Publications by authors named "B A Mark"
Objective: Current studies have indicated that diabetes mellitus (DM) is highly prevalent in patients with cancer, but there is little research on consequences on the well-being of patients during cancer treatment. This analysis evaluates the relationship between DM and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in patients with cancer, using a large and well-characterized cohort.
Methods: This study utilized the Total Cancer Care protocol at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Background: In the United States, approximately 63,000 Americans develop head and neck cancer (HNC) annually. Our study aims were to investigate cardiovascular complications and risk factors for development of CVD among HNC survivors.
Methods: Utilizing the Utah Populations Database, a total of 1,901 HNC patients diagnosed and 7,796 birth year, sex, and birth state matched individuals from the general population were identified.
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an architectural redesign and a multicomponent intervention bundle on noise reduction to enhance workplace safety.
Methods/design: Quasi-experimental study with a time-series and intensified intervention design conducted in an intermediate care unit. Two interventions were sequential introduced: the installation of a partition wall in the medication preparation room (architectural redesign) and the implementation of an a bundle.
Tropical glaciers have retreated over recent decades, but whether the magnitude of this retreat exceeds the bounds of Holocene fluctuations is unclear. We measured cosmogenic beryllium-10 and carbon-14 concentrations in recently exposed bedrock at the margin of four glaciers spanning the tropical Andes to reconstruct their past extents relative to today. Nuclide concentrations are near zero in almost all samples, suggesting that these locations were never exposed during the Holocene.
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- Animal movement is directed by motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to muscles, with complex premotor networks coordinating these movements for various behaviors.
- Researchers analyzed the wiring of premotor circuits in Drosophila flies to understand how motor networks control leg and wing movements.
- They discovered that leg motor modules have a hierarchical structure based on the size of motor neurons, while wing circuits are more flexible in their connectivity, highlighting differences in motor control for distinct body parts.