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1. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Clinical Trial Using a Second-Generation Duolith SD1 Low-Intensity Shockwave Machine in Males with Vascular Erectile Dysfunction

Author

Eric Chung, William Bailey, and Juan Wang

Subjects
erectile dysfunction, extracorporeal shockwave therapy, patient satisfaction, penile erection, Medicine, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction rates of low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy LIESWT) in men with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) using Duolith SD1 machine. Materials and Methods: This prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial included 60 men who were randomly assigned to LIESWT (n=30, active group) or placebo (n=30) over 6 weeks. Patient demographics, change in International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)-5, Erection Hardness Score (EHS) and Erectile Dysfunction Inventory of Treatment Satisfaction (EDITS) scores, and an overall satisfaction score (on a 5-point scale), were recorded. All patients were reviewed at 1, 3, and 6 months after completion of therapy. Results: There were 21 (70%) patients in the LIESWT group and 3 (10%) patients in the placebo group who had a 5-point or greater increase in IIEF-5 score (p=0.018). At 6-month study period, the mean IIEF-5 score was 18.8 (standard deviation [SD], 3.8) in the LIESWT group versus 14.8 (SD, 3.6) in the placebo group, difference in means between groups was 4.0 (95% confidence interval, 2.1–5.9; p

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2023
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2. Generating geologically realistic 3D reservoir facies models using deep learning of sedimentary architecture with generative adversarial networks

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Tuan-Feng Zhang, Peter Tilke, Emilien Dupont, Ling-Chen Zhu, Lin Liang, and William Bailey

Subjects
Geological facies, Geomodeling, Data conditioning, Generative adversarial networks, Science, Petrology, QE420-499
Abstract

Abstract This paper proposes a novel approach for generating 3-dimensional complex geological facies models based on deep generative models. It can reproduce a wide range of conceptual geological models while possessing the flexibility necessary to honor constraints such as well data. Compared with existing geostatistics-based modeling methods, our approach produces realistic subsurface facies architecture in 3D using a state-of-the-art deep learning method called generative adversarial networks (GANs). GANs couple a generator with a discriminator, and each uses a deep convolutional neural network. The networks are trained in an adversarial manner until the generator can create “fake” images that the discriminator cannot distinguish from “real” images. We extend the original GAN approach to 3D geological modeling at the reservoir scale. The GANs are trained using a library of 3D facies models. Once the GANs have been trained, they can generate a variety of geologically realistic facies models constrained by well data interpretations. This geomodelling approach using GANs has been tested on models of both complex fluvial depositional systems and carbonate reservoirs that exhibit progradational and aggradational trends. The results demonstrate that this deep learning-driven modeling approach can capture more realistic facies architectures and associations than existing geostatistical modeling methods, which often fail to reproduce heterogeneous nonstationary sedimentary facies with apparent depositional trend.

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2019
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3. Effect of beta-blockers on exacerbation rate and lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Sean Duffy, Robert Marron, Helen Voelker, Richard Albert, John Connett, William Bailey, Richard Casaburi, J. Allen Cooper, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Mark Dransfield, MeiLan K. Han, Barry Make, Nathaniel Marchetti, Fernando Martinez, Stephen Lazarus, Dennis Niewoehner, Paul D. Scanlon, Frank Sciurba, Steven Scharf, Robert M. Reed, George Washko, Prescott Woodruff, Charlene McEvoy, Shawn Aaron, Don Sin, Gerard J. Criner, and the NIH COPD Clinical Research Network and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Subjects
COPD, Exacerbation, Beta-blocker, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779
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Abstract Background Beta-blockers are commonly prescribed for patients with cardiovascular disease. Providers have been wary of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with beta-blockers due to concern for bronchospasm, but retrospective studies have shown that cardio-selective beta-blockers are safe in COPD and possibly beneficial. However, these benefits may reflect symptom improvements due to the cardiac effects of the medication. The purpose of this study is to evaluate associations between beta-blocker use and both exacerbation rates and longitudinal measures of lung function in two well-characterized COPD cohorts. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 1219 participants with over 180 days of follow up from the STATCOPE trial, which excluded most cardiac comorbidities, and from the placebo arm of the MACRO trial. Primary endpoints were exacerbation rates per person-year and change in spirometry over time in association with beta blocker use. Results Overall 13.9% (170/1219) of participants reported taking beta-blockers at enrollment. We found no statistically significant differences in exacerbation rates with respect to beta-blocker use regardless of the prevalence of cardiac comorbidities. In the MACRO cohort, patients taking beta-blockers had an exacerbation rate of 1.72/person-year versus a rate of 1.71/person-year in patients not taking beta-blockers. In the STATCOPE cohort, patients taking beta-blockers had an exacerbation rate of 1.14/person-year. Patients without beta-blockers had an exacerbation rate of 1.34/person-year. We found no detrimental effect of beta blockers with respect to change in lung function over time. Conclusion We found no evidence that beta-blocker use was unsafe or associated with worse pulmonary outcomes in study participants with moderate to severe COPD.

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2017
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4. Busting the Baby Teeth Myth and Increasing Children’s Consumption of Tap Water: Building Public Will for Children’s Oral Health in Colorado

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Wyatt C. Hornsby, William Bailey, Patricia A. Braun, Karl Weiss, and James Heichelbech

Subjects
oral health, behavior change intervention, sugary drinks, fruit juice, early childhood caries, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract

QuestionCan a multifaceted statewide communications campaign motivate behavior change in low-income Colorado families to limit children’s fruit juice consumption and increase children’s consumption of tap water to prevent tooth decay?PurposeCaries is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting 40% of kindergartners and 55% of third graders in Colorado. Frequent consumption of 100% fruit juice is linked to childhood caries. The purpose of this campaign, “Cavities Get Around,” was to motivate families to limit children’s fruit juice consumption and increase consumption of tap water to protect baby teeth from caries, while also building public will for children’s oral health.MethodsThe campaign included targeted media, promotores/organizers, and family education. We focused on fruit juice because audience research showed many families view fruit juice as healthy, and it is also a common beverage among young children up to age of 6 years. We also focused on low-socioeconomic status families because data show higher childhood tooth decay rates in this population. To evaluate progress, we conducted identical pre- and post-surveys, each of 600 random low-income parents contacted by landline, mobile telephone, and Internet, allowing for comparative data.ResultsSignificant progress was achieved compared to 2014 baseline results. Findings from a November 2015 statewide survey of parents included the following: (1) 22-point increase from 2014 in percentage of children regularly drinking tap water (from 41 to 63%). (2) 29-point decrease from 2014 in percentage of respondents who considered fruit juice consumption important to their child’s health and nutritional needs (from 72 to 43%). (3) 19-point reduction in fruit juice consumption among young children (from 66% in 2014 to 47% in 2015). (4) 6-point reduction in percentage of parents considering baby teeth “less important” than adult teeth (from 21% in 2014 to 15% in 2015). The campaign also played a role in new state rules prohibiting childcare centers from serving sugar-sweetened beverages and capping 100% juice to twice per week.ConclusionThe campaign development, strategies, and evaluation results are instructive for others working on health promotion, childhood nutrition, and education interventions.

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2017
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6. A Survey of Methods for Gas-Lift Optimization

Author

Kashif Rashid, William Bailey, and Benoît Couët

Subjects
Electronic computers. Computer science, QA75.5-76.95
Abstract

This paper presents a survey of methods and techniques developed for the solution of the continuous gas-lift optimization problem over the last two decades. These range from isolated single-well analysis all the way to real-time multivariate optimization schemes encompassing all wells in a field. While some methods are clearly limited due to their neglect of treating the effects of inter-dependent wells with common flow lines, other methods are limited due to the efficacy and quality of the solution obtained when dealing with large-scale networks comprising hundreds of difficult to produce wells. The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the approaches developed and to highlight the challenges that remain.

