Impact of a diabetic retinal exam screening program on quality measure gaps at a family medicine practice.

Background: Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication in people with diabetes and annual screening is recommended by the American Diabetes Association. This annual exam is also a HEDIS quality measure. Barriers such as lack of access to healthcare or cost of specialist visits may impact the number of patients who receive these exams.

First-Principles Studies of the Electronic and Optical Properties of Zinc Titanium Nitride: The Role of Cation Disorder.

Cation disorder is an established feature of heterovalent ternary nitrides, a promising class of semiconductor materials. A recently synthesized wurtzite-family ternary nitride, ZnTiN, shows potential for durable photoelectrochemical applications with a measured optical absorption onset of 2 eV, which is 1.4 eV lower than previously predicted, a large difference attributed to cation disorder.

Rumination in dementia and its relationship with depression, anxiety, and attentional biases.

Rumination (self-referential and repetitive thinking), attentional biases (AB), and impaired cognitive control are theorized as being integral factors in depression and anxiety. Yet, research examining the relationship between rumination, mood, and AB for populations with reduced cognitive control, e.g.

Reducing delamination of an electron-transporting polymer from a metal oxide for electrochemical applications.

Delamination of the electron-transporting polymer N2200 from indium tin oxide (ITO) in aqueous electrolytes is mitigated by modifying ITO with an azide-functionalized phosphonic acid (PA) which, upon UV irradiation, reacts with the polymer. The optical, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical properties of N2200 thin films are retained in aqueous and non-aqueous media.