Publications by authors named "A S Schmit"
Background And Objective: The data modernization initiative (DMI) is a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar endeavor toward a robust public health information infrastructure. The various DMI projects (interoperability, analytics, workforce, governance) present an opportunity for a learning health system (LHS) framework in public health. The objective is to share an academic-practice partnership model between the University of Minnesota (UMN) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in advancing public health informatics (PHI) and its relationship to an LHS model.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted physical health, economy, and mental well-being, prompting a study on coping behaviors and psychological distress in Austria and Italy.
- An online panel study surveyed 824 participants over three phases (2020-2023), finding a small decrease in psychological distress and highlighting the variability of coping strategies with maladaptive behaviors linked to higher distress levels.
- The study emphasizes the need for interventions to promote adaptive coping mechanisms, suggesting future research should focus on how mental health influences coping behaviors.
Allelopathy can provide sustainable alternatives to herbicides because it is based on specific signals rather than generic toxicity. We show that the allelopathic activity of Spearmint and Watermint is linked with their main compounds, (-)-carvone and (+)-menthofuran, both deriving from (-)-limonene. Germination of Poppy and Cress, and root growth of are inhibited by very low concentrations of (-)-carvone, acting even through the gas phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Oral treprostinil is a prostacyclin analogue approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by delaying disease progression and improving exercise capacity. Higher doses of oral treprostinil correlate with increased treatment benefit. Titrations may be challenging due to common side effects of prostacyclin-class therapies.
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- - The study explored the relationship between resilience and psychological distress during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and major depressive disorder (MDD), compared to healthy controls.
- - A total of 141 patients with SMI or MDD and 584 healthy community members participated in a survey measuring psychological distress and resilience.
- - Results revealed that both patient groups had significantly higher psychological distress and lower resilience than healthy controls, with MDD patients being particularly vulnerable; enhancing resilience could greatly benefit these individuals.