Publications by authors named "Patrick A"

Emotion-focused parenting practices, known as parent emotion socialization, play a crucial role in shaping youth's emotion regulation (ER) abilities. The impact of parent emotion socialization behaviors (ESB) on youth ER has been studied extensively in community samples. However, research on these relations in clinical samples is more limited, albeit growing.

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The interleukin (IL)-23 pathway is a pathogenic driver in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Currently, no oral therapeutics selectively target this pathway. JNJ-77242113 is a peptide targeting the IL-23 receptor with high affinity (K: 7.

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Introduction: Each year, thousands of individuals enlist in the Department of the Air Force (DAF), with some seeking to become DAF Special Warfare (SW) candidates. This study aimed to compare the anthropomorphic and physical fitness characteristics between these groups during fiscal years (FYs) 2019-2023.

Methods:  The sample includes male candidates below the age of 30 who attended the DAF basic military training (BMT) from FY2019 to 2023 (N = 119,415).

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While mass spectrometry remains a gold-standard tool for analyte detection, characterization, and quantitation, isomer differentiation is often a challenge. Tandem mass spectrometry is a common approach to increase the selectivity of mass spectrometry and energy-resolved measurements can provide further improvements. However, not all mass spectrometers, especially those that are very compact and affordable, are amenable to such experiments.

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Introduction: When COVID-19 hit the world in 2019, an enhanced focus on diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 was essential for a successful pandemic response. Testing laboratories stretched their capabilities for the new coronavirus by adopting different test methods. The necessity of having external quality assurance (EQA) mechanisms was even more critical due to this rapid expansion.

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Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a heterogeneous disease of the blood and bone marrow, is characterized by the inability of myeloblasts to differentiate into mature cell types. Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) is an enzyme well-known in the pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway and preclinical findings demonstrated that DHODH is a metabolic vulnerability in AML as inhibitors can induce differentiation across multiple AML subtypes. As a result of virtual screening and structure-based drug design approaches, a novel series of isoquinolinone DHODH inhibitors was identified.

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  • The study analyzes COVID-19 testing, cases, and deaths in Ethiopia from October 2021 to September 2022 across various regions and among healthcare workers.
  • Out of 215,024 tests conducted, 18,964 positive cases were identified, with a death rate of 2.8%, showing significant regional differences in positivity rates.
  • The findings highlight the need for improved COVID-19 surveillance and targeted responses to address disparities in health outcomes across different regions in Ethiopia.
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause pulmonary complications in infants, elderly and immunocompromised patients. While two vaccines and two prophylactic monoclonal antibodies are now available, treatment options are still needed. JNJ-7184 is a non-nucleoside inhibitor of the RSV-Large (L) polymerase, displaying potent inhibition of both RSV-A and -B strains.

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  • DCAF12 is a protein that identifies specific degradation signals in other proteins to facilitate their breakdown via the ubiquitin proteasome system.
  • Research found that DCAF12 interacts with melanoma-associated antigen 3 (MAGEA3) and T-complex protein 1 subunit epsilon (CCT5), using advanced techniques to study these interactions.
  • The cryo-EM structure of the DDB1-DCAF12-MAGEA3 complex provided detailed insights into how DCAF12 recognizes and binds to these signals, aiding future drug development targeting this protein's domain.
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Background: Across the globe, shortages of nurses and midwives in rural regions persist. Advanced practice nursing has been found to address workforce shortages through career progression aimed at retention. A regional health service sought to consult with staff about developing an advanced practice nursing framework.

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  • Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe complication linked to COVID-19, showing symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease (KD).
  • The study aimed to create a prediction model to distinguish between MIS-C and KD using hospital data from affected children.
  • The final model found several critical factors, such as age and lab results, that effectively differentiate MIS-C from KD, proving to be highly accurate and potentially useful for diagnosis, though it needs further validation.
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Background: Community education programmes are vital tools for teaching skills, such as understanding the larger cultural, economic and social determinants of health and how these factors impact people's health. It is currently unclear whether community education programmes in the field of dentistry deliver adequate value. This review aims to scope, collate and analyse globally published evidence concerning community education programmes in dentistry from inception, to gain an understanding of the intentions for these programmes and establish whether outcomes have shifted over time from the original intentions.

