A. Agrawal

Publication List Details

Period

1900 - 2008

Number

69

Co-Authors

Epidemiology and management of paediatric head injury in eastern Nepal (2008)

Agrawal, A, Agrawal, CS, Kumar, A, Lewis, O, Malla, G, Khatiwada, R, ...

Background: In children, majority of the head injuries are minor and management of critically ill children depend on a team approach using well-rehearsed, systematic management protocols that can be...

Management of a Case of Massive Orbital Fracture Associated with Intracranial Injury (2008)

Agrawal, A, Badhu, B, Wakode, P T

No Abstract. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology Vol. 15 (1) 2007: pp. 13-16

Management Of Fractures Involving Anterior Wall Of Frontal Sinus (2008)

Agrawal, A, Harsha, J

The frontal sinus is extremely resilient to injury. Isolated anterior table fractures account for 33% of frontal sinus fractures and are the most common type of frontal sinus injury. The most common...

Outcome of Traumatic Extradural Haematoma Managed Surgically: Our Experience (2008)

Agrawal, A, Agrawal, C S, Kumar, A, Adhikari, S

Background: Extradural haematoma (EDH) occurring as a result of traumatic head injury constitutes one of the most critical emergencies in neurosurgery. Objectives: In present retrospective analysis...

Post-Traumatic Inter-Hemispheric Subdural Haematoma (2008)

Agrawal, A, Agrawal, C S, Kumar, A, Chaturvedi, A

Interhemispheric subdural haematoma (ISDH) had been considered extremely rare and less than 100 cases have been reported. ISDHs can present in all age groups and the most common aetiologic factor is...

Orbital cellulitis and paranasal sinusitis with intracranial and subgaleal extension following trivial fall (2007)

Agrawal, A, Pratap, A, Kumar, A, Chalise, P R, Badhu, B

Orbital cellulitis is a rare sequala of orbital trauma, and usually presents with unilateral or bilateral progressive proptosis. Diagnosis is based on clinical details and can be confirmed by CT...

Contrasting models of genetic co-morbidity for cannabis and other illicit drugs in adult Australian twins (2007)

Agrawal, A., Lynskey, M. T., Bucholz, K. K., Martin, N. G., Madden, P. A., Heath, A. C.

BACKGROUND: The use of cannabis and other illicit drugs (OIDs) and their co-morbid misuse are frequently reported in the literature. Correlated vulnerabilities and causal or gateway influences have...

Spousal concordance for alcohol dependence: evidence for assortative mating or spousal interaction effects? (2007)

Grant, J. D., Heath, A. C., Bucholz, K. K., Madden, P. A., Agrawal, A., Statham, D. J., ...

BACKGROUND: Alcohol dependence (AD) is among the most common psychiatric disorders, and impacts the health and well-being of problem drinkers, their family members, and society as a whole. Although...

Linkage of nicotine dependence and smoking behavior on 10q, 7q and 11p in twins with homogeneous genetic background (2007)

Loukola, A., Broms, U., Maunu, H., Widen, E., Heikkila, K., Siivola, M., ...

The significant worldwide health burden introduced by tobacco smoking highlights the importance of studying the genetic determinants of smoking behavior and the key factor sustaining compulsive...

Genetic linkage to chromosome 22q12 for a heavy-smoking quantitative trait in two independent samples (2007)

Saccone, S. F., Pergadia, M. L., Loukola, A., Broms, U., Montgomery, G. W., Wang, J. C., ...

We conducted a genomewide linkage screen of a simple heavy-smoking quantitative trait, the maximum number of cigarettes smoked in a 24-h period, using two independent samples: 289 Australian and 155...

Assortative mating for cigarette smoking and for alcohol consumption in female Australian twins and their spouses (2006)

Agrawal, A, Heath, AC, Grant, JD, Pergadia, ML, Statham, DJ, Bucholz, KK, ...

Background Non-random mating affects population variation for substance use and dependence. Developmentally, mate selection leading to positive spousal correlations for genetic similarity may result...

