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Study design, precision, and validity in observational studies by Carlson, Melissa D A, Morrison, R Sean

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Impact of Hospice Disenrollment on Health Care Use and Medicare Expenditures for Patients With Cancer by CARLSON, Melissa D. A, HERRIN, Jeph, QINGLING DU, EPSTEIN, Andrew J, BARRY, Colleen L, MORRISON, R. Sean, BACK, Anthony L, BRADLEY, Elizabeth H

“…Patients with cancer represent the largest diagnostic group of hospice users, with 560,000 referred for hospice in 2008. Oncologists rely on hospice teams to…”
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Influence of exogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormone on seasonal reproductive behavior of the coyote ( Canis latrans) by Carlson, D.A., Gese, E.M.

“…Wild Canis species such as the coyote ( C. latrans) express a suite of reproductive traits unusual among mammals, including perennial pair-bonds and paternal…”
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Performance of the Nzi and other traps for biting flies in North America by Mihok, S, Carlson, D A, Krafsur, E S, Foil, L D

“…The performance of Nzi traps for tabanids (Tabanus similis Macquart, T. quinquevittatus Wiedemann, Chrysops aberrans Philip, C. univittatus Macquart, C…”
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Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study by Kris, Alison E, Cherlin, Emily J, Prigerson, Holly, Carlson, Melissa D A, Johnson-Hurzeler, Rosemary, Kasl, Stanislav V, Bradley, Elizabeth H

“…Although more people are using hospice than ever before, the average length of hospice enrollment is decreasing. Little is known about the effect of hospice…”
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Raising The Standard: Palliative Care In Nursing Homes by Meier, Diane E, Lim, Betty, Carlson, Melissa D.A

“…More than two-thirds of long-stay nursing home residents suffer from dementia. This illness has a variable and unpredictable course that renders it a poor fit…”
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Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer by Carlson, Melissa D. A., Herrin, Jeph, Du, Qingling, Epstein, Andrew J., Cherlin, Emily, Morrison, R. Sean, Bradley, Elizabeth H.

“…Objective. To characterize the types of hospices with higher rates of patient disenrollment from the Medicare Hospice Benefit and the markets in which these…”
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Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction by Chen, Jersey, MD, MPH, Ross, Joseph S., MD, MHS, Carlson, Melissa D.A., PhD, Lin, Zhenqiu, PhD, Normand, Sharon-Lise T., PhD, Bernheim, Susannah M., MD, MHS, Drye, Elizabeth E., MD, SM, Ling, Shari M., MD, Han, Lein F., PhD, Rapp, Michael T., MD, JD, Krumholz, Harlan M., MD, SM

“…Abstract Background Substantial hospital-level variation in the risk of readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or acute myocardial infarction…”
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Strategies and Innovative Models for Delivering Palliative Care in Nursing Homes by Carlson, Melissa D.A., PhD, Lim, Betty, MD, Meier, Diane E., MD

“…The goals of palliative care address critical issues for individuals with complex and serious illness residing in nursing homes, including pain and symptom…”
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OC.08.6: EXTERNALVALIDATION DEMONSTRATES HIGH PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE LYON SCORE: A NOVEL REFLUX SCORING SYSTEM BASED ON THE LYON CONSENSUS 2.0 by Marchetti, L., Rogers, B.D., Wong, M., Visaggi, P., Rengarajan, A., Carlson, D.A., Savarino, E.V., De Bortoli, N., Chen, C., Pandolfino, J.E., Gyawali, C.P.

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De novo biosynthesis of juvenile hormone III and I by the accessory glands of the male mosquito by Borovsky, D, Carlson, D A, Hancock, R G, Rembold, H, van Handel, E

“…The role of the male accessory glands (MAG) in reproduction was investigated in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. MAG incubated with [14C]acetate synthesized…”
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Hospice Care: What Services Do Patients and Their Families Receive? by Carlson, Melissa D. A., Morrison, R. Sean, Holford, Theodore R., Bradley, Elizabeth H.

“…Objective. To determine the degree to which patients and families enrolled with hospice received services across key categories of palliative care, the extent…”
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Mass spectrometry and characterization of Aedes aegypti trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) and its analogs by Borovsky, D, Carlson, D A, Griffin, P R, Shabanowitz, J, Hunt, D F

“…Trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF), a decapeptide that directly inhibits the biosynthesis of trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like enzymes in epithelial cells…”
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Identification of Pupal Exuviae of Nasonia vitripennis and Muscidifurax raptorellus Parasitoids Using Cuticular Hydrocarbons by Carlson, D.A., Geden, C.J., Bernier, U.R.

“…Parasitoids are often members of species complexes and are difficult to identify by conventional morphology, although most indigenous parasitoids of muscoid…”
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Regulating Palliative Care: The Case of Hospice by Carlson, Melissa D.A., PhD, MBA, Schlesinger, Mark, PhD, Holford, Theodore R., PhD, Morrison, R. Sean, MD, Bradley, Elizabeth H., PhD

“…Abstract Palliative care services provided to patients and families vary substantially across hospices. Literature suggests regulation can act as a…”
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From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition? by Bradley, Elizabeth H., Carlson, Melissa D. A., Gallo, William T., Scinto, Jeanne, Campbell, Miriam K., Krumholz, Harlan M.

“…Objective. To describe the perceived impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) on quality of care for…”
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Reproductive biology of the coyote (Canis latrans): integration of mating behavior, reproductive hormones, and vaginal cytology by Carlson, Debra A., Gese, Eric M.

“…The reproductive biology of wild Canis species is often described as unique among mammals because an unusual combination of behavioral and physiological…”
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Tsetse and other biting fly responses to Nzi traps baited with octenol, phenols and acetone by MIHOK, S, CARLSON, D.A, NDEGWA, P.N

“…Octenol (1-octen-3-ol), acetone, 4-methylphenol, 3-n-propylphenol, and other potential attractants (human urine, stable fly faeces), as well as guiacol,…”
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Analysis of extracted and volatile components in blackstrap molasses feed as candidate house fly attractants by Quinn, B.P, Bernier, U.R, Geden, C.J, Hogsette, J.A, Carlson, D.A

“…House flies are a ubiquitous insect that have the potential to spread many diseases to humans and livestock. Managing house fly populations is accomplished by…”
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Elution patterns from capillary GC for methyl-branched alkanes by Carlson, D.A, Bernier, U.R

“…A common and confusing problem in analyses of insect hydrocarbons is in making sense of complicated gas chromatograms and interpreting mass spectra since…”
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