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Objective: Pediatric patients have different diseases and outcomes than adults; however, existing phecodes do not capture the distinctive pediatric spectrum of disease. We aim to develop specialized pediatric phecodes (Peds-Phecodes) to enable efficient, large-scale phenotypic analyses of pediatric patients.

Materials And Methods: We adopted a hybrid data- and knowledge-driven approach leveraging electronic health records (EHRs) and genetic data from Vanderbilt University Medical Center to modify the most recent version of phecodes to better capture pediatric phenotypes.

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Beta blockers are a class of drugs commonly used to treat heart-related diseases; they are also regulated under the World Anti-Doping Agency. Tandem mass spectrometry is often used in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical analysis laboratory, and antidoping laboratory for detection and characterization of drugs and their metabolites. A deeper chemical understanding of dissociation pathways may eventually lead to an improved ability to predict tandem mass spectra of compounds based strictly on their chemical structure (or vice versa), which is especially important for characterization of unknowns such as emerging designer drugs or novel metabolites.

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  • Exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is effective for childhood anxiety but faces challenges like limited access to exposure stimuli.
  • Immersive virtual reality (VR) presents a promising, scalable way to overcome these challenges, though it hasn't been widely tested for youth with anxiety disorders.
  • A study found that VR exposure therapy was feasible and beneficial in reducing anxiety, with participants showing improvements in both physiological responses and subjective feelings of distress.
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  • OCD is a mental health disorder that affects around 2% of the world but not much is known about its causes.
  • Most genetic studies on OCD so far have mainly focused on people of European ancestry, which could lead to unfair treatment options for those from other backgrounds.
  • The LATINO project is collecting DNA and health information from 5,000 people with OCD from Latin America to improve understanding of the disorder and develop better treatments for everyone.
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  • - The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase complex, made up of proteins L and P, is essential for RNA transcription and modification, but details on how inhibitors interact with it have been unclear.
  • - A new non-nucleoside inhibitor, JNJ-8003, demonstrates strong antiviral activity and effectively inhibits the polymerase complex, with structural analysis showing how it tightly binds to a specific site on the capping domain.
  • - JNJ-8003 disrupts early stages of RNA synthesis, revealing potential for developing broad-spectrum antiviral treatments based on its molecular interactions with the viral polymerase machinery.
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: Atherosclerosis is a chronic pathological condition that has remained clinically silent for decades, and the epidemic has continued to be on the rise due to risk factors, including diet, lifestyle, hyperlipidemia, pathogenic microorganisms, and aging. Using various synthetic drugs in treating atherosclerosis is associated with a high risk of myositis, angioedema, myoglobinuria, and acute renal failure. Various side effects of the available drugs have been reported; attempts are underway to explore natural sources with antiatherosclerotic activity.

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Meaningful steps have been taken toward using holistic approaches in outpatient rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI) (i.e., treating the whole individual); however, research and practice continue to disproportionately focus on adapting to physical and cognitive changes.

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Objective: Pediatric patients have different diseases and outcomes than adults; however, existing phecodes do not capture the distinctive pediatric spectrum of disease. We aim to develop specialized pediatric phecodes (Peds-Phecodes) to enable efficient, large-scale phenotypic analyses of pediatric patients.

Materials And Methods: We adopted a hybrid data- and knowledge-driven approach leveraging electronic health records (EHRs) and genetic data from Vanderbilt University Medical Center to modify the most recent version of phecodes to better capture pediatric phenotypes.

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This review systematically traces the context and evolution of climate-smart irrigation (CSI) in four South Asian countries-Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. CSI technologies and practices strive to address two main objectives: (1) sustainably enhance agricultural/water productivity and rural farm incomes to build community and farm-level resilience to climate change and (2) enable adaptation/mitigation to climate change across different scales through irrigation technologies and water resources management. These innovations also pose various social and environmental challenges.

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  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects about 2% of people around the world, but we don’t know exactly what causes it.
  • Most research so far has focused mainly on people of European descent, which can leave out important information for people from other backgrounds.
  • The LATINO initiative aims to include 5,000 people with OCD from Latin America and other countries, helping to gather more diverse data to improve our understanding and treatment of OCD globally.
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