Publications by authors named "J H Homan"
Wisdom is the hallmark of social judgment, but how people across cultures recognize wisdom remains unclear-distinct philosophical traditions suggest different views of wisdom's cardinal features. We explore perception of wise minds across 16 socio-economically and culturally diverse convenience samples from 12 countries. Participants assessed wisdom exemplars, non-exemplars, and themselves on 19 socio-cognitive characteristics, subsequently rating targets' wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study assessed the use of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) to evaluate sub-calcaneal plantar fat pad changes in people with diabetic neuropathy.
Methods: Dual-energy CT scans of people with diabetic neuropathy and non-diabetic controls were retrospectively included. Average CT values (in Hounsfield Units) and thickness (in centimeters) of the sub-calcaneal plantar fat pad were measured in mono-energetic images at two energy levels (40 keV and 70 keV).
Highlights: To discuss a rare complication of prone positioning during kyphoplasty.To compare two rare causes of anterior spinal artery infarct secondary to prone positioning: Surfer Myelopathy and post-kyphoplasty myelopathy.
Background: Kyphoplasty is a common, minimally invasive procedure performed to restore vertebral body structure and relieve pain in insufficiency fractures that are refractory to conservative treatments.
Article Synopsis
- Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) is a toxic weed found in North America, with rare inquiries in forensic toxicology regarding its analysis in biological specimens.
- The report examines two postmortem cases, one from 2004 involving a 27-year-old female in California and another from 2019 involving a middle-aged male in Pennsylvania, both suspected of poison hemlock poisoning.
- Different analytical methods, including Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), were used to detect and quantify coniine, the main alkaloid in poison hemlock, confirming its role in both deaths.
Background: Despite broad awareness of the opioid epidemic and the understanding that patients require much fewer opioids than traditionally prescribed, improvement efforts to decrease prescribing have only produced modest advances in recent years.
Methods And Findings: By using a collaborative model for shared expertise and accountability, nine diverse health care systems completed quality improvement projects together over the course of one year to reduce opioid prescriptions for acute pain. The collaborative approach was flexible to each individual system's goals, and seven of the nine participant institutions definitively achieved their desired results.