Comparing four methods for assessing interprofessional learning in a practice setting.

Healthcare practitioners must be trained to collaborate in a dynamic environment where patients are complex and teams can change from day-to-day, but choosing the right measures to assess the effectiveness of interprofessional teamwork among learners is challenging. This study used measures representing four different perspectives to assess student teams in a practice setting where team composition varied each day. We tested the strength of the relationships between these measures, and we examined the impact of additional variables on each measure.

Effects of a Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Cessation in Young Females: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Indoor tanning increases the risk of skin cancer and can become addictive. There is little research on indoor tanning cessation interventions.

Methods: From 2019-2022, we conducted a clinical trial (n=265) testing a tailored mobile messaging cessation intervention in 18-30-year-old females screened for indoor tanning addiction.

Neuromyelitis Optica: A Deceiving Disorder of Demyelination.

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), also known as Devic syndrome, is an autoimmune inflammatory and demyelinating disorder that affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. It is believed to be attributed to aquaporin-4 antibodies, a water channel expressed on astrocytes. It commonly presents with isolated or recurrent attacks of myelitis and optic neuritis.

Oebalus pugnax (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin in Texas and efficacy of 2 alternative insecticides in grain sorghum.

Along the Coastal Bend of Texas, the rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), is a major pest of grain sorghum and rice that is primarily managed by insecticide applications. Reports of rice stink bug resistance to pyrethroids in Texas first surfaced in 2015 and continued to spread.

Correlates of susceptibility to waterpipe tobacco smoking in young adults.

Introduction: Many US young adults are susceptible to waterpipe (i.e., hookah) tobacco smoking (WTS) initiation, but research on factors associated with WTS susceptibility is limited.