Assessing the effects of Enhanced Multicomponent Proactive Navigator-Assisted Cessation of Tobacco Use within a federally qualified health center (EMPACT-Us): a protocol study.

Background: California's relatively low smoking rate (10.1% in 2019-2020) (About CHIS, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2024) masks deep disparities among low-income populations, where smoking rates are nearly double that of their middle- to upper-income peers. Low-income smokers report a similar desire to quit and similar rates of recent quit attempts as smokers from other groups; yet, they often face barriers in accessing effective resources to facilitate successful cessation.

Digitally Based Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program That Promotes Hypertension Self-Management and Health Education Among Patients With Low-Income: Usability Study.

Background: According to evidence-based clinical guidelines, adults with hypertension are advised to self-monitor their blood pressure (BP) twice daily. Self-measured BP monitoring is a recommended strategy for improving hypertension management.

Objective: We aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a digitally based BP self-monitoring program that promotes hypertension self-management and health education among low-income patients.

Understanding health disparities affecting utilization of tobacco treatment in low-income patients in an urban health center in Southern California.

Tobacco use disproportionately affects low-income communities. Prevalence among patients in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) is higher (29.3%) than the general population (20%).

Nuclear Excitation of the ^{229}Th Isomer via Defect States in Doped Crystals.

When Th nuclei are doped in CaF_{2} crystals, a set of electronic defect states appear in the crystal band gap which would otherwise provide complete transparency to vacuum-ultraviolet radiation. The coupling of these defect states to the 8 eV ^{229m}Th nuclear isomer in the CaF_{2} crystal is investigated theoretically. We show that although previously viewed as a nuisance, the defect states provide a starting point for nuclear excitation via electronic bridge mechanisms involving stimulated emission or absorption using an optical laser.

DFT calculation of thorium-doped magnesium fluoride for nuclear laser spectroscopy.

The thorium nucleus has an extremely low-energy isomeric state that could be manipulated with light in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) range. Recent measurements based on internal conversion electrons place the isomer energy at 8.28(17) eV (Seiferle B et al 2019), within the transmission window of large-band-gap materials, such as fluoride single crystals.