A Pilot Analysis of Patient Portal Use and Breast Cancer Screening Among Black Patients in a Large Academic Health System.

Introduction: Patient portals may facilitate breast cancer screening and could be an important factor to address inequities; however, this association is not well characterized. The authors sought to examine this association in a large academic health system to inform interventions to address breast cancer screening inequities.

Methods: The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among Black patients in a large academic health system using logistic regression to examine the association between breast cancer screening and portal use, adjusting for multilevel covariates and interactions.

An analysis of multilevel factor contributions to breast cancer screening inequities in an academic health system.

Background: Breast cancer screening (BCS) inequities are evident at national and local levels, and many health systems want to address these inequities, but may lack data about contributing factors. The objective of this study was to inform health system interventions through an exploratory analysis of potential multilevel contributors to BCS inequities using health system data.

Methods: The authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis within a large academic health system including 19,774 individuals who identified as Black (n = 1445) or White (n = 18,329) race and were eligible for BCS.

Novel technique and outcomes of umbilical reconstruction during cytoreductive surgery; a multi-centre study.

Background: The goal of cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal malignancy is to remove all macroscopic disease, which occasionally requires the excision of the umbilicus. While the absence of the umbilicus can be aesthetically undesirable for patients, umbilical reconstruction is rarely performed due to the perceived complexity and increased risk of wound infections (Sakata et al. in Colorectal Dis 23:1153-1157, 2021).

Sodium caseinate/cellulose nanofiber-stabilized Pickering emulsions: A study on lipid absorption regulation.

This study aimed to develop a sustainable and bio-based nano-additive (sodium caseinate/cellulose nanofibers (SC/CNF) complex) to modulate liquid-based oil-in-water (O/W) colloid interfaces, which function as a fat control agent to slow lipid digestion. Edible protein (SC) was grafted onto CNF through facile electrostatic attraction, which reduces solvent and chemical usage for greener process. The physicochemical properties of SC/CNF showed that adding SC increased the interfacial bonding between CNF particles, resulting in higher interfacial pressure by forming dense and compact layers of SC/CNF.

Methane Hydrate-in-Oil Systems in the Presence of Natural Amino Acid-Equilibrium Phase Condition Measurements.

This experimental study reports the thermodynamic influence of three different amino acids on methane hydrate in oil-dominated systems, namely, glycine, proline, and alanine. To thoroughly examine the effect of selected amino acids on methane (CH) hydrate formation compared to the commercial inhibitor monoethylene glycol (MEG) in the presence of oil, the hydrate liquid-vapor equilibrium (H-Lw-Lo-V) curve is used to measure amino acid aqueous solutions. All experiments are performed at a concentration of 10 wt % by using the isochoric T-cycle technique in a high-pressure reactor cell at the selected range of pressures with temperatures of 4.