Mental rotational skills from pre to mid-adolescence: What a novel test tells us about skill development.

Objective: This study investigates the development of mental rotation skills in male and female youth from a longitudinal study at ages 9/10 (baseline), 11/12 (Year 2), and 13/14 (Year 4) using a relatively novel task, the Little Man Task.

Method: The Little Man Task consists of four humanoid figures holding an object in either hand and rotated on two axes at 0° or 180°. Participants were prompted to indicate which of the figure's hands (left or right) was holding the object.

Role of Biological Age in the Determination of Long-Term Cause-Specific Death Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

Background: We tested whether biologic age, as estimated by deficits, functional impairments, or Age-Gap or their combination, provide improved estimation of cause-specific death as compared with chronological age.

Methods: Cardiovascular and noncardiovascular deficits, functional impairments, and Age-Gap were prospectively collected in 535 patients aged ≥55 years undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions between August 1, 2014, and March 31, 2018. Age-Gap was calculated as the difference between chronological age and age estimated by artificial intelligence ECG using a convolutional neural network.

The Role of Ethnicity in Alcohol Screening-related Decision Making by Medical and Dental Trainees.

Objective: Chronic heavy alcohol use increases risk for developing alcohol use disorder (AUD), leading to adverse health outcomes. Evidence suggests patient demographics are used to make treatment decisions, which contributes to barriers to AUD treatment experienced by Hispanic/Latino (H/L) individuals. This study characterized the use of ethnicity in alcohol use assessment and treatment referral among medical (MT) and dental trainees (DT).

Use of Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Scoping Study.

With the aim of fostering patient-centered care, Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) have emerged as a way for hospitals to garner input for initiatives and programs from patients and patients' families who have used the hospitals' services. Despite their inception in the early 1980s, only 54% of United States hospitals field a PFAC. This scoping study entailed searching 6 databases in July 2024 and reviewing 143 articles about hospital PFACs from around the world to understand how hospitals use PFACs, measure the results, and acknowledge the success factors.