers, after sonication leading to enhanced coagulation and hence the formation of a cake layer with less hydraulic filtration resistance.
JF  - Desalination
AU  - Hakata, Yoko
AU  - Roddick, Felicity
AU  - Fan, Linhua
AD  - School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, felicity.roddick@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 01
SP  - 75
EP  - 79
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 283
SN  - 0011-9164, 0011-9164
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Membrane Processes
KW  - Physicochemical Properties
KW  - Municipal wastes
KW  - Fouling
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Coagulation
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - Effluents
KW  - Filtration
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - biopolymers
KW  - Feeds
KW  - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fouling; Filtration; Membranes; Coagulation; Organic matter; Municipal wastes; Effluents; biopolymers; Feeds; Physicochemical Properties; Membrane Processes; Fluctuations
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.032
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Production of fuel ethanol from bamboo by concentrated sulfuric acid hydrolysis followed by continuous ethanol fermentation
AN  - 904499619; 15950547
AB  - An efficient process for the production of fuel ethanol from bamboo that consisted of hydrolysis with concentrated sulfuric acid, removal of color compounds, separation of acid and sugar, hydrolysis of oligosaccharides and subsequent continuous ethanol fermentation was developed. The highest sugar recovery efficiency was 81.6% when concentrated sulfuric acid hydrolysis was carried out under the optimum conditions. Continuous separation of acid from the saccharified liquid after removal of color compounds with activated carbon was conducted using an improved simulated moving bed (ISMB) system, and 98.4% of sugar and 90.5% of acid were recovered. After oligosaccharide hydrolysis and pH adjustment, the unsterilized saccharified liquid was subjected to continuous ethanol fermentation using Saccharomycescerevisiae strain KF-7. The ethanol concentration, the fermentation yield based on glucose and the ethanol productivity were approximately 27.2 g/l, 92.0% and 8.2 g/l/h, respectively. These results suggest that the process is effective for production of fuel ethanol from bamboo.
JF  - Bioresource Technology
AU  - Sun, Zhao-Yong
AU  - Tang, Yue-Qin
AU  - Iwanaga, Tomohiro
AU  - Sho, Tomohiro
AU  - Kida, Kenji
AD  - Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan, kida@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 10929
EP  - 10935
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 102
IS  - 23
SN  - 0960-8524, 0960-8524
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Bamboo
KW  - Bioethanol
KW  - Concentrated sulfuric acid hydrolysis
KW  - Simulated moving bed
KW  - Continuous ethanol fermentation
KW  - Sugar
KW  - Color removal
KW  - oligosaccharides
KW  - Fermentation
KW  - Activated carbon
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Glucose
KW  - Carbon (activated)
KW  - Hydrolysis
KW  - Color
KW  - Sulfuric acid
KW  - pH effects
KW  - pH
KW  - Ethanol
KW  - A 01320:Microbial Degradation
KW  - W 30945:Fermentation & Cell Culture
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sugar; oligosaccharides; Fermentation; Fuels; Glucose; Sulfuric acid; Carbon (activated); pH effects; Hydrolysis; Color; Ethanol; Color removal; Activated carbon; pH
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.071
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Application of machine learning methods to spatial interpolation of environmental variables
AN  - 1777126992; 16077451
AB  - Machine learning methods, like random forest (RF), have shown their superior performance in various disciplines, but have not been previously applied to the spatial interpolation of environmental variables. In this study, we compared the performance of 23 methods, including RF, support vector machine (SVM), ordinary kriging (OK), inverse distance squared (IDS), and their combinations (i.e., RFOK, RFIDS, SVMOK and SVMIDS), using mud content samples in the southwest Australian margin. We also tested the sensitivity of the combined methods to input variables and the accuracy of averaging predictions of the most accurate methods. The accuracy of the methods was assessed using a 10-fold cross-validation. The spatial patterns of the predictions of the most accurate methods were also visually examined for their validity. This study confirmed the effectiveness of RF, in particular its combination with OK or IDS, and also confirmed the sensitivity of RF and its combined methods to the input variables. Averaging the predictions of the most accurate methods showed no significant improvement in the predictive accuracy. Visual examination proved to be an essential step in assessing the spatial predictions. This study has opened an alternative source of methods for spatial interpolation of environmental properties.
JF  - Environmental Modelling & Software
AU  - Li, Jin
AU  - Heap, Andrew D
AU  - Potter, Anna
AU  - Daniell, James J
AD  - Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 1647
EP  - 1659
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 26
IS  - 12
SN  - 1364-8152, 1364-8152
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Computer and Information Systems Abstracts (CI); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Geostatistics
KW  - Kriging
KW  - Random forest
KW  - Spatially continuous variable
KW  - Spatial prediction
KW  - Support vector machine
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Inverse
KW  - Support vector machines
KW  - Radio frequencies
KW  - Accuracy
KW  - Machine learning
KW  - Visual
KW  - Interpolation
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Accurately simulating the production of radiotherapy portal images using non-zero beam angles
AN  - 1744709948; 16146997
AB  - In this study, the delivery and portal imaging of one square-field and one conformal radiotherapy treatment was simulated using the Monte Carlo codes BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc. The treatment fields were delivered to a humanoid phantom from different angles by a 6 MV photon beam linear accelerator, with an amorphous-silicon electronic portal imaging device (a-Si EPID) used to provide images of the phantom generated by each field. The virtual phantom preparation code CTCombine was used to combine a computed-tomography-derived model of the irradiated phantom with a simple, rectilinear model of the a-Si EPID, at each beam angle used in the treatment. Comparison of the resulting experimental and simulated a-Si EPID images showed good agreement, within gamma (3%, 3 mm), indicating that this method may be useful in providing accurate Monte Carlo predictions of clinical a-Si EPID images, for use in the verification of complex radiotherapy treatments.
JF  - Radiation Measurements
AU  - Kairn, T
AU  - Warne, D
AU  - Kenny, J
AU  - Dwyer, M
AD  - Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia kairn@physics.org
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 1967
EP  - 1970
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 12
SN  - 1350-4487, 1350-4487
KW  - Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts (SO); Advanced Polymers Abstracts (EP); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Composites Industry Abstracts (ED); Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics (EC)
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - EPID
KW  - Medical imaging
KW  - Radiation therapy
KW  - Beams (radiation)
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Monte Carlo methods
KW  - Radiotherapy
KW  - Images
KW  - Imaging
KW  - Humanoid
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Visualisation of hydrological observations in the water data transfer format
AN  - 1671496187; 16077440
AB  - The Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have developed a Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) to support the water industry to share and deliver water data to the Bureau as required under the Water Regulations 2008. The data in WDTF is stored into database through a data ingestion process. Until the data ingestion program is completed, there is no standard way to view data of WDTF. The Visualisation Tool is intended to serve the purpose of viewing and inspecting WDTF data in the interim for quality control. This tool also allows the user to explore WDTF (and in the future WaterML) data, including plotting and comparing both time series data and ratings and gauging data.
JF  - Environmental Modelling & Software
AU  - Kao, Spenser
AU  - Ranatunga, Kemachandra
AU  - Squire, Geoffrey
AU  - Pratt, Andrew
AU  - Dee, Dovey
AD  - Data Interoperability Unit, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289 Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 1767
EP  - 1769
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 26
IS  - 12
SN  - 1364-8152, 1364-8152
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Computer and Information Systems Abstracts (CI); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Hydrological data
KW  - Visualisation tool
KW  - Data transfer
KW  - WDTF
KW  - Databases
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - Format
KW  - Data transfer (computers)
KW  - Ratings
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Ingestion
KW  - Tools
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigation of stereotactic radiotherapy dose using dosimetry film and Monte Carlo simulations
AN  - 1671426190; 16147014
AB  - This study uses dosimetry film measurements and Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the accuracy of type-a (pencil-beam) dose calculations for predicting the radiation doses delivered during stereotactic radiotherapy treatments of the brain. It is shown that when evaluating doses in a water phantom, the type-a algorithm provides dose predictions which are accurate to within clinically relevant criteria, gamma (3%,3 mm), but these predictions are nonetheless subtly different from the results of evaluating doses from the same fields using radiochromic film and Monte Carlo simulations. An analysis of a clinical meningioma treatment suggests that when predicting stereotactic radiotherapy doses to the brain, the inaccuracies of the type-a algorithm can be exacerbated by inadequate evaluation of the effects of nearby bone or air, resulting in dose differences of up to 10% for individual fields. The results of this study indicate the possible advantage of using Monte Carlo calculations, as well as measurements with high-spatial-resolution media, to verify type-a predictions of dose delivered in cranial treatments.
JF  - Radiation Measurements
AU  - Kairn, T
AU  - Crowe, S
AU  - Kenny, J
AU  - Trapp, J V
AD  - Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia kairn@physics.org
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 1985
EP  - 1988
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 12
SN  - 1350-4487, 1350-4487
KW  - Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts (SO); Advanced Polymers Abstracts (EP); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Composites Industry Abstracts (ED); Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics (EC)
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - Dosimetry
KW  - Pencil-beam
KW  - Radiochromic film
KW  - Stereotactic radiosurgery
KW  - Monte Carlo methods
KW  - Dosimeters
KW  - Brain
KW  - Algorithms
KW  - Radiotherapy
KW  - Mathematical analysis
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.06.024
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Measuring adolescent well-being: the development of a standardized measure for adolescents participating in orphans and vulnerable children programming
AN  - 1417521879; 201306778
AB  - Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programs in developing countries aim to improve overall well-being of OVC. However, traditional OVC development programs cover multiple programmatic areas (i.e., health, economic, education), and measuring the net effects of these interventions on a child has been exceptionally difficult at the field level. To improve monitoring and evaluation of OVC programs, the authors used a scientific process to develop a self-reported OVC Well-being Tool (OWT), for adolescents aged 13-18 years. The OWT was piloted through a five-country Catholic Relief Services OVC project to 890 adolescents and was validated against the Children's Hope Scale and evaluation survey data. Advanced statistical analyses, along with feedback from the pilot countries, were used to further refine the OWT. The resulting tool is 36 questions long and takes approximately 20 minutes to administer. Results can be used to monitor OVC programs over time, identify trends, and actively engage OVC in the monitoring of the projects. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
AU  - Senefeld, Shannon
AU  - Strasser, Susan
AU  - Campbell, James
AU  - Perrin, Paul
AD  - Program Quality and Support Department, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, MD, USA shannon.senefeld@crs.org
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 346
EP  - 359
PB  - Routledge/Taylor & Francis, UK
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SN  - 1745-0128, 1745-0128
KW  - Well Being
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Health Education
KW  - Children
KW  - Child Care Services
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - article
KW  - 8309: international issues in social work
KW  - 6143: child & family welfare
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adolescents; Children; Well Being; Vulnerability; Orphans; Child Care Services; Health Education; Economic Development; Developing Countries
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2011.635722
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antitubercular Drug Resistance in Four Healthcare Facilities in North India
AN  - 1257859816; 16489674
AB  - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public-health problem in India, having the highest number of incident and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB cases. The study was carried out to appraise the prevalence of first-line anti-TB drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and its patterns among different types of TB patients from different settings in a province of North India. Of 3,704 clinical specimens, 345 (9.3%) were culturepositive, and drug-susceptibility testing was carried out for 301 MTB strains. A high level of primary and acquired drug resistance of MTB was observed in the region studied, with weighted mean of 10.5% and 28.08%, 12.81% and 29.72%, 17.12% and 29.94%, 11.97% and 27.84%, and 10.74% and 23.54% for rifampicin, isoniazid, streptomycin, ethambutol-resistant and MDR cases respectively. Drug resistance was significantly higher in pulmonary (p=0.014) and acquired drug-resistant TB cases (p<0.001). Any drug resistance (p=0.002) and MDR TB were significantly (p=0.009) associated with HIV-seropositive cases. An urgent plan is needed to continuously monitor the transmission trends of drug-resistant strains, especially MDR-TB strains, in the region.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Gupta, Anamika
AU  - Mathuria, Jitendra Prasad
AU  - Singh, Surya Kumar
AU  - Gulati, Anil Kumar
AU  - Anupurba, Shampa
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 583
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Health care
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - India
KW  - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW  - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW  - H 4000:Food and Drugs
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 39
N1  - Last updated - 2013-01-11
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Health care; Drug resistance; Tuberculosis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; India
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing Awareness Level about Warning Signs of Cancer and its Determinants in an Iranian General Population
AN  - 1093431899; 16489683
AB  - The present study was aimed at investigating the awareness level about warning signs of cancer and its determinants in an Iranian general population. This cross-sectional interview-based survey investigated 2,500 people aged 18 years and over, as a representative sample of Tehran population. Latent class regression was applied for analyzing data. A small (18.8%) proportion of the respondents had high level of knowledge, and 54.5% had moderate awareness, and 26.7% had low level of awareness. Most effective predictors for awareness were educational attainment, sex, and marital status. The findings suggest that the overall level of knowledge about warning signs of cancer among the public is low, particularly about some specific signs. Accordingly, educational and intervention programmes, with special attention placed on particular at-risk populations, to increase awareness about the disease leading to its early diagnosis are needed.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Feizi, Awat
AU  - Kazemnejad, Anoshirvan
AU  - Hosseini, Mohsen
AU  - Parsa-yekta, Zohreh
AU  - Jamali, Jamshid
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 656
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Iran, Tehran
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Cancer
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Number of references - 20
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Intervention; Marriage; Cancer; Iran, Tehran
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy
AN  - 1081891127; 2011-295158
AB  - The 2007-2009 recession was long and deep, and according to several indicators was the most severe economic contraction since the 1930s (but still much less severe than the Great Depression). The slowdown of economic activity was moderate through the first half of 2008, but at that point the weakening economy was overtaken by a major financial crisis that would exacerbate the economic weakness and accelerate the decline. Evidence suggests that the process of economic recovery began in mid-2009 -- Real gross domestic product (GDP) has been on a positive track since then, although the pace has been uneven and relatively weak. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Dec 1 2011, 22 pp.
AU  - Elwell, Craig K
Y1  - 2011/12/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Dec 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Finance
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Economics
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - book
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N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41332
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Vocal characteristics of pygmy blue whales and their change over time
AN  - 1038112305; 201212108
AB  - Vocal characteristics of pygmy blue whales of the eastern Indian Ocean population were analyzed using data from a hydroacoustic station deployed off Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty monitoring network, from two acoustic observatories of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, and from individual sea noise loggers deployed in the Perth Canyon. These data have been collected from 2002 to 2010, inclusively. It is shown that the themes of pygmy blue whale songs consist of ether three or two repeating tonal sounds with harmonics. The most intense sound of the tonal theme was estimated to correspond to a source level of 179+/-2 dB re 1mPa at 1 m measured for 120 calls from seven different animals. Short-duration calls of impulsive downswept sound from pygmy blue whales were weaker with the source level estimated to vary between 168 to 176 dB. A gradual decrease in the call frequency with a mean rate estimated to be 0.35 +/- 0.3 Hz/year was observed over nine years in the frequency of the third harmonic of tonal sound 2 in the whale song theme, which corresponds to a negative trend of about 0.12 Hz/year in the call fundamental frequency. [Copyright Acoustical Society of America.]
JF  - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
AU  - Gavrilov, Alexander N
AU  - McCauley, Robert D
AU  - Salgado-Kent, Chandra
AU  - Tripovich, Joy
AU  - Burton, Chris
AD  - Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University of Technology, G.P.O. Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia a.gavrilov@cmst.curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 3651
EP  - 3660
VL  - 130
IS  - 6
SN  - 0001-4966, 0001-4966
KW  - Animal Communication (03150)
KW  - Whales (96680)
KW  - article
KW  - 5811: nonverbal communication; animal/interspecies communication
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LA  - English
DB  - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JASMAN
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Whales (96680); Animal Communication (03150)
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pushing the Agenda: Presidential Leadership in U.S. Lawmaking, 1953-2004
AN  - 1030864264; 201217164
JF  - Presidential Studies Quarterly
AU  - Relyea, Harold C
AU  - Relyea, Harold C
AD  - Congressional Research Service (ret.)
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 844
EP  - 845
PB  - Blackwell Publishing, Malden MA
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
SN  - 0360-4918, 0360-4918
KW  - article
KW  - 9001: history and theory; political history/historiography
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - SuppNotes - Edition date: 2010.
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5705.2011.03924.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lactoferrin for the Prevention of Post-antibiotic Diarrhoea
AN  - 1020840573; 16489670
AB  - Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Older individuals in long-term care facilities are particularly vulnerable due to multisystem illnesses and the prevailing conditions for nosocomial infections. Lactoferrin, an antimicrobial protein in human breastmilk, was tested to determine whether it would prevent or reduce AAD, including Clostridium difficile in tube-fed long-term care patients. Thirty patients were enrolled in a randomized double-blind study, testing eight weeks of human recombinant lactoferrin compared to placebo for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in long-term care patients. Fewer patients in the lactoferrin group experienced diarrhoea compared to controls (p=0.023). Based on the findings, it is concluded that human lactoferrin may reduce post-antibiotic diarrhoea.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Laffan, Alison M
AU  - McKenzie, Robin
AU  - Forti, Jennifer
AU  - Conklin, Dawn
AU  - Marcinko, Richard
AU  - Shrestha, Ruchee
AU  - Bellantoni, Michele
AU  - Greenough, William B, III
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 547
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Antimicrobial agents
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Nosocomial infection
KW  - lactoferrin
KW  - Clostridium difficile
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Number of references - 13
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; Diarrhea; Nosocomial infection; lactoferrin; Morbidity; Antimicrobial agents; Clostridium difficile
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Trends in Pneumonia and Influenza-associated Hospitalizations in South Korea, 2002-2005
AN  - 1014109033; 16489684
AB  - Pneumonia and influenza are leading causes of morbidity and mortality across the globe. Korea has established the national health-insurance system to cover the entire Korean population since 1989. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiologic trends in pneumonia and influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths using the Korean National Health Insurance databases and national vital statistics. During 2002-2005, 989,472 hospitalizations and 10,543 deaths due to pneumonia and influenza were recorded. Eighty-one percent of the hospitalizations were related to diagnoses with unspecified aetiology. The average annual rate of hospitalizations due to pneumonia and influenza was 5.2 per 1,000 people [95% confidence interval (CI) 5.2-5.3], and the hospitalization rate increased by 28% (from 4.5 to 5.8 per 1,000 people) during the four-year study period. In addition, deaths due to pneumonia and influenza increased by 48% (2,829 during 2003, 3,522 during 2004, and 4,192 during 2005). Overall, the national burden of hospitalizations and deaths due to pneumonia and influenza in Korea was high, and it increased for all age-groups during the study period. A comprehensive review of potential interventions by the government authorities should aim to reduce the burden of pneumonia and influenza.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Kim, Soon Ae
AU  - Kilgore, Paul E
AU  - Lee, Sang-Yi
AU  - Nyambat, Batmunkh
AU  - Ki, Moran
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 574
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Virology & AIDS Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Vital statistics
KW  - Intervention
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Influenza
KW  - Databases
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Korea, Rep.
KW  - Pneumonia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - V 22400:Human Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 37
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Influenza; Mortality; Databases; Statistics; Reviews; Morbidity; Pneumonia; Vital statistics; Intervention; Insurance; Korea, Rep.
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - From Cholera to Burns: A Role for Oral Rehydration Therapy
AN  - 1011204273; 16489681
AB  - According to the practice guidelines of the American Burn Association on burn shock resuscitation, intravenous (IV) fluid therapy is the standard of care for the replacement of fluid and electrolyte losses in burn injury of greater than or equal to 20% of the total body surface area. However, in mass burn casualties, IV fluid resuscitation may be delayed or unavailable. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT), which has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of dehydration in epidemics of cholera, could be an alternate way to replace fluid losses in burns. A prospective case series of three patients was carried out as an initial step to establish whether oral Ceralyte registered 90 could replace fluid losses requiring IV fluid therapy in thermal injury. The requirement of the continuing IV fluid therapy was reduced by an average of 58% in the first 24 hours after the injury (range 37-78%). ORT may be a feasible alternative to IV fluid therapy in the resuscitation of burns. It could also potentially save many lives in mass casualty situations or in resource-poor settings where IV fluid therapy is not immediately available. Further studies are needed to assess the efficacy of this treatment and to determine whether the present formulations of ORT for cholera need modification.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Milner, S M
AU  - Greenough, W B, III
AU  - Asuku, M E
AU  - Feldman, M
AU  - Makam, R
AU  - Noppenberger, D
AU  - Price, L A
AU  - Prosciak, M
AU  - van Loon, I N
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 648
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Burns
KW  - Cholera
KW  - Diarrhoea
KW  - Hydration
KW  - Oral rehydration therapy
KW  - Prospective studies
KW  - Rehydration
KW  - Shock
KW  - USA
KW  - Intravenous administration
KW  - Thermal injury
KW  - Electrolytes
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - Injuries
KW  - Surface area
KW  - Bacterial diseases
KW  - Therapy
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Dehydration
KW  - Q1 08604:Stock assessment and management
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 25
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Electrolytes; Epidemics; Injuries; Pathogenic bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Therapy; Nutrition; Dehydration; Burns; Thermal injury; Intravenous administration; Rehydration; Shock; Surface area; Cholera
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Differences in using the international commission on radiological protection"s publications 60 and 103 for determining effective dose in paediatric CT examinations
AN  - 1010880737; 16147071
AB  - The use of computed tomography (CT) worldwide is continuing to increase for both adults and children, posing population health risks due to radiation exposure. These risks are highest for children, reducing with age at exposure. Effective dose is a useful parameter for expressing relative risk and comparing dose. In this study, high sensitivity thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLD) were used to measure organ absorbed doses and to calculate effective dose for paediatric CT examinations of the brain, chest and abdomen/pelvis. Formalisms recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in Publications 60 and 103 were assessed. The effective dose computed using ICRP 103 was 22% lower for a CT brain examination, 16% higher for a CT chest examination and 4% lower for a CT abdomen/pelvis examination when compared with the effective dose computed using ICRP 60. These values were compared with effective dose calculated using a dose length product (DLP) conversion method. The DLP derived effective doses were within 30% of the TLD derived effective doses. In summary, the effective dose varies depending on the ICRP definition used, predominantly due to changes in tissue weighting factors. Furthermore, the DLP conversion method is relatively reliable for approximating effective dose and easy to use.
JF  - Radiation Measurements
AU  - Brady, Z
AU  - Cain, T M
AU  - Johnston, P N
AD  - Applied Physics, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, z.brady@alfred.org.au
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - December 2011
SP  - 2031
EP  - 2034
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 46
IS  - 12
SN  - 1350-4487, 1350-4487
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality
KW  - Effective dose
KW  - Paediatric
KW  - Computed tomography
KW  - ICRP
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - International Commissions
KW  - Age
KW  - Thermoluminescence
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Dose-response effects
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Abdomen
KW  - Brain
KW  - Protection
KW  - Publications
KW  - Children
KW  - Organs
KW  - Risk
KW  - Health risks
KW  - Commissions
KW  - Radiation measurements
KW  - Radiation protection
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2015-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-02-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Radiation; Abdomen; Brain; Radiation protection; Risk assessment; Sensitivity; Age; Children; Organs; Thermoluminescence; Health risks; Dose-response effects; Risk factors; Commissions; Computed tomography; Radiation measurements; International Commissions; Risk; Public Health; Exposure; Protection; Publications
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.08.005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bacteriological Quality of Foods and Water Sold by Vendors and in Restaurants in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria: A Comparative Study of Three Microbiological Methods
AN  - 1008834679; 16489672
AB  - Bacterial count in prepared food or water is a key factor in assessing the quality and safety of food. It also reveals the level of hygiene adopted by food handlers in the course of preparation of such foods. This comparative study evaluated the bacteriological quality of food and water consumed in Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria, using three bacteria enumeration methods. Data obtained are assumed to reflect the level of personal and environmental hygiene in the study population. Ten types of foods-beans, yam, abacha, okpa, moimoi, pear, cassava foofoo, rice, agidi, and garri-and 10 water samples were evaluated for bacteriological quality, precisely determining the level of coliform contamination, using the most probable number (MPN), lactose fermentation count (LFC), and Escherichia coli count (ECC) methods. Bacterial counts differed significantly (p<0.05) among the various food samples. However, this did not differ significantly in the three methods used for the enumeration of coliforms, suggesting that any of the three methods could be validly used for such studies with confidence. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the two major coliforms identified among 98 coliform isolates obtained from the various food samples, of which 78 (79.6%) were assumed to be of human origin on account of their ability to grow at 44 degree C. The level of coliform contamination in the food samples from vendors and restaurants (geometric mean count 7.64-9.21; MPN greater than or equal to 50) were above the accepted 104 colony-forming unit/g or MPN less than or equal to 10 limits. The results of the study, therefore, call for stringent supervision and implementation of food-safety practices and regular education on food and personal hygiene among food vendors.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Nkere, Chukwuemeka K
AU  - Ibe, Nnenne I
AU  - Iroegbu, Christian U
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 560
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Nigeria, Enugu
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Coliforms
KW  - Manihot esculenta
KW  - Water sampling
KW  - Fermentation
KW  - Oryza sativa
KW  - Comparative studies
KW  - Education
KW  - Escherichia coli
KW  - Hygiene
KW  - Klebsiella pneumoniae
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 18
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Comparative studies; Education; Coliforms; Water sampling; Fermentation; Hygiene; Manihot esculenta; Escherichia coli; Oryza sativa; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nigeria, Enugu; Nigeria
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessment of Implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness in India
AN  - 1008830720; 16489679
AB  - At the current rate of decline in infant mortality, India is unlikely to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on child survival. Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), adapted from the global Integrated Management of Childhood Illness to enhance the focus on newborns and on community health workers, is the central strategy within the National Reproductive and Child Health Programme to address high infant mortality. This paper assessed the progress of IMNCI in India, identified the programme bottlenecks, and also assessed the effect on coverage of key newborn and childcare practices. Programme data were analyzed to ascertain the implementation status; rapid programme assessment was conducted for identifying the programme bottlenecks; and results of analysis of two rounds of district-level household surveys were used for comparing the change in the coverage of child-health interventions in IMNCI and control districts. More than 200,000 community health workers and first-level healthcare providers were trained during 2005-2009 at a variable pace across 223 districts. Of the reported births (n=1,102,573), 65.5% were visited by a trained worker within 24 hours, and 63.1% were visited three times within 10 days. Poor supervision and inadequate essential supplies affected the performance of trained workers. During 2004-2008, 12 early-implementing districts had covered most key newborn and child practice indicators compared to the control districts; however, the difference was significant only for care-seeking for acute respiratory infection (net difference: 17.8%; 95% confidence interval 2.3-33.2, p<0.026). Based on the early experience of IMNCI implementation in different states of India, measures need to be taken to improve supportive supervision, availability of essential supplies, and monitoring of the programme if the strategy has to translate into improved child survival in India.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Mohan, Pavitra
AU  - Kishore, Baya
AU  - Singh, Sharad
AU  - Bahl, Rajiv
AU  - Puri, Anju
AU  - Kumar, Rajesh
Y1  - 2011/12//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Dec 2011
SP  - 629
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - households
KW  - infant mortality
KW  - intervention
KW  - infection
KW  - Neonates
KW  - Children
KW  - survival
KW  - Medical personnel
KW  - India
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - households; infant mortality; intervention; infection; Neonates; survival; Children; Medical personnel; India
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency
AN  - 1641842760; 2011-760643
AB  - Scores of people in the attentive public want to observe and learn about congressional proceedings, yet secrecy is an ever-present part of much legislative policymaking. Secrecy and transparency do overlap constantly during the various policymaking stages. This report outlines briefly the historical and inherent tension between secrecy and transparency in the congressional process; reviews several common and recurring secrecy/transparency issues that emerged again with the 2011 formation of the Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee; identifies various lawmaking stages typically imbued with closed door activities; and provides summary observations. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 30 2011, 16 pp.
AU  - Oleszek, Walter J
Y1  - 2011/11/30/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Psychology
KW  - Education and education policy - Educational psychology and learning ability
KW  - Government - Information policy
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Information policy
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Law
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2015-01-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. R42108
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Public Health Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Climate Change
AN  - 1677982458; 16537013
AB  - Background: Climate change affects human health, and health departments are urged to act to reduce the severity of these impacts. Yet little is known about the perspective of public health nurses-the largest component of the public health workforce-regarding their roles in addressing health impacts of climate change. Objectives: We determined the knowledge and attitudes of public health nurses concerning climate change and the role of public health nursing in divisions of health departments in addressing health-related impacts of climate change. Differences by demographic subgroups were explored. Methods: An online survey was distributed to nursing directors of U.S. health departments (n = 786) with Internet staff directories. Results: Respondents (n = 176) were primarily female, white public health nursing administrators with greater than or equal to 5 years of experience. Approximately equal percentages of respondents self-identified as having moderate, conservative, and liberal political views. Most agreed that the earth has experienced climate change and that climate change is somewhat controllable. Respondents identified an average of 5 of the 12 listed health-related impacts of climate change, but the modal response was zero impact. Public health nursing was perceived as having responsibility to address health-related impacts of climate change but lacking the ability to address these impacts. Conclusions: Public health nurses view the environment as under threat and see a role for nursing divisions in addressing health effects of climate change. However, they recognize the limited resources and personnel available to devote to this endeavor.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Polivka, Barbara J
AU  - Chaudry, Rosemary V
AU  - Mac Crawford, John
AD  - Ohio State University, Colleges of Nursing and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Y1  - 2011/11/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 29
SP  - 321
EP  - 325
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - climate change
KW  - public health nursing
KW  - public health services
KW  - Earth
KW  - Recognition
KW  - Nurses
KW  - Division
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Health
KW  - Internet
KW  - Public health
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104025
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - In Utero Exposure to Maternal Tobacco Smoke and Subsequent Obesity, Hypertension, and Gestational Diabetes Among Women in The MoBa Cohort
AN  - 1660052983; 16537014
AB  - Background: Environmental factors influencing the developmental origins of health and disease need to be identified and investigated. In utero exposure to tobacco smoke has been associated with obesity and a small increase in blood pressure in children; however, whether there is a corresponding increased risk of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension during adulthood remains unclear. Objective: Our goal was to assess the association of self-reported in utero exposure to tobacco smoke with the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women 14-47 years of age. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, which enrolled pregnant women in Norway from 1999 thorough 2008. Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero (yes vs. no) was ascertained on the baseline questionnaire (obtained at ~ 17 weeks' gestation); the outcomes were ascertained from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the questionnaire. Our analysis included 74,023 women. Results: Women exposed to tobacco smoke in utero had 1.53 times the odds of obesity [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.45, 1.61] relative to those unexposed, after adjusting for age, education, and personal smoking. After further adjustment for body mass index, the odds ratio for hypertension was 1.68 (95% CI: 1.19, 2.39); for T2DM 1.14 (95% CI: 0.79, 1.65); and for GDM 1.32 (95% CI: 1.10, 1.58) among exposed compared with unexposed. Conclusions: Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero was associated with obesity, hypertension, and GDM in adult women. The possibility that the associations were attributable to unmeasured confounding cannot be excluded.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Cupul-Uicab, Lea A
AU  - Skjaerven, Rolv
AU  - Haug, Kjell
AU  - Melve, Kari K
AU  - Engel, Stephanie M
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
Y1  - 2011/11/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 29
SP  - 355
EP  - 360
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - diabetes mellitus
KW  - gestational diabetes
KW  - hypertension
KW  - in utero
KW  - maternal smoking
KW  - MoBa
KW  - obesity
KW  - tobacco smoke
KW  - Smoke
KW  - Diabetes mellitus
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Gestation
KW  - Tobacco
KW  - Health
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - Diabetes
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103789
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Boosting U.S. Exports: Selected Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081892050; 2011-295160
AB  - The US government has played an active role in promoting US commercial exports of goods and services by administering various forms of export assistance through federal government agencies. Congress has had a long-standing interest in the effectiveness and efficiency of federal export promotion activities and may exercise export promotion authority in a number of ways, including through oversight, authorization, and funding roles. This report discusses and analyzes (1) US export trends to provide context; (2) federal export promotion efforts, with a focus on the National Export Initiative (NEI); and (3) policy issues raised for Congress by such activities. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 29 2011, 29 pp.
AU  - Ilias, Shayerah
AU  - Fergusson, Ian F
AU  - Morrison, Wayne M
AU  - Villarreal, M Angeles
Y1  - 2011/11/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Authority
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41929.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41929
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Budget Control Act of 2011: Effects on Spending Levels and the Budget Deficit
AN  - 1081891130; 2011-295159
AB  - The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), signed into law on August 2, 2011 (P.L. 112-25), increases the debt limit, but includes a variety of measures intended to reduce the deficit by at least 2.1 trillion dollars over the FY2012-FY2021 period. This report focuses on how the BCA will affect spending and the budget deficit through the "first round" effects, related to discretionary spending caps and student loan provisions, and the "second round" effects of additional deficit reduction, related to the work of the Joint Committee. It also examines short and long run effects of deficit reduction on the economy. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 29 2011, 28 pp.
AU  - Labonte, Marc
AU  - Levit, Mindy R
Y1  - 2011/11/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Education and education policy - Education financing and facilities
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Debt
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Law
KW  - Student loans
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42013.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42013
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Monitoring of seasonal snow cover in Bhutan using remote sensing technique
AN  - 1777150514; 16152524
AB  - All major rivers in Bhutan depend on snow melt for discharge. Therefore, changes in snow cover due to climate change can influence distribution and availability of water. However, information about distribution of seasonal snow cover in Bhutan is not available. The MODIS snow product was used to study snow cover status and trends in Bhutan. Average snow cover area (SCA) of Bhutan estimated for the period 2002 to 2010 was 9030 sq. km, about 25.5% of the total land area. SCA trend of Bhutan for the period 2002-2010 was found to decrease (-3.27 plus or minus 1.28%). The average SCA for winter was 14,485 sq. km (37.7%), for spring 7411 sq. km (19.3%), for summer 4326 sq. km (11.2%), and for autumn 7788 sq. km (20.2%), mostly distributed in the elevation range 2500-6000 m amsl. Interannual and seasonal SCA trend both showed a decline, although it was not statistically significant for all sub-basins. Pho Chu sub-basin with 19.5% of the total average SCA had the highest average SCA. The rate of increase of SCA for every 100 m elevation was the highest (2.5%) in the Pa Chu sub-basin. The coefficient of variance of 1.27 indicates high variability of SCA in winter.
JF  - Current Science (Bangalore)
AU  - Gurung
AU  - Kulkarni, A V
AU  - Giriraf, A
AU  - Aung, K S
AU  - Shrestha, B
AD  - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, GPO Box 3226, Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal drgurung@icimod.org
Y1  - 2011/11/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 25
SP  - 1364
EP  - 1370
PB  - Indian Academy of Sciences, C. V. Raman Avenue Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080 India
VL  - 101
IS  - 10
SN  - 0011-3891, 0011-3891
KW  - Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts (SO); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN)
KW  - Snow
KW  - Land
KW  - Elevation
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Autumn
KW  - Trends
KW  - Snow cover
KW  - Winter
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-06-30
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Lord's Resistance Army: The U.S. Response
AN  - 964244294; 2011-182279
AB  - The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, is a small armed group in central Africa that has drawn the attention due to its infliction of widespread human suffering, its threat to regional stability, its brutal attacks on civilians, and mass abductions of children. The US approach to the LRA raises a number of issues, some of which could have implications far beyond central Africa. A key question is whether the response is commensurate with the level of threat the LRA poses to US interests, and whether the deployment of US military personnel could lead to unintended consequences. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 21 2011, 20 pp.
AU  - Arieff, Alexis
AU  - Ploch, Lauren
Y1  - 2011/11/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Children and youth
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Central Africa
KW  - Children
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42094.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42094
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Military Retirement Reform: A Review of Proposals and Options for Congress
AN  - 1081892051; 2011-295161
AB  - Few military subjects have generated as much interest or commentary as the military retirement system and efforts to reform the system have been many. Heightened concern over the national debt crisis, the economic recession, and stubbornly high unemployment has resulted in renewed congressional interest in the cost and effectiveness of the system. This report reviews various reform proposals and presents several potential options for Congress, ranging from maintaining the current system to a national commission to review military compensation, benefits, and retirement. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 17 2011, 25 pp.
AU  - Henning, Charles A
Y1  - 2011/11/17/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 17
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Labor conditions and policy - Employment and labor supply
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Cost
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Officers, Military and naval
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Economics
KW  - Public debts
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Retirement
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
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ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Design and synthesis of biotinylated inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate targeting Grp1 pleckstrin homology domain
AN  - 904499629; 15950901
AB  - A bifunctional molecule containing biotin and d-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate was synthesized. This molecule was designed on the basis of X-ray structure of the complex of d-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphates, Ins(1,3,4,5)P sub(4, and Grp1 PH (general receptor of phosphoinositides pleckstrin homology) domain for the application to the widely employed biotin-avidin techniques. The building block of inositol moiety was synthesized starting with myo-inositol and assembled with the biotin-linker moiety through a phosphate linkage. The equilibrium dissociation constant K) sub(D) of biotinylated Ins(1,3,4,5)P sub(4 binding of original Grp1 PH domain was 0.14 I14M in pull-down analysis, which was comparable to that of unmodified Ins(1,3,4,5)P) sub(4). Furthermore, biotinylated Ins(1,3,4,5)P sub(4 had an ability to distinguish Grp1 PH domain from PLCI) sub(1) PH domain. Thus, biotinylated Ins(1,3,4,5)P sub(4 retained the binding affinity and selectivity of original Grp1 PH domain, and realized the intracellular Ins(1,3,4,5)P) sub(4) despite a tethering at the 1-phosphate group of inositol.
JF  - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
AU  - Anraku, Kensaku
AU  - Inoue, Teruhiko
AU  - Sugimoto, Kenji
AU  - Kudo, Kota
AU  - Okamoto, Yoshinari
AU  - Morii, Takashi
AU  - Mori, Yasuo
AU  - Otsuka, Masami
AD  - Institute of Health Sciences, Kumamoto Health Science University, 325 Izumi-machi, Kumamoto 861-5598, Japan, motsuka@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2011/11/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 15
SP  - 6833
EP  - 6841
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 19
IS  - 22
SN  - 0968-0896, 0968-0896
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Homology
KW  - Phosphate
KW  - Ionizing radiation
KW  - Phospholipase C
KW  - Inositol
KW  - phosphoinositides
KW  - pleckstrin
KW  - Biotin
KW  - W 30900:Methods
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Phosphate; Homology; Phospholipase C; Ionizing radiation; Inositol; phosphoinositides; pleckstrin; Biotin
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.09.035
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Wartime Contracting in Afghanistan: Analysis and Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720522; 2011-181276
AB  - The billions of contracting dollars spent to support military operations and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan raise a number of potential questions for Congress that may have significant policy implications for current and future overseas operations. Issues include the extent to which the US government development and Commanders Emergency Response Program (CERP) contracts are contributing to the overall mission in Afghanistan; how contract oversight will be impacted by a troop drawdown; and the extent to which DOD is preparing for the role of contractors in future military operations. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 14 2011, 17 pp.
AU  - Schwartz, Moshe
Y1  - 2011/11/14/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Law and ethics - Civil law
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Contracts
KW  - War
KW  - Military operations
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42084
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Qualifications for President and the "Natural Born" Citizenship Eligibility Requirement
AN  - 1081892054; 2011-295164
AB  - The Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be President: one must be 35 years of age, a resident "within the United States" for 14 years, and a "natural born Citizen." The weight of legal and historical authority indicates that the term "natural born" citizen would mean a person who is entitled to US citizenship "by birth" or "at birth," either by being born "in" the US and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents; by being born abroad to US citizen-parents; or by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for US citizenship "at birth.". Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 14 2011, 50 pp.
AU  - Maskell, Jack
Y1  - 2011/11/14/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Law and ethics - Citizenship, immigration, and immigration law and policy
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Nation state
KW  - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Marriage and family life
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Immigrants and aliens
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - United States
KW  - Age
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Authority
KW  - Jurisdiction
KW  - Parents
KW  - Aliens
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - Qualifications
KW  - Births
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42097
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Finance and the Economy: Occupy Wall Street in Historical Perspective
AN  - 1081892053; 2011-295163
AB  - American politics has a demonstrated history of attacks on Wall Street and financiers whose great personal fortunes appear disproportionate to their contribution to national prosperity. For all their lack of a unified, coherent program, the Occupy Wall Street protestors can be seen as the latest in a long series of anti-financial sector critiques. This report presents examples of political statements about the fundamental costs and benefits of finance and recent economic research that points to aspects of financial activity that may not be advantageous to the real economy. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 14 2011, 11 pp.
AU  - Jickling, Mark
AU  - Hoskins, Sean M
Y1  - 2011/11/14/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Stock and commodity exchanges
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic research
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Cost
KW  - Finance
KW  - Wall Street
KW  - History
KW  - Politics
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Economic research
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42081
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - FY2012 Appropriations Overview: Status of Discretionary Appropriations Legislation
AN  - 1081891740; 2011-295165
AB  - As Congress continues work on FY2012 appropriations legislation, this report presents a snapshot in time depicting the 12 annual appropriations bills at their current stage in the legislative process. The report consists primarily of a table showing discretionary appropriations, by bill title, for each of the pending appropriations proposals, together with the comparable figures enacted for FY2011. The product is intended to allow for broad comparison between the House and Senate proposals and the Administration's request. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 10 2011, 11 pp.
AU  - Lawson, Marian Leonardo
Y1  - 2011/11/10/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 10
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Fiscal policy
KW  - Fiscal year
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42082
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Unrest in Syria and U.S. Sanctions against the Assad Regime
AN  - 964243762; 2011-182254
AB  - This report analyzes the current unrest in Syria and the US response to the Syrian government's crackdown against demonstrators. It also provides background information on US sanctions against the Asad regime and its supporters. A variety of US legislative provisions and executive directives prohibit direct foreign assistance funding to Syria and restrict bilateral trade relations, largely because of the US State Department's designation of Syria as a sponsor of international terrorism. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 9 2011, 19 pp.
AU  - Sharp, Jeremy M
AU  - Blanchard, Christopher M
Y1  - 2011/11/09/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Education and education policy - Information services and sources
KW  - Information
KW  - Executives
KW  - United States
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Syrians
KW  - Syria
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33487
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program
AN  - 1081891742; 2011-295166
AB  - The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs designed to encourage lenders to provide loans to small businesses "that might not otherwise obtain financing on reasonable terms and conditions." This report discusses the rationale provided for the SBA's 7(a) loan guaranty program -- the agency's flagship loan guaranty program; the program's borrower and lender eligibility standards and program requirements; and program statistics, including loan volume, loss rates, use of the proceeds, borrower satisfaction, and borrower demographics. It examines congressional action taken during the 111th Congress to help small businesses gain greater access to capital. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 8 2011, 31 pp.
AU  - Dilger, Robert Jay
Y1  - 2011/11/08/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 08
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - Education and education policy - Statistics, research, research methods, and research support
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Loans
KW  - Small business
KW  - Capital
KW  - Standards
KW  - Demographics
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41146.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41146
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081891746; 2011-295168
AB  - In response to reports by the US Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission noting declines in marine resources and shortcomings in what are perceived as fragmented and limited approaches to resource protection and management in federal and state waters, the Obama Administration released the final recommendations of its Ocean Policy Task Force on July 19, 2010. Congress faces the issues of how to balance these diverse interests, and whether to alter current laws that promote the sustainable management of fishery and other marine resources and protect the marine environment. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 4 2011, 26 pp.
AU  - Buck, Eugene H
AU  - Upton, Harold F
Y1  - 2011/11/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Oceanography and ocean resources
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Fish and fish industry
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Animals
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Environment
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Ocean
KW  - Marine mammals
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Law
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Water
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41613
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes
AN  - 1081891744; 2011-295167
AB  - As estimates for the amount of US natural gas resources have grown, so have the prospects of rising US natural gas exports. The possibility of a significant increase in US natural gas exports will factor into ongoing debates on the economy, energy independence, climate change, and energy security. As the proposed projects continue to develop, policymakers are likely to receive more inquiries about these projects. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 4 2011, 21 pp.
AU  - Ratner, Michael
AU  - Parfomak, Paul W
AU  - Luther, Linda
Y1  - 2011/11/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - United States
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42074
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Early-Life Exposures and Early-Onset Uterine Leiomyomata in Black Women in the Sister Study
AN  - 1660045767; 16537011
AB  - Background: Uterine leiomyomata (fibroids) are hormonally responsive tumors, but little is known about risk factors. Early-life exposures may influence uterine development and subsequent response to hormones in adulthood. An earlier analysis of non-Hispanic white women who participated in the Sister Study found associations between several early-life factors and early-onset fibroids. Objectives: We evaluated associations of early-life and childhood exposures with early-onset fibroids among black women and compared the results with those found among white women. Methods: We analyzed baseline data from 3,534 black women, 35-59 years of age, in the Sister Study (a nationwide cohort of women who had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer) who self-reported information on early-life and childhood exposures. Early-onset fibroids were assessed based on self-report of a physician diagnosis of fibroids by the age of 30 years (n = 561). We estimated risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from log-binomial regression models. Results: Factors most strongly associated with early-onset fibroids were in utero diethylstilbestrol (DES; RR = 2.02; 95% CI: 1.28, 3.18), maternal prepregnancy diabetes or gestational diabetes (RR = 1.54; 95% CI: 0.95, 2.49), and monozygotic multiple birth (RR = 1.94; 95% CI: 1.26, 2.99). We also found positive associations with having been taller or thinner than peers at the age of 10 years and with early-life factors that included being the firstborn child of a teenage mother, maternal hypertensive disorder, preterm birth, and having been fed soy formula. Conclusions: With the exception of monozygotic multiple birth and maternal hypertensive disorder, early-life risk factors for early-onset fibroids for black women were similar to those found for white women. However, in contrast to whites, childhood height and weight, but not low socioeconomic status indicators, were associated with early-onset fibroids in blacks. The general consistency of early-life findings for black and white women supports a possible role of early-life factors in fibroid development.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - D'Aloisio, Aimee A
AU  - Baird, Donna D
AU  - DeRoo, Lisa A
AU  - Sandler, Dale 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
Y1  - 2011/11/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 02
SP  - 406
EP  - 412
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - diabetes mellitus
KW  - diethylstilbestrol
KW  - early-life
KW  - leiomyoma
KW  - multiple birth offspring
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - pregnancy-induced hypertension
KW  - prenatal exposure delayed effects
KW  - socioeconomic factors
KW  - soy formula
KW  - Birth
KW  - Risk
KW  - Age
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Exposure
KW  - Breast
KW  - Disorders
KW  - Diabetes
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Its Role in U.S. Trade Policy
AN  - 1081891750; 2011-295170
AB  - Congress created Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to help workers and firms adjust to dislocation that may be caused by increased trade liberalization. This report discusses the role of TAA in US trade policy, from its inception as a legislative option in the early 1950s, to its core role as a cornerstone of modern trade policy that many argue has served to promote the long-term US trade liberalization agenda. It will also consider the extent to which TAA has been linked to both renewal of trade agreements authority and trade agreement implementing legislation. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 2 2011, 16 pp.
AU  - Hornbeck, J F
AU  - Rover, Laine Elise
Y1  - 2011/11/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - United States
KW  - Trade liberalization
KW  - Free trade and protection
KW  - Authority
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41922.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41922
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Characterisation of class F fly ash geopolymer pastes immersed in acid and alkaline solutions
AN  - 963845637; 15913470
AB  - Acid and alkaline resistance of class F fly ash based geopolymer pastes has been investigated. As prepared geopolymers showed high solubility in both strong alkali and acid solutions. Calcination of the fly ash based geopolymers at 600 degree C resulted in a decrease of amorphous component from 63.4 to 61.6 wt.%. However, the solubility of the Al, Si and Fe ions in 14 M NaOH and 18% HCl after 5 days immersion decreased from 1.3 to 16-fold in comparison to as prepared geopolymer samples. Calcination of the geopolymers also resulted in a 30% reduction in compressive strength. Acid and alkali resistance of the geopolymers investigated strongly depends on mineralogical composition change of the calcined geopolymer. Partial crystallisation of non-reacted fly ash particles in the geopolymer decreases its solubility in acid and alkali solutions.
JF  - Cement & Concrete Composites
AU  - Temuujin, J
AU  - Minjigmaa, A
AU  - Lee, M
AU  - Chen-Tan, N
AU  - Van Riessen, A
AD  - Centre for Materials Research, Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, jtemuujin@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 1086
EP  - 1091
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 33
IS  - 10
SN  - 0958-9465, 0958-9465
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - Geopolymers
KW  - Fly ash
KW  - Phase transformation
KW  - Calcination
KW  - Chemical attack
KW  - Ions
KW  - Solubility
KW  - Fly Ash
KW  - Resistance
KW  - Cement
KW  - Acids
KW  - Bases
KW  - Concrete
KW  - Compressive Strength
KW  - Compressive strength
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - Q2 09183:Physics and chemistry
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2015-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-02-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fly ash; Compressive strength; Ions; Solubility; Cement; Resistance; Fly Ash; Acids; Bases; Concrete; Compressive Strength
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.08.008
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development and application of GIS datasets for assessing and managing coastal impacts and future change on the central coast of Western Australia
AN  - 926907988; 16351406
AB  - The coastal zone between Guilderton and Kalbarri, north of Perth, Western Australia, is a highly dynamic area of high landscape and conservation values under increasing development pressures. Intensification of terrestrial and coastal impacts has highlighted the need to develop a georeferenced data base for land management. The Coastal Assessment and Restoration project aimed to document the natural resources and coastal developments to the region and to identify & assess threats to the coastal strip through the creation of GIS datasets. GIS datasets provide a key source of reference information which can be accessed by a number of stakeholders for future coastal planning and management and provide a basis for developing a risk management assessment of the coastal zone and a strategy for coastal managers in our climate change future.
