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Development and Validation of a Healthcare Utilization-Based Algorithm to Identify Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Rainbow Brite Douglas W Mapel,1,* Melissa H Roberts,1,* Susan Sama,2 Priyanka J Bobbili,3 Wendy Y Cheng,3 Mei Sheng Duh,3 Catherine Nguyen,3 Philippe Thompson-Leduc,3 Melissa K Van Dyke,4 Kieran J Rothnie,4 Devi Sundaresan,2 Julia M Certa,5 Thomas S Whiting,5 Jennifer L Brown,5 Douglas W Roblin5 1College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuq

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Assessing Lateral Interaction in the Synesthetic Visual Brain

In grapheme-color synesthesia, letters and numbers evoke abnormal colored perceptions.Although the underlying mechanisms are not known, it is largely thought that the synesthetic brain is characterized by atypical connectivity throughout various brain regions, including the visual areas.To study the putative impact of synesthesia on the visual brai

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