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2012
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7. The Impact and Interaction Effects of Prerequisite Course Type on Quantitative Research Methods Performance after Controlling for Mathematics Anxiety, Statistics Anxiety, and Task Presentation/Performance

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Dee William Bailey

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Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study is to determine the impact of prerequisite course type on student final quantitative research methods final grade after controlling for mathematics anxiety, statistics anxiety, and task presentation/performance. The additional purpose is to determine if there are significant interaction effects for mathematics anxiety, statistics anxiety, and task presentation/performance on the relationship between prerequisite course type and student final quantitative research methods final grade. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework for this study is based on attentional control theory. Within attentional control theory, the goal-directed attentional system, which allows people to keep their attention on a particular goal, is impaired when people experience a threat-related anxiety. Additionally, when threat-related stimuli are encountered and anxiety is experienced, it not only impairs the goal-directed attentional system, but shifts (increases) control to the stimulus-driven attentional system. Methodology: Secondary data for eight quantitative research methods psychology courses was investigated to determine if there were significant relationships and interactions for: mathematics anxiety, statistics anxiety, task presentation/performance, and prerequisite course type with the dependent variable final course grade. Findings and Conclusion: This study found that there were no significant correlations or interactions between all four predictor variables and the dependent variable of final course grade. Recommendations: For further investigation, it is recommended that an interval/ratio dependent variable is used for the purpose of analyzing the data with a parametric statistical test. Also, it is recommended that a physiological measure of anxiety, such as cortisol levels, should be used in conjunction with self-report measures of anxiety. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Published
2022

10. Vicarious Calibration of the Long Near Infrared Band: Cross-Sensor Differences in Sensitivity

Author

Sean William Bailey and Bryan Alden Franz

Subjects
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Abstract

Numerous assumptions and approximations are employed when translating satellite-derived radiance to surface remote sensing reflectance (RRS) for ocean color applications. Among these is the vicarious calibration coefficient (g) of the “long” near infrared band (NIRL) used for atmospheric correction. For this band, the prelaunch calibration has always been deemed sufficient [thus g(NIRL) = 1.00] as long as other bands are vicariously calibrated. Recent research, however, suggests that Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Aqua RRS time series is quite sensitive to g(NIRL) (and associated vicarious gains in other bands). In this work, we assessed the sensitivity of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (VIIRS/SNPP) RRS to NIRL calibration and compared our results to previous MODIS/Aqua and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor onboard OrbView2 (SeaWiFS)/OrbView2 analysis. In doing so, we note that g(NIRL) sensitivities of mission-averaged RRS time series are lower for VIIRS and Sea-WiFS, relative to MODIS. At the scale of monthly climatologies (MCs), however, all sensors show prominent g(NIRL) sensitivity with that of SeaWiFS being the most substantial. These findings informed simulation analyses, whereby we identified signal-tonoise ratio (SNR) and radiant path geometry, as well as their interaction, as having notable impacts on g(NIRL) sensitivity. As such, g(NIRL) sensitivity is a necessary consideration for reflectance uncertainty budgets, especially for sensors with higher NIR SNR or particular prevailing radiant path geometries. Given the geometry components embedded within g(NIRL) sensitivity, such studies should be coupled with cross-sensor intercalibrations [e.g., using simultaneous same view (SSV) measurements] toward minimizing NIRL errors between satellite instruments, but such efforts will not completely remediate remaining cross-sensor biases in RRS. Index Terms—Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Aqua, ocean color, ocean gyres, Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor onboard OrbView2 (SeaWiFS), system vicarious calibration (SVC), Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (VIIRS/SNPP).

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2022
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11. Process development of a SARS-CoV-2 nanoparticle vaccine

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Diandra Martinez-Cano, Rashmi Ravichandran, Huong Le, H. Edward Wong, Bharat Jagannathan, Erik J. Liu, William Bailey, Jane Yang, Kelli Matthies, Hedieh Barkhordarian, Bhavana Shah, Nithya Srinivasan, Jun Zhang, Angel Hsu, Jette Wypych, Jennitte Stevens, Deirdre Murphy Piedmonte, Les P. Miranda, Lauren Carter, Michael Murphy, Neil P. King, and Neil Soice

Subjects
Bioengineering, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry
Published
2023
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12. Clinical Markers Associated With Risk of Suicide or Drug Overdose Among Individuals With Smoking Exposure

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Brigid A. Adviento, Elizabeth A. Regan, Barry J. Make, MeiLan K. Han, Marilyn G. Foreman, Anand S. Iyer, Surya P. Bhatt, Victor Kim, Jessica Bon, Xavier Soler, Gregory L. Kinney, Nicola A. Hanania, Katherine E. Lowe, Kristen E. Holm, Abebaw M. Yohannes, Gen Shinozaki, Karin F. Hoth, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Terri H. Beaty, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael H. Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel El Boueiz, Auyon Ghosh, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Wonji Kim, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Dmitry Prokopenko, Matthew Moll, Jarrett Morrow, Dandi Qiao, Aabida Saferali, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Emily S. Wan, Jeong Yun, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell, Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Matthew Strand, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Aastha Khatiwada, Erin Austin, Gregory Kinney, Kendra A. Young, Alejandro A. Diaz, Barry Make, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Eric L. Flenaugh, Hirut Gebrekristos, Mario Ponce, Silanath Terpenning, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, and Harjinder Singh

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Published
2023
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13. Flow Control Valve Valuation and Value of Information under Uncertainty

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William Bailey and Michael Prange

Subjects
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Abstract

Summary An analysis is presented that quantifies the value-adding brought to a well by installing downhole flow control valves (FCVs) in a reservoir with uncertainties represented by multiple equiprobable realizations, two aquifer strengths, and three oil/water contacts (OWCs). The complexity of the model makes nonintuitive its response to FCV adjustment. From an openhole (OH) baseline net present value (NPV), it was possible to extract specific value-adding for the following, nonadjustable valves, the ability to adjust the valve, and how future information can add further value. The issue of measurement bin size is discussed, and the implication of making them too large, or too small, is described. Finally value erosion due to valve failure is also addressed. The solution presented used dynamic programming (DP), which was validated against a full enumeration of the problem using reservoir simulation. Approaches to proxies to traverse the (potentially large) decision space are also discussed.

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2023
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14. T3 Transection as a Mouse Model of Bowel Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury

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Olivia Wireman, Gabrielle Hammers, Ellie Sams, Felicia Marino, William Bailey, Samir Patel, and John Gensel

Subjects
Physiology
Abstract

Bowel dysfunction, in the form of constipation and/or incontinence, is one of the most prevalent and life-impacting co-morbidities associated with spinal cord injury (SCI) with no long- term treatment available. The extent to which SCI-induced changes in the colon (e.g. inflammation, fibrosis, and reduced enteric neuron density) cause progressive dysfunction is understudied. There remains a significant unmet need to develop strategies to prevent or reverse bowel dysfunction after SCI. This need remains, in part, due to the lack of a mouse model which recapitulates the human condition. We hypothesized that a T3 spinal transection in mice would trigger bowel dysfunction alongside early colonic inflammation and downstream remodeling of the colon musculature as seen in both humans and rats after SCI. Bowel dysfunction was defined as increased number of fecal pellets within the colon, smaller pellet size, and decreased water content in the stool. The number of fecal pellets within the colon increased significantly in animals receiving SCI compared to sham (laminectomy only) injuries by 4 days post injury (dpi) and persisted to 21dpi. Furthermore, fecal pellet size was significantly decreased in the SCI animals at 21dpi and trended toward decreased water content. Together, these functional measurements are indicative of chronic bowel dysfunction after T3 transection. We next molecularly interrogated whole colon tissue for inflammatory cytokine levels and found increased levels of IFN-γ at 4 dpi but not at 21dpi and found increased collagen deposition in the colonic musculature at both 4 and 21 dpi in the SCI versus sham animals. The acute spike in INF-γ and deposition of collagen after injury are consistent with our hypothesis that T3 transection causes acute inflammation followed by remodeling of the colon wall. Establishing this mouse model will enable further interrogation of cell-type specific responses and signaling pathways using transgenic models. T32 Fellowship in Physiology (GM118292) and T32 Fellowship Neurobiology of CNS Injury & Repair (5T32 NS077889) This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.

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2023
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15. Clinically Significant and Comorbid Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Predict Severe Respiratory Exacerbations in Smokers: A Post Hoc Analysis of the COPDGene and SPIROMICS Cohorts

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Anand S. Iyer, Trisha M. Parekh, Jacqueline O’Toole, Surya P. Bhatt, Michelle N. Eakin, Jerry A. Krishnan, Abebaw M. Yohannes, Prescott G. Woodruff, Christopher B. Cooper, Richard E. Kanner, Nicola A. Hanania, Mark T. Dransfield, Elizabeth A. Regan, Karin F. Hoth, Victor Kim, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dmitry Prokopenko, Dandi Qiao, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Huries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell, Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, James C. Ross, Raul San José Estépar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Matt Strand, Gregory Kinney, Kendra A. Young, Jessica Bon, Alejandro A. Diaz, Barry Make, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Xavier Soler, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Los Angeles, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, and Harjinder Singh

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Comorbid anxiety, business.industry, Internal medicine, Post-hoc analysis, Medicine, Respiratory system, business, Depressive symptoms
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2022
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18. The Association Between Lung Hyperinflation and Coronary Artery Disease in Smokers

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Divay Chandra, Aman Gupta, Gregory L. Kinney, Carl R. Fuhrman, Joseph K. Leader, Alejandro A. Diaz, Jessica Bon, R. Graham Barr, George Washko, Matthew Budoff, John Hokanson, Frank C. Sciurba, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Adel R. Boueiz, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dmitry Prokopenko, Dandi Qiao, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Harvey O. Coxson, Teresa Gray, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Jim Crooks, Douglas Everett, Camille Moore, null Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Surya Bhatt, Carlos Martinez, Susan Murray, Xavier Soler, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Michael E. DeBakey, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Eugene Berkowitz, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya P. Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Carlos H. Martinez, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

