Publications by authors named "S Peterson"

Background: We investigated the relationship between neighbourhood income quintile and mental health service use by immigration experience among youth and explored changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: We used administrative data to examine mental health service use among youth aged 10 to 24 in British Columbia, Canada, between April 1, 2019, and March 31, 2022. We compared rates of community-based mental health service use, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations and the proportion of involuntary admissions by neighbourhood income quintile and immigration.

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Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) have been integral to the development and progress of biologging technology and movement data analysis, which continue to improve our understanding of this and other species. Adult female elephant seals at Año Nuevo Reserve and other colonies along the west coast of North America were tracked annually from 2004 to 2020, resulting in a total of 653 instrument deployments. This paper outlines the compilation and curation process of these high-resolution diving and location data, now accessible in two Dryad repositories.

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Alcohol consumption and addiction remain global health concerns, with significant loss of productivity, morbidity, and mortality. , a widely used model organism, offers valuable insights into the genetic and neuronal mechanisms underlying ethanol-induced behaviors (EIBs) such as sedation, recovery, and tolerance. This narrative review focuses on studies in the model system suggesting an association between circadian rhythm genes as modulators of ethanol tolerance.

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Objectives: Rising surgical rates for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and underutilization of physical therapist services for this condition may increase patient risks and healthcare costs. Patient beliefs may also contribute to this problem. Therefore, our objective was to determine which messages about physical therapy were perceived as strongest by patients with LSS and whether those messages were influenced by patient factors.

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Article Synopsis
  • Patescibacteria, or Candidate Phyla Radiation, is a diverse group of mostly uncultivated small bacteria that accounts for a large part of bacterial diversity.
  • Some cultivated members show a unique life cycle as obligate epibionts, meaning they live on the surface of host bacteria.
  • Recent advances in studying these organisms have led to breakthroughs in understanding their metabolic functions and developing strategies for cultivation, which could help reveal the complex interactions between Patescibacteria and their hosts.
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