Publications by authors named "A H Arakaki"
Background: COVID-19 forced a rapid transition to telehealth. Little is known about the use of telephone versus video visits among people living with or at risk for HIV (PWH).
Setting: We studied electronic health record data from an urban HIV clinic.
Article Synopsis
- Disparities for women and minorities in STEM persist despite evidence that diverse teams perform better, leading to the creation of the Diversity and Science Lecture series.
- This platform showcases junior life scientists discussing their research while emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion topics, revealing that most speakers focus on interpersonal support and race/ethnicity issues.
- The study also highlights less common but important discussions around sexual and gender identities, showing how overlapping identities can shape individual experiences and priorities in STEM, with the goal of enhancing understanding of speaker diversity.
Bacterial magnetosomes synthesized by the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum are suitable for biomedical and biotechnological applications because of their high level of chemical purity of mineral with well-defined morphological features and a biocompatible lipid bilayer coating. However, utilizations of native magnetosomes are not sufficient for maximum effectiveness in many applications as the appropriate particle size differs. In this study, a method to control magnetosome particle size is developed for integration into targeted technological applications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although young women ( aged ≤ 55 years) are at higher risk than similarly aged men for hospital readmission within 1 year after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), no risk prediction models have been developed for them. The present study developed and internally validated a risk prediction model of 1-year post-AMI hospital readmission among young women that considered demographic, clinical, and gender-related variables.
Methods: We used data from the US ariation n Recovery: ole of ender on utcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) study (n = 2007 women), a prospective observational study of young patients hospitalized with AMI.
Importance: Among younger adults, the association between Black race and postdischarge readmission after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is insufficiently described.
Objectives: To examine whether racial differences exist in all-cause 1-year hospital readmission among younger adults hospitalized for AMI and whether that difference retains significance after adjustment for cardiac factors and social determinants of health (SDOHs).
Design, Setting, And Participants: The VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients) study was an observational cohort study of younger adults (aged 18-55 years) hospitalized for AMI with a 2:1 female-to-male ratio across 103 US hospitals from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2012.