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AJ Jacobs

East Carolina University
Verified email at ecu.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Antibodies and tuberculosis

AJ Jacobs, J Mongkolsapaya, GR Screaton… - Tuberculosis, 2016 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem internationally, causing 9.6 million
new cases and 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2014. The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine …

Modern instrumental methods in forensic toxicology

ML Smith, SP Vorce, JM Holler… - Journal of analytical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
This article reviews modern analytical instrumentation in forensic toxicology for identification
and quantification of drugs and toxins in biological fluids and tissues. A brief description of …

Recovery of neurofilament expression selectively in regenerating reticulospinal neurons

AJ Jacobs, GP Swain, JA Snedeker… - Journal of …, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
During regeneration of lamprey spinal axons, growth cones lack filopodia and lamellipodia,
contain little actin, and elongate much more slowly than do typical growth cones of …

Urine concentrations of ketamine and norketamine following illegal consumption

KA Moore, J Sklerov, B Levine… - Journal of analytical …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Ketamine, an anesthetic agent primarily used in veterinary medicine and pediatrics,
continues to gain in popularity in the drug abuse scene or “Rave Wave” of all-night dance …

Pure choriocarcinoma of the ovary

AJ Jacobs, JR Newland, RK Green - Obstetrical & Gynecological …, 1982 - journals.lww.com
Pure Choriocarcinoma of the Ovary : Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey Pure Choriocarcinoma
of the Ovary : Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey Log in or Register Subscribe to …

Female genital alteration: a compromise solution

KS Arora, AJ Jacobs - Journal of medical ethics, 2016 - jme.bmj.com
Despite 30 years of advocacy, the prevalence of non-therapeutic female genital alteration
(FGA) in minors is stable in many countries. Educational efforts have minimally changed the …

The microbiota influences cell death and microglial colonization in the perinatal mouse brain

A Castillo-Ruiz, M Mosley, AJ George… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The mammalian fetus develops in a largely sterile environment, and direct exposure to a
complex microbiota does not occur until birth. We took advantage of this to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with the impact of quality improvement collaboratives in mental healthcare: an exploratory study

MH Versteeg, MGH Laurant, GC Franx, AJ Jacobs… - Implementation …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together groups of
healthcare professionals to work in a structured manner to improve the quality of healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement in overall survival from extremity soft tissue sarcoma over twenty years

AJ Jacobs, R Michels, J Stein, AS Levin - Sarcoma, 2015 - hindawi.com
Several patient demographic factors, including marital status, have been demonstrated to
have prognostic significance for survival in extremity soft tissue sarcoma (ESTS). A study …

[BOOK][B] The year of living biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible

AJ Jacobs - 2008 - books.google.com
Now a TV series Living Biblically streaming on CBS All Access! From the New York Times
bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion …