Daniel K. Benjamin

Wafer-scale Graphene Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition at Ambient Pressure (2009)

Cao, Helin, Yu, Qingkai, Jauregui, Luis A., Tian, Jifa, Wu, Wei, Liu, Zhihong, ...

We report wafer-scale graphene synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper foils at ambient pressure. Graphene films up to 4 inches in size are synthesized and transferred to SiO_2/Si....

Growth as a part of the composite endpoint in paediatric antiretroviral clinical trials (2004)

Benjamin, Daniel K., Hirschfeld, Steven, Cunningham, Coleen K., McKinney, Ross E.

Paediatric HIV is a rapidly emerging disease in many resource-poor countries. Survival into adulthood is possible for HIV-infected children provided that they receive effective antiretroviral therapy...

Growth as a part of the composite endpoint in paediatric antiretroviral clinical trials (2004)

Benjamin, Daniel K., Hirschfeld, Steven, Cunningham, Coleen K., McKinney, Ross E.

Paediatric HIV is a rapidly emerging disease in many resource-poor countries. Survival into adulthood is possible for HIV-infected children provided that they receive effective antiretroviral therapy...

THE USE OF COLLATERAL TO ENFORCE DEBT CONTRACTS (1978)

BENJAMIN, DANIEL K.

This paper analyzes the enforcement of debt contracts by treating the adherence to a contract as a matter of choice. Many commonly observed features of debt contracts, including the widespread use of...

In Vitro Interactions between Antifungals and Immunosuppressants against Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Transplant and Nontransplant Patients

Steinbach, William J., Singh, Nina, Miller, Jackie L., Benjamin, Daniel K., Schell, Wiley A., Heitman, Joseph, ...

We performed in vitro antifungal checkerboard testing on 12 Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates (6 transplant recipients and 6 nontransplant patients) with three antifungal agents (amphotericin...

Cryptococcus neoformans α Strains Preferentially Disseminate to the Central Nervous System during Coinfection

Nielsen, Kirsten, Cox, Gary M., Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Mylonakis, Eleftherios, Malliaris, Stephanie D., Benjamin, Daniel K., ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that has evolved over the past 40 million years into three distinct varieties or sibling species (gattii, grubii, and neoformans). Each variety manifests...

Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Anidulafungin in Children with Neutropenia at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections

Benjamin, Daniel K., Driscoll, Timothy, Seibel, Nita L., Gonzalez, Corina E., Roden, Maureen M., Kilaru, Rahki, ...

Anidulafungin is an echinocandin with activity against Candida species and Aspergillus species. Adult dosages under study are 50 mg/day for esophageal candidiasis and 100 mg/day for invasive...

Calcineurin Controls Growth, Morphology, and Pathogenicity in Aspergillus fumigatus

Steinbach, William J., Cramer, Robert A., Perfect, B. Zachary, Asfaw, Yohannes G., Sauer, Theodor C., Najvar, Laura K., ...

Calcineurin is implicated in a myriad of human diseases as well as homeostasis and virulence in several major human pathogenic microorganisms. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is a leading cause of...

In Vitro Interactions between Antifungals and Immunosuppressants against Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Transplant and Nontransplant Patients

Steinbach, William J., Singh, Nina, Miller, Jackie L., Benjamin, Daniel K., Schell, Wiley A., Heitman, Joseph, ...

We performed in vitro antifungal checkerboard testing on 12 Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates (6 transplant recipients and 6 nontransplant patients) with three antifungal agents (amphotericin...

Cryptococcus neoformans α Strains Preferentially Disseminate to the Central Nervous System during Coinfection

Nielsen, Kirsten, Cox, Gary M., Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Mylonakis, Eleftherios, Malliaris, Stephanie D., Benjamin, Daniel K., ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that has evolved over the past 40 million years into three distinct varieties or sibling species (gattii, grubii, and neoformans). Each variety manifests...

Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Anidulafungin in Children with Neutropenia at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections

Benjamin, Daniel K., Driscoll, Timothy, Seibel, Nita L., Gonzalez, Corina E., Roden, Maureen M., Kilaru, Rahki, ...

Anidulafungin is an echinocandin with activity against Candida species and Aspergillus species. Adult dosages under study are 50 mg/day for esophageal candidiasis and 100 mg/day for invasive...

Calcineurin Controls Growth, Morphology, and Pathogenicity in Aspergillus fumigatus

Steinbach, William J., Cramer, Robert A., Perfect, B. Zachary, Asfaw, Yohannes G., Sauer, Theodor C., Najvar, Laura K., ...

Calcineurin is implicated in a myriad of human diseases as well as homeostasis and virulence in several major human pathogenic microorganisms. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is a leading cause of...

Quantification of 1,3-β-d-Glucan Levels in Children: Preliminary Data for Diagnostic Use of the β-Glucan Assay in a Pediatric Setting▿

Smith, P. Brian, Benjamin, Daniel K., Alexander, Barbara D., Johnson, Melissa D., Finkelman, Malcolm A., Steinbach, William J.

1,3-β-d-Glucan serum levels have demonstrated good diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of candidiasis in adult patients, but normal levels for children have not been...

Learning by Dying: Combat Performance in the Age of Sail

Benjamin, Daniel K., Tifrea, Anca

Between 1660 and 1815 the combat fatality rate among British navy captains fell by 98 percent, even as the combat success of the British Navy rose dramatically. Both developments can be explained as...

Individuals' Estimates of the Risks of Death: Part II--New Evidence.

Benjamin, Daniel K, Dougan, William R, Buschena, David

Using new survey data, we test the hypothesis that individuals' perceptions of health and safety risks are unbiased. While we find that respondents' estimates of those risks are sensitive to the...

Individuals' Estimates of the Risks of Death: Part I--A Reassessment of the Previous Evidence.

Benjamin, Daniel K, Dougan, William R

It is widely argued that individuals have biased perceptions of health and safety risks. A reconsideration of the best-known evidence suggests that this view is the erroneous result of a failure to...

Efficient Excise Taxation: The Evidence from Cigarettes.

Benjamin, Daniel K, Dougan, William R

The authors develop a model in which optimizing policy makers in adjacent government jurisdictions levy excise taxes on a commodity that has a unique point of production from which all shipments...

Public Relief and Private Employment in the Great Depression

Wallis, John Joseph, Benjamin, Daniel K.

The unemployment relief programs introduced by the federal government in the 1930s were the largest single factor in the growth of the federal budget over the decade. We develop a model that enables...