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Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronary Artery Disease, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, COPD: Original Research, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, FEV1/FVC ratio, 0302 clinical medicine, Functional residual capacity, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Lung volumes, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Lung, Subclinical infection, COPD, business.industry, Smoking, Organ Size, Middle Aged, respiratory system, medicine.disease, Coronary Vessels, United States, Respiratory Function Tests, respiratory tract diseases, Airway Obstruction, Plethysmography, Biological Variation, Population, Pulmonary Emphysema, 030228 respiratory system, Asymptomatic Diseases, Cohort, Cardiology, Airway Remodeling, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Smokers manifest varied phenotypes of pulmonary impairment. RESEARCH QUESTION: Which pulmonary phenotypes are associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in smokers? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: We analyzed data from the University of Pittsburgh COPD Specialized Center for Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) cohort (n = 481) and the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) cohort (n = 2,580). Participants were current and former smokers with > 10 pack-years of tobacco exposure. Data from the two cohorts were analyzed separately because of methodologic differences. Lung hyperinflation was assessed by plethysmography in the SCCOR cohort and by inspiratory and expiratory CT scan lung volumes in the COPDGene cohort. Subclinical CAD was assessed as the coronary artery calcium score, whereas clinical CAD was defined as a self-reported history of CAD or myocardial infarction (MI). Analyses were performed in all smokers and then repeated in those with airflow obstruction (FEV(1) to FVC ratio, < 0.70). RESULTS: Pulmonary phenotypes, including airflow limitation, emphysema, lung hyperinflation, diffusion capacity, and radiographic measures of airway remodeling, showed weak to moderate correlations (r < 0.7) with each other. In multivariate models adjusted for pulmonary phenotypes and CAD risk factors, lung hyperinflation was the only phenotype associated with calcium score, history of clinical CAD, or history of MI (per 0.2 higher expiratory and inspiratory CT scan lung volume; coronary calcium: OR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5; P = .02; clinical CAD: OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.3; P = .01; and MI in COPDGene: OR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.0-2.8; P = .05). FEV(1) and emphysema were associated with increased risk of CAD (P < .05) in models adjusted for CAD risk factors; however, these associations were attenuated on adjusting for lung hyperinflation. Results were the same in those with airflow obstruction and were present in both cohorts. INTERPRETATION: Lung hyperinflation is associated strongly with clinical and subclinical CAD in smokers, including those with airflow obstruction. After lung hyperinflation was accounted for, FEV(1) and emphysema no longer were associated with CAD. Subsequent studies should consider measuring lung hyperinflation and examining its mechanistic role in CAD in current and former smokers.

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2021
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19. Verortungen / Entortungen: Urbane Klangräume

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Melanie Albrecht, Rinus van Alebeek, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Roger Behrens, Jonas Engelmann, Gerald Fiebig, Susann Jehnichen, Stefan Militzer, Udo Noll, Marcus Quent, Michael Wehren

Published
2015

22. Prevalence of abnormal spirometry in individuals with a smoking history and no known obstructive lung disease

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Thuonghien V. Tran, Gregory L. Kinney, Alejandro Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, Arianne K. Baldomero, A. James Mamary, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Nicola Hanania, Richard Casaburi, Kendra A. Young, Victor Kim, Barry Make, Emily S. Wan, Alejandro A. Diaz, John Hokanson, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Surya P. Bhatt, Elizabeth Regan, Spyridon Fortis, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri H. Beaty, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael H. Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel El Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Auyon Ghosh, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Wonji Kim, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Dmitry Prokopenko, Matthew Moll, Jarrett Morrow, Dandi Qiao, Aabida Saferali, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Jeong Yun, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell, Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Matt Strand, Erin Austin, Gregory Kinney, Jessica Bon, Susan Murray, Xavier Soler, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush BanaeiKashani, Perry G. Pernicano, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D'Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Eric L. Flenaugh, Hirut Gebrekristos, Mario Ponce, Silanath Terpenning, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D'Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, and Harjinder Singh

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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2023
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23. Distributed Almost Stable Matchings

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Rosenbaum, William Bailey

Subjects
Mathematics, Computer science, Economics, communication complexity, computational complexity, distributed algorithms, stable marriage problem, stable matchings
Abstract

The Stable Marriage Problem (SMP) is concerned with the follow scenario: suppose we have two disjoint sets of agents—for example prospective students and colleges, medical residents and hospitals, or potential romantic partners—who wish to be matched into pairs. Each agent has preferences in the form of a ranking of her potential matches. How should we match agents based on their preferences?We say that a matching is "stable" if no unmatched pair of agents mutually prefer each other to their assigned partners. In their seminal work on the SMP, Gale and Shapley prove that a stable matching exists for any preferences. They further describe an efficient algorithm for finding a stable matching. In this dissertation, we consider the computational complexity of the SMP in the distributed setting, and the complexity of finding “almost stable” matchings. Highlights include (1) communication lower bounds for finding stable and almost stable matchings, (2) a distributed algorithm which finds an almost stable matching in poly-logarithmic time, and (3) hardness of approximation results for three dimensional analogues of the SMP.

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2016

24. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin MZ Heterozygosity Is an Endotype of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Author

Auyon J. Ghosh, Brian D. Hobbs, Matthew Moll, Aabida Saferali, Adel Boueiz, Jeong H. Yun, Frank Sciurba, Lucas Barwick, Andrew H. Limper, Kevin Flaherty, Gerard Criner, Kevin K. Brown, Robert Wise, Fernando J. Martinez, David Lomas, Peter J. Castaldi, Vincent J. Carey, Dawn L. DeMeo, Michael H. Cho, Edwin K. Silverman, Craig P. Hersh, James D. Crapo, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri H. Beaty, Adel El-Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Lystra P. Hayden, Jacqueline Hetmanski, John E. Hokanson, Wonji Kim, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Dmitry Prokopenko, Jarrett Morrow, Dandi Qiao, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Emily S. Wan, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell, Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Matt Strand, Erin Austin, Gregory Kinney, Kendra A. Young, Surya P. Bhatt, Jessica Bon, Alejandro A. Diaz, Barry Make, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Xavier Soler, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Eric L. Flenaugh, Hirut Gebrekristos, Mario Ponce, Silanath Terpenning, Gloria Westney, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Divay Chandra, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, and Harjinder Singh

Subjects
Male, Endotype, Respiratory System, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical and Health Sciences, Gastroenterology, Loss of heterozygosity, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Genotype, 80 and over, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Aetiology, Lung, Aged, 80 and over, COPD, RNA sequencing, Middle Aged, Respiratory Function Tests, medicine.anatomical_structure, Phenotype, Meta-analysis, Respiratory, Female, alpha-1 antitrypsin, Genetic Markers, Adult, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Chronic Obstructive, Heterozygote, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary disease, Pulmonary Disease, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Humans, Allele, Aged, Emphysema, COPDGene Investigators, Whole Genome Sequencing, business.industry, Original Articles, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, respiratory tract diseases, meta-analysis, alpha 1-Antitrypsin, Case-Control Studies, business
Abstract

RATIONALE: Multiple studies have demonstrated an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in heterozygous carriers of the AAT (alpha-1 antitrypsin) Z allele. However, it is not known if MZ subjects with COPD are phenotypically different from noncarriers (MM genotype) with COPD. OBJECTIVES: To assess if MZ subjects with COPD have different clinical features compared with MM subjects with COPD. METHODS: Genotypes of SERPINA1 were ascertained by using whole-genome sequencing data in three independent studies. We compared outcomes between MM subjects with COPD and MZ subjects with COPD in each study and combined the results in a meta-analysis. We performed longitudinal and survival analyses to compare outcomes in MM and MZ subjects with COPD over time. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We included 290 MZ subjects with COPD and 6,184 MM subjects with COPD across the three studies. MZ subjects had a lower FEV(1)% predicted and greater quantitative emphysema on chest computed tomography scans compared with MM subjects. In a meta-analysis, the FEV(1) was 3.9% lower (95% confidence interval [CI], −6.55% to −1.26%) and emphysema (the percentage of lung attenuation areas

Published
2021

25. Abstract P130: Inflammation-Mediated Modification Of Extracellular Matrix Generates A New Adhesive Substrate For Integrin α D β 2 -Dependent Macrophage Retention During Chronic Inflammation

Author

Cady Forgey, William Bailey, Jared Casteel, Haley Scarbrough, Eugene A Podrez, Tatiana V Byzova, and Valentin P Yakubenko

Subjects
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Abstract

The accumulation of pro-inflammatory macrophages in the inflamed vascular wall is a critical step in atherogenesis. The mechanism of macrophage retention within the site of inflammation is not understood yet. High adhesion that prevents macrophage migration is one of the potential mechanisms. We previously showed that integrin α D β 2 is upregulated on pro-inflammatory macrophages, promotes macrophage retention, and contributes to atherogenesis. However, we have not identified a key ligand for α D β 2 within the tissue, since α D β 2 does not interact with major ECM proteins, collagens, and laminins. We recently found that during acute inflammation, the oxidation of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) leads to the generation of end product carboxyethylpyrrole (CEP), which forms an adduct with fibrinogen and albumin via ε-amino group of lysines. Moreover, we revealed that macrophages adhered to CEP-modified albumin in α D β 2 -dependent manner. Now we are testing a hypothesis that DHA oxidation is a universal mechanism during chronic inflammatory diseases that promotes the generation of CEP adducts with different ECM proteins and forms α D β 2 -mediated strong anchorage of macrophages, which is critical for macrophage retention during chronic inflammation. We detected CEP-modified proteins in digested atherosclerotic lesions by western blot. In vitro DHA oxidation leads to the formation of CEP adducts with collagen IV and laminin but not with collagen I. Using α D β 2 -transfected HEK293 cells, WT and α D -/- mouse macrophages, we revealed that CEP-modified proteins support stronger cell adhesion and spreading to compare with natural macrophage ligands. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we generated mutant α D I-domains and α D β 2 -transfected cells with single amino acid substitutions. Applying protein-protein binding and adhesion assays we detected one amino acid within integrin α D , K 246 , which is critical for α D β 2 binding to CEP-modified proteins. In summary, we propose a new mechanism of macrophage retention, which is based on inflammatory modifications of ECM with DHA end-product, CEP. The identification of a binding site for CEP-modified proteins within α D β 2 will help to develop a blocking reagent for the treatment of the inflammatory component of atherosclerosis.

