Biomonitoring with Micronuclei Test in Buccal Cells of Female Farmers and Children Exposed to Pesticides of Maneadero Agricultural Valley, Baja California, Mexico by Idalia Jazmin Castañeda-Yslas, María Evarista Arellano-García, Marco Antonio García-Zarate, Balam Ruíz-Ruíz, María Guadalupe Zavala-Cerna, Olivia Torres-Bugarín

“…We aimed to evaluate the genotoxic effect in buccal mucosa from female farmers and children, working in the agricultural valley of Maneadero, Baja California. Frequencies of micronucleated cells (MNc) and nuclear abnormalities (NA) in 2000 cells were obtained from the buccal mucosa of the study population (n=144), divided in four groups: (1) farmers (n=37), (2) unexposed (n=35), (3) farmers’ children (n=34), and (4) unexposed children (n=38). …”
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Los comcáac (seri): hacia una diversidad biocultural Del Golfo de California y estado de Sonora, México by Diana Luque Agraz, Shoko Doode Matsumoto

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Obesity Severity, Dietary Behaviors, and Lifestyle Risks Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Age in a Northern California Cohort of Children with Obesity by Margaret C. Ford, Nancy P. Gordon, Amanda Howell, Cheryl E. Green, Louise C. Greenspan, Malini Chandra, R. Grant Mellor, Joan C. Lo

“…This study examined obesogenic behaviors in children with obesity in a Northern California obesity intervention program using data from a parent/teen-completed intake questionnaire covering dietary and lifestyle behaviors (frequency of breakfast, family meals, unhealthy snacking and beverages, fruit/vegetable intake, sleep, screen time, and exercise). …”
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Comparison of Conservation Strategies for California Channel Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) Using Climate Suitability Predicted From Genomic Data by Alayna Mead, Sorel Fitz‐Gibbon, John Knapp, Victoria L. Sork

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Origen y distribución de la ictiofauna de la Laguna de San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, México by José de la Cruz Agüero

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Caracterización morfológica y molecular de Symbiodinium natans-clado A de vida libre (Dinophyceae) de la Bahía de La Paz, Golfo de California by Ana E Ramos-Santiago, Ignacio Leyva-Valencia, Yuri B Okolodkov, Christine J Band-Schmidt

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‘Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water’ by Ian S. Scott

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Effect of Three Colostrum Diets on Passive Transfer of Immunity and Preweaning Health in Calves on a California Dairy following Colostrum Management Training by Deniece R. Williams, Patrick Pithua, Angel Garcia, John Champagne, Deborah M. Haines, Sharif S. Aly

“…Following colostrum management training, a randomized field trial was conducted on a California dairy to determine the effect of supplementing pooled colostrum with either colostrum-derived replacer (CDR) or second-milking colostrum (transition milk) on failure of passive transfer (FPT) and preweaning morbidity risks. …”
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Identifying pre-diabetes ‘hotspots’ in Northern California using geospatial analysis: opportunities to target diabetes prevention strategies and improve health equity by Tannaz Moin, Luis A Rodriguez, Obidiugwu Kenrik Duru, Julie Schmittdiel, Tainayah W Thomas, Maher Yassin, Yelba Castellon-Lopez

“…We used health system and census data to identify pre-diabetes hotspots using a systematic five-step geoprocessing approach that made use of incremental spatial autocorrelation and Getis-Ord Gi*.Setting This study was set in Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), an integrated health delivery system with over four million members.Participants KPNC adults ages 35–70 who underwent a haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) or fasting plasma glucose (FPG) screening test in 2019 were mapped to census tracts in Northern California. …”
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Creating pragmatic, rapid‐cycle, evidence‐based innovation: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Delivery Science and Applied Research (DARE) program by Douglas A. Corley, Julie A. Schmittdiel, Smita Rouillard, Yi‐Fen Chen, Tracy A. Lieu

