Publications by authors named "E L Spaulding"

Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine whether hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) could be prevented by implementing an educational tool kit for patient care technicians (PCTs).

Participants And Setting: Data were collected from 24 PCTs and 43 patients in a 26-bed inpatient adult acute care unit at an academic medical center in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Approach: Outcome data were collected over an 8-week period from September to November 2021.

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  • Research indicates significant sex differences in addiction behaviors, with females showing a higher motivation to consume sucrose than males.
  • The study utilized a progressive ratio schedule to assess motivation for 10% sucrose after different periods of environmental enrichment, revealing that acute and chronic enrichment reduced breakpoints for males more persistently than for females.
  • Both sexes exhibited increased motivation to consume after 29 days of abstinence, but environmental enrichment had a less significant impact on females compared to males, highlighting the need for gender-focused approaches in addiction research.
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Intrinsically disordered arginine-glycine (RG) repeat domains are enriched in multilayered biomolecular condensates such as the nucleolus. nucleolar RG repeats are dispensable for nucleolar accumulation and instead contribute to the organization of sub-nucleolar compartments. The sufficiency of RG repeats to facilitate sub-nucleolar compartmentalization is unclear.

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GLH/Vasa/DDX4 helicases are core germ-granule proteins that promote germline development and fertility. A yeast-two-hybrid screen using Caenorhabditis elegans GLH-1 as bait identified BYN-1, the homolog of human bystin/BYSL. In humans, bystin promotes cell adhesion and invasion in gliomas, and, with its binding partner trophinin, triggers embryonic implantation into the uterine wall.

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Background: Prior studies have shown that cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be effectively managed through telehealth. However, there are little national data on the use of telehealth in people with CVD or CVD risk factors. We aimed to determine the prevalence of telehealth visits and visit modality (video versus audio-only) in people with CVD and CVD risk factors.

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