Lincoln Sign: A Rare Presentation of Medication-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw.

A 52-year-old female patient with metastatic breast cancer receiving denosumab for 7 years presented with marked diffuse tracer uptake in the mandible on Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy, resembling the Lincoln sign. A diagnosis of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) was confirmed, leading to immediate discontinuation of denosumab. Conservative therapy, including limited debridement and oral rinses, was initiated.

Long-term mood, quality of life, and seizure freedom in intracranial EEG epilepsy surgery.

Objectives: To determine the long-term outcomes in patients undergoing intracranial EEG (iEEG) evaluation for epilepsy surgery in terms of seizure freedom, mood, and quality of life at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.

Methods: Patients who underwent iEEG between 1999 and 2016 were identified.

Social Determinants and Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Exploring the Role of Nontraditional Partnerships.

Addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) that influence teen pregnancy is paramount to eliminating disparities and achieving health equity. Expanding prevention efforts from purely individual behavior change to improving the social, political, economic, and built environments in which people live, learn, work, and play may better equip vulnerable youth to adopt and sustain healthy decisions. In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with the Office of Adolescent Health funded state- and community-based organizations to develop and implement the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community-Wide Initiative.

Minimally Invasive Direct Lateral Corpectomy of the Thoracolumbar Spine for Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression.

 To evaluate the feasibility, safety, clinical, and radiologic outcomes of a minimally invasive direct lateral-approach corpectomy (MIDLaC) for decompression and stabilization of symptomatic metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC).  A retrospective study on a prospective cohort was conducted. Nineteen patients were consecutively treated with MIDLaC and posterior pedicle screw fixation between May 2012 and July 2014.

Community-engaged pedagogy: a strengths-based approach to involving diverse stakeholders in research partnerships.

Background: To help build community capacity to partner in translational research partnerships, new approaches to training that incorporate both adult learning models and community-based participatory research (CBPR) are needed.

Objectives: This article describes the educational approach-"community-engaged pedagogy"-used in a capacity-building training program with community partners in Boston. Drawing from adult learning theory and CBPR community-engaged pedagogy embraces co-learning and is rooted in a deep respect for the prior knowledge and experiences that community partners bring to the conversation around CBPR.

Provider's perspectives on the impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity on immigrant health.

Introduction: Increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities such as raids, detention, and deportation may be affecting the health and well-being of immigrants. This study sought to understand the impact of ICE activities on immigrant health from the perspective of health care providers.

Methods: An online survey of primary care and emergency medicine providers was conducted to determine whether ICE activity was negatively affecting immigrant patients.

The impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigrant health: perceptions of immigrants in Everett, Massachusetts, USA.

U.S. immigrants have faced a changing landscape with regard to immigration enforcement over the last two decades.

Analysis of multilocus sequence typing schemes for 35 different bacteria revealed that gene loci of 10 bacteria could be replaced to improve cost-effectiveness.

Although multilocus sequence typing (MLST) has been widely used for bacterial typing, the contribution of the gene loci to the discriminatory power of each MLST scheme is unknown. We analyzed the discriminatory powers of 36 MLST schemes using all combinations of the 7 loci and contributions of each locus to the schemes. In 10 schemes, sequencing 6 loci can achieve the discriminatory powers of 7 loci.

A funding initiative for community-based participatory research: lessons from the Harvard Catalyst Seed Grants.

Background: The National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) have increasingly focused on community-engaged research and funded investigators for community-based participatory research (CBPR). However, because CBPR is a collaborative process focused on community-identified research topics, the Harvard CTSA and its Community Advisory Board (CERAB) funded community partners through a CBPR initiative.

Objectives: We describe lessons learned from this seed grants initiative designed to stimulate community-academic CBPR partnerships.