JF  - Journal of Coastal Conservation
AU  - Stevens, Alexandra
AU  - Collins, Lindsay
AD  - Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia, m.a.stevens@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 671
EP  - 685
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SN  - 1400-0350, 1400-0350
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Kalbarri
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Restoration
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Pressure
KW  - Data bases
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Land management
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Perth
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Coastal zone management
KW  - Databases
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - coastal zone management
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Geographic information systems
KW  - Resource development
KW  - GIS
KW  - Q2 09123:Conservation
KW  - O 4090:Conservation and Environmental Protection
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Coastal zone; Land management; Natural resources; Climate change; Regional planning; Resource development; GIS; Restoration; Coastal zone management; Risk assessment; Databases; Landscape; Climatic changes; Conservation; Geographic information systems; Pressure; Coasts; coastal zone management; Data bases; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Perth; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Kalbarri; ISW, Australia, Western Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-011-0160-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The impact of global warming on the Southern Oscillation Index
AN  - 926887006; 16333198
AB  - The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)-a measure of air pressure difference across the Pacific Ocean, from Tahiti in the south-east to Darwin in the west-is one of the world's most important climatic indices. The SOI is used to track and predict changes in both the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon, and the Walker Circulation (WC). During El Nino, for example, the WC weakens and the SOI tends to be negative. Climatic variations linked to changes in the WC have a profound influence on climate, ecosystems, agriculture, and societies in many parts of the world. Previous research has shown that (1) the WC and the SOI weakened in recent decades and that (2) the WC in climate models tends to weaken in response to elevated atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Here we examine changes in the SOI and air pressure across the Pacific in the observations and in numerous WCRP/CMIP3 climate model integrations for both the 20th and 21st centuries. The difference in mean-sea level air pressure (MSLP) between the eastern and western equatorial Pacific tends to weaken during the 21st century, consistent with previous research. Here we show that this primarily arises because of an increase in MSLP in the west Pacific and not a decline in the east. We also show, in stark contrast to expectations, that the SOI actually tends to increase during the 21st century, not decrease. Under global warming MSLP tends to increase at both Darwin and Tahiti, but tends to rise more at Tahiti than at Darwin. Tahiti lies in an extensive region where MSLP tends to rise in response to global warming. So while the SOI is an excellent indicator of interannual variability in both the equatorial MSLP gradient and the WC, it is a highly misleading indicator of long-term equatorial changes linked to global warming. Our results also indicate that the observed decline in the SOI in recent decades has been driven by natural, internally generated variability. The externally forced signal in the June-December SOI during 2010 is estimated to be approximately 5% of the standard deviation of variability in the SOI during the 20th century. This figure is projected to increase to 40% by the end of the 21st century under the A2 SRES scenario. The 2010 global warming signal is already a major contributor to interdecadal variability in the SOI, equal to 45% of the standard deviation of 30-year running averages of the SOI. This figure is projected to increase to nearly 340% by the end of the 21st century. Implications that these discoveries have for understanding recent climatic change and for seasonal prediction are discussed.
JF  - Climate Dynamics
AU  - Power, Scott B
AU  - Kociuba, Greg
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Australia, s.power@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 1745
EP  - 1754
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 37
IS  - 9-10
SN  - 0930-7575, 0930-7575
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - ISE, Pacific, French Polynesia, Society Is., Iles du Vent, Tahiti
KW  - ISEW, West Pacific
KW  - Climate change
KW  - ISEW, Western Equatorial Pacific
KW  - Climatic change forecasting
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - El Nino
KW  - Ocean-atmosphere system
KW  - southern oscillation
KW  - Walker circulation
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Marine
KW  - Climate models
KW  - Natural variability
KW  - Greenhouse effect
KW  - Southern Oscillation
KW  - Interannual variability
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Southern Oscillation Index
KW  - Greenhouse gases
KW  - Q2 09243:Structure, mechanics and thermodynamics
KW  - O 2010:Physical Oceanography
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - M2 551.588:Environmental Influences (551.588)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - El Nino; Climate change; Ocean-atmosphere system; Greenhouse effect; Seasonal variations; Southern Oscillation; Climatic change forecasting; Interannual variability; Climate models; Natural variability; Global warming; Southern Oscillation Index; Walker circulation; Greenhouse gases; Sulfur dioxide; Oceans; southern oscillation; ISE, Pacific, French Polynesia, Society Is., Iles du Vent, Tahiti; ISEW, West Pacific; ISEW, Western Equatorial Pacific; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Direct measurement of roots in soil for single and mixed species using a quantitative DNA-based method
AN  - 926884458; 16350624
AB  - Molecular techniques present a new opportunity to study roots and their interactions in soil. Extraction and quantification of species-specific DNA directly from soil allows direct identification of roots in mixed swards reducing the need for labour-intensive methods to recover and identify individual roots. DNA was extracted directly from up to 0.5 kg of soil and the presence of individual species quantified using species-specific probes with quantitative real-time PCR. A range of plant and soil factors influenced the DNA content measured in roots and it was necessary to account for these influences when converting DNA amount to root mass. The utility of the method for quantitative root studies was demonstrated in an experiment to investigate the effect of lime on root growth of acid-soil resistant and sensitive perennial grasses grown together in an aluminium-toxic soil. The root mass of an acid-soil resistant species was unaffected by lime application, whereas that of an acid-soil sensitive species was restricted by soil acidity. Molecular techniques present a promising tool for quantification of root mass directly in soil and have applications for field studies involving mixed species of plants.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Haling, Rebecca E
AU  - Simpson, Richard J
AU  - McKay, Alan C
AU  - Hartley, Diana
AU  - Lambers, Hans
AU  - Ophel-Keller, Kathy
AU  - Wiebkin, Sue
AU  - Herdina, Herdina
AU  - Riley, Ian T
AU  - Richardson, Alan E
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture National Research Flagship/CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, alan.richardson@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 123
EP  - 137
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 348
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Biochemistry Abstracts 2: Nucleic Acids; Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Acidity
KW  - DNA
KW  - Grasses
KW  - Lime
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Probes
KW  - Roots
KW  - Soil
KW  - Soils (acid)
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - ENA 15:Renewable Resources-Terrestrial
KW  - N 14810:Methods
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-05-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Soils (acid); Grasses; Probes; Polymerase chain reaction; Roots; Acidity; DNA; Lime
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0846-3
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Community Capacity as an "Inside Job": Evolution of Perceived Ownership Within a University-Aboriginal Community Partnership
AN  - 925740566; 201203800
AB  - Purpose. To assess the evolution of perceived ownership of a university-Aboriginal community partnership across three project stages. Design. Survey administration to project partners during project formalization (1996-T1), mobilization (1999-T2), and maintenance (2004-T3). Setting. Aboriginal community of Kahnawake, outside Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Participants. Partners involved in influencing decision making in the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP). Measure and Analysis. A measure of perceived primary ownership subjected to linear trend analysis. Results. KSDPP staff were perceived as primary owner at T1 and shared ownership with Community Advisory Board (CAB) members at T2 and T3. Trend tests indicated greater perceived ownership between T1 and T3for CAB (X21 = 12.3, p <.0001) and declining KSDPP staff (x21 = 10.5, p <.001) ownership over time. Academic partners were never perceived as primary owners. Conclusion. This project was community driven from the beginning. It was not dependent on an external academic change agent to activate the community and develop the community s capacity to plan and implement a solution. It still took several years for the grassroots CAB to take responsibility from KSDPP staff, thus indicating the need for sustained funding to build grassroots community capacity. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - American Journal of Health Promotion
AU  - Cargo, Margaret D
AU  - Delormier, Treena
AU  - Levesque, Lucie
AU  - McComber, Alex M
AU  - Macaulay, Ann C
AD  - University of South Australia, School of Health Sciences, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5019, Australia margaret.cargo@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 96
EP  - 100
PB  - AJHP Inc, West Bloomfield MI
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0890-1171, 0890-1171
KW  - Indians, North American, Capacity Building, Community-Based Participatory Research, Self-Determination, Health Promotion, Prevention Research
KW  - Change agents
KW  - Canada
KW  - Partnerships
KW  - Capacity building approach
KW  - Owners
KW  - Ownership
KW  - article
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DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
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N1  - CODEN - AJHPED
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Ownership; Partnerships; Owners; Capacity building approach; Change agents; Canada
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.091229-ARB-403
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Newsmaker: Philip Levine
AN  - 919903870; 201201111
AB  - An interview with Philip Levine, the 2011-2012 poet laureate consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress, is presented. In the interview, Levine discusses his use of libraries and his thoughts about their role in the world, the library at Wayne State University when he attended college (1946-1950), and discusses his remark that modern poets were writing "what we think is poetry". Adapted from the source document.
JF  - American Libraries
AU  - Levine, Philip
AD  - Library of Congress
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 27
PB  - American Library Association, Chicago, IL
VL  - 42
IS  - 11-12
SN  - 0002-9769, 0002-9769
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Poetry
KW  - article
KW  - 3.11: NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Libraries; Poetry; Library of Congress
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Keeping Libraries Relevant in the Semantic Web with Resource Description and Access (RDA)
AN  - 919899720; 201201554
AB  - Cataloging is not just building a catalog, but about providing users with timely access to information relevant to their needs. The task of identifying resources collected by libraries, archives and museums results in rich metadata that can be reused for many purposes. It involves describing resources and showing their relationships to persons, families, corporate bodies and other resources, thereby enabling users to navigate through surrogates to more quickly get information they need. The metadata constructed throughout the life cycle of a resource is especially valuable to many types of users, from creators of resources to publishers, subscription agents, book vendors, resource aggregators, system vendors, libraries and other cultural institutions, and end users. The new international cataloging code, RDA (resource description and access), is designed to meet fundamental user tasks in a way that produces well-formed, interconnected metadata for the digital environment. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Serials
AU  - Tillett, Barbara B
AD  - Policy & Standards Division, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20540-4260, USA btil@loc.gov
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 266
EP  - 272
PB  - United Kingdom Serials Group, Heath End, Newbury, UK
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SN  - 0953-0460, 0953-0460
KW  - Resource Description and Access
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Online cataloguing
KW  - Metadata
KW  - Semantic web
KW  - article
KW  - 12.11: CATALOGUING AND INDEXING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Metadata; Online cataloguing; Semantic web; Libraries; Resource Description and Access
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among hospitalised patients: Reported use of CAM and reasons for use, CAM preferred during hospitalisation, and the socio-demographic determinants of CAM users
AN  - 914791139; 201200819
AB  - This paper reports a study to examine hospitalised patients' frequency and patterns of CAM use, their reasons for CAM use, their preferences of CAMs during hospitalisation, and the association between patients' socio-demographic variables and use of each individual CAM/CAM domain. A convenience sample of 353 patients hospitalised in 19 surgical wards at four metropolitan hospitals completed a questionnaire on CAM use and socio-demographic variables. The response rate was 73.5%, and over 90% of the sample acknowledged using CAMs. Non-herbal supplements (60.3%) and massage therapy (45%) were the most frequently used CAMs, with biologically based therapies (68.8%) as well as mind-body interventions (65.4%) being the most often used CAM domains. About 1 in 10 patients (9.6%) used CAMs from all five domains. With the exception of herbal-botanical therapies, self-prayer for health reasons/spiritual healing and music therapy, all CAMs were mainly used on an 'only when needed' basis. The most common reason nominated for using CAMs was that '[it] fits into my way of life/philosophy' (26%). The majority of patients declared interest in and support for the hospital providing CAMs. Patients were most inclined to choose therapies categorised as manipulative and body-based methods (65.4%) for use in hospital. Massage therapy (53.5%) and non-herbal supplements (43.1%) were the top two CAMs favoured for use in hospital. CAM use was also dependent of socio-demographic data (age, gender, marital status, place of residence, education level, religion, and income in hospitalised patients). The use of CAMs is pervasive amongst surgical in-patients, making it feasible to initially assess these patients for CAM use and provide them with clinically approved CAMs where possible. Notwithstanding that CAM use is fairly predictable by socio-demographic variables, further studies should be directed to know the variables useful for predicting the use of each CAM approach. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
AU  - Shorofi, Seyed Afshin
AD  - School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia ashorofi@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 199
EP  - 205
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1744-3881, 1744-3881
KW  - CAM therapies CAM domains Patients Socio-demographic determinants Use
KW  - Spiritual healing
KW  - Hospitalization
KW  - Sociodemographic aspects
KW  - Massage
KW  - Alternative medicine
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Alternative medicine; Sociodemographic aspects; Hospitals; Massage; Hospitalization; Spiritual healing
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.05.001
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rumination, post-traumatic growth, and distress: structural equation modelling with cancer survivors
AN  - 914790868; 201200612
AB  - Objective: Theoretical models of post-traumatic growth (PTG) have been derived in the general trauma literature to describe the post-trauma experience that facilitates the perception of positive life changes. To develop a statistical model identifying factors that are associated with PTG, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used in the current study to assess the relationships between perception of diagnosis severity, rumination, social support, distress, and PTG. Method: A statistical model of PTG was tested in a sample of participants diagnosed with a variety of cancers (N = 313). Results: An initial principal components analysis of the measure used to assess rumination revealed three components: intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination of benefits, and life purpose rumination. SEM results indicated that the model fit the data well and that 30% of the variance in PTG was explained by the variables. Trauma severity was directly related to distress, but not to PTG. Deliberately ruminating on benefits and social support were directly related to PTG. Life purpose rumination and intrusive rumination were associated with distress. Conclusions: The model showed that in addition to having unique correlating factors, distress was not related to PTG, thereby providing support for the notion that these are discrete constructs in the post-diagnosis experience. The statistical model provides support that post-diagnosis experience is simultaneously shaped by positive and negative life changes and that one or the other outcome may be prevalent or may occur concurrently. As such, an implication for practice is the need for supportive care that is holistic in nature. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
JF  - Psycho-Oncology
AU  - Morris, Bronwyn A
AU  - Shakespeare-Finch, Jane
AD  - School of Psychology, and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 1176
EP  - 1183
PB  - John Wiley, Chichester UK
VL  - 20
IS  - 11
SN  - 1057-9249, 1057-9249
KW  - oncology, cancer, rumination, post-traumatic growth, distress
KW  - Rumination
KW  - Social support
KW  - Psychological distress
KW  - Life changes
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Purpose in life
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
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N1  - CODEN - POJCEE
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Rumination; Psychological distress; Life changes; Purpose in life; Social support; Cancer
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.1827
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Struggle of Our Time
AN  - 912011150
AB  - Phipps talks about the future of housing. The Realtors have spent hours, days, weeks, and months in Washington, D.C. In October, they participated in a housing summit, advocating for practical solutions to bring housing back into balance. They have made progress, but they can't let up. The attack on housing is real and not going away. One of the lessons from this year has been how delicate the tipping point on an issue can be; one comment can change policy and direction. But it has to be heard by the right ears.
JF  - Realtor Magazine
AU  - Phipps, Ronald L, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, S
Y1  - 2011///Nov/Dec
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov/Dec 2011
SP  - 5
CY  - Chicago
PB  - National Association of Realtors
VL  - 44
IS  - 9
SN  - 15220842
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - Real estate agents & brokers
KW  - Economic crisis
KW  - Housing
KW  - Real estate
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Central
N1  - Copyright - Copyright National Association of Realtors Nov/Dec 2011
N1  - Last updated - 2012-01-04
N1  - CODEN - RESTDR
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Visualising the spatial extent of predicted coastal zone inundation due to sea level rise in south-west Western Australia
AN  - 911154400; 15965101
AB  - Visualising coastal zone inundation is crucial for both a quick assessment of coastal vulnerability and a full understanding of possible implications to population, infrastructure and environment. This study presents a simple but effective method of assessing the spatial extent of coastal zone inundation due to predicted sea level rise using commonly available elevation and image data as well as GIS software. The method is based on the geometrical principle of matching the raised sea level with the corresponding elevation contour line on land. Results for a test area along the south-west coast of Western Australia (200 km of coast line) show that a sea level rise of less than 0.5 m over the 21st century will have only minor impact but will become important when added to an extreme sea level event (e.g. storm surge). Both century-scale (0.5 m) based on tide gauge records and larger (>few metres) longer-term sea level rise predictions based on the melt of ice covered areas show essentially the same areas that are most vulnerable. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by the detection of areas that can be protected by relatively small flood protective structures at river and estuary entrances, thus providing valuable information for policy makers and local councils.
JF  - Ocean & Coastal Management
AU  - Kuhn, M
AU  - Tuladhar, D
AU  - Corner, R
AD  - Western Australian Centre for Geodesy, The Institute for Geoscience Research, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, M.Kuhn@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 796
EP  - 806
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 54
IS  - 11
SN  - 0964-5691, 0964-5691
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - Sea level
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Sea level rise
KW  - Storms
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - Floods
KW  - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Marine
KW  - Ice
KW  - Estuaries
KW  - Brackish
KW  - Coastal zone management
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Sea ice
KW  - Storm surges
KW  - Tide gauges
KW  - Oceans
KW  - coastal zone management
KW  - councils
KW  - Coastal oceanography
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Sea level changes
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q2 09124:Coastal zone management
KW  - M2 551.466:Ocean Waves and Tides (551.466)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sea ice; Coastal zone; Tide gauges; Estuaries; Nature conservation; Vulnerability; Storms; Coastal zone management; Sea level changes; Storm surges; Floods; Coastal oceanography; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Sea level rise; Computer programs; Ice; Sea level; Oceans; councils; coastal zone management; ISW, Australia, Western Australia; Marine; Brackish
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.08.005
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Long-term land use effects on soil microbial community structure and function
AN  - 907181637; 16046676
AB  - Microbial community diversity and structure, which underpin soil function, can in turn be impacted by land-use practices. In this study an agricultural site with consistent long term (+20 years) treatments and a non-agricultural site (grassland) were investigated to determine land-use effects on soil microbial community structure and function. We used a variety of methods to investigate microbial community structure, biomass, potential and actual function and soil physicochemical properties. All soils showed similar levels of bacterial diversity although community structure (bacterial, archaeal, fungal) differed under all treatments. Overall, our results indicate that despite evident differences in microbial community structure among all soils examined, there was little functional difference among soils under cultivation in the various cropping treatments. There were, however, clear differences in both function and structure between the agricultural and non-agricultural soils. All soils were very water limited, which was reflected in negligible actual rates of nitrification, denitrification and nitrogen fixation. Non-agricultural soils showed higher rates of potential nitrification, lower rates of potential denitrification, higher levels of C and N and higher microbial biomass. These findings have implications for understanding how land-use practices affect soil microbial community structure and function and ecosystem service provision.
JF  - Applied Soil Ecology
AU  - Bissett, Andrew
AU  - Richardson, Alan E
AU  - Baker, Geoff
AU  - Thrall, Peter H
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, Andrew.Bissett@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 66
EP  - 78
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 51
SN  - 0929-1393, 0929-1393
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Aqualine Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Soil
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - D:04040
KW  - A:01400
KW  - SW 2010:Control of water on the surface
KW  - M3:1010
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Ecosystems
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.010
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hordeum marinum-wheat amphiploids maintain higher leaf K super(+):Na super(+) and suffer less leaf injury than wheat parents in saline conditions
AN  - 902364756; 15845429
AB  - Background and aims: Wheat is only moderately tolerant of salinity and is sensitive to waterlogging. Salt and waterlogging tolerance in wheat might be improved by wide hybridization with more stress tolerant wild relatives in the Triticeae. Methods: Wide hybridization between the waterlogging-tolerant halophyte Hordeum marinum and nine wheat cultivars (Triticum spp.) produced amphiploids containing all chromosomes from H. marinum and the wheat parent. Results: The amphiploids had lower Na super(+), higher K super(+), and a much higher K super(+):Na super(+) ratio in leaves than the respective wheat parent, and several also had less leaf injury, when grown in saline conditions. Growth responses of two amphiploids (one with a bread wheat cv. Westonia and one with a durum wheat cv. Tamaroi) were studied in a range of salinity and waterlogging treatments over 25 d. Growth of the H90-Tamaroi amphiploid was greater than Tamaroi at 100-300 mM NaCl, whereas the H90-Westonia amphiploid was not different from Westonia, although both amphiploids had higher leaf K super(+):Na super(+) ratios. Under a combination of waterlogging and salinity, both amphiploids were superior to the wheat parents. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the potential of genes from H. marinum to improve the salt and waterlogging tolerance of wheat.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Munns, Rana
AU  - James, Richard A
AU  - Islam, AKMR
AU  - Colmer, Timothy D
AD  - CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 365
EP  - 377
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 348
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Chromosomes
KW  - Halophytes
KW  - Injuries
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Potassium
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Salinity effects
KW  - Salts
KW  - Sodium chloride
KW  - Soil
KW  - Stress
KW  - Waterlogging
KW  - amphiploids
KW  - cultivars
KW  - waterlogging
KW  - wheat
KW  - Triticum
KW  - Hordeum
KW  - Triticum aestivum
KW  - Hordeum marinum
KW  - Triticeae
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-12-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Salts; Chromosomes; Halophytes; Injuries; Salinity effects; Leaves; Potassium; Stress; Waterlogging; Sodium chloride; amphiploids; Soil; wheat; Salinity; cultivars; waterlogging; Triticum aestivum; Triticum; Triticeae; Hordeum; Hordeum marinum
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0934-4
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Shelf habitat distribution as a legacy of Late Quaternary marine transgressions: A case study from a tropical carbonate province
AN  - 902350329; 15894284
AB  - The legacy of multiple marine transgressions is preserved in a complex morphology of ridges, mounds and reefs on the Carnarvon continental shelf, Western Australia. High-resolution multibeam sonar mapping, underwater photography and sampling across a 280km2 area seaward of the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area shows that these raised features provide hardground habitat for modern coral and sponge communities. Prominent among these features is a 20m high and 15km long shore-parallel ridge at 60m water depth. This ridge preserves the largely unaltered form of a fringing reef and is interpreted as the predecessor to modern Ningaloo Reef. Landward of the drowned reef, the inner shelf is covered by hundreds of mounds (bommies) up to 5m high and linear ridges up to 1.5km long and 16m high. The ridges are uniformly oriented to the north-northeast and several converge at their landward limit. On the basis of their shape and alignment, these ridges are interpreted as relict long-walled parabolic dunes. Their preservation is attributed to cementation of calcareous sands to form aeolianite, prior to the post-glacial marine transgression. Some dune ridges abut areas of reef that rise to sea level and are highly irregular in outline but maintain a broad shore-parallel trend. These are tentatively interpreted as Last Interglacial in age. The mid-shelf and outer shelf are mostly sediment covered with relatively low densities of epibenthic biota and have patches of low-profile ridges that may also be relict reef shorelines. An evolutionary model for the Carnarvon shelf is proposed that relates the formation of drowned fringing reefs and aeolian dunes to Late Quaternary eustatic sea level. Graphical abstract
JF  - Continental Shelf Research
AU  - Nichol, Scott L
AU  - Brooke, Brendan P
AD  - Marine and Coastal Environment Group, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, scott.nichol@ga.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/11/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 01
SP  - 1845
EP  - 1857
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 31
IS  - 17
SN  - 0278-4343, 0278-4343
KW  - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Marine
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef
KW  - dunes
KW  - Fringing reefs
KW  - Sea level
KW  - Quaternary
KW  - ISW, Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Palaeo studies
KW  - Submarine ridges
KW  - mounds
KW  - Transgressions
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Eustatic changes
KW  - Biota
KW  - ridges
KW  - Coral reefs
KW  - Continental shelves
KW  - Tropical environment
KW  - quaternary
KW  - Sea level changes
KW  - Q1 08626:Food technology
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - O 1030:Invertebrates
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 7
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fringing reefs; Quaternary; Palaeo studies; Submarine ridges; Tropical environment; Continental shelves; Transgressions; Sea level changes; Eustatic changes; Biota; dunes; Sea level; ridges; Coral reefs; mounds; Habitat; quaternary; ISW, Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef; ISW, Australia, Western Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.009
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Parameter optimisation of a marine ecosystem model at two contrasting stations in the Sub-Antarctic Zone
AN  - 899139713; 15751130
AB  - SeaWiFS surface chlorophyll estimates in the Sub-Antarctic Zone show low concentrations south west of Tasmania and high concentrations south east of Tasmania. Data assimilation experiments were performed using simulated annealing to obtain parameter estimates of a simple nitrogen based mixed-layer marine ecosystem model at two locations in this region (station P1 at 140 degree E, 46.5 degree S and station P3 at 152 degree E, 45.5 degree S). The assimilation methods and parameter sensitivities are assessed in a twin experiment. This assessment determined that inversion method was successful at estimating the correct parameters but that only a sub-set of the model parameters can be uniquely determined using chlorophyll a observations. An analysis of parameter uncertainties shows at both stations accurate parameterisations of phytoplankton growth and zooplankton mortality, and the biological recycling processes are required to realistically model chlorophyll.Applying the inversion method to the climatological SeaWiFS chlorophyll a observations from the two sites we estimate model parameters at these two sites. The most significant differences in parameters between the two stations are the parameters relating to phytoplankton growth and zooplankton mortality. The difference in growth parameters results in spring time productivity estimates of 659mgCm-2d-1 at P1 and 203mgCm-2d-1 at P3. In situ estimates from the SAZ-Sense cruise do not support such dramatic differences in primary production between the two stations. We conclude that the same ecosystem model structure is not applicable at both stations and we need additional processes at P3 to reproduce the observed seasonality of phytoplankton and the observed primary productivity. We hypothesise that the missing processes in the ecosystem model at P3 are iron limitation of phytoplankton and the seasonal variations in atmospheric deposition of iron.
JF  - Deep Sea Research (Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography)
AU  - Kidston, Mehera
AU  - Matear, Richard
AU  - Baird, Mark E
AD  - CSIRO Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 2301
EP  - 2315
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 58
IS  - 21-22
SN  - 0967-0645, 0967-0645
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Chlorophylls
KW  - Chlorophyll
KW  - Phytoplankton
KW  - Recycling
KW  - Data assimilation
KW  - Primary production
KW  - Ecosystem models
KW  - Ecosystems models
KW  - Growth
KW  - Deep sea
KW  - Marine ecosystems
KW  - Oceanographic cruise data
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Seasonality
KW  - Marine
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Zooplankton
KW  - Oceanography
KW  - Inversions
KW  - Twins
KW  - Inversion
KW  - Secondary production
KW  - Iron
KW  - Mortality causes
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - Q2 09144:Regional studies, expeditions and data reports
KW  - Q1 08463:Habitat community studies
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - M2 551.462:Submarine Topography/Bottom Forms/Sea-Floor Features (551.462)
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Seasonality; Growth rate; Chlorophylls; Growth; Phytoplankton; Secondary production; Primary production; Inversions; Mortality causes; Mortality; Chlorophyll; Data processing; Zooplankton; Oceanography; Recycling; Ecosystem models; Twins; Inversion; Marine ecosystems; Deep sea; Seasonal variations; Iron; Nitrogen; Ecosystems models; Oceanographic cruise data; Data assimilation; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.018
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 'Tolerable' hillslope soil erosion rates in Australia: Linking science and policy
AN  - 1777137048; 16085751
AB  - This paper reviews water-borne soil erosion in Australia in the context of current environmental policy needs. Sustainability has emerged as a central tenet of environmental policy in Australia and water-borne hillslope soil erosion rates are used as one of the indicators of agricultural sustainability in State of the Environment reporting. We review attempts to quantify hillslope erosion rates over Australia and we identify areas at risk of exceeding natural baseline rates. We also review historical definitions of sustainable, or 'tolerable' erosion rates, and how to set these rates. There are many ways to estimate hillslope erosion and these can create confusing results. Moreover their application for land management purposes requires nuanced interpretations that ultimately depend on the desired objective of decision-makers. Soil is the earth surficial material that serves as a medium for plant growth and the notion of tolerable soil erosion arose historically to assess the impact of soil loss on agricultural uses. However now that the impact of erosion on aquatic ecosystems been recognized as a major concern for Australia, the concept of tolerable erosion needs to be revised. Here we discuss three definitions of tolerable soil erosion, following recent literature. We derive estimates of long-term agricultural sustainability based on natural soil production rates and discuss this in relation to other defined land-management objectives such as aquatic ecosystem health. We conclude that the desired objectives of land managers must be clearly articulated before questions of 'where to invest to control erosion' and 'how to assess return-on-investment' can be answered.
JF  - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
AU  - Bui, Elisabeth N
AU  - Hancock, Gary J
AU  - Wilkinson, Scott N
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia elisabeth.bui@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 136
EP  - 149
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 144
IS  - 1
SN  - 0167-8809, 0167-8809
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Aquatic habitat
KW  - Decision-making
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Integration research
KW  - Sediment delivery rate
KW  - Transdisciplinarity
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Policies
KW  - Erosion
KW  - Soil (material)
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Soil erosion
KW  - Erosion rate
KW  - Sustainability
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.07.022
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Simple method for estimation of effectiveness in one tube pass and one shell pass counter-flow heat exchangers
AN  - 1709756890; 15320140
AB  - In one tube pass and one shell pass counter-flow heat exchangers, when both streams change temperature by different amounts, the effectiveness is defined as the temperature change for the stream with lower capacity divided by the maximum possible change and the effectiveness depends on the number of transfer units and the thermal capacity ratio. In this paper, an attempt has been made to formulate a simple-to-use method which is easier than existing approaches, less complicated and with fewer computations for accurate and rapid estimation of effectiveness in one tube pass and one shell pass counter-flow heat exchangers as a function of number of transfer units and the thermal capacity ratio. The proposed method permits estimating the exit temperature for a one tube pass and one shell pass counter-flow heat exchanger without a trial-and-error calculation. The average absolute deviations between the reported data and the proposed correlations are found to be less than 2% demonstrating the excellent performance of proposed correlation. The tool developed in this study can be of immense practical value for engineers and scientists to have a quick check on the effectiveness in one tube pass and one shell pass counter-flow heat exchangers at various conditions without opting for any experimental measurements. In particular, practice engineers would find the predictive tool to be user-friendly with transparent calculations involving no complex expressions.
JF  - Applied Energy
AU  - Bahadori, Alireza
AD  - Curtin University, School of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, GPO Box 1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 4191
EP  - 4196
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 88
IS  - 11
SN  - 0306-2619, 0306-2619
KW  - Materials Business File (MB); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN)
KW  - Heat exchanger
KW  - Effectiveness
KW  - Thermal capacity ratio
KW  - Heat transfer
KW  - Specific heat
KW  - Heat exchangers
KW  - Shells
KW  - Correlation
KW  - Tubes
KW  - Streams
KW  - Tools
KW  - Mathematical analysis
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.003
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Proposals
AN  - 1081891752; 2011-295171
AB  - The leaders of the legislative branch agencies and entities -- the Government Accountability Office, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, the Government Printing Office, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the US Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Office of Compliance -- are appointed in a variety of manners. This report contains information on the legislative branch agency heads' appointment processes, length of tenures (if terms are set), reappointment or removal provisions (if any), salaries and benefits, and most recent appointments. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 1 2011, 9 pp.
AU  - Brudnick, Ida A
Y1  - 2011/11/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Nov 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Architecture and planning
KW  - Education and education policy - Libraries
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Library of Congress
KW  - United States Government Accountability Office
KW  - Libraries
KW  - History
KW  - Architects
KW  - Legislatures
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Police
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42072.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42072
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
AN  - 1081891748; 2011-295169
AB  - Congress has authorized the President to negotiate and enter into tariff and nontariff barrier (NTB) agreements for limited periods, while permitting NTB and free trade agreements negotiated under this authority to enter into force for the US only if they are approved by both houses in a bill enacted into public law and other statutory conditions are met; implementing bills are also accorded expedited consideration under the scheme. Congress granted the President temporary trade negotiating authority utilizing this approach in the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (BTPAA), contained in Title XXI of the Trade Act of 2002. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Nov 2011, 6 pp.
AU  - Grimmett, Jeanne J
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - International relations - Treaties
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Customs administration and duties
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Free trade and protection
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Authority
KW  - Law
KW  - Tariff
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - Treaties
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 97-896
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Like it or Not You're Being Tracked: As Do Not Track pressure mounts, campaigns are taking notice
AN  - 1081890837; 2011-283113
AB  - For privacy advocates, 2011 was supposed to be a big year. Many expected it to mark the start of a regulatory trend that would put the squeeze on behavioral marketers who track online consumers. From proposed legislation that would curtail cookie-based targeting -- the practice of dropping cookies onto browsers to both track and target online political ads to users -- to requiring consumers to "opt-in" to online targeting and data collection practices, marketers began the year wary. For now, though, they're breathing a temporary sigh of relief. Weve seen no shortage of legislation introduced on both the federal and state level aimed at curtailing data collection and behavioral targeting practices, but the proposals have gone nowhere -- at least in Congress. Of the more than half a dozen bills introduced in either the House or Senate that aim to regulate at least some form of online behavioral targeting, not a single one has come close to a vote. Several bills have not even been granted a hearing. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Campaigns and Elections
AU  - Laslo, Matt
AD  - Washington D.C. -- based freelance journalist who covers Congress and the White House
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 36
EP  - 37
PB  - Political World Communications, LLC, Plainsboro NJ
IS  - 307
SN  - 0197-0771, 0197-0771
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Elections
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Consumer protection
KW  - Legislation
KW  - article
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Elections; Legislation; Consumers; Privacy; Consumer protection
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prostitution and the 1960s' origins of corporate entertaining in Japan
AN  - 1037881981; 201234518
AB  - It is the strong contention of the 'Japan studies' literature that corporate entertaining is not generally connected to the prostitution of women in Japan. White collared men are described as enjoying mere 'sexual titillation' in their patronage of hostess venues for after-hours wining and dining. I argue against this contention through examining the historical development of corporate entertaining as a practice of middle class Japanese men. This examination shows the 1960s' origins of corporate entertaining to be fundamentally intertwined with the development of the sex industry sector in Japan that trades women as 'hostesses'. I look at the impact of this development on working class Japanese women, and give evidence of their prostitution, trafficking, and murder in hostess venues in the 1960s and 1970s. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Women's Studies International Forum
AU  - Norma, Caroline
AD  - RMIT University, GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 509
EP  - 519
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 34
IS  - 6
SN  - 0277-5395, 0277-5395
KW  - Whites
KW  - Homicide
KW  - Working Women
KW  - Males
KW  - Prostitution
KW  - Females
KW  - Working Class
KW  - Japan
KW  - Historical Development
KW  - article
KW  - 2959: feminist/gender studies; feminist studies
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-21
N1  - Number of references - 11
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - WSINDA
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prostitution; Japan; Males; Females; Historical Development; Working Class; Homicide; Whites; Working Women
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2011.07.005
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bees in the Southwest Pacific: Origins, diversity and conservation
AN  - 1034826639; 17061624
AB  - Bee diversity of the Southwest Pacific has been reported as depauperate despite the otherwise rich biodiversity and complex geological history for this region. However, due to a lack of bee-specific sampling, there is potential for higher bee diversity than previous studies suggest. Here, we review the current literature to summarise the extant diversity for each of the main island groups, the likely passages of species dispersal, and outline the main threats to Southwest Pacific populations. As key pollinators for both cultivated and native angiosperms, ensuring the persistence of native bee populations is critical for both food security and biodiversity conservation. With impending threats from land use change, invasive species and climate change, among others, understanding the true species diversity is important for assigning conservation priorities. We argue that future research in the region must encourage local expertise and build this into global research directions in an effort to address a lack of fundamental knowledge of bee diversity in island ecosystems.
JF  - Apidologie
AU  - Groom, Scott VC
AU  - Schwarz, Michael P
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, scott.groom@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - November 2011
SP  - 759
EP  - 770
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 42
IS  - 6
SN  - 0044-8435, 0044-8435
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Food
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Land use
KW  - Islands
KW  - Pollinators
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Geology
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Angiosperms
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Z 05350:Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Entomology
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Food; Climatic changes; Biodiversity; Land use; Islands; Pollinators; Reviews; Species diversity; Conservation; Angiosperms; Sampling; Dispersal; Introduced species; Ecosystems; Climate change; Biological diversity; Geology
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13592-011-0079-8
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Gaming Exercise to Explore Problem-Solving versus Relational Activities for River Floodplain Management
AN  - 1017983008; 16717755
AB  - Keywords: adaptive management; communications laboratory; floodplains; simulation games; social learning ABSTRACT This paper describes a new gaming tool that allows players (e.g. water managers and farmers) to explore the consequences of their interactions in managing river floodplains. To facilitate the process of creating and testing new policies that would help to accommodate disordering events, e.g. floods, we developed a system dynamics model of floodplain agriculture that drives an interactive game. The Floodplain Management Game can be used as an educational resource, knowledge elicitation technique or transition management tool for agriculture and river management. The key feature is that it unites technical (problem-solving) and relational issues in one game. In multiple areas it has proven a useful tool for participants to experience the challenges of policy-making for managing rivers as well as for floodplain agriculture and for scientists to examine how stakeholders make decisions about such options.
JF  - Environmental Policy and Governance
AU  - Anonymous
AD  - Centre for Systems Solutions, Wroclaw, Poland, piotr.magnuszewski@crs.org.pl
Y1  - 2011/11//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Nov 2011
SP  - 454
EP  - 471
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 21
IS  - 6
SN  - 1756-9338, 1756-9338
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Stakeholders
KW  - River management
KW  - Communication
KW  - Model Testing
KW  - flood plains
KW  - adaptive management
KW  - Floods
KW  - Environmental Policy
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Management tools
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Flood Plains
KW  - Communications
KW  - Flood plains
KW  - Dynamic models
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Floodplain management
KW  - Floodplain agriculture
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - M2 556:General (556)
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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L2  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eet.586/abstract
LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-07-10
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agriculture; Dynamic models; Flood plains; Numerical simulations; Floods; River management; Floodplain management; Stakeholders; Communications; adaptive management; Management tools; Simulation; Floodplain agriculture; flood plains; Environmental policy; Rivers; Flood Plains; Laboratories; Communication; Environmental Policy; Model Testing; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eet.586
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Do Interactions Between Gut Ecology and Environmental Chemicals Contribute to Obesity and Diabetes?
AN  - 1008843755; 16537015
AB  - Background: Gut microbiota are important factors in obesity and diabetes, yet little is known about their role in the toxicodynamics of environmental chemicals, including those recently found to be obesogenic and diabetogenic. Objectives: We integrated evidence that independently links gut ecology and environmental chemicals to obesity and diabetes, providing a framework for suggesting how these environmental factors may interact with these diseases, and identified future research needs. Methods: We examined studies with germ-free or antibiotic-treated laboratory animals, and human studies that evaluated how dietary influences and microbial changes affected obesity and diabetes. Strengths and weaknesses of studies evaluating how environmental chemical exposures may affect obesity and diabetes were summarized, and research gaps on how gut ecology may affect the disposition of environmental chemicals were identified. Results: Mounting evidence indicates that gut microbiota composition affects obesity and diabetes, as does exposure to environmental chemicals. The toxicology and pharmacology literature also suggests that interindividual variations in gut microbiota may affect chemical metabolism via direct activation of chemicals, depletion of metabolites needed for biotransformation, alteration of host biotransformation enzyme activities, changes in enterohepatic circulation, altered bioavailability of environmental chemicals and/or antioxidants from food, and alterations in gut motility and barrier function. Conclusions: Variations in gut microbiota are likely to affect human toxicodynamics and increase individual exposure to obesogenic and diabetogenic chemicals. Combating the global obesity and diabetes epidemics requires a multifaceted approach that should include greater emphasis on understanding and controlling the impact of interindividual gut microbe variability on the disposition of environmental chemicals in humans.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Snedeker, Suzanne M
AU  - Hay, Anthony G
AD  - Department of Microbiology and the Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology, and
Y1  - 2011/10/31/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 31
SP  - 332
EP  - 339
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - ADME
KW  - biotransformation enzymes
KW  - diabetes mellitus
KW  - diabetogenic
KW  - environmental chemicals
KW  - gut ecology
KW  - metabolic syndrome
KW  - microbes
KW  - microbiota
KW  - obesity
KW  - obesogen
KW  - obesogenic
KW  - persistent organic pollutants
KW  - POPs
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Diets
KW  - Antioxidants
KW  - Pharmacology
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Metabolism
KW  - H 6000:Natural Disasters/Civil Defense/Emergency Management
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; Ecology; Chemicals; diabetes mellitus; Antioxidants; Pharmacology; obesity; Metabolites; Metabolism
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104204
ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - Creating the Nutrition Focus of the 2007 Farm Bill
T2  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AN  - 1312985497; 6050706
JF  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AU  - Schneider, Jacqlyn
Y1  - 2011/10/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 29
KW  - farms
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Farms
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - Ethical issues and dilemmas for the public health social worker: Promoting healthy individuals and communities
T2  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AN  - 1312980199; 6051861
JF  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AU  - Congress, Elaine
Y1  - 2011/10/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 29
KW  - Public health
KW  - Ethics
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - S. 1137, The Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act: How De-linking R&D Incentives from Prices Will Deliver Safer, More Effective Drugs at Significantly Lower Prices
T2  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AN  - 1312974761; 6049403
JF  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AU  - Sanders, Bernard
Y1  - 2011/10/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 29
KW  - Innovations
KW  - incentives
KW  - funds
KW  - Drugs
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - What is Congress doing about social insurance?
T2  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AN  - 1312968763; 6050778
JF  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AU  - Hurwit, Cathy
Y1  - 2011/10/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 29
KW  - Congress
KW  - Insurance
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
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ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - Communicating and Building Relationships with Congressional Staff
T2  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AN  - 1312959920; 6048185
JF  - 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA 2011)
AU  - Katz, Emily
Y1  - 2011/10/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 29
KW  - Public health
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Sports
KW  - Fitness
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Arsenal Act: Context and Legislative History
AN  - 925720525; 2011-181277
AB  - This report describes the roles of the federal manufacturing arsenals during the years surrounding the enactment of the two sections of the Arsenal Act, one as part of the Army Appropriations Act for 1854, and the other within the Defense Act of 1920, also known as the Army Reorganization Act of 1920, and provides historical context. The report also shows the change in language between the sections' original enactment and today, and it provides details on the Army's policy in implementing the manufacturing sourcing portion of the statute. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 28 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Else, Daniel H
Y1  - 2011/10/28/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Culture and religion - Language and languages
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Arsenals
KW  - Reorganization
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Languages
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22373.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42062
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Dairy Farm Support: Legislative Proposals in the 112th Congress
AN  - 1081891756; 2011-295173
AB  - Financial stress encountered by dairy farmers in recent years has led Congress and the industry to reconsider how to deal with volatile farm milk prices and the financial prospects for dairy farmers. Legislative proposals and alternative policies could either be incorporated into the next omnibus farm bill, enacted separately before current program expiration through the regular order of business, or incorporated into the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. This report provides a brief overview of federal dairy policy and reviews legislation that has been introduced in the 112th Congress to support dairy farmers. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 28 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Shields, Dennis A
Y1  - 2011/10/28/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Livestock, meat, and animal products industry
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural population and workers
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Business and business enterprises
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Farms
KW  - Business
KW  - Prices
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Dairy industry
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42065
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Synthetic Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891754; 2011-295172
AB  - Synthetic drugs, as opposed to natural drugs, are chemically produced in a laboratory. Concern over the reported increase in use of certain synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants has led some to call on Congress to legislatively schedule specific substances. This report discusses the federal scheduling of controlled substances, including the temporary scheduling of substances; provides an overview of current trends in selected synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants; and concludes with a review of selected relevant legislation in the 112th Congress as well as issues for policymakers to consider. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 28 2011, 15 pp.
AU  - Sacco, Lisa N
AU  - Finklea, Kristin M
Y1  - 2011/10/28/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Drinking, smoking, and drug addiction
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - Synthetic drugs
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42066
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Zimbabwe: The Transitional Government and Implications for U.S. Policy
AN  - 964243609; 2011-182291
AB  - The US government, which has expressed concerns regarding the rule of law in Zimbabwe for over a decade and which has long been critical of President Robert Mugabe, has been cautious in its engagement with the country's three-year-old power-sharing government. That government, which includes members of the former opposition, has improved economic and humanitarian conditions during its ongoing transitional rule; however, significant concerns about the country's political future remain. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 27 2011, 31 pp.
AU  - Ploch, Lauren
Y1  - 2011/10/27/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - United States
KW  - Mugabe, Robert Gabriel
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Rule of law
KW  - Economics
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34509
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Intelligence Appropriations Process: Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720195; 2011-181224
AB  - It is now publicly acknowledged that intelligence appropriations are a significant component of the federal budget. Despite this era of fiscal austerity, some would argue that as active duty force levels are reduced, intelligence assets become more important; and as a result, the congressional intelligence appropriations process is likely to receive continued attention. Congress may choose to review appropriations procedures to ensure that they most effectively enable decision making at a time when both national budgets and international conditions are grave matters of public concern. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 27 2011, 18 pp.
AU  - Best, Richard A, Jr
Y1  - 2011/10/27/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 27
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Assets
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42061
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meetings in Honolulu: A Preview
AN  - 964244174; 2011-182266
AB  - The US will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC's) 19th Economic Leaders' Meeting in Honolulu, HI, in November 2011. Some US officials have been frustrated with APEC's approach to trade and investment liberalization and facilitation. Congressional interest in APEC has generally focused on three issues -- implications for US trade policy in general, potential effects on relations with China, and budgetary matters. The voluntary unilateral trade and investment measures offered or agreed to by the US at the annual Economic Leaders' Meetings may have implications for US trade laws and regulations, as well as for the federal budget. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 25 2011, 8 pp.
AU  - Martin, Michael F
Y1  - 2011/10/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - United States
KW  - Investments
KW  - Economics
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Law
KW  - Regulation
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42071
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy
AN  - 964243572; 2011-182285
AB  - After more than 40 years of authoritarian repression and eight months of armed conflict, fundamental political change has come to Libya. The killing of Muammar al Qadhafi on October 20 and the declaration of Libya's liberation by the interim Transitional National Council (TNC) on October 23 marked the end of the Libyan people's armed struggle and the formal beginning of the country's transition to a new political order. The US military continues to participate in Operation Unified Protector, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military operation to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorizes measures to protect Libyan civilians. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 25 2011, 28 pp.
AU  - Blanchard, Christopher M
Y1  - 2011/10/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict
KW  - United States
KW  - Military operations
KW  - Qaddafi, Muammar el
KW  - Libya
KW  - Conflict
KW  - North Atlantic treaty organization
KW  - United Nations Security council
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
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N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33142
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prenatal Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, DDE, and DDT and Overweight in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study
AN  - 1008843715; 16537012
AB  - Background: Recent experimental evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may increase postnatal obesity risk and that these effects may be sex or diet dependent. Objectives: We explored whether prenatal organochlorine compound (OC) concentrations [polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)] were associated with overweight at 6.5 years of age and whether child sex or fat intakes modified these associations. Methods: We studied 344 children from a Spanish birth cohort established in 1997-1998. Overweight at 6.5 years was defined as a body mass index (BMI) z-score greater than or equal to 85th percentile of the World Health Organization reference. Cord blood OC concentrations were measured and treated as categorical variables (tertiles). Children's diet was assessed by food frequency questionnaire. Relative risks (RRs) were estimated using generalized linear models. Results: After multivariable adjustment, we found an increased RR of overweight in the third tertile of PCB exposure [RR = 1.70; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09, 2.64] and the second tertile of DDE exposure (RR = 1.67; 95% CI: 1.10, 2.55), but no association with DDT exposure in the population overall. Associations between overweight and PCB and DDE concentrations were strongest in girls (p-interaction between 0.01 and 0.28); DDT was associated with overweight only in boys. For DDT we observed stronger associations in children with fat intakes at or above compared with below the median, but this interaction was not significant (p-interaction > 0.05). Conclusions: This study suggests that prenatal OC exposures may be associated with overweight in children and that sex and high-fat intake may influence susceptibility.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Valvi, Damaskini
AU  - Mendez, Michelle A
AU  - Martinez, David
AU  - Grimalt, Joan O
AU  - Torrent, Maties
AU  - Sunyer, Jordi
AU  - Vrijheid, Martine
AD  - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
Y1  - 2011/10/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 25
SP  - 451
EP  - 457
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Toxicology Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - body mass index
KW  - dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)
KW  - dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
KW  - environmental obesogens
KW  - high-fat intakes
KW  - obesity
KW  - persistent organic pollutants
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Age
KW  - Prenatal experience
KW  - Organochlorine compounds
KW  - Food
KW  - Endocrine disruptors
KW  - Models
KW  - Cord blood
KW  - Insecticides
KW  - Nitrous oxide
KW  - Body weight
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - PCB
KW  - Sex
KW  - Diets
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Obesity
KW  - DDE
KW  - Children
KW  - prenatal experience
KW  - polychlorinated biphenyls
KW  - DDT
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
KW  - X 24330:Agrochemicals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Diets; Obesity; Inventories; Age; Organochlorine compounds; Prenatal experience; Endocrine disruptors; Food; DDE; Children; Models; Cord blood; polychlorinated biphenyls; Body weight; DDT; Body mass index; PCB; Sex; Chemicals; prenatal experience; Insecticides; Nitrous oxide; PCB compounds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103862
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Palestinian Initiatives for 2011 at the United Nations
AN  - 964243764; 2011-182255
AB  - Members of Congress are interested in possible United Nations (UN) action on Palestinian statehood. This report discusses the UN framework and process for options discussed, including overviews of the following: the UN and recognition of states, observer status in the UN, and the criteria and process for UN membership. The report also analyzes the prospects for avoiding further UN action by reaching an Israel-PLO agreement to resume negotiations, as well as the possibility of a compromise UN resolution that could set forth parameters for future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations but stop short of addressing the question of Palestinian statehood. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 24 2011, 32 pp.
AU  - Zanotti, Jim
AU  - Browne, Marjorie Ann
Y1  - 2011/10/24/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 24
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - National, ethnic, and minority groups
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - International relations - Diplomacy
KW  - Administration of justice - Legal procedure
KW  - Palestinians
KW  - Membership
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Negotiation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R42022.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42022
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Interior Immigration Enforcement: Programs Targeting Criminal Aliens
AN  - 925720501; 2011-181240
AB  - Congress has a long-standing interest in seeing that immigration enforcement agencies identify and deport serious criminal aliens. The expeditious removal of such aliens has been a statutory priority since 1986, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its predecessor agency have operated programs targeting criminal aliens for removal since 1988. Despite the interest in criminal aliens, inconsistencies in data quality, data collection, and definitions make it impossible to precisely enumerate the criminal alien population. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 21 2011, 45 pp.
AU  - Rosenblum, Marc R
AU  - Kandel, William A
Y1  - 2011/10/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Immigrants and aliens
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Demography and census
KW  - Law and ethics - Citizenship, immigration, and immigration law and policy
KW  - Administration of justice - Police and law enforcement
KW  - Immigration policy
KW  - Deportation
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Population
KW  - Aliens
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42057
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Presidential Policy Directive 8 and the National Preparedness System: Background and Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720497; 2011-181239
AB  - Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness (PPD-8) was signed and released by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2011. PPD-8 and its component policies intend to guide how the nation, from the federal level to private citizens, can "prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation." These threats include terrorist acts, natural disasters, and other man-made incidents. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 21 2011, 26 pp.
