Publications by authors named "A D Farris"
Purpose: Oral cavity (OC) and oropharyngeal (OP) cancer rates have increased annually rising in the U.S. and Texas.
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- Current kidney transplant regimens often struggle to prevent antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in sensitized individuals, leading to graft failure.
- Research showed that anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment for kidney transplants in nonhuman primates was more effective at controlling rejection and post-transplant immune responses than standard tacrolimus-based therapy.
- The anti-CD154-treated group had significantly longer survival rates, better suppression of harmful antibodies, and fewer complications post-transplant, suggesting that anti-CD154 mAbs could enhance outcomes in sensitized kidney transplant patients.
Introduction: Many uninsured adults rely on free health clinics for prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Little is known about the nutrition education needs of adults served by free health clinics, especially those living in counties within the Western North Carolina Appalachian Mountain Region.
Methods: An in-person survey was distributed to 202 clients of two free health clinics in western North Carolina.
Food insecurity means having limited or uncertain access to an adequate, nutritious, and safe diet. Rates among US college students range from 10% to 75%, and the problem is associated with mental and physical health disorders and unfavorable academic outcomes. This study examined the associations between the food security status of sophomores attending a university in the Southeastern US and their need for social support, food access behaviors, and budgeting knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate adaptation and the management of climate impacts require cross-sectoral and regional coordination and collaboration, but presently there is no thorough assessment of the adaptation network in the Midwest United States to evaluate how well it achieves such collaboration. We investigated the climate adaptation network across the Midwest to inform the strategic agenda for a climate adaptation boundary organization in Minnesota - the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP). We identified 150 organizations and more than 500 unique connections between them.
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