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Invasion of winter moth in New England: Effects of defoliation and site quality on tree mortality. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Widespread and prolonged defoliation by the European winter moth, Operophtera brumata L., has occurred in forests of eastern Massachusetts for more than a decade and populations of winter moth continue to invade new areas of New England.
Dodds, Kevin J   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Changes in Mortality After Massachusetts Health Care Reform

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2015
TO THE EDITOR: Sommers and colleagues (1) evaluated whether the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform, which reduced the proportion of persons without health insurance, affected mortality. They concluded that it did, in fact, decrease mortality. If true,
R. Kaestner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient Selection in Deep Brain Stimulation: A Role for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance the Levodopa Challenge?

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dopaminergic medication and deep brain stimulation (DBS) improve motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), but levodopa response alone may not predict DBS outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed 19 PD patients undergoing levodopa challenges with and without prior transcranial direct current stimulation targeting a defined PD response network ...
Lukas L. Goede   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2012
The article deals with the history of New England at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, when the ideological and intellectual climate was undergoing serious transformation under the influence of scientific and Enlightenment ...
I Yur'evna Khruleva, E Sergeevna Volkova
doaj  

The Relationship between Childhood Obesity, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Race/Ethnicity: Lessons from Massachusetts.

open access: yesChildhood Obesity, 2015
BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown race/ethnicity, particularly African American and/or Hispanic status, to be a predictor of overweight/obese status in children. However, these studies have failed to adjust for low socioeconomic status (SES).
R. Rogers   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

BCS1L‐Associated Disease: 5′‐UTR Variant Shifts the Phenotype Towards Axonal Neuropathy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the consequences of a pathogenic missense variant (c.838C>T; p.L280F) and a 5′‐UTR regulatory variant (c.‐122G>T) in BCS1L on disease pathogenesis and to understand how regulatory variants influence disease severity and clinical presentation.
Rotem Orbach   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers, Second Edition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers, Second Edition: Demographic Characteristics and Economic Footprint contains the most credible information to date on immigration in ...
Alan Clayton-Matthews, Paul Watanabe
core  

Remaining Burden of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Among Treated Patients: A Survey of Patients and Caregivers

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) significantly impacts motor function. This study aimed to assess the persistent burden and unmet needs among currently treated patients with SMA and their caregivers. Methods Two complementary web‐based surveys were distributed in August 2024 among patients with SMA and their caregivers.
Julie A. Parsons   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring discussions of health and risk and public sentiment in Massachusetts during COVID-19 pandemic mandate implementation: A Twitter analysis

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2021
As policies are adjusted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic according to public health best practices, there is a need to balance the importance of social distancing in preventing viral spread with the strain that these governmental public safety mandates ...
Danyellé Thorpe Huerta   +3 more
doaj  

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