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Frailty and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients by McAdams‐DeMarco, M. A., Law, A., King, E., Orandi, B., Salter, M., Gupta, N., Chow, E., Alachkar, N., Desai, N., Varadhan, R., Walston, J., Segev, D. L.

“…We have previously described strong associations between frailty, a measure of physiologic reserve initially described and validated in geriatrics, and early…”
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Frailty and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplantation by McAdams‐DeMarco, M. A., Law, A., Salter, M. L., Chow, E., Grams, M., Walston, J., Segev, D. L.

“…Early hospital readmission (EHR) after kidney transplantation (KT) is associated with increased morbidity and higher costs. Registry‐based recipient,…”
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A preliminary assessment of avian mortality at utility-scale solar energy facilities in the United States by Walston, Leroy J., Rollins, Katherine E., LaGory, Kirk E., Smith, Karen P., Meyers, Stephanie A.

“…Despite the benefits of reduced toxic and carbon emissions and a perpetual energy resource, there is potential for negative environmental impacts resulting…”
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Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity by Grantham, H. S., Duncan, A., Evans, T. D., Jones, K. R., Beyer, H. L., Schuster, R., Walston, J., Ray, J. C., Robinson, J. G., Callow, M., Clements, T., Costa, H. M., DeGemmis, A., Elsen, P. R., Ervin, J., Franco, P., Goldman, E., Goetz, S., Hansen, A., Hofsvang, E., Jantz, P., Jupiter, S., Kang, A., Langhammer, P., Laurance, W. F., Lieberman, S., Linkie, M., Malhi, Y., Maxwell, S., Mendez, M., Mittermeier, R., Murray, N. J., Possingham, H., Radachowsky, J., Saatchi, S., Samper, C., Silverman, J., Shapiro, A., Strassburg, B., Stevens, T., Stokes, E., Taylor, R., Tear, T., Tizard, R., Venter, O., Visconti, P., Wang, S., Watson, J. E. M.

“…Many global environmental agendas, including halting biodiversity loss, reversing land degradation, and limiting climate change, depend upon retaining forests…”
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Evaluation of an autonomous acoustic surveying technique for grassland bird communities in Nebraska by Schuster, Grace E, Walston, Leroy J, Little, Andrew R

“…Monitoring trends in wildlife communities is integral to making informed land management decisions and applying conservation strategies. Birds inhabit most…”
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Phenotype of Frailty: Characterization in the Women's Health and Aging Studies by Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Xue, Qian-Li, Ferrucci, Luigi, Walston, Jeremy, Guralnik, Jack M., Chaves, Paulo, Zeger, Scott L., Fried, Linda P.

“…Background. “Frailty” is an adverse, primarily gerontologic, health condition regarded as frequent with aging and having severe consequences. Although…”
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If you build it, will they come? Insect community responses to habitat establishment at solar energy facilities in Minnesota, USA by Walston, Leroy J, Hartmann, Heidi M, Fox, Laura, Macknick, Jordan, McCall, James, Janski, Jake, Jenkins, Lauren

“…Global declines in insect populations have important implications for biodiversity and food security. To offset these declines, habitat restoration and…”
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Development of a landscape integrity model framework to support regional conservation planning by Walston, Leroy J, Hartmann, Heidi M

“…Land managers increasingly rely upon landscape assessments to understand the status of natural resources and identify conservation priorities. Many of these…”
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Simple biologically informed inflammatory index of two serum cytokines predicts 10 year all-cause mortality in older adults by Varadhan, Ravi, Yao, Wenliang, Matteini, Amy, Beamer, Brock A, Xue, Qian-Li, Yang, Huanle, Manwani, Bhavish, Reiner, Alexander, Jenny, Nancy, Parekh, Neel, Fallin, M Daniele, Newman, Anne, Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Tracy, Russell, Ferrucci, Luigi, Walston, Jeremy

“…Individual measurements of inflammation have been utilized to assess adverse outcomes risk in older adults with varying degrees of success. This study was…”
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ELISA and Multiplex Technologies for Cytokine Measurement in Inflammation and Aging Research by Leng, Sean X., McElhaney, Janet E., Walston, Jeremy D., Xie, Dongxu, Fedarko, Neal S., Kuchel, George A.