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2021
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26. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Clinical Trial Using a Second-Generation Duolith SD1 Low-Intensity Shockwave Machine in Males with Vascular Erectile Dysfunction

Author

Eric Chung, William Bailey, and Juan Wang

Subjects
Psychiatry and Mental health, Aging, Reproductive Medicine, Urology, Health Policy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology (medical)
Abstract

To evaluate the clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction rates of low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy LIESWT) in men with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) using Duolith SD1 machine.This prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial included 60 men who were randomly assigned to LIESWT (n=30, active group) or placebo (n=30) over 6 weeks. Patient demographics, change in International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)-5, Erection Hardness Score (EHS) and Erectile Dysfunction Inventory of Treatment Satisfaction (EDITS) scores, and an overall satisfaction score (on a 5-point scale), were recorded. All patients were reviewed at 1, 3, and 6 months after completion of therapy.There were 21 (70%) patients in the LIESWT group and 3 (10%) patients in the placebo group who had a 5-point or greater increase in IIEF-5 score (p=0.018). At 6-month study period, the mean IIEF-5 score was 18.8 (standard deviation [SD], 3.8) in the LIESWT group versus 14.8 (SD, 3.6) in the placebo group, difference in means between groups was 4.0 (95% confidence interval, 2.1-5.9; p0.001). The EHS scores were higher in the LIESWT group with a mean of greater than 1.2 across the 1, 3, and 6 months compared to the placebo group (p0.05). All patients completed the treatment study and there was no adverse event reported in terms of penile pain, bruising or deformity. There was a positive correlation between men who reported improvement in EF and treatment satisfaction level with LiESWT (p=0.008).LIESWT improves erectile function in the short-term especially in men with mild to moderate ED, and those without a cardiometabolic disease.

Published
2021

29. Emphysema Progression and Lung Function Decline Among Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin-Receptor Blockade Users in the COPDGene Cohort

Author

Vickram Tejwani, Ashraf Fawzy, Nirupama Putcha, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael H. Cho, Katherine A. Pratte, Surya P. Bhatt, David A. Lynch, Stephen M. Humphries, Gregory L. Kinney, Franco R. D’Alessio, Nadia N. Hansel, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dmitry Prokopenko, Dandi Qiao, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell, Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bramvan Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Matt Strand, Gregory Kinney, Kendra A. Young, Jessica Bon, Alejandro A. Diaz, Barry Make, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Xavier Soler, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Eric Flenaugh, Silanth Terpenning, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, KenM. Kunisaki, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, and Joel Weissfeld

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Male, Angiotensin receptor, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Vital Capacity, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Walk Test, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Forced Expiratory Volume, Medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, education, Aged, COPD, education.field_of_study, Lung, biology, business.industry, Angiotensin-converting enzyme, respiratory system, Middle Aged, Protective Factors, medicine.disease, Angiotensin II, respiratory tract diseases, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030228 respiratory system, Genetic epidemiology, Pulmonary Emphysema, Spirometry, Cohort, biology.protein, Cardiology, Disease Progression, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Lung Volume Measurements, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abstract

Background Attenuation of transforming growth factor β by blocking angiotensin II has been shown to reduce emphysema in a murine model. General population studies have demonstrated that the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) is associated with reduction of emphysema progression in former smokers and that the use of ACEis is associated with reduction of FEV1 progression in current smokers. Research Question Is use of ACEi and ARB associated with less progression of emphysema and FEV1 decline among individuals with COPD or baseline emphysema? Methods Former and current smokers from the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD Study who attended baseline and 5-year follow-up visits, did not change smoking status, and underwent chest CT imaging were included. Adjusted linear mixed models were used to evaluate progression of adjusted lung density (ALD), percent emphysema (%total lung volume Results Over 5 years of follow-up, compared with nonusers, ACEi and ARB users with COPD showed slower ALD progression (adjusted mean difference [aMD], 1.6; 95% CI, 0.34-2.9). Slowed lung function decline was not observed based on phase 1 medication (aMD of FEV1 % predicted, 0.83; 95% CI, –0.62 to 2.3), but was when analysis was limited to consistent ACEi and ARB users (aMD of FEV1 % predicted, 1.9; 95% CI, 0.14-3.6). No effect modification by smoking status was found for radiographic outcomes, and the lung function effect was more pronounced in former smokers. Results were similar among participants with baseline emphysema. Interpretation Among participants with spirometry-confirmed COPD or baseline emphysema, ACEi and ARB use was associated with slower progression of emphysema and lung function decline. Trial Registry ClinicalTrials.gov ; No.: NCT00608764; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov

Published
2020

30. The creation of an assessment tool for the analysis of two forms of heat damage in animal hair

Author

J. William Bailey, Claire Gwinnett, and Laura Wilkinson

Subjects
Microscopy, Principal Component Analysis, Materials science, Hot Temperature, 010401 analytical chemistry, Significant difference, Source type, Animal Welfare, 01 natural sciences, 0104 chemical sciences, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Heating, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Dogs, Animals, 030216 legal & forensic medicine, Composite material, Animal Fur, Microwaves, Law, Animal hair
Abstract

Animal cruelty cases can involve a variety of mistreatment to domestic animals. A common source of abuse is the use of heat sources, such as ovens, hot surfaces and microwaves. Analysis of damage to skin by a veterinarian is a key aspect of these investigations but additional information can be provided by observing the hair of the animal, including heat source type and exposure time. This study developed an objective grading system for the analysis of heat damage in hairs which can be used to quantify different damage characteristics including bubbling, discolouration, expansion of hair, fractures, changes to the medulla and scales and scale removal/melting. This grading scheme was applied to the investigation of dog (Canis familiaris) skin samples with full pelage and loose hairs exposed to microwaves and a heated environment in order to identify any distinguishing damage characteristics from the two different heated environments. Samples were exposed to a furnace for 1 min at different temperature ranges (50–350 °C with 50 °C intervals) and also a microwave at maximum power for different time periods (15, 30, 45, 60, 120, 180, 240 and 300 s). Hairs were extracted for examination using high powered light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Overall, it can be determined that the type of damage observed is influenced by the nature of heat applied and the context and substrate in which the hair is situated at the time of exposure. Using principal component analysis (PCA) it was concluded that as temperature increases in a furnace so does the severity of each of the damage characteristics observed. It can be noted that with furnace exposure, any one of the characteristics could be used to indicate the temperature to which it has been exposed. For furnace exposed samples there was no significant difference between loose or embedded hairs. PCA analysis determined that there are two independent forms of damage that occur when hairs are exposed to microwave radiation, these are: increased bubbling and discolouration in the root and increased bubbling and discolouration of the shaft and tip. Exposure time is correlated with both the root and shaft/tip observations. The results indicated some clear distinctions between heat source and exposure useful for the objective interpretation of such evidence. This standardised approach for the observation of heat damage characteristics in animal hair provides investigators with a tool to differentiate between methods of abuse, providing a greater understanding of the crime committed.

Published
2020

31. Action Research, Design Thinking

Author

William Louis Conwill and Ronald William Bailey

Subjects
Medical education, Design thinking, Action research, Psychology
Abstract

Narratives of unruly Black children in failing schools often normalize hopelessness at the expense of students. Newer, sometimes silenced voices, however, can produce counter-narratives that can lead to ecological solutions for assisting traumatized students. This is a case study of the transformation of a principal who asked, “What's wrong with these children?” to an advocate whose inquiry shifted to “What happened to these children, and what must we do to help them?” With trauma awareness and behavioral management training for her staff, improvements began. The local school board cut her successes short by changing the lock on her office door on the day before teachers returned for the Fall Semester and informed her that her services were no longer needed. What is the lesson for the consultant?

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2020
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32. Sonic Phantoms

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Barbara Ellison and Thomas Bey William Bailey

Abstract

In this book, Barbara Ellison and Thomas B. W. Bailey lay out and explore the mystifying and evanescent musical territory of‘sonic phantoms’: auditory illusions within the musical material that convey a‘phantasmatic’ presence. Structured around a large body of compositional work developed by Ellison over the past decade, sonic phantoms are revealed and illustrated as they arise through a diverse array of musical sources, materials, techniques, and compositional tools: voices (real and synthetic), field recordings, instrument manipulation, object amplification, improvisation, and recording studio techniques. Somehow inherent in all music--and perhaps in all sound--sonic phantoms lurk and stalk with the promise of mystery and elevation. We just need to conjure them.

