Publications by authors named "Cole Thompson"

This report highlights the development of Grace House Akron, Inc. (GHA) a comfort care home focused on caring for terminally ill individuals who are unhoused, isolated, without caregivers, economically disadvantaged and face end of life alone. GHA is a free-standing home that provides safe housing, a nurturing environment, and round-the-clock personal care while local hospice agencies provide medical management.

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Sparse literature describes the imaging findings of gastric glomus tumors (GGT), focusing on benign tumors. We are not aware of prior radiology reports on malignant GGT. The aim of the study was to determine whether it is possible to differentiate between benign and malignant GGT on CT or MR.

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Objectives: To compare the image quality of 1.5T and 3T prostate MRIs of the same post-hip arthroplasty patients, with a specific focus on the degree of susceptibility artifacts.

Methods: This single-center retrospective study included post-hip arthroplasty patients who underwent 1.

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Since the adoption of guidelines for the non-invasive imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the need for sampling of a lesion in cirrhosis has decreased. We aimed to retrospectively investigate the use of percutaneous imaging-guided biopsy for LI-RADS observations in cirrhosis in two large liver transplant centers. A review of the pathology database in the two Institutions (Institution A, Institution B) was conducted to identify patients that underwent percutaneous imaging-guided biopsy for a liver lesion in the interval time 01/01/2015-12/312020.

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Purpose: Radiology is a highly complex field that requires mastery over an ever-expanding body of knowledge. Spaced learning, interleaving, and retrieval practice are evidence-based learning strategies that enhance long-term retention of information. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness of these interventions in the setting of radiology education.

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Objectives: Our institution has developed an educational program in which first-year radiology residents teach first-year medical students during gross anatomy laboratory sessions. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of this program on medical student knowledge and perceptions of radiology, and on resident attitudes toward teaching.

Materials And Methods: First-year resident pairs taught small groups of medical students during weekly 15-minute interactive sessions, and were evaluated on teaching skills by senior residents.

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Background: Syringe exchange programs are uniquely positioned to offer treatment services to interested clients. Prevention Point Philadelphia recently expanded to offer buprenorphine maintenance treatment through its Stabilization, Treatment, and Engagement Program (STEP).

Objective: To describe the STEP model of care and report treatment outcomes.

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Evolutionary ecologists aim to explain and predict evolutionary change under different selective regimes. Theory suggests that such evolutionary prediction should be more difficult for biomechanical systems in which different trait combinations generate the same functional output: "many-to-one mapping." Many-to-one mapping of phenotype to function enables multiple morphological solutions to meet the same adaptive challenges.

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  • - Parallel evolution, where independent populations develop similar traits due to similar environments, often shows discrepancies in outcomes, suggesting that adaptations can vary due to factors like genetic drift, gene flow, or environmental differences.
  • - Research on threespine stickleback fish in lake and stream habitats reveals that differences in environmental conditions within these habitats lead to varied evolutionary paths, which was evident in 16 studied lake-stream pairs.
  • - The study found that environmentally similar pairs exhibited more parallel morphological changes, while variations in gene flow affected the degree of divergence, indicating a complex interplay of both adaptive and non-adaptive forces in evolution.
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The Clever Foraging Hypothesis asserts that organisms living in a more spatially complex environment will have a greater neurological capacity for cognitive processes related to spatial memory, navigation, and foraging. Because the telencephalon is often associated with spatial memory and navigation tasks, this hypothesis predicts a positive association between telencephalon size and environmental complexity. The association between habitat complexity and brain size has been supported by comparative studies across multiple species but has not been widely studied at the within-species level.

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Purpose: Federal regulations and best practice guidelines identify categories of information that should be communicated to prospective biobank participants during the informed consent process. However, uncertainty remains about which of this information participants must understand to provide valid consent.

Methods: We conducted a Delphi process to define "adequate comprehension" in the context of biobanking consent.

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Mutations are typically perceived as random, independent events. We describe here nonrandom clustered mutations in yeast and in human cancers. Genome sequencing of yeast grown under chronic alkylation damage identified mutation clusters that extend up to 200 kb.

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