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A group comprised of several species of aquatic carnivores in different genera, in the family Otariidae. In comparison to FUR SEALS, they have shorter, less dense hair.

A genus of the subfamily SIGMODONTINAE consisting of 49 species. Two of these are widely used in medical research. They are P. leucopus, or the white-footed mouse, and P. maniculatus, or the deer mouse.

A viral infection of the brain caused by serotypes of California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA) transmitted to humans by the mosquito AEDES triseriatus. The majority of cases are caused by the LA CROSSE VIRUS. This condition is endemic to the midwestern United States and primarily affects children between 5-10 years of age. Clinical manifestations include FEVER; VOMITING; HEADACHE; and abdominal pain followed by SEIZURES, altered mentation, and focal neurologic deficits. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, p13)

Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.

Persons living in the United States of Mexican (MEXICAN AMERICANS), Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin. The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.

Infections of the brain caused by arthropod-borne viruses (i.e., arboviruses) primarily from the families TOGAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; and RHABDOVIRIDAE. Life cycles of these viruses are characterized by ZOONOSES, with birds and lower mammals serving as intermediate hosts. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) or TICKS. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, alterations of mentation, focal neurologic deficits, and COMA. (From Clin Microbiol Rev 1994 Jan;7(1):89-116; Walton, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, 10th ed, p321)

The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed)

Hospitals controlled by the county government.

Organized systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: (1) provide care in a defined geographic area; (2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; (3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; (4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and (5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

A plant genus of the family PAPAVERACEAE that contains benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids.

A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.

An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.

Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.

An infant during the first month after birth.

A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts.

Individuals or groups with no or inadequate health insurance coverage. Those falling into this category usually comprise three primary groups: the medically indigent (MEDICAL INDIGENCY); those whose clinical condition makes them medically uninsurable; and the working uninsured.

Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

State plans prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agencies which are made up from plans submitted by the Health Systems Agencies and subject to review and revision by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

A family of the order Rodentia which contains 49 genera. Some of the more common genera are MARMOTA, which includes the marmot and woodchuck; Sciurus, the gray squirrel, S. carolinensis, and the fox squirrel, S. niger; Tamias, the eastern and western chipmunk; and Tamiasciurus, the red squirrel. The flying squirrels, except the scaly-tailed Anomaluridae, also belong to this family.

The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment.

Infection with a fungus of the genus COCCIDIOIDES, endemic to the SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. It is sometimes called valley fever but should not be confused with RIFT VALLEY FEVER. Infection is caused by inhalation of airborne, fungal particles known as arthroconidia, a form of FUNGAL SPORES. A primary form is an acute, benign, self-limited respiratory infection. A secondary form is a virulent, severe, chronic, progressive granulomatous disease with systemic involvement. It can be detected by use of COCCIDIOIDIN.

The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup.

Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.

The process of leaving one's country to establish residence in a foreign country.

The science, art or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.

Groups of individuals whose putative ancestry is from native continental populations based on similarities in physical appearance.

A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an IPA arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the IPA are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure.

A plant genus of the family FAGACEAE that is a source of TANNINS. Do not confuse with Holly (ILEX).

Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.

The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.

A family of viruses, mainly arboviruses, consisting of a single strand of RNA. Virions are enveloped particles 90-120 nm diameter. The complete family contains over 300 members arranged in five genera: ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; NAIROVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; and TOSPOVIRUS.

Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.

Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.

Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of burning TOBACCO.

The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

Diseases of birds not considered poultry, therefore usually found in zoos, parks, and the wild. The concept is differentiated from POULTRY DISEASES which is for birds raised as a source of meat or eggs for human consumption, and usually found in barnyards, hatcheries, etc.

A plant genus in the LAURACEAE family. The tree, Persea americana Mill., is known for the Avocado fruit, the food of commerce.

Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.

A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu. It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900 and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)

The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.

A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals.

The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.

Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.

The suborder of aquatic CARNIVORA comprising the WALRUSES; FUR SEALS; SEA LIONS; and EARLESS SEALS. They have fusiform bodies with very short tails and are found on all sea coasts. The offspring are born on land.

The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)

Decisions for determining and guiding present and future objectives from among alternatives.

Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.

The salinated water of OCEANS AND SEAS that provides habitat for marine organisms.

Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.

The religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ: the religion that believes in God as the Father Almighty who works redemptively through the Holy Spirit for men's salvation and that affirms Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior who proclaimed to man the gospel of salvation. (From Webster, 3d ed)

A plant genus in the LAURACEAE family. The tree, Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt., is known for aromatic leaves used in SPICES having a similar flavor to LAURUS.

Any substance in the air which could, if present in high enough concentration, harm humans, animals, vegetation or material. Substances include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; and volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.

Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Europe.

Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.

Organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community.

Nitric acid (HNO3). A colorless liquid that is used in the manufacture of inorganic and organic nitrates and nitro compounds for fertilizers, dye intermediates, explosives, and many different organic chemicals. Continued exposure to vapor may cause chronic bronchitis; chemical pneumonitis may occur. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

A method of payment for health services in which an individual or institutional provider is paid a fixed, per capita amount without regard to the actual number or nature of services provided to each patient.

Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.

Non-native organisms brought into a region, habitat, or ECOSYSTEM by human activity.

The pattern of any process, or the interrelationship of phenomena, which affects growth or change within a population.

Persons living in the United States of Mexican descent.

Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.

Process of cultural change in which one group or members of a group assimilate various cultural patterns from another.

A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area.

An area of water mostly surrounded by land, usually smaller than a gulf, and affording access to the sea.

