The Utility of the Bering Sea and East Asia Rules in Long-Range Forecasting by Joseph S. Renken, Joshua J. Herman, Travis R. Bradshaw, Patrick S. Market, Anthony R. Lupo

“…Using the National Center for Atmospheric Research/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCAR/NCEP) reanalyses and the daily Pacific North American (PNA) index values from the Climate Prediction Center from 1 January 1950 to 31 December 2016, the utility of the Bering Sea Rule (BSR) and the East Asia Rule (EAR) for making forecasts in the two-to-four-week time frame for the central USA region is examined. …”
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Third Trimester Lower Extremity Lymphorrhea by Kaori Morimoto, Luke O’Rourke

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Species-specific mercury speciation in billfishes and its implications for food safety monitoring and dietary advice by Anaïs Médieu, David Point, Valérie Allain, Nathalie Bodin, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte, Zahirah Dhurmeea, Matthieu Waeles, Laure Laffont, Antoine Le Gohalen, François Roupsard, Anne Lorrain

“…Yet, no matter the species, the frequency of recommended weekly billfish meals decreased with increasing fish size, given that mercury naturally accumulates over time. …”
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Impact of Methamphetamine Abuse: A Rare Case of Rapid Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with Review of Literature by James Fowler, Brian Fiani, Syed A. Quadri, Vladimir Cortez, Mudassir Frooqui, Atif Zafar, Fahad Shabbir Ahmed, Asad Ikram, Anirudh Ramachandran, Javed Siddiqi

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Extending Satellite Predictions of Coral Disease Outbreak Risk to Non-Seasonal Coral Reef Regions by Momoe Yoshida, Scott F. Heron

“…Percentile-based metric thresholds were defined from seasonal equivalents in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and tested in seasonal and non-seasonal coral reef regions of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Between new and existing methodologies, median differences of 0.00 °C (thresholds) and 0.00 °C-weeks (metrics) for Hot Snap and Cold Snap; and 0.01 °C (threshold) and −0.17 °C-weeks (metric) for Winter Condition were observed among reef pixels of the GBR. …”
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Colchicine Does Not Reduce Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth in a Mouse Model by James Phie, Shivshankar Thanigaimani, Pacific Huynh, Raghuveeran Anbalagan, Corey S. Moran, Robert Kinobe, Joseph V. Moxon, Matt A. Field, Smriti M. Krishna, Jonathan Golledge

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Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan’s Lay Judge System by David T. Johnson

“…In September, a lay judge panel in Tokyo evaluated the contradictory claims of medical experts and endured two weeks of frenzied media coverage before convicting actor Oshio Manabu and sentencing him to two-and-one-half years in prison for failing to call an ambulance to aid Tanaka Kaori, who died of an overdose of Ecstasy (MDMA) that Oshio had given her when they met to have sex in a Roppongi apartment (prosecutors wanted a six-year sentence). …”
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Twelve-Month Retention in and Impact of Enhance®Fitness on Older Adults in Hawai‘i by Michiyo Tomioka, Kathryn L. Braun, Yan Yan Wu, Kay Holt, Paula Keele, Lori Tsuhako, Johnny Yago

“…On average, participants attended 63.7% of thrice-weekly classes each month. Participants’ physical performance measures improved after 4 months, continued to improve until 8 months, and were maintained thereafter. …”
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Socio-Demographic and Lifestyle Factors Influencing Adherence to AntiHypertensive Treatment in a Rural Area of Ludhiana, India by Sangeeta Girdhar, ,Mahesh Satija, Daljit Kaur, .Anurag Chaudhary

“…The patients who took medication for less than 80% of week (?5days) were considered as non adherent. …”
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The Effect of Rosuvastatin on a murine model of deep vein thrombosis by Megan E. Barney, Shenghao Zhou, Anh Le-Cook, Naly Setthavongsack, Gabriel Nager, Jennifer M. Loftis, Randy L. Woltjer, Monica Hinds, Khanh P. Nguyen

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