Publications by authors named "E J Jacobsen"

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  • * An analysis of 1,192 participants revealed elevated sACE2 activity following exposure to SARS-CoV-2, especially in children, indicating a significant response regardless of infection status.
  • * The research suggests that increased sACE2 activity could help manage SARS-CoV-2 infections, proposing a more nuanced understanding of immune responses beyond traditional infection classifications.
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  • Accurate diagnosis in psychiatry is challenging, leading to delays in treatment and worse outcomes; identifying biomarkers for emotional reactivity is key.
  • The study evaluated emotional responses of individuals with bipolar disorder (BD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD), and healthy controls (HC) in immersive virtual reality (VR) scenarios, measuring self-rated emotions and galvanic skin response (GSR).
  • Results showed that individuals with BD, BPD, and SSD had more negative emotional responses than HC, with BPD and SSD experiencing heightened unpleasantness and stronger physiological responses in specific VR contexts, suggesting VR assessments could enhance diagnosis and treatment strategies.
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A quantitative and predictive understanding of how attractive noncovalent interactions (NCIs) influence functional outcomes is a long-standing goal in mechanistic chemistry. In that context, better comprehension of how substituent effects influence NCI strengths, and the origin of those effects, is still needed. We sought to build a resource capable of elucidating fundamental origins of substituent effects in NCIs and diagnosing NCIs in chemical systems.

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Background: The associations between community-wide social determinants of health and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among individuals warrant investigation.

Methods: Among 2830 dementia-free individuals aged 65+ years in a community-based US study, we examined cross-sectional associations of MCI (Clinical Dementia Rating = 0.5) with the following potential social determinants of health: at the census tract or block group level obtained from public sources: neighborhood disadvantage (Area Deprivation Index, ADI), air pollution with fine particulate matter (PM), greenspace, Walkability Index, ambulatory healthcare availability per square mile, homicide rate; and at the individual participant level, birth/schooling in a southern US state.

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