Improving Mental Health Knowledge and Reducing Mental Health Stigma Among Public Safety Personnel: Comparison of Live vs. Online Psychoeducation Training Programs.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a brief psychoeducation training program in reducing mental health stigma, both toward others and oneself, among public safety personnel, while also comparing the relative effectiveness of in-person and online training modalities. In total, 1686 public safety personnel in Florida received psychoeducation on the mental health impacts of public safety work. Participants completed pre- and post-training questionnaires assessing demographics, mental health knowledge, and mental health stigma toward others and themselves.

Measles vaccination - An underestimated prevention measure: Analyzing a fatal case in Hildesheim, Germany.

Measles and rubella are targeted for elimination in the WHO region Europe. To reach the elimination goal, vaccination coverage of 95% must be achieved and sustained, the genotype information has to be provided for 80% of all outbreaks and transmission chains of a certain variant must not be detected for >12 months. The latter information is collected at Germany's National Reference Center Measles, Mumps, Rubella (NRC MMR).

The interactions between patient preferences, expectancies, and stigma contribute to posttraumatic stress disorder treatment outcomes.

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, some patients do not improve to the same extent as others. It is important to understand potential factors that can be modified for better patient outcomes. This clinical trial implemented a three-arm, equipoise-stratified randomization design to allow for the accommodation of patient preference before randomization to one of three CPT treatment modalities: in-home, in-office, or telehealth.

The mechanisms of arterial signal intensity profile in non-contrast coronary MRA (NC-MRCA): a 3D printed phantom investigation and clinical translations.

Signal intensity (SI) drop has been proposed as an indirect stenosis assessment in non-contrast coronary MRA (NC-MRCA) but it uses unproven assumptions. We aimed to clarify the mechanisms that govern the SI in vitro and develop a stenosis detection method in vivo. Flow phantom tubes with/without stenosis were scanned under two spatial resolutions (0.

Data Quality and Study Compliance Among College Students Across 2 Recruitment Sources: Two Study Investigation.

Background: Models of satisficing suggest that study participants may not fully process survey items and provide accurate responses when survey burden is higher and when participant motivation is lower. Participants who do not fully process survey instructions can reduce a study's power and hinder generalizability. Common concerns among researchers using self-report measures are data quality and participant compliance.

Criterion Validity of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol Consumption among College Students: Comparison across Two Measures.

Background: Protective behavioral strategies (PBS), or behaviors used to reduce harm associated with alcohol use, are often associated with lower levels of alcohol consumption, lower engagement in high-risk drinking behaviors, and fewer alcohol-related consequences. Although the majority of studies have found significant associations between higher PBS use and lower consumption or consequences, some studies have found nonsignificant or even positive associations. One explanatory hypothesis is that the mixed findings are due to differential content in PBS measures.

Perivascular fat attenuation for predicting adverse cardiac events in stable patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography.

Background: Inflammation surrounding the coronary arteries can be non-invasively assessed using pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation (PCAT). While PCAT holds promise for further risk stratification of patients with low coronary artery disease (CAD) prevalence, its value in higher risk populations remains unknown.

Methods: CORE320 enrolled patients referred for invasive coronary angiography with known or suspected CAD.

Comparative analysis of the ileal bacterial composition of post-weaned pigs fed different high-quality protein sources.

To further understand the contribution of feedstuff ingredients to gut health in swine, gut histology and intestinal bacterial profiles associated with the use of two high-quality protein sources, microbially enhanced soybean meal (MSBM) and Menhaden fishmeal (FM) were assessed. Weaned pigs were fed one of three experimental diets: (1) basic diet containing corn and soybean meal (Negative Control (NEG)), (2) basic diet + fishmeal (FM; Positive Control (POS)) and (3) basic diet + MSBM (MSBM). Phase I POS and MSBM diets (d 0 to d 7 post-wean) included FM or MSBM at 7.

The effect of perceived length on visuomotor localization.

Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to study visuomotor localization in the presence of either a horizontal array of equally spaced dots or a thin horizontal line.

Methods: Pointing behavior was used to assess directional localization. In experiment 1, subjects were made myopic using a contact lens and then corrected with a spectacle lens.

The experimental production of Renaut bodies.

Renaut bodies are loosely-textured whorled, cell-sparse structures found in the subperineurial space of peripheral nerves. Although described in 1881, their significance is still debated. Rats were placed in wire-mesh cages for 4 days to 6 weeks and the lateral and medial plantar nerves were sequentially removed.

Radiobiological effects of 131I and 125I on the DNA of the rat thyroid. I. Comparative study with emphasis on the postradiation hypothyroidism occurrence.

One of the major disadvantages of the use of 131I in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis is the development of hypothyroidism. Alternatively, 125I has been proposed for thyrotoxicosis therapy, and was thought to be preferable to 131I because of the short range of its emitted soft electrons. Several studies have shown 125I to be as effective as 131I in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis, and equally likely to produce hypothyroidism.