Search Results - "McDonald, A. R."

lncRNA/MicroRNA interactions in the vasculature by Ballantyne, MD, McDonald, RA, Baker, AH

“…MicroRNA (miRNA) have gained widespread attention for their role in diverse vascular processes including angiogenesis, apoptosis, proliferation, and migration…”
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Incidence of PTLD in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Basiliximab, Calcineurin Inhibitor, Sirolimus and Steroids by McDonald, R. A., Smith, J. M., Ho, M., Lindblad, R., Ikle, D., Grimm, P., Wyatt, R., Arar, M., Liereman, D., Bridges, N., Harmon, W.

“…Pediatric renal transplant recipients were enrolled in a multicenter, randomized, double‐blind trial of steroid withdrawal. Subjects received basiliximab,…”
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Patterns of direct and indirect contact between cattle and badgers naturally infected with tuberculosis by DREWE, J. A., O'CONNOR, H. M., WEBER, N., McDONALD, R. A., DELAHAY, R. J.

“…Tuberculosis (TB) due to infection with Mycobacterium bovis is transmitted between cattle and badgers (Meles meles) in the UK and Ireland but it is unclear…”
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Multi-state modelling reveals sex-dependent transmission, progression and severity of tuberculosis in wild badgers by GRAHAM, J., SMITH, G. C., DELAHAY, R. J., BAILEY, T., McDONALD, R. A., HODGSON, D.

“…Statistical models of epidemiology in wildlife populations usually consider diseased individuals as a single class, despite knowledge that infections progress…”
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Point Transect Sampling Along Linear Features by Marques, T. A., Buckland, S. T., Borchers, D. L., Tosh, D., McDonald, R. A.

“…Summary Distance sampling is a widely used methodology for assessing animal abundance. A key requirement of distance sampling is that samplers (lines or…”
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Survival Advantage of Pediatric Recipients of a First Kidney Transplant Among Children Awaiting Kidney Transplantation by Gillen, D. L., Stehman‐Breen, C. O., Smith, J. M., McDonald, R. A., Warady, B. A., Brandt, J. R., Wong, C. S.

“…The mortality rate in children with ESRD is substantially lower than the rate experienced by adults. However, the risk of death while awaiting kidney…”
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Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: Influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type by Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R.A.R., McDonald, R.A., Bearhop, S.

“…We investigated the concentrations of 22 essential and non-essential elements among a community of Procellariiformes (and their prey) to identify the extent to…”
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Does small mammal prey guild affect the exposure of predators to anticoagulant rodenticides? by Tosh, D.G., McDonald, R.A., Bearhop, S., Lllewellyn, N.R., Fee, S., Sharp, E.A., Barnett, E.A., Shore, R.F.

“…Ireland has a restricted small mammal prey guild but still includes species most likely to consume anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) baits. This may enhance…”
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Should Pediatric Patients Wait for HLA‐DR‐Matched Renal Transplants? by Gritsch, H. A., Veale, J. L., Leichtman, A. B., Guidinger, M. K., Magee, J. C., McDonald, R. A., Harmon, W. E., Delmonico, F. L., Ettenger, R. B., Cecka, J. M.

“…Graft survival rates from deceased donors aged 35 years or less among all primary pediatric kidney transplant recipients in the United States between 1996 and…”
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Heterogeneity in the risk of Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badger (Meles meles) cubs by TOMLINSON, A. J., CHAMBERS, M. A., CARTER, S. P., WILSON, G. J., SMITH, G. C., McDONALD, R. A., DELAHAY, R. J.

“…The behaviour of certain infected individuals within socially structured populations can have a disproportionately large effect on the spatio-temporal…”
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The relationship of donor source and age on short- and long-term allograft survival in pediatric renal transplantation by Dale-Shall, A. W., Smith, J. M., McBride, M. A., Hingorani, S. R., McDonald, R. A.

“…:  Limited pediatric data on allograft survival from advanced aged kidney donors exist. To determine the influence of donor source and age on allograft…”
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A systematic re-sampling approach to assess the probability of detecting otters Lutra lutra using spraint surveys on small lowland rivers by Parry, G.S., Bodger, O., McDonald, R.A., Forman, D.W.

“…Assessing and monitoring populations of elusive species frequently rely on the identification of indirect signs such as faeces. The absence of signs does not…”
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Farm-scale risk factors for bovine tuberculosis incidence in cattle herds during the Randomized Badger Culling Trial by MILL, A. C., RUSHTON, S. P., SHIRLEY, M. D. F., MURRAY, A. W. A., SMITH, G. C., DELAHAY, R. J., McDONALD, R. A.

“…We analysed the incidence of cattle herd breakdowns due to bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in relation to experimental badger culling, badger…”
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Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi): an investigation using stable isotopes by Anderson, O. R. J, Phillips, R. A, Shore, R. F, McGill, R. A. R, McDonald, R. A, Bearhop, S

“…The diet of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) on Bird Island, South Georgia was assessed using a combination of stable isotope analysis (SIA) and…”
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15 years of very long baseline interferometry observations of two compact radio sources in Messier 82 by Beswick, R. J., Riley, J. D., Marti-Vidal, I., Pedlar, A., Muxlow, T. W. B., McDonald, A. R., Wills, K. A., Fenech, D., Argo, M. K.

“…We present the results of a second epoch of 18-cm global very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations, taken on 2001 February 23, of the central…”
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Decreased Risk of Renal Allograft Thrombosis Associated With Interleukin‐2 Receptor Antagonists: A Report of the NAPRTCS by Smith, J.M., Stablein, D., Singh, A., Harmon, W., McDonald, R.A.

“…Graft thrombosis is the most common cause of first year graft failure in pediatric renal transplantation. The North American Pediatric Renal Transplant…”
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Zigzag persistence for coral reef resilience using a stochastic spatial model by McDonald, R A, Neuhausler, R, Robinson, M, Larsen, L G, Harrington, H A, Bruna, M

“…A complex interplay between species governs the evolution of spatial patterns in ecology. An open problem in the biological sciences is characterizing…”
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The elusive winter engineers: structure and materials of hazel dormouse hibernation nests by Gubert, L., McDonald, R. A., Wilson, R. J., Chanin, P., Bennie, J. J., Mathews, F.

“…Trade‐offs between specialist use of particular resources and opportunistic use of widespread materials may present different strategies for survival. Hazel…”
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A parsec-scale study of the 5/15-GHz spectral indices of the compact radio sources in M82 by McDonald, A. R., Muxlow, T. W. B., Wills, K. A., Pedlar, A., Beswick, R. J.

“…Observations of the starburst galaxy, M82, have been made with the Very Large Array (VLA) in its A configuration at 15 GHz and the Multi-Element Radio-Linked…”
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Widespread exposure to lead affects the body condition of free-living whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in Britain by Newth, J.L., Rees, E.C., Cromie, R.L., McDonald, R.A., Bearhop, S., Pain, D.J., Norton, G.J., Deacon, C., Hilton, G.M.

“…Lead poisoning, through the ingestion of spent lead gunshot, is an established cause of morbidity and mortality in waterbirds globally, but the thresholds at…”
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