AU  - Brown, Jared T
Y1  - 2011/10/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Risk
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42073.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42073
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Agriculture in Pending U.S. Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama
AN  - 1081891761; 2011-295175
AB  - The 112th Congress has just begun to consider the free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea that were negotiated by the Bush Administration. This follows White House submission on October 3, 2011, of a bill to implement each agreement. Each FTA has been received positively by most US agricultural organizations and food industry associations, who are eager to take advantage of the market openings that these FTAs would create. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 6 2011, 29 pp.
AU  - Jurenas, Remy
Y1  - 2011/10/06/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Free trade and protection
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Processed food industries
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Associations and meetings
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - United States
KW  - Free trade and protection
KW  - Food industry
KW  - Associations
KW  - Markets
KW  - Colombia
KW  - South Korea
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40622
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
AN  - 1081891763; 2011-295176
AB  - Article I:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) requires World Trade Organization (WTO) Members to grant most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment "immediately and unconditionally" to the like products of other Members with respect to tariffs and other trade-related measures. Programs such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) are facially inconsistent with this obligation. Because such programs have been viewed as trade-expanding, however, parties to the GATT provided a legal basis for one-way tariff preferences in a 1979 decision known as the Enabling Clause. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 5 2011, 9 pp.
AU  - Grimmett, Jeanne J
Y1  - 2011/10/05/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 05
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Commercial treaties and agreements
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Customs administration and duties
KW  - World trade organization
KW  - Tariff
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - General agreement on tariffs and trade
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22183.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS22183
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and Policy Considerations
AN  - 925720504; 2011-181241
AB  - With the need to assure seamless communications among first responders and emergency personnel at the scene of a major disaster, the 111th Congress considered, but could not pass, pivotal issues, such as radio frequency spectrum license allocation, funding programs for a Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN), and initiatives to advance public policies for Next Generation 911 services (NG9-1-1). The 112th Congress is under pressure to act on the assignment of a block of radio frequency spectrum licenses -- referred to as the D Block -- and to provide a plan for federal support of broadband networks for emergency communications. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Oct 4 2011, 45 pp.
AU  - Moore, Linda K
Y1  - 2011/10/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Telecommunications and communication systems
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Media - Radio
KW  - Business and service sector - Entertainment business
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Communication
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Public safety
KW  - Emergency communication systems
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Communication
KW  - Licenses
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Radio
KW  - Public policy
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41842
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - Juvenile Justice in Australia 2009-10. Juvenile Justice Series. Number 8
AN  - 964179049; ED525302
AB  - In Australia, the state and territory governments are responsible for dealing with young people who are involved in crime. One major aspect of the juvenile justice system is the supervision of children and young people who have committed or are alleged to have committed an offence. This report presents information on the young people under juvenile justice supervision, both in detention and under community-based supervision, and the characteristics of their supervision. There are eight chapters in this report. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report. Chapter 2 provides background information to the juvenile justice supervision system and the young people who are under juvenile justice supervision. Chapter 3 details the data and methods used in the report. Chapters 4 and 5 examine the characteristics of the young people under juvenile justice supervision and the supervision they experience. Chapter 6 contains further information on community-based supervision, while Chapter 7 focuses on detention. Chapter 8 summarises key information for each state and territory. Appended are: (1) State and territory juvenile justice systems, programs and services; and (2) Population data. (Contains 143 figures and 33 tables.) [Funding for this paper was provided by the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators.]
AU  - Aalders, Rachel
AU  - Morgan, Kirsten
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 250
PB  - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6244-1025; Fax: +61-2-6244-1299; e-mail: info@aihw.gov.au; Web site: http://www.aihw.gov.au
SN  - 9781742492124
KW  - Australia
KW  - ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE)
KW  - State Programs
KW  - Indigenous Populations
KW  - Crime
KW  - Law Enforcement
KW  - Government Role
KW  - Rural Areas
KW  - State Government
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Services
KW  - Supervision
KW  - Tables (Data)
KW  - Juvenile Justice
KW  - Youth
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ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Chemical cleaning of ultrafiltration membrane fouled by an activated sludge effluent
AN  - 954650801; 16423350
AB  - In this study, membrane foulants and cleaning efficiency of different membrane cleaners for the ultrafiltration (UF) of a municipal activated sludge effluent were investigated. The major membrane foulants were polysaccharides, proteins, and humic substances (HS). Backwashing the fouled membrane removed some polysaccharides and proteins, but was not able to displace the adsorbed HS. Of the cleaners studied for the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) UF membrane the most effective were sodium hypochlorite (200 ppm available chlorine), Terg-a-zyme (1.0 wt.%), and sodium dodecyl sulphate (10 mM). The results indicated that hydrophobic attraction was the most important force keeping the hydraulically irreversible foulants attached to the membrane. The surfaces of the fouled and cleaned membranes were analysed and interactions among the membranes, foulants, and the cleaning agents were discussed in terms of their chemistry and cleaning efficiency.
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Nguyen, ST
AU  - Roddick, F A
AD  - School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic.3001, Australia, felicity.roddick@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 94
EP  - 99
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 34
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Sulfates
KW  - Ultrafiltration
KW  - Polysaccharides
KW  - Sulphates
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Fluoride
KW  - Municipal wastes
KW  - Fluorides
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Activated Sludge
KW  - Effluents
KW  - Sludge
KW  - Cleaning
KW  - Sodium
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Chlorination
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - SW 1030:Use of water of impaired quality
KW  - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Water treatment; Fluorides; Polysaccharides; Sludge; Effluents; Sulphates; Cleaning; Ultrafiltration; Sodium; Membranes; Fluoride; Proteins; Chlorination; Municipal wastes; Sulfates; Activated Sludge
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10/5004/dwt.2011.2790
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Use of a trap garden to find additional genetically distinct isolates of the rust fungus Phragmidium violaceum to enhance biological control of European blackberry in Australia
AN  - 954642258; 16419468
AB  - Biological control agents can be more effective if their populations are genetically diverse, particularly when the target invasive plant comprises a range of genotypes with different susceptibilities and occurs across various microclimates. We report on the use of an efficient approach to find, in the native range, diverse isolates of a rust fungus for biological control. An outdoor trap garden containing various clones of invasive European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg.) collected in Australia, each with a different DNA phenotype, was established in France. Within 4 weeks of establishment, the leaf-rust fungus Phragmidium violaceum was recovered from all clones in the garden. Molecular analyses of eight recovered and purified isolates of the fungus from the garden revealed that they were genetically distinct from each other and from isolates already present in Australia. These garden isolates also represented a subset of the population existing in Europe, when compared to isolates collected about 30 years ago. Two pathogenicity phenotypes were observed among the garden isolates in bioassays consisting of representative blackberry clones from Australia, and together the isolates were capable of infecting all clones. Results from host-specificity tests on key non-target plant species closely related to European blackberry concurred with previous findings that the leaf-rust fungus does not pose a threat to commercial blackberry cultivars and Rubus species native to Australia. The release and establishment of the garden isolates in Australia has potential to increase the genetic diversity and evolutionary potential of the leaf-rust fungus for more effective biological control.
JF  - European Journal of Plant Pathology
AU  - Morin, Louise
AU  - Evans, Katherine J
AU  - Jourdan, Mireille
AU  - Gomez, Don R
AU  - Scott, John K
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, louise.morin@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 289
EP  - 303
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 131
IS  - 2
SN  - 0929-1873, 0929-1873
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Biological control
KW  - Phragmidium violaceum
KW  - A 01360:Plant Diseases
KW  - K 03420:Plant Diseases
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-11
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Biological control; Phragmidium violaceum
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-011-9808-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FUSARIUM SOLANI SP. DALBERGIAE, THE WILT PATHOGEN OF DALBERGIA SISSOO, BY TRICHODERMA VIRIDE AND T. HARZIANUM
AN  - 926894424; 16346622
AB  - The fungus Fusarium solani sp. dalbergiae was isolated from infected trees of Dalbergia sissoo. Several efforts of controlling the disease including biological means, both in vitro and in vivo, were tried. It was concluded that the fungus had been successfully destroyed by the two antagonists, Trichoderma viride and T. harzianum. Microscopic studies demonstrated mycoparasitism at different stages of hyphal interaction between the antagonists and the tested fungus. A distinct line of demarcation was produced between them in Petri dishes. In the in vivo tests, seven-month-old seedlings were placed in plastic pots containing soils inoculated with the pathogenic culture. Positive results were obtained in healing the seedlings in the fields. The efficacy of T. viride was superior to T. harzianum.
JF  - Journal of Tropical Forest Science
AU  - Basak, A C
AU  - Basak
AD  - Forest Protection Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, GPO Box # 273, Chittagong-4000, Bangladesh, anil.basak@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 460
EP  - 466
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SN  - 0128-1283, 0128-1283
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology
KW  - Biological control
KW  - Trees
KW  - Dalbergia sissoo
KW  - Trichoderma viride
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Antagonists
KW  - Substance P
KW  - Soil
KW  - Seedlings
KW  - Plastics
KW  - Wilt
KW  - Fusarium solani
KW  - K 03410:Animal Diseases
KW  - A 01370:Biological Control
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Biological control; Trees; Seedlings; Plastics; Pathogens; Substance P; Wilt; Antagonists; Dalbergia sissoo; Trichoderma viride; Fusarium solani
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Site specific distribution of the mud shore crab Helograpsus haswellianus in temperate wetlands
AN  - 926890499; 16351898
AB  - An important aspect in determining the ecology of a species is an understanding of its abundance and distribution. The population structure and distribution of Helograpsus haswellianus (Brachyura, Grapsidae) were evaluated over 12 months at four intertidal wetland sites that differed in vegetation and inundation. Surface activity of H. haswellianus varied over time with no consistent seasonal pattern. Sex ratios were always significantly skewed towards males, and crabs of both sexes were distributed evenly across habitats at all sites. Recruitment patterns and size frequency distributions varied significantly between sites, independent of habitats. Crabs were smaller in wetter, more sheltered areas, but size ranges overlapped between habitats. The site-specific difference in population structure and distribution of H. haswellianus indicates that the functional role of this burrowing crab may vary across wetlands.
JF  - Wetlands Ecology and Management
AU  - Katrak, G
AU  - Dittmann, S
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia, gitanjali.katrak@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 433
EP  - 448
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
SN  - 0923-4861, 0923-4861
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Shores
KW  - Crabs
KW  - Frequency Distribution
KW  - Habitats
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Wetlands
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Sex
KW  - Sites
KW  - Decapoda
KW  - Sex ratio
KW  - Quantitative distribution
KW  - Crustacea
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Mud
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Surface activity
KW  - Grapsidae
KW  - Brachyura
KW  - Flooding
KW  - Population structure
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q1 08463:Habitat community studies
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - SW 0540:Properties of water
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-04-09
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sex ratio; Quantitative distribution; Recruitment; Mud; Population structure; Wetlands; Surface activity; Abundance; Vegetation; Habitat; Seasonal variations; Sex; Sulfur dioxide; Crustacea; Shores; Frequency Distribution; Habitats; Sites; Flooding; Crabs; Grapsidae; Decapoda; Brachyura
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-011-9227-1
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Missing Endgame for Afghanistan: A Sustainable Post-Bin Laden Strategy
AN  - 925702994; 201204135
AB  - As U.S. and NATO troops draw down in Afghanistan, our current strategy is insufficient. Two helpful models exist for a complementary, long-term regional economic and entrepreneurial development program to help foster sustainable Afghan and regional stability. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - The Washington Quarterly
AU  - Abshire, David M
AU  - Browne, Ryan
AD  - President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 59
EP  - 72
PB  - MIT Press, Cambridge MA
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SN  - 0163-660X, 0163-660X
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Development Programs
KW  - NATO
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Economic Models
KW  - Stability
KW  - article
KW  - 9063: international relations; international relations
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Afghanistan; Development Programs; Entrepreneurship; NATO; Stability; Economic Models
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163660X.2011.609385
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Climate adaptation programs under fire
AN  - 921634116
AB  - Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) has proposed an amendment to the House Agriculture Committee appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for implementing the June 3, 2011, USDA regulation on climate change adaptation.  The regulation calls for the USDA to "analyze how climate change may affect the ability of the agency or office to achieve its mission and its policy, program, and operational objectives by reviewing existing programs, operations, policies, and authorities."
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Fall
PY  - 2011
DA  - Fall 2011
SP  - 29
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Science
KW  - Appropriations
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Role of government in social science research funding questioned
AN  - 921634115
AB  - Ranking Member Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) said that support for NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences must continue, because the research funded is critical to programs such as disaster relief, benefits multiple government agencies and society, and is not funded elsewhere.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Fall
PY  - 2011
DA  - Fall 2011
SP  - 29
EP  - 30
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Colleges & universities
KW  - Science education
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Science and technology policy in brief
AN  - 921634100
AB  - The bill would allow federal funding for research on stem cells obtained from donated embryos left over from fertility treatments, as long as the donations meet certain ethical criteria. * On July 26, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing to examine how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) fishery research affects the economies of coastal communities that rely on commercial or recreational fisheries.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Fall
PY  - 2011
DA  - Fall 2011
SP  - 30
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Stem cells
KW  - Medical research
KW  - Federal funding
KW  - Donations
KW  - Fishing industry
KW  - Science
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Applied research facing deep cuts in FY 2012 budget
AN  - 921634098
AB  - In the House Appropriations Committee-approved Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) face large cuts, whereas the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fare better.  Because of a cut to NOAAs Operations, Research, and Facilities account, NOAA's R&D spending will be down 9.2%.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Fall
PY  - 2011
DA  - Fall 2011
SP  - 27
EP  - 28
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Bills
KW  - Research & development expenditures
KW  - Research & development--R&D
KW  - Federal budget
KW  - Congressional committees
KW  - Appropriations
KW  - Space telescopes
KW  - Space shuttle
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - House approves patent reform bill
AN  - 921634097
AB  - The House bill originally contained this provision, but it was changed during floor debate after Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) argued that the provision would limit congressional oversight of the patent office by circumventing the appropriations process.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Fall
PY  - 2011
DA  - Fall 2011
SP  - 28
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Inventors
KW  - Patents
KW  - Bills
KW  - Appropriations
KW  - United States--US
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pregnancy Pause: Extreme Heat Linked to Shortened Gestation
AN  - 920806244; 16208118
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Tillett, Tanya
AD  - Tanya Tillett, MA, of Durham, NC, is a staff writer/editor for EHP. She has been on the EHP staff since 2000 and has represented the journal at national and international conferences.
Y1  - 2011/10/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Oct 01
SP  - a443
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 0
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-02-10
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a443b
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Predation by snakes thwarts trial reintroduction of the Endangered woma python Aspidites ramsayi
AN  - 911160593; 16007056
AB  - Case studies of well-documented snake reintroductions are limited, despite their potential value for conservation and ecosystem recovery. The Endangered woma Aspidites ramsayi is a large boid snake that has declined considerably and is now threatened throughout much of central Australia. We describe a trial release of captive-bred womas into the feral predator-free Arid Recovery Reserve in northern South Australia. All of the reintroduced womas were killed within 4 months, with predation by the mulga snake Pseudechis australis confirmed or implied in all cases. Lessons learned for the conditioning of captive-bred snakes for wild release and the role of the mulga snake in structuring Australian arid-zone snake assemblages are discussed.
JF  - Oryx
AU  - Read, J L
AU  - Johnston, G R
AU  - Morley, T P
AD  - Arid Recovery, G.P.O. Box 150, Roxby Downs, South Australia 5725, Australia, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., john.read@adelaide.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 505
EP  - 512
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 45
IS  - 4
SN  - 0030-6053, 0030-6053
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - ecosystem recovery
KW  - Reintroduction
KW  - Aspidites
KW  - Australia, South Australia
KW  - Predation
KW  - Ecosystem recovery
KW  - snakes
KW  - Pseudechis australis
KW  - case studies
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Python
KW  - reintroduction
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Number of references - 17
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Reintroduction; Predation; Ecosystem recovery; Conservation; ecosystem recovery; case studies; snakes; reintroduction; Aspidites; Python; Pseudechis australis; Australia, South Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605310001110
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of lifetime chemical inhibition of aromatase on the sexual differentiation, sperm characteristics and fertility of medaka (Oryzias latipes) and zebrafish (Danio rerio)
AN  - 911150814; 15964864
AB  - The deleterious effects of tributyltin (TBT) on spermiation in fish have been attributed to its role in inhibiting aromatisation of androgens to estrogens, and the critical role of the latter in sperm development. We test this hypothesis by examining sperm parameters, fertilisation and hatching success in males of two fish species exposed throughout life to doses of Fadrozole, a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor (AI), provided in their diets. AI-treatment caused 100% male development in zebrafish, but only partial masculinisation in medaka, in both cases supporting previous studies and suggesting different roles of estrogen in sexual differentiation in the two species. Milt volume, initial sperm motility, maximum sperm swimming duration and sperm morphology did not differ significantly between Control and AI-dosed fish in either species, after excluding low milt volumes in sex-changed females in medaka. Fertilisation rates were also unaffected by the aromatase inhibition, but hatching success in medaka was 31% lower than in Control males, suggesting a previously unreported effect of aromatase on sperm quality. The slight effect of aromatase inhibition on sperm parameters in general contrasts with the marked effect of TBT on fish sperm, and suggests that a mechanism other than depressed estrogen levels is involved.
JF  - Aquatic Toxicology
AU  - Thresher, Ronald
AU  - Gurney, Robert
AU  - Canning, Miles
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, Ron.Thresher@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 355
EP  - 360
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 105
IS  - 3-4
SN  - 0166-445X, 0166-445X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality
KW  - Water Pollution
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Sperm
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Freshwater fish
KW  - Sex hormones
KW  - Fertilization
KW  - Aromatase
KW  - Hatching
KW  - Pollution indicators
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Diets
KW  - Inhibition
KW  - Fish (cyprinid) (minnow or carp family) (continued)
KW  - Tributyltin
KW  - Danio rerio
KW  - Motility
KW  - fertilization
KW  - Fish
KW  - estrogens
KW  - Oryzias latipes
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Antifoulants
KW  - Estrogens
KW  - Swimming
KW  - hatching
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - Sex differentiation
KW  - Antifouling substances
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Androgens
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 3050:Ultimate disposal of wastes
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms
KW  - Q1 08344:Reproduction and development
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fertility; Antifouling substances; Pollution effects; Toxicity; Sperm; Freshwater fish; Pollution indicators; Toxicology; Sex hormones; Diets; Swimming; Motility; Fertilization; Estrogens; Aromatase; Sex differentiation; Hatching; Tributyltin; Androgens; fertilization; Morphology; hatching; Fish; estrogens; Water Pollution; Antifoulants; Fish (cyprinid) (minnow or carp family) (continued); Inhibition; Danio rerio; Oryzias latipes; Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.07.008
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Genetic background of resistance to cadmium-induced testicular toxicity in inbred Wistar-Imamichi rats
AN  - 902373478; 15838137
AB  - We have previously reported that inbred Wistar-Imamichi (WI) rats are highly resistant to cadmium (Cd)-induced testicular toxicity compared with inbred Fischer 344 (F344) rats. The present study was to elucidate the genetic background of resistance to Cd-induced testicular toxicity in WI rats. The genetic analysis of susceptibility to Cd-induced testicular toxicity was conducted by using Cd-resistant WI and Cd-sensitive F344 strains as the parental rats and by using the testicular hemoglobin level as the indicator. In the frequency distribution of testicular hemoglobin levels in parental, first filial (F sub(1)) and second filial (F sub(2)) rats treated with Cd at a dose of 2.0 mg/kg, F sub(1) rats had testicular hemoglobin levels intermediate to WI and F344 rats, and F sub(2) rats segregated into three groups of low, intermediate, and high phenotypes at the expected ratio. Furthermore, the backcross progeny between WI and F sub(1) or between F344 and F sub(1) segregated into two groups with the expected ratio. Based on a simple Mendelian genetic analysis, these segregation patterns lead us to conclude that two codominant alleles at a gene locus are responsible for the susceptibility to Cd-induced testicular toxicity in rats. This is the first report for the genetic analysis of susceptibility to Cd-induced testicular toxicity in inbred rat strains.
JF  - Archives of Toxicology
AU  - Shimada, Hideaki
AU  - Hata, Iori
AU  - Hashiguchi, Takashi
AU  - Imamura, Yorishige
AD  - Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, 2-40-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan, hshimada@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp hshimada@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp hshimada@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 1195
EP  - 1199
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 85
IS  - 10
SN  - 0340-5761, 0340-5761
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Testes
KW  - Hemoglobin
KW  - Genetic analysis
KW  - Inbreeding
KW  - Progeny
KW  - Cadmium
KW  - Toxicity
KW  - X 24360:Metals
KW  - G 07870:Mammals
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-11-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Hemoglobin; Testes; Genetic analysis; Cadmium; Progeny; Inbreeding; Toxicity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-011-0662-9
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Implications of dredging induced changes in sediment particle size composition for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities
AN  - 902369865; 15764120
AB  - A meta-analysis approach was used to assess the effect of dredging induced changes in sediment composition, under different conditions of natural physical disturbance, for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities. Results showed the sensitivity of macrofaunal communities increased as both the proportion of gravel increased and the level of natural physical disturbance decreased. These findings may be explained by the close association of certain taxa with the gravel fraction, and the influence of natural physical disturbance which, as it increases, tends to restrict the colonisation by these species. We conclude that maintaining the gravel content of surface sediments after dredging and, where practicable, locating extraction sites in areas of higher natural disturbance will minimise the potential for long-term negative impacts on the macrofauna.
JF  - Marine Pollution Bulletin
AU  - Cooper, K M
AU  - Curtis, M
AU  - Wan Hussin, WMR
AU  - Barrio Frojan, CRS
AU  - Defew, E C
AU  - Nye, V
AU  - Paterson, D M
AD  - The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Suffolk NR33 OHT, UK, keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 2087
EP  - 2094
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 62
IS  - 10
SN  - 0025-326X, 0025-326X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts
KW  - Water Pollution
KW  - Marine Environment
KW  - Particle Size
KW  - taxa
KW  - Species Composition
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Sediment Sorting
KW  - sediment composition
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Marine
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - disturbance
KW  - Gravel
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - Macrofauna
KW  - colonization
KW  - Ecosystem disturbance
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Dredging
KW  - Sediment composition
KW  - Zoobenthos
KW  - Benthos
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q1 08462:Benthos
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - O 4020:Pollution - Organisms/Ecology/Toxicology
KW  - SW 3070:Water quality control
KW  - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Colonization; Community composition; Environmental impact; Dredging; Sediment composition; Zoobenthos; Ecosystem disturbance; Benthos; Sensitivity; disturbance; sediment composition; Macrofauna; taxa; colonization; Water Pollution; Marine Environment; Gravel; Particle Size; Sediment Sorting; Species Composition; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Distribution and Survival of Ascochyta Blight Pathogens in Field-Pea-Cropping Soils of Australia
AN  - 902364503; 15848054
AB  - Phoma koolunga, Didymella pinodes, and P. medicaginis var. pinodella were detected in DNA extracted from soil following field pea crops across four states in the southeastern and western regions of Australia. P. koolunga was commonly detected in soil from South Australia but rarely in other states whereas D. pinodes plus P. medicaginis var. pinodella were widespread in all regions tested. The quantity of DNA of these pathogens detected in soils prior to growing field pea was positively correlated with ascochyta blight lesions on field pea subsequently grown in infested soil in a pot bioassay and also on field pea in naturally infected field trials. The quantity of DNA of the soilborne pathogens was greatest following a field pea crop and gradually decreased in the following 3 years. The DNA tests were used to quantify the DNA of the pathogens in field pea plants sampled from naturally infected field trials in South Australia over two seasons. The combined results of DNA tests and pathogen isolation from the plants indicated that P. koolunga and D. pinodes were equally responsible for the ascochyta blight symptoms in the diseased trials, while P. medicaginis var. pinodella had a minor role in the disease complex.
JF  - Plant Disease
AU  - Davidson, JA
AU  - Krysinska-Kaczmarek, M
AU  - Wilmshurst, C J
AU  - McKay, A
AU  - Herdina,
AU  - Scott, E S
AD  - South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), GPO Box 397, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia, jenny.davidson@sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 1217
EP  - 1223
VL  - 95
IS  - 10
SN  - 0191-2917, 0191-2917
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology
KW  - Soil
KW  - Phoma
KW  - Plant diseases
KW  - Blight
KW  - DNA
KW  - Didymella
KW  - Survival
KW  - Pathogens
KW  - Ascochyta
KW  - Crops
KW  - A 01400:Soil Microbes
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-12-04
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Plant diseases; Blight; DNA; Survival; Pathogens; Crops; Phoma; Didymella; Ascochyta
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-11-0077
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cross-Spectrum of Wind Speed for Meso-Gamma Scales in the Upper Surface Layer over South-Eastern Australia
AN  - 899159196; 15668611
AB  - Analytical expressions for the cross-spectrum of wind speed are developed for the stochastic simulation of wind power in south-eastern Australia. The expressions are valid for heights above the ground in the range 40-80 m, site separations of 1-30 km, and frequencies of (1/6)-3 cycles h super(-1). The influence of site separation distance is taken into account, as are variables that are defined for blocks of time. These variables include the mean and standard deviation of wind speed and the mean wind direction. The parameters of the model equations are determined by non-linear least-squares regression with cross-validation over 10 years of wind measurements from 84 towers in south-eastern Australia.
JF  - Boundary-Layer Meteorology
AU  - Woods, Milton J
AU  - Davy, Robert J
AU  - Russell, Christopher J
AU  - Coppin, Peter A
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (A partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology), GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, M.Woods@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 93
EP  - 116
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 141
IS  - 1
SN  - 0006-8314, 0006-8314
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Stochastic methods in meteorology
KW  - Mean winds
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Wind measurement
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Surface layers
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Wind speed
KW  - Wind power
KW  - Standard Deviation
KW  - Numerical simulations
KW  - Wind measurements
KW  - Australia
KW  - Meteorology
KW  - Wind
KW  - M2 551.55:Wind (551.55)
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - Q2 09244:Air-sea coupling
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Wind speed; Wind power; Mathematical models; Wind measurement; Meteorology; Surface layers; Stochastic methods in meteorology; Mean winds; Numerical simulations; Wind measurements; Statistical analysis; Standard Deviation; Wind; Model Studies; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10546-011-9632-2
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Responding to Life's March
AN  - 896908577
AB  - Here, Phipps discusses what life lessons weather teaches and the importance of preparing as best as people can--and enduring when they must. He says, patience is always in generous supply during the storm, but its wake leaves frustration and impatience. Unlike a storm that can overwhelm people, the steady progress of time is something for which they can and must prepare. That applies as much to the real estate industry as it does to their personal and individual business lives. The nation has learned how the government, lenders, and others affect the industry--and they are adapting.
JF  - Realtor Magazine
AU  - Phipps, Ronald L, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, S
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 5
CY  - Chicago
PB  - National Association of Realtors
VL  - 44
IS  - 8
SN  - 15220842
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - Real estate companies
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - United States--US
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Central
N1  - Copyright - Copyright National Association of Realtors Oct 2011
N1  - Last updated - 2011-10-10
N1  - CODEN - RESTDR
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States--US
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - NRM engagement between remote dryland communities and government agencies: Success factors from Australia
AN  - 883027356; 15208647
AB  - The management of dryland environments involves the interaction of multiple government agencies and citizens, and is required to respond to a wide range of responsibilities and aspirations for a given region. This paper focuses on the characteristics of engagement between management agencies and citizens in a dryland region, presented here as a series of success factors. These factors are based on empirical research carried out in the Lake Eyre Basin in Australia, one of the world's largest inwardly draining basins. The results reinforce generic and dryland-specific factors supporting successful community engagement. The former, such as building trust, working in partnership, supporting community champions, and maintaining transparency, are necessary but insufficient for achieving successful community engagement in the case study region. In addition, community engagement in the case study region also required respecting the extreme conditions and extraordinary variability of the Basin and committing to longer timeframes even if the outcomes of community engagement are slow to accrue, in order to take advantage of opportunities in more prosperous times.
JF  - Journal of Arid Environments
AU  - Measham, T G
AU  - Brake, L
AU  - Robinson, C J
AU  - Larson, S
AU  - Richards, C
AU  - Smith, T F
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Gungahlin Homestead, GPO Box 284, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 968
EP  - 973
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 75
IS  - 10
SN  - 0140-1963, 0140-1963
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Community engagement
KW  - Governance
KW  - Participation
KW  - Desert
KW  - Variability
KW  - Arid environments
KW  - Basins
KW  - transparency
KW  - Lakes
KW  - Australia
KW  - Lake Basins
KW  - responsibility
KW  - Transparency
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Buildings
KW  - community involvement
KW  - case studies
KW  - Deserts
KW  - Governments
KW  - Government agencies
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q2 09102:Institutes and organizations
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 08:International
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Transparency; Arid environments; Governments; Lakes; Basins; transparency; case studies; Deserts; community involvement; responsibility; Government agencies; Variability; Case Studies; Lake Basins; Buildings; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.04.018
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using the Generalised Additive Model to model the particle number count of ultrafine particles
AN  - 1777147118; 15674437
AB  - In this paper, we compare the Generalised Linear Model (GLM) and Generalised Additive Model (GAM) for modelling the particle number concentration (PNC) of outdoor, airborne ultrafine particles in Helsinki, Finland. We examine temporal trends in PNC and examine the relationship between PNC and rainfall, wind speed and direction, humidity, temperature and solar insolation. Model choice is via the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC).We have shown that the Generalised Additive Model provides a better fit than the equivalent Generalised Linear Model (ELM) when fitting models with the same covariates with equivalent degrees of freedom (AIC and BIC for the GAM are 10266.52 and 10793.04, AIC and BIC for the ELM are 10297.19 and 10885.97, both have an R2 value of 0.836). We also present results that show that modelling both temporal trends and the effect of rainfall, wind speed and direction, humidity, temperature and solar insolation yields a better fitting model, according to the AIC, than either temporal trends or meteorological conditions by themselves.The model is applicable to any longitudinal monitoring-type measurement campaign where long time series are recorded. Use of this technique may be inappropriate for very short measurement campaigns. Attempting to fit a representative daily trend to one or two days' measurements may lead to a high degree of uncertainty; inclusion of a yearly trend requires having at least a year's worth of data with few gaps, particularly large gaps. In such a situation, the temporal trends may end up being penalised to zero and the model reverts to one largely influenced by meteorology.
JF  - Atmospheric Environment
AU  - Clifford, S
AU  - Low Choy, S
AU  - Hussein, T
AU  - Mengersen, K
AU  - Morawska, L
AD  - International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 5934
EP  - 5945
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 45
IS  - 32
SN  - 1352-2310, 1352-2310
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Temporal logic
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Fittings
KW  - Insolation
KW  - Trends
KW  - Additives
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Elm
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-08-08
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - delta 13C and delta D of volatile organic compounds in an alumina industry stack emission
AN  - 1762120096; 15520490
AB  - Compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) is becoming more widely accepted as a tool for determining the sources of contaminants and monitoring their transport and fate in the environment. However, measuring delta D of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in atmospheric samples is still underexplored. The present study applies thermal desorption-gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (TD-GC-irMS) for the first time to measure stable hydrogen isotope analyses of VOCs in an alumina refinery emission. delta 13C data is also collected. A sampling train was designed using TenaxTA as the adsorbent material to gain reliable and reproducible results for CSIA. delta 13C values for VOCs (C6-C14) ranged from -22 to -31ppt, which is similar to delta 13C value range reported for naturally occurring components. The delta D values (21 to -137ppt) in this study were consistently more enriched in D compared to delta D values of VOCs previously reported making the delta values of VOCs in the industrial stack unique. Therefore delta D analysis may provide a means for tracking VOCs in atmospheric samples.
JF  - Atmospheric Environment
AU  - Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Christiane
AU  - Grice, Kliti
AU  - Ioppolo-Armanios, Marisa
AU  - Jones, Mark
AD  - WA-Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre, The Institute for Geoscience Research, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 5477
EP  - 5483
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 45
IS  - 31
SN  - 1352-2310, 1352-2310
KW  - Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts (WC); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH)
KW  - Aluminum oxide
KW  - Atmospherics
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Organic compounds
KW  - Volatile organic compounds
KW  - Trains
KW  - Tools
KW  - Hydrogen isotopes
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.064
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Between a rock and a hard place; shaping federal policies on critical minerals and materials
AN  - 1420506456; 2013-062533
AB  - Following the supply disruption of rare earth elements from China to Japan in the spring of 2010, considerable attention has been paid to the topic of mineral criticality, particularly with respect to rare earth elements. This topic has since been extensively explored by Congressional committees in the House and Senate, resulting in a proliferation of legislation of many varieties related to mineral criticality, mining, and broader supply chain issues for manufacturing and reuse of critical materials--particularly in the energy sector. As the subject has been undertaken by Congress, the overall tone has shifted from one of international trade security and geopolitical concerns to encouragement of domestic mining and reestablishment of the domestic supply for many energy critical materials that have been identified by the National Academy of Science. The debate has originated primarily in committees and has focused policy-making, however some stakeholders have embraced the Congressional interest in the topic and have moved to politically focused on issues such as the fast-tracking of permits and approvals for opening or reopening mines. As a result, legislation has become more comprehensive in its scope, but also more controversial which may lead to a slow down in the legislative process. It is important that all policy makers consider the full scope of the issues around rare earth elements and other critical materials while addressing the most pressing geopolitical supply issues that are central to the supply and sustainability problem. Finally, they must provide a secure framework for the use of these materials in the manufacturing and end-use sectors going forward.
JF  - Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America
AU  - Anderson, Allyson
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 317
PB  - Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO
VL  - 43
IS  - 5
SN  - 0016-7592, 0016-7592
KW  - United States
KW  - natural resources
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - legislation
KW  - supply
KW  - policy
KW  - mineral resources
KW  - demand
KW  - 26A:Economic geology, general, deposits
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DB  - GeoRef
N1  - Conference title - Geological Society of America, 2011 annual meeting
N1  - Copyright - GeoRef, Copyright 2013, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by the Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - PubXState - CO
N1  - Last updated - 2013-08-15
N1  - CODEN - GAAPBC
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - demand; legislation; mineral resources; natural resources; policy; supply; sustainable development; United States
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Federal climate policy as a case study for science-policy interaction
AN  - 1400616538; 2013-053100
AB  - After the House of Representatives passed comprehensive climate legislation in the 111th Congress, the U.S. Senate failed to pass companion legislation or even bring less ambitious energy legislation up for a vote. This failure to enact legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions occurred despite intense international pressure, strongly worded warnings about inaction from an overwhelming majority of climate scientists, and an unprecedented level of scientific outreach to the legislative branch. Though there were many contributing factors to the demise of climate legislation in the Senate, its most recent failure provides a particularly useful case study for examining the interactions between scientists, the public, and policymakers. In this talk, I will discuss the failure of climate legislation from multiple perspectives: as a climate scientist engaging the general public; as an educator teaching graduate level energy policy; and as a policymaker working with senators on federal climate policy. The public, well-educated students, and high-ranking elected public officials all exhibit similar characteristics that make evaluating climate and other resource policy options challenging. All of these groups exhibit difficulty quantifying relative risk, understanding the scale of many resource issues, and placing their operative timescales in context. Improvement in these areas of difficulty will require educational efforts both inside and outside of the classroom at all levels. In addition, there should be a special focus to equip geoscientists with a fundamental understanding of policy formation.
JF  - Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America
AU  - Rennert, Kevin J
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 643
PB  - Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO
VL  - 43
IS  - 5
SN  - 0016-7592, 0016-7592
KW  - United States
KW  - legislation
KW  - environmental geology
KW  - policy
KW  - climate
KW  - 22:Environmental geology
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DB  - GeoRef
N1  - Conference title - Geological Society of America, 2011 annual meeting
N1  - Copyright - GeoRef, Copyright 2013, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by the Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
N1  - Date revised - 2013-01-01
N1  - PubXState - CO
N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-18
N1  - CODEN - GAAPBC
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - climate; environmental geology; legislation; policy; United States
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Space-time variability in environmental thermal properties and snail thermoregulatory behaviour
AN  - 1328506948; 15929779
AB  - 1.Behavioural adaptations of ectotherms to thermally heterogeneous environments are still overlooked in the literature despite the fact that organismal behaviour could enhance survival in the warming world. This is particularly critical in the intertidal where most ectotherms live at, or near to the upper limit of thermal tolerance. 2.This study investigated (i) the environmental factors determining the body temperatures of the intertidal gastropod Nerita atramentosa, (ii) the space-time variability in environmental and individual body temperatures and (iii) the potential variability in N. atramentosa thermoregulatory behaviours, i.e. microhabitat selection and aggregation. 3.Thermal imaging was used to assess the body temperatures of N. atramentosa and surrounding substrata over two seasons (autumn and summer), at two shore levels (low- vs. high-shore levels) within two habitats of different topographic complexity (rock platform and boulders) on the same rocky shore. 4.Snail body and substratum temperatures were significantly and positively correlated within each habitat at both seasons. Substratum temperature may thus be considered as a primary driver of body temperatures of organisms that attach to a substratum. Substratum temperature and other variables such as solar irradiance critically need to be integrated in climate-change models that use single climatic variables (e.g. air temperature) that are not necessarily correlated with individual body temperatures in nature. 5.The high space-time variability in both substratum and body temperatures reinforces the growing evidence that small spatial scale variations may surpass those observed at larger spatial scales. 6.Nerita atramentosa thermoregulatory behaviour under high thermal stress appeared to be habitat specific. 7.The small spatial scale heterogeneity in environmental and individual temperatures and in thermoregulatory behaviours has stressed the need to focus on body temperature patterns at the niche level and to integrate the organismal behaviour in climate-change models.
JF  - Functional Ecology
AU  - Chapperon, Coraline
AU  - Seuront, Laurent
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 1040
EP  - 1050
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 25
IS  - 5
SN  - 0269-8463, 0269-8463
KW  - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Spatial distribution
KW  - Irradiance
KW  - Body temperature
KW  - Niches
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Survival
KW  - Shores
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - Air temperature
KW  - Models
KW  - Nerita atramentosa
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Gastropoda
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Thermoregulatory behavior
KW  - Habitat
KW  - imaging
KW  - Adaptability
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Microenvironments
KW  - Y 25150:General/Miscellaneous
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adaptations; Body temperature; Irradiance; Niches; Shores; Survival; Thermoregulatory behavior; Habitat; imaging; Environmental factors; Air temperature; Models; Microenvironments; Adaptability; Spatial distribution; Climate change; Temperature; Global warming; Nerita atramentosa; Gastropoda
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01859.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Paper Standards, Public Printing, and Preservation: Some Historical Notes on the Government Printing Office's Paper Specifications, 1895-1980
AN  - 1323208979; 201303421
AB  - This paper discusses the evolution of standards for paper used by the Government printing office and the impact of changes in papermaking on preservation. In his annual report in 1895, Public Printer Thomas E. Benedict lamented the long-practiced method of obtaining paper for the public printing at lowest bid on the open market and questioned the manner by which certain bidders secure contracts. More than a century later, Benedict's remarks would prove to be prescient of the current vagaries of government contracting as well as the potential for nineteenth century paper to deteriorate. This article found that: 1. Documentation on the Paper Specification is not as extensive as hoped. 2. The published standards offer a rich opportunity for further research. 3. As printing processes became more mechanized, the Government Printing Office's use of paper was consistent with practices in the American Printing Industry. 4. The Paper Specification probably does not provide clear markers for areas in which to concentrate preservation reformatting activity. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - DttP: Documents to the People
AU  - Barnum, George
AU  - Imholtz, August
AD  - United States Government Printing Office gbarnum@gpo.gov
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 22
EP  - 25
PB  - Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association, Chicago IL
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-2085, 0091-2085
KW  - Paper
KW  - Government Printing Office, USA
KW  - Printing
KW  - Standards
KW  - Preservation
KW  - Government publications
KW  - article
KW  - 16.12: PRINTING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Printing; Paper; Government publications; Preservation; Standards; Government Printing Office, USA
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - City profile: Gaborone
AN  - 1125220042; 201241761
AB  - The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in African terms. Here is a city lacking in mass poverty, extensive squatter settlements or recurrent civil strife: for all appearances, an orderly, affluent urban area. For these reasons, it is an important example of how planning authorities in a developing nation have managed urban growth. Gaborone has had opportunities other African cities have not. Thus it invites questions as to how these have been managed and expressed. A key issue which emerges is the co-location of informal, traditional and modern forms of land allocation both within Gaborone City and the peri-urban regions with which it is increasingly connected. This throws up a number of issues, including the inconsistent way in which planning authorities have managed this 'balancing act'. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Cities
AU  - Kent, Anthony
AU  - Ikgopoleng, Horatius
AD  - International Urban and Environmental Management Program, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia anthony.kent@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 478
EP  - 494
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
SN  - 0264-2751, 0264-2751
KW  - Gaborone, Botswana, Peri-urban, Tribal land, Housing, Civil society
KW  - Cities
KW  - Urban Development
KW  - Squatters
KW  - Urban Areas
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Botswana
KW  - article
KW  - 1218: urban sociology; urban sociology
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - CITSET
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cities; Poverty; Botswana; Urban Development; Squatters; Urban Areas
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2010.11.004
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Responding to racism: Insights on how racism can damage health from an urban study of Australian Aboriginal people
AN  - 1023027281; 201204574
AB  - This paper examines responses to racism and the pathways through which racism can affect health and wellbeing for Aboriginal people living in an urban environment. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 2006/07 with 153 Aboriginal people living in Adelaide, Australia. Participants were asked about their experience of, and responses to, racism, and the impact of these experiences on their health. Racism was regularly experienced by 93% of participants. Almost two thirds of people felt that racism affected their health. Using a thematic analysis with a particular focus on how agency and structure interacted, a number of key reactions and responses to racism were identified. These included: emotional and physiological reactions; and responses such as gaining support from social networks; confronting the person/situation; ignoring it; avoiding situations where they might experience racism; 'minimising' the significance or severity of racism or questioning whether incidents were racist; and consuming alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. A further theme was a conscious decision to not 'allow' racism to affect health. Our study found that most people used more than one of these coping strategies, and that strategies were selected with an awareness of positive and negative health impacts. While individuals demonstrated substantial agency in their responses, there were clear structural constraints on how they reacted and responded. We found that not only was racism potentially detrimental to health, but so too were some responses. However, while some strategies appeared 'healthier' than others, most strategies entailed costs and benefits, and these depended on the meanings of responses for individuals. This paper concludes that initiatives to promote health-protective responses to racism need to consider structural constraints and the overarching goal of reducing systemic racism. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
JF  - Social Science & Medicine
AU  - Ziersch, Anna M
AU  - Gallaher, Gilbert
AU  - Baum, Fran
AU  - Bentley, Michael
AD  - Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity, Public Health, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia anna.ziersch@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 1045
EP  - 1053
PB  - Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 73
IS  - 7
SN  - 0277-9536, 0277-9536
KW  - Australia Racism Discrimination Coping responses Aboriginal Indigenous Whiteness
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Racism
KW  - Consciousness
KW  - Well Being
KW  - Urban Areas
KW  - Australia
KW  - Health
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - Coping
KW  - article
KW  - 6140: illness & health care
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - SSCMAW
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Racism; Health; Aboriginal Australians; Emotions; Australia; Urban Areas; Well Being; Coping; Consciousness
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.058
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - An overview of irrigation mosaics
AN  - 1017977550; 16711301
AB  - Keywords: irrigation mosaics; mosaics; irrigation impact; irrigation patches irrigation en mosaiques; mosaiques; impact de l'irrigation; parcelles irriguees ABSTRACT Irrigation mosaics, involving discrete patches of irrigated land dispersed across the landscape, may offer an alternative to traditional large-scale contiguous irrigation systems. This might be particularly attractive as a means of delivering improved social and economic opportunities for some rural and remote communities as well as better matching land use opportunities with landscape properties. The longer-term environmental impacts of irrigation mosaics that may impair the sustainability of an irrigation project and the surrounding area are still largely unknown. However, there are findings from ecological and hydrological studies of other mosaics that can help with analysis of irrigation mosaics. This paper provides an overview of some biophysical aspects of irrigation mosaics, lessons learnt from other mosaics (e.g. landscape and farming system mosaics) and the potential environmental impacts of irrigation mosaics. Application of some tools for particular groundwater conditions indicates some of these impacts compared to traditional large-scale systems. Irrigation mosaics could have both negative (more evaporation and water use, increased operational losses and costs) and positive (filtering surplus nutrients, enhanced biodiversity, preventing erosion, reduced area of impact around the irrigation area, lower water-table rise) effects on the environment.
