Publications by authors named "M Dickson"
Knowledge about seafloor depth, or bathymetry, is crucial for various marine activities, including scientific research, offshore industry, safety of navigation, and ocean exploration. Mapping the central Arctic Ocean is challenging due to the presence of perennial sea ice, which limits data collection to icebreakers, submarines, and drifting ice stations. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) was initiated in 1997 with the goal of updating the Arctic Ocean bathymetric portrayal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComprehensive historical coastal change datasets are crucial resources for effective coastal management. In Aotearoa New Zealand, available coastal change data is outdated, or sporadic, hindering large-scale, long-term analysis of coastal change, and coastal planning nationwide. Here we introduce New Zealand's Coastal Change Dataset (NZCCD) a detailed record of coastal change around New Zealand from the early 1940's to 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelected Resource Insecurities and Abstinence Self-Efficacy Among Urban and Rural Incarcerated Women with Opioid Use Disorder.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how insecurities related to food, housing, and transportation affect abstinence self-efficacy in women involved with the criminal justice system who have opioid use disorder (OUD).
- - Data was collected from 900 women in Kentucky jails, focusing on their resource insecurities and their confidence in maintaining abstinence from opioids.
- - Findings suggest that food insecurity is negatively related to abstinence self-efficacy, and that living in rural areas exacerbates the impact of transportation insecurity on recovery efforts.
Background: Approximately half of patients with localised, high-risk soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity develop metastases. We aimed to assess whether the addition of pembrolizumab to preoperative radiotherapy and surgery would improve disease-free survival.
Methods: We completed an open-label, randomised clinical trial in patients with grade 2 or 3, stage III undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or dedifferentiated or pleomorphic liposarcoma of the extremity and limb girdle.
Article Synopsis
- - Postpartum uterine disease, specifically metritis and endometritis, negatively impacts ovarian function in dairy cows, affecting hormone levels and follicle development based on timing.
- - Metritis within 14 days postpartum is linked to reduced follicle size and lower estrogen and progesterone levels, while endometritis occurring after 15 days post-birth is associated with decreased corpus luteum size but not progesterone levels.
- - Long-term effects of uterine infections induced by bacteria did not show significant changes in luteal function after several months, suggesting that the immediate postpartum period is critical for monitoring ovarian health in cows.