A Better Life: Factors that Help and Hinder Entry and Retention in MAT from the Perspective of People in Recovery.

Introduction: Opioid addiction and opioid-related overdoses and deaths are serious public health problems nationally and in West Virginia, in particular. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is an effective yet underutilized treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Purpose: Research examining factors that help individuals succeed in MAT has been conducted from provider and program perspectives, but little research has been conducted from the perspective of those in recovery.

Development and application of an indoor carbon dioxide metric.

Indoor carbon dioxide (CO ) concentrations have been considered for decades in evaluating indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation, and more recently in discussions of the risk of airborne infectious disease transmission. However, many of these applications reflect a lack of understanding of the connection between indoor CO levels, ventilation, and IAQ. For example, a single indoor concentration such as 1000 ppm is often used as a metric of IAQ and ventilation without an understanding of the significance of this or any other value.

Oxidative Potential of Particles at a Research House: Influencing Factors and Comparison with Outdoor Particles.

The oxidative potential (OP) of particles can be represented by the ability of particles to generate hydroxyl radicals in an aqueous solution which can be measured with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometry. The oxidative potential of particles may be a more health-relevant metric than other physicochemical properties of particles. While OP has been measured in several outdoor locations, it remains largely unstudied in indoor environments.