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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meng-Bo Tian, Yu Wang, Xiao-Tong Gao, Hao-Cheng Lu, Qi Zhang, Xiao Han, Hui-Qing Li, Ning Shi, Chang-Qing Duan, Jun Wang
BACKGROUND: Weed control is essential for agricultural floor management in vineyards and the inter-row mulching is an eco-friendly practice to inhibit weed growth via filtering out photosynthetically active radiation. Besides weed suppression, inter-row mulching can influence grapevine growth and the accumulation of metabolites in grape berries. However, the complex interaction of multiple factors in the field challenges the understanding of molecular mechanisms on the regulated metabolites...
April 9, 2024: BMC Plant Biology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Porsha Hall, Barbara C Wallace, Mary Anne Adams
PURPOSE: Satisfaction with life is a core aspect of successful aging, which is influenced by a broad range of factors, including health, socioeconomic status, and social relationships. Black lesbians experience various social challenges, including racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexualism, that may present as deterrents to aging successfully. To develop better policies and programs in support of successful aging among all adults, an understanding of the unique components associated with their intersecting identities must be explored...
April 8, 2024: Journal of Women & Aging
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas E Fuller-Rowell, Megan M Zeringue, Ekjyot K Saini, Tiffany Yip, Mona El-Sheikh
OBJECTIVE: An emerging literature suggests that sleep may play an important role in moderating the association between discrimination and mental health problems among adolescents. However, few if any studies have considered this topic among adults. Addressing this knowledge gap, the current study examined multiple sleep parameters as moderating variables in the association between discrimination and mental health problems among adults. METHODS: Participants were 874 adults residing in small towns and semi-rural contexts within the Southeastern region of the United States (Mage = 41 years, SD = 7; 57% female; 31% Black, 69% White; 52% income-to-needs <2)...
March 25, 2024: Psychosomatic Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mizuki Maruyama, Nana Ushine, Yukiko Watanabe, Chihiro Ishii, Keisuke Saito, Hidefumi Sakai, Takeshi Kuritani, Rio Doya, Kohei Ogasawara, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Mayumi Ishizuka, Shouta M M Nakayama
Although lead (Pb) poisoning in wild birds has been considered a serious problem in Japan for over 30 years, there is little information about Pb exposure and its sources throughout Japan except for Hokkaido. Furthermore, to identify and effectively prioritize the conservation needs of highly vulnerable species, differences in sensitivity to Pb exposure among avian species need to be determined. Therefore, we investigated the current situation of Pb exposure in raptors (13 species, N = 82), waterfowl (eight species, N = 44) and crows (one species, N = 6) using concentration and isotope analysis...
April 4, 2024: Environmental Pollution
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tara Roth, Arielle Crews
Herein we present the first-known case report of a structural infestation by the bird flea (Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus) (Dale 1878) in the United States. In March of 2023, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District was contacted by a resident in South San Francisco, CA who reported the presence of fleas inside their condominium. The resident had 2 dogs who were on oral flea medication and only 1 inhabitant out of 4 reported receiving flea bites. The front walkway, backyard, and garage were flagged and a small passerine nest was removed from a fire alarm bell in the front walkway...
April 6, 2024: Journal of Medical Entomology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ciara Kelly, Joan Gallagher, Lola Odewumi, Robert Conway, Mary E Black, Kristin Concannon, Louise Marron, Lorraine Doherty
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of strengthening health protection worldwide. To address this as a public health priority in Ireland, between December 2021 and October 2022 the first national Health Protection Strategy (2022-2027) for the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) was developed. We describe the approach taken to develop a first national health protection strategy for Ireland, and highlight the key lessons learned. Key steps in strategy formation included detailed stakeholder analysis, exploration of the context for the strategy and development of a comprehensive consultation plan...
April 2024: Euro Surveillance
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Chloe Swords, Reshma Ghedia, Hannah Blanchford, James Arwyn-Jones, Elliot Heward, Kristijonas Milinis, John Hardman, Matthew E Smith, Manohar Bance, Jameel Muzaffar
BACKGROUND: Patients with severe-to-profound hearing loss may benefit from management with cochlear implants. These patients need a referral to a cochlear implant team for further assessment and possible surgery. The referral pathway may result in varied access to hearing healthcare. This study aimed to explore referral patterns and whether there were any socioeconomic or ethnic associations with the likelihood of referral. The primary outcome was to determine factors influencing referral for implant assessment...