A form of arboviral encephalitis (which primarily affects horses) endemic to western and central regions of NORTH AMERICA. The causative organism (ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE) may be transferred to humans via the bite of mosquitoes (CULEX tarsalis and others). Clinical manifestations include headache and influenza-like symptoms followed by alterations in mentation, SEIZURES, and COMA. DEATH occurs in a minority of cases. Survivors may recover fully or be left with residual neurologic dysfunction, including PARKINSONISM, POSTENCEPHALITIC. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp8-9)

Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.

A multistage process that includes cloning, physical mapping, subcloning, determination of the DNA SEQUENCE, and information analysis.

Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services.

A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.

A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.

Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.

Generally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an insurance contract with an insurer. (Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2d ed)

Woody, usually tall, perennial higher plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and some Pterophyta) having usually a main stem and numerous branches.

Economic aspects related to the management and operation of a hospital.

Warm-blooded VERTEBRATES possessing FEATHERS and belonging to the class Aves.

A genus of marine mussels in the family MYTILIDAE, class BIVALVIA. The species MYTILUS EDULIS is the highly edible common mussel.

Health insurance plans for employees, and generally including their dependents, usually on a cost-sharing basis with the employer paying a percentage of the premium.

Genotypic differences observed among individuals in a population.

The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.

A plant genus of the family TAXODIACEAE known for including some of the tallest trees.

Collection, analysis, and interpretation of data about the frequency, distribution, and consequences of disease or health conditions, for use in the planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in an educational institution.

The protection, preservation, restoration, and rational use of all resources in the total environment.

The geographic designation for states bordering on or located in the Pacific Ocean. The states so designated are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. (U.S. Geologic Survey telephone communication)

The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.

Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.

Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.

Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available.

Governmental levies on property, inheritance, gifts, etc.

The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

Health insurance providing benefits to cover or partly cover hospital expenses.

A group of ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS which affect horses and man, transmitted via the bites of mosquitoes. Disorders in this category are endemic to regions of South America and North America. In humans, clinical manifestations vary with the type of infection, and range from a mild influenza-like syndrome to a fulminant encephalitis. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp8-10)

Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.

The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)

The systems and processes involved in the establishment, support, management, and operation of registers, e.g., disease registers.

Arthropods, other than insects and arachnids, which transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.

The unstable triatomic form of oxygen, O3. It is a powerful oxidant that is produced for various chemical and industrial uses. Its production is also catalyzed in the ATMOSPHERE by ULTRAVIOLET RAY irradiation of oxygen or other ozone precursors such as VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS and NITROGEN OXIDES. About 90% of the ozone in the atmosphere exists in the stratosphere (STRATOSPHERIC OZONE).

A subtype of INFLUENZA A VIRUS with the surface proteins hemagglutinin 1 and neuraminidase 1. The H1N1 subtype was responsible for the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.

Programs in which participation is required.

Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.

Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.

A species of ALPHAVIRUS that is the etiologic agent of encephalomyelitis in humans and equines in the United States, southern Canada, and parts of South America.

Studies which start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease. The relationship of an attribute to the disease is examined by comparing diseased and non-diseased persons with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group.

A mosquito-borne viral illness caused by the WEST NILE VIRUS, a FLAVIVIRUS and endemic to regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Common clinical features include HEADACHE; FEVER; maculopapular rash; gastrointestinal symptoms; and lymphadenopathy. MENINGITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; and MYELITIS may also occur. The disease may occasionally be fatal or leave survivors with residual neurologic deficits. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, p13; Lancet 1998 Sep 5;352(9130):767-71)

Number of individuals in a population relative to space.

Criteria to determine eligibility of patients for medical care programs and services.

The flow of water in enviromental bodies of water such as rivers, oceans, water supplies, aquariums, etc. It includes currents, tides, and waves.

A strategy for purchasing health care in a manner which will obtain maximum value for the price for the purchasers of the health care and the recipients. The concept was developed primarily by Alain Enthoven of Stanford University and promulgated by the Jackson Hole Group. The strategy depends on sponsors for groups of the population to be insured. The sponsor, in some cases a health alliance, acts as an intermediary between the group and competing provider groups (accountable health plans). The competition is price-based among annual premiums for a defined, standardized benefit package. (From Slee and Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993)

Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.

Places for cultivation and harvesting of fish, particularly in sea waters. (from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Compounds that contain two halogenated benzene rings linked via an OXYGEN atom. Many polybrominated diphenyl ethers are used as FLAME RETARDANTS.

Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.

People who leave their place of residence in one country and settle in a different country.

The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.

The aggregate business enterprise of agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to tobacco and tobacco-derived products.

Diseases of rodents of the order RODENTIA. This term includes diseases of Sciuridae (squirrels), Geomyidae (gophers), Heteromyidae (pouched mice), Castoridae (beavers), Cricetidae (rats and mice), Muridae (Old World rats and mice), Erethizontidae (porcupines), and Caviidae (guinea pigs).

Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the islands of the central and South Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia.

Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.

A set of techniques used when variation in several variables has to be studied simultaneously. In statistics, multivariate analysis is interpreted as any analytic method that allows simultaneous study of two or more dependent variables.

Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups.

Activities concerned with governmental policies, functions, etc.

Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.

Procedures for finding the mathematical function which best describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In linear regression (see LINEAR MODELS) the relationship is constrained to be a straight line and LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS is used to determine the best fit. In logistic regression (see LOGISTIC MODELS) the dependent variable is qualitative rather than continuously variable and LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS are used to find the best relationship. In multiple regression, the dependent variable is considered to depend on more than a single independent variable.

The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms.

Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance.

Agencies established under PL93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual State Health Plan and giving assistance to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

Financing of medical care provided to public assistance recipients.

A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)

The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air (AIR POLLUTANTS) that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects. The substances may include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; or volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.

Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative body.

Organizations which assume the financial responsibility for the risks of policyholders.

The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.