JF  - Irrigation and Drainage
AU  - Anonymous
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, Zahra.Paydar@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 454
EP  - 463
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 60
IS  - 4
SN  - 1531-0361, 1531-0361
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Environmental Effects
KW  - Evaporation
KW  - Drainage
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Erosion
KW  - Irrigation Systems
KW  - mosaics
KW  - Irrigation Effects
KW  - Water Potentials
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - SW 1060:Conservation in agricultural use
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L2  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ird.600/abstract
LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Erosion; Evaporation; mosaics; Drainage; Landscape; Irrigation; Environmental impact; Groundwater; Sustainability; Environmental Effects; Irrigation Systems; Irrigation Effects; Water Potentials
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ird.600
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The 2008 Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe: Experience of the icddr,b Team in the Field
AN  - 1011204266; 16489669
AB  - During August 2008-June 2009, an estimated 95,531 suspected cases of cholera and 4,282 deaths due to cholera were reported during the 2008 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. Despite the efforts by local and international organizations supported by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in the establishment of cholera treatment centres throughout the country, the case-fatality rate (CFR) was much higher than expected. Over two-thirds of the deaths occurred in areas without access to treatment facilities, with the highest CFRs (>5%) reported from Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Midland, and Matabeleland North provinces. Some factors attributing to this high CFR included inappropriate cholera case management with inadequate use of oral rehydration therapy, inappropriate use of antibiotics, and a shortage of experienced healthcare professionals. The breakdown of both potable water and sanitation systems and the widespread contamination of available drinking-water sources were also considered responsible for the rapid and widespread distribution of the epidemic throughout the country. Training of healthcare professionals on appropriate cholera case management and implementation of recommended strategies to reduce the environmental contamination of drinking-water sources could have contributed to the progressive reduction in number of cases and deaths as observed at the end of February 2009.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Ahmed, Sirajuddin
AU  - Bardhan, Pradip Kumar
AU  - Iqbal, Anwarul
AU  - Mazumder, Ramendra Nath
AU  - Khan, Azharul Islam
AU  - Islam, Md Sirajul
AU  - Siddique, Abul Kasem
AU  - Cravioto, Alejandro
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 541
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
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  - Cholera
KW  - Disease outbreaks
KW  - Drug therapy
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Oral rehydration therapy
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - Contamination
KW  - Potable Water
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Medical personnel
KW  - Sanitation
KW  - Training centres
KW  - International organizations
KW  - Experts
KW  - international organizations
KW  - Rehydration
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - Training
KW  - Bacterial diseases
KW  - outbreaks
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Q1 08625:Non-edible products
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - H 0500:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 17
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Training centres; Epidemics; Contamination; Pathogenic bacteria; Potable Water; International organizations; Bacterial diseases; Antibiotics; Experts; Rehydration; Sanitation; Cholera; Drinking water; Mortality; Training; outbreaks; international organizations; Medical personnel; Zimbabwe
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Status of Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in an Urban Cuban Population-A Pilot Study
AN  - 1011204258; 16489665
AB  - Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Cuba, yet the prevalence of novel risk factors is not known. To examine the prevalence of risk factors of traditional and novel cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among an urban Cuban population, a cross-sectional pilot survey was undertaken in Havana city, Cuba. Ninety-seven adults aged 45-60 years registered to receive medical care at a policlinic. The prevalences of rates of CVD risk factors were: hypertension ( greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg) (53.6%), hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol >5.2 mmol/L) (47.0%), low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (15 mu mol/L) (11.1%). The total carotenoid status was independently associated with waist-circumference and risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In this small unrepresentative sample of people aged 40-65 years from Havana city, there was a high prevalence of traditional and novel CVD risk factors. The total serum carotenoid status appeared to be associated with an increased prevalence of CVD risk factors.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Rodriguez-Ojea, Arturo
AU  - Alonso, Celia
AU  - Yarnell, John W G
AU  - Woodside, Jayne V
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 510
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Urban areas
KW  - cholesterol
KW  - diabetes mellitus
KW  - hypertension
KW  - metabolic disorders
KW  - ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Cuba
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 24
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mortality; diabetes mellitus; metabolic disorders; Risk factors; hypertension; Proteins; Cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; Urban areas; ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Cuba
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sources of Food Affect Dietary Adequacy of Inuit Women of Childbearing Age in Arctic Canada
AN  - 1011204248; 16489660
AB  - Dietary transition in the Arctic is associated with decreased quality of diet, which is of particular concern for women of childbearing age due to the potential impact of maternal nutrition status on the next generation. The study assessed dietary intake and adequacy among Inuit women of childbearing age living in three communities in Nunavut, Canada. A culturally-appropriate quantitative food-frequency questionnaire was administered to 106 Inuit women aged 19-44 years. Sources of key foods, energy and nutrient intakes were determined; dietary adequacy was determined by comparing nutrient intakes with recommendations. The prevalence of overweight/obesity was >70%, and many consumed inadequate dietary fibre, folate, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin A, D, E, and K. Non-nutrient-dense foods were primary sources of fat, carbohydrate and sugar intakes and contributed >30% of energy. Traditional foods accounted for 21% of energy and >50% of protein and iron intakes. Strategies to improve weight status and nutrient intake are needed among Inuit women in this important life stage.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Schaefer, Sara E
AU  - Erber, Eva
AU  - Trzaskos, Janel P
AU  - Roache, Cindy
AU  - Osborne, Geraldine
AU  - Sharma, Sangita
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 454
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - PN, Arctic
KW  - Diets
KW  - Age
KW  - Calcium
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Carbohydrates
KW  - Females
KW  - Polar environments
KW  - Iron
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Canada, Nunavut
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 65
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; Age; Calcium; Proteins; Females; Carbohydrates; Polar environments; Nutrition; Iron; PN, Arctic; Canada, Nunavut
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multidrug-resistant Intestinal Staphylococcus aureus among Self-medicated Healthy Adults in Amassoma, South-South, Nigeria
AN  - 1011204235; 16489658
AB  - Multiple antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus is one of the common causes of severe nosocomial infections, and the gastrointestinal tract is an important source of its transmission. This study assessed the previous usage of antibiotics by healthy adults (university students and villagers) in Amassoma, Nigeria, and investigated the antimicrobial resistance patterns of their intestinal S. aureus isolates. A questionnaire was used for evaluating the previous usage of antibiotics by the volunteers. Stool samples were collected and cultured, and S. aureus isolates were confirmed using standard microbiological protocols. Their antimicrobial resistance patterns were determined using disc-diffusion and agar dilution techniques. In total, 54 (45.0%) volunteers used antibiotics on self-medications, and the practice was significantly higher (p=0.01) among the villagers than among the students. The level of judicious use of prescribed antibiotics was significantly higher (p=0.003) among the students than among the villagers. Thirty-eight (31.7%) healthy adults were colonized with intestinal S. aureus. The percentages of resistance of the isolates to some antibiotics were as follows: ampicillin-68.4%, doxycycline-60.5%, cefoxitin-34.2%, vancomycin-36.8%, erythromycin-34.2%, and gentamicin-5.3%. Twenty-five (65.8%) of the isolates were multidrug-resistant. The need for sound education on the appropriate use of antibiotics and the importance of proper personal hygiene as means of controlling the spread of bacterial antibiotic resistance are highlighted. Thus, effective strategies in these areas are strongly recommended.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Onanuga, Adebola
AU  - Temedie, Tarilate C
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 446
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Agar
KW  - Antibiotic resistance
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Education
KW  - Feces
KW  - Gastrointestinal tract
KW  - Hygiene
KW  - Intestine
KW  - Inventories
KW  - Nosocomial infection
KW  - Sound
KW  - antibiotic resistance
KW  - antimicrobial agents
KW  - nosocomial infection
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Staphylococcus aureus
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - H 0500:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 31
N1  - Last updated - 2012-05-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agar; Inventories; Drug resistance; Nosocomial infection; Sound; Intestine; Antibiotics; Gastrointestinal tract; Feces; Hygiene; Antibiotic resistance; nosocomial infection; Education; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial agents; Staphylococcus aureus; Nigeria
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Inhibitory and Bactericidal Potential of Crude Acetone Extracts of Combretum molle (Combretaceae) on Drug-resistant Strains of Helicobacter pylori
AN  - 1011204223; 16489657
AB  - Infection with Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with a number of gastroduodenal pathologies. Antimicrobial resistance to commonly-used drugs has generated a considerable interest in the search for novel therapeutic compounds from medicinal plants. As an ongoing effort of this search, the susceptibility of 32 clinical strains of H. pylori and a reference strain-NCTC 11638-was evaluated against five solvent extracts of Combretum molle, a plant widely used for the treatment of gastric ulcers and other stomach-related morbidities in South Africa. The extracts were screened for activity by the agar-well diffusion method, and the most active one of them was tested against the same strains by micro-broth dilution and time kill assays. Metronidazole and amoxicillin were included in these experiments as positive control antibiotics. The solvent extracts all demonstrated anti-H. pylori activity with zone diameters of inhibition between 0 and 38 mm. The most potent anti-H. pylori activity was demonstrated by the acetone extract, to which 87.5% of the clinical strains were susceptible. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC sub( 90)) values for this extract ranged from 1.25 to 5.0 mg/mL while those for amoxicillin and metronidazole ranged from 0.001 to 0.94 mg/mL and from 0.004 to 5.0 mg/mL respectively. The acetone extract was highly bactericidal at a concentration of 2.5 and 5.0 mg/mL, with complete elimination of the test organisms in 24 hours. Its inhibitory activity was better than that of metronidazole (p<0.05) as opposed to amoxicillin (p<0.05). The results demonstrate that C. molle may contain therapeutically-useful compounds against H. pylori, which are mostly concentrated in the acetone extract.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Njume, Collise
AU  - Afolayan, Anthony J
AU  - Samie, Amidou
AU  - Ndip, Roland N
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 438
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Helicobacter pylori
KW  - Metronidazole
KW  - Amoxicillin
KW  - Drug resistance
KW  - Medicinal plants
KW  - Solvents
KW  - Antibiotics
KW  - Infection
KW  - Minimum inhibitory concentration
KW  - Combretaceae
KW  - Morbidity
KW  - Ulcers
KW  - Combretum
KW  - Diffusion
KW  - Plant extracts
KW  - Acetone
KW  - J 02340:Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 35
N1  - Last updated - 2013-06-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Metronidazole; Amoxicillin; Drug resistance; Medicinal plants; Solvents; Antibiotics; Infection; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Morbidity; Ulcers; Diffusion; Acetone; Plant extracts; Helicobacter pylori; Bacteria; Combretum; Combretaceae
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Differential Host Immune Responses to Epidemic and Endemic Strains of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1
AN  - 1011204210; 16489656
AB  - Shigella dysenteriae type 1 causes devastating epidemics in developing countries with high case-fatality rates in all age-groups. The aim of the study was to compare host immune responses to epidemic (T2218) and endemic strains of S. dysenteriae type 1. Shigellacidal activity of serum from rabbits immunized with epidemic or endemic strains, S. dysenteriae type 1-infected patients, and healthy adult controls from Shigellaendemic and non-endemic regions was measured. Immunogenic cross-reactivity of antibodies against Shigella antigens was evaluated by Western blot analysis. Oxidative burst and phagocytic responses of monocytes and neutrophils to selected S. dysenteriae type 1 strains were assessed by flow cytometry. Rabbit antisera against epidemic strain were less effective in killing heterologous bacteria compared to endemic antisera (p=0.0002). Patients showed an increased serum shigellacidal response after two weeks of onset of diarrhoea compared to the acute stage (3-4 days after onset) against their respective homologous strains; the response against T2218 and heterologous endemic S. dysenteriae type 1 strains was not significant. The serum shigellacidal response against all the S. dysenteriae type 1 strains was similar among healthy controls from endemic and non-endemic regions and was comparable with the acute stage response by patients. Compared to endemic strains of S. dysenteriae type 1, T2218 was significantly resistant to phagocytosis by both monocytes and neutrophils. No obvious differences were obtained in the induction of oxidative burst activity and cathelicidin-mediated killing. Cross-reactivity of antibody against antigens present in the epidemic and endemic strains showed some differences in protein/peptide complexity and intensity by Western blot analysis. In summary, epidemic T2218 strain was more resistant to antibody-mediated defenses, namely phagocytosis and shigellacidal activity, compared to endemic S. dysenteriae type 1 strains. Part of this variation may be attributed to the differential complexity of protein/peptide antigens.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Sayem, Mohammad Abu
AU  - Ahmad, Shaikh Meshbahuddin
AU  - Rekha, Rokeya Sultana
AU  - Sarker, Protim
AU  - Agerberth, Birgitta
AU  - Talukder, Kaisar Ali
AU  - Raqib, Rubhana
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 429
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Immunology Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology
KW  - Disease models
KW  - Animal
KW  - Dysentery
KW  - Bacillary
KW  - Immune response
KW  - Shigella dysenteriae
KW  - Western blotting
KW  - Cross-reactivity
KW  - Diarrhea
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Leukocytes (neutrophilic)
KW  - Shigella
KW  - Flow cytometry
KW  - Antisera
KW  - Endemic species
KW  - Antibodies
KW  - Antigens
KW  - Phagocytes
KW  - Immunogenicity
KW  - Serum
KW  - Peptides
KW  - Monocytes
KW  - Phagocytosis
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - F 06905:Vaccines
KW  - Q1 08484:Species interactions: parasites and diseases
KW  - J 02350:Immunology
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 27
N1  - Last updated - 2016-10-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Antibodies; Endemic species; Antigens; Epidemics; Serum; Peptides; Phagocytosis; Western blotting; Diarrhea; Cross-reactivity; Leukocytes (neutrophilic); Flow cytometry; Antisera; Immunogenicity; Phagocytes; Monocytes; Immune response; Developing countries; Shigella; Shigella dysenteriae
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Five Pond-centred Outbreaks of Cholera in Villages of West Bengal, India: Evidence for Focused Interventions
AN  - 1011204194; 16489655
AB  - In rural West Bengal, outbreaks of cholera are often centred around ponds that is a feature of the environment. Five investigations of laboratory-confirmed, pond-centred outbreaks of cholera were reviewed. Case-control odds ratios were approximated with relative risks (RRs) as the incidence was low. The environment was investigated to understand how the pond(s) could have become contaminated and could have infected villagers. The five outbreaks of cholera in 2004-2008 led to 277 cases and three deaths (median attack rate: 51/1,000 people; case fatality: 1.1%; median age of case-patients: 22 years; median duration: 13 days, range: 6-15 days). Factors significantly (p<0.05) associated with cholera in the case-control (n=4) and cohort investigations (n=1) included washing utensils in ponds (4 outbreaks of cholera, RR range: 6-12), bathing (3 outbreaks of cholera, RR range: 3.5-9.3), and exposure to pond water, including drinking (2 outbreaks of cholera, RR range: 2.1-3.2), mouth washing (1 outbreak of cholera, RR: 4.8), and cooking (1 outbreak of cholera, RR: 3.0). Initial case-patients contaminated ponds through washing soiled clothes (n=4) or defaecation (n=1). Ubiquitous ponds used for many purposes transmit cholera in West Bengal. Focused health education, hygiene, and sanitation must protect villagers, particularly following the occurrence of an index case in a village that has ponds.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Mukherjee, Rita
AU  - Halder, Debasish
AU  - Saha, Subhasish
AU  - Shyamali, Rudra
AU  - Subhranshu, Chakrabarti
AU  - Ramakrishnan, R
AU  - Murhekar, Manoj V
AU  - Hutin, Yvan J
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - October 2011
SP  - 421
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
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  - Case-control studies
KW  - Cholera
KW  - Cohort studies
KW  - Cross-sectional studies
KW  - Disease outbreaks
KW  - Environment
KW  - Hygiene
KW  - Pond
KW  - Retrospective studies
KW  - Sanitation
KW  - Water pollution
KW  - India
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Age
KW  - Bathing
KW  - villages
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - India, West Bengal
KW  - Ponds
KW  - intervention
KW  - Cooking
KW  - cooking
KW  - Mouth
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Pathogenic bacteria
KW  - ISW, India, West Bengal
KW  - Bacterial diseases
KW  - outbreaks
KW  - Education
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Utensils
KW  - Defaecation
KW  - Q1 08423:Behaviour
KW  - J 02400:Human Diseases
KW  - Q5 08524:Public health, medicines, dangerous organisms
KW  - H 0500:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 18
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Education; Pathogenic bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Bathing; Hygiene; Nutrition; Ponds; Defaecation; Risk assessment; Age; Sanitation; Reviews; Cooking; Cholera; Mouth; Drinking water; Utensils; Mortality; intervention; cooking; villages; outbreaks; ISW, India, West Bengal; India, West Bengal
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Invasion impacts on biodiversity: responses of ant communities to infestation by cat's claw creeper vine, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in subtropical Australia
AN  - 1008841726; 16491988
AB  - Ants are the dominant soil faunal group in many if not most terrestrial ecosystems, and play a key role in soil structure and function. This study documents the impacts of invasion by the exotic cat's claw creeper vine, Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) Gentry (Bignoniaceae) on surface-situated (epigaeic) and subterranean (hypogaeic) ant communities in subtropical SE Queensland Australia where it is a major environmental weed of riparian areas, rainforest communities and remnant natural vegetation, smothering standing vegetation and causing canopy collapse. Soil ants were sampled in infested and uninfested areas at eight sites spanning both riparian and non-riparian habitats in subtropical SE Queensland. Patterns of ant species composition and functional grouping in response to patch invasion status, landscape type and habitat stratum were investigated using ANOVA and non-metric multidimensional scaling ordination. The epigaeic and subterranean strata supported markedly different ant assemblages, and ant communities also differed between riparian and non-riparian habitats. However, M. unguis-cati invasion had a surprisingly limited impact. There was a tendency for ant abundance and species richness to be lower in infested patches, and overall species composition was different between infested and uninfested patches, but these differences were relatively small, and did not occur consistently across sites. There were changes in functional group composition that conformed to known functional group responses to environmental change, but these were similarly limited and inconsistent across sites. Our study has shown that ant communities are surprisingly resilient to invasion by M. unguis-cati, and serves as a warning against making assumptions about invasion impacts based on visual appearances.
JF  - Biological Invasions
AU  - Osunkoya, Olusegun O
AU  - Polo, Claire
AU  - Andersen, Alan N
AD  - Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Ecosciences Precinct, Invasive Plant Science Unit, Biosecurity Queensland, GPO Box 46, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia, Olusegun.Osunkoya@deedi.qld.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 2289
EP  - 2302
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SN  - 1387-3547, 1387-3547
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Abundance
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Canopies
KW  - Environmental changes
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Infestation
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Multidimensional scaling
KW  - Natural vegetation
KW  - Ordination
KW  - Rain forests
KW  - Riparian environments
KW  - Soil
KW  - Soil structure
KW  - Species composition
KW  - Species richness
KW  - Terrestrial ecosystems
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Vines
KW  - Weeds
KW  - invasions
KW  - terrestrial ecosystems
KW  - vines
KW  - Australia, Queensland
KW  - Formicidae
KW  - Bignoniaceae
KW  - Macfadyena unguis-cati
KW  - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-18
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weeds; Landscape; Abundance; Vegetation; Biodiversity; Vines; Habitat; Rain forests; Infestation; Terrestrial ecosystems; Soil structure; Environmental changes; Multidimensional scaling; Species composition; Canopies; Ordination; Species richness; Natural vegetation; Soil; vines; Riparian environments; Biological diversity; invasions; terrestrial ecosystems; Macfadyena unguis-cati; Formicidae; Bignoniaceae; Australia, Queensland
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Incorporating uncertainty and social values in managing invasive alien species: a deliberative multi-criteria evaluation approach
AN  - 1008841579; 16491992
AB  - The management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) is stymied by complex social values and severe levels of uncertainty. However, these two challenges are often hidden in the conventional model of management by "value-free" analyses and probability-based estimates of risk. As a result, diverse social values and wide margins of error in risk assessment carry zero weights in the decision-making process, leaving IAS risk decisions to be made in the wake of political pressure and the crisis atmosphere of incursion. We propose to use a Deliberative Multi-Criteria Evaluation (DMCE) to incorporate multiple social values and profound uncertainty into decision-making processes. The DMCE process combines the advantages of conventional multi-criteria decision analysis methods with the benefits of stakeholder participation to provide an analytical structure to assess complex multi-dimensional objectives. It, therefore, offers an opportunity for diverse views to enter the decision-making process, and for the negotiation of consensus positions. The DMCE process can also function as a platform for risk communication in which scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers can interact and discuss the uncertainty associated with biological invasions. We examine two case studies that demonstrate how DMCE provides scientific rigor and transparency in the decision-making process of invasion risk management. The first case regards pre-border priority ranking for potential invasive species and the second relates to selecting the most desirable policy option for managing a post-border invader.
JF  - Biological Invasions
AU  - Liu, Shuang
AU  - Sheppard, Andy
AU  - Kriticos, Darren
AU  - Cook, David
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, Shuang.liu@csiro.auaff2
Y1  - 2011/10//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Oct 2011
SP  - 2323
EP  - 2337
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SN  - 1387-3547, 1387-3547
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Atmosphere
KW  - Decision making
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-24
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Decision making
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0045-4
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - National Security Professionals and Interagency Reform: Proposals, Recent Experience, and Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720527; 2011-181278
AB  - Many believe the US government interagency system should be reformed to encourage a more effective application of all elements of national power. This report focuses primarily on analyzing key issues that Members of Congress may wish to consider in evaluating existing or proposed national security professional (NSP) initiatives, including the fundamental purpose; the concept of integration; the scope of participation; practical modalities for making the program work; the role of centralized oversight; incentive structures for individuals and agencies; recruiting; and congressional oversight. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 26 2011, 39 pp.
AU  - Dale, Catherine
Y1  - 2011/09/26/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Government - Government agencies and bodies
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Government agencies
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34565.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL34565
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Keeping America's Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720506; 2011-181242
AB  - Nearly half a million miles of pipeline transporting natural gas, oil, and other hazardous liquids crisscross the US. While efficient and fundamentally safe, these materials could cause public injury and environmental damage, and a spate of recent pipeline incidents and the threat of a terrorist attack suggest there is significant room for improvement. The federal pipeline safety program was authorized through September 30, 2010, and is currently operating under a continuing resolution -- the 112th Congress may pass legislation to reauthorize the program for four years and to improve the safety and security of the US pipeline network. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 26 2011, 32 pp.
AU  - Parfomak, Paul W
Y1  - 2011/09/26/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Petroleum and natural gas industries and products
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Petroleum industry
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - book
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DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41536
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Emergency Relief Program: Federal-Aid Highway Assistance for Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges
AN  - 1081892029; 2011-295178
AB  - The major highways and bridges damaged during Hurricane Irene in 2011 and the I-35W Minneapolis bridge collapse of August 1, 2007, are examples of disaster damaged federal-aid highway infrastructure that are eligible for assistance from the Emergency Relief Program (ER) of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This report describes FHWA assistance for the repair and reconstruction of disaster-damaged highways and bridges or catastrophic failures (such as a bridge collapse) as well as eligibility issues and program operation. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 23 2011, 8 pp.
AU  - Kirk, Robert S
Y1  - 2011/09/23/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Bridges
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Highways
KW  - Federal aid
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42021.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42021
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Wind Turbine Manufacturing: Federal Support for an Emerging Industry
AN  - 1081892028; 2011-295177
AB  - The outlook for wind turbine manufacturing in the US is partially dependent upon federal and state policies. A variety of federal laws and policies have encouraged both wind energy production and the use of US-made equipment to generate that energy. Future decisions about these policies will affect the extent to which wind turbine manufacturing becomes an important industrial sector in the US. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 23 2011, 36 pp.
AU  - Platzer, Michaela D
Y1  - 2011/09/23/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Manufacturing and manufactured goods
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Machinery and equipment industry
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industry and industrial policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Wind power
KW  - Equipment
KW  - Production
KW  - Law
KW  - Manufacturing
KW  - Industry
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42023.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42023
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2010
AN  - 925720750; 2011-181270
AB  - This report is prepared annually to provide Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the US and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions. All agreement and delivery data in this report for the US are government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) transactions. Similar data are provided on worldwide conventional arms transfers by all suppliers, but the principal focus is the level of arms transfers by major weapons suppliers to nations in the developing world. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 22 2011, 84 pp.
AU  - Grimmett, Richard F
Y1  - 2011/09/22/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Sales
KW  - Armaments
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R42017.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42017
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Issues in Homeland Security Policy for the 112th Congress
AN  - 925720510; 2011-181243
AB  - After the initial surge of security efforts after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, evolution of America's response has continued under the leadership of different Administrations, Congresses, and in a shifting environment of public opinion. This report outlines an array of homeland security issues that may come before the 112th Congress. This report discusses the homeland security budget; counterterrorism and security management; border security and trade; immigration; disaster preparedness, response and recovery; and departmental management. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 22 2011, 62 pp.
AU  - Painter, William L
Y1  - 2011/09/22/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - International relations - International peace and security
KW  - Culture and religion - Intellectual life
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States Homeland security department
KW  - Counterterrorism
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42025.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42025
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - [Misleading Statements by Government Officials regarding Surveillance Authorities]
AN  - 1679098385; SU00486
AB  - Expresses concern about secrecy of justification for domestic surveillance and alleges that Justice Department officials are making misleading statements about legal authority.
AU  - United States. Congress. Senate
AD  - United States. Congress. Senate
PY  - 2011
SP  - 2
KW  - Holder, Eric H., Jr.
KW  - Classification of information
KW  - Electronic surveillance
KW  - Executive power
KW  - USA PATRIOT Act (2001)
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L2  - http://documentcloud.org.
LA  - English
DB  - Digital National Security Archive
N1  - Name - United States. Department of Justice
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]: Document Cloud
N1  - Last updated - 2015-12-14
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery
AN  - 1081892031; 2011-295180
AB  - In the aftermath of presidentially declared disasters, Congress has used a variety of programs to help states and local governments finance recovery efforts, among them the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. CDBG funds have assisted states and communities to recover from such natural disasters as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes, and they have also supported recovery efforts in New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; in Oklahoma City following the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Building in 1995; and in the city and county of Los Angeles following the riots of 1992. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 21 2011, 12 pp.
AU  - Boyd, Eugene
Y1  - 2011/09/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Local and municipal government
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Tornadoes
KW  - Finance
KW  - State government
KW  - Local government
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - Community development
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Block grants
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33330
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Role of Public Works Infrastructure in Economic Recovery
AN  - 1081892030; 2011-295179
AB  - Policymakers at all levels of government are debating a wide range of options for addressing the nation's faltering economic conditions. One option that is once again receiving attention is accelerated investments in the nation's public infrastructure -- that is, highways, mass transit, airports, water supply and wastewater, and other facilities -- in order to create jobs while also promoting long-term economic growth. This report discusses policy issues associated with using infrastructure as a mechanism to benefit economic recovery. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 21 2011, 20 pp.
AU  - Copeland, Claudia
AU  - Levine, Linda
AU  - Mallett, William J
Y1  - 2011/09/21/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 21
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Urban transport
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Roads and land transport
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Air transport
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Investments
KW  - Mass transit
KW  - Public works
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Airports
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Highways
KW  - Water supply
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42018
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
AN  - 925720717; 2011-181261
AB  - Although some believe arms control and nonproliferation efforts do little to restrain the behavior of US adversaries, while doing too much to restrain US military forces and operations, many other analysts see them as an effective means to promote transparency, ease military planning, limit forces, and protect against uncertainty and surprise. Arms control and nonproliferation efforts have produced formal treaties and agreements, informal arrangements, and cooperative threat reduction and monitoring mechanisms. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 20 2011, 68 pp.
AU  - Woolf, Amy F
AU  - Nikitin, Mary Beth
AU  - Kerr, Paul K
Y1  - 2011/09/20/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 20
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International peace and security
KW  - International relations - Treaties
KW  - Administration of justice - Crime and criminals
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - Threats
KW  - United States
KW  - Military planning
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation
KW  - Arms limitation
KW  - Treaties
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL33865.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL33865
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Severe propylthiouracil-induced hepatotoxicity in pregnancy managed successfully by liver transplantation: A case report.
AN  - 895859519; 21929775
AB  - Propylthiouracil-induced severe hepatotoxicity is a relatively rare occurrence, with very few cases reported in the literature. The management of this complication in pregnancy can be a challenge because of the effects of the various treatment options on the fetus.
          We report a rare case of fulminant hepatic failure in a 36-year-old gravida 2 black woman of African descent that occurred at 17 weeks gestation following propylthiouracil treatment for Graves' disease. Her liver failure was managed by liver transplantation and thyroidectomy. Her pregnancy was continued to term, though with not so favorable early childhood sequelae. This case illustrates a very rare complication of treatment with a presumed safe drug during pregnancy followed by adverse neonatal outcomes due to the extensive treatment.
JF  - Journal of medical case reports
AU  - Sequeira, Evan
AU  - Wanyonyi, Sikolia
AU  - Dodia, Raj
AD  - Aga Khan University Hospital, PO Box 30270, Nairobi 00100 GPO, Kenya. sikolia.wanyonyi@aku.edu.
Y1  - 2011/09/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 19
SP  - 461
VL  - 5
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date completed - 2011-11-10
N1  - Date created - 2011-09-30
N1  - Date revised - 2017-01-13
N1  - Last updated - 2017-01-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-461
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - International Monetary Fund: Background and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081892032; 2011-295181
AB  - This report evaluates the purpose, membership, financing, and focus of International Money Fund (IMF) activities. It also discusses the role of Congress in shaping US policy at the IMF and concludes by addressing key issues, both legislative and oversight-related, that Congress may wish to consider, including (1) the role of the IMF as a lender of last resort; (2) the adequacy of IMF resources; and (3) the effectiveness of IMF surveillance. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 19 2011, 25 pp.
AU  - Weiss, Martin A
Y1  - 2011/09/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Money, currency, and financial instruments
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Property and wealth
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - United States
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - International monetary fund
KW  - Money
KW  - Membership
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42019.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R42019
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Republic of South Sudan: Opportunities and Challenges for Africa's Newest Country
AN  - 964243579; 2011-182288
AB  - On July 9, 2011, South Sudan officially declared its independence. The Obama Administration welcomed the outcome of the referendum and recognized South Sudan as an independent country on the same day. South Sudan faces a number of challenges in the coming years. The US maintains a number of sanctions on the government of Sudan. Most of these sanctions have been lifted from South Sudan and other marginalized areas; however, existing sanctions on the oil sector would require waivers by the executive branch. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 16 2011, 24 pp.
AU  - Dagne, Ted
Y1  - 2011/09/16/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Executives
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Referendum
KW  - Africa
KW  - Sudan
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41900
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - A comparison of the biophysical and economic water-use efficiencies of indigenous and introduced forests in South Africa
AN  - 883036335; 15331394
AB  - Water resources in many catchments in South Africa (SA) are over committed and water is projected to become scarcer. The impacts of plantation forestry on water resources in SA are well known and legislation limits further afforestation. Nevertheless demands for wood continue to grow. A challenge therefore is to increase the production of forest products within water constraints. This paper presents research into the economic and biophysical efficiencies with which indigenous and introduced tree-production systems in SA use water to produce harvestable biomass. Its purpose is to better inform resource allocations. Key findings are that: introduced plantations are more efficient at using water to produce harvestable biomass than indigenous species; the lower water-use efficiencies of indigenous species are due to slow growth rates and not high water-use rates; and the performance of indigenous forests improves when using the economic return per unit of water used - using the residual imputation approach to value the water - because of their lower production costs and higher product prices. Introduced plantations make up the majority of afforested land and total outputs in SA, however, therefore innovative mechanisms are needed to overcome barriers preventing the financing of indigenous forests. Possible financing mechanisms include the UN CDM and REDD programmes and tax breaks for superannuation funds.
JF  - Forest Ecology and Management
AU  - Wise, Russell M
AU  - Dye, Peter J
AU  - Gush, Mark B
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 15
SP  - 906
EP  - 915
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 262
IS  - 6
SN  - 0378-1127, 0378-1127
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Water-use efficiency
KW  - Indigenous forests
KW  - Commercial plantations
KW  - Economic analysis
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Forest products
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Forest management
KW  - Resource allocation
KW  - Wood
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Clean Development Mechanism
KW  - plantations
KW  - indigenous species
KW  - Indigenous species
KW  - financing
KW  - Economics
KW  - Afforestation
KW  - Water wells
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Forestry
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Growth rate; Forest products; Forest management; Indigenous species; Afforestation; Economics; Resource allocation; Water resources; Biomass; Plantations; Legislation; Forestry; indigenous species; plantations; financing; Water wells; Wood; Clean Development Mechanism; South Africa
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.021
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - Has Mérida Evolved? Part One: The Evolution of Drug Cartels and the Threat to Mexico's Governance
AN  - 1679113520; MD01860
AB  - Transcribes congressional hearing discussing U.S. response to drug-related violence in Mexico.
AU  - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
AU  - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
AD  - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
PY  - 2011
SP  - 96
KW  - Congressional hearings
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - Drug traffickers
KW  - Mérida Initiative
KW  - News media
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Small Wars Journal
KW  - Violence
KW  - McCaul, Michael T.
KW  - Starr, Pamela K.
KW  - Poe, Ted
KW  - Carnahan, John Russell ("Russ")
KW  - Shiffman, Gary M.
KW  - Rohrabacher, Dana
KW  - Payne, Donald M.
KW  - Rivera, David M.
KW  - Engel, Eliot L.
KW  - Selee, Andrew
KW  - Bunker, Robert J.
KW  - Mack, Connie
KW  - McCaul, Michael T.
KW  - Starr, Pamela K.
KW  - Poe, Ted
KW  - Carnahan, John Russell ("Russ")
KW  - Shiffman, Gary M.
KW  - Rohrabacher, Dana
KW  - Payne, Donald M.
KW  - Rivera, David M.
KW  - Engel, Eliot L.
KW  - Selee, Andrew
KW  - Bunker, Robert J.
KW  - Mack, Connie
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LA  - English
DB  - Digital National Security Archive
N1  - Name - Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.); University of Southern California. U.S.-Mexico Network; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.). Mexico Institute
N1  - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Hearing; Location of original: Available [Online]: Government Printing Office
N1  - People - Bunker, Robert J.; Carnahan, John Russell ("Russ"); Engel, Eliot L.; Mack, Connie; McCaul, Michael T.; Payne, Donald M.; Poe, Ted; Rivera, David M.; Rohrabacher, Dana; Selee, Andrew; Shiffman, Gary M.; Starr, Pamela K.
N1  - Last updated - 2015-06-16
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Authority to Limit Military Operations
AN  - 925720530; 2011-181279
AB  - This report begins by discussing constitutional provisions allocating war powers between Congress and the President, and presenting a historical overview of relevant court cases. It considers Congress's constitutional authority to end a military conflict via legislative action; the implications that the War Powers Resolution or the repeal of prior military authorization may have upon the continued use of military force; and other considerations which may inform congressional decisions to limit the use of military force via statutory command or through funding limitations. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 8 2011, 39 pp.
AU  - Elsea, Jennifer K
AU  - Garcia, Michael John
AU  - Nicola, Thomas J
Y1  - 2011/09/08/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 08
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Executive power
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Presidents
KW  - War
KW  - Authority
KW  - Military operations
KW  - War and emergency powers
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41989.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41989
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Mexico's Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence
AN  - 964244810; 2011-182299
AB  - The violence generated by Mexico's drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) in recent years has been unprecedented. In 2006, Mexico's newly elected President Felipe Calderon launched an aggressive campaign against the DTOs that has been met with a violent response from the DTOs. This report provides background on drug trafficking in Mexico, identifies the major drug trafficking organizations, and analyzes the context, scope, and scale of the violence. It examines current trends of the violence, analyzes prospects for curbing violence in the future, and compares it with violence in Colombia. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 7 2011, 34 pp.
AU  - Beittel, June S
Y1  - 2011/09/07/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 07
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Pharmaceutical industry
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Calderon Hinojosa, Felipe de Jesus
KW  - Colombia
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Violence
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41576.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41576
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - Mexico's Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence
AN  - 1679101600; MD01858
AB  - Reports on drug trafficking in Mexico, major cartels, characteristics of drug-related violence, Mexican counternarcotics efforts, and prospects for future.
AU  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
AD  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
PY  - 2011
SP  - 37
KW  - Colombia
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Drug traffickers
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Violence
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L2  - https://opencrs.com/.
LA  - English
DB  - Digital National Security Archive
N1  - Name - Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (Mexico); Gulf Cartel (Mexico); Juárez Cartel (Mexico); Los Zetas (Mexico); Michoacán Family (Mexico); Sinaloa Cartel (Mexico); Tijuana Cartel (Mexico)
N1  - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report; Location of original: Available [Online]: Open CRS: Congressional Research Service Reports for the People
N1  - Last updated - 2015-06-16
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exposure to Phthalates and Phenols during Pregnancy and Offspring Size at Birth
AN  - 1660052977; 16537022
AB  - Background: Data concerning the effects of prenatal exposures to phthalates and phenols on fetal growth are limited in humans. Previous findings suggest possible effects of some phenols on male birth weight. Objective: Our aim was to assess the relationships between prenatal exposures to phthalates and phenols and fetal growth among male newborns. Methods: We conducted a case-control study on male malformations of the genitalia nested in two French mother-child cohorts with recruitment between 2002 and 2006. We measured, in maternal urinary samples collected between 6 and 30 gestational weeks, the concentrations (micrograms per liter) of 9 phenol (n = 191 pregnant women) and 11 phthalate metabolites (n = 287). Weight, length, and head circumference at birth were collected from maternity records. Statistical analyses were corrected for the oversampling of malformation cases. Results: Adjusted birth weight decreased by 77 g [95% confidence interval (CI): -129, -25] and by 49 g (95% CI: -86, -13) in association with a 1-unit increase in ln-transformed 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and 2,5-DCP urinary concentrations, respectively. Benzophenone-3 (BP3) ln-transformed concentrations were positively associated with weight (26 g; 95% CI: -2, 54) and head circumference at birth (0.1 cm; 95% CI: 0.0, 0.2). Head circumference increased by 0.3 cm (95% CI: 0.0, 0.7) in association with a 1-unit increase in ln-transformed BPA concentration. For phthalate metabolites there was no evidence of monotonic associations with birth weight. Conclusions: Consistent with findings of a previous study, we observed evidence of an inverse association of 2,5-DCP and a positive association of BP3 with male birth weight.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Philippat, Claire
AU  - Mortamais, Marion
AU  - Chevrier, Cecile
AU  - Petit, Claire
AU  - Calafat, Antonia M
AU  - Ye, Xiaoyun
AU  - Silva, Manori J
AU  - Brambilla, Christian
AU  - Pin, Isabelle
AU  - Charles, Marie-Aline
AU  - Cordier, Sylvaine
AU  - Slama, Remy
AD  - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Institut Albert Bonniot (U823), Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
Y1  - 2011/09/07/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 07
SP  - 464
EP  - 470
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - birth outcomes
KW  - fetal growth
KW  - phenols
KW  - phthalates
KW  - pregnancy exposure
KW  - urinary biomarkers
KW  - Birth
KW  - Phthalates
KW  - Males
KW  - Circumferences
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Inverse
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Phenols
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103634
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations
AN  - 925720513; 2011-181244
AB  - The development of new technologies that have emerged since the mid-1990s has led to Internet-based applications known as "social media" that enable people to interact and share information through media that were non-existent or widely unavailable 15 years ago. Examples of social media include blogs, chat rooms, discussion forums, wikis, YouTube Channels, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. This report summarizes how social media have been used by emergency management officials and agencies and examines the potential benefits, as well as the implications, of using social media in the context of emergencies and disasters. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 6 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Lindsay, Bruce R
Y1  - 2011/09/06/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Media - Mass media
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Communication
KW  - Government - Information policy
KW  - Computer networks
KW  - Information policy
KW  - Communication
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information industry
KW  - Interactive media
KW  - Internet
KW  - Mass media
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41987.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41987
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the differences in sensitivities of runoff to changes in climatic conditions across a large basin
AN  - 888097214; 15520500
AB  - Long term average runoff depends largely on climatic conditions and is expected to change as climate change progresses, but to what degree and in which locations is uncertain. An analytical framework for assessing the sensitivity of runoff to changes in average precipitation and potential evaporation has recently been developed. This framework is based on Budyko's curve. It makes no assumptions about future climatic conditions and is simple to implement. Here we apply it spatially to the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) in Australia, for average 1981-2006 conditions, to gauge the differences in runoff sensitivity across different yield zones. The framework contains a catchment-specific parameter which is difficult to predict, and estimates of its value are explored and assessed.Results emphasise the importance of the spatial variation in runoff sensitivity. Due to the MDB's aridity, basin-average runoff is very low (around 28mmy-1) and runoff is generally insensitive to changes in average precipitation and potential evaporation. Specifically, basin-wide runoff is expected to increase by 1mmy-1 for a 10mmy-1 increase in basin-average precipitation, and to remain unchanged for the same increase in potential evaporation. However, approximately 66% of basin flow originates from 12% of the basin's land area and in these few high yield catchments runoff is most sensitive to changes in climatic conditions. In the highest yield zone, runoff is expected to increase by 7mmy-1 given a 10mmy-1 increase in precipitation, and to decrease by around 4mmy-1 for the same increase in potential evaporation. When applied spatially, this runoff sensitivity framework has the potential to help water managers and policy makers to target planning activities that seek to mitigate potential effects of a changing climate on water resources.
JF  - Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam)
AU  - Donohue, Randall J
AU  - Roderick, Michael L
AU  - McVicar, Tim R
AD  - CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Randall.Donohue@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/09/06/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 06
SP  - 234
EP  - 244
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 406
IS  - 3-4
SN  - 0022-1694, 0022-1694
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Catchment area
KW  - Evaporation
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Basins
KW  - Water resources
KW  - climatic conditions
KW  - Climatic conditions
KW  - Potential evaporation
KW  - Spatial variations
KW  - spatial distribution
KW  - Yield
KW  - Potential resources
KW  - Catchment basins
KW  - Planning
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Aridity
KW  - Sensitivity
KW  - Policies
KW  - Rainfall runoff
KW  - Climates
KW  - Public policy and climate
KW  - Precipitation
KW  - Water management
KW  - Evaporation Rate
KW  - Runoff
KW  - Water Resources
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 0835:Streamflow and runoff
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q2 09161:General
KW  - M2 556.16:Runoff (556.16)
KW  - ENA 20:Weather Modification & Geophysical Change
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-09-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Spatial variations; Catchment area; Policies; Potential resources; Water management; Climate change; Hydrology; Water resources; Runoff; Catchment basins; Rainfall runoff; Public policy and climate; Precipitation; Aridity; Climatic conditions; Potential evaporation; spatial distribution; Sensitivity; Evaporation; Rainfall; Basins; climatic conditions; Yield; Planning; Climates; Evaporation Rate; Water Resources
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.003
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Response in a Panel of Asthmatic Children along the U.S.-Mexico Border
AN  - 1008841480; 16537021
AB  - Background: Concerns regarding the health impact of urban air pollution on asthmatic children are pronounced along the U.S.-Mexico border because of rapid population growth near busy border highways and roads. Objectives: We conducted the first binational study of the impacts of air pollution on asthmatic children in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, USA, and compared different exposure metrics to assess acute respiratory response. Methods: We recruited 58 asthmatic children from two schools in Ciudad Juarez and two schools in El Paso. A marker of airway inflammation [exhaled nitric oxide (eNO)], respiratory symptom surveys, and pollutant measurements (indoor and outdoor 48-hr size-fractionated particulate matter, 48-hr black carbon, and 96-hr nitrogen dioxide) were collected at each school for 16 weeks. We examined associations between the pollutants and respiratory response using generalized linear mixed models. Results: We observed small but consistent associations between eNO and numerous pollutant metrics, with estimated increases in eNO ranging from 1% to 3% per interquartile range increase in pollutant concentrations. Effect estimates from models using school-based concentrations were generally stronger than corresponding estimates based on concentrations from ambient air monitors. Both traffic-related and non-traffic-related particles were typically more robust predictors of eNO than was nitrogen dioxide, for which associations were highly sensitive to model specification. Associations differed significantly across the four school-based cohorts, consistent with heterogeneity in pollutant concentrations and cohort characteristics. Models examining respiratory symptoms were consistent with the null. Conclusions: The results indicate adverse effects of air pollution on the subclinical respiratory health of asthmatic children in this region and provide preliminary support for the use of air pollution monitors close to schools to track exposure and potential health risk in this population.
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt
AU  - Raysoni, Amit U
AU  - Li, Wen-Whai
AU  - Holguin, Fernando
AU  - Johnson, Brent A
AU  - Luevano, Silvia Flores
AU  - Garcia, Jose Humberto
AU  - Sarnat, Jeremy A
AD  - Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y1  - 2011/09/06/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 06
SP  - 437
EP  - 444
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 120
IS  - 3
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - air pollution
KW  - asthma
KW  - children
KW  - exposure assessment
KW  - fine particulate matter
KW  - nitrogen dioxide
KW  - ozone
KW  - Atmospheric pollution models
KW  - Population growth
KW  - Urban air
KW  - Indoor air pollution
KW  - Atmospheric pollution effects
KW  - Pollution effects
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Atmospheric pollution near highways
KW  - Children
KW  - Pollution surveys
KW  - Particulate atmospheric pollution
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - Nitrogen dioxide
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Schools
KW  - schools
KW  - black carbon
KW  - population growth
KW  - Atmospheric pollution and health
KW  - Urban atmospheric pollution
KW  - USA, Texas
KW  - Side effects
KW  - Particulate matter in indoor air
KW  - M2 551.510.42:Air Pollution (551.510.42)
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Atmospheric pollution models; Indoor air pollution; Urban air; Atmospheric pollution and health; Atmospheric pollution effects; Urban atmospheric pollution; Atmospheric pollution near highways; Particulate atmospheric pollution; Particulate matter in indoor air; Nitrogen dioxide; Air pollution; Schools; black carbon; schools; Population growth; population growth; Pollution effects; Particulates; Children; Pollution surveys; Side effects; Mexico; USA, Texas
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003169
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Human serum albumin-thioredoxin fusion protein with long blood retention property is effective in suppressing lung injury
AN  - 910647659; 15703304
AB  - Thioredoxin (Trx) is a redox-active protein with anti-inflammatory effects but with a short half life of 1 h. Genetic fusion of Trx to human serum albumin (HSA) extended its half life without causing significant loss of its biological activities. HSA-Trx caused a decrease in the number of cells in brochoalveolar lavage fluid, the wet/dry ratio and the inflammation at the respiratory tract of the ovalbumin (OVA) induced lung injury model mouse. Three intraperitoneal doses of Trx alone produced the same extent of suppression of those three detrimental effects of OVA as one intravenous dose of HSA-Trx. Inhibition experiments confirmed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) involved in the progression of the injury. HSA-Trx inhibited the production of ROS as confirmed in the EPR experiment, but lung tissue staining suggested that induced nitrogen oxide synthase (iNOS) was not suppressed by the fusion protein. Instead, the production of nitrotyrosine, 8-nitro-cGMP, and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine downstream to the iNOS has been inhibited. This suggested that HSA-Trx produced lung protection effect via different mechanisms from Trx alone. HSA-Trx retains the biological properties of Trx thus has great potential in treating oxidative stress related diseases.
JF  - Journal of Controlled Release
AU  - Furukawa, Masato
AU  - Tanaka, Ryota
AU  - Chuang, Victor Tuan Giam
AU  - Ishima, Yu
AU  - Taguchi, Kazuaki
AU  - Watanabe, Hiroshi
AU  - Maruyama, Toru
AU  - Otagiri, Masaki
Y1  - 2011/09/05/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 05
SP  - 189
EP  - 195
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 154
IS  - 2
SN  - 0168-3659, 0168-3659
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Thioredoxin
KW  - Ovalbumin
KW  - Intravenous administration
KW  - nitrotyrosine
KW  - Injuries
KW  - Animal models
KW  - human serum albumin
KW  - reactive nitrogen species
KW  - Controlled release
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - Nitric-oxide synthase
KW  - Blood
KW  - Reactive oxygen species
KW  - Oxidative stress
KW  - Lung
KW  - oxides
KW  - Fusion protein
KW  - Respiratory tract
KW  - Nitrogen
KW  - W 30915:Pharmaceuticals & Vaccines
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2012-03-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Thioredoxin; Ovalbumin; Intravenous administration; nitrotyrosine; Injuries; Animal models; human serum albumin; reactive nitrogen species; Controlled release; Inflammation; Nitric-oxide synthase; Blood; Reactive oxygen species; Lung; Oxidative stress; oxides; Fusion protein; Nitrogen; Respiratory tract
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.05.013
ER  - 



TY  - CPAPER
T1  - Sustainable Management of Fresh Water Habitat Ecotourism Involving Social Communities
T2  - 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS 2011)
AN  - 1312957338; 6073360
JF  - 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS 2011)
AU  - Singh, Rita
Y1  - 2011/09/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 04
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Habitat
KW  - ecotourism
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Water management
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-26
N1  - Last updated - 2013-02-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Homeland Security Department: FY2012 Appropriations
AN  - 925720230; 2011-181245
AB  - This report describes the FY2012 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a total appropriation (mandatory and discretionary) of 45,015 million dollars in budget authority for FY2012. This amounts to a 1,610 million dollars, or a 3.7%, increase from the 43,405 million dollars enacted for FY2011. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Sep 2 2011, 74 pp.
AU  - Painter, William L
AU  - Lake, Jennifer E
Y1  - 2011/09/02/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 02
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States Homeland security department
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Authority
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41982
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Modeling petroleum resources in provinces of the Former Soviet Union
AN  - 926325585; 15766329
AB  - This paper estimates petroleum endowment volumes for provinces of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) that have not been previously assessed by other organizations. The study uses the United States Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment (USGS, 2000) as a starting point. It then utilizes nonlinear regression to estimate parameters of a Variable Shape Distribution (VSD) model that calculates the total petroleum endowment throughout the FSU. Earlier size distribution models used to evaluate unassessed petroleum resources relied mainly on the fractal and lognormal distributions. In fact, all the methods used historically have been based on an assumed form of the size distribution of nature's endowment of petroleum resources. The VSD model is different in that it allows the actual petroleum resource data from USGS (2000) to determine the form of the size distribution of petroleum resources. The model is validated by a good fit of actual data, supported by coefficients of determination (R2) equal to 0.98 or greater. It is concluded that there is a large petroleum endowment in the FSU that will last for several decades and can contribute significantly to domestic energy needs as well as export requirements.
JF  - Energy Exploration & Exploitation
AU  - Aguilera, Roberto F
AD  - Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics (CREME), Curtin University, GPO Box 1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 379
EP  - 396
PB  - Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., 5 Wates Way Brentwood Essex CM15 9TB United Kingdom
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 0144-5987, 0144-5987
KW  - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Electronics and Communications Abstracts (EA); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Estimates
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Crude oil
KW  - Exports
KW  - Former Soviet Union
KW  - Regression
KW  - Domestic energy
KW  - Size distribution
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2013-10-07
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0144-5987.29.4.379
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Violence Against Homeless Women: Safety and Social Policy
AN  - 925714859; 201201193
AB  - Over the past 20 years there has been increasing understanding of the gendered nature of homelessness in Australia. Most significantly, this gendering has occurred through the acknowledgement of the links between domestic violence and homelessness and this has played out in Australian social policy through the funding of specialist domestic violence services. However, not all women are assisted by these specialist services-either because they are not homeless due to domestic violence, or because they fall through the gaps in the service system. Homelessness exposes these women to heightened vulnerability to violence. This article considers homeless women's experiences of violence and their implications for homelessness policy. Framed by Australian and Victorian social policy and drawing on a qualitative study of 29 women, all of whom had experienced violence during homelessness, the article argues that greater policy attention needs to be paid to ensuring homeless women's safety. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Social Work
AU  - Murray, Suellen
AD  - Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne suellen.murray@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 346
EP  - 360
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, Oxfordshire UK
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
SN  - 0312-407X, 0312-407X
KW  - Homelessness, Australian Social Policy, Violence Against Women, Gendered Violence, Domestic Violence
KW  - Social Policy
KW  - Safety
KW  - Family Violence
KW  - Australia
KW  - Battered Women
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Females
KW  - Violence
KW  - Homelessness
KW  - article
KW  - 6143: child & family welfare
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-21
N1  - Number of references - 22
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Homelessness; Family Violence; Females; Battered Women; Violence; Social Policy; Australia; Safety; Vulnerability
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2011.552983
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Part-time Employment and Effects on Australian Social Work Students: A Report on a National Study
AN  - 925714856; 201201253
AB  - University students, nationally as well as internationally, engage in employment to supplement income while studying. Social work students are no different in this respect. There have long been questions about whether such part-time work has an adverse impact on student academic performance. This paper explored the experiences of social work students enrolled on-campus across three Australian universities as reported through a survey and focus groups. The research found that social work students did engage in significant amounts of paid employment while studying, that there were both positives and negatives for students depending on the nature of their employment, and that compromises needed to be made in juggling competing responsibilities. Accessing and living on inadequate government benefits imposed particular stressors. The findings have implications for the ways in which social work education is structured, especially in terms of flexibility, and demonstrated that part-time work also offers opportunities for student learning. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Social Work
AU  - Ryan, Martin
AU  - Barns, Angela
AU  - McAuliffe, Donna
AD  - Department of Social Work, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 313
EP  - 329
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, Oxfordshire UK
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
SN  - 0312-407X, 0312-407X
KW  - Education, Field Education Placements, Work, Social Work Students
KW  - Learning
KW  - Flexibility
KW  - Social Work Education
KW  - Academic Achievement
KW  - College Students
KW  - Australia
KW  - Employment
KW  - Students
KW  - Social Work Research
KW  - article
KW  - 6150: professional issues in social work
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LA  - English
DB  - Social Services Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2014-02-21
N1  - Number of references - 18
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Social Work Education; College Students; Employment; Students; Academic Achievement; Australia; Flexibility; Learning; Social Work Research
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2010.538420
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development and evaluation of a cpue-based harvest control rule for the southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery of Australia
AN  - 920805799; 16180363
AB  - Little, L. R., Wayte, S. E., Tuck, G. N., Smith, A. D. M., Klaer, N., Haddon, M., Punt, A. E., Thomson, R., Day, J., and Fuller, M. 2011. Development and evaluation of a cpue-based harvest control rule for the southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery of Australia. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1699-1705.Many fishery management agencies are adopting harvest control rules (HCRs) to achieve harvest policies and management objectives. HCRs, however, often require data-intensive stock assessments to facilitate the harvest prescription. An HCR based on catch and catch per unit effort (cpue) was developed for the southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery of Australia, for stocks that lack the data needed to conduct a full statistical catch-at-age assessment. The HCR produces a recommended biological catch and is characterized by two parameters, target cpue and target catch, both derived from historical data. Simulation tests showed that the HCR could guide the stock to the desired state from different initial levels of depletion. However, the selection of parameter values for the HCR was critical. Achieving fishery objectives was difficult when the target catch was a function of recent catch, rather than data from a predefined historical reference period. Problems may also arise when specifying the reference period on which the HCR parameters are determined. The cpue-based HCR is a valuable tool for managing fisheries where monitoring and assessment activities are relatively expensive, or in general, where data are scarce.
