Search Results - "HICKS, P. J"

“Death is a better option than being treated like this”: a prevalence survey and qualitative study of depression among multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in-patients by Huque, R, Elsey, H, Fieroze, F, Hicks, J. P, Huque, S, Bhawmik, P, Walker, I, Newell, J

“…Abstract Background Understanding of the relationship between multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and mental health is limited. With growing prevalence of…”
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The APOL1 Gene and Allograft Survival after Kidney Transplantation by Reeves‐Daniel, A. M., DePalma, J. A., Bleyer, A. J., Rocco, M. V., Murea, M., Adams, P. L., Langefeld, C. D., Bowden, D. W., Hicks, P. J., Stratta, R. J., Lin, J.‐J., Kiger, D. F., Gautreaux, M. D., Divers, J., Freedman, B. I.

“…Coding variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) are strongly associated with nephropathy in African Americans (AAs). The effect of transplanting kidneys…”
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Understanding demand for, and feasibility of, centre-based child-care for poor urban households: a mixed methods study in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Elsey, H, Fieroze, F, Shawon, R A, Nasreen, S, Hicks, J P, Das, M, Huque, R, Hirano, I, Wallace, H J, Saidur, M

“…Centre-based child-care has potential to provide multiple health and development benefits to children, families and societies. With rapid urbanisation,…”
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Integrating a diabetes and hypertension case management package within primary health care: a mixed methods feasibility study in Bangladesh by Huque, R, Nasreen, S, Ahmed, F, Hicks, J P, Walley, J, Newell, J N, Elsey, H

“…Almost three quarters of non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths, and 82% of premature NCD deaths, occur in low- and middle-income countries. Bangladesh has an…”
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Implication of European-derived adiposity loci in African Americans by Hester, J M, Wing, M R, Li, J, Palmer, N D, Xu, J, Hicks, P J, Roh, B H, Norris, J M, Wagenknecht, L E, Langefeld, C D, Freedman, B I, Bowden, D W, Ng, M C Y

“…Objective: Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple novel loci associated with adiposity in European-derived study populations…”
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Genome-wide linkage scans for renal function and albuminuria in Type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Diabetes Heart Study by Freedman, B. I., Bowden, D. W., Rich, S. S., Xu, J., Wagenknecht, L. E., Ziegler, J., Hicks, P. J., Langefeld, C. D.

“…Aims/hypothesis  Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), end‐stage renal disease and albuminuria are highly heritable. We performed a genome‐wide linkage scan in 416…”
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Apolipoprotein L1 Gene Variants in Deceased Organ Donors Are Associated With Renal Allograft Failure by Freedman, B. I., Julian, B. A., Pastan, S. O., Israni, A. K., Schladt, D., Gautreaux, M. D., Hauptfeld, V., Bray, R. A., Gebel, H. M., Kirk, A. D., Gaston, R. S., Rogers, J., Farney, A. C., Orlando, G., Stratta, R. J., Mohan, S., Ma, L., Langefeld, C. D., Hicks, P. J., Palmer, N. D., Adams, P. L., Palanisamy, A., Reeves‐Daniel, A. M., Divers, J.

“…Apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) nephropathy variants in African American deceased kidney donors were associated with shorter renal allograft survival in a prior…”
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Community- vs. hospital-based management of multidrug-resistant TB in Pakistan by Fatima, R., Yaqoob, A., Qadeer, E., Khan, M. A., Ghafoor, A., Jamil, B., Haq, M. U., Ahmed, N., Baig, S., Rehman, A., Abbasi, Q., Khan, A. W., Ikram, A., Hicks, J. P., Walley, J.

“…BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) treatment takes 18-24 months and is complex, costly and isolating. We provide trial evidence on the WHO Pakistan…”
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Stochastic evaluation of fluvial to marginal marine sealing facies by Barboza, S.A., Alway, R., Akpulat, T., Esch, W.L., Hicks, P.J., Gerdes, M.L.