The species Canis latrans in the family CANIDAE, a smaller relative of WOLVES. It is found in the Western hemisphere from Costa Rica to Alaska.

Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.

A mitosporic fungal genus which causes COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.

Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.

Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.

The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to health and medicine.

All deaths reported in a given population.

Schools which offer training in the area of health.

Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.

A genus of destructive parasitic OOMYCETES in the family Peronosporaceae, order Peronosporales, affecting numerous fruit, vegetable, and other crops. Differentiation of zoospores usually takes place in the sporangium and no vesicle is formed. It was previously considered a fungus.

Coexistence of numerous distinct ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural groups within one social unit, organization, or population. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed., 1982, p955)

A species of FLAVIVIRUS, one of the Japanese encephalitis virus group (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE). It can infect birds and mammals. In humans, it is seen most frequently in Africa, Asia, and Europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (WEST NILE FEVER). The virus appeared in North America for the first time in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by CULEX spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on birds, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito, AEDES albopictus, which feeds mainly on mammals.

Economic aspects of the field of medicine, the medical profession, and health care. It includes the economic and financial impact of disease in general on the patient, the physician, society, or government.

The confinement of a patient in a hospital.

Diseases of domestic and wild horses of the species Equus caballus.

Disorders related to substance abuse.

The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. PLANTS, which convert SOLAR ENERGY to food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a larger animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.

Living facilities for humans.

A plant genus of the family CUPRESSACEAE. Cypress ordinarily refers to this but also forms part of the name of plants in other genera.

Differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services.

Gases, fumes, vapors, and odors escaping from the cylinders of a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.

Large members of the FALCONIFORMES order of birds, family Accipitridae, most especially the genera Aquila, Haliaeetus, Harpia, and Circaetus. They are characterized by their powerful talons, which carry long, curved, pointed claws and by their opposable hindtoe.

The group in which legal authority is vested for the control of health-related institutions and organizations.

Educational institutions.

Smallest political subdivisions within a country at which general governmental functions are carried-out.

The buckthorn plant family, of the order Rhamnales, includes some species with edible fruits and some that are medicinal.

Individuals licensed to practice medicine.

A violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished.

The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.

The variety of all native living organisms and their various forms and interrelationships.

The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a father.

A subfamily of the family MURIDAE comprised of 69 genera. New World mice and rats are included in this subfamily.

Chemicals used in agriculture. These include pesticides, fumigants, fertilizers, plant hormones, steroids, antibiotics, mycotoxins, etc.

Payments or services provided under stated circumstances under the terms of an insurance policy. In prepayment programs, benefits are the services the programs will provide at defined locations and to the extent needed.

The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.

Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue.

A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.

Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both. Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species.

Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.

Poisoning from ingestion of mushrooms, primarily from, but not restricted to, toxic varieties.

An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing climate, or change in predator/prey ratios.

Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and LAKES.

The contamination of indoor air.

A serotype of the species California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA), in the genus ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS, causing human MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. This is the agent most responsible for California encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA), the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognized in the United States.

A viral encephalitis caused by the St. Louis encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS), a FLAVIVIRUS. It is transmitted to humans and other vertebrates primarily by mosquitoes of the genus CULEX. The primary animal vectors are wild birds and the disorder is endemic to the midwestern and southeastern United States. Infections may be limited to an influenza-like illness or present as an ASEPTIC MENINGITIS or ENCEPHALITIS. Clinical manifestations of the encephalitic presentation may include SEIZURES, lethargy, MYOCLONUS, focal neurologic signs, COMA, and DEATH. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p750)

Education centers authorized by the Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act, 1971, for the training of health personnel in areas where health needs are the greatest. May be used for centers other than those established by the United States act.

Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.

Racing problems in the U.S.A. (1/5824)

The major problems of racing in the United States at the present time are caused by too much racing. This has led to too few horses and small fields. Consequently many owners and trainers are trying to enter their horses too frequently and to race them when they are not really fit to run. The desire to race horses as frequently as possible has led to constant pressure from horsemen through their organizations for so called "permissive medication". Started in the state of Colorado approximately ten years ago this has grown until finally there are only a few states, notably New York and New Jersey that have resisted the pressure. The drug that gave the opening wedge to permissive medication was phenylbutazone, but this in many states has led to the inclusion of other drugs including analgesics and drugs that veterinarians claim are needed for therapeutic purposes. Some states have endeavoured to control phenylbutazone medication by quantitation and while lower limits cause little difficulty, maximum allowable limits have caused problems and are not practical. While there has been no publicity to my knowledge about frusemide (furosemide, lasix) the abuse of this drug for so called "bleeders" is an example that may seriously interfere with drug detection in urine and its use should be confined to proven "bleeders" (i.e. horses suffering from epistaxis). Pre-race blood testing began roughly ten years ago at the harness tracks and has been resisted by our flat tracks rather successfully up to the present time. The blood testing methods and those used by the same laboratories in post-race urine testing is inadequate and will not detect many illegal drugs. (+info)

Bioterrorism alleging use of anthrax and interim guidelines for management--United States, 1998. (2/5824)

From October 30 through December 23, 1998, CDC received reports of a series of bioterroristic threats of anthrax exposure. Letters alleged to contain anthrax were sent to health clinics on October 30, 1998, in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. During December 17-23 in California, a letter alleged to contain anthrax was sent to a private business, and three telephone threats of anthrax contamination of ventilation systems were made to private and public buildings. All threats were hoaxes and are under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement officials. The public health implications of these threats were investigated to assist in developing national public health guidelines for responding to bioterrorism. This report summarizes the findings of these investigations and provides interim guidance for public health authorities on bioterrorism related to anthrax. (+info)

Tuberculosis outbreaks in prison housing units for HIV-infected inmates--California, 1995-1996. (3/5824)

