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How Do Restatements Begin? Evidence of Earnings Management Preceding Restated Financial Reports by Ettredge, Michael, Scholz, Susan, Smith, Kevin R., Sun, Lili

“…:  Most earnings restatements are blamed on error, or misunderstanding of GAAP, but suspicion persists that many of these restatements are instead due to…”
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Prenatal secondhand cigarette smoke promotes Th2 polarization and impairs goblet cell differentiation and airway mucus formation by Singh, Shashi P, Gundavarapu, Sravanthi, Peña-Philippides, Juan C, Rir-Sima-ah, Jules, Mishra, Neerad C, Wilder, Julie A, Langley, Raymond J, Smith, Kevin R, Sopori, Mohan L

“…Parental, particularly maternal, smoking increases the risk for childhood allergic asthma and infection. Similarly, in a murine allergic asthma model, prenatal…”
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Attenuation of Tobacco Smoke-Induced Lung Inflammation by Treatment with a Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitor by Smith, Kevin R., Pinkerton, Kent E., Watanabe, Takaho, Pedersen, Theresa L., Ma, Seung Jin, Hammock, Bruce D.

“…Changes in the lungs due to smoking include inflammation, epithelial damage, and remodeling of the airways. Airway inflammation is likely to play a critical…”
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Factors influencing the inclusion of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in undergraduate medical education by Smith, Kevin R

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the views and practices of UK medical schools regarding the inclusion (or exclusion) of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in…”
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Harnessing Immunomodulatory Polymers for Treatment of Autoimmunity, Allergy, and Transplant Rejection by Tu, Allen B, Krishna, Gaddam, Smith, Kevin R, Lewis, Jamal S

“…Autoimmunity, allergy, and transplant rejection are a collection of chronic diseases that are currently incurable, drastically decrease patient quality of…”
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Re-Thinking Therapy with Taylor: Beyond the Therapeutic by Smith, Kevin R.

“…In his critique of the therapeutic, Taylor argues that therapy fails to engage with the ethical and spiritual significance of human suffering. Therapy's denial…”
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Stem-cell clinics in the UK: a web-based study by Kamel, Sami, Smith, Kevin R

“…Explore the nature and extent of web-based promotion of stem cell treatments marketed by clinics in the UK. Web-based analysis of clinics in the UK using…”
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Cigarette Smoke Suppresses Bik To Cause Epithelial Cell Hyperplasia and Mucous Cell Metaplasia by MEBRATU, Yohannes A, SCHWALM, Kurt, SMITH, Kevin R, SCHUYLER, Mark, TESFAIGZI, Yohannes

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Paternal age bioethics by Smith, Kevin R

“…Modern genetic sequencing studies have confirmed that the sperm of older men contain a greater number of de novo germline mutations than the sperm of younger…”
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Word length modulates neural activity in auditory cortex during covert object naming by Okada, Kayoko, Smith, Kevin R, Humphries, Colin, Hickok, Gregory

“…Several lines of evidence show that posterior portions of left auditory cortex participate in aspects of speech production. A current hypothesis is that these…”
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Religion, secular medicine and utilitarianism: a response to Biggar by Smith, Kevin R

“…Nigel Biggar has argued that religion ought to be given a seat at the negotiating table of medical ethics. I respond in broadly utilitarian terms, arguing that…”
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Inflammation and emphysema in cigarette smoke-exposed mice when instilled with poly (I:C) or infected with influenza A or respiratory syncytial viruses by Mebratu, Yohannes A, Smith, Kevin R, Agga, Getahun E, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes

“…The length of time for cigarette smoke (CS) exposure to cause emphysema in mice is drastically reduced when CS exposure is combined with viral infection…”
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Gene therapy: theoretical and bioethical concepts by Smith, Kevin R

“…Gene therapy holds great promise. Somatic gene therapy has the potential to treat a wide range of disorders, including inherited conditions, cancers, and…”
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Mobilization of Iron from Urban Particulates Leads to Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Vitro and Induction of Ferritin Synthesis in Human Lung Epithelial Cells by Smith, Kevin R, Aust, Ann E

“…Many of the biochemical effects of asbestos in cultured cells have been shown to be due to iron, which can be as high as 27% by weight. Urban air particulates…”
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Cigarette smoke suppresses Bik to cause epithelial cell hyperplasia and mucous cell metaplasia by Mebratu, Yohannes A, Schwalm, Kurt, Smith, Kevin R, Schuyler, Mark, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes

“…Aberrant regulation of airway epithelial cell numbers in airways leads to increased mucous secretions in chronic lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis…”
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The Timeliness of Restatement Disclosures and Financial Reporting Credibility by Hirschey, Mark, Smith, Kevin R., Wilson, Wendy M.

“…This study investigates whether prompt discovery and disclosure of earnings restatements is associated with greater post‐restatement financial reporting…”
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Wood smoke enhances cigarette smoke-induced inflammation by inducing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor in airway epithelial cells by Awji, Elias G, Chand, Hitendra, Bruse, Shannon, Smith, Kevin R, Colby, Jennifer K, Mebratu, Yohannes, Levy, Bruce D, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes

“…Our previous studies showed that cigarette smokers who are exposed to wood smoke (WS) are at an increased risk for chronic bronchitis and reduced lung…”
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An International Comparison of the Academic Accounting Professoriate by Oler, Derek K., Skousen, Christopher J., Smith, Kevin R., Talakai, Jayson

“…ABSTRACT An international comparison of the accounting professoriate provides useful information to both key decision makers and individual faculty. We compare…”
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IN VITRO EFFECTS OF COAL FLY ASHES: Hydroxyl Radical Generation, Iron Release, and DNA Damage and Toxicity in Rat Lung Epithelial Cells by van Maanen, J M, Borm, P J, Knaapen, A, van Herwijnen, M, Schilderman, P A, Smith, K R, Aust, A E, Tomatis, M, Fubini, B

“…Oxygen radical generation due to surface radicals, inflammation, and iron release has been suggested as the mechanism of adverse effects of quartz, such as…”
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Human Germline Genetic Modification: Scientific and Bioethical Perspectives by Smith, Kevin R, Chan, Sarah, Harris, John

“…The latest mammalian genetic modification technology offers efficient and reliable targeting of genomic sequences, in the guise of designer genetic…”
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