INTRODUCTION We compared the risk of diabetes for residents of Appalachian counties to that of residents of non-Appalachian counties after controlling for selected risk factors in states containing at least 1 Appalachian county. METHODS We combined Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2006 and 2007 and conducted a logistic regression analysis, with self-reported diabetes as th...

Background Appalachia is a region of the United States that faces significant environmental and health disparities. Understanding these disparities and the social determinants that contribute to them are critical to reducing health inequities. The purpose of this research is two-fold. First, through secondary data analysis, we document environmental and health disparities as well as demographic...

Based on the sedimentary and subsiding features of Kuqa foreland basin, this paper presents the following characteristics of Neogene coupling relationship between Kuqa Basin and Southern Tien Shan Orogen, Northwestern China: (1) The Southern Tien Shan Orogen underwent Neogene uplifting of 4 km in height and the Kuqa Basin underwent Neogene subsidence of 4-6 km in depth accordingly beginning in ...

BACKGROUND Appalachia is a geographic region with high cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates, yet little is known about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in this region. We determined HPV vaccine coverage among adolescent females from Appalachia, made comparisons to non-Appalachian females, and examined how coverage differs across subregions within Appalachia. METHODS We analyzed...

Unlike well-known plateaus associated with Cenozoic orogens, the Appalachian and Ozark Plateaus of eastern United States fringe foreland side a long inactive deeply eroded orogen. These intracratonic (FIPs), which are underlain by sub-horizontal cratonic-platform strata and, in places, foreland-basin strata, now lie 0.5–1.2 km above sea level, notably higher than adjacent fold-thrust belts. An ...

We present a new crustal cross section through the east-west trending ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) Dabie Shan orogenic belt, east central China, based on a 400km-long seismic refraction profile. Data from our profile reveal that the cratonal blocks north and south of the orogen are composed of 35-km-thick crust consisting of three layers (upper, middle, and lower crust) with average seismic velocit...

[1] Many important insights regarding the coupling among climate, erosion, and tectonics have come from numerical simulations using coupled tectonic and surface process models. However, analyses to date have left the strength of the coupling between climate and tectonics uncertain and many questions unanswered. We present an approximate analytical solution for two-sided orogenic wedges obeying ...

Abstract Middle to Upper Jurassic strata in the Paradox Basin and Central Colorado trough (CCT; southwestern United States) record a pronounced change sediment dispersal from dominantly aeolian deposition with an Appalachian source (Entrada Sandstone) fluvial Mogollon and/or Sevier orogenic highlands (Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation). An enigmatic abundance Cambrian (ca. 527–519 Ma) grai...