During 1995-1996, staff from the California departments of corrections and health services and local health departments investigated two outbreaks of drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB). The outbreaks occurred in two state correctional institutions with dedicated HIV housing units. In each outbreak, all cases were linked by IS6110-based DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. This report describes the investigations of both outbreaks; the findings indicated that M. tuberculosis can spread rapidly among HIV-infected inmates and be transmitted to their visitors and prison employees, with secondary spread to the community. (+info)

The managed care revolution: how medical technologists have tolerated the change. (4/5824)

A repeated cross-sectional study on the psychological profiles and interpersonal styles of highly stressed medical technologists (perfusionists) has found remarkable consistency in internal psychological profiles and differences in interpersonal dynamics over a 6-year period. Six years ago a longitudinal study was begun to track the psychological profiles of perfusionists. Surgeons can repair cardiac defects only after a beating heart has been stopped. In order for the brain and other organs to survive cardiac surgery, they must be perfused with well-oxygenated blood. As a result, the life of every cardiac surgery patient literally sits in the hands of the cardiac perfusionist. The stress of placing patients on and off the 'pump' is one that is experienced by cardiovascular perfusionists on a daily basis. This stress has been likened to that of air traffic controllers who continually prepare planes for take off and/or landing. In the 6 years between studies, medical technologists have changed very little psychologically. They remain very well balanced. However, there have been significant changes in their interpersonal behaviours. Instead of the 'well-balanced' interpersonal profiles of 6 years ago, there is a higher degree of assertiveness/aggressiveness being reported. Managed Care has begun to impact interpersonal behaviours but has not yet altered the more resilient platform of internal psychological balance. (+info)

Premature morbidity from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. (5/5824)

OBJECTIVE: To determine rates of morbidity due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: I used the California Hospital Discharge Database, which contains information on all discharges from acute care hospitals in California, to identify women with SLE who had been hospitalized for treatment of either acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) from 1991 to 1994. I compared the proportions of hospitalizations for each cause among women with SLE with those in a group of women without SLE, for 3 age strata (18-44 years, 45-64 years, and > or =65 years). RESULTS: Compared with young women without SLE, young women with SLE were 2.27 times more likely to be hospitalized because of AMI (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.08-3.46), 3.80 times more likely to be hospitalized because of CHF (95% CI 2.41-5.19), and 2.05 times more likely to be hospitalized because of CVA (95% CI 1.17-2.93). Among middle-aged women with SLE, the frequencies of hospitalization for AMI and CVA did not differ from those of the comparison group, but the risk of hospitalization for CHF was higher (odds ratio [OR] 1.39, 95% CI 1.05-1.73). Among elderly women with SLE, the risk of hospitalization for AMI was significantly lower (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.51-0.89), the risk of hospitalization for CHF was higher (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.01-1.49), and the risk of hospitalization for CVA was not significantly different from those in the comparison group. CONCLUSION: Young women with SLE are at substantially increased risk of AMI, CHF, and CVA. The relative odds of these conditions decrease with age among women with SLE. (+info)

Personal exposure to dust, endotoxin and crystalline silica in California agriculture. (6/5824)

AIMS: The aim of this study was to measure personal exposure to dust, endotoxin and crystalline silica during various agricultural operations in California over a period of one year. METHODS: Ten farms were randomly selected in Yolo and Solano counties and workers were invited to wear personal sampling equipment to measure inhalable and respirable dust levels during various operations. The samples were analysed for endotoxin using the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate assay and crystalline silica content using X-ray diffraction. In total 142 inhalable samples and 144 respirable samples were collected. RESULTS: The measurements showed considerable difference in exposure levels between various operations, in particular for the inhalable fraction of the dust and the endotoxin. Machine harvesting of tree crops (Geometric mean (GM) = 45.1 mg/m3) and vegetables (GM = 7.9 mg/m3), and cleaning of poultry houses (GM = 6.7 mg/m3) showed the highest inhalable dust levels. Cleaning of poultry houses also showed the highest inhalable endotoxin levels (GM = 1861 EU/m3). Respirable dust levels were generally low, except for machine harvesting of tree crops (GM = 2.8 mg/m3) and vegetables (GM = 0.9 mg/m3). Respirable endotoxin levels were also low. For the inhalable dust fraction, levels were reduced considerably when an enclosed cabin was present. The percentage of crystalline silica was overall higher in the respirable dust samples than the inhalable dust samples. CONCLUSIONS: Considerable differences exist in personal exposure levels to dust, endotoxin and crystalline silica during various agricultural operations in California agriculture with some operations showing very high levels. (+info)

Major histocompatibility complex differentiation in Sacramento River chinook salmon. (7/5824)

The chinook salmon of the Sacramento River, California, have been reduced to a fraction of their former abundance because of human impact and use of the river system. Here we examine the genetic variation at a major histocompatibility complex class II exon in the four Sacramento chinook salmon runs. Examination of the alleles found in these and other chinook salmon revealed nucleotide patterns consistent with selection for amino acid replacement at the putative antigen-binding sites. We found a significant amount of variation in each of the runs, including the federally endangered winter run. All of the samples were in Hardy-Weinberg proportions. A significant amount of genetic differentiation between runs was revealed by several measures of differentiation. Winter run was the most genetically divergent, while the spring, late-fall, and fall runs were less differentiated. (+info)

Farm worker illness following exposure to carbofuran and other pesticides--Fresno County California, 1998. (8/5824)

In California, suspected pesticide-related illnesses and suspected work-related illnesses and injuries are reportable conditions. On July 31, 1998, the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) received a report from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) of a pesticide exposure incident in Fresno County involving 34 farm workers. CDHS investigated this incident by reviewing medical records of the 34 workers and interviewing 29. The findings indicated that the workers became ill after early reentry into a cotton field that had been sprayed with a cholinesterase-inhibiting carbamate pesticides (+info)

