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Thomas U. Schwartz

Professor of Biology
Verified email at mit.edu
Cited by 8182

Congressional oversight overlooked: Police patrols versus fire alarms

MD McCubbins, T Schwartz - American journal of political science, 1984 - JSTOR
Scholars have often remarked that Congress neglects its oversight responsibility. We argue
that Congress does no such thing: what appears to be a neglect of oversight really is the …

Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

…, P Huovinen, S Stefani, T Schwartz… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is a threat to human and animal health worldwide, and key measures
are required to reduce the risks posed by antibiotic resistance genes that occur in the …

[BOOK][B] The logic of collective choice

T Schwartz - 1986 - degruyter.com
This book issued from my reflections on the Marquis de Condorcet's Paradox of Voting and
Kenneth Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Its germ was my Notes on the Abstract Theory of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment

…, C Elpers, I Henriques, T Jaeger, T Schwartz… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive monitoring of a broad set of antibiotics in the final effluent of wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) of 7 European countries (Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Cyprus, Germany…

[BOOK][B] America's Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany

TA Schwartz - 1991 - degruyter.com
… On July 30, 1916, a thundering explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot had rocked
lower Manhattan. German sabotage was suspected, but definitive proof was lacking. After the …

A one-year comparison of vagus nerve stimulation with treatment as usual for treatment-resistant depression

…, F Moreno, B Rittberg, D Dunner, T Schwartz… - Biological …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous reports have described the effects of vagus nerve stimulation
plus treatment as usual (VNS+TAU) during open trials of patients with treatment-resistant …

Rationality and the myth of the maximum

T Schwartz - Noûs, 1972 - JSTOR
It is the business of all normative inquiry-ethics, decision theory, welfare economics and the
like-to formulate rational decision-making principles. This is sometimes the business of the …

Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes in wastewater, surface water, and drinking water biofilms

T Schwartz, W Kohnen, B Jansen… - FEMS microbiology …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In view of the increasing interest in the possible role played by hospital and municipal
wastewater systems in the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, biofilms were investigated …

A general amphipathic α-helical motif for sensing membrane curvature

…, R Gautier, T Boehmer, TU Schwartz… - Nature structural & …, 2007 - nature.com
The Golgi-associated protein ArfGAP1 has an unusual membrane-adsorbing amphipathic α-helix:
its polar face is weakly charged, containing mainly serine and threonine residues. We …

Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

…, K O'Sullivan, S Rodriguez-Mozaz, T Schwartz… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Integrated antibiotic resistance (AR) surveillance is one of the objectives of the World Health
Organization global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Urban wastewater treatment …