Publications by authors named "D B A Banks"
Background: In 2020, loosened federal regulations allowed for buprenorphine for opioid use disorder to be initiated via telemedicine. In response to these regulatory changes and growing racial inequities in overdose in St. Louis, MO, a local, peer-led outreach program incorporated a new rapid access (RA) to buprenorphine program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The pressing need for better antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is invariably reliant on educational interventions in some form.
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of post-qualification educational interventions for AMS behaviour change among health professionals.
Methods: Seven databases were searched for articles published between 2013 and 2024 for post-qualification educational interventions aimed at health professionals to improve AMS.
Sensitivity is often the Achilles' heel of liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. This problem is perhaps most pressing at the lowest fields (e.g.
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- * This study specifically investigates the high-concentration monoclonal antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and its behavior in frozen solutions using advanced techniques like dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and solid-state NMR (ssNMR).
- * Findings reveal how these methods allow detailed analysis of the protein's structure, dynamics, and the behavior of its excipients at low temperatures, highlighting their potential for improving the stability assessment of biological drugs in frozen conditions.
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- The study aimed to find environmental features linked to higher rates of drug-related fatalities and created a risk score based on these features.
- Researchers analyzed overdose data from St. Louis County, using Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to determine how proximity to various places affected overdose risk, separating data by drug type and race of decedents.
- Key findings revealed that fatalities were notably higher near hotels/motels, foreclosures, and restaurants, with specific patterns differing by race, suggesting that certain built environments reflect social conditions that contribute to overdose risk.