The Sierra Nevada had only small patches of snow near the Phillips Station meadow, shown shortly before the California Department of Water Resources conducted a snow survey on April 1, 2022. (mercurynews.com)
California will hold virtual public telecommunications hearings regarding the quality of your service at 6 p.m. on December 6, 2022 and 1 p.m. on December 8, 2022. (uscellular.com)
After "fifth" in the document, there's even a link to a footnote that reads, "In October 2022, California was poised to become the world's fourth largest economy. (theepochtimes.com)

A comprehensive report of agricultural statistics for the 2021 crop year, including agricultural exports and organic sales, will be available in early 2023 when the California Agricultural Statistics Review is published. (ca.gov)
CA Cancer J Clin;2023 Mar 01. (bvsalud.org)

In addition, on or after January 1, 2017, applicants for subsequent ASW, IMF, or PCCI registration must pass the California Law and Ethics Exam, before a subsequent registration may be issued. (ca.gov)

Starting in July 2015, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) was authorized to hire several dozen more field compliance officers to protect the state's 19 million workers. (scienceblogs.com)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a finding hailed by environmentalists in the state's epic water wars. (reuters.com)
Often La Niña means drier conditions in Southern California, but the effects on Northern California watersheds critical to the state's water supply can be harder to predict, according to Julie Kalansky , deputy director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (mercurynews.com)
A California voter measure that expands the portability of a property tax break for homeowners age 55 and up could help ease the state's housing shortage. (cnbc.com)
A proposed ballot initiative in California could encourage older homeowners with larger homes to downsize and move to other counties, freeing homes for younger families and potentially easing the state's chronic housing shortage. (cnbc.com)
Though polls show that Trump is unpopular in solidly blue California, where Republicans account for less than a quarter of the state's registered voters, Dhillon predicts that Trump's events will sell out quickly. (politico.com)
The two have sparred most recently over tailpipe emissions standards, with the president lashing out at automakers for striking a side deal with California and Newsom celebrating the state's effort to outflank the Trump administration. (politico.com)
This Scoping Plan lays out the sector-by-sector roadmap for California, the world's fifth largest economy, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 or earlier, outlining a technologically feasible, cost-effective, and equity-focused path to achieve the state's climate target. (theepochtimes.com)
Some users hurrying to sign up on the last day for Covered California ran into issues with the state's site, saying they had to sign up in person. (cbsnews.com)

California's record-breaking wildfires have consumed about 1 million acres in just the past month, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (cnn.com)
California has seen more than 8,500 wildfires, which have claimed 31 lives and destroyed more than 9,200 structures. (cnn.com)
The organization now shifts its focus to support Northern California as wildfires continue to spread across the state, with hundreds of thousands of acres burned and many more under threat. (redcross.org)
VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED Wildfires in Northern California continue, with hundreds of thousands of acres burned and many more under threat. (redcross.org)

the law enforcement agency officers acted in violation of California search and seizure laws . (shouselaw.com)

California encephalitis (CE) is a relatively common, reportable, childhood central nervous system (CNS) disease transmitted by mosquito bite. (medscape.com)
California encephalitis (CE) is caused by a group of viruses that belong to the genus Bunyavirus and the family Bunyaviridae . (medscape.com)
California encephalitis virurs (CEV), rarely causes human infection. (medscape.com)

California serogroup viruses : proceedings of an International Symposium held in Cleveland, Ohio, November 12 and 13, 1982 / editors, Charles H. Calisher, Wayne H. Thompson. (who.int)

The Red Cross Southern California Region proudly serves San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial Counties. (redcross.org)
In addition to carrying out disaster preparedness and response programs, blood collection, health and safety training, international services programs and supporting the military community, the Southern California Region provides nutritional counseling through its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in San Diego and helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters through its Prepare SoCal and Prepare San Diego initiatives. (redcross.org)
Carlsbad er en amerikansk by som ligger i San Diego County i California . (wikipedia.org)
SAN FRANCISCO - President Donald Trump will hit one of his favorite political targets - California - with a mid-September fundraising visit to the liberal bastion of the San Francisco Bay Area, in addition to Beverly Hills and San Diego. (politico.com)

About Shriners Children's Northern California Minutes from downtown Sacramento, our experienced, compassionate team brings hope and healing. (shrinerschildrens.org)
To request copies please contact the Division of Marketing Services at (916) 900-5011 or by mail at CDFA Marketing Services 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. (ca.gov)
Smoke engulfed the northern Sacramento Valley in California on July 22, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite passed over head and captured this natural-color image. (nasa.gov)
In other words, even though the two-thirds rule is the only thing that currently gives Republicans any influence at all in Sacramento, repealing it might be their only long-term hope of ever taking back the California legislature. (motherjones.com)
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - On the deadline to sign up for health coverage through Covered California, some hearing-impaired residents were sent to a chat line offering 'hot ladies' instead of an insurance navigator. (cbsnews.com)

California agricultural exports totaled $20.8 billion in 2020, a decrease of 4.1 percent from 2019. (ca.gov)
On April 26, 2019, University of California, Riverside was hosting the Big West Tennis Conference Championships in Indian Wells when an official of the tournament collapsed. (redcross.org)
Spatio-temporal foreshock evolution of the 2019 M 6.4 and M 7.1 Ridgecrest, California Earthquakes. (scec.org)