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2020
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33. Longitudinal Phenotypes and Mortality in Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in the COPDGene Study

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Emily S. Wan, Spyridon Fortis, Elizabeth A. Regan, John Hokanson, MeiLan K. Han, Richard Casaburi, Barry J. Make, James D. Crapo, Dawn L. DeMeo, Edwin K. Silverman, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dandi Qiao, Sungho Won, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Dmitry Prokopenko, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Harvey O. Coxson, Teresa Gray, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Camille Moore, Matt Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Surya Bhatt, Jessica Bon, Barry Make, Carlos Martinez, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Xavier Soler, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Mustafa Atik, Venkata Bandi, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Arun Nachiappan, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Gregory D. N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Eugene Berkowitz, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Spirometry, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Follow up studies, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030228 respiratory system, Internal medicine, Cardiology, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prism, business
Abstract

Rationale: Increasing awareness of the prevalence and significance of Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm), alternatively known as restrictive or Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lu...

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2018
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34. Audiosphere: Sound Experimentation 1980-2020

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Alicia Pinteño, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, Manuel Borja-Villel, Francisco López, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Margie Borschke, Victor Nubla, Luis Alvarado, Guy Marc Hinant, Salomé Voegelin, Caleb Kelly, Paul Hegarty, Greg Hainge, Christoph Cox, John Oswald, Mercedes Pineda, Nuria Rodríguez, James Gussen, Jonathan Fox, Manolo García, Julio López, Alicia Pinteño, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, Manuel Borja-Villel, Francisco López, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Margie Borschke, Victor Nubla, Luis Alvarado, Guy Marc Hinant, Salomé Voegelin, Caleb Kelly, Paul Hegarty, Greg Hainge, Christoph Cox, John Oswald, Mercedes Pineda, Nuria Rodríguez, James Gussen, Jonathan Fox, Manolo García, and Julio López

Abstract

By way of a selection of hundreds of sound works, Audiosphere: Sound Experimentation 1980-2020 looks to cover an historical and cultural void in terms of the recognition, exhibition and analysis of a key part of the recent changes that have taken place in the artistic conception of sound creation. In the following catalogue, the curatorial discourse that articulates the exhibition is displayed along with some texts that affect the relevance of sound art in contemporary art and, with it, in the social field., https://www.librarystack.org/audiosphere-sound-experimentation-1980-2020/?ref=unknown

Published
2020

35. Lobar Emphysema Distribution Is Associated With 5-Year Radiological Disease Progression

Author

Adel Boueiz, Yale Chang, Michael H. Cho, George R. Washko, Raul San José Estépar, Russell P. Bowler, James D. Crapo, Dawn L. DeMeo, Jennifer G. Dy, Edwin K. Silverman, Peter J. Castaldi, James Crapo, Edwin Silverman, Barry Make, Elizabeth Regan, Terri Beaty, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Stephanie Santorico, John Hokanson, Dawn DeMeo, Nadia Hansel, Craig Hersh, Peter Castaldi, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Emily Wan, Megan Hardin, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Margaret Parker, Marilyn Foreman, Brian Hobbs, Robert Busch, Dandi Qiao, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Ferdouse Begum, Sungho Won, Sharon Lutz, David A. Lynch, Harvey O. Coxson, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul José Estépar, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Eva van Rikxoort, Bram van Ginneken, Carla G. Wilson, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Teresa Gray, Alex Kluiber, Tanya Mann, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Joyce Schroeder, Edwin Van Beek, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Anna Faino, Matt Strand, Carla Wilson, John E. Hokanson, Gregory Kinney, Kendra Young, Katherine Pratte, Lindsey Duca, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Venkata Bandi, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Arun Nachiappan, Francine Jacobson, R. Graham Barr, Byron Thomashow, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Gregory D.N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Neil MacIntyre, Lacey Washington, H. Page McAdams, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Janos Porszasz, Hans Fischer, Matthew Budoff, Harry Rossiter, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Gloria Westney, Eugene Berkowitz, Russell Bowler, David Lynch, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, J. Michael Wells, Surya Bhatt, Hrudaya Nath, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro Cornellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, MeiLan Han, Ella Kazerooni, Carlos Martinez, Joanne Billings, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Joel Weissfeld, Carl Fuhrman, Jessica Bon, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

Subjects
Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Genome-wide association study, Comorbidity, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Severity of Illness Index, Gastroenterology, 03 medical and health sciences, FEV1/FVC ratio, 0302 clinical medicine, Forced Expiratory Volume, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, COPD, Distribution (pharmacology), 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, business.industry, Middle Aged, respiratory system, medicine.disease, respiratory tract diseases, Pulmonary Emphysema, 030228 respiratory system, Genetic epidemiology, Radiological weapon, Cohort, Disease Progression, Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 5], Female, Metabolic syndrome, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9]
Abstract

Contains fulltext : 194255.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: Emphysema has considerable variability in its regional distribution. Craniocaudal emphysema distribution is an important predictor of the response to lung volume reduction. However, there is little consensus regarding how to define upper lobe-predominant and lower lobe-predominant emphysema subtypes. Consequently, the clinical and genetic associations with these subtypes are poorly characterized. METHODS: We sought to identify subgroups characterized by upper-lobe or lower-lobe emphysema predominance and comparable amounts of total emphysema by analyzing data from 9,210 smokers without alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) cohort. CT densitometric emphysema was measured in each lung lobe. Random forest clustering was applied to lobar emphysema variables after regressing out the effects of total emphysema. Clusters were tested for association with clinical and imaging outcomes at baseline and at 5-year follow-up. Their associations with genetic variants were also compared. RESULTS: Three clusters were identified: minimal emphysema (n = 1,312), upper lobe-predominant emphysema (n = 905), and lower lobe-predominant emphysema (n = 796). Despite a similar amount of total emphysema, the lower-lobe group had more severe airflow obstruction at baseline and higher rates of metabolic syndrome compared with subjects with upper-lobe predominance. The group with upper-lobe predominance had greater 5-year progression of emphysema, gas trapping, and dyspnea. Differential associations with known COPD genetic risk variants were noted. CONCLUSIONS: Subgroups of smokers defined by upper-lobe or lower-lobe emphysema predominance exhibit different functional and radiological disease progression rates, and the upper-lobe predominant subtype shows evidence of association with known COPD genetic risk variants. These subgroups may be useful in the development of personalized treatments for COPD.

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2018
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36. Technology Focus: Production and Facilities (December 2021)

Author

William Bailey

Subjects
Fuel Technology, Strategy and Management, Industrial relations, Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Abstract

After 9 years of contributing to JPT, it’s time to hang up my spurs. I’ve had the privilege of being exposed to a broad range of topics, technologies, and papers (good, bad, and indifferent). The technological advances I have observed, and the changes in our way of working, have been startling. I wanted to use this opportunity, however, to raise a couple of issues, namely the effect and utility of machine learning (ML) and the usage of point-and-click engineering software. Back in June 2018, I wrote an editorial outlining concerns I held regarding the promise of ML/artificial intelligence to resolve complex physics-based engineering problems. Nothing has changed my opinion since then. There is no doubt that ML has utility in advancing our understanding of certain problems, such as monitoring of large numbers of wells and preempting run-time problems. To claim that ML will provide an accurate forecast of, say, a new multi-phase network flow model, however, would be—let’s be diplomatic here—problematic. In my opinion, ML needs to be applied with surgical precision, not as a blunderbuss shot in the rough direction of a problem with hopes that a pellet will hit a target. It’s still too soon to draw conclusions on the broad utility of ML, but it is unlikely to prove to be the universal cure-all that some have promoted. The best way to summarize the what, where, and how, to apply ML is: It depends. Time will tell, and I remain hopeful but cautious. The other issue is a need to maintain an appreciation of the underlying physics of the problem being modeled. Continuously evolving software has enabled greater overview, visualization, and intricate analysis of ever-more-complex systems. This is a definite boon and provides a level of performance insight hitherto unheard of. Such software, however, still requires a pilot to operate it, and key inputs blunderbuss shot in the rough and physics may be masked, or even hidden, beneath a dazzling interface. Optimization of such systems is also nontrivial, yet this nontrivial task is now made almost pedestrian by a mere click of the mouse. It is so easy to accept software-generated solutions, even though they may turn out to be suboptimal (or even wrong) because of some errant input or a poorly defined parameter. I am a strong proponent of the amazing advances made in software, democratizing and seamlessly unifying other-wise specialist tools and disciplines. But no substitute exists for digging into the problem physics/mechanisms themselves and applying simple pen-and-paper (“back-of-the-envelope”) checks. So, the next time that gas bill arrives, I might suggest keeping the envelope it came in; one never knows when it may prove useful. Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org. SPE 203139 - Reduce Cost and Schedule by Developing an Optimum Well Surface Facility Program by Cathy Farina, DyCat Solutions, et al. SPE 206181 - Development of Methods for Top-Down Methane Emission Measurements of Oil and Gas Facilities in an Offshore Environment Using a Miniature Methane Spectrometer and Long-Endurance UAS by Brendan Smith, SeekOps, et al. OTC 30292 - Development of an Assessment Procedure To Predict Local Buckling Behavior Using Probabilistic Method With Finite-Element Techniques for Reeled Pipeline With Additional Features by Sheralia Ufairah Abdullah, McDermott International, et al.

