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2. Automated diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 pneumonia from initial ER chest X-rays using deep learning
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Chamberlin, Jordan H., Aquino, Gilberto, Nance, Sophia, Wortham, Andrew, Leaphart, Nathan, Paladugu, Namrata, Brady, Sean, Baird, Henry, Fiegel, Matthew, Fitzpatrick, Logan, Kocher, Madison, Ghesu, Florin, Mansoor, Awais, Hoelzer, Philipp, Zimmermann, Mathis, James, W. Ennis, Dennis, D. Jameson, Houston, Brian A., Kabakus, Ismail M., Baruah, Dhiraj, Schoepf, U. Joseph, and Burt, Jeremy R.
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- 2022
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3. An Interpretable Chest CT Deep Learning Algorithm for Quantification of COVID-19 Lung Disease and Prediction of Inpatient Morbidity and Mortality
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Chamberlin, Jordan H., Aquino, Gilberto, Schoepf, Uwe Joseph, Nance, Sophia, Godoy, Franco, Carson, Landin, Giovagnoli, Vincent M., Gill, Callum E., McGill, Liam J., O'Doherty, Jim, Emrich, Tilman, Burt, Jeremy R., Baruah, Dhiraj, Varga-Szemes, Akos, and Kabakus, Ismail M.
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- 2022
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4. Multi-Center Follow-up Study to Develop a Classification System Which Differentiates Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Liver and Benign Hepatic Cyst Using Machine Learning
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Hardie, Andrew D, Chamberlin, Jordan H, Boyum, James H, Sharbidre, Kedar G, Petrocelli, Robert, Flemming, Brian P, Zahid, Mohd, Venkatesh, Sudhakar K, Mruthyunjayappa, Smitha, Hajdu, Cristina H, and Kovacs, Mark D
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- 2022
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5. Tumor burden of lung metastases at initial staging in breast cancer patients detected by artificial intelligence as a prognostic tool for precision medicine
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Kocher, Madison R., Chamberlin, Jordan, Waltz, Jeffrey, Snoddy, Madalyn, Stringer, Natalie, Stephenson, Joseph, Kahn, Jacob, Mercer, Megan, Baruah, Dhiraj, Aquino, Gilberto, Kabakus, Ismail, Hoelzer, Philipp, Sahbaee, Pooyan, Schoepf, U. Joseph, and Burt, Jeremy R.
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- 2022
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6. Iodine quantification of renal lesions: Preliminary results using spectral-based material extraction on photon-counting CT.
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Tóth, Adrienn, Chamberlin, Jordan H., Mendez, Salvador, Varga-Szemes, Akos, and Hardie, Andrew D.
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RECEIVER operating characteristic curves , *IODINE , *KIDNEY tumors , *CYSTIC kidney disease , *PHOTON counting - Abstract
Objectives: To assess the range of quantitative iodine values in renal cysts (RC) (with a few renal neoplasms [RNs] as a comparison) to develop an expected range of values for RC that can be used in future studies for their differentiation. Material and Methods: Consecutive patients (n = 140) with renal lesions who had undergone abdominal examination on a clinical photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) were retrospectively included. Automated iodine quantification maps were reconstructed, and region of interest (ROI) measurements of iodine concentration (IC) (mg/cm3) were performed on whole renal lesions. In addition, for heterogeneous lesions, a secondary ROI was placed on the area most suspicious for malignancy. The discriminatory values of minimum, maximum, mean, and standard deviation for IC were compared using simple logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curves (area under the curve [AUC]). Results: A total of 259 renal lesions (243 RC and 16 RN) were analyzed. There were significant differences between RC and RN for all IC measures with the best-performing metrics being mean and maximum IC of the entire lesion ROI (AUC 0.912 and 0.917, respectively) but also mean and minimum IC of the most suspicious area in heterogeneous lesions (AUC 0.983 and 0.992, respectively). Most RC fell within a range of low measured iodine values although a few had higher values. Conclusion: Automated iodine quantification maps reconstructed from clinical PCCT have a high diagnostic ability to differentiate RCs and neoplasms. The data from this pilot study can be used to help establish quantitative values for clinical differentiation of renal lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. Revisiting the size–productivity relationship with imperfect measures of production and plot size.
