"The doctor will see you now… but not for long": Linking physicians' racial attitudes and patients' discrimination experiences to racial disparities in the duration of medical consultations.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between non-Black physicians' racial attitudes, Black patients' discrimination experiences, and consultation duration in diverse clinical settings.

Methods: Secondary analyses were conducted on data from three prior studies involving non-Black primary care physicians (Study 1: n = 14, Study 2: n = 5) and their Black patients (Study 1: n = 118, Study 2: n = 31), as well as 15 non-Black oncologists and their 72 Black patients (Study 3). Data included physician and patient surveys, along with video-recorded consultations.

Induced-aggregates in photocatalysis: An unexplored approach to reduce the noble metal co-catalyst content.

Photocatalysis has emerged as a promising and environmentally sustainable solution to produce high-purity hydrogen through ethanol photoreforming. It is commonly accepted that adding co-catalysts, especially noble metals, significantly enhances the catalytic activity of semiconductors. However, the high cost of noble metals such as Pt may limit the real application of this emerging technology.

Intergroup time bias and aversive racism in the medical context.

Time is fundamental to organizing all aspects of human life. When invested in relationships, it has a psychological meaning as it indicates how much individuals value others and their interest in maintaining social relationships. Previous research has identified an intergroup time bias (ITB) in racialized social relations, defined as a discriminatory behavior in which White individuals invest more time in evaluating White than Black individuals.

Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of Maxing Huoqiao Decoction in treating pulmonary fibrosis via transcriptional profiling and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA network analysis.

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrotic interstitial lung condition with unknown etiology and high mortality. Chinese herbal medicine has been used for more than a thousand years to treat various lung diseases.

Purpose: The current study aimed to examine whether Chinese herbal Maxing Huoqiao Decoction (MXHQD) exerts therapeutic effects on IPF and to further uncover its underlying molecular mechanisms.