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- Creator:
- Gharzai, Laila A, Green, Michael D, Griffith, Kent A, and Jolly, Shruti
- Description:
- Three sensitivity analyses were performed. First, a second matching step was performed in which two controls were selected for each case, where possible using a nearest neighbor and caliper metric. Controls needed to have propensity scores within 0.1 of the case to be selected. Thirty-eight of the 39 cases had at least one control using this method and for 36 cases two controls could be selected. The average difference between case and control propensity adjuvant RT was 0.008 (range 0.00003-0.095). A second sensitivity analysis was performed to guard against immortal time bias. In order to mitigate the possibility of this effect, cases known not to have undergone adjuvant RT have been screened for suitable follow-up without a recurrence (local or regional recurrence, metastatic failure, and/or death) to ensure that if adjuvant RT had been prescribed as part of the multi-modality treatment regimen, that it would have been initiated. Three months was selected as the mandatory follow-up time. One to one matching was carried out and all 39 cases were matched to a control. A third sensitivity analysis was performed to account for stage migration seen in control patients that presented to the University of Michigan with more advanced disease. Patients that underwent adjuvant radiation were matched one to one with control group patients who did not receive adjuvant radiation, and who had the same stage at diagnosis as compared to stage at University of Michigan presentation.
- Keyword:
- adenocortical carcinoma and English
- Citation to related publication:
- Laila A Gharzai, Michael D Green, Kent A Griffith, Tobias Else, Charles S Mayo, Elizabeth Hesseltine, Daniel E Spratt, Edgar Ben-Josef, Aaron Sabolch, Barbara S Miller, Francis Worden, Thomas J Giordano, Gary D Hammer, Shruti Jolly, Adjuvant Radiation Improves Recurrence-Free Survival and Overall Survival in Adrenocortical Carcinoma, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 104, Issue 9, September 2019, Pages 3743–3750, https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2019-00029
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Lee, Kyu Han, Foxman, Betsy, and Gordon, Aubree
- Description:
- Data include variables used to run mixed effects models examining the association between the nose/throat microbiome and influenza virus infection. Certain individual participant data have been excluded due to identifiability concerns. Data also include the oligotype count table and taxonomic classifications. and Curation Notes: Readme updated Nov. 29, 2018 with context for oligotype and taxonomy files, and citation to associated article.
- Keyword:
- Influenza and Microbiome
- Citation to related publication:
- Lee KH, Gordon A, Shedden K, Kuan G, Ng S, Balmaseda A, Foxman B. The respiratory microbiome and susceptibility to influenza virus infection. PloS One. 2019;14:e0207898. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207898
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Mirshams Shahshahani, Payam
- Description:
- Investigating minimum human reaction times is often confounded by the motivation, training, and state of arousal of the subjects. We used the reaction times of athletes competing in the shorter sprint events in the Athletics competitions in recent Olympics (2004-2016) to determine minimum human reaction times because there's little question as to their motivation, training, or state of arousal. The reaction times of sprinters however are only available on the IAAF web page for each individual heat, in each event, at each Olympic. Therefore we compiled all these data into two separate excel sheets which can be used for further analyses.
- Keyword:
- minimum reaction time, sprinter, Olympics, Athletics, sex difference, starting block, and false start
- Citation to related publication:
- Mirshams Shahshahani P, Lipps DB, Galecki AT, Ashton-Miller JA (2018) On the apparent decrease in Olympic sprinter reaction times. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198633. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198633
- Discipline:
- Engineering, Health Sciences, Science, Other, and General Information Sources
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- Creator:
- Gliske, Stephen V and Stacey, William C
- Description:
- This data is part of a large program to translate detection and interpretation of HFOs into clinical use. A zip file is included which contains hfo detections, metadata, and Matlab scripts. The matlab scripts analyze this input data and produce figures as in the referenced paper (note: the blind source separation method is stochastic, and so the figures may not be exactly the same). A file "README.txt" provides more detail about each individual file within the zip file.
- Keyword:
- hfo, high frequency oscillation, ripple, fast ripple, blind source separation, non-negative matrix factorization, and temporal variability
- Citation to related publication:
- Stephen V. Gliske, Zachary T. Irwin, Cynthia Chestek, Garnett L. Hegeman, Benjamin Brinkmann, Oren Sagher, Hugh J. L. Garton, Greg A. Worrell, William C. Stacey. "Variability in the location of High Frequency Oscillations during prolonged intracranial EEG recordings." Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04549-2
- Discipline:
- Science, Engineering, and Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Moyer, Cheryl A
- Description:
- Data reflect the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of health care providers regarding neonatal near-misses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in southern Ghana.
