Publications by authors named "Nezami B"

Objective: Adaptive interventions may improve the potency and scalability of behavioral weight loss interventions, but the treatments-or treatment combinations-that should be offered are unknown. A two-stage pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial was used to test the timing and dose of human support added to a core digital weight loss program.

Methods: In stage 1, 99 adults with overweight/obesity were randomized at baseline to a kick-off with or without additional human support.

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Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) have been implemented in various medical specialties, and the Pathology National EPA Working Group has piloted the implementation of four pathology EPAs. We recently published the development of EPAs within our surgical pathology rotation. Following a six-month pilot, a survey demonstrated that faculty and residents found the forms helpful and easy to use and easy to understand, and EPAs have been fully incorporated into our surgical pathology rotation.

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Background: Program engagement is positively associated with improved outcomes in mobile health (mHealth) interventions, but little is known about which factors may increase or decrease the likelihood of participants viewing program messages. This study examined the association between daily behavioral goal achievement and likelihood of reading daily messages, and if this relationship is moderated by baseline depressive symptoms in an mHealth weight loss intervention.

Methods: Data come from a 12-week microrandomized pilot mHealth weight management trial that tested the effects of daily messages on behavioral goals among 52 young adults (78.

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Objective: Goal setting is a behavior change technique associated with improved change in outcomes. Digital (eHealth, mHealth) behavior change interventions often prescribe all goals with no opportunity for participants to create and track their own; thus, little is known about the types of goals participants create for themselves and their impacts on behavioral outcomes. This analysis describes the goals created by participants using an optional personal goal-setting component and evaluates the association between participant goal creation and weight loss in an eHealth adult weight loss intervention.

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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the predominant subtype of renal epithelial tumor, accounting for roughly 2% of all malignancies. Clinically, it often presents in the sixth to seventh decade of life, predominantly in men. Pathologically, these tumors exhibit a distinctive golden yellow cut surface, usually arising from the renal cortex.

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Introduction: There is a lack of documentation regarding cytopathology of renal neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) due to their rarity.

Materials And Methods: Five cytology cases were gathered from 3 institutes.

Results: Cohort consisted of 4 females and 1 male.

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Purpose: This study explored whether sociodemographic and health-related characteristics moderated mHealth PA intervention effects on total and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at 6 months, relative to a self-help condition among young adult cancer survivors (YACS).

Methods: We conducted exploratory secondary analyses of data from a randomized controlled trial among 280 YACS. All participants received digital tools; intervention participants also received lessons, adaptive goals, tailored feedback, text messages, and Facebook prompts.

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  • Dietary intake during infancy significantly influences long-term food preferences and overall health, with an emphasis on the role of caregivers in shaping these preferences.
  • This scoping review aims to address the lack of research on infants under two, focusing on the correlation between caregiver and infant diets during complementary feeding (6-23 months) by reviewing literature from various databases.
  • Out of the 33 articles analyzed, most highlighted strong associations between mothers' diets and their infants', indicating that targeting caregiver nutrition could enhance interventions aimed at improving infant dietary habits.
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Background: To fully leverage the potential of the early care and education (ECE) setting for childhood obesity prevention, initiatives must not intervene solely at the organizational level, but rather they should also address the health needs of the ECE workers. Workers suffer disproportionately high rates of obesity, and have reported low confidence in modeling and promoting healthy eating and activity behaviors. However, information regarding the effectiveness of improving ECE workers' health behaviors or whether such improvements elicit meaningful change in the ECE environment and/or the children in their care is limited.

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Background: Most physical activity (PA) interventions in young adult cancer survivors (YACS) have focused on short-term outcomes without evaluating longer-term outcomes and PA maintenance. This study examined the effects of an mHealth PA intervention at 12 months, after 6 months of tapered contacts, relative to a self-help group among 280 YACS.

Methods: YACS participated in a 12-month randomized trial that compared self-help and intervention groups.

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Background: Ganglioneuroblastoma intermixed (GNBI) is classified as "favorable" histology by International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification system. However, the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) stratifies patients using wider clinicopathological and cytogenetic/molecular parameters. While the diagnosis of GNBI is typically made on resected tumor, it may sometimes be rendered on initial biopsy.

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Understanding key ecological adaptations, such as foraging, when a predator is almost extinct is complex. Nonetheless, that information is vital for the recovery of the persisting individuals. Therefore, reviewing historical, ethnobiological and recent records can assist in exploring the species behavioral ecology.

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Objective: To investigate the incidence of corticotroph hyperplasia (CH) or lymphocyte infiltration in the pituitary of patients with obesity.

Methods: The pituitary and adrenal glands from 161 adult autopsies performed between 2010 and 2019 at our institution were reviewed. The clinical history, body mass index (BMI), and cause of death were recorded.

