Publications by authors named "E M Levine"
Weapon Carrying and Brandishing Among Youth: A Call to Think Beyond General Strain Theory.
J Interpers Violence
January 2025
Weapon carrying and brandishing among youth is a serious public health issue. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control's Youth Risk Behavior Survey suggests that as many as 1 in 15 male and 1 in 50 female students have carried a gun for nonrecreational purposes within the past 12 months. When examining weapon carrying more broadly, approximately one in eight adolescents report this behavior in the past 30 days alone.
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- Research shows that breast tissue has a unique, changeable microbiome that can be influenced by endocrine-targeting therapies such as tamoxifen.
- Tamoxifen treatment was found to change the diversity of the breast microbiome and increase levels of certain beneficial bacteria, like Lactobacillus, in both mice and primates.
- Probiotic bacteria injections in lab mice not only reduced tumor formation but also affected gene expression related to metabolism, suggesting a link between breast microbiome changes and lower risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
Assessing and upgrading the cleanliness of the emergency department brief title: upgrading the emergency room's cleanliness.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 2024
Objective: To upgrade cleaning and disinfection of patient rooms in a crowded emergency department (ED).
Setting: Tertiary referral hospital.
Design: Prospective, 3-component, before-and-after intervention study.
It is advantageous to culture the retina and other tissues at the air-liquid interface to allow for more efficient gas exchange. However, gene delivery to these cultures can be challenging. Electroporation is a fast and robust method of gene delivery, but typically requires submergence in liquid buffer for electrical current flow.
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