M. Yousuf A. Mollah, William J. Adams, Robert Schennach, David L. Cocke
This paper presents a focused review of cement–superplasticizer interactions. It has been concluded from the survey of the literature that cement–superplasticizer interactions are generally preceded by the adsorption of superplasticizers on the hydrating cement particles. However, the mechanisms of ...
Daniel A. Friess, Erik S. Yando, Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla, Janine B. Adams et al.
Mangrove forests are found along the shorelines of more than 100 countries, and provide a wide range of ecosystem services that support the livelihoods and wellbeing of tens of millions of people. Despite their importance, loss of global mangrove area has been so substantial that twelve years ago ac...
Xin Wang, You Li, Maria Deloria Knoll, Shabir A. Madhi et al.
BACKGROUND: Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs associated with human metapneumovirus in children, and no licensed vaccines or drugs exist for human metapneumovirus infectio...
M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah et al.
High-precision measurements by the ATLAS Collaboration are presented of inclusive W + + , W - - and Z / * ( = e, ) Drell-Yan production cross sections at the LHC. The data were collected in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb -1 . Differential W + and W - cr...
Lisa M Force, Jonathan M Kocarnik, Miranda L May, Kayleigh Bhangdia et al.
Background Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. Accurate cancer burden information is crucial for policy planning, but many countries lack up-to-date cancer surveillance data. To inform global cancer-control efforts, we used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GB...
Sorin Istrail, Granger G. Sutton, Liliana Florea, Aaron L. Halpern et al.
We report a whole-genome shotgun assembly (called WGSA) of the human genome generated at Celera in 2001. The Celera-generated shotgun data set consisted of 27 million sequencing reads organized in pairs by virtue of end-sequencing 2-kbp, 10-kbp, and 50-kbp inserts from shotgun clone libraries. The q...
Jane Cunningham, Epco Hasker, Pradeep Das, Sayda El Safi et al.
BACKGROUND: Poor access to diagnosis stymies control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can be performed in peripheral health settings. However, there are many brands available and published reports of variable accuracy. METHODS: Commercial VL RDTs conta...
Jennifer Hall, Nadine Hack Adams, Linda Bartlett, Anna C. Seale et al.
Background. Infections such as group B Streptococcus (GBS) are an important cause of maternal sepsis, yet limited data on epidemiology exist. This article, the third of 11, estimates the incidence of maternal GBS disease worldwide.
M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham, M. Ackermann, J. Adams et al.
We present an improved event-level likelihood formalism for including neutrino telescope data in global fits to new physics. We derive limits on spin-dependent dark matterproton scattering by employing the new formalism in a re-analysis of data from the 79-string IceCube search for dark matter annih...
Jason E. Buick, Ian R. Drennan, Damon C. Scales, Steven C. Brooks et al.
Background Considerable effort has gone into improving outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Studies suggest that survival is improving; however, prior studies had insufficient data to pursue the relationship between markers of guideline compliance and temporal trends. The objective o...
Ian Heywood, I. Rammala, F. Camilo, W. D. Cotton et al.
Abstract The inner ∼200 pc region of the Galaxy contains a 4 million M ⊙ supermassive black hole (SMBH), significant quantities of molecular gas, and star formation and cosmic-ray energy densities that are roughly two orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding levels in the Galactic disk. At ...
Attila N. Lázár, D. Clarke, Helen Adams, Abdur Akanda et al.
Coastal Bangladesh experiences significant poverty and hazards today and is highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change over the coming decades. Coastal stakeholders are demanding information to assist in the decision making processes, including simulation models to explore how different i...
Mohammed Eslam, Jian‐Gao Fan, Ming‐Lung Yu, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong et al.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects over one-fourth of the global adult population and is the leading cause of liver disease worldwide. To address this, the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) has created clinical practice guidelines focused ...
Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár, Andrew Allan et al.
Deltas provide diverse ecosystem services and benefits for their populations. At the same time, deltas are also recognised as one of the most vulnerable coastal environments, with a range of drivers operating at multiple scales, from global climate change and sea-level rise to deltaic-scale subsiden...
Melanie Kandelaars Polygravia, Mark Smith, Mary Paden, Peter Laban et al.
The importance of groundwater in social and economic development is easily overlooked. Its value in the economy and in economic development is frequently underestimated when policy makers in governments, business investors or local farmers and communities assume that the springs, wells and boreholes...