April 2024: PLoS Medicine
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S Elkadaoui, M Azzi, J Desbrieres, J Zim, Y El Hachimi, A Tolaimate
Breeding of the black soldier fly is carried out to produce proteins. It is accompanied by releases during the life cycle of this insect. This work is a study of the valorization of these rejects through the production of chitins and chitosans with controlled characteristics. An extraction process is developed with an order of treatments and reaction conditions that provide chitins with high contents. These contents increase as the stages of the life cycle progress and drop for the adult. However, the exuviae chitins present organic impurities which will be eliminated at the N-deacetylation reaction for pupe and after a purification treatment for chitosan from larval stages...
April 1, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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Kenton L Anderson, Monica R Saxena, Loretta W Matheson, Marc Gautreau, John F Brown, Leo Ishoda, Michael A Kohn
Introduction: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major health problem and one of the leading causes of death in adults over the age of forty. Multiple prior studies have demonstrated survival disparities based on race/ethnicity, but most of these focus on a single racial/ethnic group. This study evaluated OHCA variables and outcomes among on five racial/ethnic groups. Methods: This is a retrospective review of data for adult patients in the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) from three racially diverse urban counties in the San Francisco Bay Area from May 2009 to October 2021...
April 3, 2024: Prehospital Emergency Care
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Laura Porterfield, Mythili Ram, Yong Fang Kuo, Zanita M Gaither, Kevin P O'Connell, Khushali Roy, Namita Bhardwaj, Elizabeth Fingado
A timely response to patient-initiated telephone calls can affect many aspects of patient health, including quality of care and health equity. Historically, at a family medicine residency clinic, at least 1 out of 4 patient calls remained unresolved three days after the call was placed. We sought to explore whether there were differential delays in resolution of patient concerns for certain groups and how these were affected by quality improvement interventions to increase responsiveness to patient calls. A multidisciplinary team at a primary care residency clinic applied Lean education and tools to improve the timeliness of addressing telephone encounters...
April 3, 2024: Health Communication
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ram Krishan, Sachita Pandey, Puja Sakhuja, Surbhi Goyal, Krishna Bhardwaj, B G Vageesh, Anil K Agarwal
Melanoma is a relatively rare malignancy with a highly aggressive biological behavior. Metastases to other sites, like lymph nodes and liver are common, but primary hepatic melanoma is a rarity with poor survival ranging from months to few years. Diagnosis of primary hepatic melanoma via clinical features and imaging technology is difficult because of its ambiguous features. Here, we present a 26-year-old North Indian woman admitted in the department of gastrointestinal surgery at our tertiary care hospital with the complaint of pain in the abdomen for a month associated with the loss of appetite and subsequent weight loss...
April 3, 2024: International Journal of Surgical Pathology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cati Connell, iO Fields, Elliot Chudyk
The contemporary preoccupation with lesbian's potential obsolescence relies on implicit assumptions about the (ir)relevance of lesbian feminism to younger generations. In this article, we use the metaphor of "generation loss" to conceptualize the Gordian knot of affective and ideological ties that lie beneath this preoccupation. Contrary to the narrative of generation loss, we show how young people have begun to take up and share lesbian feminist concepts on social media platforms like TikTok. They do so in the name of resituating lesbian as a political project rather than an exclusionary demographic category...
April 2, 2024: Journal of Lesbian Studies
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Junlong Zhang, Wensheng Xiao, Kim Geok Soh, Gege Yao, Mohd Ashraff Bin Mohd Anuar, Xiaorong Bai, Lixia Bao
BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that the Sport Education Model (SEM) has demonstrated effectiveness in enhancing students' athletic capabilities and fostering their enthusiasm for sports. Nevertheless, there remains a dearth of comprehensive reviews examining the impact of the SEM on students' attitudes toward physical education learning. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review is to elucidate the influence of the SEM on students' attitudes toward physical education learning...
April 2, 2024: BMC Public Health
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Hanna Sahivirta, Benjamin P Wilson, Mari Lundström, Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero
The growing electric vehicle industry has increased the demand for raw materials used in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), raising concerns about material availability. Froth flotation has gained attention as a LIB recycling method, allowing the recovery of low value materials while preserving the chemical integrity of electrode materials. Furthermore, as new battery chemistries such as lithium titanate (LTO) are introduced into the market, strategies to treat mixed battery streams are needed. In this work, laboratory-scale flotation separation experiments were conducted on two model black mass samples: i) a mixture containing a single cathode (i...
April 1, 2024: Waste Management
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michelle Peter, Nikita Bakanov, Xenia Mathgen, Carsten A Brühl, Michael Veith, Christoph Müller
Bats are the second largest mammalian order and are an endangered species group with a strong need for contamination monitoring. To facilitate non-invasive monitoring of the ecological burden in bat populations, a multiresidue method for the simultaneous quantification of 119 analytes including pesticides, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), UV blockers, plasticizers, and other emerging pollutants in bat guano with gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was developed...
