Publications by authors named "Jennifer Hsueh"
Objective: Recent systematic reviews of acute care medicine applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have focused on hospital and general prehospital uses. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and describe the literature on AI use with a focus on applications in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS).
Methods: A literature search was performed with specific inclusion and exclusion criteria.
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- - Undergraduate students at UCLA conducted research using RNA interference (RNAi) and fluorescent proteins to pinpoint genes crucial for blood cell development in fruit flies, screening around 3,500 genes and finding 137 that affected hematopoiesis.
- - By targeting RNAi to different cell types involved in blood cell maturation, the researchers identified specific gene subsets that either facilitate or inhibit this process, revealing new insights into gene functions related to RNA processing and vesicular trafficking.
- - The CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience) model not only enhanced students' understanding and skills in science but also improved retention rates in STEM fields, demonstrating the value of hands-on research in education.
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- The montane sky islands of the Great Basin, like the Pine Forest Range in Nevada, host distinct habitats that are at risk due to environmental changes, specifically for the Humboldt yellow pine chipmunk.
- Researchers compared genetic diversity between chipmunks in this isolated region and those from more connected populations, finding that the Humboldt chipmunks have lower genetic variation even as some show strong ties to chipmunk populations in other mountainous areas.
- Pathogen screening indicated that the Humboldt chipmunks had higher pathogen loads compared to the least chipmunks in the same area, underscoring the importance of conservation efforts to protect these isolated species and their unique ecosystems.
Aims: Like drug addiction, cues associated with palatable foods can trigger food-seeking, even when sated. However, whether susceptibility to the motivating influence of food-related cues is a predisposing factor in overeating or a consequence of poor diet is difficult to determine in humans. Using a rodent model, we explored whether a highly palatable 'junk food' diet impacts responses to reward-paired cues in a Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer test, using sweetened condensed milk (SCM) as the reward.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the interaction between host plant chemistry, the immune response, and insect pathogens can shed light on host plant use by insect herbivores. In this study, we focused on how interactions between the insect immune response and plant secondary metabolites affect the response to a viral pathogen. Based upon prior research, we asked whether the buckeye caterpillar, Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae), which specializes on plants containing iridoid glycosides (IGs), is less able to resist the pathogenic effects of a densovirus infection when feeding on plants with high concentrations of IGs.
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