Publications by authors named "I Spears"

Tuberculous (TB) meningitis is the deadliest form of extrapulmonary TB which disproportionately affects children and immunocompromised individuals. Studies in pulmonary TB have shown that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can alter host lipid metabolism to evade the immune system. Cholesterol lowering drugs (i.

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Introduction: Indoor cycling at home has grown rapidly in recent years facilitated by advances in technology and gamification. However, there is limited data on individual's training practices when cycling indoors.

Methods: Using a single-time point, cross-sectional questionnaire, we gathered information on equipment, environmental considerations, training practices and nutrition during indoor cycling.

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Objective: Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in the United States. Obesity has been shown to lead to increased complications with regards to orthopaedic injuries, such as more severe fracture patterns, notably observed in injuries like lateral condyle fractures of the humerus. However, there is currently a gap in the literature regarding the relationship between obesity and the healing potential of these fractures.

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Cognitive gerontology research requires consideration of performance as well as perceptions of performance. While subjective memory is positively associated with memory performance, these correlations typically are modest in magnitude, leading to the need to consider whether certain people may show weaker or stronger linkages between performance and perceptions. The current study leveraged personality (NEO Big Five), memory performance (i.

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Genetic risk for Late Onset Alzheimer Disease (AD) has been associated with lower cognition and smaller hippocampal volume in healthy young adults. However, whether these and other associations are present during childhood remains unclear. Using data from 5556 genomically-confirmed European ancestry youth who completed the baseline session of the ongoing the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study®), our phenome-wide association study estimating associations between four indices of genetic risk for late-onset AD (i.

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