“…Methods This article describes one large‐scale, generalizable model: The Permanente Medical Group's (TPMG) Delivery Science and Applied Research (DARE) program within Kaiser Permanente Northern California. This organization‐level initiative was designed to: (1) elicit clinical innovation and quality concerns across clinical specialties; (2) prioritize these questions for next‐step evaluations; (3) create dedicated analytic, research, and clinical expertise to rapidly study the questions generated; (4) develop communities of clinician‐researchers, embedded within their specialties' clinical operations, who gather ideas for evaluation, generate evidence, and facilitate implementation of research results (a.k.a. evidence‐based innovators); and (5) broadly disseminate findings, to connect results with potential next‐step implementation. …”
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Are men’s gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E. Johns, Anita Raj

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Analysis of Land Displacement Utilizing Sentinel-1 Satellite Imagery and InSAR Technique: A Case Study in Kern County, California by Javad Hatamiafkoueieh

“…This study investigates patterns of land displacement in Kern County, California, using Sentinel-1 satellite imagery and the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technique. …”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the association between gender equality beliefs and self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among California men.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed men's data (N = 3609) from three waves (2021, 2022, and 2023) of cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of California adults. …”
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Knowledge gaps, water caps and regulatory traps: policies, practices, and lessons from environmental flow requirements in the San Joaquin River, California by Gustavo Facincani Dourado, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Marie-Odile Fortier, Joshua H Viers

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Persistent effects of legal status on healthcare access and outcomes: findings from a state-wide representative cross-sectional survey in California by Lei Chen, Michelle Kao Nakphong, May Sudhinaraset, Nadereh Pourat, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young

“…Background To examine how legal status and past undocumented status are associated with healthcare access and health outcomes.Methods Data were collected between 2018 and 2020 as a follow-on, cross-sectional survey to the California Health Interview Survey (N=2010). We used multiple regression models to assess associations between past and current legal status and usual source of care, delayed medical care and psychological distress.Results Overall, 26.2% of the sample had ever been undocumented. …”
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Alejandro Velasco. Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. 344 páginas. by Edwin López Rivera

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Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska by Tor Mowatt-Larssen, Tierney M. Thys, Jackie Hildering, Eric J. Caldera, Ellen E. Biesack, Jan R. McDowell, Marianne Nyegaard, Marianne Nyegaard

“…The species identity of six M. tecta specimens from California and Alaska were verified with genetic analysis. …”
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Molecular phylogeny of Cytospora species associated with canker diseases of fruit and nut crops in California, with the descriptions of ten new species and one new combination by Daniel P. Lawrence, Leslie A. Holland, Mohamed T. Nouri, Renaud Travadon, Ara Abramians, Themis J. Michailides, Florent P. Trouillas

“…The pathogenic status of the newly described Cytospora species requires further investigation as most species were associated with severe dieback and decline of diverse and economically important fruit and nut crops in California.…”
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study by Marcella Warner, Stephen Rauch, Brenda Eskenazi, Lucia Calderon, Robert B. Gunier, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Weihong Guo, Julianna Deardorff, Jacqueline M. Torres

“…We examined the relationship between serum concentrations of persistent organochlorine pesticides and biologic markers of inflammation and cardiometabolic disease, measured over a decade later, in a cohort of middle-aged and primarily immigrant Latina women living in an underserved agricultural community in California. Material and methods: We used data from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas-Maternal Cognition Study (CHAMACOS-MCS). …”
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La micro y pequeña empresa como generadora de empleo en Baja California durante la crisis de 2008-2009 by Alejandro Mungaray Lagarda, José Gabriel Aguilar Barceló, Natanael Ramírez Angulo, Astrid Ortiz Figueroa

“…El objetivo del trabajo ha sido evaluar la importancia de la conformación del tejido empresarial en la evolución de la actividad económica y la generación de empleo en Baja California en el entorno de la crisis global de 2008-2009, con énfasis en el comportamiento de la micro y pequeña empresa. …”
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