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Bi-national outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to onions: the United States experience by McCormic, Z. D., Patel, K., Higa, J., Bancroft, J., Donovan, D., Edwards, L., Cheng, J., Adcock, B., Bond, C., Pereira, E., Doyle, M., Wise, M. E., Gieraltowski, L.

“…From 2016–2019, dry bulb onions were the suspected cause of three multistate outbreaks in the United States. We investigated a large multistate outbreak of…”
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The Status of SEMS Versus Plastic Stents for Benign Biliary Strictures by Bartel, M. J., Higa, J. T., Tokar, J. L.

“…Purpose of Review Benign biliary strictures can be treated with plastic stents and self-expandable metal stents (SEMS). This review article delineates the…”
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Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections associated with imported cucumbers, 2015-2016 by Laughlin, M, Bottichio, L, Weiss, J, Higa, J, McDonald, E, Sowadsky, R, Fejes, D, Saupe, A, Provo, G, Seelman, S, Concepción-Acevedo, J, Gieraltowski, L

“…We investigated a large multistate outbreak that occurred in the United States in 2015-2016. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback studies were conducted to…”
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New Drugs and Strategies for Management of Clostridium difficile Colitis by Higa, J. T., Kelly, C. P.

“…Approaches for management of Clostridium difficile infection continually evolve as research reveals shifts in epidemiology, microbial pathogenesis, disease…”
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TIME AND MEMORY: TOWARDS A PACEMAKER-FREE THEORY OF INTERVAL TIMING by Staddon, J. E. R., Higa, J. J.

“…A popular view of interval timing in animals is that it is driven by a discrete pacemaker‐accumulator mechanism that yields a linear scale for encoded time…”
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Outbreak of Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Clostridium sordellii among Black-Tar Heroin Users by Kimura, Akiko C., Higa, Jeffrey I., Levin, Robert M., Simpson, Gail, Vargas, Yolanda, Vugia, Duc J.

“…In California, black tar heroin (BTH) use among injection drug users (IDUs) has resulted in an increased number of cases of wound botulism due to Clostridium…”
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Interval timing by Staddon, J. E. R., Higa, J. J.

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Multiple Time Scales in Simple Habituation by Staddon, J. E. R, Higa, J. J

“…Habituation is the waning of a reflex response to repeated stimulation. Habituation to closely spaced stimuli is faster and more complete than to widely spaced…”
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Interval timing in Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens) by Higa, J.J., Simm, L.A.

“…The present study evaluated the temporal performance of Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens) given short-term exposure to four fixed interval (FI)…”
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Prevalence and Recognition of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Long Term Care (LTC) Residents in Hawaii by Bailey, R., MD, Higa, J., PharmD, Reardon, G., RPh, PhD

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The challenge to reduce breast cancer mortality in Okinawa: consensus of the first Okinawa breast oncology meeting by Tamaki, Kentaro, Tamaki, Nobumitsu, Kamada, Yoshihiko, Uehara, Kano, Zaha, Hisamitsu, Onomura, Mai, Gushimiyagi, Masanori, Kurashita, Kaname, Miyazato, Keiko, Tengan, Hiromu, Miyara, Kyuichiro, Ishida, Takanori

“…Breast cancer mortality is gradually increasing in Okinawa. The 1st Okinawa Breast Oncology Meeting was held on 6 July 2012 and discussions on how to curb the…”
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Habituation, memory and the brain: the dynamics of interval timing by Staddon, J.E.R., Chelaru, I.M, Higa, J.J.

“…Memory decay is rapid at first and slower later—a feature that accounts for Jost's memory law: that old memories gain on newer ones with lapse of time. The…”
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Effects of breaks in the interval cycle on temporal tracking in pigeons by Kohman, R., Leising, K., Shaffer, M., Higa, J.J.

“…Two experiments examined the effects of inserting a break in a cyclic interval schedule on the temporal control of keypecking responses in pigeons. In…”
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Relationship between body mass index and activity in hip or knee arthroplasty patients by McClung, C D, Zahiri, C A, Higa, J K, Amstutz, H C, Schmalzried, T P

“…The weight of patients has not been demonstrated to have a consistent effect on the rate of polyethylene wear in clinical studies of total joint replacement…”
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A TUNED-TRACE THEORY OF INTERVAL-TIMING DYNAMICS by Staddon, J. E. R., Chelaru, I. M., Higa, J. J.

“…Animals on interval schedules of reinforcement can rapidly adjust a temporal dependent variable, such as wait time, to changes in the prevailing…”
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TIME, TRACE, MEMORY by Staddon, J. E. R., Higa, J. J., Chelaru, I. M.

“…Objections to a trace hypothesis for interval timing do not apply to the multiple‐time‐scale (MTS) theory, which incorporates a dynamic trace tuned by the…”
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Interval timing in rats: tracking unsignaled changes in the fixed interval schedule requirement by Higa, Jennifer J., Moreno, Sara, Sparkman, Nathan

“…The present experiment examined interval timing in rats under dynamic conditions. A session began with FI60 s intervals, changed to a FI20 s, FI30 s, or FI40 s…”
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Interval schedule performance in the goldfish Carassius auratus by Talton, Lynn E, Higa, Jennifer J, Staddon, J.E.R

“…In experiment 1, five goldfish ( Carassius auratus) paddle-pressed on fixed-interval (FI) and variable-interval (VI) schedules for food pellet reinforcement…”
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A-144 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Sleep Disturbances in Military Service Members as Predictors of Days Missed from Duty by J, Higa, L, Lu, M, Reid, B, Khokhar, R, Seegmiller, J, Kennedy

“…Abstract Objective Duty-limiting pain impacts military readiness. Conditions such as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), stress-related disorders (Acute Stress…”
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DYNAMICS OF TIME DISCRIMINATION: II. THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE IMPULSES by Higa, Jennifer J.

“…According to a diffusion generalization model, time discrimination is determined by the frequency and recency of preceding intervals of time. A procedure for…”
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