JF  - ICES Journal of Marine Science
AU  - Little, LRichard
AU  - Wayte, Sally E
AU  - Tuck, Geoffrey N
AU  - Smith, Anthony DM
AU  - Klaer, Neil
AU  - Haddon, Malcolm
AU  - Punt, Andre E
AU  - Thomson, Robin
AU  - Day, Jemery
AU  - Fuller, Mike
AD  - 1 CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research and Wealth from Oceans Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, rich.little@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1699
EP  - 1705
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 68
IS  - 8
SN  - 1054-3139, 1054-3139
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Australia
KW  - cpue
KW  - harvest control rule
KW  - management strategy evaluation
KW  - simulation
KW  - Marine
KW  - Historical account
KW  - catches
KW  - marine sciences
KW  - Stock assessment
KW  - Simulation
KW  - fishery management
KW  - Catch/effort
KW  - Shark fisheries
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - sharks
KW  - stock assessment
KW  - Q2 09122:Legislation
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
KW  - Q1 08604:Stock assessment and management
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Historical account; Shark fisheries; Fishery management; Stock assessment; Catch/effort; catches; marine sciences; Fisheries; Simulation; fishery management; stock assessment; sharks; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr019
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - An assessment of seabird-fishery interactions in the Atlantic Ocean
AN  - 920804037; 16180370
AB  - Tuck, G. N., Phillips, R. A., Small, C., Thomson, R. B., Klaer, N. L., Taylor, F., Wanless, R. M., and Arrizabalaga, H. 2011. An assessment of seabird-fishery interactions in the Atlantic Ocean. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1628-1637.Currently, 17 of 22 albatross species are listed as Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Incidental mortality in fisheries is by far the most widespread cause of the population declines observed for these and other closely related species. In 2006, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) requested an assessment of the threat from their fisheries to all seabirds that breed or forage within their jurisdiction. Methods were developed to assess the potential consequences of fishing for more than 60 populations of seabird. The assessment framework involved the identification of at-risk populations, overlap analyses, estimation of total bycatch, and an evaluation of the impact of the bycatch on key selected populations for which there were sufficient data on bird distribution and demography. These were the wandering and black-browed albatrosses of South Georgia and the Atlantic yellow-nosed and Tristan albatrosses of Gough Island. Summary results from the seabird assessment are presented, revealing that ICCAT longline fisheries catch substantial numbers of seabirds, with potentially significant conservation implications. If this mortality is not reduced, the numbers of breeding birds in some populations will continue to decline, threatening their long-term viability.
JF  - ICES Journal of Marine Science
AU  - Tuck, G N
AU  - Phillips, R A
AU  - Small, C
AU  - Thomson, R B
AU  - Klaer, N L
AU  - Taylor, F
AU  - Wanless, R M
AU  - Arrizabalaga, H
AD  - 1 CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research and Wealth from Oceans Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, geoff.tuck@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 1628
EP  - 1637
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 68
IS  - 8
SN  - 1054-3139, 1054-3139
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Ecological Risk Assessment
KW  - incidental mortality
KW  - longline
KW  - seabirds
KW  - trawl
KW  - Thunnus
KW  - PSW, Gough I.
KW  - Demography
KW  - Fishing
KW  - PSW, South Atlantic, South Georgia
KW  - Islands
KW  - Breeding
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Marine
KW  - Mortality
KW  - catches
KW  - Marine birds
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Stock assessment
KW  - Rare species
KW  - Population decline
KW  - A, Atlantic
KW  - Aves
KW  - By catch
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Depleted stocks
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Conservation
KW  - fishing
KW  - Mortality causes
KW  - Q4 27800:Miscellaneous
KW  - Q1 08463:Habitat community studies
KW  - Q2 09123:Conservation
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - O 4060:Pollution - Environment
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - By catch; Marine birds; Depleted stocks; Stock assessment; Nature conservation; Vulnerability; Rare species; Mortality causes; Demography; Fishing; Mortality; Data processing; Islands; Breeding; Oceans; Fisheries; Conservation; Population decline; Aves; catches; fishing; Thunnus; PSW, South Atlantic, South Georgia; PSW, Gough I.; A, Atlantic; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Utility of a spatial habitat classification system as a surrogate of marine benthic community structure for the Australian margin
AN  - 920795943; 16180379
AB  - Przeslawski, R., Currie, D. R., Sorokin, S. J., Ward. T. M., Althaus, F., and Williams, A. 2011. Utility of a spatial habitat classification system as a surrogate of marine benthic community structure for the Australian margin. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1954-1962.This study tests whether a continental-scale classification of Australian benthic habitats (termed "seascapes") and the interpolated environmental data from which they are derived are useful as abiotic surrogates of biodiversity at a local [tens of kilometres, Great Australian Bight (GAB)] and regional scale [hundreds of kilometres, Western Australian (WA) margin]. Benthic invertebrate community structure is moderately associated with specific seascapes in both the GAB (R = 0.418) and WA margin (excluding hard substrata, R = 0.375; all substrata, R = 0.313). Mud content, seafloor slope, and seafloor temperature are significantly correlated with invertebrate communities at both scales, with disturbance and primary production correlated with GAB communities. Seascapes are not consistently useful surrogates because the strength and significance of relationships between seascapes and community structure differs among seascapes, regions, and spatial scales. Nevertheless, a national system of seascapes is an appropriate surrogate for broad-scale benthic invertebrate community patterns when biological data are limited, provided the uncertainty is acknowledged and, where possible, an assessment made of each seascape's ability to differentiate biological communities. Further refinement of seascape derivations may include updated and additional environmental data (particularly for hard vs. soft substrata) and validation among biological datasets from a range of habitats and scales.
JF  - ICES Journal of Marine Science
AU  - Przeslawski, Rachel
AU  - Currie, David R
AU  - Sorokin, Shirley J
AU  - Ward, Tim M
AU  - Althaus, Franziska
AU  - Williams, Alan
AD  - 1 Marine and Coastal Environment Group, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, rachel.przeslawski@ga.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1954
EP  - 1962
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 68
IS  - 9
SN  - 1054-3139, 1054-3139
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - benthic invertebrates
KW  - continental margin
KW  - interpolation
KW  - seascapes
KW  - sponge
KW  - surrogacy
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Classification systems
KW  - Marine
KW  - Substrata
KW  - disturbance
KW  - Ecological distribution
KW  - Benthic communities
KW  - ISW, Australia, Great Australian Bight
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Primary production
KW  - invertebrates
KW  - spatial distribution
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Classification
KW  - Community structure
KW  - classification
KW  - Australia
KW  - Zoobenthos
KW  - Ocean floor
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - Q1 08464:Other aquatic communities
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q2 09384:Dredging
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Classification systems; Temperature effects; Substrata; Community composition; Classification; Ecological distribution; Ocean floor; Zoobenthos; Primary production; spatial distribution; disturbance; Community structure; classification; Benthic communities; Habitat; invertebrates; Australia; ISW, Australia, Great Australian Bight; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr106
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Content Type, Media Type and Carrier Type: MARC 21 Fields Related to Resource Description and Access
AN  - 919958819; 2011-164283
AB  - MARC 21 fields were defined to support three elements in Resource Description and Access: content, media, and carrier types. The fields contain terms and codes that may be used for cataloging all types of resources. The article describes the new fields with attention to their use in cataloging textual electronic serials and integrating resources issued online and in direct access formats. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Serials Review
AU  - Hawkins, Les
AD  - CONSER Coordinator, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-4160, USA lhaw@loc.gov
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 205
EP  - 206
PB  - Elsevier, San Diego CA
VL  - 37
IS  - 3
SN  - 0098-7913, 0098-7913
KW  - Education and education policy - Information services and sources
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Data base systems
KW  - Cataloging
KW  - article
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DB  - PAIS Index
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cataloging; Data base systems
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2011.05.012
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh Himalaya (North-west): An updated checklist and biodiversity
AN  - 912923421; 16144981
AB  - This paper provides species richness and biodiversity of mayflies of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh region, inhabiting water bodies like fresh water streams and River (Jehlum) and its tributries, covering more than 50 species of mayflies of these regions, belonging to 28 genera and 9 families. The regional distribution of number of species shows, a total of 47 spp. from Kashmir, 10 spp. from Jammu and 5 spp. from Ladakh region. The dominant family of Ephemeroptera was found to be Heptageniidae, followed by Baetidae, in Kashmir region. Genus Epeorus showed wide occurrence, having highest number of species as 6. Mayflies have been found to be dominant benthic invertebrates of clean/unpolluted water bodies of Kashmir. Mayflies such as Acentrella and Baetids (Baetiella, Baetis and C/oeon), serve as food for trout fishes as well as for other aquatic-fauna of the Valley. In addition to this, an annotated and updated checklist of mayfly- fauna of J&K State, including Ladakh Himalayan region (North-west), has also been added.
JF  - Journal of Entomological Research
AU  - Bhagat, R C
AD  - P.O. Box No. 1250, G.P.O. Residency Road, Srinagar - 190 001, Kashmir (J&K), bhagatrc@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 271
EP  - 276
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
SN  - 0378-9519, 0378-9519
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Entomology Abstracts
KW  - Pakistan, Kashmir
KW  - water bodies
KW  - Species Richness
KW  - India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
KW  - fauna
KW  - Food
KW  - Pakistan, Himalayas
KW  - Heptageniidae
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Check lists
KW  - Streams
KW  - invertebrates
KW  - India, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu
KW  - Ephemeroptera
KW  - species richness
KW  - Baetis
KW  - Aquatic insects
KW  - Species richness
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Epeorus
KW  - valleys
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Quantitative distribution
KW  - Baetidae
KW  - Fish
KW  - Zoobenthos
KW  - Z 05310:Taxonomy, Morphology, Geography, and Fossils
KW  - Q1 08462:Benthos
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Species Richness; Quantitative distribution; Check lists; Biodiversity; Zoobenthos; Streams; Aquatic insects; Rivers; Freshwater environments; Food; Species richness; water bodies; valleys; fauna; species richness; Biological diversity; Fish; invertebrates; Baetidae; Epeorus; Ephemeroptera; Heptageniidae; Baetis; Pakistan, Kashmir; India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh; Pakistan, Himalayas; India, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Biventricular Assist Devices: A Technical Review
AN  - 907951426; 15419734
AB  - The optimal treatment option for end stage heart failure is transplantation; however, the shortage of donor organs necessitates alternative treatment strategies such as mechanical circulatory assistance. Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are employed to support these cases while awaiting cardiac recovery or transplantation, or in some cases as destination therapy. While left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy alone is effective in many instances, up to 50% of LVAD recipients demonstrate clinically significant postoperative right ventricular failure and potentially need a biventricular assist device (BiVAD). In these cases, the BiVAD can effectively support both sides of the failing heart. This article presents a technical review of BiVADs, both clinically applied and under development. The BiVADs which have been used clinically are predominantly first generation, pulsatile, and paracorporeal systems that are bulky and prone to device failure, thrombus formation, and infection. While they have saved many lives, they generally necessitate a large external pneumatic driver which inhibits normal movement and quality of life for many patients. In an attempt to alleviate these issues, several smaller, implantable second and third generation devices that use either immersed mechanical blood bearings or hydrodynamic/magnetic levitation systems to support a rotating impeller are under development or in the early stages of clinical use. Although these rotary devices may offer a longer term, completely implantable option for patients with biventricular failure, their control strategies need to be refined to compete with the inherent volume balancing ability of the first generation devices. The BiVAD systems potentially offer an improved quality of life to patients with total heart failure, and thus a viable alternative to heart transplantation is anticipated with continued development.
JF  - Annals of Biomedical Engineering
AU  - Gregory, Shaun D
AU  - Timms, Daniel
AU  - Gaddum, Nicholas
AU  - Mason, David G
AU  - Fraser, John F
AD  - School of Engineering Systems and Medical Device Domain, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 2313
EP  - 2328
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 39
IS  - 9
SN  - 0090-6964, 0090-6964
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Heart
KW  - Blood
KW  - Ventricle
KW  - Donors
KW  - Hydrodynamics
KW  - Heart transplantation
KW  - right ventricular failure
KW  - Infection
KW  - Thrombosis
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Heart diseases
KW  - W 30965:Miscellaneous, Reviews
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Heart; Blood; Donors; Ventricle; Hydrodynamics; right ventricular failure; Heart transplantation; Infection; Thrombosis; Heart diseases; Quality of life
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-011-0348-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Content Type, Media Type and Carrier Type: MARC 21 Fields Related to Resource Description and Access
AN  - 907927093; 201109484
AB  - MARC 21 fields were defined to support three elements in Resource Description and Access: content, media, and carrier types. The fields contain terms and codes that may be used for cataloging all types of resources. The article describes the new fields with attention to their use in cataloging textual electronic serials and integrating resources issued online and in direct access formats. [Copyright Elsevier Inc.]
JF  - Serials Review
AU  - Hawkins, Les
AD  - CONSER Coordinator, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-4160, USA lhaw@loc.gov
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 205
EP  - 206
PB  - Elsevier, San Diego CA
VL  - 37
IS  - 3
SN  - 0098-7913, 0098-7913
KW  - Resource Description and Access
KW  - Fields
KW  - Cataloguing rules
KW  - MARC
KW  - article
KW  - 12.11: CATALOGUING AND INDEXING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-12-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - MARC; Cataloguing rules; Fields; Resource Description and Access
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2011.05.012
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The evolution and phylogenetic placement of invasive Australian Acacia species
AN  - 904493335; 15732695
AB  - AimAcacia is the largest genus of plants in Australia with over 1000 species. A subset of these species is invasive in many parts of the world including Africa, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region. We investigate the phylogenetic relationships of the invasive species in relation to the genus as a whole. This will provide a framework for studying the evolution of traits that make Acacia species such successful invaders and could assist in screening other species for invasive potential. Location Australia and global. Methods We sequenced four plastid and two nuclear DNA regions for 110 Australian Acacia species, including 16 species that have large invasive ranges outside Australia. A Bayesian phylogenetic tree was generated to define the major lineages of Acacia and to determine the phylogenetic placement of the invasive species. Results Invasive Acacia species do not form a monophyletic group but do form small clusters throughout the phylogeny. There are no taxonomic characters that uniquely describe the invasive Acacia species. Main conclusions The legume subfamily Mimosoideae has a high percentage of invasive species and the Australian Acacia species have the highest rate of all the legumes. There is some evidence of phylogenetic clumping of invasive species of Acacia in the limited sampling presented here. This phylogeny provides a framework for further testing of the evolution of traits associated with invasiveness in Acacia.
JF  - Diversity and Distributions
AU  - Miller, Joseph T
AU  - Murphy, Daniel J
AU  - Brown, Gillian K
AU  - Richardson, David M
AU  - Gonzalez-Orozco, Carlos E
AD  - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT 2601, GPO Box 1600, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 848
EP  - 860
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 17
IS  - 5
SN  - 1366-9516, 1366-9516
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Invasiveness
KW  - Plastids
KW  - Bayesian analysis
KW  - Nucleotide sequence
KW  - Mimosoideae
KW  - Acacia
KW  - Legumes
KW  - DNA
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Introduced species
KW  - Evolution
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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N1  - Last updated - 2013-07-26
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Phylogeny; Invasiveness; Plastids; Bayesian analysis; Nucleotide sequence; Legumes; DNA; Sampling; Introduced species; Evolution; Mimosoideae; Acacia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00780.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Fire incidence, but not fire size, affects macropod densities
AN  - 902369258; 15631576
AB  - The regeneration of plants post-fire has widely been shown to be attractive to vertebrate herbivores. However, there are few data relevant to the effect of fire size on herbivore densities. In dry eucalypt forest in one region and hummock sedgeland in another region, we used timed scat counts to test the effect of fire and fire size on Tasmanian macropod densities 6months after burning. We also tested whether soil characteristics and the nature of ground cover related to the degree of attractiveness of post-burn regeneration. Soil nutrients and higher covers of grasses and herbs in ground layer vegetation were associated with higher macropod densities. In dry eucalypt forest, fire incidence and fire size did not affect macropod density, while in hummock sedgeland, fire had a positive effect on macropod density, but fire size had no effect.
JF  - Austral Ecology
AU  - Styger, J K
AU  - Kirkpatrick, J B
AU  - Marsden-Smedley, Jon
AU  - LEONARD, SWJ
AD  - School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, GPO, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia (Email: j.kirkpatrick super(t)as.edu.au)
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 679
EP  - 686
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
SN  - 1442-9985, 1442-9985
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Attraction
KW  - Fires
KW  - D:04040
KW  - M3:1010
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 5
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fires
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02203.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of sandy beach cusps on wrack accumulation, sediment characteristics and macrofaunal assemblages
AN  - 902369202; 15631567
AB  - Beach-cast marine macroalgae and seagrasses, collectively termed wrack, provide shelter and habitat for beach fauna and can often provide a large input of energy and nutrients to sandy beaches. Wrack deposition on sandy beaches varies spatially and could be affected by morphological features on the beach face such as cusps. This study tested a series of hypotheses regarding the differences in wrack deposits, sediments and macrofaunal assemblages between cusp bays and horns on two beaches in South Australia. Bays had greater cover and larger pieces of wrack than horns. Sediment organic matter content was greater on horns than in bays but mean particle size did not differ consistently between bays and horns. Macrofaunal diversity was higher in bays and this pattern was probably driven by differences in the cover of wrack between bays and horns. Cusp morphology thus influences the distribution of wrack on the beach face, which in turn influences the distribution of macrofauna. Studies of sandy beaches with cusps should therefore be explicitly designed to sample cusp features and associated wrack deposits.
JF  - Austral Ecology
AU  - DUONG, HLSTEPHANIE
AU  - Fairweather, Peter G
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 733
EP  - 744
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
SN  - 1442-9985, 1442-9985
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - fauna
KW  - Nutrients
KW  - Organic Matter
KW  - Seaweeds
KW  - Bays
KW  - Algae
KW  - Shelter
KW  - Macrofauna
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Foreshore
KW  - Sea grass
KW  - Horns
KW  - Fauna
KW  - Beach cusps
KW  - Sediment Sorting
KW  - Shelters
KW  - Particle size
KW  - Marine
KW  - Deposits
KW  - Beaches
KW  - Seagrasses
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - ISW, Australia, South Australia
KW  - Sediments
KW  - Energy
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Deposition
KW  - Zoobenthos
KW  - Accumulation
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q1 08462:Benthos
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - SW 0870:Erosion and sedimentation
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - Document feature - figure 6
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Particle size; Community composition; Beach cusps; Organic matter; Foreshore; Shelters; Sea grass; Seaweeds; Zoobenthos; Horns; Deposits; Seagrasses; Beaches; Energy; Nutrients; Macrofauna; Shelter; Habitat; Sediments; fauna; Morphology; Fauna; Organic Matter; Deposition; Sediment Sorting; Accumulation; Algae; Bays; ISW, Australia, South Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02212.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Affective disorders, anxiety disorders and the risk of alcohol dependence and misuse
AN  - 902097941; 201120005
AB  - Background It is unclear whether common affective disorders and anxiety disorders increase the risk of alcohol dependence and alcohol misuse. Aims To investigate whether affective disorders and anxiety disorders increase the risk of alcohol dependence and alcohol misuse. Method This study is a retrospective cohort study based on data collected from the 2007 Australia Mental Health and Well-Being survey. Both Poisson and logistic regression models were used for multivariate analysis. Results Participants with affective disorders (relative risk (RR) = 5.46, 95% CI 4.08-7.31 for alcohol dependence within 5 years of onset; RR=2.77, 95% CI 1.93-3.99 after first 5 years) and anxiety disorders (RR=3.33, 95% CI 2.37-4.68 for alcohol dependence within first 5 years of onset; RR=3.56, 95% CI 2.72-4.64 after first 5 years) were at higher risk of alcohol misuse and alcohol dependence. Conclusions Common affective disorders and anxiety disorders may increase the risk of alcohol dependence and alcohol misuse among the Australian population. Declaration of Interest None. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - The British Journal of Psychiatry
AU  - Liang, Wenbin
AU  - Chikritzhs, Tanya
AD  - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845 Australia w.liang@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 219
EP  - 224
PB  - Royal College of Psychiatrists, London UK
VL  - 199
IS  - 3
SN  - 0007-1250, 0007-1250
KW  - Anxiety disorders
KW  - Alcohol abuse
KW  - Affective disorders
KW  - Alcohol dependence
KW  - Cohort analysis
KW  - Relative risks
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - BJPYAJ
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Alcohol dependence; Affective disorders; Anxiety disorders; Alcohol abuse; Relative risks; Cohort analysis
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.086116
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews
AN  - 902096776; 201119214
AB  - We systematically reviewed availability and quality of data on the prevalence of use and dependence on meth/amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioids. Methods: Multiple search strategies: (a) peer-reviewed literature searches (1990-2008) using methods recommended by the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group; (b) systematic searches of online databases; (c) Internet searches to find other published evidence of drug use; (d) repeated consultation and feedback from experts around the globe; (e) a viral email sent to lists of researchers in the illicit drug and HIV fields. Data were extracted and graded according to predefined variables reflecting quality of data source. Results: Qualitative evidence of illicit drug use and dependence was found for most countries, which hold over 98% of the world's population aged 15-64 years. Countries where use was identified but prevalence estimates had not been made (evidence of drug supply, trafficking, reports of use, treatment data) were mainly from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Oceania. Estimates of the prevalence of use were located in 77 countries for meth/amphetamine, 95 for cannabis, 86 for cocaine and 89 for opioids. Dependence prevalence estimates existed in very few countries; 9 meth/amphetamine dependence estimates, 7 cannabis dependence estimates, 5 cocaine dependence estimates, and 25 opioid dependence estimates were located. Conclusions: Data on the extent of meth/amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use and dependence must be improved in quality and coverage. Dependence estimates are lacking even in high income countries that have required resources. Responses to illicit drug dependence require better estimates of its scale. [Copyright Elsevier Ireland Ltd.]
JF  - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
AU  - Degenhardt, Louisa
AU  - Bucello, Chiara
AU  - Calabria, Bianca
AU  - Nelson, Paul
AU  - Roberts, Anna
AU  - Hall, Wayne
AU  - Lynskey, Michael
AU  - Wiessing, Lucas
AD  - Burnet Research Institute, GPO Box 2284, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia louisa@burnet.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Sep 01
SP  - 85
EP  - 101
PB  - Elsevier Ireland, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 117
IS  - 2-3
SN  - 0376-8716, 0376-8716
KW  - Cocaine Meth/amphetamine Cannabis Opioid Dependence Epidemiology Prevalence
KW  - Amphetamines
KW  - Cannabis
KW  - Cocaine
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Drug dependency
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - DADEDV
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Drug dependency; Drug abuse; Cannabis; Prevalence; Amphetamines; Cocaine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.11.032
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Libraries in Computers: The Mistakes We Make with Standards
AN  - 902063921; 201108750
AB  - The author discusses problems he has encountered in working with and on software standards. Although nearly everything that he does on his job writing software for libraries involves standards, he does not chase after new standards like he used to and he does not really enjoy getting involved with writing new ones like he used to. He enjoys developing standards and sometimes they do succeed so it can be a worthy endeavor. But he does not get into standards development like he used to because in the past 15 years he has seen patterns of mistakes that developers make when writing standards. In this article he discusses these patterns of mistakes. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Computers in Libraries
AU  - Chudnov, Daniel
AD  - Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress daniel.chudnov@gmail.com
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 29
EP  - 31
PB  - Information Today, Medford NJ
VL  - 31
IS  - 7
SN  - 1041-7915, 1041-7915
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Standards
KW  - Software engineering
KW  - article
KW  - 14.14: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SOFTWARE
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Software engineering; Guidelines; Standards
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Application of GNSS-RTK derived topographical maps for rapid environmental monitoring: a case study of Jack Finnery Lake (Perth, Australia)
AN  - 899146010; 15403694
AB  - In environmental monitoring, environmental impact assessments and environmental audits, topographical maps play an essential role in providing a means by which the locations of sampling sites may be selected, in assisting with the interpretation of physical features, and in indicating the impact or potential impact on an area due to changes in the system being monitored (e.g., spatially changing features such as wetlands). Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are hereby presented as a rapid method for monitoring spatial changes to support environmental monitoring decisions and policies. To validate the GNSS-based method, a comparison is made of results from a small-scale topographic survey using radio-based real-time kinematic GNSS (GNSS-RTK) and total station survey methods at Jack Finnery Lake, Perth, Australia. The accuracies achieved by the total station in this study were 2 cm horizontally and 6 cm vertically, while the GNSS-RTK also achieved an accuracy of 2 cm horizontally, but only 28 cm vertically. While the GNSS-RTK measurements were less accurate in the height component compared to those from the total station method, it is still capable of achieving accuracies sufficient for a topographic map at a scale of 1:1,750 that could support environmental monitoring tasks such as identifying spatial changes in small water bodies or wetlands. The time taken to perform the survey using GNSS-RTK, however, was much shorter compared to the total station method, thereby making it quite suitable for monitoring spatial changes within an environmental context, e.g., dynamic mining activities that require rapid surveys and the updating of the monitored data at regular intervals.
JF  - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
AU  - Schloderer, Glen
AU  - Bingham, Matthew
AU  - Awange, Joseph L
AU  - Fleming, Kevin M
AD  - Western Australian Centre for Geodesy & The Institute for Geoscience Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 147
EP  - 161
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 180
IS  - 1-4
SN  - 0167-6369, 0167-6369
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Pollution Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Navigation satellite
KW  - water bodies
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Topographic effects
KW  - Maps
KW  - Lakes
KW  - environmental impact assessment
KW  - Assessments
KW  - Australia
KW  - Wetlands
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Environmental monitoring
KW  - Environmental assessment
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Navigation
KW  - topographic surveys
KW  - Satellites
KW  - Ecosystem disturbance
KW  - Environmental audits
KW  - navigation
KW  - Australia, Western Australia, Perth
KW  - Mining
KW  - Monitoring
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - M2 556.55:Lakes, Reservoirs, Ponds (556.55)
KW  - ENA 11:Non-Renewable Resources
KW  - SW 0850:Lakes
KW  - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION
KW  - Q5 08502:Methods and instruments
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Environmental monitoring; Environmental assessment; Climate change; Environmental impact; Wetlands; Mining; Topographic effects; Ecosystem disturbance; Navigation satellite; Environmental audits; Lakes; environmental impact assessment; water bodies; navigation; Satellites; topographic surveys; Assessments; Case Studies; Surveys; Sampling; Navigation; Maps; Monitoring; Australia, Western Australia, Perth; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1778-8
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mallee wood fast pyrolysis: Effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on the yield and composition of bio-oil
AN  - 896226566; 15113855
AB  - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of inorganic species in biomass, especially the alkali and alkaline earth metallic (AAEM) species (K, Na, Mg and Ca), on the yield and properties of bio-oil from the pyrolysis of biomass. A mallee wood sample from Western Australia was washed with water and a dilute acid solution to remove its AAEM species. The water-washed and acid-washed mallee wood samples were then pyrolysed in a fluidised-bed reactor at 500 [deg]C under fast heating rate conditions. The removal of AAEM species did not result in significant changes in the yields of bio-oil and bio-char. However, the bio-oil properties, e.g. viscosity, were drastically affected by the removal of AAEM species. Our results indicate that the water-soluble AAEM species were not as important as the water-insoluble but acid-soluble AAEM species in influencing the bio-oil composition and properties. It is believed that the acid-soluble AAEM species (especially Ca) were more closely linked with the organic matter in biomass and thus were closely involved in the reactions during pyrolysis. The removal of AAEM species, especially the acid-soluble AAEM species, led to very significant increases in the yields of sugars and lignin-derived oligomers, accompanied by decreases in the yields of water and light organic compounds in the bio-oil.
JF  - Fuel
AU  - Mourant, Daniel
AU  - Wang, Zhouhong
AU  - He, Min
AU  - Wang, Xiao Shan
AU  - Garcia-Perez, Manuel
AU  - Ling, Kaicheng
AU  - Li, Chun-Zhu
AD  - Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, chun-zhu.li@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 2915
EP  - 2922
PB  - Elsevier, Ltd., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK
VL  - 90
IS  - 9
SN  - 0016-2361, 0016-2361
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Alkali and alkaline earth metals
KW  - AAEM
KW  - Pyrolysis
KW  - Mallee wood
KW  - Bio-oil
KW  - Organic matter
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Wood
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Australia, Western Australia
KW  - ENA 21:Wildlife
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Pyrolysis; Fuels; Organic matter; Wood; Biomass; Australia, Western Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2011.04.033
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Eyes Wide Open-in Gratitude
AN  - 892722469
AB  - Ten years have passed since the horrific events on Sept 11, 2001. The creation of the REALTORS®. Relief Foundation after the attacks began a decade of giving by the REALTOR® family that has continued to provide comfort and hope to those affected by tragedies from Hurricane Katrina to the Haitian earthquake to this year's deadly tornadoes. At the REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings in May, they began a recognition program to acknowledge the contributions of men and women who have served this nation as part of US armed forces; as well as those still fighting on Americans' behalf to defend the freedoms people cherish. REALTORS® look forward to continuing that recognition at the annual meetings in Anaheim in November. Phipps says that people must not lose sight of the big picture in endeavors and that constructive thinking, not cynicism is required to address problems of this nation.
JF  - Realtor Magazine
AU  - Phipps, Ronald L, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, S
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 5
CY  - Chicago
PB  - National Association of Realtors
VL  - 44
IS  - 7
SN  - 15220842
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Employee awards
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Central
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N1  - Last updated - 2011-09-20
N1  - CODEN - RESTDR
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development of an efficient process for the treatment of residual sludge discharged from an anaerobic digester in a sewage treatment plant
AN  - 888117645; 15590002
AB  - In order to reduce the discharge of residual sludge from an anaerobic digester, pre-treatment methods including low-pressure wet-oxidation, Fenton oxidation, alkali treatment, ozone oxidation, mechanical destruction and enzymatic treatment were evaluated and compared. VSS removal efficiencies of greater than 50% were achieved in cases of low-pressure wet-oxidation, Fenton oxidation and alkali treatment. Residual sludge from an anaerobic digester was pre-treated and subjected to thermophilic anaerobic digestion. As a result, the process of low-pressure wet-oxidation followed by anaerobic digestion achieved the highest VSS removal efficiency of 83%. The total efficiency of VSS removal of sewage sludge consisting of primary and surplus sludge would be approximately 92%, assuming that the VSS removal efficiency of sewage sludge is 50% in the anaerobic digester of the sewage treatment plant.
JF  - Bioresource Technology
AU  - Abe, Naoki
AU  - Tang, Yue-Qin
AU  - Iwamura, Makoto
AU  - Ohta, Hiroto
AU  - Morimura, Shigeru
AU  - Kida, Kenji
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 7641
EP  - 7644
PB  - Elsevier B.V., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB United Kingdom
VL  - 102
IS  - 17
SN  - 0960-8524, 0960-8524
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - Residual sludge
KW  - Thermophilic anaerobic digestion
KW  - Low-pressure wet-oxidation
KW  - Fenton oxidation
KW  - Alkali treatment
KW  - Sludges
KW  - Sewage sludge
KW  - Sewage treatment plants
KW  - Sludge treatment
KW  - Alkalis
KW  - Primary Sludge
KW  - Anaerobic Digestion
KW  - Ozonation
KW  - Ozone
KW  - Wastewater Facilities
KW  - Bases
KW  - Anaerobic digestion
KW  - Oxidation
KW  - Wastewater Treatment
KW  - Sludge Digestion
KW  - Wastewater
KW  - W 30950:Waste Treatment & Pollution Clean-up
KW  - SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - ENA 01:Air Pollution
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sewage sludge; Sludges; Oxidation; Sewage treatment plants; Alkalis; Anaerobic digestion; Ozone; Sludge treatment; Wastewater Facilities; Bases; Wastewater Treatment; Primary Sludge; Wastewater; Sludge Digestion; Ozonation; Anaerobic Digestion
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.030
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Response of two-spined blackfish Gadopsis bispinosus to short-term flow fluctuations in an upland Australian stream
AN  - 883049679; 15360129
AB  - Environmental flows are applied to regulated rivers, predominantly with the aim of benefiting native fauna. However, the outcomes for biodiversity and the mechanisms that underpin changes due to these manipulations are poorly understood. We examined the effects of elevated water release, of the magnitude used for riffle maintenance, on the movement and habitat use of the locally-threatened two-spined blackfish, Gadopsis bispinosus, in the Cotter River, a regulated upland stream in south-eastern Australia. We compared the behaviour of radio-tagged individuals during baseline flow conditions (0.12 m super(3) s super(1)) and during elevated flow releases (1.74 m super(3) s super(1)). Eight individuals (196 +/- 8 mm TL) were radio-tracked at one site over 22 days, and six individuals (180 +/- 5 mm TL) were monitored by fixed telemetry stations at a second site for 1 month. At both the sites, two-spined blackfish were nocturnal and occupied small linear ranges (23 +/- 6 m). They preferentially used pools, but also used runs and riffles. Elevated discharge did not significantly affect movement, activity or dispersal of two-spined blackfish. Two individuals utilised inundated vegetation during high flow. Despite a small number of behavioural changes, there was no response to elevated flow at the population level. It is likely that the benthic nature of this species precludes its behaviour being affected by a 15-fold increase in-stream discharge. However, the indirect effects of flows of this magnitude on two-spined blackfish, and their responses to discharges of greater magnitude, remain to be investigated.
JF  - Hydrobiologia
AU  - Broadhurst, B T
AU  - Dyer, J G
AU  - Ebner, B C
AU  - Thiem, J D
AU  - Pridmore, P A
AD  - Parks, Conservation & Lands, Territory & Municipal Services, GPO Box 158, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia, ben.broadhurst@canberra.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 63
EP  - 77
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 673
IS  - 1
SN  - 0018-8158, 0018-8158
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - population levels
KW  - Regulated Rivers
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Gadopsis
KW  - Streams
KW  - Environmental factors
KW  - dispersal
KW  - Fauna
KW  - Baseline studies
KW  - Telemetry
KW  - Australia
KW  - River Flow
KW  - Habitat utilization
KW  - Population levels
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - River discharge
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Maintenance
KW  - Tracking
KW  - Biotelemetry
KW  - Aquatic Habitats
KW  - Stream
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - Riffles
KW  - Q1 08462:Benthos
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 5040:Data acquisition
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - Q2 09121:General
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Baseline studies; Telemetry; Stream; River discharge; Environmental impact; Biodiversity; Environmental factors; Biotelemetry; Tracking; Rivers; Vegetation; Population levels; Habitat utilization; Dispersal; Streams; population levels; Biological diversity; Habitat; Maintenance; dispersal; Fauna; Regulated Rivers; Aquatic Habitats; River Flow; Fluctuations; Riffles; Gadopsis; Australia; Freshwater
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0750-0
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A decade of change in the saproxylic beetle fauna of eucalypt logs in the Warra long-term log-decay experiment, Tasmania. 2. Log-size effects, succession, and the functional significance of rare species
AN  - 883025902; 15397797
AB  - The first decade of sequential and cyclical sampling of the saproxylic beetles of twelve freshly felled Eucalyptus obliqua logs at Warra, Tasmania has allowed comparisons between larger-diameter mature and smaller-diameter regrowth log-classes and between successive sampling cycles and years; and consideration of the interplay between these two aspects. The two log-classes support different assemblages, with the mature log-class hosting consistently more species, more unique species, and proportionally more obligately saproxylic species. Assemblages change seasonally and year-to-year, demonstrating succession. While changes in the assemblages of mature and regrowth log-classes follow similar trajectories, they remain distinct at every point in time. These differences remain apparent when considering sub-sets of the assemblages based on the rarity of the species involved, their flightedness, saproxylicity and larval feeding guild. This study suggests a need to incorporate the conservation of coarse woody debris derived from mature trees into production forestry practices. There is a particular need to devise silvicultural and/or planning systems that cater for the retention and long-term recruitment of mature trees, since these are the only source of the larger-diameter logs that were identified in this study as having particular ecological value. Through continuing the Warra long-term log-decay experiment over the next century or more, a more complete picture of the saproxylic beetle fauna will progressively emerge, together with a better understanding of the management requirements of the fauna.
JF  - Biodiversity and Conservation
AU  - Grove, Simon J
AU  - Forster, Lynette
AD  - Division of Forest Research and Development, Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia, simon.grove@forestrytas.com.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Sep 2011
SP  - 2167
EP  - 2188
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 20
IS  - 10
SN  - 0960-3115, 0960-3115
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Feeding
KW  - Forestry
KW  - Guilds
KW  - Rare species
KW  - Recruitment
KW  - Regrowth
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Silviculture
KW  - Succession
KW  - Trees
KW  - fauna
KW  - feeding
KW  - rare species
KW  - regrowth
KW  - silviculture
KW  - succession
KW  - Eucalyptus
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Silviculture; Feeding; Guilds; Trees; Recruitment; Regrowth; Biodiversity; Conservation; Rare species; Sampling; Succession; Forestry; silviculture; succession; regrowth; fauna; feeding; rare species; Eucalyptus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0080-6
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A decade of change in the saproxylic beetle fauna of eucalypt logs in the Warra long-term log-decay experiment, Tasmania. 1. Description of the fauna and seasonality patterns
AN  - 883025889; 15397796
AB  - The first decade of sequential and cyclical sampling of saproxylic beetles by means of eclector traps on 12 freshly-felled Eucalyptus obliqua logs at Warra, Tasmania has allowed documentation of a taxonomically and ecologically diverse fauna present in such logs in their early decompositional state. About half of all species are apparently undescribed-a much higher proportion than in most temperate regions. The distribution of individuals among species is typically skewed, with most species being rare and few being common. Neither obligately nor facultatively saproxylic beetles dominate the fauna, but predators predominate over other larval feeding guilds, and-in accordance with ecological theory for early successional habitats-winged species predominate over functionally flightless species. There is some suggestion that trophic structure changed over the period of the study, with the proportion of functionally flightless species increasing. The fauna shows strong seasonality. While the summer months represent the peak of occurrence for most species (in keeping with the cool-temperate climate), every month has its own particular complement of species, such that a strong seasonal cycle in assemblage composition is apparent throughout the year. The timings of emergence peaks vary among the years represented in this study by up to 2 months, with the year of latest emergence corresponding to that with the lowest mean annual maximum temperature; no signature of climate change is evident in the data-set.
JF  - Biodiversity and Conservation
AU  - Grove, Simon J
AU  - Forster, Lynette
AD  - Division of Forest Research and Development, Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia, simon.grove@forestrytas.com.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 2149
EP  - 2165
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 20
IS  - 10
SN  - 0960-3115, 0960-3115
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Temperature effects
KW  - Feeding
KW  - fauna
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - feeding
KW  - Larvae
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Predators
KW  - Eucalyptus
KW  - predators
KW  - Sulfur dioxide
KW  - Guilds
KW  - summer
KW  - Traps
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Seasonal variations
KW  - Z 05300:General
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 20:Weather Modification & Geophysical Change
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Temperature effects; Feeding; Guilds; Climatic changes; Conservation; Biodiversity; Traps; Predators; Sampling; Seasonal variations; Sulfur dioxide; fauna; Climate change; Larvae; feeding; Biological diversity; summer; predators; Eucalyptus
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A tool for strategic biophysical assessment of a national economy - The Australian stocks and flows framework
AN  - 883017661; 14892954
AB  - The Australian Stocks and Flows Framework (ASFF) was developed to assess the biophysical longevity of the Australian economy, with top-down coverage of the whole physical economy based on bottom-up process-based detail. The ASFF employs mass-balance identities associated with stock and flow dynamics throughout the national economy and associated interaction with the environment. We show that the ASFF shares common features with complementary approaches, including Mass Flow Analysis, Physical Input-Output Tables, and Life Cycle Analysis, but is distinctly different from these because the biophysical processes throughout the economy and environment are represented explicitly. The detailed physical processes modelled have a strong empirical basis, being calibrated with six or more decades of historical data. Given the coverage of the entire economy in physical terms, it provides for many subject specific analyses such as water, energy, climate change, etc, which can also be assessed in integrated analysis of scenarios to 2100 in order to highlight conflicts, trade-offs, and synergies. The ASFF can be applied and adapted to represent specific interests in more detail and context, as demonstrated by multiple applications of the ASFF. Overall, it is designed to explore the possible trajectories of the national economic system over the long term within irrefutable biophysical constraints, and thereby inform development of appropriate policy. The open biophysical nature of the ASFF is intended for exploration and learning, rather than being normative or policy prescriptive.
JF  - Environmental Modelling & Software
AU  - Turner, Graham M
AU  - Hoffman, Robert
AU  - McInnis, Bertram C
AU  - Poldy, Franzi
AU  - Foran, Barney
AD  - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, GPO Box 284, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1134
EP  - 1149
PB  - Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX UK
VL  - 26
IS  - 9
SN  - 1364-8152, 1364-8152
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Stocks and flows
KW  - Integrated assessment
KW  - Physical economy
KW  - Scenarios
KW  - Tensions
KW  - conflicts
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - life cycle analysis
KW  - Economics
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Australia
KW  - longevity
KW  - ENA 03:Energy
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - conflicts; Computer programs; Historical account; life cycle analysis; Climate change; Economics; longevity; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.03.007
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Design studies of a typical PWR core using advanced computational tools and techniques
AN  - 1671348793; 15332003
AB  - This study deals with the design and development of calculational techniques and evaluation of key neutronic parameters of a typical PWR core having a total reactor power of 2652MWt (890MWe). The PWR core consists of 157 fuel assemblies containing a total of a arrow right 472tons of uranium arranged vertically in a concentric square array within the core shroud. Each fuel assembly contains 264 UO2 fuel pins with various enrichments (2.1, 2.6 and 3.1%), 24 control rods of Gd2O3 and one central water channel and all are arranged in a 1717 array of matrix. Different computer codes including WIMS, TWOTRAN, CITATION and MCNP have been employed to develop a versatile and accurate reactor physics model of the PWR core. The computational methods, tools and techniques, customization of cross section libraries, various models for cells and super cells, and a lot of associated utilities have been standardized and established/validated for the overall core analysis. The analyses were performed in 3 steps: firstly for fuel pincells, then for the fuel assemblies and finally for the whole core. The WIMS and MCNP calculated infinite multiplication factors for fuel pincells having 2.1% enriched 235U were found to be 1.23393 and 1.23654, for 2.6% enrichment 1.28635 and 1.28887, and finally for 3.1% enrichment 1.32481 and 1.32812, respectively. For fuel assembly, WIMS and MCNP calculated infinite multiplication factors having 2.1% enrichment were found to be 1.24853 and 1.25445, for 2.6% enrichment 1.30372 and 1.30992, and for 3.1% enrichment 1.34424 and 1.35041, respectively. The effective multiplication factor calculated by CITATION, TWOTRAN and MCNP for whole core were found to be 1.25580, 1.25909 and 1.26382, respectively. The peak thermal neutron flux in the core calculated by MCNP was found to be 5.02981014neutrons/cm2s and the average core power density was 17.1kW/cm3. The calculated results from different codes were found to be very good agreement for different moderator conditions. The choice of computer codes like WIMSD, TWOTRAN, CITATION and MCNP which are being used in nuclear industry for many years were selected to identify and develop new capabilities needed to support PWR analysis. The ultimate goal of the validation of the computer codes for PWR applications is to acquire and reinforce the capability of these general purpose computer codes to perform the core design and optimization study.
JF  - Annals of Nuclear Energy
AU  - Huda, M Q
AU  - Rahman, M M
AU  - Imtiaz, MA
AU  - Nguyen, K C
AD  - Energy Institute, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1939
EP  - 1949
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 38
IS  - 9
SN  - 0306-4549, 0306-4549
KW  - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (MT); Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); Electronics and Communications Abstracts (EA); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - PWR core
KW  - WIMSD-5B
KW  - TWOTRAN II
KW  - CITATION
KW  - MCNP4C2
KW  - Neutronic analysis
KW  - Nuclear power generation
KW  - Multiplication
KW  - Computer programs
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Pressurized water reactors
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Assemblies
KW  - Enrichment
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2011.05.002
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Concept guided risk assessment: Promoting prediction and understanding
AN  - 1512193049; 201404315
AB  - This article presents a concept-guided approach to the assessment of risk in the life situations of children alleged to be maltreatment victims. This concept-guided risk assessment is theoretically based and is the first to use a nomological hierarchy which can yield itself to systematic testing for construct validity. Data were collected on 1199 cases referred for investigations of child maltreatment. Reliability was examined by applying Cronbach's alpha coefficient to the 25 risk features and the 18 risk category constructs within the seven risk areas. Convergent validity coefficients for seven risk area constructs and eighteen risk category constructs were computed and structural validity was examined using an analysis technique adapted from the multitrait-multimethod technique of . Predictive validity was assessed using a multivariate measure assessing rated risk, seriousness, and concern. In general, the results support construct validity. Improvements are needed in assessments of child vulnerability and caregiver stress. The overall psychometric evidence, combined with the model's hierarchical and theoretical nature, suggests a promising direction for future research on understanding and preventing child maltreatment. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]
JF  - Children and Youth Services Review
AU  - Baumann, Donald J
AU  - Grigsby, Charles
AU  - Sheets, Janess
AU  - Reid, Grant
AU  - Graham, J Christopher
AU  - Robinson, David
AU  - Holoubek, Jason
AU  - Farris, James
AU  - Jeffries, Victoria
AU  - Wang, Eugene
AD  - Child Protection Research Center, 63 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112 and Saint Edwards University, New College, 3001 S. Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704, United States
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1648
EP  - 1657
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam The Netherlands
VL  - 33
IS  - 9
SN  - 0190-7409, 0190-7409
KW  - Concept guided Theoretically based risk assessment Construct validity Multi-trait-multi-method matrix
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Child maltreatment
KW  - Maltreated children
KW  - Caretaker syndrome
KW  - Vulnerability
KW  - Construct validity
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2014-04-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - CYSRDU
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Child maltreatment; Caretaker syndrome; Construct validity; Maltreated children; Vulnerability
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.017
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bayesian fishable biomass dynamics models incorporating fished area and relative fish density
AN  - 1434032977; 18512640
AB  - Fisheries typically experience large changes over time in fishing effort. The size of the area fished may also change substantially over time, mimicking the trend in fishing effort, and may have major effects on the population dynamics and fishing process. We extend a biomass dynamics model to incorporate fished area and relative fish density in fished and unfished areas. The fishable population is defined as those individuals in the fished area and those that are sufficiently close to the fished area that they could potentially move into fished area during the fishing season. We estimate fishable biomass using three models assuming different level of population mixing between fished and unfished areas (i.e., partial mixing, full mixing, and no mixing). The models are implemented within a hierarchical Bayesian framework. Model performance is explored using simulations, and the approach is illustrated using logbook data for two tiger prawn species in Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery. The partial mixing model that involves estimating a mixing parameter performs better than the models that assume no or full mixing. The methods could be applied to other fisheries where the area fished has changed substantially over the history of the fishery.Original Abstract: Les peches commerciales connaissent typiquement de grands changements temporels de leur effort de peche. La surface de la zone de peche peut aussi changer de maniere substantielle dans le temps, mimant la tendance de l'effort de peche, et peut avoir un effet majeur sur la dynamique de la population et sur le processus de peche. Nous faisons l'extension d'un modele de la dynamique de la biomasse afin d'inclure la surface pechee et la densite relative des poissons dans les zones pechees et non pechees. Nous definissons la population capturable comme contenant les individus dans la zone pechee et ceux qui sont suffisamment proches de la zone de peche qu'ils pourraient penetrer dans la zone de peche durant la saison de capture. Nous estimons la biomasse capturable a l'aide de trois modeles qui presupposent des niveaux differents de melange entre les zones pechees et non pechees (c.-a-d. melange partiel, melange total et melange nul). Les modeles sont utilises dans un cadre hierarchique bayesien. Nous explorons la performance des modeles a l'aide de simulations et illustrons la methode a partir de donnees tirees des journaux de peche sur deux especes de crevettes tigrees de la peche commerciale de crevettes du nord de l'Australie. Le modele de melange partiel qui estime un parametre de melange fonctionne mieux que les modeles qui presupposent un melange complet ou nul. Ces methodes peuvent s'appliquer a d'autres pecheries commerciales dans lesquelles la zone de peche a considerablement change durant l'histoire de cette peche.
JF  - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences/Journal Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques
AU  - Zhou, Shijie
AU  - Punt, Andre E
AU  - Deng, Roy
AU  - Kienzle, Marco
AU  - Rochester, Wayne
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia., Shijie.zhou@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 1603
EP  - 1614
PB  - NRC Research Press
VL  - 68
IS  - 9
SN  - 0706-652X, 0706-652X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abstracts
KW  - Historical account
KW  - Bayesian analysis
KW  - Population density
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Models
KW  - Fishing
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Australia
KW  - Modelling
KW  - Mimicry
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Shrimp fisheries
KW  - Fishing effort
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - D 04030:Models, Methods, Remote Sensing
KW  - Q1 08442:Population dynamics
KW  - O 5020:Fisheries and Fishery Biology
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - Number of references - 26
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-30
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fishery management; Shrimp fisheries; Population density; Fishing effort; Population dynamics; Biomass; Modelling; Mimicry; Fishing; Data processing; Mathematical models; Bayesian analysis; Fisheries; Models; Historical account; Simulation; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f2011-083
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Microhabitat specialization of tropical rain-forest canopy trees in the Sovi Basin, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands
AN  - 1328509664; 15916206
AB  - Island biotas often have lower species diversity and less intense competition has been hypothesized as a result. This should result in lower habitat specificity compared with mainland habitats due to larger realized niches. We investigate microhabitat associations of canopy trees with regard to differences in topography on an oceanic island (Viti Levu, Fiji) using twenty 10 60-m plots. We find high tree-species diversity (112 species with dbh greater than or equal to 10 cm in a total of 1.08 ha) and high endemism (c. 60%), compared with other islands in Western Polynesia. Our sample plots aggregate into three distinct groups that are mostly defined by micro-topography: (1) ridges and steep slopes (well-drained sites), (2) moderate slopes and ridge flats (moderate drainage), and (3) flats (poor drainage). Associations with microhabitat are found for more than 50% of the 41 most common species but only one species is apparently restricted to a single habitat. These findings are similar to other rain forests and demonstrate considerable niche differentiation among island rain-forest tree species.