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2021
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39. New techniques for the evaluation and design of optical systems

Author

King, William Bailey and Hopkins, H. H.

Subjects
541
Abstract

This thesis describes new techniques for the evaluation and design of high quality optical systems, based on the application of canonical pupil variables, and employing the Strehl ratio as the criterion of image quality. Marechalls treatment of tolerance theory shows that, in designing high quality systems, one should aim at minimising the mean squared deviation, E, of the wave surface from the spherical form, and this approach has been adopted in the present work. As part of the investigation, a numerical integration procedure has been used to obtain the Strehl ratio, and the accuracy and range of usefulness of the Marechal's criterion have been studied. A brief account is given of traditional design methods and automatic design techniques. The advantages of using modern techniques of image-assessment as the criterion of image quality is stressed. Using the canonical pupil variables, the exit-pupil co-ordinates of any ray are equal to the entrance pupil co-ordinates, at least in a nominally corrected system. For this reason, the wave-aberration of an optical system may be expressed as a function of the entrance pupil co-ordinates, and used in this form directly in the diffraction integrals. The exploration and specification of the pupil shape in terms of these co-ordinates are also described, it being shown that the vignetted pupil shape may be well approximated by an ellipse, which is then 'scaled' to correspond to a circular aperture. The wave-aberrations may then be expressed as a polynomial in the corresponding equivalent circular pupil co-ordinates, and pattern of rays traced can then remain the same for different image fields and for different systems of the same class.

Published
1966

41. Inhibition of integrin α

Author

Kui, Cui, Nataly P, Podolnikova, William, Bailey, Eric, Szmuc, Eugene A, Podrez, Tatiana V, Byzova, and Valentin P, Yakubenko

Subjects
Immunology, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Peritonitis, Peptides, Cyclic, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, HEK293 Cells, Cell Movement, Thioglycolates, Macrophages, Peritoneal, Animals, Humans, Pyrroles, Integrin alpha Chains, Cells, Cultured, Protein Binding
Abstract

A critical step in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases is the accumulation of proinflammatory macrophages in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of peripheral tissues. The adhesion receptor integrin α(D)β(2) promotes the development of atherosclerosis and diabetes by supporting macrophage retention in inflamed tissue. We recently found that the end product of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) oxidation, 2-(ω-carboxyethyl)pyrrole (CEP), serves as a ligand for α(D)β(2). CEP adduct with ECM is generated during inflammation-mediated lipid peroxidation. The goal of this project was to identify a specific inhibitor for α(D)β(2)–CEP interaction that can prevent macrophage accumulation. Using a specially designed peptide library, Biacore-detected protein–protein interaction, and adhesion of integrin-transfected HEK 293 cells, we identified a sequence (called P5 peptide) that significantly and specifically inhibited α(D)–CEP binding. In the model of thioglycollate-induced peritoneal inflammation, the injection of cyclic P5 peptide reduced 3-fold the macrophage accumulation in WT mice but had no effect in α(D)-deficient mice. The tracking of adoptively transferred, fluorescently labeled WT and α(D)(−/−) monocytes in the model of peritoneal inflammation and in vitro two-dimensional and three-dimensional migration assays demonstrated that P5 peptide does not affect monocyte transendothelial migration or macrophage efflux from the peritoneal cavity but regulates macrophage migration through the ECM. Moreover, the injection of P5 peptide into WT mice on a high-fat diet prevents macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue in an α(D)β(2)-dependent manner. Taken together, these results demonstrate the importance of α(D)β(2)-mediated macrophage adhesion for the accumulation of infiltrating macrophages in the inflamed ECM and propose P5 peptide as a potential inhibitor of atherogenesis and diabetes.

Published
2019

42. Combined Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second and Forced Vital Capacity Bronchodilator Response, Exacerbations, and Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Author

Spyridon Fortis, Alejandro Comellas, Barry J. Make, Craig P. Hersh, Sandeep Bodduluri, Dimitris Georgopoulos, Victor Kim, Gerard J. Criner, Mark T. Dransfield, Surya P. Bhatt, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Robert Busch, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Nadia N. Hansel, Megan E. Hardin, Lystra P. Hayden, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dandi Qiao, Stephanie Santorico, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Harvey O. Coxson, Teresa Gray, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Camille Moore, Matt Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Mustafa Atik, Venkata Bandi, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Arun Nachiappan, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Gregory D.N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Eugene Berkowitz, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Jessica Bon, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Spirometry, Male, Vital capacity, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, Vital Capacity, Pulmonary disease, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Bronchodilator, Forced Expiratory Volume, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Respiratory system, Asthma, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Original Research, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, respiratory tract diseases, Bronchodilator Agents, Respiratory Function Tests, Logistic Models, Treatment Outcome, 030228 respiratory system, Volume (thermodynamics), Multivariate Analysis, Cardiology, Disease Progression, Female, business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abstract

Rationale: The American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society defines a positive bronchodilator response (BDR) by a composite of BDR in either forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) and/or forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than or equal to 12% and 200 ml (ATS-BDR). We hypothesized that ATS-BDR components would be differentially associated with important chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outcomes. Objectives: To examine whether ATS-BDR components are differentially associated with clinical, functional, and radiographic features in COPD. Methods: We included subjects with COPD enrolled in the COPDGene study. In the main analysis, we excluded subjects with self-reported asthma. We categorized BDR into the following: 1) No-BDR, no BDR in either FEV(1) or FVC; 2) FEV(1)-BDR, BDR in FEV(1) but no BDR in FVC; 3) FVC-BDR, BDR in FVC but no BDR in FEV(1); and 4) Combined-BDR, BDR in both FEV(1) and FVC. We constructed multivariable logistic, linear, zero-inflated negative binomial, and Cox hazards models to examine the association of BDR categories with symptoms, computed tomography findings, change in FEV(1) over time, respiratory exacerbations, and mortality. We also created models using the ATS BDR definition (ATS-BDR) as the main independent variable. Results: Of 3,340 COPD subjects included in the analysis, 1,083 (32.43%) had ATS-BDR, 182 (5.45%) had FEV(1)-BDR, 522 (15.63%) had FVC-BDR, and 379 (11.34%) had Combined-BDR. All BDR categories were associated with FEV(1) decline compared with No-BDR. Compared with No-BDR, both ATS-BDR and Combined-BDR were associated with higher functional residual capacity %predicted, greater internal perimeter of 10 mm, and greater 6-minute-walk distance. In contrast to ATS-BDR, Combined-BDR was independently associated with less emphysema (adjusted beta regression coefficient, −1.67; 95% confidence interval [CI], −2.68 to −0.65; P = 0.001), more frequent respiratory exacerbations (incidence rate ratio, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.03–1.50; P = 0.02) and severe exacerbations (incidence rate ratio, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.05–1.71; P = 0.02), and lower mortality (adjusted hazards ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.58–0.99; P = 0.046). Sensitivity analysis that included subjects with self-reported history of asthma showed similar findings. Conclusions: BDR in both FEV(1) and FVC indicates a COPD phenotype with asthma-like characteristics, and provides clinically more meaningful information than current definitions of BDR.

Published
2019

43. Battlefield Forensics for Persian Gulf States : Regional and U.S. Military Weapons, Ammunition, and Headstamp Markings

Author

Don Mikko, William Bailey, Don Mikko, and William Bailey

Subjects
Forensic ballistics--United States, Forensic ballistics--Persian Gulf States, Firearms--Identification, Forensic ballistics
Abstract

Battlefield Forensics for Persian Gulf States provides an illustrative reference of various weapons, toolmarks, headstamps, and other traits in order to identify the origins of a variety of guns, casings, and ammunition that can be found in the Middle East. Various conflicts in the region have led to innumerable weapons being used throughout the years. The lead author, Don Mikko, has investigated and examined firearms related items of evidence in countless crime scenes throughout the world. As the Chief of the Firearms Branch at the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL), Fort Gillem, Georgia, he recruited, trained, and competency tested military contractors deploying to various combat related areas of the world, those providing forensic firearm and toolmark identification support to local commanders. What was learned was that various foreign weapons and ammunition were being utilized in conflicts and by opposing forces. This book educates readers on the technical data for different types of firearms, ammunition, countries of origin, proof marks, penetrator information and the typical firearm markings imparted on fired cartridge cases, such as breech-face, firing pin, ejector, and extractor markings. Forensics and biometrics within the Persian Gulf have been leveraged since the early 1990s and many of the firearms and types of ammunition covered in this handbook are addressed in an effort to assist those on the ground who are required to be able to identify such items in various scenarios. The information contained within the book has proven to be effective on the battlefield and has helped shape combat operations. This handbook will serve as a useful reference not only to assist military and contractor personnel within the various combat locations but will also prove to be beneficial for law-enforcement, crime laboratory personnel, forensic firearm and toolmark examiners, crime scene investigators, students, practitioners, and civilian personnel throughout the world.