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Ayalew, Hailemariam, Chamberlin, Jordan, Newman, Carol, Abay, Kibrom A., Kosmowski, Frederic, and Sida, Tesfaye
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MEASUREMENT errors ,AREA measurement ,AGRICULTURAL productivity ,FARMS ,SMALL farms ,FARMERS - Abstract
Monitoring smallholder agricultural productivity growth, one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, rests on accurate measures of crop production and land area. Existing methods and protocols for measuring smallholder production and plot size are prone to various sources and forms of mismeasurement. Inaccuracies in production and land area measurement are likely to distort descriptive and predictive inferences. We examine the sensitivity of empirical assessments of the relationship between agricultural productivity and land area to alternative measurement protocols. We implement six production and six land area measurement protocols, and show that most of these protocols differ systematically in their accuracy. We find that an apparent inverse size–productivity relationship in our data is fully explained by measurement error in both production and plot size. Moreover, we show that some of the previously used "gold standard" measures are themselves prone to nonclassical measurement error, and hence can generate spurious inverse size–productivity findings. Our results also show that slight improvements in the precision of objective measures significantly reduce the inferential bias associated with the size–productivity relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning
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Hengl, Tomislav, Miller, Matthew A. E., Križan, Josip, Shepherd, Keith D., Sila, Andrew, Kilibarda, Milan, Antonijević, Ognjen, Glušica, Luka, Dobermann, Achim, Haefele, Stephan M., McGrath, Steve P., Acquah, Gifty E., Collinson, Jamie, Parente, Leandro, Sheykhmousa, Mohammadreza, Saito, Kazuki, Johnson, Jean-Martial, Chamberlin, Jordan, Silatsa, Francis B. T., Yemefack, Martin, Wendt, John, MacMillan, Robert A., Wheeler, Ichsani, and Crouch, Jonathan
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- 2021
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9. Automated detection of lung nodules and coronary artery calcium using artificial intelligence on low-dose CT scans for lung cancer screening: accuracy and prognostic value
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Chamberlin, Jordan, Kocher, Madison R., Waltz, Jeffrey, Snoddy, Madalyn, Stringer, Natalie F. C., Stephenson, Joseph, Sahbaee, Pooyan, Sharma, Puneet, Rapaka, Saikiran, Schoepf, U. Joseph, Abadia, Andres F., Sperl, Jonathan, Hoelzer, Phillip, Mercer, Megan, Somayaji, Nayana, Aquino, Gilberto, and Burt, Jeremy R.
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- 2021
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10. Cardiac MRI assessment of myocardial viability in chronic myocardial infarction: how should we do it?
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Kabakus, Ismail M., Chamberlin, Jordan H., and Miller, Emily J.
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- 2024
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11. Exploiting crop genotypespecific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency.
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Baggs, Elizabeth M., Cairns, Jill E., Mhlanga, Blessing, Petroli, César Daniel, Chamberlin, Jordan, Karwat, Hannes, Kommerell, Victor, Thierfelder, Christian, Paterson, Eric, and Gowda, Manje S.
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Challenges of soil degradation and changing climate pose major threats to food security in many parts of the world, and new approaches are required to close yield and nutrition gaps through enhanced agronomic efficiency. Combined use of mineral fertilizers, organic inputs, improved germplasm and adaptation of these practices to local contexts through improved agronomy can promote efficiency whilst building stocks of soil organic matter (SOM). Within this framework, recent attention has turned to the nature of plant-soil interactions to increase response to mineral fertilizer inputs through utilisation of nutrients from SOM that are replenished through management. This utilisation has been shown in barley and maize to vary with genotype and to be related to root physiological traits associated with rhizodeposition. The identification of candidate genes associated with rhizodeposition takes this a step closer towards the possibility of breeding for sustainability. Here we discuss this potential and feasibility in the context of maize cropping systems, and explore the potential for a combined approach that optimises utilisation of SOM nutrients together with enhanced biological nitrification inhibition to further improve agronomic efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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12. Near-Real-Time Welfare and Livelihood Impacts of an Active Civil War : Evidence from Ethiopia
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Abay, Kibrom A., Tafere, Kibrom, Berhane, Guush, Chamberlin, Jordan, and Abay, Mehari H.