JF  - Journal of Tropical Ecology
AU  - Keppel, Gunnar
AU  - Tuiwawa, Marika V
AU  - Naikatini, Alifereti
AU  - Rounds, Isaac A
AD  - Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia, g.keppel@curtin.edu.au
PY  - 2011
SP  - 491
EP  - 501
PB  - Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU United Kingdom
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
SN  - 0266-4674, 0266-4674
KW  - Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Trees
KW  - Niches
KW  - Vitis
KW  - Specialization
KW  - Basins
KW  - Differentiation
KW  - Rain forests
KW  - Islands
KW  - Canopies
KW  - Competition
KW  - Topography
KW  - ISE, Polynesia
KW  - ISEW, Pacific, Fiji
KW  - Drainage
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Ridges
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - Microenvironments
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - A 01390:Forestry
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 6
N1  - Last updated - 2016-01-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Trees; Drainage; Niches; Basins; Specialization; Habitat; Differentiation; Rain forests; Islands; Species diversity; Microenvironments; Canopies; Competition; Topography; Ridges; Vitis; ISE, Polynesia; ISEW, Pacific, Fiji
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467411000241
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The RDA Test and Hebraica Cataloging: Applying RDA in One Cataloging Community
AN  - 1081858388; 201210073
AB  - Research and academic libraries worldwide have substantial collections of materials in non-Western languages. Communities cataloging such esoteric materials expected that Resource Description and Access (RDA) would move away from the English/Anglo-American focus of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2) and provide guidance for handling non-Western bibliographic and publishing practices. This article looks at the experiences of two official Test catalogers who work with materials in Hebrew script. How they sought solutions to cataloging questions and what they learned may guide other specialized communities called on to describe resources according to RDA. Input from catalogers will be needed to "internationalize" RDA. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
AU  - Biella, Joan C
AU  - Lerner, Heidi G
AD  - Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 676
EP  - 695
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 49
IS  - 7-8
SN  - 0163-9374, 0163-9374
KW  - authority control
KW  - descriptive cataloging
KW  - Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2)
KW  - Resource Description and Access (RDA)
KW  - books
KW  - nonroman languages
KW  - Descriptive cataloguing
KW  - Library cataloguing
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Non Roman scripts
KW  - Tests
KW  - Resource Description & Access-RDA
KW  - article
KW  - 12.13: CATALOGUING RULES
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DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
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N1  - CODEN - CCQUDB
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Resource Description & Access-RDA; Non Roman scripts; Tests; Hebrew language; Library cataloguing; Descriptive cataloguing
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2011.616450
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Training for the U.S. RDA Test
AN  - 1081858360; 201210078
AB  - This article describes activities related to training for the 2010 test in the United States of the new descriptive cataloging standard Resource Description and Access (RDA). The main focus is on activities carried out at the Library of Congress (LC) on behalf of all the participants and specifically for LC's participants. Lessons learned from these activities for future training are included. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
AU  - Kuhagen, Judith A
AD  - Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 572
EP  - 581
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 49
IS  - 7-8
SN  - 0163-9374, 0163-9374
KW  - catalogers
KW  - descriptive cataloging
KW  - Resource Description and Access (RDA)
KW  - training
KW  - cataloging standards
KW  - Library cataloguing
KW  - Training
KW  - Tests
KW  - Standards
KW  - Resource Description & Access-RDA
KW  - article
KW  - 12.13: CATALOGUING RULES
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DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2015-06-01
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N1  - CODEN - CCQUDB
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Tests; Library cataloguing; Training; Resource Description & Access-RDA; Standards
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2011.616924
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - BVOC emissions from mechanical wounding of leaves and branches of Eucalyptus sideroxylon (red ironbark)
AN  - 1028023624; 16545603
AB  - Emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from mechanical wounding of leaves and branches of plants can contribute to the atmospheric burden of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in both (a) urban airsheds (from urban garden maintenance) and (b) the global atmosphere (from large scale forest harvesting). These emissions of BVOCs are poorly understood and quantified, and their role in urban and global emissions inventories neglected. This paper presents measurements of the magnitude, duration and composition of emissions of BVOCs, carbon dioxide (CO sub(2)) and methane (CH sub(4)) from freshly cut leaf mulch and wood chips derived from a common eucalypt tree, Eucalyptus sideroxylon (red ironbark), found in southeastern Australian forests and gardens. The emissions of BVOCs from freshly cut and shredded leaves and wood of E. sideroxylon were found to be 2.3 plus or minus 0.6 and 0.05 plus or minus 0.04 mg g super(-1) DM (Dry Mass) from leaf mulch and wood chips respectively and to last typically for 1 day following cutting. Three sampling techniques were used for VOC speciation and the 12 most abundant BVOCs released from the mulch materials were identified. The specific BVOCs emitted in order of decreasing abundance from leaf mulch are: (a) stored plant oils, 1,8-cineole, alpha -pinene and o-cymene which make up the major part of the emissions, (b) a minor contribution from chemicals associated with environmental stress and wound defence, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (E)-2-hexenal and (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, and (c) a second minor contribution from metabolic products, acetaldehyde and acetone. The observed integrated emissions of BVOCs from leaves following mulching are equivalent to more than half and perhaps all of the likely stored plant oils in the leaves. For the two comparable studies available, one of a plant with stored oils (this study) and one of a plant without stored plant oils, the emissions of leaf wound defence BVOCs are in the same range for both plants. In the plant with stored plant oils, the plant oil emissions are about a factor of 11 larger in emission rate than the plant wound defence BVOCs. A compilation of available leaf wounding BVOC emission studies indicates that for plants with stored plant oils, plant oil emissions dominate, whereas with other plants, leaf wound defence BVOCs dominate the emissions.
JF  - Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
AU  - Kim, Leesun
AU  - Galbally, Ian E
AU  - Porter, Nichola
AU  - Weeks, Ian A
AU  - Lawson, Sarah J
AD  - School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia, nichola.porter@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 265
EP  - 279
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
SN  - 0167-7764, 0167-7764
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Mulches
KW  - Speciation
KW  - Volatile organic compounds in atmosphere
KW  - Forests
KW  - Biogenic emissions from vegetation
KW  - Oil
KW  - Methane in the atmosphere
KW  - Volatile organic compound emissions
KW  - Volatile compounds
KW  - Australia
KW  - Carbon dioxide emissions
KW  - Mulching
KW  - Methane
KW  - Leaves
KW  - Wood
KW  - Organic compounds in atmosphere
KW  - Hardwood
KW  - Atmospheric chemistry
KW  - Organic Compounds
KW  - Organic compounds
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Wounding
KW  - Carbon Dioxide
KW  - M2 551.510.42:Air Pollution (551.510.42)
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - Q2 09244:Air-sea coupling
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-07-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-12-22
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Methane; Atmospheric chemistry; Volatile compounds; Leaves; Forests; Wood; Organic compounds; Carbon dioxide; Wounding; Methane in the atmosphere; Volatile organic compounds in atmosphere; Volatile organic compound emissions; Organic compounds in atmosphere; Carbon dioxide emissions; Biogenic emissions from vegetation; Mulching; Oil; Speciation; Mulches; Organic Compounds; Hardwood; Carbon Dioxide; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10874-012-9221-x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Review of Organic Farming Policy in Australia: Time to Wipe the Slate Clean?
AN  - 1018340688; 2011-202009
AB  - Organic farming has risen in popularity with both farmers and consumers, with Australia having the largest area of certified organic land in the world. Australian governments have traditionally ignored the organic farming sector, while making policies that have hampered its further development. Although policies have become more favorable over time, recently, there has been a slight reversal in approach. Such a reversal in policy makes Australia unique when compared to the pro-organic policy developments in nearly all other developed countries. This article reviews Australian government organic farm policy and outlines key areas where policy changes are necessary in property rights, public extension, research, market based instruments and institutions. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
AU  - Wheeler, Sarah
AD  - University of South Australia, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, School of Commerce, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia sarah.wheeler@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 885
EP  - 913
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA
VL  - 35
IS  - 7-8
SN  - 1044-0046, 1044-0046
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Crop management and agricultural production
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural population and workers
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Agriculture and agricultural policy - Agricultural economics and farm holdings
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - organic farming, agricultural policy, Australia, market failure
KW  - Farms
KW  - Land
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Australia
KW  - Markets
KW  - Right of property
KW  - Organic farming
KW  - article
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DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - JSAGEB
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Organic farming; Australia; Markets; Farmers; Right of property; Farms; Consumers; Land
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10440046.2011.604119
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of User Characteristics on Search Effectiveness in Information Retrieval
AN  - 1010628847; 201204869
AB  - This paper investigates the influence of user characteristics (e.g. search experience and cognitive skills) on user effectiveness. A user study was conducted to investigate this effect, 56 participants completed searches for 56 topics using the TREC test collection. Results indicated that participants with search experience and high cognitive skills were more effective than those with less experience and slower perceptual abilities. However, all users rated themselves with the same level of satisfaction with the search results despite the fact they varied substantially in their effectiveness. Therefore, information retrieval evaluators should take these factors into consideration when investigating the impact of system effectiveness on user effectiveness. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Information Processing and Management
AU  - Al-Maskari, Azzah
AU  - Sanderson, Mark
AD  - School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia maskeri.a@gmail.com
Y1  - 2011/09//
PY  - 2011
DA  - September 2011
SP  - 719
EP  - 729
PB  - Elsevier Ltd., Kidlington Oxford UK
VL  - 47
IS  - 5
SN  - 0306-4573, 0306-4573
KW  - Information retrieval, user characteristics, search effectiveness
KW  - Skills
KW  - Information retrieval
KW  - User behaviour
KW  - article
KW  - 13.14: INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - SEARCHING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Information retrieval; Skills; User behaviour
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Congressional Primer on Major Disasters and Emergencies
AN  - 925720232; 2011-181246
AB  - The principles of disaster management assume a leadership role by the local and state governments with the federal government providing coordinated supplemental resources and assistance. A declaration of a major disaster or emergency must be requested by the governor, who at that point has declared that the situation is beyond the capacity of the state to respond. The President considers the governor's request, in consultation with officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and makes the initial decisions on the areas to be included as well as the programs that are implemented. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 31 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - McCarthy, Francis X
AU  - Brown, Jared T
Y1  - 2011/08/31/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 31
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - Government - Local and municipal government
KW  - Government - State or regional government
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Crisis management
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - State government
KW  - Local government
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - Governors
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Leadership
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41981
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals
AN  - 1641843312; 2011-760644
AB  - The protection of classified national security and other controlled information is of concern to Congress. The legislature uses such information to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities, particularly overseeing the executive, appropriating funds, and legislating public policy. Congress has established numerous mechanisms to safeguard controlled information in its custody, although these arrangements have varied over time, between the two chambers, and among offices in each. Proposals for change, some of which are controversial and could be costly, usually seek to set uniform standards or heighten requirements for access. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 31 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Kaiser, Frederick M
Y1  - 2011/08/31/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 31
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Executives
KW  - Legislatures
KW  - Standards
KW  - Public policy
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS20748.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2015-01-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - Congressional Research Service Report no. RS20748
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Proposals to Reform "Holds" in the Senate
AN  - 1081892033; 2011-295182
AB  - This report examines, over a more than three-decade period, a wide range of proposals to reform holds in the US Senate. The reform proposals examined are as follows: (1) Impose time limits; (2) Abolish holds; (3) Uniform procedure for holds; (4) No indefinite, or permanent, holds; (5) Prohibit blanket holds; (6) End secret holds; (7) Require more than one Senator to place a hold; (8) Permit a privileged resolution to terminate holds; (9) Restrict filibuster opportunities; and (10) Determination by majority leader to proceed. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 31 2011, 20 pp.
AU  - Oleszek, Walter J
Y1  - 2011/08/31/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 31
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - United States
KW  - Filibusters
KW  - United States Senate
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RL31685
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Central America Regional Security Initiative: Background and Policy Issues for Congress
AN  - 964243612; 2011-182292
AB  - Because US drug demand contributes to regional security challenges and the consequences of citizen insecurity in Central America are potentially far-reaching, the US is collaborating with countries in the region to implement and refine security efforts. This report examines the extent of the security problems in Central America, the current efforts being undertaken by Central American governments to address them, and US support for Central American efforts through the Central America Regional Security Initiative. Congress may consider funding levels, human rights concerns, and how Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) relates to other US government policies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 30 2011, 34 pp.
AU  - Meyer, Peter J
AU  - Seelke, Clare Ribando
Y1  - 2011/08/30/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - International peace and security
KW  - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Pharmaceutical industry
KW  - United States
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Regional security
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Central America
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41731.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41731
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues
AN  - 1081892035; 2011-295184
AB  - Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an applicant for a federal license or permit provide a certification that any discharges from the facility will comply with the act, including water quality standard requirements. Disputes have arisen over the states' exercise of this authority in protecting water quality. For the most part, the debate over the Section 401 certification issue has been between states and hydropower interests. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 30 2011, 6 pp.
AU  - Copeland, Claudia
Y1  - 2011/08/30/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Taxation and tax policy
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Hydroelectric power
KW  - Authority
KW  - Licenses
KW  - Standards
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Water
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-488.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, 97-488
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Cost-Benefit and Other Analysis Requirements in the Rulemaking Process
AN  - 1081892034; 2011-295183
AB  - Although many federal agencies are currently required to prepare cost-benefit analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses for certain rules before they are published in the Federal Register, proposed legislation has been introduced in the 112th Congress to expand those requirements to more agencies and more types of rules, and to produce more detailed analyses. This report discusses those bills, but first describes the existing requirements for cost-benefit and other types of analysis in the federal rulemaking process as well as options for changing the current set of analytical requirements. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 30 2011, 39 pp.
AU  - Copeland, Curtis W
Y1  - 2011/08/30/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 30
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - Monetary policy
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41974.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41974
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Sea-Level Observing Network for Tsunami Warning
AN  - 1827885861; PQ0003648096
AB  - In this study, the Bureau of Meteorologyas recently expanded sea-level observing network is assessed for its ability to contribute to tsunami warnings. This is done by using modelled tsunami travel times and examining the networkas ability to observe any potential tsunami in a timely enough manner so that sufficient warning is provided to the Australian coastline. Although the overall coverage of the network is very high, the study does highlight a number of network gaps. The value of individual observation sites and their contribution to the warning characteristics of the network is also assessed. The results provide valuable guidance for network managers and also set a benchmark for evaluating possible future changes and enhancements to the network.
JF  - Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering
AU  - Greenslade, DJM
AU  - Warne, JO
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001., d.greenslade@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/08/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 29
SP  - 246
EP  - 255
PB  - American Society of Civil Engineers, 345 E. 47th St. New York NY 10017-2398 United States
VL  - 138
IS  - 3
SN  - 0733-950X, 0733-950X
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts
KW  - Case Studies
KW  - Case Study
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Sea level
KW  - Disaster recovery
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Tsunami
KW  - Tsunami warning
KW  - Sea-level
KW  - Network management
KW  - Tide gauge
KW  - Tsunameter
KW  - Tsunami travel times
KW  - Marine
KW  - Offshore engineering
KW  - Traveltime
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Coastal oceanography
KW  - Australia
KW  - Waterways
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q2 09322:Drilling and production rigs
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - M2 551.466:Ocean Waves and Tides (551.466)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2016-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2017-02-01
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Offshore engineering; Sea level; Tsunamis; Coastal oceanography; Engineering; Oceans; Waterways; Traveltime; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000121
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Climate Change: Conceptual Approaches and Policy Tools
AN  - 1081892036; 2011-295185
AB  - Congress has, over the past three decades, authorized and funded federal programs to improve understanding of climate changes and their implications. Four strategies for setting climate change policies include (1) research and wait-and-see, (2) science-based goal setting, (3) economics-based policies, and (4) incrementalism or adaptive management. Each may take into account the concerns, values, and skepticisms of some constituencies, but each also has limitations -- It is unclear whether any single conceptual approach could cover all elements of the policy debate, though hybrid approaches may help to build political consensus over whether and how much policy intervention is appropriate. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 29 2011, 26 pp.
AU  - Leggett, Jane A
Y1  - 2011/08/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Climate
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41973.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41973
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - GEN
T1  - Southwest Border Violence Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence
AN  - 1679099274; MD01856
AB  - Reports on drug traffic between Mexico and U.S., violence as result of trafficking, and challenges in evaluating whether violence from Mexico is spilling over into U.S.
AU  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
AD  - United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
PY  - 2011
SP  - 54
KW  - Border security
KW  - Drug demand
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Drug traffickers
KW  - Firearms
KW  - High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
KW  - Laundering of funds
KW  - Law enforcement cooperation
KW  - Mérida Initiative
KW  - National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy
KW  - Operation Armas Cruzadas
KW  - Operation Black Flag
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Project Gunrunner
KW  - Southwest Border Initiative
KW  - Violence
KW  - Weapons tracing
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L2  - https://opencrs.com/.
LA  - English
DB  - Digital National Security Archive
N1  - Name - United States. Department of Homeland Security. Customs and Border Protection. Air and Marine Operations Center; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Customs and Border Protection. Border Field Intelligence Center; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Border Enforcement Security Task Force; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Intelligence and Analysis; United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division. Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces; United States. Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. El Paso Intelligence Center
N1  - Analyte descriptor - NSA document type: Report; Location of original: Available [Online]: Open CRS: Congressional Research Service Reports for the People
N1  - Last updated - 2015-06-16
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Addressing the Long-Run Budget Deficit: A Comparison of Approaches
AN  - 1081892038; 2011-295187
AB  - The growth of the national debt, which is considered unsustainable under current policies, continues to be one of the central issues of domestic federal policy making. On August 2, 2011, Congress adopted, and the President signed, the Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25), which might be viewed as an initial step in addressing long-run debt issues. This report examines alternative approaches to reducing the deficit, relating to the immediate issues arising from the Budget Control Act and the expiring tax cuts as well as to ongoing longer-term decisions about how to bring the debt under control. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 25 2011, 34 pp.
AU  - Gravelle, Jane G
Y1  - 2011/08/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Deficit financing
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Public debts
KW  - Debt
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41970.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41970
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Financing Recovery after a Catastrophic Earthquake or Nuclear Power Incident
AN  - 1081892037; 2011-295186
AB  - This report examines catastrophic earthquake risk and insurance issues facing the US in light of the recent devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami through both traditional and non-traditional approaches for financing recovery from earthquake losses as well as challenges in financing catastrophe losses with insurance. Much of earthquake disaster and nuclear-accident liability is currently borne by taxpayers, but this report explores the feasibility of a federal residential earthquake insurance mechanism and concludes with policy implications of such a program. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 25 2011, 20 pp.
AU  - King, Rawle O
Y1  - 2011/08/25/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 25
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Business and service sector - Insurance
KW  - Law and ethics - Liability, torts, and personal injury
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - United States
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Risk
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Tsunamis
KW  - Liability
KW  - Earthquake insurance
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic stabilization
KW  - Japan
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41968.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41968
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Current Conflicts
AN  - 925720533; 2011-181280
AB  - Many wars or conflicts in US history have federally designated "periods of war," dates marking their beginning and ending. These dates are important for qualification for certain veterans' pension or disability benefits. This report lists the beginning and ending dates found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 23 2011, 7 pp.
AU  - Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Y1  - 2011/08/23/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 23
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military personnel and veterans
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social sciences and social scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social policy and social development
KW  - United States
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Pensions
KW  - History
KW  - War
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Conflict
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Qualifications
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS21405.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21405
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview
AN  - 1081891170; 2011-295189
AB  - The term "budget process," when applied to the federal government, actually refers to a number of processes that have evolved separately and that occur with varying degrees of coordination. This overview, and the accompanying flow chart, are intended to describe in brief each of the parts of the budget process that involve Congress, clarify the role played by each, and explain how they operate together. They include the President's budget submission, the budget resolution, reconciliation, sequestration, authorizations, and appropriations. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 22 2011, 7 pp.
AU  - Saturno, James V
Y1  - 2011/08/22/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20095.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS20095
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Rising Economic Powers and the Global Economy: Trends and Issues for Congress
AN  - 1081891167; 2011-295188
AB  - This report addresses ongoing shifts in global trade and finance and projected future trends resulting from the emergence of new economic powers, led by China, India, and Brazil. It is the first of a three-part CRS series that focuses on how the Rising Economic Powers are affecting US interests and raising challenges for congressional oversight of US international trade and financial policies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 22 2011, 40 pp.
AU  - Ahearn, Raymond J
Y1  - 2011/08/22/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - International banking and finance and financial institutions
KW  - Trade and trade policy - Export-import trade
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Government - Internal security
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Finance
KW  - Brazil
KW  - International finance
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Export-import trade
KW  - India
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41969
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Budget Control Act of 2011
AN  - 1081891177; 2011-295190
AB  - The Budget Control Act (BCA) is the result of negotiations between the President and Congress held in response to the federal government having nearly reached its borrowing capacity. This report provides a brief overview of the essential features of the Budget Control Act, taking a broad view of the connections between its different components and introducing readers to some fundamental concepts and terminology. Its sections offer more detailed information on each component of the BCA. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 19 2011, 43 pp.
AU  - Heniff, Bill, Jr
AU  - Rybicki, Elizabeth
AU  - Mahan, Shannon M
Y1  - 2011/08/19/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 19
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - International relations - Diplomacy
KW  - Administration of justice - Legal procedure
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Negotiation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41965
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of Sensitive National Security Information during Civil Litigation
AN  - 925721408; 2011-181214
AB  - The state secrets privilege is a judicially created evidentiary privilege that allows the federal government to resist court-ordered disclosure of information during litigation if there is a reasonable danger that such disclosure would harm the national security of the US. This report is intended to present an overview of the protections afforded by the state secrets privilege; a discussion of some of the many unresolved issues associated with the privilege; and a selection of high-profile examples of how the privilege has been applied in practice. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 16 2011, 19 pp.
AU  - Garvey, Todd
AU  - Liu, Edward C
Y1  - 2011/08/16/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 16
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Science and science policy and research
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Law and ethics - Corporations and securities law
KW  - United States
KW  - Disclosure of information (securities law)
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Science
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41741
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - How well does a log decay-class system capture the ecology of decomposition? - A case-study from Tasmanian Eucalyptus obliqua forest
AN  - 899140082; 15161085
AB  - The use of decay-class systems in characterising the state of decomposition of a forest's complement of rotting logs is widespread. While most systems are based on an assessment of logs' external characteristics, there is an implicit assumption that doing so captures important information on the underlying processes of internal decomposition. However, the validity of this remains largely untested. We explored the relationship between decay-class and internal state of decomposition in logs of Eucalyptus obliqua in the lowland wet eucalypt forests of Southern Tasmania, Australia. We examined rotten-wood samples from a large population of logs across a wide range of diameters. From this we determined that smaller-diameter (60cm: mature-sized) logs in their pathways of internal decomposition. Decomposition in regrowth-sized logs is characterised by greater activity of surface rots, with white rot-types predominating. Decomposition in mature-sized logs is more concentrated in the interior of the log, with brown rot-types tending to dominate. These differences probably both reflect and help shape the communities of organisms inhabiting logs of different origins. Despite these differences, regrowth and mature-sized logs show the same general progression of internal decomposition across the five decay-classes, to the extent that each class represents logs that have lost a predictable proportion of their original mass. We conclude that a decay-class system that is restricted to a single dimension, such as the five-class system used for E. obliqua, will be quite able to capture the main trajectory of biomass loss, but will not be able to characterise the complexity of the ecological processes giving rise to this loss. Studies that employ single-dimension decay classes, and which aggregate decay-class data across logs, can be given added ecological meaning by first partitioning logs into diameter-classes that reflect the underlying differences in the maturity of the trees giving rise to the logs. For E. obliqua logs, a cut-off diameter of 60cm offers an appropriate distinction between regrowth-aged and mature-aged trees.
JF  - Forest Ecology and Management
AU  - Grove, Simon J
AU  - Stamm, Lee
AU  - Wardlaw, Timothy J
AD  - Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, 7001 Tasmania, Australia, simon.grove@forestrytas.com.au
Y1  - 2011/08/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 15
SP  - 692
EP  - 700
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 262
IS  - 4
SN  - 0378-1127, 0378-1127
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Eucalyptus obliqua
KW  - Decomposition
KW  - Decay
KW  - Rotting logs
KW  - Coarse woody debris
KW  - Forest management
KW  - regrowth
KW  - maturity
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Trees
KW  - Forests
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Eucalyptus
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Regrowth
KW  - Rot
KW  - Maturity
KW  - ENA 08:International
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Forest management; Data processing; Trees; Regrowth; Forests; Rot; Maturity; Decay; Biomass; Decomposition; Ecology; maturity; regrowth; Eucalyptus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.005
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Removal of ammonium from greywater using natural zeolite
AN  - 883015303; 15289445
AB  - This paper focuses on the effectiveness of removing ammonium ion and the theoretical aspects of adsorption including adsorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics as well as desorption-regeneration studies. Results have demonstrated that natural zeolite shows good performance with up to 97% for ammonium removal depending on contact time, zeolite loading, initial ammonium concentration and pH. The adsorption kinetics is best approximated by the pseudo-second-order model, whereas the adsorption isotherm results indicated that Freundlich model provides the best fit for the equilibrium data. Furthermore, with regard to thermodynamic parameters, it was found that Gibbs free energy change or adsorption energy ( Delta G degree ), -19.52kJ/mol at 25 degree C, -20.45kJ/mol at 35 degree C and -22.91kJ/mol at 45 degree C is negative indicating the spontaneous nature of the adsorption process, whereas the enthalpy change ( Delta H degree ), 30.96kJ/mol is positive indicating endothermic adsorption process. The entropy change ( Delta S degree ), 0.169kJ/(mol K) at 25 degree C is also positive indicating increasing randomness at the solid-solution interface during adsorption. In addition, the desorption-regeneration studies demonstrated that desorption of ammonium on the zeolite is sufficiently high using NaCl solutions.
JF  - Desalination
AU  - Widiastuti, Nurul
AU  - Wu, Hongwei
AU  - Ang, Ha Ming
AU  - Zhang, Dongke
AD  - Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Science and Engineering Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, WA 6845, Australia, nurul.widiastuti@chem.its.ac.id
Y1  - 2011/08/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 15
SP  - 15
EP  - 23
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 277
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 0011-9164, 0011-9164
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Zeolites
KW  - Isotherms
KW  - pH
KW  - Entropy
KW  - Ammonium compounds
KW  - Ammonium
KW  - Enthalpy
KW  - Desorption
KW  - zeolites
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Free energy
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Kinetics
KW  - Adsorption
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 1010:Saline water conversion
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
KW  - Q2 09406:Energy from the sea
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Enthalpy; Thermodynamics; Zeolites; Isotherms; Free energy; Entropy; Ammonium compounds; Ammonium; Desorption; zeolites; Kinetics; Adsorption; pH; Model Studies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.030
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The National Guard State Partnership Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
AN  - 1081891183; 2011-295192
AB  - The State Partnership Program (SPP) is a Department of Defense (DOD) security cooperation program run by the National Guard. This report traces the origin and development of the National Guard State Partnership program; summarizes its unique aspects; and outlines its statutory basis, funding mechanisms, organization, and activities. It details recent legislative and executive branch actions and explores issues that may merit congressional attention and provides options for policymakers who may be interested in modifying the program. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 15 2011, 28 pp.
AU  - Kapp, Lawrence
AU  - Serafino, Nina M
Y1  - 2011/08/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Entrepreneurs, executives, business personnel, and occupations
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Executives
KW  - United States National guard
KW  - Defenses
KW  - United States Defense department
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41957.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41957
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Treasury Securities and the U.S. Sovereign Credit Default Swap Market
AN  - 1081891179; 2011-295191
AB  - The size of federal deficits and the projected imbalance between federal revenues and outlays have raised concerns among some, including the rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), which downgraded the US sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+ on August 5, 2011. A credit default swap (CDS) contract is a way to hedge or speculate on credit risk, including sovereign credit risk. This report explains how the sovereign CDS market works and how such CDS price trends may illuminate fiscal stresses facing sovereign governments. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 15 2011, 25 pp.
AU  - Austin, D Andrew
AU  - Miller, Rena S
Y1  - 2011/08/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Investments and securities
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Law and ethics - Civil law
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Business and service sector - Business finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Securities
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Rating
KW  - Prices
KW  - Treasury
KW  - Credit
KW  - Standards
KW  - Markets
KW  - Size
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41932.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41932
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ecosystem states: Creating a data-derived, ecosystem-scale ecological response model that is explicit in space and time
AN  - 883046321; 15209051
AB  - Increasing difficulties associated with balancing consumptive demands for water and achieving ecological benefits in aquatic ecosystems provide opportunities for new ecosystem-scale ecological response models to assist managers. Using an Australian estuary as a case study, we developed a novel approach to create a data-derived state-and-transition model. The model identifies suites of co-occurring birds, fish, benthic invertebrates and aquatic macrophytes (as 'states') and the changing physico-chemical conditions that are associated with each ('transitions'). The approach first used cluster analysis to identify sets of co-occurring biota. Differences in the physico-chemical data associated with each state were identified using classification trees, with the biotic distinctness of the resultant statistical model tested using analysis of similarities. The predictive capacity of the model was tested using new cases. Two models were created using different time-steps (annual and quarterly) and then combined to capture both longer-term trends and more-recent declines in ecological condition. We identified eight ecosystem states that were differentiated by a mix of water-quantity and water-quality variables. Each ecosystem state represented a distinct biotic assemblage under well-defined physico-chemical conditions. Two 'basins of attraction' were identified, with four tidally-influenced states, and another four independent of tidal influence. Within each basin, states described a continuum of relative health, manifest through declining taxonomic diversity and abundances. The main threshold determining relative health was whether freshwater flows had occurred in the region during the previous 339days. Canonical analyses of principal coordinates tested the predictive capacity of the model and demonstrated that the variance in the environmental data set was well captured (87%) with 52% of the variance in the biological data set also captured. The latter increased to >80% when long- and short-term biological data were analysed separately, indicating that the model described the available data for the Coorong well. This approach thus created a data-derived, multivariate model, where neither states nor transitions were determined a priori. The approach did not over-fit the data, was robust to patchy or missing data, the choice of initial clustering technique and random errors in the biological data set, and was well-received by local natural resource managers. However, the model did not capture causal relationships and requires additional testing, particularly during future episodes of ecological recovery. The approach shows significant promise for simplifying management definitions of ecological condition and, via scenario analyses, can be used to assist in manager decision-making of large, complex aquatic ecosystems in the future.
JF  - Ecological Modelling
AU  - Lester, Rebecca E
AU  - Fairweather, Peter G
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia, rebecca.lester@deakin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08/10/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 10
SP  - 2690
EP  - 2703
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 222
IS  - 15
SN  - 0304-3800, 0304-3800
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Community ecology
KW  - Coorong
KW  - Environmental
KW  - Physico-chemical
KW  - Multivariate
KW  - Water allocation
KW  - Prediction
KW  - water quality
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Basins
KW  - Models
KW  - Biota
KW  - Classification
KW  - Australia
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Freshwater environments
KW  - Physicochemical properties
KW  - Estuaries
KW  - Statistical models
KW  - Aquatic plants
KW  - Brackish
KW  - Aquatic ecosystems
KW  - Macrophytes
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Water management
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Fish
KW  - aquatic ecosystems
KW  - Zoobenthos
KW  - Australia, South Australia, Coorong
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04030:Models, Methods, Remote Sensing
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q2 09167:Tides, surges and sea level
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prediction; Classification; Water management; Natural resources; Statistical models; Estuaries; Physicochemical properties; Aquatic plants; Zoobenthos; Decision making; Macrophytes; Mathematical models; Data processing; Freshwater environments; Statistical analysis; Basins; Aquatic ecosystems; Models; water quality; Biota; Fish; taxonomy; aquatic ecosystems; Australia; Australia, South Australia, Coorong; Brackish
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.009
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Standard & Poor's Downgrade of U.S. Government Long-Term Debt
AN  - 1081891187; 2011-295193
AB  - On August 5, 2011, Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered the credit rating of long-term US government debt from AAA (the highest possible rating) to AA+, reflecting S&P's judgment that (1) the recent Budget Control Act falls short of stabilizing the government's fiscal situation and (2) the capacity of Congress and the Administration to deal with the debt has become less stable, effective, and predictable. This report provides basic background information on Standard & Poor's and other credit rating firms and analyzes the implications of the downgrade for US government finances and for the markets at large. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 9 2011, 7 pp.
AU  - Jickling, Mark
Y1  - 2011/08/09/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 09
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Central banks
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Credit, loans, and personal finance
KW  - Business and service sector - Markets, marketing, and merchandising
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Credit policy
KW  - Rating
KW  - Credit
KW  - Debt
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Standards
KW  - Markets
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41955
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - EPA's Regulation of Coal-Fired Power: Is a "Train Wreck" Coming?
AN  - 1081891191; 2011-295194
AB  - Concerns have been raised recently about the cost and potential impact of regulations under development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would impose new requirements on coal-fired power plants. Six of the rules are Clean Air Act regulations; two others are Clean Water Act rules; and one is a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act rule. All together, these rules have been characterized by critics as a regulatory "train wreck" that would impose excessive costs and lead to plant retirements that could threaten the adequacy of electricity capacity (ie, reliability of supply), especially from now through 2017. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 8 2011, 46 pp.
AU  - McCarthy, James E
AU  - Copeland, Claudia
Y1  - 2011/08/08/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 08
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Coal and synthetic gas industry
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Mining and mineral resources
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Water, waterways, and water management
KW  - Cost
KW  - United States Environmental protection agency
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Coal industry
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Water
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41914
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - What is the future of epidemiology?
AN  - 882583074; 21821173
AB  - Increasing global connectivity has facilitated the development of epidemiology through open access to electronic publication databases, sharing of research tools, and knowledge exchange through interactive websites and discussion lists.  The International Epidemiology Association's XIX World Congress of Epidemiology3 to be held in Edinburgh on Aug 7-11, hosted by the academic departments of public health in Scotland, has adopted fi ve overarching strategic themes: global problems; chronic diseases; cutting edge methodology; epidemiology and policy; and neglected conditions.
JF  - The Lancet
AU  - Bhopal, Raj
AU  - Macfarlane, Gary J
AU  - Smith, William Cairns
AU  - West, Robert
Y1  - 2011///Aug 6-Aug 12,
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 6-Aug 12, 2011
SP  - 464
EP  - 5
CY  - London
PB  - Elsevier Limited
VL  - 378
IS  - 9790
SN  - 01406736
KW  - Medical Sciences
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Public health
KW  - Low income groups
KW  - Studies
KW  - Policy Making
KW  - Evidence-Based Medicine
KW  - Population Dynamics
KW  - Humans
KW  - Epidemiology -- education
KW  - Internationality
KW  - Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- epidemiology
KW  - Public Health -- trends
KW  - Epidemiology -- trends
KW  - World Health
KW  - Health Policy -- trends
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N1  - Document feature - Photographs; References
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ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.S. Renewable Electricity Generation: Resources and Challenges
AN  - 1081891195; 2011-295195
AB  - The US faces important decisions about future energy supply and use. This report provides a summary of US electricity generation potential from wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, ocean-hydrokinetic, and biomass sources of renewable energy. The focus of this report is twofold: (1) provide an assessment of US renewable electricity generation potential and how renewables might satisfy electric power sector demand and (2) discuss challenges, issues, and barriers that might limit renewable electricity generation deployment of renewable electricity generation technologies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 5 2011, 47 pp.
AU  - Brown, Phillip
AU  - Whitney, Gene
Y1  - 2011/08/05/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 05
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Electric power
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Electric power
KW  - Technology
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41954
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview
AN  - 1081891203; 2011-295197
AB  - Almost all borrowing by the federal government is conducted by the Treasury Department, within the restrictions established by a single, statutory limit on the total amount of debt that may be outstanding at any time. The annual budget resolution is required to include appropriate levels of the public debt for each fiscal year covered by the resolution. Because a budget resolution does not become law, Congress and the President must enact legislation to implement budget resolution policies. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 4 2011, 8 pp.
AU  - Heniff, Bill, Jr
Y1  - 2011/08/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Banking and public and private finance - Public finance
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Government - Legislative power and procedure
KW  - Government - Forms of government
KW  - Legislative procedure
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Treasury
KW  - Public debts
KW  - Budget, Government
KW  - Law
KW  - Fiscal year
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21519
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Postal Service: Common Questions about Post Office Closures
AN  - 1081891199; 2011-295196
AB  - In late July 2011, the US Postal Service (USPS) announced it was considering the closure of 3,652 retail postal facilities, and an additional 728 retail postal facilities are being considered for closure under a 2009 USPS initiative, for a total of 4,380 USPS retail facilities. Four bills in the 112th Congress carry provisions that address post offices and the public's access to retail postal services -- H.R. 2309, H.R. 2692, S. 353, and S. 1010. This report addresses common questions about the closure of post offices. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 4 2011, 10 pp.
AU  - Kosar, Kevin R
Y1  - 2011/08/04/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 04
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Transportation and transportation policy - Mail service
KW  - United States
KW  - Public access
KW  - Postal service
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41950
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Superiority of date seed ash as an adsorbent over other ashes and ferric chloride in removing boron from seawater
AN  - 954651134; 16423766
AB  - Many desalination plants, especially those utilising seawater as feed water, have trouble in reducing boron levels to the drinking water standards. The objective of this study is to investigate the removal of boron from seawater using low cost methods: three fly ashes as adsorbents and ferric chloride. Parameters which could affect boron removal efficiency were investigated, including pH, reaction time, and liquid/solid (1/s) ratio. The results suggested that fruit (date seed) based ash had remarkably higher efficiency of boron removal (71%) than power plants fly ash, pine tree fly ash, and coagulants. The optimum removal efficiency was achieved with the date seeds ash at pH 7 and 1/s of 5. The results from the study are of practical significance as the date seed ash is showing highest removal efficiency at neutral pH. In particular, the considerable capability of date seed ash to remove boron at a neutral pH is important in reverse osmosis (RO) process, as it enables better membrane stability and minimal membrane scaling and subsequently renders low operating costs.
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Al-Ithari, A J
AU  - Sathasivan, A
AU  - Ahmed, R
AU  - Vuthaluru, H B
AU  - Zhan, W
AU  - Ahmed, M
AD  - Faculty of Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia, s.sathasivan@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 324
EP  - 328
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 32
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Seawater
KW  - Desalination plants
KW  - Chlorides
KW  - Powerplants
KW  - Drinking Water
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Power plants
KW  - pH
KW  - Marine
KW  - Seeds
KW  - Membranes
KW  - Hydrogen Ion Concentration
KW  - Adsorbents
KW  - Fly ash
KW  - Boron
KW  - scaling
KW  - Sea water
KW  - Fly Ash
KW  - Adsorption
KW  - Scaling
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sea water; Seeds; Drinking Water; Water treatment; Desalination plants; Power plants; Adsorption; Fly ash; Boron; Membranes; Seawater; Chlorides; pH; scaling; Powerplants; Fly Ash; Adsorbents; Hydrogen Ion Concentration; Scaling; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2011.2717
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Salovum Egg Yolk Containing Antisecretory Factor as An Adjunct Therapy in Severe Cholera in Adult Males: A Pilot Study
AN  - 925739775; 201203484
AB  - Cholera involves stimulation of intestinal secretory process in response to cholera toxin leading to profuse watery diarrhoea that might cause death due to dehydration unless timely rehydration therapy is initiated. Efforts to identify and test potential antisecretory agents are ongoing. Antisecretory factor (AF) is a naturally-occurring protein produced in the human secretory organs, including the intestine, with antisectory properties demonstrated in animal and human models of secretory diarrhoea. Salovum egg yolk powder contains proteins with antisecretory properties in a much higher (500 times) concentration than that of normal hen eggs. This is achieved by feeding hens with specially-processed cereals, capable of inducing proteins with antisecretory properties in the yolk. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of Salovum egg yolk powder containing AF in the treatment of adult cholera patients. In an open, randomized controlled trial (pilot study), 40 adult male patients with severe cholera were studied: 20 received standard treatment (oral rehydration solution, antibiotic, and usual hospital diet) plus Salovum egg yolk powder (study group) and 20 received standard treatment alone (control group). All the patients received tablet doxycycline (300 mg) once immediately after randomization. Written informed consent was obtained from each subject before enrollment. The main outcome measures were stool weight and duration of diarrhoea. The demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the study patients were comparable between the groups. No significant differences were found in the mean stool weight, g/kg of body-weight during the first 24 hours [study vs control group, mean?standard deviation (SD), 218 +/- 119 vs 195 +/- 136], second 24 hours (mean +/- SD, 23 +/- 39 vs 22 +/- 34), and cumulative up to 72 hours (mean +/- SD, 245 +/- 152 vs 218 +/- 169). The duration (hours) of diarrhoea after admission in the hospital was also similar in both the groups (mean +/- SD, 33 +/- 14 vs 32 +/- 10). No adverse effect was observed. Salovum egg powder containing AF as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of severe cholera could not demonstrate any beneficial effect. Further studies with higher doses of Salovum egg yolk powder might be considered in future to establish its antisecretory effect. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Alam, Nur H
AU  - Ashraf, Hasan
AU  - Olesen, Maryam
AU  - Salam, Mohammed A
AU  - Gyr, Niklaus
AU  - Meier, Remy
AD  - Clinical Sciences Division, icddr, b GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh nhalam@icddrb.org
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 297
EP  - 302
PB  - ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Antisecretory agents, Cholera, Salovum egg yolk powder, Bangladesh
KW  - Diarrhoea
KW  - Pilot studies
KW  - Proteins
KW  - Cholera
KW  - Property
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cholera; Diarrhoea; Property; Proteins; Pilot studies; Hospitals
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prevalence and Patterns of Multimorbidity among Elderly People in Rural Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study
AN  - 925739766; 201203479
AB  - Data on multimorbidity among the elderly people in Bangladesh are lacking. This paper reports the prevalence and distribution patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly people in rural Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted among persons aged 60 years and older in Matlab, Bangladesh. Information on their demographics and literacy was collected through interview in the home. Information about their assets was obtained from a surveillance database. Physicians conducted clinical examinations at a local health centre. Two physicians diagnosed medical conditions, and two senior geriatricians then evaluated the same separately. Multimorbidity was defined as suffering from two or more of nine chronic medical conditions, such as arthritis, stroke, obesity, signs of thyroid hypofunction, obstructive pulmonary symptoms, symptoms of heart failure, impaired vision, hearing impairment, and high blood pressure. The overall prevalence of multimorbidity among the study population was 53.8%, and it was significantly higher among women, illiterates, persons who were single, and persons in the non-poorest quintile. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, female sex and belonging to the non-poorest quintile were independently associated with an increased odds ratio of multimorbidity. The results suggest that the prevalence of multimorbidity is high among the elderly people in rural Bangladesh. Women and the non-poorest group of the elderly people are more likely than men and the poorest people to be affected by multimorbidity. The study sheds new light on the need of primary care for the elderly people with multimorbidity in rural Bangladesh. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Akter Khanam, Masuma
AU  - Kim Streatfield, Peter
AU  - Nahar Kabir, Zarina
AU  - Qiu, Chengxuan
AU  - Cornelius, Christel
AU  - Wahlin, Ake
AD  - Research Investigator Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases in Bangladesh icddr,b GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh Fax: +880-2-8823963 masuma@icddrb.org
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 406
EP  - 414
PB  - ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Cross-sectional studies, Elderly, Morbidity, Multimorbidity, Bangladesh
KW  - Symptoms
KW  - Elderly people
KW  - Doctors
KW  - Rural communities
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - article
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DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bangladesh; Elderly people; Prevalence; Rural communities; Doctors; Symptoms
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigation into the population growth and its implications for primary schooling in Timor-Leste by 2020
AN  - 914768053; 201200778
AB  - The nation-building process of Timor-Leste, the newest nation in Asia, faces significant demographic challenges due to its high population growth, which is the fastest in Asia. The major contributor for this unprecedented growth is the extremely high total fertility rate of Timor-Leste, among the highest in the world. It is of great concern that if the current fertility rate and its implied population growth continue the population of Timor-Leste will double in 17 years. The analysis in this paper clearly shows that the current extremely high dependency ratio will decline only marginally in the next 10 years and this will put tremendous pressure on the government to constantly keep up with the increasing number of children entering school every year. However, as the intrinsic value of human resource development feeds back into the overall society and economy, an adequate public investment in knowledge-producing services at the earliest stages of life and throughout that life has the potential to change the demographic concern of Timor-Leste into a future demographic dividend. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Asia Pacific Viewpoint
AU  - Saikia, Udoy
AU  - Hosgelen, Merve
AU  - Chalmers, Jim
AD  - Applied Population Studies, School of the Environment, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia. e-mail:udoy.saikia@flinders.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 194
EP  - 206
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton South Victoria Australia
VL  - 52
IS  - 2
SN  - 1360-7456, 1360-7456
KW  - Values
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Public Schools
KW  - Population Growth
KW  - Human Resources
KW  - Children
KW  - Investment
KW  - Asia
KW  - Political Development
KW  - article
KW  - 1432: sociology of education; sociology of education
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Number of references - 11
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Asia; Fertility; Values; Public Schools; Investment; Population Growth; Human Resources; Political Development; Children
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01450.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing women's understandings of health in rural Papua New Guinea: Implications for health policy and practice
AN  - 914768043; 201201056
AB  - In Papua New Guinea (PNG), women's health is addressed by applying biomedical solutions which often ignore the complexity of women's histories, cultural contexts and lived experiences. The objective of this study was to examine adult and older women's perceptions of health and well-being to identify priority areas for public service interventions. Rapid ethnographic assessment was conducted in the Wosera district, a rural area of PNG from mid-2005 to early 2006, to examine the health concerns of women. Twenty-seven adult women and 10 older women participated in the study. Health was not limited to one aspect of a woman's life, such as their biology or maternal roles; it was also connected with the social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of women's daily existence. Participants also identified access to money and supportive interpersonal relationships as significant for good health. A disconnect was found to exist between women's understandings of good health and socio-political health policies in PNG, something likely to be repeated in health service delivery to different cultural groups across the Asia Pacific region. Health and development practitioners in PNG must become responsive to the complexity of women's social relationships and to issues relating to the context of women's empowerment in their programmes. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Asia Pacific Viewpoint
AU  - Hinton, Rachael
AU  - Earnest, Jaya
AD  - Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia e-mail:rachaelhinton22@gmail.com
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 178
EP  - 193
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton South Victoria Australia
VL  - 52
IS  - 2
SN  - 1360-7456, 1360-7456
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Ethnography
KW  - Elderly
KW  - Cultural Groups
KW  - Health
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Females
KW  - Rural Areas
KW  - Health Care Services
KW  - article
KW  - 2045: sociology of health and medicine; sociology of medicine & health care
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LA  - English
DB  - Sociological Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Females; Health; Health Care Services; Elderly; Rural Areas; Health Policy; Papua New Guinea; Cultural Groups; Ethnography
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01449.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing vegetation condition in temperate montane grasslands
AN  - 904484971; 15725685
AB  - Rapid assessment techniques are commonly used for measuring vegetation condition at sites. Techniques for measuring site condition need to be quantitative, repeatable, rapid and simple. The key challenge is achieving a balance between simple techniques and adequate discrimination of condition between sites. This study compared a grassland condition index with the existing BioMetric condition index and showed that (i) the grassland index provided a strong measure of the relationship of temperate montane grassland sites with disturbance level, and differentiated condition of sites to a high degree and (ii) the simpler BioMetric index provided a strong measure of the relationship of the grassland sites with disturbance and differentiated their condition to a moderate degree. The choice of index to assess grassland condition should depend on purpose, cost and capacity.
JF  - Ecological Management & Restoration
AU  - Seddon, Julian
AU  - Bourne, Mark
AU  - Murphy, Danielle
AU  - Doyle, Stuart
AU  - Briggs, Sue
AD  - (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, c/- CSIRO, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 141
EP  - 144
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SN  - 1442-7001, 1442-7001
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Biometrics
KW  - Grasslands
KW  - D:04060
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Document feature - figure 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-02-21
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Grasslands
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00584.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Political Ecology of Soil and Species Conservation in a 'Big Australia'
AN  - 902365110; 15725925
AB  - Is the 'Big Australia' vision of a populous, prosperous Australian nation in 2050 compatible with the maintenance of productive soils and/or the maintenance of native species? This paper considers the implications of current tendencies in soil and species conservation and suggests some ways to avoid the more negative of them. Current land use in Australia is mining the soils on slopes. It seems likely that deposits of rock phosphate will be close to depletion by 2050, making fertilisers that are essential for industrial agriculture very expensive. Petroleum, which is converted into most of the food traded globally, seems also likely to be near depletion and expensive. The prospective substitution of coal for oil promises interesting changes to the global earth-atmosphere system. Nevertheless, under an optimistic business as usual scenario, Australia probably could feed 36 million people in 2050, but not necessarily for very much longer. Thus, a 'Big Australia' in 2050 could be a way station on the road to a human population crash. The conservation of Australian native species has been hindered by frequent changes in all of funding, bureaucratic structure and scientific dogma. The political and social processes that support a growth economy encourage such short term thinking. A transition to long term thinking will be necessary if support systems for humans and other species are to be maintained.
JF  - Geographical Research
AU  - Kirkpatrick, J B
AD  - School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Private Bag 78, GPO, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia. Email: j.kirkpatrick super(t)as.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 276
EP  - 285
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 49
IS  - 3
SN  - 1745-5863, 1745-5863
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Coal
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Economics
KW  - Fertilizers
KW  - Maintenance
KW  - Petroleum
KW  - Politics
KW  - Soil
KW  - human populations
KW  - Australia
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Fertilizers; Politics; Petroleum; Economics; Conservation; Coal; human populations; Maintenance; Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00696.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Use of Telescoping Spatial Scales to Capture Inshore to Slope DYnamics in Marine Ecosystem Modeling
AN  - 902362013; 15692894
AB  - Ecosystem processes function at many scales, and capturing these processes is a challenge for ecosystem models. Nevertheless, it is a necessary step for considering many management issues pertaining to shelf and coastal systems. In this paper, we explore one method of modeling large areas with a focus at a range of scales. We develop an ecosystem model that can be used for strategic management decision support by modeling the waters off southeastern Australia using a polygon telescoping approach, which incorporates fine-scale detail at the coastal zone, increasing in scale to a very coarse scale in the offshore areas. This telescoping technique is a useful tool for incorporating a wide range of habitats at different scales into a single model.