April 2, 2024: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yunxi Zhang, Yueh-Yun Lin, Lincy Lal, J Michael Swint, Tanya Tucker, DeAngela M Ivory, Ying Zhang, Saurabh Chandra, Charlene Collier
Background: Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has potential in hypertension management, but limited studies have focused on maternal hypertension, especially among vulnerable populations. The objective of this study was to integrate RPM into perinatal care for pregnant patients at elevated risk of hypertensive disorders to show feasibility, acceptability, and safety. Methods: A prospective pilot cohort study was conducted at the University of Mississippi Medical Center 2021-2023. Participants' blood pressure readings were remotely captured and monitored until 8-week postpartum, with timely assessment and intervention...
April 2, 2024: Telemedicine Journal and E-health
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Daryn E Erickson, Kyle M Simmons, Zachary A Barrand, Chase L Ridenour, Paige B Hawkinson, Lacey Lemke, Shayne P Sellner, Breezy N Brock, Alexis N Rivas, Krystal Sheridan, Darrin Lemmer, Hayley D Yaglom, W Tanner Porter, Monique Belanger, Rachel M Torrey, Aidan James R Stills, Kiley McCormack, Matt Black, Wydale Holmes, Drew Rostain, Jeremy Mikus, Kimberly Sotelo, Emmen Haq, Reshma Neupane, Joli Weiss, Jasmine Johnson, Clancey Collins, Sarah Avalle, Chelsi White, Brandon J Howard, Sara A Maltinsky, Ryann N Whealy, Nathaniel B Gordon, Jason W Sahl, Talima Pearson, Viacheslav Y Fofanov, Tara Furstenau, Elizabeth M Driebe, J Gregory Caporaso, Jarrett Barber, Joel Terriquez, David M Engelthaler, Crystal M Hepp
BACKGROUND: Most seasonally circulating enteroviruses result in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic infections. In rare cases, however, infection with some subtypes can result in paralysis or death. Of the 300 subtypes known, only poliovirus is reportable, limiting our understanding of the distribution of other enteroviruses that can cause clinical disease. OBJECTIVE: The overarching objectives of this study were to: 1) describe the distribution of enteroviruses in Arizona during the late summer and fall of 2022, the time of year when they are thought to be most abundant, and 2) demonstrate the utility of viral pan-assay approaches for semi-agnostic discovery that can be followed up by more targeted assays and phylogenomics...
March 20, 2024: medRxiv
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Alexis Sheffield, Irene Tung, Johnny Berona, Jessie B Northrup, Sierra Nannini, Alison E Hipwell, Kate Keenan
INTRODUCTION: The Outness Inventory (OI; Mohr & Fassinger, 2000) is the most commonly used measure for assessing an individual's level of outness, or openness about sexual identity. However, data on the validity of the OI factor structure across diverse populations is limited. The present study aimed to test the factor structure of the OI in a population-based sample of Black and White young adult women. METHOD: Participants included 319 lesbian and bisexual women drawn from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS), a large longitudinal study of 5- to 8-year-old girls (53% Black) oversampled from low-income neighborhoods and followed through adulthood...
2024: Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Arie C Glas, Michael J Cocquyt, Cathy Ratcliff
In this report we describe the implementation of a new electricity supply system at Mulanje Mission Hospital, Malawi, which integrates the use of grid electricity, solar-generated electricity and battery back-up. To realize the system, suppliers from several countries had to be used and external expertise and funding were vital. The completed system provides reliable and good quality electricity to all departments in the hospital, prioritizing essential equipment when needed. Implementation of the system has reduced cost of electricity bills by 60%, ended black-outs and extended longevity of electrical equipment...
April 1, 2024: Tropical Doctor
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chenghao Zhang, Sohang Kundu, Nancy Makri, Martin Gruebele, Peter G Wolynes
The ultimate regularity of quantum mechanics creates a tension with the assumption of classical chaos used in many of our pictures of chemical reaction dynamics. Out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) provide a quantum analog to the Lyapunov exponents that characterize classical chaotic motion. Maldacena, Shenker, and Stanford have suggested a fundamental quantum bound for the rate of information scrambling, which resembles a limit suggested by Herzfeld for chemical reaction rates. Here, we use OTOCs to study model reactions based on a double-well reaction coordinate coupled to anharmonic oscillators or to a continuum oscillator bath...
April 9, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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