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ARMED CONFLICT ,HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ,FOOD ASSISTANCE ,PHONE SURVEY DATA ,FOOD INSECURITY ,LIVELIHOODS ,CIVIL WAR ,VIOLENT CONFLICT ,WAR IMPACT ,WELFARE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ,CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME ,CONFLICT - Abstract
Ethiopia is currently embroiled in a large-scale civil war that has continued for more than a year. Using unique High-Frequency Phone Survey data, which spans several months before and after the outbreak of the war, this paper provides fresh evidence on the ex durante impacts of the conflict on the food security and livelihood activities of affected households. The analysis uses difference-in-differences estimation to compare trends in the outcomes of interest across affected and unaffected regions (households) and before and after the outbreak of the civil war. The findings show that seven months into the conflict, the outbreak of the civil war increased the probability of moderate to severe food insecurity by 38 percentage points. Using the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data on households’ exposure to violent conflict, the analysis shows that exposure to one additional battle leads to a 1 percentage point increase in the probability of moderate to severe food insecurity. The conflict has reduced households’ access to food through supply chain disruptions while also curtailing non-farm livelihood activities. Non-farm and wage-related activities have been the most affected by the conflict, while farming activities have been relatively more resilient. Similarly, economic activities in urban areas have been much more affected than those in rural areas. These substantial impact estimates, which are likely to be underestimates of the true average effects on the population, constitute novel evidence of the near-real-time impacts of an ongoing civil conflict, providing direct evidence of how violent conflict disrupts the functioning of market supply chains and livelihoods activities. The paper highlights the potential of phone surveys to monitor active and large-scale conflicts, especially in contexts where conventional data sources are not immediately available.
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13. Estimating acid soil effects on selected cereal crop productivities in Ethiopia: Comparing economic cost-effectiveness of lime and fertilizer applications.
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Warner, James M., Mann, Michael L., Chamberlin, Jordan, and Tizale, Chilot Y.
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ACID soils ,FERTILIZER application ,LIMING of soils ,AGRICULTURAL productivity ,SOIL fertility management ,INCOME - Abstract
Acid soils are a major constraint to agricultural productivity in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Restoring soil pH to optimal ranges for agriculture can have a significant impact on yields, particularly for acid intolerant crops like wheat and barley. The application of agricultural lime is the standard corrective, although the large application requirements, lack of farmer awareness, and weak or non-existent lime supply chains make this a complex problem to address at scale. To date, no large-scale farmer trials of lime application have been undertaken in Ethiopia. This leaves open the question to local policy makers as to the economic benefits given the enormous capital and logistics investments required. To help address this we leverage existing spatial edaphic data and longitudinal crop surveys to simulate the productivity impact of varying lime and fertilizer applications. Our estimates find the impact of moving pH from 5.5 to 6.5, modeled as a lime soil remediation strategy, increases yields by 22% and 19% for wheat and barley, respectively. In addition, at lower pH levels our models indicate that commonly used nitrogen-based fertilizers are less cost-effective. For wheat in highly acidic soils, we find that fertilizers cost over two times as much as a single application of lime over a five-year period. The cost savings of the use of lime reaches as high as 121% of average one-year agricultural household income for wheat; with barley these savings are lower but still substantial at 24%. In general, we advocate for an integrated soil fertility management strategy that applies appropriate levels of fertilizer on pH balanced soil. If successful, Ethiopia's acid soil reclamation could become a modest version of Brazil's successful "cerrado miracle" and serve as an example for Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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14. Left atrial calcification on chest CT: atrial ablation replaces rheumatic heart disease as the most identified etiology.
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Chamberlin, Jordan H., Smith, Carter D., Gowani, Zain, Elsayed, Mina Gad, Owji, Shahin C., Friedman, Brandon, Maisuria, Dhruw, Berrios, Carly, Baruah, Dhiraj, Schoepf, Uwe Joseph, and Kabakus, Ismail M.