JF  - Natural Resource Modeling
AU  - Johnson, P
AU  - Fulton, E
AU  - Smith, D C
AU  - Jenkins, G P
AU  - Barrett, N
AD  - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, penny.johnson@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 335
EP  - 364
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SN  - 0890-8575, 0890-8575
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Decision support systems
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Dynamics
KW  - Ecosystem models
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Coastal zone management
KW  - spatial distribution
KW  - marine ecosystems
KW  - Natural Resources
KW  - Habitats
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - coastal zone management
KW  - Australia
KW  - Marine ecosystems
KW  - Slopes
KW  - Q2 09403:Chemicals from sea water
KW  - Q1 08382:Ecological techniques and apparatus
KW  - O 6060:Coastal Zone Resources and Management
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04030:Models, Methods, Remote Sensing
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-02
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Natural resources; Coastal zone management; Coastal zone; Marine ecosystems; Habitat; Ecosystem models; marine ecosystems; spatial distribution; Decision support systems; coastal zone management; Habitats; Natural Resources; Ecosystems; Slopes; Dynamics; Model Studies; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Chronic condition self-management: Expectations of responsibility
AN  - 902097456; 201119958
AB  - While self-management may be beneficial for many patients it assumes and encourages a particular conception of responsibility and self-management that may not fit with all patients' experience of their chronic conditions and their management. It therefore warrants further examination. Methods: We examine the concept of self-management and responsibility from a range of standpoints, focusing on the Australian context. Results: Attempts to meet people's needs run the risk of imposing specific conceptions of how people should live their lives. While self-management appears to be consistent with placing patients' needs, values and priorities at the heart of healthcare, ill-defined assumptions about responsibility may confound these goals. Conclusions: Reflection on social determinants of health, the context in which patients seek self-management support from health services, and how their needs and preferences are listened to by health professionals, is critical for the collaborative self-management partnership between them to be effectively realized. Practice implications: Providing services without reflecting on the meaning of self-management for the person with chronic conditions creates unintended assumptions about responsibility, engagement and care provision which may serve to alienate and further stigmatise some patients. Often, these are the very patients with complex needs who need such service support the most. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]
JF  - Patient Education and Counseling
AU  - Lawn, Sharon
AU  - McMillan, John
AU  - Pulvirenti, Mariastella
AD  - Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia sharon.lawn@health.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - e5
EP  - e8
PB  - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands
VL  - 84
IS  - 2
SN  - 0738-3991, 0738-3991
KW  - Chronic condition self-management Responsibility Social determinants of health Ethics Patient-centred care
KW  - Chronic sickness
KW  - Selfmanagement
KW  - Partnerships
KW  - Reflection
KW  - Service provision
KW  - Health services
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Selfmanagement; Chronic sickness; Health services; Reflection; Service provision; Partnerships
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.008
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - 'Le moment de la lune'. An auto-ethnographic tale of practice about menarche in a children's hospital
AN  - 902096799; 201119225
AB  - Introduction: Auto-ethnographic accounts can highlight unsaid moments of professional practice. In this case, my auto-ethnographic tale 'Le moment de la lune' re-inscribes subjugated knowledge about menstruation and occupational therapy practice in the era before adolescent wards. Methods: This fictional tale is written in direct dialogue with an article that was published in this journal at a particular point in my own career as an occupational therapist. In the tale I am 'writing in' what was not written about in my article and in occupational therapy generally. This 'writing-in'/re-inscribing is the research method. Findings: My previous article 'Normal spaces' published in this journal in 1985, was organised around principles and generalities of youth-specific practice. The original article had little locating the personal or evoking the body and a heavy reliance on the literature. Issues of gender and culture were largely absent, or, perhaps, 'written out'. The corresponding tale of embodied sexuality, 'Le moment de la tune', articulates something of local complex practice and the particularity of individual therapeutic work to do with menstruation in self-care. Discussion: Points of tension in 'Normal spaces' are elaborated and I explain how 'Le moment de la lune' problematises supporting menarche in a children's hospital. Now practice has moved on with dedicated adolescent wards in all major children's hospitals. Nevertheless, occupational therapy practice around issues of menstrual self-management is still under-documented. Writing about unspoken moments of practice can have ethical implications for expanding the ways occupational therapy practice can be written and understood. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
AU  - Denshire, Sally
AD  - School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, GPO Box 789 Albury, NSW 2640, Australia sdenshire@csu.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 270
EP  - 275
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton South Australia
VL  - 58
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0766, 0045-0766
KW  - auto-ethnography, bodies, gender, menstruation, women, writing
KW  - Children's hospitals
KW  - Menarche
KW  - Menstruation
KW  - Occupational therapy
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2013-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Occupational therapy; Children's hospitals; Menstruation; Menarche; Adolescents
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00929.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Variability and decline in the number of severe tropical cyclones making land-fall over eastern Australia since the late nineteenth century
AN  - 899144036; 15403664
AB  - Recent studies have raised concerns that tropical cyclones (TCs), particularly severe TCs, have become more frequent in many places in response to global warming. Other studies discuss errors in TC data that can cause large inaccuracies in some of the observed trends. Additional studies conclude that TCs are likely to become more intense in the future in response to global warming, while regional modelling studies for the south-west Pacific near north-eastern Australia project an intensification of TCs and either a decrease or no change in TC numbers. Here we describe and use a new data base of severe land-falling TCs for eastern Australia derived from numerous historical sources, that has taken over a decade to develop. It provides one of the world's longest reliable records of tropical cyclone activity, and allows us to document changes over much longer periods than has been done previously for the Southern Hemisphere. Land-fall numbers are shown to vary a great deal on interannual, decadal and longer time-scales. The interannual variability is consistent with previous studies using much shorter data sets: land-fall numbers are well-simulated as a Poisson process and are modulated by the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Land-falls occurred almost twice as often in La Nina years as they did in El Nino years, and multiple land-falls only occurred during La Nina years. The statistical link between land-falls and pre-season values of the Southern Oscillation Index provides a modest predictive capability. Decadal variability in ENSO drives some of the decadal variability in land-fall numbers. The sign and magnitude of trends calculated over 30 years periods vary substantially, highlighting that caution needs to be taken in making inferences about trends based on e.g. satellite era data only. The linear trend in the number of severe TCs making land-fall over eastern Australia declined from about 0.45 TCs/year in the early 1870s to about 0.17 TCs/year in recent times-a 62% decline. This decline can be partially explained by a weakening of the Walker Circulation, and a natural shift towards a more El Nino-dominated era. The extent to which global warming might be also be partially responsible for the decline in land-falls-if it is at all-is unknown.
JF  - Climate Dynamics
AU  - Callaghan, Jeff
AU  - Power, Scott B
AD  - Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Australia, s.power@bom.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 647
EP  - 662
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 37
IS  - 3-4
SN  - 0930-7575, 0930-7575
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Pollution Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Prediction
KW  - La Nina
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Remote sensing
KW  - Tropical cyclones
KW  - El Nino
KW  - southern oscillation
KW  - Australia
KW  - IN, Pacific
KW  - Walker circulation
KW  - Data bases
KW  - El Nino phenomena
KW  - Temporal variations
KW  - Greenhouse effect
KW  - cyclones
KW  - Satellites
KW  - Southern Oscillation
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Interannual variability
KW  - Tropical cyclone activity
KW  - Long-term changes
KW  - El Nino-Southern Oscillation event
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Southern Oscillation Index
KW  - Q2 09243:Structure, mechanics and thermodynamics
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - M2 551.588:Environmental Influences (551.588)
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Prediction; Hurricanes; Temporal variations; Long-term changes; El Nino; Climate change; Greenhouse effect; El Nino phenomena; Southern Oscillation; Interannual variability; Tropical cyclone activity; El Nino-Southern Oscillation event; La Nina; Global warming; Southern Oscillation Index; Tropical cyclones; Walker circulation; Remote sensing; southern oscillation; Satellites; cyclones; Data bases; Australia; IN, Pacific
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0883-2
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Quantifying fine fuel dynamics and structure in dry eucalypt forest (Eucalyptus marginata) in Western Australia for fire management
AN  - 899141229; 15161100
AB  - Techniques for rapid visual assessment of fuel characteristics have a broad range of applications in wildland fire management and research. We developed and tested a technique for assessing forest fuels which provides hazard ratings for distinct layers within the overall fuel complex, including bark, elevated shrubs, near-surface and surface (forest litter) fuels. These layers are comprised predominantly of fine fuel particles <6mm diameter. The technique was used to model fuel accumulation in dry eucalypt forest of Eucalyptus marginata at two locations with contrasting understorey structures. We found that visual fuel hazard ratings described patterns of fuel dynamics over time in a similar fashion to models for fuel load accumulation. Visual hazard ratings can be related qualitatively to factors that reflect the difficulty of fire suppression by experienced fire fighters including visibility through the forest, access, difficulty of working machinery, flame height and spotting potential. The ability to relate hazard ratings to fire spread prediction needs to be tested.
JF  - Forest Ecology and Management
AU  - Gould, James S
AU  - Lachlan McCaw, W
AU  - Phillip Cheney, N
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, G.P.O. Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 01
SP  - 531
EP  - 546
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 262
IS  - 3
SN  - 0378-1127, 0378-1127
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Fuel
KW  - Visual assessment
KW  - Hazard rating
KW  - Project Vesta
KW  - Fuel accumulation models
KW  - Eucalypt forest
KW  - Shrubs
KW  - Fires
KW  - Forest management
KW  - Litter
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Forests
KW  - Bark
KW  - Eucalyptus marginata
KW  - Particulates
KW  - Australia, Western Australia
KW  - Models
KW  - wildland fire
KW  - Machinery
KW  - bark
KW  - understory
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 08:International
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Shrubs; Forest management; Fires; Litter; Fuels; Forests; Bark; Models; wildland fire; Machinery; bark; understory; Particulates; Eucalyptus marginata; Australia, Western Australia
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.022
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Biogeographical structure and affinities of the marine demersal ichthyofauna of Australia
AN  - 888110064; 15451714
AB  - Aim To investigate the biogeographical structure and affinities of the Australian marine demersal ichthyofauna at the scale of provinces and bathomes for the purposes of regional marine planning. Location Australia. Methods Patterns of distribution in the Australian fish fauna, at both intra-regional and global scales, were examined using a science-based, management framework dividing Australia's marine biodiversity into 16 province-level biogeographical units. Occurrences of 3734 species in eight depth-stratified bathomes (from the coast to the mid-continental slope) within each province were analysed to determine the structure and local affinities of their assemblages and their association with faunas of nearby regions and oceans basins. Results Strong geographic and depth-related structure was evident. Fish assemblages in each province, and in each bathome of each province, were distinct, with the shelf-break bathome more similar to the adjacent continental shelf bathome than to the upper slope bathome. Data based only on endemic species performed well as a surrogate of the entire dataset, yielding comparable patterns of similarity between provinces and bathomes. Tropical and temperate elements were better discriminated than elements of the Pacific and Indian oceans, with the central western province more similar to the tropical provinces (including those in the east), and the eastern province closer to southern temperate provinces. The fauna shares the closest regional affinities with those of the adjacent south-west Pacific, western Pacific Rim, and elements of wide-ranging Indo-Pacific components. Elements unique to the Pacific and Indian oceans are poorly represented. Main conclusions The complex nature of Australia's marine ichthyofauna is confirmed. A hierarchy of provinces and bathomes, used to ensure that Australia's developing marine reserve network is both representative and comprehensive, is equally robust when based on all known Australian fish species or on only those species endemic to this continent. Latitude and depth are more important than oceanic influences on the composition of this fauna at these scales.
JF  - Journal of Biogeography
AU  - Last, Peter R
AU  - White, William T
AU  - Gledhill, Daniel C
AU  - Pogonoski, John J
AU  - Lyne, Vince
AU  - Bax, Nic J
AD  - Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 1484
EP  - 1496
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 38
IS  - 8
SN  - 0305-0270, 0305-0270
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
KW  - ISEW, Papua New Guinea, Western Prov.
KW  - fauna
KW  - Ecological distribution
KW  - Biological diversity
KW  - Basins
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - IS, Pacific
KW  - Endemic species
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - I, Pacific
KW  - continents
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Australia
KW  - I, Indo-Pacific
KW  - endemic species
KW  - Ocean basins
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Marine
KW  - ISW, Indian Ocean
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Biogeography
KW  - ocean basins
KW  - Coastal zone
KW  - Oceans
KW  - Scales
KW  - Latitudinal variations
KW  - Marine parks
KW  - Fish
KW  - latitude
KW  - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q1 08383:Biogeography and biogeographic regions
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Endemic species; Fishery management; Biogeography; Latitudinal variations; Ecological distribution; Marine parks; Regional planning; Biodiversity; Ocean basins; Data processing; Scales; Oceans; Basins; Coasts; ocean basins; Coastal zone; fauna; continents; Biological diversity; endemic species; Fish; latitude; ISW, Indian Ocean; ISEW, Papua New Guinea, Western Prov.; I, Pacific; I, Indo-Pacific; Australia; IS, Pacific; Marine
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Biogeographical origins and diversification of the exoneurine allodapine bees of Australia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
AN  - 888110058; 15451713
AB  - Aim Early diversification of allodapine bees occurred in Africa c.50Ma. They are most abundant in sub-Saharan Africa and Australia, and one of the oldest phylogenetic divergences in the tribe involves a split between an African+Malagasy clade and an Australian clade. The historical biogeographical scenario for this has been highly problematic, entailing an Eocene dispersal from Africa to Australia, followed by an unresolved, and apparently rapid, set of bifurcations leading to the Australian 'exoneurine' genera. Here we use an expanded taxon set of Australian species to explore the timing and historical biogeography of the exoneurine radiation. Methods One nuclear gene (F2 copy of elongation factor 1 alpha ) and two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and cytochrome b) were sequenced for 33 Australian exoneurine species from all five genera found on the continent, as well as for an additional 37 species from all non-parasitic genera in the remainder of the tribe. We used Bayesian inference analyses to study phylogenetic topology and penalized likelihood analyses to infer key dates of divergence within the tribe. We also used lineage-through-time (LTT) analyses and Bayesian analyses to explore the tempo of radiations and biogeographical history of the exoneurines. Results Results from the phylogenetic analyses were congruent with previous studies, indicating a single colonization event c.34Ma, too late for Gondwanan vicariance models, and too early for a Laurasian dispersal route. In contrast to earlier studies, we show that this colonization event did not result in an ancient rapid radiation. However, LTT patterns indicated a rapid radiation of the temperate-adapted genera Exoneura and Brevineura, but not of the xeric-adapted genus Exoneurella, from 10 to 6Ma. Main conclusions Our results indicate a trans-oceanic dispersal event from Africa to Australia, most likely via Antarctica, with an accelerated diversification of temperate-adapted lineages during the major Late Miocene event referred to as the 'Hill Gap'. This is the first study to link radiations in Australian bee faunal elements to changing climate, and differs from many other plant and insect phylogenetic studies by showing increased radiation of temperate clades, rather than xeric clades, with increasing aridification of Australia.Original Abstract: Location Australia, Africa, Madagascar.
JF  - Journal of Biogeography
AU  - Chenoweth, Luke B
AU  - Schwarz, Michael P
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 1471
EP  - 1483
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 38
IS  - 8
SN  - 0305-0270, 0305-0270
KW  - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Entomology Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Historical account
KW  - hills
KW  - Cytochromes
KW  - Nucleotide sequence
KW  - eocene
KW  - Mitochondria
KW  - biogeography
KW  - insects
KW  - Cytochrome b
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Hymenoptera
KW  - Apidae
KW  - Aquatic insects
KW  - Phylogenetics
KW  - Timing
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - miocene
KW  - Biogeography
KW  - Insects
KW  - Model Studies
KW  - Cytochrome
KW  - Africa
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Exoneura
KW  - Bayesian analysis
KW  - Palaeo studies
KW  - Topology
KW  - Cytochrome-c oxidase
KW  - Identification keys
KW  - dispersal
KW  - History
KW  - Australia
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Climates
KW  - Climate
KW  - colonization
KW  - Elongation
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - Q2 09148:Palaeo-studies
KW  - ENA 14:Radiological Contamination
KW  - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior
KW  - D 04050:Paleoecology
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Cytochromes; Colonization; Palaeo studies; Biogeography; Nucleotide sequence; Climate; Identification keys; Aquatic insects; Phylogenetics; Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Elongation; Mathematical models; Bayesian analysis; Mitochondria; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Dispersal; hills; Historical account; Cytochrome; miocene; eocene; biogeography; insects; colonization; dispersal; Timing; Radiation; History; Climates; Topology; Insects; Model Studies; Exoneura; Hymenoptera; Apidae; Antarctica; Africa; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the impact of fisheries co-management interventions in developing countries: A meta-analysis
AN  - 888099308; 14989788
AB  - Co-management is now established as a mainstream approach to small-scale fisheries management across the developing world. A comprehensive review of 204 potential cases reveals a lack of impact assessments of fisheries co-management. This study reports on a meta-analysis of the impact of fisheries co-management in developing countries in 90 sites across 29 case-studies. The top five most frequently measured process indicators are participation, influence, rule compliance, control over resources, and conflict. The top five most frequently measured outcome indicators are access to resources, resource well-being, fishery yield, household well-being, and household income. To deal with the diversity of the 52 indicators measured and the different ways these data are collected and analysed, we apply a coding system to capture change over time. The results of the meta-analysis suggest that, overall fisheries co-management delivers benefits to end-users through improvements in key process and outcome indicators. However, the dataset as a whole is constituted primarily of data from the Philippines. When we exclude this body of work, few generalisations can be made about the impact of fisheries co-management. The lack of comparative data suitable for impact assessment and the difficulties in comparing data and generalising across countries and regions reiterates calls in other fields for more systematic approaches to understanding and evaluating governance frameworks.
JF  - Journal of Environmental Management
AU  - Evans, Louisa
AU  - Cherrett, Nia
AU  - Pemsl, Diemuth
AD  - The WorldFish Center, P.O. Box 500 GPO, 10670 Penang, Malaysia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 1938
EP  - 1949
PB  - Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 92
IS  - 8
SN  - 0301-4797, 0301-4797
KW  - Environment Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Small-scale fisheries
KW  - Co-management
KW  - Governance
KW  - Environment
KW  - Livelihoods
KW  - Impact assessment
KW  - conflicts
KW  - Environmental monitoring
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Compliance
KW  - Stock assessment
KW  - fishery management
KW  - households
KW  - Potential resources
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - income
KW  - intervention
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - Disputes
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - ENA 06:Food & Drugs
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - Q1 08604:Stock assessment and management
KW  - D 04060:Management and Conservation
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Environmental monitoring; Potential resources; Fishery management; Stock assessment; Species diversity; Disputes; Developing countries; Data processing; Reviews; Fisheries; conflicts; households; intervention; income; Compliance; fishery management; Philippines
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.010
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T1  - Experimental reduction of native vertebrate grazing and addition of logs benefit beetle diversity at multiple scales
AN  - 883043133; 15158833
AB  - 1. High densities of vertebrate herbivores can be a significant barrier to ecological restoration in many parts of the world because of their impact on vegetation biomass. A common method for managing vertebrate herbivores is the use of exclosure fences, but very few studies have examined how small-scale structural refugia (e.g. logs) can mitigate grazing impacts. We examined how beetles responded to experimentally manipulated kangaroo Macropus giganteus grazing levels using both exclosure fences and addition of logs over a 16-month period. 2. We analysed beetle responses across (a) one-hectare sites, by focusing on the interaction between grazing level and log volume, and (b) microhabitats, by focusing on the interaction between grazing level and microhabitat structure (in open ground or at experimental logs). 3. At the site scale, we detected significant negative effects of grazing and positive effects of logs on beetle abundance and species richness. Beetle trophic groups responded in the same direction across grazing levels with herbivores, detritivores and predators all having higher abundance and species richness at low grazing levels. Logs applied at 20tha-1 in clumped arrangements had the largest positive effect on beetles at low grazing levels. At the microhabitat scale, beetles sampled adjacent to experimental logs showed an increase in abundance and species richness compared with beetles sampled from open ground, indicating logs are acting as microhabitat buffers from grazing. 4. Synthesis and applications. A reduction in grazing level had benefits for the abundance and species richness of beetles at the site scale. Further benefits were achieved at both site and microhabitat scales when logs are used in combination with exclosure fencing. For ecological restoration, exclosure fences and logs can be used to manage the impacts of vertebrate herbivores at different spatial scales. The rapid response of beetles suggests there may be potential for cascading effects on other biota as a consequence of reduced grazing, including increased food availability for insectivorous vertebrates.
JF  - Journal of Applied Ecology
AU  - Barton, Philip S
AU  - Manning, Adrian D
AU  - Gibb, Heloise
AU  - Wood, Jeff T
AU  - Lindenmayer, David B
AU  - Cunningham, Saul A
AD  - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 943
EP  - 951
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 48
IS  - 4
SN  - 0021-8901, 0021-8901
KW  - Entomology Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Abundance
KW  - grazing
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Macropus giganteus
KW  - Z:05340
KW  - D:04060
KW  - M3:1010
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Grazing; grazing; Macropus giganteus
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01994.x
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T1  - Effect of biochar amendment on the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases from an intensive subtropical pasture in northern New South Wales, Australia
AN  - 883019448; 15360282
AB  - We assessed the effect of biochar incorporation into the soil on the soil-atmosphere exchange of the greenhouse gases (GHG) from an intensive subtropical pasture. For this, we measured N sub(2)O, CH sub(4) and CO sub(2) emissions with high temporal resolution from April to June 2009 in an existing factorial experiment where cattle feedlot biochar had been applied at 10 t ha super(-1) in November 2006. Over the whole measurement period, significant emissions of N sub(2)O and CO sub(2) were observed, whereas a net uptake of CH sub(4) was measured. N sub(2)O emissions were found to be highly episodic with one major emission pulse (up to 502 mu g N sub(2)O-N m super(-2) h super(-1)) following heavy rainfall. There was no significant difference in the net flux of GHGs from the biochar amended vs. the control plots. Our results demonstrate that intensively managed subtropical pastures on ferrosols in northern New South Wales of Australia can be a significant source of GHG. Our hypothesis that the application of biochar would lead to a reduction in emissions of GHG from soils was not supported in this field assessment. Additional studies with longer observation periods are needed to clarify the long term effect of biochar amendment on soil microbial processes and the emission of GHGs under field conditions.
JF  - Plant and Soil
AU  - Scheer, Clemens
AU  - Grace, Peter R
AU  - Rowlings, David W
AU  - Kimber, Stephen
AU  - Zwieten, Lukas
AD  - Institute for Sustainable Resources, 2 George St, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, clemens.scheer@qut.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 47
EP  - 58
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
VL  - 345
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 0032-079X, 0032-079X
KW  - Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Cattle
KW  - Emissions
KW  - Greenhouse gases
KW  - Methane
KW  - Pasture
KW  - Rainfall
KW  - Soil
KW  - soil amendment
KW  - Australia, New South Wales
KW  - P 0000:AIR POLLUTION
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - ENA 15:Renewable Resources-Terrestrial
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Soil; Rainfall; Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse gases; Pasture; Methane; Cattle; soil amendment; Emissions; Australia, New South Wales
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0759-1
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Maintenance of professional currency: Perceptions of occupational therapists
AN  - 1823508095; 201120250
AB  - Background/aim: In common with other health professionals, occupational therapists have a growing ethical and legal obligation to maintain competence and currency in their area of practice. Despite this context of increasing demands for professional accountability, there is little known about how occupational therapists perceive the role and meaning of professional currency in their day-to-day practice. This qualitative study sought to explore this further. Methods: Four focus group interviews were conducted, with 17 South Australian occupational therapists. Participants worked in a variety of practice areas. They covered both metropolitan and rural settings and ranged from being recent graduates to experienced therapists. The interviews involved facilitating small group discussion around a series of open-ended semi-structured questions. The resulting discussions were recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis was utilised to explore participants' perspectives. Results: Thematic analysis of the transcripts revealed five themes. These included: self-determination; perceived capacity; workplace impact; you need to have people around; and looking after yourself. These themes were conceptualised as incorporating dynamic foundational and constructional aspects. Foundational aspects facilitate or hinder the pursuit of professional currency, and constructional aspects encompass the meaning and value ascribed to professional currency. Conclusion: These findings yield some interesting insights into the way therapists think about and structure their professional learning, and provide direction to plan professional development activities based on self-identified need and preference. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
AU  - Murray, Carolyn
AU  - Lawry, Jan
AD  - School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia carolyn.murray@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 261
EP  - 269
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton South Australia
VL  - 58
IS  - 4
SN  - 0045-0766, 0045-0766
KW  - professional competence, professional development, qualitative research
KW  - Activity based
KW  - Meaning
KW  - Therapists
KW  - Selfdetermination
KW  - Occupational therapists
KW  - Currency
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Currency; Occupational therapists; Therapists; Meaning; Activity based; Selfdetermination
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00927.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of temperature on onset of nitrification in chloraminated distribution system
AN  - 1778034548; 16423736
AB  - Controlling nitrification is a challenge as the causes of onset of severe nitrification in chloraminated distribution systems are not yet well identified. Biostability concept is recently introduced to define the conditions at which nitrification would onset. At biostable residual, growth rate is balanced by disinfection rate. Growth rate is a function of free ammonia present, maximum growth rate, and coefficients defining the balance are assumed constant. Although maximum growth rate and disinfection rate coefficients are known to vary with temperature, it is yet to be taken into account. Water temperature in distribution systems varies between 6 and 35 degree C. Optimum temperature for ammonia oxidising bacteria (AOB) is between 25 and 30 degree C, which makes the variation of growth rate non-exponential beyond 20 degree C. In this paper, how biostability curve would alter within the full practical range of practical temperature is shown, by analysing the data obtained for a bacterium that behaves similar to AOB found in distribution systems.
JF  - Desalination and Water Treatment
AU  - Sarker, D C
AU  - Sathasivan, A
AD  - Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 95
EP  - 99
PB  - European Desalination Society, Tosti 28 1-67100 L'Aquila Italy
VL  - 32
IS  - 1-3
SN  - 1944-3994, 1944-3994
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Biocompatibility
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Nitrification
KW  - Control systems
KW  - Ammonia
KW  - Balancing
KW  - Optimization
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-06-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-04-04
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2011.2683
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Characteristics of airborne ultrafine and coarse particles during the Australian dust storm of 23 September 2009
AN  - 1777144383; 15167546
AB  - Particle number concentrations and size distributions, visibility and particulate mass concentrations and weather parameters were monitored in Brisbane, Australia, on 23 September 2009, during the passage of a dust storm that originated 1400 km away in the dry continental interior. The dust concentration peaked at about mid-day when the hourly average PM2.5 and PM10 values reached 814 and 6460 mu g m-3, respectively, with a sharp drop in atmospheric visibility. A linear regression analysis showed a good correlation between the coefficient of light scattering by particles (Bsp) and both PM10 and PM2.5. The particle number in the size range 0.5-20 mu m exhibited a lognormal size distribution with modal and geometrical mean diameters of 1.6 and 1.9 mu m, respectively. The modal mass was around 10 mu m with less than 10% of the mass carried by particles smaller than 2.5 mu m. The PM10 fraction accounted for about 68% of the total mass. By mid-day, as the dust began to increase sharply, the ultrafine particle number concentration fell from about 6 103 cma closed integral #146; 3 to 3 103 cma closed integral #146; 3 and then continued to decrease to less than 1 103 cma closed integral #146; 3 by 14 h, showing a power-law decrease with Bsp with an R2 value of 0.77 (p < 0.01). Ultrafine particle size distributions also showed a significant decrease in number during the dust storm. This is the first scientific study of particle size distributions in an Australian dust storm.
JF  - Atmospheric Environment
AU  - Jayaratne, E R
AU  - Johnson, G R
AU  - McGarry, P
AU  - Cheung, H C
AU  - Morawska, L
AD  - International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 3996
EP  - 4001
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands
VL  - 45
IS  - 24
SN  - 1352-2310, 1352-2310
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE); Aerospace & High Technology Database (AH)
KW  - Weather
KW  - Particle size distribution
KW  - Dust storms
KW  - Drying
KW  - Visibility
KW  - Climatology
KW  - Atmospherics
KW  - Dust
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-09-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-08-08
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.059
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prevalence of and Risk factors for Stunting among School Children and Adolescents in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria
AN  - 1348483957; 17851770
AB  - Stunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with stunting among urban school children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Five hundred and seventy children aged 5-19 years were selected using the multi-stage random-sampling technique. Stunting was defined as height-for-age z-score (HAZ) of less than or equal to -2 standard deviation (SD) of the National Center for Health Statistics reference. Severe stunting was defined as HAZ of less than or equal to -3 SD. The mean age of the children was 12.2 plus or minus 3.41 years, and 296 (51.5%) were males. Ninety-nine (17.4%) children were stunted. Of the stunted children, 20 (22.2%) were severely stunted. Identified risk factors associated with stunting were attendance of public schools (p<0.001), polygamous family setting (p=0.001), low maternal education (p=0.001), and low social class (p=0.034). Following multivariate analysis with logistic regression, low maternal education (odds ratio=2.4; 95% confidence interval 1.20-4.9; p=0.015) was the major contributory factor to stunting. Encouraging female education may improve healthcare-seeking behaviour and the use of health services and ultimately reduce stunting and its consequences.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Senbanjo, Idowu O
AU  - Oshikoya, Kazeem A
AU  - Odusanya, Olumuyiwa O
AU  - Njokanma, Olisamedua F
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 364
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Risk Abstracts
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Children
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-05-01
N1  - Number of references - 1
N1  - Last updated - 2014-03-10
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Children; Nigeria
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Microbial Contamination of Seven Major Weaning Foods in Nigeria
AN  - 1328516222; 17851776
AB  - Five million children aged less than five years die annually due to diarrhoea. The aim of the study was to identify some possible contributing factors for persistent diarrhoea. Seven weaning foods, including a locally-made food, were evaluated by estimating the microbial load using the most probable number method and aflatoxin levels (AFM sub( 1), AFG sub( 1), AFG sub( 2), and AFB sub( 2)) by immunoaffinity column extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with detection of fluorescence. The results showed that the locally-made weaning food had the highest microbial count (2,000 cfu/g) and faecal streptococcal count (25 cfu/g). Moulds isolated were mainly Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. glaucus, Cladosporium sp., and Penicillium sp. The home-made weaning food recorded the highest fungal count (6,500 cfu/g). AFM sub( 1) of the weaning foods was 4.6-530 ng/mL. One weaning food had AFB sub( 1) level of 4,806 ng/g. Aflatoxin metabolites, apart from AFM sub( 1) and AFB sub( 1) present in the weaning foods, were AFG sub( 1) and AFG sub( 2). There were low microbial counts in commercial weaning foods but had high levels of aflatoxins (AFM sub( 1), AFG sub( 1), AFG sub( 2), AFB sub( 1), and AFB sub( 2)). Growth and development of the infant is rapid, and it is, thus, possible that exposure to aflatoxins in weaning foods might have significant health effects.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Oluwafemi, F
AU  - Ibeh, I Nnanna
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 415
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Streptococcus
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Aspergillus flavus
KW  - Fluorescence
KW  - Penicillium
KW  - Aflatoxins
KW  - Glaucus
KW  - Metabolites
KW  - Microbial contamination
KW  - Children
KW  - Liquid chromatography
KW  - Cladosporium
KW  - Aspergillus niger
KW  - Infants
KW  - H 12000:Epidemiology and Public Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 24
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-15
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fluorescence; Liquid chromatography; Aflatoxins; Metabolites; Microbial contamination; Children; Infants; Streptococcus; Aspergillus flavus; Penicillium; Glaucus; Cladosporium; Aspergillus niger; Nigeria
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Measurement of and Trends in Unintended Birth in Bangladesh, 1983-2000
AN  - 1328516210; 17851774
AB  - Bangladesh has experienced a rapid decline in fertility in the past several decades, facilitated by proactive population policies, provision of contraceptives, and broader societal shifts, encouraging smaller families and use of contraceptive to achieve revised childbearing norms. This paper presents 18 years of data from the Sample Registration System, a demographic surveillance system operated by the Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning Extension Project in six study areas in Bangladesh. Prospective measurements of women's fertility preferences were used for classifying nearly 25,000 birth outcomes from 1983 to 2000 as intended, unintended, or 'up to God/Allah'. Over the 18-year period, the level of unintended births varied from 22% to 38%, with the lowest levels in the mid-1990s. Fatalistic responses declined significantly from 25% in the mid-1980s to 1% by the late 1990s. Results of the comparison of two geographic areas of Bangladesh indicate differential declines in the levels of unintended pregnancies over the study period. Prospective measurements of unintended pregnancies were 2-3 times the magnitude indicated by retrospective estimates of unwanted births from the demographic and health surveys conducted during the study period. This unique dataset provides a rare opportunity to visualize the vast changes in fertility preferences and unintended births in Bangladesh from 1983 to 2000. Significant declines in fatalistic responses reflect broader social changes that occurred in Bangladesh to facilitate the fertility decline and contraceptive uptake. The drastic differences between prospective and retrospective measurements of fertility preferences highlight the importance of considering the strengths and limitations of each method when attempting to estimate the true level of unintended pregnancies and births in a population.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Gipson, Jessica D
AU  - Hossain, Mian Bazle
AU  - Koenig, Michael A
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 400
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Contraceptives
KW  - Demography
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Population policy
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Uptake
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 32
N1  - Last updated - 2013-05-06
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Demography; Fertility; Uptake; Population policy; Contraceptives; Pregnancy; Bangladesh
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2003 in Afghanistan: Outdated Sampling Frame and the Effect of Sampling Weights on Estimates of Maternal and Child Health Coverage
AN  - 1328516185; 17851773
AB  - Due to an urgent need for information on the coverage of health service for women and children after the fall of Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS) was conducted in 2003 using the outdated 1979 census as the sampling frame. When 2004 pre-census data became available, population-sampling weights were generated based on the survey-sampling scheme. Using these weights, the population estimates for seven maternal and child healthcare-coverage indicators were generated and compared with the unweighted MICS 2003 estimates. The use of sample weights provided unbiased estimates of population parameters. Results of the comparison of weighted and unweighted estimates showed some wide differences for individual provincial estimates and confidence intervals. However, the mean, median and absolute mean of the differences between weighted and unweighted estimates and their confidence intervals were close to zero for all indicators at the national level. Ranking of the five highest and the five lowest provinces on weighted and unweighted estimates also yielded similar results. The general consistency of results suggests that outdated sampling frames can be appropriate for use in similar situations to obtain initial estimates from household surveys to guide policy and programming directions. However, the power to detect change from these estimates is lower than originally planned, requiring a greater tolerance for error when the data are used as a baseline for evaluation. The generalizability of using outdated sampling frames in similar settings is qualified by the specific characteristics of the MICS 2003-low replacement rate of clusters and zero probability of inclusion of clusters created after the 1979 census.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Gupta, Shivam
AU  - Shuaib, Muhammad
AU  - Becker, Stan
AU  - Rahman, Md Mokhlesur
AU  - Peters, David H
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 388
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts
KW  - Census
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
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N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Census; Afghanistan
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influences on Healthcare-seeking during Final Illnesses of Infants in Under-resourced South African Settings
AN  - 1328516174; 17851772
AB  - To examine how health caregivers in under-resourced South African settings select from among the healthcare alternatives available to them during the final illness of their infants, qualitative interviews were conducted with 39 caregivers of deceased infants in a rural community and an urban township. Nineteen local health providers and community leaders were also interviewed to ascertain opinions about local healthcare and other factors impacting healthcare-seeking choices. The framework analysis method guided qualitative analysis of data. Limited autonomy of caregivers in decision-making, lack of awareness of infant danger-signs, and identification of an externalizing cause of illness were important influences on healthcare-seeking during illnesses of infants in these settings. Health system factors relating to the performance of health workers and the accessibility and availability of services also influenced healthcare-seeking decisions. Although South African public-health services are free, the findings showed that poor families faced other financial constraints that impacted their access to healthcare. Often there was not one factor but a combination of factors occurring either concurrently or sequentially that determined whether, when, and from where outside healthcare was sought during final illnesses of infants. In addition to reducing health system barriers to healthcare, initiatives to improve timely and appropriate healthcare-seeking for sick infants must take into consideration ways to mitigate contextual problems, such as limited autonomy of caregivers in decision-making, and reconcile local explanatory models of childhood illnesses that may not encourage healthcare-seeking at allopathic services.
JF  - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
AU  - Sharkey, Alyssa
AU  - Chopra, Mickey
AU  - Jackson, Debra
AU  - Winch, Peter J
AU  - Minkovitz, Cynthia S
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 379
PB  - ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 1606-0997, 1606-0997
KW  - Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Qualitative analysis
KW  - Health care
KW  - Children
KW  - Infants
KW  - Rural areas
KW  - H 1000:Occupational Safety and Health
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-04-01
N1  - Number of references - 34
N1  - Last updated - 2014-05-15
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Qualitative analysis; Health care; Children; Rural areas; Infants
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - New technology: opportunities and challenges for prosecutors
AN  - 1315598645; 201309994
AB  - The promise of forensic rewards brought to prosecutors by new technology can be so dazzling that they can sometimes be blinded to the dangers that surround them. The very power of the evidence produces a temptation to manipulate it.1 With the attraction of utilising and relying upon (sometimes to the exclusion of all other evidence) the latest scientific techniques being near irresistible to investigators and prosecutors alike, the lessons learned over years of development of the laws of evidence are in danger of being cast aside. The great cost of such an approach is at the expense of the very goals of the criminal justice system itself. The growing emergence of cases where convictions have been erroneously achieved based partly on the use of technology driven evidence, demonstrates the dilemma associated with this type of evidence. For in many such cases, the error would not have been discovered had it not been for the further development of technology or the re-application of the technique that produced the false evidence in the first place. Technology then has been both the source of injustice and the method by which justice has been restored. The disturbing feature of such cases is not only that an individual has been subjected to needless oppression by the State, but that one of the very pillars of that State, the criminal justice system, has been shown to be significantly flawed. The suspicion that there may be many more such cases still undiscovered while people languish needlessly in jails, now stalks the profession. Commentators will say that the perfect criminal justice system has yet to be devised and that so long as human judgement and prejudice are involved in the process, our justice systems will forever be imperfect. However the prosecutor in a modern criminal trial cannot be so easily contented. His (or her) professional. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Crime, Law and Social Change
AU  - Pallaras, Stephen
AD  - GPO Box 464, Adelaide, 5001, South Australia, Australia Pallaras.Stephen@agd.sa.gov.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 71
EP  - 89
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SN  - 0925-4994, 0925-4994
KW  - Expenditures
KW  - Prejudice
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Prosecutors
KW  - Trust
KW  - Professions
KW  - Law
KW  - Criminal Justice
KW  - Trials
KW  - article
KW  - 9261: public policy/administration; public policy
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DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2013-03-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - CODEN - CSCJEL
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Criminal Justice; Prosecutors; Trials; Prisons; Expenditures; Prejudice; Professions; Trust; Law
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9300-y
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Enhancing Knowledge Management and Adaptation Capacity for Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Indus River Basin
AN  - 1093457555; 15762916
AB  - The Indus River Basin is characterized by downstream areas with the world's largest irrigation system, providing food and energy security to more than 215 million people. The arid to semiarid basin is classified as a net water deficit area, but it also suffers from devastating floods. Among the four basin countries, Pakistan is most dependent on water originating in high mountain catchments and is therefore most vulnerable to climatic, socioeconomic, and other global changes that are impacting both supply and demand. Given the consensus that there is a lack of systematic and consistent hydrological, meteorological, biophysical, and socioeconomic data to promote integrated water resources management (IWRM) at the basin scale, an international consultation of scientists, water managers, and development partners was organized in 2010. These experts suggested developing a long-term Indus Basin Research Program aiming to build a robust, consolidated, and shared scientific knowledge base and thus improve understanding of the coupled human and ecological processes and their interrelationships in the basin. This paper summarizes the rationale for initiating such a coordinated multidisciplinary research, knowledge management, and capacity development process aiming to support water management policies and programs from design stage to implementation, using the framework of integrated river basin management (IRBM). The paper further stresses the need to implement IRBM using IWRM tools, recognizing that multiple factors and actors play critical roles in improving management of water and other natural resources to enhance overall water productivity. The steps needed to initiate and consolidate national and international institutional coordination, capacity development, and policy support to operationalize an IRBM process are spelled out. A long-term research and capacity-building program for international organizations and scientists is recommended to foster transboundary cooperation and scientific collaboration.
JF  - Mountain Research and Development
AU  - Karki, Madhav Bahadur
AU  - Shrestha, Arun Bhakta
AU  - Winiger, Matthias
AD  - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), GPO Box 3226, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Aug 2011
SP  - 242
EP  - 251
PB  - International Mountain Society, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome Tokyo 150-8 925 Japan
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
SN  - 0276-4741, 0276-4741
KW  - Ecology Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - River Basins
KW  - Water Management
KW  - Organizations
KW  - Cooperation
KW  - Food
KW  - river basin management
KW  - Socioeconomics
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Basins
KW  - security
KW  - Development
KW  - Water Resources Management
KW  - adaptability
KW  - Mountains
KW  - Floods
KW  - International organizations
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Asia, Indus R.
KW  - Irrigation systems
KW  - Stress
KW  - River basins
KW  - Socio-economic aspects
KW  - Water management
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Energy
KW  - Capacity
KW  - Productivity
KW  - Research programs
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies
KW  - SW 1060:Conservation in agricultural use
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DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adaptations; Data processing; Food; Cooperation; Irrigation systems; Basins; Water resources; River basins; Development; Mountains; Socio-economic aspects; Water management; Floods; Energy; International organizations; Research programs; Natural resources; river basin management; Socioeconomics; security; adaptability; River Basins; Water Management; Organizations; Stress; Capacity; Water Resources Management; Productivity; Pakistan; Asia, Indus R.
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00017.1
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Background and Policy Issues
AN  - 1081891208; 2011-295198
AB  - US ratification of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) may be a key area of focus during the 112th Congress, particularly if the Barack Obama Administration seeks the advice and consent of the Senate. This report provides an overview of CRC's background and structure and examines evolving US policy toward the Convention, including past and current Administration positions and congressional perspectives. It also highlights issues for the 112th Congress, including the Convention's possible impact on federal and state laws, US sovereignty, parental rights, and US family planning and abortion policy. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Aug 1 2011, 18 pp.
AU  - Blanchfield, Luisa
Y1  - 2011/08/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Aug 01
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Associations and meetings
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - Human rights - Economic, social, and cultural rights
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Population groups, population policy, and demographics - Family planning
KW  - Family planning
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - United States
KW  - Conventions
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Children's rights
KW  - Law
KW  - United Nations
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40484.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40484
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Use of Community-Based Interventions in Reducing Morbidity from the Psychological Impact of Conflict-Related Trauma Among Refugee Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature
AN  - 1010708566; 201209837
AB  - With large numbers of refugee arrivals and numerous barriers to accessing services it is especially important that resources are efficiently and effectively directed to address the health needs of refugees. Ten databases were utilised to conduct the review, returning 156 titles which were assessed for validity based on specified criteria. The 14 critically appraised articles included in this review consist of experimental research and discussions on best practice. Articles consistently demonstrated the benefit of community-based mental health service in improving mental health outcomes. Themes of cultural awareness, language, setting, and post-migration stressors emerged across the articles. In addition, the studies also point to the gaps in research of a longitudinal nature and ones that deal with scattered populations post migration. Community-based interventions proved valuable for improving the mental health of refugees. However, additional interventions and evaluations are required to draw consistent and conclusive judgments on best practice in dealing with refugee mental health issues. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
AU  - Williams, Meagan E
AU  - Thompson, Sandra C
AD  - Centre for International Health, Curtin University and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Western Australia
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 780
EP  - 794
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SN  - 1557-1912, 1557-1912
KW  - Best practice
KW  - Interventions
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Community based
KW  - Migration
KW  - Refugees
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Refugees; Mental health; Community based; Interventions; Best practice; Migration
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-010-9417-6
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Toward a Web Search Model: Integrating Multitasking, Cognitive Coordination, and Cognitive Shifts
AN  - 1010628994; 201204878
AB  - Limited research has investigated the role of multitasking, cognitive coordination, and cognitive shifts during web search. Understanding these three behaviors is crucial to web search model development. This study aims to explore characteristics of multitasking behavior, types of cognitive shifts, and levels of cognitive coordination as well as the relationship between them during web search. Data collection included pre- and postquestionnaires, think-aloud protocols, web search logs, observations, and interviews with 42 graduate students who conducted 315 web search sessions with 221 information problems. Results show that web search is a dynamic interaction including the ordering of multiple information problems and the generation of evolving information problems, including task switching, multitasking, explicit task and implicit mental coordination, and cognitive shifting. Findings show that explicit task-level coordination is closely linked to multitasking, and implicit cognitive-level coordination is related to the task-coordination process; including information problem development and task switching. Coordination mechanisms directly result in cognitive state shifts including strategy, evaluation, and view states that affect users' holistic shifts in information problem understanding and knowledge contribution. A web search model integrating multitasking, cognitive coordination, and cognitive shifts (MCC model) is presented. Implications and further research also are discussed. [Copyright Wiley Periodicals Inc.]
JF  - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
AU  - Du, Jia Tina
AU  - Spink, Amanda
AD  - School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia tina.du@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/08//
PY  - 2011
DA  - August 2011
SP  - 1446
EP  - 1472
PB  - Wiley Subscription Services, Hoboken NJ
VL  - 62
IS  - 8
SN  - 1532-2882, 1532-2882
KW  - Cognitive aspects
KW  - Searching
KW  - User behaviour
KW  - World Wide Web
KW  - article
KW  - 13.14: INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - SEARCHING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2012-05-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - User behaviour; Searching; Cognitive aspects; World Wide Web
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - The Obama Administration's Cybersecurity Proposal: Criminal Provisions
AN  - 1081891212; 2011-295199
AB  - Responding to ongoing concerns over the state of US cybersecurity, the Obama Administration released a report containing a proposal for significant cybersecurity legislation on May 12, 2011. The Administration's proposal contains seven sections and addresses many different subject areas. This report examines the first section of the Administration's proposal, dealing with criminal law. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 29 2011, 7 pp.
AU  - Stevens, Gina
AU  - Miller, Jonathan
Y1  - 2011/07/29/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 29
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Science and technology policy - Computer science and information technology
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Public safety and security
KW  - Law and ethics - Criminal law
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Internet
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41941.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-10-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41941
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - U.N. System Development Assistance: Issues for Congress
AN  - 964244190; 2011-182267
AB  - Members of Congress continue to demonstrate an ongoing interest in the efficiency and effectiveness of United Nations (UN) development activities, both in the context of UN reform and broader US development and foreign assistance efforts. Thirty-two UN agencies collectively referred to as the UN development system (UNDS), are independent intergovernmental organizations with distinct mandates, rules, membership, and financial resources working to help countries achieve social and economic progress. The 112th Congress may raise questions regarding the effectiveness of the UNDS; the level and extent of US contributions to the UNDS; and the benefits and drawbacks of multilateral versus bilateral assistance. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 28 2011, 38 pp.
AU  - Blanchfield, Luisa
Y1  - 2011/07/28/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 28
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - International relations - International organizations
KW  - United States
KW  - Membership
KW  - Economics
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Benefits
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41949.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41949
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background and Policy Options for the 112th Congress
AN  - 925721410; 2011-181215
AB  - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. 552) enables any person to access -- without explanation or justification -- certain existing, identifiable, unpublished, executive branch agency records. The 112th Congress examined concerns about a growing number of statutory exemptions to FOIA, the value of President Barack Obama's decision to make public White House visitor logs, and concerns over whether political appointees were improperly vetting FOIA responses at a federal agency. This report discusses FOIA's history, examines its implementation, and provides potential policy approaches for Congress. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 26 2011, 24 pp.
AU  - Ginsberg, Wendy
Y1  - 2011/07/26/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 26
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Human rights - Civil and political rights
KW  - Law and ethics - Corporations and securities law
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - Social conditions and policy - History
KW  - United States Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Disclosure of information (securities law)
KW  - Records
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Freedom of information
KW  - Legislation
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41933
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Department of Defense Trends in Overseas Contract Obligations
AN  - 925720536; 2011-181281
AB  - Understanding the costs associated with contractor support of overseas military operations could provide Congress more data upon which to weigh the relative costs and benefits of different military operations, including contingency operations and maintaining bases around the world. This report examines Department of Defense (DOD) overseas contract obligations within the context of US government and DOD contract spending. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 22 2011, 18 pp.
AU  - Schwartz, Moshe
AU  - Ginsberg, Wendy
AU  - Alexander, Daniel
Y1  - 2011/07/22/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 22
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Law and ethics - Civil law
KW  - Law and ethics - Commercial law
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military planning, strategy, and operations
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Building and construction
KW  - United States
KW  - Cost
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Military operations
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Benefits
KW  - United States Defense department
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41820
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Haiti's National Elections: Issues, Concerns, and Outcome
AN  - 964244803; 2011-182298
AB  - Haiti has concluded its latest election cycle, although it is still finalizing the results of a few legislative seats. The US provided 16 million dollars in election support through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Like many of the previous Haitian elections, the recent process has been riddled with political tensions, violence, allegations of irregularities, and low voter turnout. Other issues include the destabilizing presence of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the newly elected government's ability to handle the complex post-earthquake reconstruction process and its relationship with the donor community. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 18 2011, 20 pp.
AU  - Taft-Morales, Maureen
Y1  - 2011/07/18/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 18
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Social conditions and policy - Social conditions and problems
KW  - United States
KW  - Haiti
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Haitians
KW  - Elections
KW  - United States International development agency
KW  - Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
KW  - Duvalier, Jean-Claude
KW  - Violence
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41689.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41689
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Detainee Provisions in the National Defense Authorization Bills
AN  - 925720539; 2011-181282
AB  - This report offers a brief background of the salient issues raised by the National Defense Authorization Bills regarding detention matters, provides a section-by-section analysis of the relevant subdivision of each bill, and compares the bills' approach with respect to the major issues they address. Both House and Senate bills competing to become the National Defense Authorization Act of FY2012 contain a subtitle addressing issues related to detainees at the US Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and more broadly, hostilities against Al Qaeda and other entities. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 18 2011, 32 pp.
AU  - Elsea, Jennifer K
AU  - Garcia, Michael John
Y1  - 2011/07/18/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 18
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - United States
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Al Qaeda
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41920.pdf
LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41920
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Securing Nuclear Materials: The 2010 Summit and Issues for Congress
AN  - 901753669; 2011-148207
AB  - To motivate world leaders to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years, the President hosted a Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, on April 12-13, 2010, which resulted in a joint statement saying that international cooperative action is necessary to prevent an act of nuclear terrorism. Congress will continue to decide on funding for the US domestic and international programs focused on nuclear material security and nuclear terrorism prevention and to assess implementation of the Administration's goal to secure nuclear materials by the end of 2013. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 18 2011, 27 pp.
