Edema is a common morbidity following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and can result in
injury to many organs, including the heart, lungs, and brain. Generalized edema is also …

… Drawing on a set of farm studies originally published in Otsuka and Larson (2016), we
document how resource-management based technologies can supplement conventional high-…

Methamphetamine (MA) not only affects the nervous system but also has cardiac toxicity
and immunosuppressive properties. This manuscript will provide support that there is a …

Two questions are asked about the relationship between domestic prices and world prices
of agricultural commodities: are variations in world prices transmitted to domestic prices, and …

Mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCADs) are increasingly utilized independently of
cardiac transplantation in the management of heart failure. Though MCAD use incorporates …

In Africa, most development strategies include efforts to improve the productivity of staple
crops grown on smallholder farms. An underlying premise is that small farms are productive in …

This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa,
where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on …

Side-stream cigarette smoke (SSCS), a major component of secondhand smoke, induces
reactive oxygen species, which promote oxidative damage in tissues and organs. Inflammatory …

… and spleen (6), but also stimulation of these receptors results in the induction of ornithine
decarboxylase, the ratelimiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis (7; Russell and Larson, …

Economic growth involves reallocating resources from traditional to new techniques of
production, creating new relationships between particular resources and productivity. The paper …