Published
2019

44. O 2 to the Rescue

Author

William Bailey, David Clidence, Richard E. Speece, Hope Moorer, and Larry Neal

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Environmental protection, Environmental engineering, Environmental science, General Medicine, Ecosystem diversity, Port (computer networking), Channel (geography)
Abstract

In the absence of mitigation measures, the ongoing effort to deepen the navigation channel in Georgia’s Port of Savannah would reduce dissolved oxygen levels in the Savannah River below what is needed to sustain ecological diversity. To prevent this scenario, a series of oxygen-injection cones will be installed in two locations to add 40,000 lb of dissolved oxygen per day to the waterway.

Published
2016
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45. Technology Focus: Production and Facilities (December 2020)

Author

William Bailey

Subjects
Focus (computing), Fuel Technology, Strategy and Management, Industrial relations, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Production (economics), Business, Marketing
Abstract

The notion of reducing our environmental footprint, minimizing leaks and spillages, and identifying operational efficiencies is nothing new. We have been addressing these issues for years. Sustainability, however, has gained a higher profile recently, especially since the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accord and the evolution of alternative energies. It came, therefore, as a pleasant surprise to review an extraordinary wealth of well-written papers relating not only to this topic, but to all manner of fascinating engineering issues. Let me back up a bit. For 6 years, I have provided commentary concerning matters relating to reservoir simulation. This was often illuminating, but my primary interest has always been in full-field modeling: coupling our models for flow in porous media, wellbore, network, and to facilities. I firmly believe that unified full-field modeling can furnish benefits both operationally and economically. In accepting the challenge to write this, however, I did not expect to encounter the extraordinary breadth of topics covered. Saying that, one clear thread did emerge from the articles reviewed - namely reliability, emissions control, and energy saving and monitoring, all of which relate to sustainability in one way or another. Novel methods for valve- failure prediction, pipeline coatings, floating storage tank roof optimization, and the use of drones (from spray painting to surveillance) along with robots for unmanned installations were all topics represented in the papers provided me. Paper SPE 198165 is an informative overview of alternative fuels and how these may affect Middle East production; however, this should appeal to a wider readership because it reviews alternative energies nicely. Paper IPTC 19775 provides a means to better quantify separator shrinkage, which can result in errors in stock-tank rates up to 20% (essential if one is to quantify unit energy consumption accurately). Paper SPE 197759 proposes methods for energy savings. These papers represent but a small sample of a broader swath of articles from the past year relating to this catch-all term “sustainability.” Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org. SPE 197753 Parametric Study on Wind Fatigue Life of Long Span Flare-Boom Based on Directional Input Parameters to Harris Wind Spectra and Selection of Wind Blocks by Sachin Samant, National Petroleum Construction Company, et al. SPE 198133 Internal Corrosion Severity Ranking of Crude Oil Pipelines by Amer Jaragh, Kuwait Oil Company, et al. SPE 197620 Ground Robotics Enabler for Normally Unattended Installations by Jean-Michel Munoz, Total, et al.

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2020
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46. The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire Definition of Chronic Bronchitis May Be a Better Predictor of COPD Exacerbations Compared With the Classic Definition

Author

Victor Kim, Huaqing Zhao, Elizabeth Regan, MeiLan K. Han, Barry J. Make, James D. Crapo, Paul W. Jones, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Edwin K. Silverman, Gerard J. Criner, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Robert Busch, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Nadia N. Hansel, Megan E. Hardin, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dandi Qiao, Stephanie Santorico, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Camille Moore, Matt Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Mustafa Atik, Venkata Bandi, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Arun Nachiappan, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Gregory D.N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Eugene Berkowitz, Eric L. Flenaugh, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, Gabriela Oates, Sushil Sonavane, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Jessica Bon, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic bronchitis, Exacerbation, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Severity of Illness Index, 03 medical and health sciences, Diagnostic Self Evaluation, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, Per patient per year, 030212 general & internal medicine, Respiratory system, Aged, COPD, Normal spirometry, business.industry, Severe exacerbation, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prognosis, humanities, Obstructive lung disease, respiratory tract diseases, Bronchitis, Chronic, 030228 respiratory system, Disease Progression, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, human activities
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Background Chronic bronchitis (CB) increases risk of COPD exacerbations. We have shown that the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) CB definition identifies patients with a similar clinical phenotype as classically defined CB. Whether the SGRQ CB definition is a predictor of future COPD exacerbations is unknown. Methods We analyzed 7,557 smokers with normal spirometry and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage 1-4 COPD in the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD study with longitudinal follow-up data on exacerbations. Subjects were divided into classic CB+ or classic CB–, using the classic definition. In addition, subjects were divided into SGRQ CB+ or SGRQ CB–. Exacerbation frequency and severe exacerbation frequency were determined in each group. Multivariable linear regressions were performed for exacerbation frequency with either classic CB or SGRQ CB and relevant covariates. Results There were 1,434 classic CB+ subjects and 2,290 SGRQ CB+ subjects. The classic CB+ group had a greater exacerbation frequency compared with the classic CB– group (0.69 ± 1.26 vs 0.36 ± 0.90 exacerbations per patient per year; P Conclusions The SGRQ CB definition identified more subjects at risk for future exacerbations than the classic CB definition. SGRQ CB was at least a similar if not better predictor of future exacerbations than classic CB.

Published
2018

47. Spirometric Volumes and Breathlessness across Levels of Airflow Limitation: The COPDGene Study

Author

Magnus Ekström, Anna Bornefalk-Hermansson, Nicholas Wysham, David C. Currow, Neil MacIntyre, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Robert Busch, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Nadia N. Hansel, Megan E. Hardin, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dandi Qiao, Stephanie Santorico, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Harvey O. Coxson, Teresa Gray, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Camille Moore, Matt Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Mustafa Atik, Venkata Bandi, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Arun Nachiappan, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Gregory D. N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Byron Thomashow, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Eugene Berkowitz, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs Pharm.D, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Jessica Bon, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Mario E. Ruiz

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, COPD, business.industry, Airflow, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, medicine.disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030228 respiratory system, Internal medicine, Correspondence, Cardiology, Medicine, business, Lung function
Abstract

Spirometric Volumes and Breathlessness Across Levels of Airflow Limitation : The COPDGene Study.

Published
2018

48. Blood eosinophil count thresholds and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author

Jeong H. Yun, Andrew Lamb, Robert Chase, Dave Singh, Margaret M. Parker, Aabida Saferali, Jørgen Vestbo, Ruth Tal-Singer, Peter J. Castaldi, Edwin K. Silverman, Craig P. Hersh, James D. Crapo, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Robert Busch, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Nadia N. Hansel, Megan E. Hardin, Lystra P. Hayden, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Dandi Qiao, Stephanie Santorico, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Harvey O. Coxson, Teresa Gray, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Camille Moore, Matt Strand, John Hughes, Gregory Kinney, Katherine Pratte, Kendra A. Young, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Mustafa Atik, Venkata Bandi, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Arun Nachiappan, Amit Parulekar, Craig Hersh, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D'Souza, Gregory D.N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre, H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Eugene Berkowitz, Gloria Westney, Russell Bowler, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D'Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, Ella Kazerooni, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Jessica Bon, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, Y. Ivanov, K. Kostov, J. Bourbeau, M. Fitzgerald, P. Hernandez, K. Killian, R. Levy, F. Maltais, D. O'Donnell, J. Krepelka, J. Vestbo, E. Wouters, D. Quinn, P. Bakke, M. Kosnik, A. Agusti, J. Sauleda, P. de Mallorca, Y. Feschenko, V. Gavrisyuk, L. Yashina Kiev, N. Monogarova, P. Calverley, D. Lomas, W. MacNee, D. Singh, J. Wedzicha, A. Anzueto, S. Braman, R. Casaburi, B. Celli, G. Giessel, M. Gotfried, G. Greenwald, N. Hanania, D. Mahler, B. Make, S. Rennard, C. Rochester, P. Scanlon, D. Schuller, F. Sciurba, A. Sharafkhaneh, T. Siler, E. Silverman, A. Wanner, R. Wise, R. ZuWallack, H. Coxson, C. Crim, L. Edwards, R. Tal Singer, J. Yates, B. Miller, R. Tal-Singer, RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Respiratory & Age-related Health, Pulmonologie, and MUMC+: MA Longziekten (3)

Subjects
Male, Exacerbation, Allergy, AIRWAY INFLAMMATION, INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS, Rate ratio, Leukocyte Count, 0302 clinical medicine, exacerbation, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, Immunology and Allergy, 030212 general & internal medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Lung, COPD, medicine.diagnostic_test, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Complete blood count, Middle Aged, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, Observational Studies as Topic, medicine.anatomical_structure, Disease Progression, Respiratory, Female, SHORT-TERM RESPONSE, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic Obstructive, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Immunology, Pulmonary Disease, 03 medical and health sciences, FEV1/FVC ratio, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, White blood cell, medicine, Humans, eosinophil, Asthma, Aged, business.industry, COPDGene and ECLIPSE Investigators, Eosinophil, asthma, medicine.disease, Eosinophils, 030228 respiratory system, SPUTUM-EOSINOPHILIA, OVERLAP SYNDROME, business, COPENHAGEN GENERAL-POPULATION
Abstract

BACKGROUND:Eosinophilic airway inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with exacerbations and responsivity to steroids, suggesting potential shared mechanisms with eosinophilic asthma. However, there is no consistent blood eosinophil count that has been used to define the increased exacerbation risk. OBJECTIVE:We sought to investigate blood eosinophil counts associated with exacerbation risk in patients with COPD. METHODS:Blood eosinophil counts and exacerbation risk were analyzed in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD by using 2 independent studies of former and current smokers with longitudinal data. The Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) study was analyzed for discovery (n=1,553), and the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) study was analyzed for validation (n=1,895). Asubset of the ECLIPSE study subjects were used to assess the stability of blood eosinophil counts over time. RESULTS:COPD exacerbation risk increased with higher eosinophil counts. An eosinophil count threshold of 300cells/μL or greater showed adjusted incidence rate ratios for exacerbations of 1.32 in the COPDGene study (95% CI, 1.10-1.63). The cutoff of 300cells/μL or greater was validated for prospective risk of exacerbation in the ECLIPSE study, with adjusted incidence rate ratios of 1.22 (95% CI, 1.06-1.41) using 3-year follow-up data. Stratified analysis confirmed that the increased exacerbation risk associated with an eosinophil count of 300cells/μL or greater was driven by subjects with a history of frequent exacerbations in both the COPDGene and ECLIPSE studies. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with moderate-to-severe COPD and blood eosinophil counts of 300cells/μL or greater had an increased risk exacerbations in the COPDGene study, which was prospectively validated in the ECLIPSE study.