AU  - Nikitin, Mary Beth
Y1  - 2011/07/18/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 18
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Nuclear power
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Radioactive and dangerous substances
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military equipment and weapons
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - United States
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Atomic weapons
KW  - Nuclear fuels
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R41169.pdf
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41169
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies
AN  - 1504417613; 2011-564932
AB  - There is concern that strong US domestic action taken to address climate change without Chinese reciprocity would unfairly advantage China in global trade and fail to slow significantly the growth of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The governments of both China and the US have indicated some closure of their gap on future actions to address climate change by agreeing on national pledges to GHG targets and mitigation actions rather than binding international obligations. China is also engaged with many other countries in bilateral programs to build its governance and technological capacities to abate its GHG emissions. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Congressional Research Reports for the People, Jul 18 2011, 22 pp.
AU  - Leggett, Jane A
Y1  - 2011/07/18/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 18
PB  - Congressional Research Reports for the People
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Weather, climate, and natural disasters
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Pollution and environmental degradation
KW  - Air pollution
KW  - United States
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - China (People's Republic)
KW  - book
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LA  - English
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N1  - Date revised - 2014-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Congressional Research Reports for the People, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress no. R41919
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - RPRT
T1  - Suicide, PTSD, and substance use among OEF/OIF veterans using VA health care: facts and figures
T2  - CRS report for Congress, R41921
AN  - 1477449108; 41681
AB  - This brief report addresses three relevant topics: suicide, PTSD, and substance use disorders. Using data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), it answers two questions about each topic: (1) How many veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) are affected? and (2) What is VA doing, in terms of screening, prevention, and treatment? [Text, p. 1]
JF  - Washington: Congressional Research Service, July 18, 2011. 8 pp.
AU  - Bagalman, Erin
PY  - 2011
SP  - 8
PB  - Congressional Research Service
KW  - Afghan War
KW  - Americans
KW  - Completed Suicide
KW  - Drug Abuse
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Females
KW  - Iraq War
KW  - Males
KW  - PTSD
KW  - United States Department of Veterans Affairs
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Veterans Benefits
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LA  - English
DB  - PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress
N1  - Date revised - 2016-09-15
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-15
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights
AN  - 901753703; 2011-148225
AB  - Iraq's political system is increasingly characterized by peaceful competition and formation of cross-sectarian alliances; however, sometimes violent infighting continues, often involving the questionable use of key levers of power and legal institutions. This infighting -- and the belief that holding political power may mean the difference between life and death for the various political communities -- significantly delayed agreement on a new government to be selected following the March 7, 2010, national elections for the Council of Representatives. With US diplomatic help, on November 10, 2010, major ethnic and sectarian factions agreed on a framework for a new government, breaking the long deadlock. Tables.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 15 2011, 41 pp.
AU  - Katzman, Kenneth
Y1  - 2011/07/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 15
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Politics - Politics and policy-making
KW  - Human rights - Human rights promotion and violations
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions
KW  - International relations - War
KW  - Politics - Political dissent and internal conflict
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Politics - Elections and voting
KW  - United States
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Elections
KW  - Politics
KW  - Alliances
KW  - Government and politics
KW  - Political power
KW  - Conflict
KW  - Competition
KW  - Iraq
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS21968.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-02
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, RS21968
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Decoupling of air flow above and in plant canopies and gravity waves affect micrometeorological estimates of net scalar exchange
AN  - 883017457; 14892064
AB  - Turbulence within open canopies is shown to undergo a dramatic change in character during the transition from convective to stable conditions. In convective conditions the flow within the canopy is coupled through turbulent exchange to the flow aloft. As the transition proceeds, the within- and above-canopy flows decouple and vertically coherent waves form within the canopy. The intensity of above-canopy turbulence is not a good indicator of flow decoupling. Within-canopy waves can lead to large random error in the measurement of the change of storage and the advection terms in the mass balance equation. More importantly, errors associated with sampling over incomplete wave cycles will inevitably be combined with true advective flux divergences at non-ideal sites. Quantitative estimates of likely errors on storage of heat and CO2 within the canopy are presented.
JF  - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
AU  - van Gorsel, Eva
AU  - Harman, Ian N
AU  - Finnigan, John J
AU  - Leuning, Ray
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, FC Pye Laboratory, GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Eva.vangorsel@csiro.au
Y1  - 2011/07/15/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 15
SP  - 927
EP  - 933
PB  - Elsevier Science, The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK
VL  - 151
IS  - 7
SN  - 0168-1923, 0168-1923
KW  - Water Resources Abstracts; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Micrometeorology
KW  - Canopy exchange
KW  - Decoupling
KW  - Gravity waves
KW  - Linear instability
KW  - Storage
KW  - Advection
KW  - Flow
KW  - Gravity Waves
KW  - Heat flux
KW  - Turbulent exchange
KW  - Indicators
KW  - turbulence
KW  - Forest canopy
KW  - Convective activity
KW  - Waves
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Fluctuations
KW  - SW 0810:General
KW  - M2 551.510.3/.4:Physical Properties/Composition (551.510.3/.4)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-29
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Heat flux; Forest canopy; Turbulent exchange; Gravity waves; Convective activity; Advection; Gravity Waves; Storage; Flow; Indicators; Waves; Sampling; turbulence; Fluctuations
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.012
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - The U.S. Export Control System and the President's Reform Initiative
AN  - 964244850; 2011-182231
AB  - The 112th Congress may consider reforms of the US export control system: The balance between national security and export competitiveness makes export controls controversial. Congress may weigh the merits of a unified export control system or the continuation of the present bifurcated system. Congress may debate the record of the present dual-use system maintained by emergency authority, the aims and effectiveness of the present non-proliferation control regimes, the maintenance of the defense industrial base, and the delicate balance between the maintenance of economic competitiveness and the preservation of national security. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 14 2011, 27 pp.
AU  - Fergusson, Ian F
AU  - Kerr, Paul K
Y1  - 2011/07/14/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 14
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Military and defense policy - National defense
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic theory
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - United States
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Authority
KW  - Economics
KW  - National defense
KW  - book
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L2  - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41916.pdf
LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41916
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
ER  - 



TY  - BOOK
T1  - Military Construction: Analysis of the FY2012 Appropriation and Authorization
AN  - 964244854; 2011-182232
AB  - This report focuses on those government activities funded under the FY2012 military construction appropriation, examines trends in military construction funding, and outlines military construction issues extant in each of the major regions of US military activity. President Barack Obama's FY2012 military construction appropriations request was for 14.7 billion dollars in new budget authority, approximately 9.9 billion dollars below the amount enacted for FY2010 and 3.0 billion dollars below that enacted for FY2011. Much of that reduction came from military base closure accounts. Tables, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 13 2011, 21 pp.
AU  - Else, Daniel H
Y1  - 2011/07/13/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 13
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - Business and service sector - Accounting
KW  - Military and defense policy - Military bases and facilities
KW  - United States
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Authority
KW  - Military bases
KW  - Budget
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41885
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Madagascar's Political Crisis
AN  - 964243575; 2011-182286
AB  - The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has experienced protracted political instability since early 2009, when tensions between the country's president, Marc Ravalomanana, and Andry Rajoelina escalated, culminating in President Ravalomanana's forced removal from office. The unconstitutional change of power and resulting political impasse has had a negative impact on economic growth and development efforts. The African Union, the US, and the EU warned against an unconstitutional transfer of power and have since suspended most foreign aid. The House of Representatives passed legislation condemning the 2009 coup and the illegal extraction of Madagascar's natural resources. Tables, Figures.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 11 2011, 11 pp.
AU  - Ploch, Lauren
Y1  - 2011/07/11/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 11
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Government - Public officials
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Geography and cartography
KW  - Environment and environmental policy - Ecology and environmental policy
KW  - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence
KW  - International relations - Regional organizations
KW  - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - United States
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Economic development
KW  - African Union
KW  - European Union
KW  - Islands
KW  - Ravalomanana, Marc
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Economic assistance
KW  - Indian ocean
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Madagascar
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-04-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R40448
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Nuclear Energy Cooperation with Foreign Countries: Issues for Congress
AN  - 925720719; 2011-181262
AB  - US civil nuclear cooperation agreements (123 agreements), which are bilateral agreements with other governments or multilateral organizations, have several important goals, including promoting the US nuclear industry, which is increasingly dependent on foreign customers and suppliers, and preventing nuclear proliferation. With increased international interest in nuclear power generating concern that additional countries may use fuel-making technology to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons, Congress has a key role in ensuring that transferred nuclear technology is used for peaceful purposes. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 11 2011, 31 pp.
AU  - Kerr, Paul K
AU  - Holt, Mark
AU  - Nikitin, Mary Beth
Y1  - 2011/07/11/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 11
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Nuclear power
KW  - International relations - International relations
KW  - Energy resources and policy - Energy policy
KW  - Science and technology policy - Technology and technology policy
KW  - United States
KW  - International relations
KW  - Atomic power
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Technology
KW  - book
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41910
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A nonsense (c.3978G>A) abnormal spindle-like, microcephaly associated (ASPM) gene mutation is a major cause of primary microcephaly in Pashtoon ethnic group of Pakistan
AN  - 907177186; 16074307
AB  - Primary microcephaly (MCPH) is an autosomal-recessive congenital disorder characterized by smaller-than-normal brain size and mental retardation. MCPH is genetically heterogeneous with six known loci: MCPH1 to MCPH7. The abnormal spindle-like, microcephaly associated (ASPM) gene at MCPH5 locus, which accounts for 37 to 54% of MCPH, appears to be the most common cause of microcephaly. More than 50% of the MCPH families genetically analyzed in Pakistan were mapped to MCPH5 locus including both families in this study. On mutation screening of ASPM gene by PCR amplification and direct DNA sequencing, a common c.3978G>A transition was identified in exon 17 of ASPM gene to be responsible for diseased phenotype in both families. This change results to the substitution of an amino acid residue at position 1326 from tryptophan to a stop codon (p.Trp1326Stop). The same mutation was also identified in several other families of Pakistani origin. Since the disease is both clinically and genetically heterogeneous, the diagnosis of MCPH1-7 is based on clinical findings; brain imaging that shows reduced brain volume with grossly normal architecture, family history consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance and molecular genetic testing when available. The mapping of large number of families to MCPH5 locus and identification of a common mutation, that is, c. 3978A>G of ASPM gene will enable us to formulate future strategies to control and prevent the disease by genetic counseling, prenatal/postnatal diagnosis and carrier testing.
JF  - African Journal of Biotechnology
AU  - Saleha, S
AU  - Ajmal, M
AU  - Jamil, M
AU  - Nasir, M
AU  - Hameed, A
AD  - Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering, G.P.O. box 2891, 24-Mauve Area, G-9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan, ahameed0786@hotmail.com
Y1  - 2011/07/11/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 11
SP  - 6396
EP  - 6400
VL  - 10
IS  - 34
SN  - 1684-5315, 1684-5315
KW  - Genetics Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Tryptophan
KW  - Neuroimaging
KW  - Amino acid substitution
KW  - Heredity
KW  - Exons
KW  - Point mutation
KW  - Brain
KW  - Stop codon
KW  - DNA sequencing
KW  - Microencephaly
KW  - Genetic screening
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Mental retardation
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Gene mapping
KW  - G 07880:Human Genetics
KW  - W 30910:Imaging
KW  - A 01310:Products of Microorganisms
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-11-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-03-17
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Tryptophan; Neuroimaging; Amino acid substitution; Heredity; Exons; Point mutation; Brain; DNA sequencing; Stop codon; Microencephaly; Polymerase chain reaction; Genetic screening; Mental retardation; Ethnic groups; Gene mapping
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TY  - BOOK
T1  - Considerations for a Catastrophic Declaration: Issues and Analysis
AN  - 925720234; 2011-181247
AB  - The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) is the principal authority governing federal emergency and disaster response in the US. Some believe that current Stafford Act declarations are inadequate to respond to, and recover from, highly destructive events; and it presents the arguments for and against amending the act to add a catastrophic declaration amendment. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
JF  - Federation of American Scientists, Jul 6 2011, 23 pp.
AU  - Lindsay, Bruce R
AU  - McCarthy, Francis X
Y1  - 2011/07/06/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 06
PB  - Federation of American Scientists
KW  - Business and service sector - Business management
KW  - International relations - International relief and humanitarian assistance
KW  - United States
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Emergency preparedness
KW  - Authority
KW  - book
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LA  - English
DB  - PAIS Index
N1  - Date revised - 2012-03-01
N1  - Publication note - Federation of American Scientists, 2011
N1  - SuppNotes - CRS Report for Congress, R41884
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hydraulic fracturing debated in House
AN  - 921621332
AB  - Paul Anastas, assistant administrator of EPAs Office of Research and Development, defended the EPAs hydraulic fracturing study: The study is designed to examine the conditions that may be associated with the potential contamination of drinking water resources and to identify the factors that may lead to human exposure and risks.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Summer
PY  - 2011
DA  - Summer 2011
SP  - 25
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Hydraulic fracturing
KW  - Studies
KW  - Natural gas
KW  - Hydraulics
KW  - Research & development--R&D
KW  - Environmental management
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N1  - Name - Environmental Protection Agency--EPA
N1  - Copyright - Copyright Issues in Science and Technology Summer 2011
N1  - Last updated - 2012-02-16
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Patent reform bill moves ahead
AN  - 921621223
AB  - Inventors would still have a one-year period from the time they publish information to file a patent without their invention being considered prior art.  [...] the bill would allow the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to set its fees and keep the income.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Summer
PY  - 2011
DA  - Summer 2011
SP  - 26
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Patents
KW  - Bills
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - FDA's medical device approval process scrutinized at Senate hearing
AN  - 921621206
AB  - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made "limited" progress in implementing recommendations made in a 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on its procedures regarding medical devices, according to testimony at an April 13 hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.  In his testimony, David Nexon, senior executive vice president of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, said that there are "inefficiencies at FDA that delay patient access to new treatments and cures and erode U.S. global competitiveness in the development of medical technology."
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Summer
PY  - 2011
DA  - Summer 2011
SP  - 24
EP  - 25
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Medical equipment
KW  - Product recalls
KW  - Medical technology
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Congressional committees
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N1  - Name - Government Accountability Office
N1  - Copyright - Copyright Issues in Science and Technology Summer 2011
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Budget bill cuts R&D spending
AN  - 921621204
AB  - R&D spending will increase at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (up $605 million to $9.9 billion), but other agencies lost ground, as follows: * National Institutes of Health, down $260 million to $30.7 billion * National Science Foundation, down $67 million to $6.8 billion * Department of Energy's (DOEs) energy programs, down $357 million to $2.1 billion * DOE's Office of Science, down $20 million to $4.9 billion * Department of Agriculture, down $501 million to $2.1 billion * Department of Homeland Security, down $175 million to $712 million In a budget that favored basic over applied research, DOEs Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) program, an applied research effort, was cut by 18.4% or $408 million to $1.8 billion.  DOEs Advanced Research Projects Agency- Energy, largely an applied research program with some development spending, received $180 million in the funding bill, less than the $300 million requested by the president.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Summer
PY  - 2011
DA  - Summer 2011
SP  - 23
EP  - 24
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Bills
KW  - Federal budget
KW  - Research & development--R&D
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Court rules in favor of funding for human embryonic stem cell research
AN  - 921621203
AB  - The U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit on April 29 vacated a preliminary injunction imposed by a district court judge last summer that blocked federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, temporarily causing a shutdown of National Institutes of Health (NIH) stem cell projects.
JF  - Issues in Science and Technology
AU  - Anonymous
Y1  - 2011///Summer
PY  - 2011
DA  - Summer 2011
SP  - 24
CY  - Washington
PB  - Issues in Science and Technology
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 07485492
KW  - Technology: Comprehensive Works
KW  - Stem cells
KW  - Medical research
KW  - Federal funding
KW  - Research & development--R&D
KW  - Shutdowns
KW  - Injunctions
KW  - Appropriations
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Plastics and Food Sources: Dietary Intervention to Reduce BPA and DEHP
AN  - 920802539; 16210187
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Betts, Kellyn S
AD  - Kellyn S. Betts has written about environmental contaminants, hazards, and technology for solving environmental problems for publications including EHP and Environmental Science & Technology for more than a dozen years.
Y1  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a306
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Diets
KW  - intervention
KW  - ENA 07:General
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-05-13
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Diets; intervention
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a306b
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Thyroid Cancer after Chornobyl: Increased Risk Persists Two Decades after Radioiodine Exposure
AN  - 920802528; 16210186
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Brown, Valerie J
AD  - Valerie J. Brown, based in Oregon, has written for EHP since 1996. In 2009 she won a Society of Environmental Journalists' Outstanding Explanatory Reporting award for her writing on epigenetics.
Y1  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a306
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Health & Safety Science Abstracts
KW  - Thyroid
KW  - Cancer
KW  - H 11000:Diseases/Injuries/Trauma
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Thyroid; Cancer
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a306a
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Phosphorus Recovery: New Approaches to Extending the Life Cycle
AN  - 920802517; 16210185
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Lougheed, Tim
AD  - Tim Lougheed has worked as a freelance writer in Ottawa, Canada, since 1991. A past president of the Canadian Science Writers' Association, he covers a broad range of topics in science, technology, medicine, and education.
Y1  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a302
EP  - a305
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - life cycle
KW  - Phosphorus cycle
KW  - ENA 07:General
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - life cycle; Phosphorus cycle
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a302
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cancer Risk Assessment: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Hazard Evaluation, and Risk Quantification
AN  - 920800901; 16210190
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Harbison, Raymond D
AD  - Raymond Harbison has > 30 years of experience as a toxicologist, pharmacologist, and human health risk assessor. He is currently Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, at the College of Public Health, and Professor of Pathology and Pharmacology, at the College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. He is also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York, College of Medicine at Buffalo, New York. He directs the Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management for the identification and control of environmental, occupational, and agricultural diseases, and maintains an active laboratory for elucidating the mechanisms of the chemical causes of organ injury and disease.
Y1  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a312
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Risk Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Hazards
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Carcinogenesis
KW  - Cancer
KW  - R2 23060:Medical and environmental health
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Risk assessment; Hazards; Carcinogenesis; Cancer
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a312
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Shift in Policy? Learning from China's Environmental Challenges and Successes
AN  - 920800891; 16210189
JF  - Environmental Health Perspectives
AU  - Mead, MNathaniel
AD  - M. Nathaniel Mead, a science writer living in Durham, NC, has written for EHP since 2002.
Y1  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a307
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - China, People's Rep.
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - ENA 07:General
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Environmental health; Environmental policy; China, People's Rep.
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a307b
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - PCBs May Impede IVF Success: Failed Embryo Implantation Linked to Exposure
AN  - 920798541; 16210188
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  - 2011/07/01/
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011 Jul 01
SP  - a307
PB  - US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh PA 15250-7954 United States
VL  - 119
IS  - 7
SN  - 0091-6765, 0091-6765
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Embryos
KW  - PCB compounds
KW  - ENA 02:Toxicology & Environmental Safety
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Embryos; PCB compounds
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.119-a307a
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Interesting times: winners, losers, and system shifts under climate change around Australia
AN  - 920796120; 16180291
AB  - Fulton, E. A. 2011. Interesting times: winners, losers, and system shifts under climate change around Australia. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1329-1342.Feedback and change are basic features of ecosystems, something global change has highlighted. Changes in the physical environment will see shifts in species ranges, community compositions, and ultimately the form and function of ecosystem and the human societies that exploit them. What these shifts will be depends on which of the competing (and potentially counteracting) mechanisms dominate through space and time. Moreover, changes are unlikely to be simple or linear; there will be winners, losers, and surprises. It also means that management will be complex and non-stationary, presenting management, scientific, and statistical challenges.
JF  - ICES Journal of Marine Science
AU  - Fulton, E A
AD  - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia; tel: +61 3 62325018
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 1329
EP  - 1342
PB  - Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom
VL  - 68
IS  - 6
SN  - 1054-3139, 1054-3139
KW  - Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources
KW  - adaptive capacity
KW  - ecosystem models
KW  - global climate change
KW  - regime shifts
KW  - Marine
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - marine sciences
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Statistical analysis
KW  - Man-induced effects
KW  - Community composition
KW  - Interspecific relationships
KW  - Australia
KW  - Q2 09144:Regional studies, expeditions and data reports
KW  - M2 551.583:Variations (551.583)
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - O 4080:Pollution - Control and Prevention
KW  - ENA 12:Oceans & Estuaries
KW  - Q5 08505:Prevention and control
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N1  - Date revised - 2012-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-07-07
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Community composition; Interspecific relationships; Climate change; Man-induced effects; Ecosystems; Statistical analysis; marine sciences; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr032
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Dodd-Frank Act Restrictions On Proprietary Trading And Conflicts Of Interest: New Tools To Address Evolving Threats
AN  - 914765926; 201200923
AB  - Abstract not available.
JF  - Harvard Journal on Legislation
AU  - Merkley, Jeff
AU  - Levin, Carl
AD  - Member, U.S. Senate (D-Or.). B.A., Stanford University, 1979; M.P.P., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 515
EP  - 553
PB  - Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA
VL  - 48
IS  - 2
SN  - 0017-808X, 0017-808X
KW  - Trade
KW  - Economics
KW  - Threat
KW  - Legislation
KW  - article
KW  - 9089: government/political systems; legislatures
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LA  - English
DB  - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-28
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Legislation; Trade; Economics; Threat
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using social networks to deduce whether residents or dispersers spread parasites in a lizard population
AN  - 910784402; 15739268
JF  - Journal of Animal Ecology
AU  - Fenner, Aaron L
AU  - Godfrey, Stephanie S
AU  - Bull, Michael, C
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul 2011
SP  - 835
EP  - 843
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 80
IS  - 4
SN  - 0021-8790, 0021-8790
KW  - Ecology Abstracts
KW  - Indexing in process
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N1  - Document feature - figure 4
N1  - Last updated - 2012-06-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01825.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Uptake, distribution and depuration of paralytic shellfish toxins from Alexandrium minutum in Australian greenlip abalone, Haliotis laevigata
AN  - 904482362; 15167303
AB  - Farmed greenlip abalone Haliotis laevigata were fed commercial seaweed-based food pellets or feed pellets supplemented with 8 105 Alexandrium minutum dinoflagellate cells g-1 (containing 12 +/- 3.0 mu g STX-equivalent 100 g-1, which was mainly GTX-1,4) every second day for 50 days. Exposure of abalone to PST supplemented feed for 50 days did not affect behaviour or survival but saw accumulation of up to 1.6 mu g STX-equivalent 100 g-1 in the abalone foot tissue (muscle, mouth without oesophagus and epipodial fringe), which is 50 times lower than the maximum permissible limit (80 mu g 100 g-1 tissue) for PSTs in molluscan shellfish. The PST levels in the foot were reduced to 0.48 mu g STX-equivalent 100 g-1 after scrubbing and removal of the pigment surrounding the epithelium of the epipodial fringe (confirmed by both HPLC and LC-MS/MS). Thus, scrubbing the epipodial fringe, a common procedure during commercial abalone canning, reduced PST levels by 70%. Only trace levels of PSTs were detected in the viscera (stomach, gut, heart, gonad, gills and mantle) of the abalone. A toxin reduction of approximately 73% was observed in STX-contaminated abalone held in clean water and fed uncontaminated food over 50 days. The low level of PST uptake when abalone were exposed to high numbers of A. minutum cells over a prolonged period may indicate a low risk of PSP poisoning to humans from the consumption of H. laevigata that has been exposed to a bloom of potentially toxic A. minutum in Australia. Further research is required to establish if non-dietary accumulation can result in significant levels of PSTs in abalone.
JF  - Toxicon
AU  - Dowsett, Natalie
AU  - Hallegraeff, Gustaaf
AU  - van Ruth, Paul
AU  - van Ginkel, Roel
AU  - McNabb, Paul
AU  - Hay, Brenda
AU  - O'Connor, Wayne
AU  - Kiermeier, Andreas
AU  - Deveney, Marty
AU  - McLeod, Catherine
AD  - South Australian Research and Development Institute, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul 2011
SP  - 101
EP  - 111
PB  - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom
VL  - 58
IS  - 1
SN  - 0041-0101, 0041-0101
KW  - Oceanic Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Toxicology Abstracts
KW  - Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
KW  - Epipodial Fringe
KW  - HPLC
KW  - LC-MS/MS
KW  - Gastropod
KW  - High-performance liquid chromatography
KW  - Haliotis
KW  - Toxicants
KW  - Food
KW  - Depuration
KW  - Phytoplankton
KW  - Toxicity tests
KW  - Aquaculture
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Pigments
KW  - Dinoflagellates
KW  - Australia
KW  - Epithelium
KW  - Mouth
KW  - Gills
KW  - Viscera
KW  - Mantle
KW  - Esophagus
KW  - Heart
KW  - Marine
KW  - Shellfish culture
KW  - Muscles
KW  - Poisoning
KW  - Toxins
KW  - Digestive tract
KW  - Bioaccumulation
KW  - Haliotis laevigata
KW  - Foot
KW  - Marine molluscs
KW  - Gonads
KW  - Canning
KW  - Stomach
KW  - Alexandrium minutum
KW  - O 4020:Pollution - Organisms/Ecology/Toxicology
KW  - Q1 08422:Environmental effects
KW  - X 24490:Other
KW  - K 03320:Cell Biology
KW  - Q3 08587:Diseases of Cultured Organisms
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bioaccumulation; Toxicants; Shellfish culture; Phytoplankton; Marine molluscs; Canning; Aquaculture; Toxicity tests; Mantle; High-performance liquid chromatography; Heart; Esophagus; Food; Depuration; Poisoning; Muscles; Toxins; Digestive tract; Pigments; Risk factors; Foot; Dinoflagellates; Epithelium; Gonads; Mouth; Stomach; Viscera; Gills; Haliotis; Haliotis laevigata; Alexandrium minutum; Australia; Marine
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.05.010
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing an MXF Audiovisual Preservation File Wrapper Specification in the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative
AN  - 900615770; 201106823
AB  - The Audio-Visual Working Group of the U.S. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative has launched a project aimed at developing a file-wrapper specification for the archiving and preservation of audiovisual resources. The specification is an implementation of the Material eXchange Format (MXF), a standard of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMTPE). MXF can contain various encoded moving image bitstreams, JPEG 2000 frame images, uncompressed video streams, and many more, as well as soundtracks, timecode, closed captioning, metadata, and more. The wrapper function may be compared TIFF and WAVE file formats. MXF is gaining popularity in the broadcasting industry and is a major element in the digital cinema specification adopted by movie producers for theatrical distribution. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - IASA Journal
AU  - Fleischhauer, Carl
AD  - Library of Congress, USA
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 35
EP  - 40
PB  - International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Auckland Park, South Africa
IS  - 37
SN  - 1021-562X, 1021-562X
KW  - Audiovisual materials
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Standards
KW  - Preservation
KW  - article
KW  - 9.15: TECHNICAL SERVICES - PRESERVATION
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DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-09-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Preservation; Standards; Federal government; Audiovisual materials
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Academic Users' Information Searching on Research Topics: Characteristics of Research Tasks and Search Strategies
AN  - 896177768; 201107697
AB  - This project investigated how academic users search for information on their real-life research tasks. This article presents the findings of the first of two studies. The study data were collected in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Eleven PhD students' searching behaviors on personal research topics were observed as they interacted with information retrieval (IR) systems. The analysis of search logs uncovered the characteristics of research tasks and the corresponding search strategies. Adapted from the source document.
JF  - The Journal of Academic Librarianship
AU  - Du, Jia Tina
AU  - Evans, Nina
AD  - School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, GPO BOX 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia tina.du@unisa.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 299
EP  - 306
PB  - Elsevier Science Ltd.
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
SN  - 0099-1333, 0099-1333
KW  - Search strategies
KW  - Australia
KW  - Postgraduate students
KW  - Transaction log analysis
KW  - article
KW  - 13.14: INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - SEARCHING
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LA  - English
DB  - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-03
N1  - Last updated - 2016-09-27
N1  - CODEN - JALIEE
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Australia; Transaction log analysis; Postgraduate students; Search strategies
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2011.04.003
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Role of Children's Appraisals on Adjustment Following Psychological Maltreatment: A Pilot Study
AN  - 896167485; 201117396
AB  - Little is known about the cognitive mechanisms involved in the development of psychopathology following psychological maltreatment in children. This study therefore examined the role of thinking styles on children's outcomes following this subtype of maltreatment. Children who had experienced past maltreatment (n=24) and a control group (n=26) were assessed using self-report questionnaires. Maltreatment history, cognitive styles and psychological outcomes, such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and self-esteem were assessed. Parents/caregivers also completed a measure of child internalizing and externalizing behaviours. Psychological maltreatment made a significant contribution to children's self-reported depression and low self-esteem, and parent reported internalizing and externalizing problems, even after controlling for other abusive experiences. This was not the case for PTSD symptoms. Further, children's cognitive styles were associated with self-reported depression, self-esteem and PTSD. They did not, however, predict parent-rated emotional and behavioural problems. This study provides preliminary support for a cognitive model of adjustment following psychological maltreatment. The results indicate the need for enhanced community awareness about the impact of psychological maltreatment, and suggest a direction for therapeutic intervention.
JF  - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
AU  - Leeson, Fiona J
AU  - Nixon, Reginald D V
AD  - School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 759
EP  - 771
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
SN  - 0091-0627, 0091-0627
KW  - Maltreatment
KW  - Depression
KW  - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW  - Child maltreatment
KW  - Cognitive styles
KW  - Selfesteem
KW  - article
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LA  - English
DB  - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-03
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N1  - CODEN - JAPCAC
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Child maltreatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Selfesteem; Cognitive styles; Depression; Maltreatment
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9507-5
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Low intensity microwave radiation as modulator of the l-lactate dehydrogenase activity
AN  - 883024844; 15087531
AB  - In this study, we investigated experimentally the possibility of modulating protein activity by low intensity microwaves by measuring alternations of l-Lactate Dehydrogenase enzyme (LDH) activity. The LDH enzyme solutions were irradiated by microwaves of the selected frequencies and powers using the Transverse Electro-Magnetic (TEM) cell. The kinetics of the irradiated LDH was measured by continuous monitoring of nicotine adenine dinucleotide, reduced (NADH) absorbance at 340nm. A comparative analysis of changes in the activity of the irradiated LDH enzyme versus the non-radiated enzyme was performed for the selected frequencies and powers. It was found that LDH activity can be selectively increased only by irradiation at the particular frequencies of 500MHz [electric field: 0.02V/m (1.210 super(-6)& #x00A0; W/m super(2))-2.1V/m (1.210 super(-2)& #x00A0; W/m super(2))] and 900MHz [electric field: 0.021-0.21V/m (1.210 super(-4)& #x00A0; W/m super(2))]. Based on results obtained it was concluded that LDH enzyme activity can be modulated by specific frequencies of low power microwave radiation. This finding can serve to support the hypothesis that low intensity microwaves can induce non-thermal effects in bio-molecules.
JF  - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
AU  - Vojisavljevic, Vuk
AU  - Pirogova, Elena
AU  - Cosic, Irena
AD  - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Health Innovation Research Institute, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia, vuk.vojisavljevic@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul 2011
SP  - 793
EP  - 799
PB  - Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Pl. London WC2R 0BL UK
VL  - 49
IS  - 7
SN  - 0140-0118, 0140-0118
KW  - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
KW  - Microwave radiation
KW  - Nicotine
KW  - Electric fields
KW  - Kinetics
KW  - NADH
KW  - Adenine
KW  - Enzymes
KW  - Absorbance
KW  - L-Lactate dehydrogenase
KW  - W 30940:Products
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Microwave radiation; Nicotine; Kinetics; Electric fields; NADH; Adenine; Enzymes; Absorbance; L-Lactate dehydrogenase
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-010-0690-2
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Disconnected Surface Water and Groundwater: From Theory to Practice
AN  - 883017640; 15158226
AB  - When describing the hydraulic relationship between rivers and aquifers, the term disconnected is frequently misunderstood or used in an incorrect way. The problem is compounded by the fact that there is no definitive literature on the topic of disconnected surface water and groundwater. We aim at closing this gap and begin the discussion with a short introduction to the historical background of the terminology. Even though a conceptual illustration of a disconnected system was published by Meinzer (1923), it is only within the last few years that the underlying physics of the disconnection process has been described. The importance of disconnected systems, however, is not widely appreciated. Although rarely explicitly stated, many approaches for predicting the impacts of groundwater development on surface water resources assume full connection. Furthermore, management policies often suggest that surface water and groundwater should only be managed jointly if they are connected. However, although lowering the water table beneath a disconnected section of a river will not change the infiltration rate at that point, it can increase the length of stream that is disconnected. Because knowing the state of connection is of fundamental importance for sustainable water management, robust field methods that allow the identification of the state of connection are required. Currently, disconnection is identified by showing that the infiltration rate from a stream to an underlying aquifer is independent of the water table position or by identifying an unsaturated zone under the stream. More field studies are required to develop better methods for the identification of disconnection and to quantify the implications of heterogeneity and clogging processes in the streambed on disconnection.
JF  - Ground Water
AU  - Brunner, Philip
AU  - Cook, Peter G
AU  - Simmons, Craig T
AD  - National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, c/o Flinders University GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia.
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul 2011
SP  - 460
EP  - 467
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
SN  - 0017-467X, 0017-467X
KW  - Environment Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Aqualine Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
KW  - Aquifers
KW  - Hydraulics
KW  - Water Management
KW  - Surface water
KW  - Infiltration Rate
KW  - Water table
KW  - Streams
KW  - Ground water
KW  - Heterogeneity
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Illustrations
KW  - Water Table
KW  - Identification
KW  - water table
KW  - Surface water resources
KW  - Surface-groundwater Relations
KW  - Infiltration rate
KW  - Water management
KW  - Stream
KW  - Infiltration
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Resource development
KW  - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies
KW  - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate
KW  - Q2 09169:Fluid mechanics
KW  - SW 4020:Evaluation process
KW  - ENA 16:Renewable Resources-Water
KW  - M2 556.14:Infiltration/Soil Moisture (556.14)
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2011-08-01
N1  - Document feature - figure 2
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Surface water; Water management; Stream; Illustrations; Ground water; Water table; Resource development; Identification; Aquifers; Rivers; Surface water resources; Infiltration rate; Hydraulics; water table; Infiltration; Groundwater; Streams; Water Management; Surface-groundwater Relations; Infiltration Rate; Water Table; Heterogeneity
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00752.x
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social Media-For Good
AN  - 881053656
AB  - Audu talks about how social media became his new outlet for his charity work. He used Twitter to help raise $12,000 in 24 hours to send 12 young Kenyan women to school for a year. He sent his requests for money in a prescheduled tweet to his growing list of followers every four hours for one whole day. This was a turning point for him, as he came to see the power that comes from using social media to connect with others around a shared vision and passion. It didn't occur to him at the start of his online service work that reaching out to help others could also have a significant business benefit. But as he interspersed real estate-related posts with other posts about charitable giving and service, he found that he was increasingly connecting with agents and others with a desire to help.
JF  - Realtor Magazine
AU  - Audu, Lola, CRS, GRI
Y1  - 2011///Jul/Aug
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul/Aug 2011
SP  - 38
CY  - Chicago
PB  - National Association of Realtors
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
SN  - 15220842
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Fund raising
KW  - Donations
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Central
N1  - Copyright - Copyright National Association of Realtors Jul/Aug 2011
N1  - Last updated - 2011-08-04
N1  - CODEN - RESTDR
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Seize This Moment!
AN  - 881053542
AB  - It's hard to hold the hands of people who are losing their homes. It's hard to short-sell a house for a family whose breadwinner is out of work. It's hard to be the one to recommend that owners do a deed in lieu of foreclosure. But realtors do it because they know there will be a light at the end of the tunnel for these families. Here, Phipps talks about the challenges realtors face and their efforts to write the future of real estate.
JF  - Realtor Magazine
AU  - Phipps, Ronald L, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, S
Y1  - 2011///Jul/Aug
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul/Aug 2011
SP  - 5
CY  - Chicago
PB  - National Association of Realtors
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
SN  - 15220842
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - Real estate
KW  - Real estate agents & brokers
KW  - Families & family life
KW  - Foreclosure
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Catalytic reforming of tar during gasification. Part II. Char as a catalyst or as a catalyst support for tar reforming
AN  - 880656284; 14816865
AB  - Char, char-supported catalysts and ilmenite were investigated for the steam reforming of biomass tar derived from the pyrolysis of mallee wood in situ. Special attention was given to the reforming of aromatic ring systems in tar. The results indicated that the char-supported iron/nickel catalysts exhibited much higher activity for the reforming of tar than the char itself. Ilmenite and the char-supported iron catalyst contained similar active phase but showed different tar reforming activities. Kinetic compensation effects demonstrated that the reaction pathways on the char-supported catalysts were similar but were different from those on ilmenite. The proprieties of support could play important roles for the activities of the catalysts and the reaction pathways on the catalysts. Char would not only disperse the catalysts but also interact with the catalysts to enhance their activity for the steam reforming of tar.
JF  - Fuel
AU  - Min, Zhenhua
AU  - Yimsiri, Piyachat
AU  - Asadullah, Mohammad
AU  - Zhang, Shu
AU  - Li, Chun-Zhu
AD  - Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, GPO Box U1987, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia 6845, Australia, chun-zhu.li@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - Jul 2011
SP  - 2545
EP  - 2552
PB  - Elsevier, Ltd., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK
VL  - 90
IS  - 7
SN  - 0016-2361, 0016-2361
KW  - Environment Abstracts
KW  - Char-supported iron catalyst
KW  - Steam reforming
KW  - Tar reforming
KW  - Hot gas cleaning
KW  - Pyrolysis
KW  - Kinetics
KW  - Fuels
KW  - Tar
KW  - Nickel
KW  - Wood
KW  - Catalysts
KW  - Iron
KW  - gasification
KW  - ENA 07:General
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2012-01-01
N1  - Last updated - 2015-03-19
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Pyrolysis; Fuels; Kinetics; Nickel; Tar; Wood; Catalysts; Iron; gasification
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2011.03.027
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social exclusion, location and transport disadvantage amongst non-driving seniors in a Melbourne municipality, Australia
AN  - 874192518; 14963166
AB  - Over the past decade, researchers have refocused their attention upon the interconnection between locationally disadvantaged communities and poor transport services in order to better understand social exclusion. Limited access to private and public transport has often been identified as a major contributing factor to social isolation and economic poverty that certain groups in the community experience. To date, an insufficient amount of research attention has focused on the elderly or seniors, who are often identified as being subject to social exclusion because of difficulties associated with travelling outside their homes to access services and facilities especially for non-car drivers. Moreover, a disproportionate amount of research undertaken on transport related forms of social exclusion in Australia has understandably looked towards the outskirts of its major urban centres, where services and facilities are sparsely located and generally only accessible by car. This paper provides a different insight by analysing a middle distant municipality where large spatial concentrations of seniors are to be found, some of whom do not have ready access to a car or have difficulty accessing the public bus service. Using a variety of data sources for a municipality in Melbourne, this case study reveals that social exclusion of non-car driving seniors is reinforced by a regional public transport system that cannot adequately service the entire municipality. For now, the incidence of locational and transport related disadvantage is restricted to small pockets of the municipality, but as seniors age and surrender their car driving licences this problem could become more serious. The study concludes by calling for more analyses to be undertaken into transport engendered social exclusion if this problem is to be contained as the post-war baby-boomers generation ages across most of the middle suburbs of Australian cities. This study investigated how non-driving seniors could experience social exclusion. Basis of this study is a middle distant municipality of metropolitan Melbourne. Data types used included land use audit, resident survey and census data. We found pockets of locational based public transport disadvantage in municipality. Predict this issue will grow as residents age and stop driving in next decade.
JF  - Journal of Transport Geography
AU  - Engels, Benno
AU  - Liu, Gang-Jun
AD  - School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, City Campus, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Benno.engels@rmit.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 984
EP  - 996
PB  - Elsevier Science, The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 0966-6923, 0966-6923
KW  - Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environment Abstracts
KW  - Social exclusion
KW  - Location
KW  - Transport disadvantage
KW  - Seniors
KW  - Services
KW  - Facilities and accessibility
KW  - census
KW  - Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
KW  - suburbs
KW  - spatial distribution
KW  - Age
KW  - poverty
KW  - Economics
KW  - Australia
KW  - Geography
KW  - elderly
KW  - Land use
KW  - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development
KW  - ENA 18:Transportation
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N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - census; spatial distribution; suburbs; Age; poverty; Economics; elderly; Geography; Land use; Australia, Victoria, Melbourne; Australia
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Simultaneous catalytic esterification of carboxylic acids and acetalisation of aldehydes in a fast pyrolysis bio-oil from mallee biomass
AN  - 1777104971; 14816863
AB  - This paper reports the simultaneous catalytic esterification and acetalisation of a bio-oil with methanol using a commercial Amberlyst-70 catalyst at temperatures between 70 and 170 [deg]C. The bio-oil was prepared from the pyrolysis of mallee woody biomass in a fluidised-bed pyrolysis reactor under the fast heating rate conditions. Our results show that the conversion of light organic acids and aldehydes to esters and acetals rises significantly with increasing temperature, reaction time and catalysts loading. However, some acetals (e.g. dimethoxymethane) could decompose at higher operating temperatures (>110 [deg]C) and catalyst loadings (>6 wt.%). The medium and heavy fractions of bio-oil also reacted with methanol to result in increases in their volatility (or decreases in boiling points) when their reactive O-containing functional groups were stabilised. The acid-catalysed reactions between bio-oil and methanol also decreased the coking propensity of the bio-oil reaction products.
JF  - Fuel
AU  - Li, Xiang
AU  - Gunawan, Richard
AU  - Lievens, Caroline
AU  - Wang, Yi
AU  - Mourant, Daniel
AU  - Wang, Shan
AU  - Wu, Hongwei
AU  - Garcia-Perez, Manuel
AU  - Li, Chun-Zhu
AD  - Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Science and Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia chun-zhu.li@curtin.edu.au
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 2530
EP  - 2537
PB  - Elsevier, Ltd., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK
VL  - 90
IS  - 7
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  - Bio-oil
KW  - Upgrading
KW  - Esterification
KW  - Acetalisation
KW  - Pyrolysis
KW  - Methyl alcohol
KW  - Catalysts
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Aldehydes
KW  - Acetals
KW  - Catalysis
KW  - Yes:(AN)
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N1  - Last updated - 2016-05-18
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2011.03.025
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ground water quality in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal
AN  - 1770334433; 15135467
AB  - A study was undertaken to assess the quality of groundwaters in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The groundwater samples were randomly collected from shallow well, tube well, and deep-tube wells located at different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur districts in the Kathmandu valley. Physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters of the samples were evaluated to estimate the groundwater quality for drinking water. It was found that the groundwater in the valley is vulnerable to drink due to presence of iron and coliform bacteria. Iron was estimated to be much higher then the acceptable limit of World Health Organization (WHO) drinking-water quality guidelines (1.9 mg/L). Total coliform bacteria enumerated in groundwaters significantly exceeded the drinking-water quality standard and observed maximum coliform (267 CFU/100 mL) in shallow wells. The electrical conductivity and turbidity were found to be 875 mu S/cm and 55 NTU, respectively, which are above the WHO recommendations for drinking water guidelines. However, pH value was measured within the acceptable limit. Arsenic, chloride, fluoride, and hardness concentrations were found to be in agreement with the recommendations of WHO drinking-water quality guidelines.
JF  - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
AU  - Pant, Bhoj Raj
AD  - Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, G.P.O. Box 3323, Kathmandu, Nepal bhojrajpant@yahoo.com
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 477
EP  - 485
PB  - Springer-Verlag, Tiergartenstrasse 17 Heidelberg 69121 Germany
VL  - 178
IS  - 1-4
SN  - 0167-6369, 0167-6369
KW  - Environmental Engineering Abstracts (EN); CSA / ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts (CE)
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Wells
KW  - Guidelines
KW  - Microorganisms
KW  - Groundwater
KW  - Drinking water
KW  - Valleys
KW  - Iron
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N1  - Date revised - 2011-10-01
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DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1706-y
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rehabilitating a Life Line: Inspecting and Repairing the Hultman Aqueduct in Metropolitan Boston
AN  - 1285085336; 15611890
AB  - The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) provides water to over 2.2 million people and 51 communities serving greater Boston and central Massachusetts. They are undertaking a $57 million construction project to rehabilitate the 13.4-mile long, 11.5-foot diameter Hultman Aqueduct, including: inspection and repair of the existing aqueduct pipe and construction of several large diameter valve chambers to house connections between the existing Aqueduct and the new Metro West Tunnel. This paper will focus on the planning, inspection, and repair of the inside of the Hultman Aqueduct that has been completed to date for the first 10 miles. Because the Aqueduct could not be inspected and the exact extent of repairs quantified before the construction contract was awarded, a number of challenges needed to be considered. Before construction was awarded, the MWRA and its consultant needed to develop an inspection plan before any entry into the Aqueduct could be performed. Unique aspects of inspecting this major structure included limited points of access (typically 2 miles between access points), the need for inspecting and making repairs while working inside confined spaces, and the need to implement the repairs in a timely manner all make this project challenging. The inspection required the MWRA's consultant and the contractor to work cooperatively together to conduct the inspection inside the Aqueduct to locate defects and problems that need to be repaired, devise practical repair details, and implement methods and procedures that will eliminate existing leaks and extend the useful life of the Aqueduct.
JF  - Reston, VA: ASCE Proceedings Of The Pipelines 2011 Conference, July 23-27, 2011, Seattle, Washington, d 20110000
AU  - Savard, Paul
AU  - McGovern, Peter
AD  - Jacobs Engineering, 343 Congress Street, Boston, MA, 02210; Project Manager
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 442
EP  - 454
PB  - American Society of Civil Engineers
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Inspection
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Aqueducts
KW  - Consultants
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Water resources
KW  - Defects
KW  - USA, Massachusetts, Boston
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - Construction
KW  - Maintenance and repair
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Tunnels
KW  - Valves
KW  - Maintenance
KW  - INE, USA, Washington, Seattle
KW  - Water Resources
KW  - SW 5010:Network design
KW  - AQ 00007:Industrial Effluents
KW  - Q2 09124:Coastal zone management
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2017-02-01
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Consultants; Contracts; Maintenance and repair; Water resources; Contractors; Pipelines; Tunnels; Defects; Construction; Inspection; Valves; Maintenance; Aqueducts; Water Resources; USA, Massachusetts, Boston; INE, USA, Washington, Seattle
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41187(420)41
ER  - 



TY  - JOUR
T1  - 10 Years of Learning-The East Boston Branch Sewer Project from Design through Construction
AN  - 1285084459; 15611900
AB  - Mandated by the federal court-ordered Boston Harbor cleanup, the control of combined sewer overflow into Boston Harbor continues to be a primary focus of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). The East Boston Branch Sewer Relief Project required nearly $90 million of design and construction to replace, relieve or rehabilitate 4.5 miles of the existing MWRA interceptor system serving East Boston. These upgrades increased the in-system storage and capacity to deliver wet weather flows. A combination of cured-in-place pipe lining, microtunneling, pipe bursting and open cut excavation methods were used to complete the upgrades. The result is a 79% reduction by volume in combined sewer overflows to Chelsea Creek and Boston's Inner Harbor. Designing and constructing a project of this size in East Boston proved to be a challenging task with its busy streets, complex system of overhead and subsurface utilities, and unique geologic history. East Boston is densely populated with a mixture of commercial properties, residential houses, as well as the busy Logan International Airport and associated support services. Coordinating construction activities with the community proved to be challenging. These issues included noise control, traffic management and pre and post construction surveys. Working in a dense urban environment made a difficult construction project even more challenging. Now that the project is complete, this paper serves as a way to look back and chronicle the project and lessons learned that can be applied to improve design and construction of future sewer rehabilitation projects. A significant amount of time was spent to develop the contract documents, and yet during construction there were major hurdles to overcome. By analyzing the hurdles and associated changes, and sharing our approach to addressing the issues, the information can be used to aid future projects. This paper will look closely at issues investigated over the life of the project from design through construction. These include risk management both planned and implemented, changes in pipe installation methods (e.g., changing from open cut to microtunneling, change from pneumatic to static pipe bursting), construction shaft locations and sizing, utility relocations, and alignment modifications during construction to facilitate construction and mitigate the court ordered schedule. The paper will also examine how the owner, the designer, and the contractor chose to make these changes, whether or not they were successful and whether changes during design could have been anticipated to address these issues differently.
JF  - Reston, VA: ASCE Proceedings Of The Pipelines 2011 Conference, July 23-27, 2011, Seattle, Washington, d 20110000
AU  - Lanergan, Phillip
AU  - McGovern, Peter
AU  - Savard, Paul
AU  - McKiernan, David
AU  - Hamilton, Lisa
AD  - Jacobs Engineering, 343 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
Y1  - 2011/07//
PY  - 2011
DA  - July 2011
SP  - 553
EP  - 566
PB  - American Society of Civil Engineers
KW  - ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts
KW  - Sewers
KW  - Construction
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Overflow
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Branch Sewers
KW  - Water resources
KW  - USA, Massachusetts, Boston Harbor
KW  - Utilities
KW  - USA, Massachusetts, Boston
KW  - Pipelines
KW  - Pipes
KW  - Environmental impact
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Creek
KW  - Harbours
KW  - Risk
KW  - Traffic management
KW  - Combined Sewer Overflows
KW  - Excavation
KW  - INE, USA, Washington, Seattle
KW  - Capacity
KW  - Harbors
KW  - Q2 09282:Materials technology, corrosion, fouling and boring
KW  - AQ 00006:Sewage
KW  - SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes
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LA  - English
DB  - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
N1  - Date revised - 2013-02-01
N1  - Last updated - 2017-02-01
N1  - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Overflow; Traffic management; Contracts; Environmental impact; Water resources; Contractors; Pipelines; Creek; Harbours; Risk; Pipes; Combined Sewer Overflows; Branch Sewers; Construction; Excavation; Capacity; Harbors; Utilities; USA, Massachusetts, Boston; INE, USA, Washington, Seattle; USA, Massachusetts, Boston Harbor
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ER  -