We explore the conflict between personalization and privacy that arises from the existence
of weak ties. A weak tie is an unexpected connection that provides serendipitous …

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 ) is a classical pericentral hepatotoxicant; however, precise
details of its mechanism of action remain unknown. One possibility is that Kupffer cells …

Diabetic kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy (DN), is a major complication of diabetes
and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that requires dialysis treatment or …

We present a novel framework for studying recommendation algorithms in terms of the 'jumps'
that they make to connect people to artifacts. This approach emphasizes reachability via …

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
in the industrialized world and accounts for much of the excess mortality in patients with …

A previous meta-analysis of genome-wide association data by the Cohorts for Heart and Aging
Research in Genomic Epidemiology and CKDGen consortia identified 16 loci associated …

The standardization and wider use of electronic medical records (EMR) creates opportunities
for better understanding patterns of illness and care within and across medical systems. …

Context Animal-habitat relationships tend to manifest at specific spatial scales. Accurately
identifying these scales and accounting for the variance in habitat selection across them is …

A tight interplay of genetic predisposition and environmental factors define the onset and
the rate of progression of chronic renal disease. We are seeing a rapid expansion of …

… Benjamin J Keller … Ben Keller, bkeller@emich.edu. … Keller BJ, McEachin RC, Watanabe
RM, McInnis MG: Identifying hypothetical genetic influences on complex disease phenotypes: …