Body mass index as a prognostic indicator of overall survival in glioblastoma: A systematic review and meta analysis.

Background: Many previous studies have investigated the prognostic value of body mass index (BMI) for GBM outcomes with varying results. We present a comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis investigating BMI as a prognostic value in GBM.

Methods: A systematic review of literature on adult patients with GBM published between 1999 and 2023 was conducted within OVID Medline, Pubmed, and Scopus.

Improvement in cranial neuropathies following stereotactic radiotherapy as primary treatment for skull base meningiomas.

Purpose: Many patients with skull base meningiomas (SBMs) develop cranial neuropathies, though there is a paucity in literature regarding cranial neuropathy improvement following treatment. This is even more profound when isolating for patients who received stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) as their primary treatment without additional open surgery. Our goal was to investigate the effect of SRT on cranial neuropathies secondary to SBMs and identify predictors of favourable treatment response.

Policy Changes to Improve Service Access: Best Practices for Researchers Engaging With Criminal Justice Partners.

The Texas Christian University Hub of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network Project includes a partnership with state criminal justice (CJ) agencies with the goal of impacting state- and local-level policies and practices that will lead to increased access to and retention in community-based substance use treatment services among parole clients. This article outlines how we successfully fostered policy changes and includes a five-step process for how researchers can bridge the gap between research and CJ agencies to implement similar changes. This process included the use of various strategies to support the justice partners in their efforts to implement changes within their organization.

Compliance with social norms in the face of risks: Delineating the roles of uncertainty about risk perceptions versus risk perceptions.

Social norms are often considered as behavioral guidelines to mitigate health and environmental risks. However, our understanding of the magnitude of their impact on risk-mitigating behaviors and how perceptions of risks affect the magnitude remains limited. Given the increasing importance of understanding factors influencing behavioral responses to health and environmental risks, this research examines whether the relationship between social norms and behavioral intention to mitigate health and environmental risks is a function of (1) risk perceptions and (2) uncertainty about risk perceptions.