Temporal changes in lead levels in common tern feathers in New York and relationship of field levels to adverse effects in the laboratory

Thirteen populations of Sorghum halepense, Johnson grass, were sampled from fields in Ontario, Canada, and Ohio and New York, United States. Only four of these populations were reported to overwinter as rhizomes. The morphology, phenology, resource allocation patterns, and growth of seedling and mature plants of the overwintering and the non-overwintering populations were compared. Field-collected specimens from the nonoverwintering populations had wider culms and leaves and larger seeds and inflorescences. Analysis of material grown in a 5-month greenhouse trial indicated similar differences. Greenhouse plants from the nonoverwintering populations were also characterized by greater percent emergence, larger and faster growing seedlings, earlier flowering, larger culms and seeds, greater reproductive dry weight per plant, and about 1/10th the rhizome dry weight of overwintering plants. Differences between populations within a biotype were evident for both biotypes, although there was little within-population variation, except in rhizome production, where certain individuals of some nonoverwintering populations did not produce extended rhizomes. Among the five enzymes which were examined electrophoretically, only one, phosphoglucomutase (PGM), showed variable isozyme patterns. No differences in enzyme patterns were apparent between the overwintering and the nonoverwintering biotypes. The relationship of the nonoverwintering populations to the cultivated species, Sorghum bicolor and S. almum, an introgressant between S. halepense and S. bicolor, is discussed.

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Relationship of Blood Pressure to Blood Lead Concentrations in Small Children

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.63.4.674 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 674-676

Author(s):

Ramesh C. Jhaveri ◽

Lorenzo Lavorgna ◽

Shiv K. Dube ◽

Leonard Glass ◽

Farida Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Clinical Symptoms ◽

Medical Center ◽

Blood Lead ◽

Elevated Blood ◽

Small Children ◽

Lead Levels ◽

Jewish Hospital ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Infants And Young Children

Elevated blood lead concentrations are associated with a variety of pathophysiologic changes in both children and adults, even in the absence of clinical symptoms. Although hypertension has been described in adults with elevated blood lead concentrations,1 there have been no systematic studies in infants and children in which lead levels were correlated with blood pressure measurements. In the present study, blood lead concentrations of greater than 40 µg/dl were associated with blood pressure elevations in infants and young children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty-four patients, age 1 to 3 years, who were referred to the Special Lead Clinic of the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn because of blood lead levels of more than 40 µg/dl were subjects of the study.

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Aminophylline Therapy Does Not Improve Outcome and Increases Adverse Effects in Children Hospitalized With Acute Asthmatic Exacerbations

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.93.2.205 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 93 (2) ◽

pp. 205-210

Author(s):

Raphael E. Strauss ◽

David L. Wertheim ◽

Vincent R. Bonagura ◽

David J. Valacer

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Hospital Admissions ◽

Peak Flow ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Time Interval ◽

Double Blind ◽

Flow Rates ◽

Duration Of Hospitalization

Objective. To evaluate the effects of aminophylline (Am) in children hospitalized with asthma. Methods. Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Subjects were children between the ages of 5 and 18 years admitted for asthma exacerbation to either a tertiary care children's hospital or an innercity general hospital in New York. Exclusion criteria were admission to the intensive care unit, initial theophylline level > 5 µg/dL, or the presence of other systemic disorders. All patients received nebulized albuterol therapy and intravenous glucocorticosteroids in standardized doses. Thirty-one patients were randomized to receive either an Am bolus followed by continuous Am infusion or placebo (P) bolus and infusion. The outcome variables were: duration of hospitalization, percent of predicted peak expiratory flow rates recorded at 12-hour intervals, number of albuterol treatments required, and adverse effects. Results. There were no significant differences at study entry in age, sex, race, number of previous hospital admissions, prior medications used, clinical symptom scores, or initial peak flow rates for the two groups. For 26 patients who completed this study, 15 patients in the P group were hospitalized for a mean duration of 2.33 ± 1.3 days, whereas 11 patients in the Am group required 2.58 ± 1.5 days. There were no significant differences between the two groups for hospital days, peak flow rates at any time interval, or amount of albuterol therapy required (P > .2). In the Am group, 6 of the 14 patients who entered the study experienced significant adverse effects consisting of nausea, emesis, headache, abdominal pain, and palpitations. Only 1 of 17 patients in the P group had an adverse effect (P <. 05). Conclusions. There is no benefit and considerable risk of adverse effects associated with the use of Am in hospitalized asthmatic children.