“…Hydrocarbon top seal analyses are particularly difficult in fluvial and marginal marine settings. Although these settings often contain beds comprised of a…”
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The ras responsive transcription factor RREB1 is a novel candidate gene for type 2 diabetes associated end-stage kidney disease by Bonomo, Jason A, Guan, Meijian, Ng, Maggie C Y, Palmer, Nicholette D, Hicks, Pamela J, Keaton, Jacob M, Lea, Janice P, Langefeld, Carl D, Freedman, Barry I, Bowden, Donald W

“…Familial clustering and presumed genetic risk for type 2 diabetic (T2D) and non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) appear strong in African Americans…”
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Variants in Intron 13 of the ELMO1 Gene are Associated with Diabetic Nephropathy in African Americans by Leak, T. S., Perlegas, P. S., Smith, S. G., Keene, K. L., Hicks, P. J., Langefeld, C. D., Mychaleckyj, J. C., Rich, S. S., Kirk, J. K., Freedman, B. I., Bowden, D. W., Sale, M. M.

“…Summary Variants in the engulfment and cell motility 1 (ELMO1) gene are associated with nephropathy due to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a Japanese…”
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A general-purpose processor-per-pixel analog SIMD vision chip by Dudek, P., Hicks, P.J.

“…A smart-sensor VLSI circuit suitable for focal-plane low-level image processing applications is presented. The architecture of the device is based on a…”
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Loci Contributing to Adult Height and Body Mass Index in African American Families Ascertained for Type 2 Diabetes by Sale, M.M., Freedman, B. I., Hicks, P. J., Williams, A. H., Langefeld, C. D., Gallagher, C. J., Bowden, D. W., Rich, S. S.

“…Summary Height and body mass index (BMI) have high heritability in most studies. High BMI and reduced height are well‐recognized as important risk factors for…”
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Androgen receptor gene mutations are rarely associated with isolated penile hypospadias by Sutherland, R W, Wiener, J S, Hicks, J P, Marcelli, M, Gonzales, Jr, E T, Roth, D R, Lamb, D J

“…Hypospadias has no known single etiology but it has been linked to androgen insensitivity caused by mutations of the androgen receptor gene. The purpose of…”
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T cell activation and human immunodeficiency virus replication after influenza immunization of infected children by RAMILO, O, HICKS, P. J, PORVAK, J, GROSS, L. M, DANNI ZHONG, SQUIRES, J. E, VITETTA, E. S

“…T cell activation plays a major role in the ability of HIV to remain latent or to establish a productive infection. It has been hypothesized that…”
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A genome scan for all-cause end-stage renal disease in African Americans by Freedman, Barry I., Bowden, Donald W., Rich, Stephen S., Valis, Christopher J., Sale, Michèle M., Hicks, Pamela J., Langefeld, Carl D.

“…Background. In an attempt to map the genes predisposing to the common, complex aetiologies of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), we performed a genome-wide scan…”
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An integrated array transducer receiver for ultrasound imaging by Armitage, A.D., Scales, N.R., Hicks, P.J., Payne, P.A., Chen, Q.X., Hatfield, J.V.

“…At Eurosensors VII the authors described an integrated ultrasonic array transducer that featured integrated transmit circuitry. The present paper describes…”
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Verification of Buckley-Leverett three-phase theory using computerized tomography by Siddiqui, S., Hicks, P.J., Grader, A.S.

“…The mathematical extension of the Buckley-Leverett (B-L) theory to three immiscible fluids was presented by Grader and O'Meara (1988). However, the three-phase…”
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Improving the quality of care of children in community clinics: an intervention and evaluation in Bangladesh by Huque, R., Ahmed, F., King, R., Walley, J., Hicks, J. P., Elsey, H., Nasreen, S., Kumar, A., Newell, J. N.

“…Setting: Community health care providers (CHCPs) in 40 rural community clinics of Comilla district, Bangladesh, were trained using a newly developed…”
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Development of a new type of self-scanned electron image sensing integrated circuit by Hatfield, J.V., York, T.A., Comer, J., Hicks, P.J.

“…The design and fabrication of an integrated circuit which is a position-sensitive detector for low-energy (typically up to 100 eV) charged particles are…”
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