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2015 Zenger Award Acceptance Speech

2015 Zenger Freedom of the Press Award Acceptance Speech by Kathy Gannon, Associated Press / Westward Look Resort, Tucson, Arizona, October 23, 2015This title from the Zenger Awards collection is made available by the University of Arizona School of Journalism and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about the Zenger Awards, visit http://journalism.arizona.edu/zenger

Clinical predictors of central sleep apnea evoked by positive airway pressure titration

Purpose Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea (TECSA), also called complex apnea, occurs in 5%–15% of sleep apnea patients during positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, but the clinical predictors are not well understood. The goal of this study was to explore possible predictors in a clinical sleep laboratory cohort, which may highlight those at risk during clinical management. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 728 patients who underwent PAP titration (n=422 split-night; n=306 two-night). Demographics and self-reported medical comorbidities, medications, and behaviors as well as standard physiological parameters from the polysomnography (PSG) data were analyzed. We used regression analysis to assess predictors of binary presence or absence of central apnea index (CAI) ≥5 during split-night PSG (SN-PSG) versus full-night PSG (FN-PSG) titrations. Results: CAI ≥5 was present in 24.2% of SN-PSG and 11.4% of FN-PSG patients during titration. Male sex, maximum continuous positive airway pressure, and use of bilevel positive airway pressure were predictors of TECSA, and rapid eye movement dominance was a negative predictor, for both SN-PSG and FN-PSG patients. Self-reported narcotics were a positive predictor of TECSA, and the time spent in stage N2 sleep was a negative predictor only for SN-PSG patients. Self-reported history of stroke and the CAI during the diagnostic recording predicted TECSA only for FN-PSG patients. Conclusion: Clinical predictors of treatment-evoked central apnea spanned demographic, medical history, sleep physiology, and titration factors. Improved predictive models may be increasingly important as diagnostic and therapeutic modalities move away from the laboratory setting, even as PSG remains the gold standard for characterizing primary central apnea and TECSA

Global Journalist: From Kansas City to Kabul: Reflections on 9/11 and its aftermath

On this episode of Global Journalist, reporter Sean Brynda ('22) talks with veterans, journalists, and experts on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the impact on the lives of Americans and Afghans

An update on progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets expected to be achieved by 2020. Target 11 sets out goals for protected and conserved areas in terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems. This paper, prepared on behalf of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11, reports on progress to date in meeting the quantitative and qualitative elements of Target 11 and identifies opportunities for further progress prior to the 15th Conference of the Parties in Kunming in 2020 and beyond.JRC.D.6-Knowledge for Sustainable Development and Food Securit