Publications by authors named "A A Spector"
In Southern U.S. states with high HIV incidence and low HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, enhanced efforts to increase interest in and willingness to use PrEP are needed.
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- The study investigated the link between untreated obstructive sleep apnea and the severity of postoperative neurocognitive disorders in older patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
- Despite 58 of 96 subjects testing positive for sleep apnea, the analysis showed that the severity of sleep apnea did not correlate with increased cognitive decline or the incidence of neurocognitive disorders at 6 weeks or 1 year after surgery.
- Results remained consistent even after adjusting for factors like age, sex, and baseline cognition, indicating that sleep apnea severity may not be a significant risk factor for cognitive issues post-surgery.
Objective: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is a dementia intervention shown to improve cognition and quality of life (QoL). Previous research on individual CST delivered by family carers showed no significant improvements in people with dementia. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (V-iCST) delivered by healthcare personnel.
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- This study explores the feasibility of using Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT) for individuals with dementia who experience anxiety and depression, addressing a gap in evidence-based psychological treatments for this group.
- A total of 50 participants will be randomly assigned to either receive CFT along with usual treatment or just the usual treatment, with evaluations conducted at multiple time points to assess various psychological and relational outcomes.
- The study received ethical approval and aims to share findings through open-access publications, conferences, and feedback to involved parties.
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- A technique is introduced for measuring the complex reflectivity of an optical cavity using two lasers: a resonant local oscillator laser and an auxiliary probe laser, both coupled to opposite ends of the cavity.
- The method employs a heterodyne sensing scheme to analyze the interference pattern between the lasers, allowing for the precise measurement of phase and amplitude.
- This approach was successfully tested on a 19-meter cavity, yielding accurate measurements of the transmissivities of the mirrors and round-trip optical losses with an accuracy of several parts per million.