More intensive management can improve control blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. However, many would posit that treatment intensification (TI) is not beneficial in the face of suboptimal adherence. We investigated whether the effect of TI on BP varies by adherence. We enrolled 819 patients with hypertension, managed in primary care at an academically-affiliated inner-city hospital. W...

Ideophones are typically described as “marked words that depict sensory imagery” (Dingemanse 2011, 25). This paper addresses ideophone data from three Luhya languages: Llogoori, Lunyore, and Lutiriki (Bantu, Kenya). Our primary claim is descriptive: we show that there is a closed class of (previously undescribed) Luhya ideophones. We illustrate how the Luhya data is consistent with what is know...

Sentiment Analysis, an important area of Natural Language Understanding, often relies on the assumption that lexemes carry inherent sentiment values, as reflected in specialized resources. We examine and measure the contribution that eight intensifying adverbs make to the sentiment value of sentences, as judged by human annotators. Our results show, first, that the intensifying adverbs are not ...

A consensus statement by experts on intensifying insulin therapy using biphasic insulin aspart-30 (BIAsp30) was recently made public. This statement is a valuable contribution in that it presents simplified criteria for the first time. However, diabetes mellitus is diverse in its pathophysiological features. It therefore seems essential for physicians to select an optimum method of intensifying...

Abstract Based on 35-yr (1982–2016) best track and Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme data, this study examined climatology of rapidly intensifying (RI) slowly (SI) events as well their time evolutions storm-related environmental parameters for tropical cyclones (TCs) in both North Atlantic (AL) eastern Pacific (EP) basins. Major hurricanes were intensified mainly through RI whil...