Faculty perceptions of a professional development program for developing CUREs and promoting inclusive and equitable teaching.

The Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) model can be used to explore how faculty prioritize learning about and adopting new pedagogical approaches. Here, we use the DOI framework to contextualize biology faculty perceptions of a professional development (PD) program designed to help them create a full semester course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) class at a large, public comprehensive university. PD sessions included exploring self-reflexive identity while fostering inclusive classroom spaces through understanding and interrupting implicit bias and microaggressions.

A Urine-based DNA Methylation Marker Test to Detect Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: We explored the accuracy of a urine-based epigenetic test for detecting upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Under an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol, urine samples were prospectively collected from primary upper tract urothelial carcinoma patients before radical nephroureterectomy, ureterectomy, or ureteroscopy between December 2019 and March 2022. Samples were analyzed with Bladder CARE, a urine-based test that measures the methylation levels of 3 cancer biomarkers (TRNA-Cys, SIM2, and NKX1-1) and 2 internal control loci using methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes coupled with quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Water-sediment partitioning of flumequine and florfenicol, two antibiotics used in salmon aquaculture in Chile.

The water-sediment partitioning of flumequine and florfenicol, two antibiotics used in salmon aquaculture is a critical driver of their fate and environmental impact. Batch experiments, were carried out using pure water or seawater, with or without sediment, and at summer and winter temperatures of Chilean fjords. Log K (partition between water and sediment) of florfenicol in seawater varied from 0.

Infection Prevention in the Era of COVID-19: 2021 Basic Procedure Review.

Infection prevention and control practices represent a vital behavioral skill set, especially in the era of COVID-19. Standard precautions, correct use of personal protective equipment, proper hand hygiene, and appropriate cleaning and disinfecting are necessary to prevent health-care-acquired infections in care facilities.