Pictured above is a prehistoric artifact called the " Chipped Stone Bear " which is the Official California State Prehistoric Artifact, as adopted by the California Legislature on June 24, 1991 . (ca.gov)
Now, it's unlikely that anything could turn the California legislature over to the GOP in the near future, but in the past 25 years California has had only one Democratic governor - and we recalled him after five years in office. (motherjones.com)
But few see their missteps lead so quickly to white-hot anger as did Gov. Gavin Newsom after admitting that he joined several other couples at a birthday dinner less than two weeks ago, or members of the California Legislature currently enjoying a trip to Hawaii while schmoozing with interest groups that may have underwritten the cost of the event. (latimes.com)

California organic product sales totaled more than $11.9 billion in 2020, an increase of 14.4 percent from the prior year. (ca.gov)
CalFire reported Saturday that more than 4.1 million acres have burned across the state in 2020 - nearly 1 million of those since mid September, when California had seen more than 3.3 million acres scorched by fire. (cnn.com)
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, a house burns on Platina Road at the Zogg Fire near Ono, Calif. California's largest utility company said its equipment might have caused a fatal wildfire last month in a county in the northern part of the state, the Mercury News reported Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (cnn.com)
Some Democrats say Trump's visit to the Bay Area may be intentional as he heads toward the 2020 election, allowing him to underscore his differences with the most liberal part of California in an appeal to his base. (politico.com)
A Tesla car sits parked at a Tesla Supercharger in Petaluma, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2020. (theepochtimes.com)

Prior to being elected to Congress in 2018 , she taught bankruptcy law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law and served as a consumer and bankruptcy attorney for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the World Bank, the Federal Judicial Center and the Uniform Law Commission. (businessinsider.com)

California's agricultural export statistics are produced by the University of California, Davis. (ca.gov)
California's Gold is a public television human interest program that explores the natural, cultural, and historical features of California . (wikipedia.org)
California's Gold: The Ghost Mountain Experiment" documents the life of California hermit Marshal South and family, and incorporates previously unreleased footage produced by Howser. (wikipedia.org)

The California Southland Chapter consists of four offices serving communities throughout the Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernadino, Kern, Tulare and Inyo counties. (alz.org)
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon in February, David Ahdoot, MD, FACOG, an ob/gyn in Burbank, California, about 10 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, knows he'll be working late. (medscape.com)
SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: To help paint the employment picture of California - and the U.S., for that matter - I've come to downtown Riverside, which is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles. (npr.org)
The trip to California is a rare one for the president, who last hit the state in April for fundraisers in the Los Angeles area and to view border wall renovations. (politico.com)
Southern California missed a lot of that moisture so we've already begun to see catastrophic fires down there on the Angeles National Forest and the Los Padres National Forest," says Florea. (kqed.org)
Place and Duration of Study: University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA USA 90089. (who.int)

The initiatives and priorities of State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) integrate new programs and strategies into our K-12 public schools that address the inequities, learning loss, and the social-emotional needs of our students while supporting families, educators, and local educational agencies. (ca.gov)
Information and resources about the initiatives and priorities of State Superintendent Tony Thurmond that transform our California K-12 public schools by integrating new programs and strategies for students, families, educators, and local educational agencies. (ca.gov)
California is the only state in the U.S. with a NOP authorized state organic program. (ca.gov)
The new model, referred to as the third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, or "UCERF3" ( http://www.WGCEP.org/UCERF3 ), provides authoritative estimates of the magnitude, location, and likelihood of earthquake fault rupture throughout the state. (scec.org)
California, the No. 1 farm state, produces more than half the fruits, vegetables and nuts grown in the United States. (reuters.com)
It has been a month since Gov. Jerry Brown said the state was facing perhaps "the worst drought that California has ever seen since records (began) about 100 years ago. (cnn.com)
Currently, the whole state of California is "abnormally dry," according to a weekly report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (cnn.com)
The collapse of the oil industry in California, once our second-most-important producing state, is a very sad thing to see. (forbes.com)
The facts remain: While California positions itself a leader in "clean energy," that hardly means that the state doesn't use oil, still easily our most vital fuel. (forbes.com)
Even though California Is A Natural Gas State , it imports about 95% of its supply, a growing problem considering how pretty much every state is moving increasingly toward more gas-based electricity to lower greenhouse gas emissions. (forbes.com)
A California Energy Commission committee is urging the state to reject a proposal to build a new natural gas plant in Ventura County. (latimes.com)
According to the California Attorney General , the safest way to store a gun is with a state-approved firearm safety device and by keeping the weapon in a locked container . (shouselaw.com)
The California State University, Northridge Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public benefit California corporation that serves as an auxiliary organization to California State University, Northridge. (csun.edu)
The board of directors of the California State University, Northridge Foundation is a distinguished and representative group of community leaders who are committed to fulfilling this assignment by developing philanthropic resources to support the educational mission of the university. (csun.edu)
Because California is losing more Borders stores than any other state in the country, the region's booksellers are uniquely poised to find ways to turn the ramifications of the bankruptcy proceedings to their advantage. (publishersweekly.com)
Beginning in 2001, dozens of California field ornithologists, representing a broad range of agencies and affiliations, were interviewed and questioned about sites significant to bird populations in the state. (audubon.org)
http://iba.audubon.org/iba/stateIndex.do?state=US-CA . Retrieved (insert date). (audubon.org)
During his two years in California, Weatherford oversaw the release of a strategic cybersecurity plan for the state, the first of its kind there. (informationweek.com)
That plan included the creation of the California Information Security Operations Center (CA-ISOC) to detect cyber attacks and intrusions across all state government agencies and to coordinate support for networks in the state that need security help. (informationweek.com)
Don't get me wrong: for various reasons, California would probably be a blue state these days regardless of whether we had a two-thirds rule or not. (motherjones.com)
To get these kinds of years, we have to go back to the late 1920s and the 1930s, which were the Dust Bowl years ," said California state climatologist Michael Anderson . (mercurynews.com)
Seeing things that we've never seen before is very much on the table," said John Yarbrough, assistant deputy director of the State Water Project , which funnels water from Northern California to 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland. (mercurynews.com)
Trump will also head to Southern California in his fourth trip as president to the Golden State, according to Harmeet Dhillon, a Bay Area-based member of the Republican National Committee and one of the event hosts. (politico.com)
That's the old boast of California supposedly being an independent "nation-state," when it's really just a subsection of the United States. (theepochtimes.com)
thus, with the California GOP's conservative bent, it's certainly possible that Romney could win in the state. (capitolhillblue.com)
The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California. (1uptravel.com)