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RHEUMATIC heart disease , *RHEUMATIC fever , *LEFT heart atrium , *COMPUTED tomography , *CALCIFICATION , *MITRAL valve , *ETIOLOGY of diseases - Abstract
Purpose: Left atrial calcification (LAC), a primarily radiologic diagnosis, has been associated with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and rheumatic fever (RF). However, left atrial calcification continues to be observed despite a significant decrease in the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate other possible etiologies of left atrial calcification. Material and methods: This retrospective, observational single-center study included patients from 2017 to 2022 identified as having left atrial calcification as well as age- and sex-matched controls. The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease, atrial ablation, and mitral valve disease was compared, and odds ratios were calculated for each independent variable. Results: Sixty-two patients with left atrial calcifications were included and compared with 62 controls. 87.1% of patients in the left atrial calcifications cohort had a history of atrial fibrillation compared with 21% in the control cohort (p < 0.001). 16.1% of patients in the calcifications cohort presented a history of rheumatic fever compared with zero in the control cohort (p = 0.004). 66.1% of the left atrial calcifications cohort had a history of atrial ablation compared with 6.5% of the control group (p < 0.001). The odds ratio for left atrial calcification was 19.0 vs. 4.8 for rheumatic fever (comparative odds = 4.0 for atrial ablation vs. rheumatic fever). Multivariable log model found atrial ablation to explain 79.8% of left atrial calcifications identified. Conclusions: Our study found a 4-fold higher association between history of atrial ablation and left atrial calcification compared with rheumatic heart disease, suggesting a potential shift in etiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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15. Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
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Cairns, Jill E., Chamberlin, Jordan, Rutsaert, Pieter, Voss, Rachel C., Ndhlela, Thokozile, and Magorokosho, Cosmos
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Sub saharan ,Scope (project management) ,Emerging technologies ,Sustainability ,Production (economics) ,Portfolio ,Business ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,Productivity ,Biochemistry ,Agricultural economics ,Food Science - Abstract
Maize production must increase three-fold in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the needs of future generations. Sustainably increasing maize production will require a portfolio of complementary technologies and policies. In this review we highlight four challenges to achieve this improvement. Improved nutritional density of maize in farmers’ fields and increased adoption of new varieties and faster varietal replacement. Increased fertilizer use should increase maize yields but there is increasing evidence that low and variable returns on investment can limit uptake. Finally, adoption of new technologies is not uniform, with lower rates of adoption by female farmers. Without addressing gender specific challenges to adoption, technologies will never achieve their desired impacts. Given the scope of the challenge, strategies to improve maize productivity must overcome these constraints as part of an integrative approach.
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- 2021
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16. Computed Tomography Assessment of Gastric Band Slippage.
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Burt, Jeremy R., Kocher, Madison R., Snider, Lauren, Waltz, Jeffrey, Chamberlin, Jordan Heston, Aquino, Gilberto J., Giovagnoli, Vincent, Mercer, Megan, and Feranec, Nicholas
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17. Field Data Collection Methods Strongly Affect Satellite-Based Crop Yield Estimation.
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Tiedeman, Kate, Chamberlin, Jordan, Kosmowski, Frédéric, Ayalew, Hailemariam, Sida, Tesfaye, and Hijmans, Robert J.
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CROP yields , *ACQUISITION of data , *REMOTE sensing , *PLANT cuttings , *RANDOM forest algorithms - Abstract
Crop yield estimation from satellite data requires field observations to fit and evaluate predictive models. However, it is not clear how much field data collection methods matter for predictive performance. To evaluate this, we used maize yield estimates obtained with seven field methods (two farmer estimates, two point transects, and three crop cut methods) and the "true yield" measured from a full-field harvest for 196 fields in three districts in Ethiopia in 2019. We used a combination of nine vegetation indices and five temporal aggregation methods for the growing season from Sentinel-2 SR data as yield predictors in the linear regression and Random Forest models. Crop-cut-based models had the highest model fit and accuracy, similar to that of full-field-harvest-based models. When the farmer estimates were used as the training data, the prediction gain was negligible, indicating very little advantage to using remote sensing to predict yield when the training data quality is low. Our results suggest that remote sensing models to estimate crop yield should be fit with data from crop cuts or comparable high-quality measurements, which give better prediction results than low-quality training data sets, even when much larger numbers of such observations are available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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18. Digital extension, price risk, and farm performance: experimental evidence from Nigeria.
