Economic Implications of Applying Effluent for Irrigation in the Texas High Plains.

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Economic Analysis of Wastewater Treatment Alternatives in Rural Texas Communities.

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Opportunities for Enhancing the Texas Food-Processing Industry.

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Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Consumer Attitudes and Consumption Patterns for Pecans and Other Tree Nuts: Beyond a Simple Shell Game

This study provides insights into consumer beliefs, awareness, attitudes, and purchasing behavior regarding tree nuts in general and pecans specifically. Findings from a probit regression suggest factors associated with the decision to purchase pecans were age, region, sources of information about tree nuts, and outlets where tree nuts are purchased. Respondents aged 45 and over were more likely to purchase pecans than younger respondents. Conventional media (radio, television, magazines), past experience, and recipes significantly impact the decision to purchase pecans. Tree nut purchases from grocery stores, supercenters, roadside stands, or farmers’ markets were positively related to pecan purchases

Primary agricultural product demand in post-communist Russia

This study examines food consumption patterns for households in Siberian Russia. The study is based on a survey conducted by the American Business Center in Vladivostok in February|March 1996. When incomes grow, households tend to include greater proportions of livestock products in their diets. That leads to a corresponding increase in indirect cereal consumption. Alternative measures of food consumption employed in the analysis are expenditures and calories. The results show that the expenditure income elasticity of cereal products is positive whereas income elasticities of cereal products are zero for calorie measures, implying demand for service from non-agricultural sectors. The elasticities of total food and animal product consumption are positive for both measures. Stabilization of transition economies might lead to a substantial increase in indirect cereal consumption, which, in turn, would lead to a dramatic increase in demand for agricultural imports. &lsqb;EconLit citations: L660, D120, Q180.&rsqb; © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Agribusiness 20: 129-141, 2004.

Expanded Marketing Opportunities for Dry Onion Production in Texas: An Interregional Analysis of the Spring and Summer Seasons.

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