“…Over the last decade there has been an enormous expansion of research focused on defining the role of inflammation in aging, age-related diseases, disability,…”
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Association of intraoperative changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor and postoperative delirium in older adults by Wyrobek, J., LaFlam, A., Max, L., Tian, J., Neufeld, K.J., Kebaish, K.M., Walston, J.D., Hogue, C.W., Riley, L.H., Everett, A.D., Brown, C.H.

“…Delirium is common after surgery, although the aetiology is poorly defined. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin important in…”
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Valuation of pollination services from habitat management: a case study of utility scale solar energy facilities in the United States by Mishra, Shruti Khadka, Zhu, Minjia, Bernknopf, Richard L, Walston, Leeroy J

“…Creating and maintaining pollinator habitats following the ecological infrastructure concept in degraded or unutilized land, such as solar energy facilities,…”
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Little prairie under the panel: testing native pollinator habitat seed mix establishment at three utility-scale solar sites in Minnesota by McCall, James, Beatty, Brenda, Janski, Jake, Doubleday, Kate, Martin, Jordan, Hartmann, Heidi, Walston, Leroy J, Macknick, Jordan

“…As more land is being utilized for large-scale solar energy projects, there are increasing discussions from stakeholders on how to utilize land under solar…”
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The Physical and Biological Characterization of a Frail Mouse Model by Walston, Jeremy, Fedarko, Neal, Yang, Huanle, Leng, Sean, Beamer, Brock, Espinoza, Sara, Lipton, Anne, Zheng, Howie, Becker, Kevin

“…Background. The development of animal models that approximate human frailty is necessary to facilitate etiologic and treatment-focused frailty research. The…”
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Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype by Fried, L P, Tangen, C M, Walston, J, Newman, A B, Hirsch, C, Gottdiener, J, Seeman, T, Tracy, R, Kop, W J, Burke, G, McBurnie, M A

“…Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered…”
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Associations of subclinical cardiovascular disease with frailty by Newman, A B, Gottdiener, J S, Mcburnie, M A, Hirsch, C H, Kop, W J, Tracy, R, Walston, J D, Fried, L P

“…Frail health in old age has been conceptualized as a loss of physiologic reserve associated with loss of lean mass, neuroendocrine dysregulation, and immune…”
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Novel gene variants predict serum levels of the cytokines IL-18 and IL-1ra in older adults by Matteini, A.M., Li, J., Lange, E.M., Tanaka, T., Lange, L.A., Tracy, R.P., Wang, Y., Biggs, M.L., Arking, D.E., Fallin, M.D., Chakravarti, A., Psaty, B.M., Bandinelli, S., Ferrucci, L., Reiner, A.P., Walston, J.D.

“…•We proposed that gene variation predicts changes in IL-18 and IL-1ra serum levels.•We conducted a genome-wide association scan in prospective cohorts of older…”
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Serum Antioxidants, Inflammation, and Total Mortality in Older Women by Walston, J., Xue, Q., Semba, R. D., Ferrucci, L., Cappola, A. R., Ricks, M., Guralnik, J., Fried, L. P.

“…The inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been linked to poor health outcomes in older adults. Oxidative stress triggers the production of IL-6, and…”
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Novel Frailty Screening Questionnaire (FSQ) Predicts 8-year Mortality in Older Adults in China by Ma, L, Tang, Z, Chan, P, Walston, J D

“…Although frailty status greatly impacts health care in countries with rapidly aging populations, little is known about the frailty status in Chinese older…”
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Production and characterization of a novel HPV anti-L2 monoclonal antibody panel by Bywaters, S.M., Brendle, S.A., Biryukov, J., Wang, J.W., Walston, J., Milici, J., Roden, R.B., Meyers, C., Christensen, N.D.

“…The major capsid protein of HPV, L1, assembles into pentamers that form a T = 7 icosahedral particle, but the location of the co-assembled minor capsid…”
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