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Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen, Chamberlin, Jordan, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, and Maertens, Miet
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EXPECTED returns ,AGRICULTURAL extension work ,AGRICULTURAL productivity ,FARMS ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,AGRICULTURAL economics - Abstract
Despite decades of investment in agricultural extension, technology adoption among farmers and agricultural productivity growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa remain slow. Among other shortcomings, extension systems often make recommendations that do not account for price risk or spatial heterogeneity in farmers' growing conditions. However, little is known about the effectiveness of extension approaches for nutrient management that consider these issues. We analyze the impact of farmers' access to site‐specific nutrient management recommendations and to information on expected returns, provided through a digital decision support tool, for maize production. We implement a randomized controlled trial among smallholders in the maize belt of northern Nigeria. We use three waves of annual panel data to estimate immediate and longer term effects of two different extension treatments: site‐specific recommendations with and without complementary information about variability in output prices and expected returns. We find that site‐specific nutrient management recommendations improve fertilizer management practices and maize yields but do not necessarily increase fertilizer use. In addition, we find that recommendations that are accompanied by additional information about variability in expected returns induce larger fertilizer investments that persist beyond the first year. However, the magnitudes of these effects are small: we find only incremental increases in investments and net revenues over two treatment years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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19. Soil Investments on Rented versus Owned Plots: Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample in Malawi.
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Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob, Chamberlin, Jordan, and Kanyamuka, Joseph
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We use a unique data set on matched tenant-landlord pairs in Malawi to compare decisions on smallholder plots that were rented versus those that were owner-operated. Controlling for household and rental-pair fixed effects, we found that some input use (e.g., hybrid maize seed) and soil fertility investments (e.g., manure, compost, minimum tillage) were higher on tenants' owner-operated plots than on their rented-in plots. Tenants were also less likely to use compost than their landlords. Landlords were less likely to rent out plots with fruit trees. Our results suggest that the expansion of farmland rental markets may exacerbate soil fertility maintenance concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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20. Usage and Impacts of Technologies and Management Practices in Ethiopian Smallholder Maize Production.
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Assefa, Banchayehu Tessema, Chamberlin, Jordan, van Ittersum, Martin K., and Reidsma, Pytrik
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TECHNOLOGY management ,CORN ,FERTILIZERS ,LABOR productivity ,CROP rotation ,SMALL farms ,AGRICULTURAL intensification - Abstract
Maize yields can be improved through many individual technologies and management practices, but the full realization of potential benefits is generally understood to require integrated use of complementary practices. We employed two years of survey data and alternative econometric models to better understand the use of individual and bundled packages of technologies and management practices in Ethiopian maize production, i.e., fertilizers, improved varieties, herbicides, pesticides, manure, intercropping, erosion control and crop rotation (the last three labeled integrated management). Although fertilizer and improved varieties were used on 85% of maize fields, with average yields of 3.4 ton/ha, large yield gaps remain. Complementary management practices improved these yields by as much as 22%, although in variable ways. Integrated management contributed to maize yield only when combined with crop protection (herbicides and/or pesticides). Combining manure with fertilizer and improved variety decreased maize yields, possibly due to manure quality and less inorganic fertilizer used on fields that received manure. Packages including crop protection increased labor productivity by 16–70%, while using integrated management decreased labor productivity by almost half. In summary, the combination of management practices did not automatically lead to increased yields, partly related to the conditions under which practices were applied, indicating the need for site-specific research and recommendations for sustainable intensification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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21. Optimisation of virtual monoenergetic reconstructions for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using photon-counting detector computed tomography angiography.
