Publications by authors named "L Simmons"

Background: Older adults and Hispanic individuals are increasingly turning to social media platforms to access health-related information. The purpose of this project was to evaluate a social media campaign to disseminate information from decision aids (DAs) on hip and knee osteoarthritis to Spanish-speaking adults.

Methods: A social media marketing team helped create an 8-mo campaign posted across 3 social media platforms to promote visits to a Web site offering free multilingual DAs for treatment of hip or knee osteoarthritis.

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Sperm competition is known to favor the evolution of male traits that confer an advantage in gaining fertilizations when females mate multiply. Ejaculate production can be costly and the strategic allocation of sperm in relation to the sperm competition environment is a taxonomically widespread phenomenon. However, variation among males in their ability to adjust ejaculate allocation has rarely been explored.

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•Percutaneous repair of severely regurgitant atrioventricular valves in the setting of a Fontan circulation utilizing Tri-Clip, even in the setting of an atrioventricular septal defect, is feasible.•Percutaneous options hold promise as a low-risk repair strategy in this highly complex population, which generally has a high surgical risk.

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  • - The study examines the African dung beetle, introduced to Australia in 1968 for biological control, focusing on its genetic and morphological changes across different regions of the continent.
  • - Analysis of 1594 SNP loci from 187 beetle samples indicated significant genetic differences between populations and limited gene flow over distances of 74-500 km.
  • - The fore tibia shape of the beetles, important for their tunneling behavior, showed notable differences among populations, suggesting that local adaptation and directional selection are influencing these variations despite genetic similarities.
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