Publications by authors named "Ashley Schmidt"

While metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are known primarily for their well-defined crystalline porous structures that make them desirable for a myriad of applications, they also distinguish themselves with their chemical tunability. One strategy for chemical tailoring of MOF structures is post-synthetic modification (PSM) targeting moieties present in their organic building blocks (linkers). In this context, alkene (olefinic) fragments are underrepresented in the realm of MOFs despite their extremely well-established and versatile chemistry.

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Objective: We sought to determine who is involved in the care of a trauma patient.

Methods: We recorded hospital personnel involved in 24 adult Priority 1 trauma patient admissions for 12 h or until patient demise. Hospital personnel were delineated by professional background and role.

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Providing accurate utilization forecasts is key to maintaining optimal vaccine stocks in any health facility. Current approaches to vaccine utilization forecasting are based on often outdated population census data, and rely on weak, low-dimensional demand forecasting models. Further, these models provide very little insights into factors that influence vaccine utilization.

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Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare but aggressive vascular malignancy that can present a diagnostic challenge due to a wide variety of clinical appearances and histologic features. Final diagnosis traditionally is yielded by corroborating the histologic and immunohistochemical findings with the clinical presentation; however, a histologic feature known as "fish in the creek," which consists of free-floating or tufted pleomorphic spindle cells within the vascular lumen, may be an additional diagnostic clue. In this study, we aimed to determine the diagnostic utility of this finding in cutaneous angiosarcoma.

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Objective: Surveillance of patients identified with small abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from an AAA screening program poses a challenge for health systems because of numerous patient follow-ups. This study evaluates the surveillance outcomes of patients identified with small AAA from a large screening program.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of all patients screened for small AAA (3.

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Background. Many individuals who work in the military experience sleep deficiency which presents a significant problem given the nature of their work. The cause of their sleep problems is likely multifactorial, stemming from the interplay between their personal health, habits and lifestyle juxtaposed with the stress of their military work such as emotional and physical trauma experienced in service.

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