Titrating the Translational Relevance of a Low-Level Repetitive Head Impact Model.

Recently, there has been increased attention in the scientific community to the phenomenon of sub-concussive impacts, those hits to the head that do not cause the signs and symptoms of a concussion. Some authors suggest that sub-concussive impacts may alter behavior and cognition, if sustained repetitively, but the mechanisms underlying these changes are not well-defined. Here, we adapt our well-established weight drop model of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) to attempt to produce a model of low-level repetitive head impacts (RHI).

Distractions when viewing in-hospital heart failure self-care videos and change in heart failure self-care knowledge.

Background: When viewing in-hospital heart failure (HF) education videos, internal and external distractions could interfere with understanding of educational content.

Objective: To examine if distractions when learning are associated with HF knowledge.

Methods: HF self-care knowledge was assessed using a validated HF knowledge instrument.

Barriers to and Facilitators of Oral Health Among Persons Living With Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Persons with mental illness have poorer oral health and are less likely to receive oral health care than those in the general population. A comprehensive understanding of barriers to and facilitators of accessing oral health care from a multidisciplinary perspective is lacking. The authors of this qualitative study sought to explore barriers and facilitators in addressing the oral health needs of individuals with mental illness from the perspectives of patients, psychiatrists, and dentists.

Engineering the hard-soft tissue interface with random-to-aligned nanofiber scaffolds.

Tendon injuries can be difficult to heal and have high rates of relapse due to stress concentrations caused by scar formation and the sutures used in surgical repair. Regeneration of the tendon/ligament-to-bone interface is critical to provide functional graft integration after injury. The objective of this study is to recreate the tendon-to-bone interface using a gradient scaffold which is fabricated by a one-station electrospinning process.

Implementation of Recommended Tobacco Cessation Systems in Dental Practices: A Qualitative Exploration in Northeastern North Carolina.

Every year, cigarettes and other tobacco products cause nearly one in five deaths in the U.S., but many smokers report not being advised to quit by their health care providers.