Search Results - "Wheeler, William"
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‘When they’re lying, and they say you’re lying, then there’s no hope’: Asylum-seeking, trauma, and the abusive state
Published in Suomen antropologi : Suomen Antropologisen Seuran julkaisu = Antropologi i Finland : Antropologiska sällskapet i Finland (02-02-2024)“…This article explores the story of Sanwar, who fled Bangladesh following persecution for his sexuality, and spent five years struggling for asylum in the UK…”
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Assessing water stress in a high-density apple orchard using trunk circumference variation, sap flow index and stem water potential
Published in Frontiers in plant science (03-08-2023)“…Introduction Automated plant-based measurements of water stress have the potential to advance precision irrigation in orchard crops. Previous studies have…”
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A Subset-Based Approach Improves Power and Interpretation for the Combined Analysis of Genetic Association Studies of Heterogeneous Traits
Published in American journal of human genetics (04-05-2012)“…Pooling genome-wide association studies (GWASs) increases power but also poses methodological challenges because studies are often heterogeneous. For example,…”
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The chemistry of conventional and alternative treatment systems for the neutralization of acid mine drainage
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-08-2006)“…The oxidation of pyritic mining waste is a self-perpetuating corrosive process which generates acid mine drainage (AMD) effluent for centuries or longer. The…”
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iCARE: An R package to build, validate and apply absolute risk models
Published in PloS one (05-02-2020)“…This report describes an R package, called the Individualized Coherent Absolute Risk Estimator (iCARE) tool, that allows researchers to build and evaluate…”
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Exposure Risk, Testing, And Cases At The Subcounty Level In California
Published in Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) (01-06-2021)“…With a population of forty million and substantial geographic variation in sociodemographics and health services, California is an important setting in which…”
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Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-07-2010)“…The primary circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D], is associated with multiple medical outcomes, including rickets, osteoporosis,…”
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Prevalence of transmitted drug resistance associated mutations and HIV-1 subtypes in new HIV-1 diagnoses, U.S.-2006
Published in AIDS (London) (15-05-2010)“…To determine the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes and the prevalence of transmitted drug resistance-associated mutations (TDRM) among persons newly diagnosed…”
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A comprehensive framework for trans-ancestry pathway analysis using GWAS summary data from diverse populations
Published in PLoS genetics (23-10-2024)“…As more multi-ancestry GWAS summary data become available, we have developed a comprehensive trans-ancestry pathway analysis framework that effectively…”
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The Oral Microbiome and Lung Cancer Risk: An Analysis of 3 Prospective Cohort Studies
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (14-11-2022)“…Previous studies suggested associations between the oral microbiome and lung cancer, but studies were predominantly cross-sectional and underpowered. Using a…”
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Identification of pre-diagnostic lipid sets associated with liver cancer risk using untargeted lipidomics and chemical set analysis: A nested case-control study within the ATBC cohort
Published in International journal of cancer (01-02-2024)“…In pre-disposed individuals, a reprogramming of the hepatic lipid metabolism may support liver cancer initiation. We conducted a high-resolution mass…”
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Who uses cigarette price promotions in the U.S.? examining the combined effect of social identities
Published in Preventive medicine reports (01-11-2024)“…Tobacco industry offers price promotions to promote cigarette smoking. Several social identities (e.g., women, people with low socioeconomic status) are…”
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A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Published in Nature genetics (01-09-2010)“…We conducted a genome-wide association study of gastric cancer and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in ethnic Chinese subjects in which we genotyped…”
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Winner's Curse Correction and Variable Thresholding Improve Performance of Polygenic Risk Modeling Based on Genome-Wide Association Study Summary-Level Data
Published in PLoS genetics (01-12-2016)“…Recent heritability analyses have indicated that genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have the potential to improve genetic risk prediction for complex…”
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A Powerful Procedure for Pathway-Based Meta-analysis Using Summary Statistics Identifies 43 Pathways Associated with Type II Diabetes in European Populations
Published in PLoS genetics (30-06-2016)“…Meta-analysis of multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has become an effective approach for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)…”
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Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of azelastine and fluticasone in a single nasal spray delivery device
Published in Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology (01-08-2010)“…Background A proof-of-concept study suggested that combination therapy with commercial azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray and fluticasone propionate nasal…”
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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue
Published in Nature communications (27-02-2014)“…The genetic regulation of the human epigenome is not fully appreciated. Here we describe the effects of genetic variants on the DNA methylome in human lung…”
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Aral-88: Catastrophe, Critique and Hope
Published in The Slavonic and East European review (1928) (01-04-2016)“…‘Aral-88’ was an expedition in 1988 organized by the Soviet journals Novyi mir and Pamir, which sought to understand the reasons for the destruction of the…”
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Aging in First and Second Life of G/LFP 18650 Cells: Diagnosis and Evolution of the State of Health of the Cell and the Negative Electrode under Cycling
Published in Batteries (Basel) (01-04-2024)“…Second-life applications for lithium-ion batteries offer the industry opportunities to defer recycling costs, enhance economic value, and reduce environmental…”
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Postmortem Analysis of 18650 Graphite/LFP Cells in a Long-Term Aging Study for Second-Life Applications
Published in Batteries (Basel) (01-04-2024)“…Second-life applications for lithium-ion batteries offer industry opportunities to defer recycling costs, enhance economic value, and reduce environmental…”
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