Howser's archives are now housed at Chapman University in Orange, California, and can be streamed online. (wikipedia.org)
The corporation is organized exclusively for scientific, literary and educational purposes within the meaning of a university auxiliary under Section 89901(d) of the California Education Code. (csun.edu)
California will likely need an additional 4700 primary care clinicians by 2025, according to projections by the HealthForce Center at the University of California, San Francisco. (medscape.com)
So while the former mayor, who now teaches at the University of California, Riverside, and I get coffee, let's talk California. (npr.org)
In Big Sur, they had the perfect storm of an ignition at a bad time and really inaccessible, steep terrain, on top of a lot of dry fuels," says University of California fire advisor Lenya Quinn-Davidson. (kqed.org)
Under the new proposal, the University of California would admit all applicants who graduated in the top 4% of their high school classes provided that they have completed college preparatory courses and meet other minimum requirements. (feminist.org)
To characterize risk factors for selected noninfectious diseases and injuries among the estimated 280,200 Vietnamese who have relocated to California, the University of California, San Francisco, and the California Department of Health Services developed a Vietnamese-language version of CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for use in a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system. (cdc.gov)

The notice must specify the procedure for challenging the decision, if the employer has one, as well as the right to file a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH). (nolo.com)

Hannalee Pervan and her mother, Catherine Pervan, co-owners of One House Bakery in Benicia, Calif., spent weeks molding, baking and assembling the life-sized sculpture using wood and two types of dough, including a type of yeastless dough with a higher sugar content that will last longer. (npr.org)

In 1996 California began the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of Statehood with event #0001, the Raising of the Bear Flag, in Sonoma . (1uptravel.com)
1996)‎. Alivio del dolor en el cáncer : con una guía sobre la disponibilidad de opioides, 2a ed. (who.int)

With innovations, fresh data, and lessons learned from recent earthquakes, scientists have developed a new earthquake forecast model for California, a region under constant threat from potentially damaging events. (scec.org)
This model also serves as a reminder that damaging earthquakes are inevitable for California. (scec.org)
It represents the best available science for authoritative estimates of the magnitude, location, and likelihood of potentially damaging earthquakes in California. (scec.org)
As detailed geologic data about the history of earthquakes and locations of faults is limited in many parts of California, UCERF3 has incorporated analysis of the gradual movement of hundreds of locations throughout California using space-based geodesy (GPS data) in order to estimate rates of deformation for faults lacking geologic data. (scec.org)
A Few Good Bends: Bridging earthquakes and mountain building along the Santa Cruz Mountains Restraining Bend in northern California. (scec.org)

The 47th District is located along the California coastline in Orange County. (businessinsider.com)

UCERF3 was developed by the 2014 Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP) , a multi-disciplinary collaboration of leading experts in seismology, geology, geodesy, paleoseismology, earthquake physics, and earthquake engineering. (scec.org)

Web-based ride-hailing companies will have to make sure drivers undergo training and criminal background checks and have commercial liability insurance under rules approved Thursday by California regulators. (csmonitor.com)

â€œDryâ€ thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. (nasa.gov)
And there have been fewer lightning-caused fires, which could change once the late summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southern California. (kqed.org)

Through August, no other three-year period in California history has been this dry - even during the last historic drought from 2012 through 2016 . (mercurynews.com)
Bureau of the Census (2016) (på en), 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files , Washington D.C. (wikipedia.org)

Early this year, California Governor Gray Davis (Dem. (feminist.org)

It seems "the worst drought that California has ever seen" has become even worse. (cnn.com)
The exact financial impact of the historic drought in California has yet to be calculated. (cnn.com)
Conditions are shaping up to be a "recipe for drought": a La Niña climate pattern plus warm temperatures in the Western Tropical Pacific that could mean critical rain and snowstorms miss California, according to Daniel Swain , a climate scientist with UCLA and The Nature Conservancy. (mercurynews.com)
Notably drought-tolerant, California flannel bush thrives in hot, dry climates and fast-draining soil. (bhg.com)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who for months was the first presidential choice of California Republicans, may have blown it. (capitolhillblue.com)
It had been something of an anomaly that Giuliani, a New Yorker who is emblematic of the more moderate GOP wing, should have enjoyed such strong support for so many months among California Republicans, half of whom identify themselves as strong conservatives. (capitolhillblue.com)
To overcome that ingrained disdain for RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), Giuliani needed not only to punch up his California campaigning, but also to demonstrate in other states that he's a winner. (capitolhillblue.com)
With McCain claiming scarcely a fifth of California Republicans and their fickleness already evident, it's possible that the positions could change again in the remaining two weeks of campaigning before the Feb. 5 election. (capitolhillblue.com)

Visit redcross.org/la today or email [email protected] . (redcross.org)

According to the daily report from the National Interagency Fire Center, hundreds of thousands of acres were affected by fires in California. (nasa.gov)

Fortunately, job seekers with criminal records have some strong protections under California law. (nolo.com)
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced additional regulations approved by the Office of Administrative Law that advance protections for Californians seeking to control the sale of their personal information. (namepros.com)

