Publications by authors named "H N MUNRO"
Sustainable forestry typically involves integration of several economic and ecological objectives which, at times, may not be compatible with one another. Multi-objective prioritization via harvest scheduling programs can be used to elucidate these relationships and explore solutions. One such program is a spatially explicit harvest scheduler that adopts the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to iteratively find management solutions to achieve multiple objectives (Habplan).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann is an important mortality agent of Pinus in the eastern United States of America where it commonly shares hosts with the black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier), which infrequently kills trees. Unlike D. frontalis, which must kill its hosts to become established in the bark and reproduce, D.
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- - The study aimed to explore the link between diabetes and the incidence of pancreatic cancer among African American and White individuals of similar socio-economic backgrounds in the Southern Community Cohort Study from 2002-2015.
- - Analysis revealed that diabetes significantly increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer (overall HR 1.54), with similar effects observed in both racial groups, indicating that diabetics are at higher risk regardless of ethnicity.
- - Additionally, African Americans showed a heightened risk for pancreatic cancer even when accounting for diabetes, suggesting that racial disparities in cancer incidence persist despite socio-economic similarities.
Background & Aims: Higher intake of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has been linked with higher risks of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, as well as all-cause mortality. However, studies on UPF and cause-specific mortality remain limited, especially among disadvantaged populations. We aimed to examine associations of UPF intake with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among low-income Americans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, interest in the relationship of diet quality on risk has been growing.
Methods: We examined the association between Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-10) at enrollment and lung cancer incidence among 70,802 participants in a predominantly African American and low-income prospective cohort in the southern United States. Outcomes were ascertained through linkages with state cancer registries and the National Death Index (NDI).