… Ritu Agarwal is an associate professor of MIS at the Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, College Park. Her current research focuses on the adoption and …

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide, but few
effective long-term treatments are available. In cardiovascular trials of inhibitors of sodium–…

The acceptance of new information technologies by their intended users persists as an
important issue for researchers and practitioners of information systems. Several models have …

Ambulatory systolic blood pressure (BP) correlates better with risk factors for progression of
chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared to clinic measured BP, but its role in predicting end-…

Blood pressure (BP) measured only in the clinic substantially misclassifies hypertension in
patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The role of out-of-clinic recordings of BP in …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ( ABPA ) is an immunological pulmonary disorder
caused by hypersensitivity to Aspergillus fumigatus, manifesting with poorly controlled asthma…

Objective.To estimate the proportion of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in US
hospitals that are “reasonably preventable,” along with their related mortality and costs.Methods.To …

Ovarian cancer is responsible for 4% of deaths from cancer in women. Treatment comprises
a combination of surgery and chemotherapy, but patients typically experience disease …

… A sorted run R of S in В is defined as follows: R = IÍAi,a2,..,Ai-x,Ai+x,...,Aj{Q) where Q is a
maximal sequence of tuples r of В such that for each tuple in Q, the first I columns have the …

Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around
the world. Previous publications have estimated the effect of AMR on incidence, deaths, …