Publications by authors named "S J Starr"
Objective: To evaluate the effects of socioeconomic factors, including insurance status, on treatment and survival for patients with testicular cancer.
Patients And Methods: We extracted a retrospective cohort from the National Cancer Database that included patients diagnosed with testicular cancer 2004-2020. Competing-risks and Cox regression multivariate models including demographic, pathological, and socioeconomic covariates were constructed to evaluate receipt of treatment and death, respectively.
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- Bladder cancer treatments include special medicines that help the immune system, like immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapies.
- New ways to deliver these treatments directly to the bladder aim to make them work better and keep patients safe.
- The review talks about new methods like gels, tiny carriers, and gene therapy to improve how these medicines are given to patients.
Understanding how systemic biases influence local ecological communities is essential for developing just and equitable environmental practices that prioritize both human and wildlife well-being. With over 270 million residents inhabiting urban areas in the United States, the socioecological consequences of racially targeted zoning, such as redlining, need to be considered in urban planning. There is a growing body of literature documenting the relationships between redlining and the inequitable distribution of environmental harms and goods, green space cover and pollutant exposure.
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- A study analyzed data from Australian stroke patients (2014-2017), focusing on how communication support needs affect long-term outcomes like quality of life and mortality after a stroke.
- It found that many stroke patients (two-thirds) had communication support needs, with factors like age, stroke severity, and previous strokes increasing these needs.
- Improved communication skills post-rehabilitation were linked to fewer mobility and self-care issues, but patients needing support faced higher mortality rates within a year after a stroke.
Triboelectric charge transfer is complex and depends on contact properties such as material composition and contact area, as well as environmental factors including humidity, temperature, and air pressure. Saturation surface charge density on particles is inversely dependent on particle size and the number of nearby particles. Here we show that electrical breakdown of air is the primary cause of triboelectric charge saturation on single and multiple electrically insulating particles, which explains the inverse dependence of surface charge density on particle size and number of particles.
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