Interprofessional health care students' confidence toward addressing the social determinants of health for older adults through telehealth.

There has been a call to action to integrate the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) into health care education including interprofessional education. This brief describes a large-scale online interprofessional educational curriculum where students focus on SDoH of older adults through patient-centered, collaborative telehealth experiences. The curriculum was delivered to students ( = 417) from 17 programs within the Colleges of Health Sciences, Medicine, and Nursing at a large Midwestern academic medical center.

Profile of interstitial cells of Cajal in a murine model of chagasic megacolon.

Disorders of gastrointestinal motility are the major physiologic problem in chagasic megacolon. The contraction mechanism is complex and controlled by different cell types such as enteric neurons, smooth muscle, telocytes, and an important pacemaker of the intestine, the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs). The role of ICCs in the progression of acute and chronic Chagas disease remains unclear.

Dark survival in biofilm-forming microalgae: potential for colonizing benthic ecosystems.

The biofilm-forming microalgae are known to experience periods of continuous darkness (upto several days), in addition to the natural day-night cycle, especially in the intertidal sediment regions (when transported to deeper sediments) and the ships' ballast water tanks (during voyages). However, the information on community and physiological responses to different periods of darkness is limited. Here, the survival capability of biofilm-forming microalgae to varying periods of darkness (7-35 days) and the growth patterns upon resumption of normal 12 h light:dark photocycle has been addressed through simulation experiments.

Seasonal Dynamics of Photosynthetic Picoeukaryotes in a Monsoon-Influenced Tropical Bay: a Flow Cytometric and Chemotaxonomic Approach.

The composition and ecology of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPE) are essential for understanding microbial food web functioning. We hypothesize that the simultaneous use of flow cytometry (FCM) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) tools will aid in discerning the dominant PPE groups contributing to abundance and biomass under prevailing environmental conditions. The PPE seasonal community abundance and pigment biomass were investigated from a southwest monsoon-influenced tropical bay from June 2015 to May 2016.

Somatosensory Plasticity in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Constraint Induced Movement Therapy.

Background: Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) experience upper limb somatosensory and motor deficits. Although constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) improves motor function, its impact on somatosensory function remains underinvestigated.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate somatosensory perception and related brain responses in children with HCP, before and after a somatosensory enhanced CIMT protocol, as measured using clinical sensory and motor assessments and magnetoencephalography.

A grounded theory study to identify caregiving phases and support needs across the Alzheimer's disease trajectory.

Purpose: Caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease require support across the full disease trajectory. The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual framework of caregiving phases across the Alzheimer's disease and caregiving trajectories and the corresponding caregiver support needs.

Materials And Methods: Constructivist grounded theory informed data collection and analysis.

[Cuff leak test preextubation: comparison between three methods in spontaneous ventilation].

Background And Objectives: The cuff leak test aims to evaluate the presence of airway obstruction and normally is carried through in the controlled mode of mechanical ventilation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cuff leak in patients breathing spontaneously, across three different methods, and to compare them.

Methods: Twenty intubated patients had been submitted to three different forms of cuff leak test, all of them in spontaneous respiration: measuring air leak buy using a ventilometer and with the patient connected to the mechanical ventilator (test 1); through the display of the mechanical ventilator (test 2); and with ventilometer and the patient detached from the mechanical ventilator (test 3).