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Geographic Analysis of Blood Lead Levels in New York State Children Born 1994–1997

Environmental Health Perspectives ◽

10.1289/ehp.7053 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 112 (15) ◽

pp. 1577-1582 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Valerie B. Haley ◽

Thomas O. Talbot

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York State ◽

Blood Lead ◽

Blood Lead Levels ◽

York State ◽

Geographic Analysis ◽

Lead Levels

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Genome-Assisted Development of a Diagnostic Protocol for Distinguishing High Virulence Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Strains

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-08-14-0833-re ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 99 (4) ◽

pp. 527-534 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lisa A. Jones ◽

Surya Saha ◽

Alan Collmer ◽

Christine D. Smart ◽

Magdalen Lindeberg

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Pseudomonas Syringae ◽

Genome Comparison ◽

Type Iii Effectors ◽

Type Iii ◽

Host Interaction ◽

Group I ◽

Virulent Strains ◽

High Virulence ◽

Relationship Of

A severe outbreak of bacterial speck of tomato, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, occurred in central New York in 2009. Isolate 09150, collected from this outbreak and subsequently named NYS-T1, was found to be highly virulent on tomato. To better understand the relationship of 09150 to other P. syringae strains and develop a diagnostic assay for aggressive strains of this pathogen, the 09150 genome was sequenced. Genome comparison revealed it to be highly similar to a previously sequenced isolate, T1. Genetic factors linked to host interaction including type III effectors, toxin biosynthetic genes, and elicitors of host innate immunity were identified. Type III effector repertoires were compared with other strains in the high virulence T1-like subgroup and lower virulence DC3000/P. syringae pv. maculicola subgroup within P. syringae phylogenetic Group I. Primers for conventional PCR were developed using sequences for avrA, hopW, conserved in the former subgroup and hopN, present in the latter. These were tested on isolates in the two subgroups, other pseudomonads, and other bacterial pathogens of tomato. Primers developed for avaA and hopW were diagnostic for more virulent strains of P. syringae pv. tomato while primers for hopN were diagnostic for P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and related P. syringe pv. maculicola strains. Primers designed against hopR distinguished both of these P. syringae subgroups from other P. syringae strains.

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Comparative study of Pelvi-calyceal system and relationship of structures at hilum of kidney between Nepalese and North Americans

Journal of Gandaki Medical College-Nepal ◽

10.3126/jgmcn.v12i2.27151 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 10-16

Author(s):

P. Baral ◽

S. Koju ◽

R. Shrestha ◽

S. Kumar ◽

R. Baidya

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Renal Artery ◽

Renal Pelvis ◽

Renal Vein ◽

Medical College ◽

North Americans ◽

Pelvicalyceal System ◽

Renal Hilum ◽

The Common ◽

Relationship Of

Introduction: Pelvi-calyceal system consists of renal pelvis along with major and minor calyces.The minor calyces unite with their neighbors two or three chambers to form the major calyces. The major calyces drain into the infundibula. The renal pelvis is formed from the junction of the infundibula. The common pattern of arrangement of structures at the renal hilum, antero-poteriorly is renal vein, renal artery and pelvis. Objectives: To compare the study of pelvi-calyceal system and relationship of structures at hilum of kidney between Nepalese and North Americans. Methodology: The gross and prosected kidney specimens were studied for pelvi-calyceal system and relationship of structures at hilum of kidney in Anatomy department. In Nepal, the study was undertaken in Gandaki Medical College, Kaski and in USA, it was done in Well-cornel University, New York. Result: Tricalyceal major calyx were found in 63.8% in Nepalese and Bicalyceal were found in 65.6% North Americans which is statistically significant variations. The number of minor calyces and pyramids varying 6 in Nepalese and 9 in North Americans were also statistically significant (p<0.05). The arrangement of structures at hilum of kidney from anterior to posterior(renal vein, artery and pelvis) in Nepalese and North American kidneys was 86.1% and 62.5% respectively whereas the structures arranged as renal artery, vein and pelvis from anterior to posterior was 13.9% and 37.5% . Conclusion: There are significant variations in pelvicalyceal system and relations of structures at hilum of kidneys of Nepalese and North-Americans.

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