- Keyword:
- qualitative methods, neonatal mortality, neonatal near-misses, and developing country
- Citation to related publication:
- Bell, A.J., Wynn, L.V., Bakari, A., Oppong, S.A., Youngblood, J., Arku, Z., Bockarie, Y., Adu, J., Wobil, P., Plange-Rhule, G., Goka, B., Adanu, R.M., Moyer, C.A., 2018. “We call them miracle babies”: How health care providers understand neonatal near-misses at three teaching hospitals in Ghana. PLOS ONE 13, e0198169. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198169
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Veinot,Tiffany,C., Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Data Driven Detroit, Okullo, Dolorence, and Michigan Department of Vital Statistics
- Description:
- Health status data includes data about the health of persons within a census tract in Metropolitan Detroit, measured at the census tract level. This includes data about 1) mortality by condition; 2) exposures to toxic substances; and 3) disability. Coverage for all data: 10-county Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area.
- Keyword:
- Community Health, Mortality Rates by Condition , Disability, Elevated Blood Lead Levels, Census Tract level, All-Cause Mortality Rates, and Spatial Measures
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences and Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Detroit Residential Parcel Survey, United States Postal Service, Wayne County Register of Deeds, US Census, Yu, Deehan, Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), Veinot, Tiffany, RealtyTRAC, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Okullo, Dolorence, Wayne County Treasurer, Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA), and Data Driven Detroit
- Description:
- This dataset includes census tract-level data concerning housing in Metropolitan Detroit. The data includes: 1) Total housing units and total mortgages in the tract; 2) Land use; 3) Real estate information (foreclosures, sales transactions, and home values); 4) Vacant housing; 5) Housing age and available facilities; 6) Housing condition; and 7) Spatial measures of subsidized housing in the tract. Data coverage should say 2006 to 2015.
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- Housing Conditions, Community Health, Subsidized Housing Locations, Availability of Kitchen and Plumbing Facilities, Vacant Properties, Census tract level, Age of Housing, Spatial Measures, Home Sale Transactions, Land Use by Category, Housing Units and Ownership, Housing Values, and Foreclosed Properties
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences and Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Okullo, Dolorence, Gomez-Lopez, Iris N., Goodspeed, Robert, Reddy, Shruthi, Veinot, Tiffany C, Clarke, Phillipa J., and Data Driven Detroit
- Description:
- The information and education environment refers to: 1) the presence of information infrastructures such as broadband Internet access and public libraries in a location; 2) a person’s proximity to information infrastructures and sources; 3) the distribution of information infrastructures, sources and in a specific location; and 4) exposure to specific messages (information content) within a specific location. Coverage for all data: 10-county Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area.
- Keyword:
- Residential Broadband Data Adoption Rates, Census tract level, Broadband Internet Access and Speed, Colleges and Universities, Public Libraries, Spatial Measures, and Schools
- Discipline:
- Science, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Yoshida, Sei and Swanson, Joel A
- Description:
- The rapid activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1) by growth factors is increased by extracellular amino acids through yet-undefined mechanisms of amino acid transfer into endolysosomes. Because the endocytic process of macropinocytosis concentrates extracellular solutes into endolysosomes and is increased in cells stimulated by growth factors or tumor-promoting phorbol esters, we analyzed its role in amino acid–dependent activation of mTORC1. Here, we show that growth factor-dependent activation of mTORC1 by amino acids, but not glucose, requires macropinocytosis. In murine bone marrow–derived macrophages and murine embryonic fibroblasts stimulated with their cognate growth factors or with phorbol myristate acetate, activation of mTORC1 required an Akt-independent vesicular pathway of amino acid delivery into endolysosomes, mediated by the actin cytoskeleton. Macropinocytosis delivered small, fluorescent fluid-phase solutes into endolysosomes sufficiently fast to explain growth factor–mediated signaling by amino acids. Therefore, the amino acid–laden macropinosome is an essential and discrete unit of growth factor receptor signaling to mTORC1
- Keyword:
- growth factor signaling, Macropinosomes, and mTORC1
- Citation to related publication:
- Sei Yoshida, Regina Pacitto, Yao Yao, Ken Inoki, Joel A. Swanson; Growth factor signaling to mTORC1 by amino acid–laden macropinosomes. J Cell Biol 12 October 2015; 211 (1): 159–172. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201504097
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Okullo, Dolorence, Yan, Xiang (Jacob), Data Driven Detroit, Veinot, Tiffany C., Gomez-Lopez, Iris N., and Goodspeed, Robert
- Description:
- The food environment is: 1) The physical presence of food that affects a person’s diet; 2) A person’s proximity to food store locations; 3) The distribution of food stores, food service, and any physical entity by which food may be obtained; or 4) A connected system that allows access to food. (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/healthyfood/general.htm) Data included here concern: 1) Food access; and 2) Liquor access. Spatial Coverage for most data: 10-county Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area, Michigan, USA. See exception for grocery store data below.
- Keyword:
- Food Deserts, Census tract level, Full-Line Grocery Stores, Modified Retail Food Environment Index (MRFEI), Farmer’s Markets, Spatial Measures, and Fast Food Establishments
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and Other