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Chamberlin JH, Toth A, Hinen S, O'Doherty J, Baruah D, Maisuria D, McGuire A, Knight H, Schoepf UJ, Munden RF, and Kabakus IM
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Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography is considered the gold standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis, relying on the discrimination between contrast and embolus. Photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) generates monoenergetic reconstructions through energy-resolved detection. Virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) at low keV can be used to improve pulmonary artery opacification. While studies have assessed VMI for PE diagnosis on dual-energy CT (DECT), there is a lack of literature on optimal settings for PCD-CT-PE reconstructions, warranting further investigation., Material and Methods: Twenty-five sequential patients who underwent PCD-CT pulmonary angiography for suspicion of acute PE were retrospectively included in this study. Quantitative metrics including signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise (CNR) ratio were calculated for 4 VMI values (40, 60, 80, and 100 keV). Qualitative measures of diagnostic quality were obtained for proximal to distal pulmonary artery branches by 2 cardiothoracic radiologists using a 5-point modified Likert scale., Results: SNR and CNR were highest for the 40 keV VMI (49.3 ± 22.2 and 48.2 ± 22.1, respectively) and were inversely related to monoenergetic keV. Qualitatively, 40 and 60 keV both exhibited excellent diagnostic quality (mean main pulmonary artery: 5.0 ± 0 and 5.0 ± 0; subsegmental pulmonary arteries 4.9 ± 0.1 and 4.9 ± 0.1, respectively) while distal segments at high (80-100) keVs had worse quality., Conclusions: 40 keV was the best individual VMI for the detection of pulmonary embolism by quantitative metrics. Qualitatively, 40-60 keV reconstructions may be used without a significant decrease in subjective quality. VMIs at higher keV lead to reduced opacification of the distal pulmonary arteries, resulting in decreased image quality., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest., (© Pol J Radiol 2024.)
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- 2024
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22. Access to health services, food, and water during an active conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia.
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Abay KA, Abay MH, Berhane G, Chamberlin J, Croke K, and Tafere K
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Civil conflict began in Ethiopia in November 2020 and has reportedly caused major disruptions in access to health services, food, and related critical services, in addition to the direct impacts of the conflict on health and well-being. However, the population-level impacts of the conflict have not yet been systematically quantified. We analyze high frequency phone surveys conducted by the World Bank, which included measures of access to basic services, to estimate the impact of the first phase of the war (November 2020 to May 2021) on households in Tigray. After controlling for sample selection, a difference-in-differences approach is used to estimate causal effects of the conflict on population access to health services, food, and water and sanitation. Inverse probability weighting is used to adjust for sample attrition. The conflict has increased the share of respondents who report that they were unable to access needed health services by 35 percentage points (95% CI: 14-55 pp) and medicine by 8 pp (95% CI:2-15 pp). It has also increased the share of households unable to purchase staple foods by 26 pp (95% CI:7-45 pp). The share of households unable to access water did not increase, although the percentage able to purchase soap declined by 17 pp (95% CI: 1-32 pp). We document significant heterogeneity across population groups, with disproportionate effects on the poor, on rural populations, on households with undernourished children, and those living in communities without health facilities. These significant disruptions in access to basic services likely underestimate the true burden of conflict in the affected population, given that the conflict has continued beyond the survey period, and that worse-affected households may have higher rates of non-response. Documented spatial and household-level heterogeneity in the impact of the conflict may help guide rapid post-conflict responses., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2022 Abay et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2022
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23. A Case Report of Brachiocephalic Vein Spasm Secondary to Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter.
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Russell S, Chamberlin JH, Burt JR, and Kabakus IM
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Vascular spasm is well known and studied in the arterial system. There are only a few cases reported related to central venous spasms. We present the case of a 63-year-old male with an extensive medical history, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT), who underwent peripheral insertion of a central catheter in his left upper extremity with subsequent development of left upper extremity edema. The central catheter was removed before the patient underwent a contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the chest which revealed severe narrowing of the left brachiocephalic vein, consistent with venospasm in the clinical setting. Nitroglycerin might be useful to prevent vasospasm, or it might also be used for treatment. In our case, the catheter was removed, and no subsequent treatment was necessary., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright © 2022, Russell et al.)
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- 2022
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