Published
2018

49. Calibration of attribute anomalies through prestack seismic modeling

Author

Onur Mutlu, Thang Ha, Sumit Verma, Kurt J. Marfurt, and William Bailey

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Synthetic seismogram, Inversion (geology), Seismic attribute, Geology, Fault (geology), Geophysics, Fracture (geology), Seismic inversion, Coherence (signal processing), Seismic to simulation, Seismology
Abstract

Seismic modeling is commonly used in determining subsurface illumination of alternative seismic survey designs, in the calibration of seismic processing and imaging algorithms, and in the design of effective processing workflows. Seismic modeling also forms the mathematical kernel of impedance inversion and is routinely used to predict the amplitude-variation-with-offset response as a function of rock and fluid properties. However, the use of seismic modeling in seismic attribute studies is less common. We have evaluated four case studies in which 2D synthetic common shot gathers were computed (acoustic or elastic) and processed (including migration) to evaluate possible interpretation hypotheses. The modeling we used in our study shows that the lack of continuous coherence anomalies in a faulted Chicontepec Basin survey was due to overprinting by coherent interbed multiples. Attributes computed from the resulting processed model data revealed that subtle curvature anomalies in a Mississippi Lime survey were due to karst collapse rather than to velocity pushdown related to vertical gas migration. Impedance attributes computed from a Woodford Shale model favored the hypothesis of increased porosity correlated with the occurrence of subtle faults rather than amplitude dimming due to poor fault imaging. Finally, modeling of a fractured basement survey in the Texas Panhandle survey indicated that headwave suppression preserved the basement fracture response while increasing the signal-to-noise ratio. Seismic attribute study on seismic modeling results helped significantly in testing possible interpretation hypotheses in all of our case studies.

Published
2015
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50. Genetic Association and Risk Scores in a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Meta-analysis of 16,707 Subjects

Author

Robert Busch, Brian D. Hobbs, Jin Zhou, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael J. McGeachie, Megan E. Hardin, Iwona Hawrylkiewicz, Pawel Sliwinski, Jae-Joon Yim, Woo Jin Kim, Deog K. Kim, Alvar Agusti, Barry J. Make, James D. Crapo, Peter M. Calverley, Claudio F. Donner, David A. Lomas, Emiel F. Wouters, Jørgen Vestbo, Ruth Tal-Singer, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Augusto A. Litonjua, David Sparrow, Peter D. Paré, Robert D. Levy, Stephen I. Rennard, Terri H. Beaty, John Hokanson, Edwin K. Silverman, Michael H. Cho, James Crapo, Edwin Silverman, Barry Make, Elizabeth Regan, Terri Beaty, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Michael Cho, Stephanie Santorico, Dawn DeMeo, Nadia Hansel, Craig Hersh, Peter Castaldi, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Emily Wan, Megan Hardin, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Margaret Parker, Marilyn Foreman, Brian Hobbs, Adel El-Bouiez, Dandi Qiao, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Ferdouse Begum, Sungho Won, Sharon Lutz, David A. Lynch, Harvey O. Coxson, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, John D. Newell, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Eva van Rikxoort, Bram van Ginneken, George Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Mustafa Al Qaisi, Teresa Gray, Alex Kluiber, Tanya Mann, Jered Sieren, Douglas Stinson, Joyce Schroeder, Edwin Van Beek, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Anna Faino, Matt Strand, Carla Wilson, John E. Hokanson, Gregory Kinney, Kendra Young, Katherine Pratte, Lindsey Duca, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Carlos H. Martinez, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Venkata Bandi, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Arun Nachiappan, Francine Jacobson, R. Graham Barr, Byron Thomashow, John Austin, Belinda D'Souza, Gregory D. N. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Neil MacIntyre, Lacey Washington, H. Page McAdams, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Karen Horton, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Janos Porszasz, Hans Fischer, Matthew Budoff, Harry Rossiter, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Gloria Westney, Eugene Berkowitz, Russell Bowler, David Lynch, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D'Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, J. Michael Wells, Surya Bhatt, Hrudaya Nath, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro Comellas, John Newell, Brad Thompson, MeiLan Han, Ella Kazerooni, Carlos Martinez, Joanne Billings, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Divay Chandra, Joel Weissfeld, Carl Fuhrman, Jessica Bon, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, Jaume Sauleda, Peter M. A. Calverley, Stephen Rennard, Y. Ivanov, K. Kostov, J. Bourbeau, M. Fitzgerald, P. Hernandez, K. Killian, R. Levy, F. Maltais, D. O'Donnell, J. Krepelka, J. Vestbo, E. Wouters, D. Quinn, P. Bakke, M. Kosnik, A. Agusti, J. Sauleda, Y. Feschenko, V. Gavrisyuk, L. Yashina, N. Monogarova, P. Calverley, D. Lomas, W. MacNee, D. Singh, J. Wedzicha, A. Anzueto, S. Braman, R. Casaburi, B. Celli, G. Giessel, M. Gotfried, G. Greenwald, N. Hanania, D. Mahler, B. Make, S. Rennard, C. Rochester, P. Scanlon, D. Schuller, F. Sciurba, A. Sharafkhaneh, T. Siler, E. Silverman, A. Wanner, R. Wise, R. ZuWallack, H. Coxson, C. Crim, L. Edwards, R. Tal Singer, J. Yates, B. Miller, R. Tal-Singer, J. Benditt, G. Criner, M. DeCamp, P. Diaz, M. Ginsburg, L. Kaiser, M. Katz, M. Krasna, N. MacIntyre, R. McKenna, F. Martinez, Z. Mosenifar, J. Reilly, A. Ries, J. Utz, RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Respiratory & Age-related Health, Pulmonologie, MUMC+: MA Longziekten (3), and RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Chronic inflammatory disease and wasting

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Male, Clinical Biochemistry, EMPHYSEMA, SUSCEPTIBILITY, AIR-FLOW OBSTRUCTION, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Risk Factors, Medicine, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Genetic epidemiology, Original Research, COPD, COMPLEX DISEASE, RECLASSIFICATION, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Middle Aged, Genetic risk score, Respiratory Function Tests, LUNG-FUNCTION, Genetic risk factors, alpha-1 antitrypsin, Meta-analysis, Female, SMOKING, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, genetic epidemiology, Pulmonary disease, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, genetic risk score, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Genetic variation, genetic risk factors, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Molecular Biology, Genotyping, Genetic association, Aged, business.industry, Cell Biology, Heritability, medicine.disease, respiratory tract diseases, 030104 developmental biology, Physical therapy, business, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

The heritability of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cannot be fully explained by recognized genetic risk factors identified as achieving genome-wide significance. In addition, the combined contribution of genetic variation to COPD risk has not been fully explored. We sought to determine: (1) whether studies of variants from previous studies of COPD or lung function in a larger sample could identify additional associated variants, particularly for severe COPD; and (2) the impact of genetic risk scores on COPD. We genotyped 3,346 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 2,588 cases (1,803 severe COPD) and 1,782 control subjects from four cohorts, and performed association testing with COPD, combining these results with existing genotyping data from 6,633 cases (3,497 severe COPD) and 5,704 control subjects. In addition, we developed genetic risk scores from SNPs associated with lung function and COPD and tested their discriminatory power for COPD-related measures. We identified significant associations between SNPs near PPIC (P = 1.28 X 10(-8)) and PPP4R4/SERPINA1 (P = 1.01 X 10(-8)) and severe COPD; the latter association may be driven by recognized variants in SERPINA1. Genetic risk scores based on SNPs previously associated with COPD and lung function had a modest ability to discriminate COPD (area under the curve, similar to 0.6), and accounted for a mean 0.9-1.9% lower forced expiratory volume in 1 second percent predicted for each additional risk allele. In a large genetic association analysis, we identified associations with severe COPD near PPIC and SERPINA1. A risk score based on combining genetic variants had modest, but significant, effects on risk of COPD and lung function.

Published
2017
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