Community Synchrony in Seed Production is Associated With Trait Similarity and Climate Across North America.

Mast seeding, the synchronous and highly variable production of seed crops by perennial plants, is a population-level phenomenon and has cascading effects in ecosystems. Mast seeding studies are typically conducted at the population/species level. Much less is known about synchrony in mast seeding between species because the necessary long-term data are rarely available.

Family Caregiver Knowledge in the Outpatient Management of Pediatric Tracheostomy-Related Emergencies.

Tracheostomy-related emergencies (TREs) contribute significantly to preventable mortality. The retention of caregiver knowledge and skills acquired through simulation-based training (SBT) is unknown. This study aimed to assess the management of TREs by caregivers who did and did not receive SBT.

Co-mast: Harmonized seed production data for woody plants across US long-term research sites.

Plants display a range of temporal patterns of inter-annual reproduction, from relatively constant seed production to "mast seeding," the synchronized and highly variable interannual seed production of plants within a population. Previous efforts have compiled global records of seed production in long-lived plants to gain insight into seed production, forest and animal population dynamics, and the effects of global change on masting. Existing datasets focus on seed production dynamics at the population scale but are limited in their ability to examine community-level mast seeding dynamics across different plant species at the continental scale.

Affirmative Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients: A Guide to Patient Assessment.

This review article will discuss the impact of implicit and systematic bias on the health of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals and highlight barriers that TGNC people experience in accessing health care. The importance of affirmative care in improving the health of TGNC people will be described, followed by recommendations for gender inclusive practices that clinical laboratories can adopt to provide more inclusive care for TGNC people.

Access Barriers in Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections across Gender and Sexual Identities.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are steadily increasing in incidence. Marginalized communities across social categories (race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality) face the heaviest burden, including Black, indigenous, Latino, queer (gay, bisexual), transgender, and nonbinary populations. These disparities persist even when controlled for high-risk sexual behaviors.

Characterization of the literature informing health care of transgender and gender-diverse persons: A bibliometric analysis.

Background And Objective: Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) persons experience health inequities compared to their cisgender peers, which is in part related to limited evidence informing their care. Thus, we aimed to describe the literature informing care provision of TGD individuals.

Data Source, Eligibility Criteria, And Synthesis Methods: Literature cited by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health Standards of Care Version 8 was reviewed.

How do you choose your meal when you dine out? A mixed methods study in consumer food-choice strategies in the restaurant context.

Choosing meals in restaurants is a significant part of life. On average, people purchase seven meals per week from one of the over 17.5 million food outlets worldwide.

Structure-function coupling in highly sampled individual brains.

Structural connectivity (SC) between distant regions of the brain support synchronized function known as functional connectivity (FC) and give rise to the large-scale brain networks that enable cognition and behavior. Understanding how SC enables FC is important to understand how injuries to SC may alter brain function and cognition. Previous work evaluating whole-brain SC-FC relationships showed that SC explained FC well in unimodal visual and motor areas, but only weakly in association areas, suggesting a unimodal-heteromodal gradient organization of SC-FC coupling.

Variants in LRRC7 lead to intellectual disability, autism, aggression and abnormal eating behaviors.

Members of the leucine rich repeat (LRR) and PDZ domain (LAP) protein family are essential for animal development and histogenesis. Densin-180, encoded by LRRC7, is the only LAP protein selectively expressed in neurons. Densin-180 is a postsynaptic scaffold at glutamatergic synapses, linking cytoskeletal elements with signalling proteins such as the α-subunit of Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.

Validating the Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors With Nondiabetic Recreational Runners.

Purpose: Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are becoming increasingly popular among endurance athletes despite unconfirmed accuracy. We assessed the concurrent validity of the FreeStyle Libre 2 worn on 2 different sites at rest, during steady-state running, and postprandial.

Methods: Thirteen nondiabetic, well-trained recreational runners (age = 40 [8] y, maximal aerobic oxygen consumption = 46.

Pathophysiology and Evolving Treatment Options of Septic Arthritis: A Narrative Review.

Pyogenic (septic) arthritis is a severe joint infection characterized by the invasion of microorganisms into the synovium, causing inflammation and joint destruction. This review article provides a comprehensive overview of pyogenic arthritis, focusing on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management strategies. This review explores routes of microbial entry into joints, emphasizing the importance of prompt identification and treatment to prevent irreversible joint damage.

Allopurinol: Clinical Considerations in the Development and Treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, and Other Associated Drug Reactions.

Allopurinol lowers urate production through the inhibition of xanthine oxidase. It is oxidatively hydroxylated to oxypurinol and is the most prescribed medication for gout treatment. Although it has a beneficial effect in the treatment of this common disease, like many medications, it is also known for having numerous adverse effects.

Meta-analysis highlight the therapeutic potential of stem cells for premature ovarian failure.

Stem cell (SC) transplantation has shown potential as a therapeutic approach for premature ovarian failure (POF). Despite this, no quantitative analysis has been conducted on the efficacy of SC therapy for POF in humans. To address this gap, the present study conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the transplantation of SC in improving ovarian function among POF patients.

The Vaginal Microbiome of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals.

Purpose: The goal of this preliminary study is to describe the vaginal microbiome of transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals using nonculture-based techniques. TGNB individuals may undergo gender-affirming surgical procedures, which can include the creation of a neovagina. Little is known about microbial species that comprise this environment in states of health or disease.

The promise of precision functional mapping for neuroimaging in psychiatry.

Precision functional mapping (PFM) is a neuroimaging approach to reliably estimate metrics of brain function from individual people via the collection of large amounts of fMRI data (hours per person). This method has revealed much about the inter-individual variation of functional brain networks. While standard group-level studies, in which we average brain measures across groups of people, are important in understanding the generalizable neural underpinnings of neuropsychiatric disorders, many disorders are heterogeneous in nature.