Number of Papers published in peer-reviewed journals: Number of Papers published in non peer-reviewed journals: Final Report: STIR: Advanced Quantum Sensing Report Title Recycling unmeasured photons in a system utilizing weak measurements can substantially improve the signal-to-noise ratio. We have performed a complete theoretical analysis of the tradeoffs, and demonstrated in a double-pass sys...

Purpose The relationship between obesity and prostate cancer (CaP) treatment failure is complex and may vary by patientand neighborhood-level educational attainment. We evaluated whether patientand neighborhood-level education is associated with the effect of obesity on biochemical recurrence. Methods Seven hundred and forty-six CaP cases were classified into four groups: Concordant Low–Low: le...

Abstract Introduction Sleep is important for learning and memory retention. However, students often cram examinations by staying awake late to study. We tested the hypothesis that trading sleep time leads better next-day recall, but items learned during deprivation will be more poorly retained. Methods Seventy healthy adults (18–24 years; 32 males) participated in an overnight laboratory study ...

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major abiotic stress that negatively impacts plant growth and crop productivity. Al ions are released into soil solutions as function of pH, which in turn determined by combination factors, including local geology, historic vegetation land-use patterns. Selection use Al-tolerant crops preferred method to address the problem toxicity. The present study evaluated moder...

The 2010 health reform seeks to expand health coverage to 30 million people and many will enroll in managed care plans. We exploit Medicaid manage care mandates in California to examine the effect of managed care on prenatal care access and birth and pregnancy outcomes. There is no improvement for the extremely disadvantaged, but access and birth outcomes improves for the moderately disadvantag...