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Background: Physical inactivity is common in young adult cancer survivors (YACS), but evidence regarding effects of physical activity (PA) interventions among YACS is limited. The IMproving Physical Activity after Cancer Treatment (IMPACT) trial evaluated a theory-based mobile PA intervention on total PA minutes/week (primary) and secondary outcomes (moderate-to-vigorous PA [MVPA], light PA, steps, sedentary behaviors) at 6 months in YACS.

Methods: YACS (N = 280) were randomized to an intervention group or self-help group.

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Background: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the possible effect of follicular fluid paraoxonase 3 (PON 3) on oocyte quality and sex hormones.

Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on totally 90 enrolled women including fifty infertile women presenting with polycystic ovaries and uni-lateral tubal factor and forty fertile women with male factor infertility referring to Umm-al-Banin Infertility Clinic in Dezful, Iran for in vitro fertilization during October 2018 to November 2019. Oocyte removal was carried out under transvaginal ultrasound guidance, and follicular fluid (FF) was removed and preserved to detect PON3, estrogen, and progesterone levels.

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Background: Bile duct brush specimens are difficult to interpret as they often present inflammatory and reactive backgrounds due to the local effects of stricture, atypical reactive changes, or previously installed stents, and often have low to intermediate cellularity. As a result, diagnosis of biliary adenocarcinomas is challenging and often results in large interobserver variability and low sensitivity OBJECTIVE: In this work, we used computational image analysis to evaluate the role of nuclear morphological and texture features of epithelial cell clusters to predict the presence of pancreatic and biliary tract adenocarcinoma on digitized brush cytology specimens.

Methods: Whole slide images from 124 patients, either diagnosed as benign or malignant based on clinicopathological correlation, were collected and randomly split into training (S , N = 58) and testing (S , N = 66) sets, with the exception of cases diagnosed as atypical on cytology were included in S .

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Objective: To examine changes in parent and child dietary intake, associations between program adherence and parent dietary changes, and the association between parent and child dietary changes in a mobile-delivered weight loss intervention for parents with personalized messaging.

Methods: Adults with overweight or obesity and who had a child aged 2-12 in the home were recruited for a randomized controlled trial comparing two types of dietary monitoring: calorie monitoring (Standard, = 37) or "red" food monitoring (Simplified, = 35). Parents received an intervention delivered a smartphone application with lessons, text messages, and weekly personalized feedback, and self-monitoring of diet, activity, and weight.

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Unlabelled: To measure inspiratory airflow resistance in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19.

Design: Observational cohort of a convenience sample.

Setting: Three community ICUs.

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Purpose: Few studies have recruited young adult cancer survivors (YACS) from around the USA into remotely-delivered behavioral clinical trials. This study describes recruitment strategies used in the IMproving Physical Activity after Cancer Treatment (IMPACT) study, a 12-month randomized controlled trial of a mobile physical activity intervention for YACS.

Methods: We conducted formative work to guide development of recruitment messages and used a variety of methods and channels to recruit posttreatment YACS (diagnosed ages 18-39, participating in < 150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity activity).

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Objective: This study tested the efficacy of a lower-burden, simplified dietary self-monitoring approach compared with a standard calorie monitoring approach for self-monitoring adherence and weight loss in a mobile-delivered behavioral weight loss intervention.

Methods: Participants (n = 72) with overweight or obesity who had children 2 to 12 years of age living in the home were randomly assigned to a group that used simplified dietary self-monitoring of high-calorie foods (Simplified) or a group that tracked calories (Standard). Both groups received a wireless scale, Fitbit trackers, and a 6-month intervention delivered via a smartphone application with lessons, text messages, and weekly personalized feedback messages.

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Objectives: Self-monitoring is critical for weight management, but little is known about lapses in the use of digital self-monitoring. The objectives of this study were to examine whether lapses in self-weighing and wearing activity trackers are associated with weight and activity outcomes and to identify objective predictors of lapses.

Methods: Participants (N = 160, BMI = 25.

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Background: Outcomes of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) with early bone metastases (eBM) vs no early bone metastases (nBM) have not thoroughly been described in the age of immuno-oncology.

Objective: To compare survival and other clinical outcomes in patients with eBM and nBM.

Methods: We used a multi-institutional database of patients with mUC treated with systemic therapy.

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Introduction: Despite the health benefits of physical activity for cancer survivors, nearly 60% of young adult cancer survivors (YACS) are physically inactive. Few physical activity interventions have been designed specifically for YACS.

Purpose: To describe the rationale and design of the IMPACT (IMproving Physical Activity after Cancer Treatment) trial, which tests the efficacy of a theory-based, mobile physical activity intervention for YACS.

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Introduction: Dietary self-monitoring in behavioral weight loss programmes traditionally involves keeping track of all foods and beverages to achieve a calorie deficit. While effective, adherence declines over time. WW™ (formerly Weight Watchers), a widely available commercial weight management programme, sought to pilot an approach that permitted participants to consume over 200 foods without monitoring them.

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