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Decade-long bacterial community dynamics in cystic fibrosis airways
(2012-04-10)
The structure and dynamics of bacterial communities in the airways
of persons with cystic fibrosis (CF) remain largely unknown. We
characterized the bacterial communities in 126 sputum samples
representing serial ...
Relationship Trajectories and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual Minority Youth
(Springer, 2010)
Dating in adolescence plays an integral part in the development of sexual and social identities. This process is particularly salient for sexual minority youth who face additional obstacles to their identity formation due ...
Do Parents and peers matter? A propective socio-ecological examination of substance use and sexual risk among African American Youth
(Elsevier, 2011)
We examined the direct contribution of parent and peer risk and promotive factors on youth condom use trajectories, in addition to the indirect influence of these factors via youth's substance use over four years in a ...
On Using Summary Statistics from an External Calibration Sample to Correct for Covariate Measurement Error
(2012)
Background: Covariate measurement error is common in epidemiologic studies. Current methods for correcting measurement error
with information from external calibration samples are insufficient to provide valid adjusted ...
Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy Among Men Who Engage in "Bareback Sex"
(Springer, 2011)
Abstract An ethnically diverse sample of 120 mostly gay-identified men who engaged in "bareback" intercourse was recruited via the Internet in New York City. By study design three quarters of participants were HIV-uninfected ...
Relationship between quantitative CT metrics and health status and BODE in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2012)
Background The value of quantitative CT (QCT) to
identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
phenotypes is increasingly appreciated. The authors
hypothesised that QCT-defined emphysema and airway
abnormalities ...
Mr. Right and Mr. Right Now: Romantic and Casual Partner-Seeking Online Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
(Springer, 2011)
Dating is a normative behavior for youth, yet few studies have examined the relationship between romantic partner-seeking and sexual behavior among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). This omission is most notable ...
Contributions of chaperone/usher systems to cell binding, biofilm formation and Yersinia pestis virulence
(2011)
Yersinia pestis genome sequencing projects have revealed six intact uncharacterized chaperone/
usher systems with the potential to play roles in plague pathogenesis. We cloned each locus and
expressed them in the Deltafim ...