The implications of simultaneous smoking initiation for inferences about the genetics of smoking behavior from twin data (2006)

Pergadia, ML, Heath, AC, Agrawal, A, Bucholz, KK, Martin, NG, Madden, PAF

We examined early social influences across stages of smoking within the context of a twin study using an environmental exposure specific to smoking: whether twins started smoking at the same time...

Subtypes of illicit drug users: A latent class analysis of data from an Australian twin sample (2006)

Lynskey, M. T., Agrawal, A., Bucholz, K. K., Nelson, E. C., Madden, P. A. F., Todorov, A. A., ...

This article applies methods of latent class analysis (LCA) to data on lifetime illicit drug use in order to determine whether qualitatively distinct classes of illicit drug users can be identified....

Induction of preference and performance after acclimation to novel hosts in a phytophagous spider mite: adaptive plasticity? (2002)

Agrawal, A., Freitas Vala Salvador, F. De, Sabelis, M.W.

We examined induction of preference and performance on novel host plants for two laboratory populations of the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae, with one population adapted to bean and the...

Electrochromic glazing (1999)

Cronin,J.P., Gudgel,T.J., Kennedy,S.R., Agrawal,A., Uhlmann,D.R.

Commercialization of large-area electrochromic glazing is reviewed with respect to device configuration and materials employed. Device configurations including electrochromic solutions and solid...

Production and interferon-gamma-mediated regulation of complement component C2 and factors B and D by the astroglioma cell line U105-MG.

Barnum, S R, Ishii, Y, Agrawal, A, Volanakis, J E

In this paper, we demonstrate the synthesis of the complement component C2 and factors B and D by the human astroglioma cell line U105-MG. All three components were structurally and antigenically...

Irritable bowel syndrome: diagnosis and management

Agrawal, A, Whorwell, P J

Irritable bowel syndrome is often dismissed as just being a nuisance rather than anything more serious, but its symptoms can seriously diminish a patient's quality of life. When the disease is better...

Effect of oral theophylline on resting energy expenditure in normal volunteers.

Dash, A, Agrawal, A, Venkat, N, Moxham, J, Ponte, J

BACKGROUND--The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of regular treatment with oral theophylline to the increase in resting oxygen consumption observed in patients with chronic...

Management Turnover and Corporate Governance Changes Following the Revelation of Fraud

Agrawal, A., Jaffe, J.F., Karpoff, J.M.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that top managers of firms that are investigated or charged with criminal fraud lose their jobs. From a theoretical perspective, it is plausible that fraud scandals create...

Managerial Compensation and the Treat of Takeover.

Agrawal, A, Knoeber, C-R

A greater threat of takeover has two opposing effects on managerial compensation. The competition effect in the market for managers reduces compensation. The risk effect increases compensation by...

Managerial Compensation and the Threat of Takeover.

Agrawal, A., Knoeber, C.R.

The threat of takeover acts to discipline managers, but it also makes shareholders' assurances to managers less reliable and so interferes with contrcting between them. These two effects have...

Firm Performance and Mechanisms to Control Agency Problems Between Managers and Shareholders.

Agrawal, A., Knoeber, C.R.

This paper examines the use of seven mechanisms to control agency problems between managers and shareholders. These mechanisms are: shareholdings of insiders, institutions, and large blockholders;...

The Pre-Acquisition Performance of Target Firms: A Re-Examination of the Inefficient Management Hypothesis.

Agrawal, A., Jaffe, J.F.

It is often stated that bidders acquire poorly-run targets in order to improve firm performance. This inefficient management hypothesis is frequently tested by examining target stock returns in the...

Fundoplication eliminates chronic cough due to non-acid reflux identified by impedance pH monitoring

Mainie, I, Tutuian, R, Agrawal, A, Hila, A, Highland, K, Adams, D, ...

The symptoms of extra-oesophageal gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) (such as chronic cough and hoarseness) are traditionally more difficult to treat than typical GORD symptoms (heartburn and...