A Covered California spokesperson declined an on-camera interview, first saying by email, "We've never had the incorrect number on our site. (cbsnews.com)
The Covered California spokesperson would later say the issue was isolated and only appeared under certain circumstances, but wouldn't elaborate. (cbsnews.com)

In Northern California, fires continued to burn in August. (nasa.gov)

Over a third of the country's vegetables and three-quarters of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. (ca.gov)

In 2006, Audubon California prioritized IBAs based on bird value, degree of threat, and availability of conservation opportunities, and works with local chapters to conserve these sites and to develop systems to monitor their bird life. (audubon.org)
What this means for California is an ambitious and aggressive approach to decarbonize every sector of the economy, setting us on course for a more equitable and sustainable future in the face of humanity's greatest existential threat, and ensuring that those who benefit from this transformation include communities hardest hit by climate impacts and the ongoing pollution from the use of fossil fuels. (theepochtimes.com)

Scientists and California authorities have blamed the climate crisis for the intensity of this year's fire season. (cnn.com)

Visit our California DUI page to learn more. (shouselaw.com)
Gov. Gavin Newsom's website includes a page touting, "California Releases World's First Plan to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Pollution. (theepochtimes.com)
As a part of those celebrations a web page was created, and as part of that I was asked to aide in identifying the various the various known 1846 California Bear Flags. (1uptravel.com)

The increased production helped make it possible for the company to supply motorcycles to more than 70 police and public safety agencies in California. (ca.gov)

A decrease in CA-125 usually means the disease is responding to current treatment. (medlineplus.gov)

Audubon California has partnered with Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Point Blue Conservation Science to develop California eBird ( https://ebird.org/region/US-CA ) to gather bird abundance and distribution data at IBA sites into an online database. (audubon.org)

Borders is closing 39 locations in California. (publishersweekly.com)
Books Inc., which has 13 stores in California, saw sales increase at all but one of its locations in March, and company president Michael Tucker attributes the gains in part to Borders's bankruptcy. (publishersweekly.com)
Books Inc. was hard hit in the 1990s when the expansion of chain bookstores began, and Tucker and his late partner, Michael Grant, had to abandon many of their existing locations where Borders and Barnes & Noble appeared in California. (publishersweekly.com)
Offer valid on qualifying purchases of eligible Apple products, at Apple Store locations, apple.com/ca , on the Apple Store app and by calling 1‑800‑MY‑APPLE. (apple.com)
She works in Anaheim, CA and 5 other locations and specializes in Neonatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics. (medicinenet.com)

Previously, California voters approved allowing the tax break within counties or reciprocity agreements between counties to transfer the property tax burden. (cnbc.com)
Ten months ago, Giuliani claimed more than a third of California GOP voters in the Field Poll, with McCain the only other candidate reaching double digits. (capitolhillblue.com)

California archaeology is not just all prehistory, however, but also encompasses all major developments in our history including Spanish exploration and the establishment of the Missions, Russian expansionism, the Mexican Ranchero or "Californio" period, the Gold Rush and the 49ers, and the agricultural, urban, and industrial developments of the 19th and early 20th centuries. (ca.gov)

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For additional information, please visit California Public Utilities Commission . (uscellular.com)

California gun laws further require owners to make sure that a gun is stored unloaded and in a place not accessible by children and adults prohibited from possessing a gun. (shouselaw.com)

This report summarizes findings from the 1991 survey and compares them with data for the general California or U.S. population. (cdc.gov)
During February and March 1991, the investigators interviewed randomly selected Vietnamese adults aged greater than or equal to 18 years living in private residences in California. (cdc.gov)

Many seniors live in homes that no longer fit their needs because their homes are now too big or too far away from their families,' said Steve White, president of the California Association of Realtors, the group behind the proposal. (cnbc.com)

Meanwhile, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest available data shows that 388 workers were fatally injured on the job in California in 2015. (scienceblogs.com)
The changes in management come as California is in the midst of a major data center-consolidation plan that aims to reduce its data center space 50 percent by July 2011 and to cut energy usage from IT operations 30 percent by July 2012. (informationweek.com)
Data compiled by Google Trends showed there was strong interest by online audiences far away from California, growing stronger by Monday. (latimes.com)

Under Prop 13, taxes on California homes are capped to 1 percent of the property's acquisition value and usually limited to just 2 percent annual increases, assuming the homeowner stays. (cnbc.com)

Subscribe for free weekly updates from this California site. (bellaonline.com)
He logged onto the Covered California site just hours before the March 31 deadline. (cbsnews.com)

Press releases regarding events in California. (ca.gov)
This was the first in a series of celebrations which commemorated the events which ultimately lead to Statehood for California. (1uptravel.com)
The objective of the present study was to investigate internal structure validity evidence of the Brazilian version of the California Older Person's Pleasant Events Schedule (COPPES-BR), an instrument to evaluate the involvement of older adults in pleasurable activities, which can be used in clinical context for the treatment of depression. (bvsalud.org)

The California utilities commision's vote came amid debate over how government should regulate the burgeoning "sharing economy. (csmonitor.com)

A new statewide Field Poll is the latest survey to confirm that Giuliani, who sat out the first round of primaries to concentrate on the big states such as Florida and California, has slipped behind Arizona Sen. John McCain and other Republican hopefuls. (capitolhillblue.com)
Were Giuliani to revive himself next week in Florida, it's possible he could make a comeback in California, where none of the GOP hopefuls has a natural affinity. (capitolhillblue.com)

Cathartic, poignant and sensitive, California Sister explores the fine line where selflessness and selfishness coalesce into a muddle mess. (barnesandnoble.com)
In California Sister, Gloria Mattioni explores sibling love and navigating family, distance, and desire. (barnesandnoble.com)

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Bioterrorism alleging use of anthrax and interim guidelines for management--United States, 1998. (2/5824)

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