Peer Influence on Motivation to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Latino Sexual Minority Men in Miami, Florida: A Network Autocorrelation Model.

Despite the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Latino sexual minority men (LSMM) continue to experience disparities in PrEP uptake and subsequently, HIV vulnerability. Social network norms are an underutilized solution to increase PrEP uptake. We used a peer influence model (network autocorrelation model) to examine the role of social network descriptive norms (i.

"PrEP a double-edged sword": Integrating implementation science methodology with Photovoice to guide culturally-tailored pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs for Latino/a and non-Latino/a men who have sex with men in South Florida.

Background: DiversiPrEP is a culturally-tailored PrEP program for LMSM offered in South Florida. DiversiPrEP navigates LMSM through their PrEP journey, including education, deciding if PrEP is relevant for them, payment, and accessing/maintaining PrEP use. DiversiPrEP includes five ERIC strategies (Increase Demand, Promote Adaptability, Alter Client Fees, Intervene with Clients to Enhance Uptake and Adherence, and Tailor Strategies).

Patterns of Polydrug Use Classes Among a Subset of Latino Male Seasonal Workers in South Florida: A Latent Class Analysis.

Background: Little is known about polydrug use among Latino seasonal farmworkers. This cross-sectional study with male Latino seasonal workers (LSWs) living in South Florida categorized distinct classes of drug use and then characterized each drug use typology by demographic, structural, and psychological factors.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-five male LSWs were recruited during community events using convenience sampling between July 2019-March 2020.

Rapid, sensitive, and specific lateral-flow immunochromatographic point-of-care device for detection of varicella-zoster virus immunoglobulin G antibodies in fingerstick blood.

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes childhood chickenpox, becomes latent in sensory ganglia and reactivates years later to cause shingles (Zoster) and postherpetic neuralgia in the elderly and immunosuppressed individuals. Serologic IgG tests can be used to determine if a person has antibodies to VZV from past varicella infection or had received varicella or zoster (shingles) vaccination. Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are currently used for the detection of VZV IgG antibodies in patient serum samples.

Functional Oral Health Literacy and Periodontal Health.

Growing evidence associates low oral health literacy (OHL) with poor oral health outcomes. While nearly half of United States adults have periodontal disease (PD), there are conflicting results on association between OHL and PD. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the association between functional OHL and periodontal health as defined by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) classification system.

Equine heel bulb lacerations: 62 cases (2004-2018).

Objective: To characterize clinical findings and outcomes for horses with heel bulb lacerations.

Animals: Medical records of a teaching hospital were reviewed to identify horses treated for heel bulb lacerations between February 2004 and October 2018. Long-term outcome was assessed by telephone communication with owners.

Investigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Implications and Recommendations.

Public health crises that increase the demand for healthcare professionals (HCPs) often result in increased mental distress in HCPs. The current study investigated the specific mental health ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic on HCPs and perceived support from their places of work. Data was collected from US-based HCPs ( = 325) working as physicians (21.

Cultural adaptations of motivational interviewing: A systematic review.

Motivational interviewing (MI; Miller & Rollnick, 2012) has expanded from treating substance use disorders to other health concerns across a range of racial-ethnic groups and ages. The spirit of MI lends itself well to working with culturally diverse populations by eliciting the client's values and goals in a collaborative and client-centered approach in pursuit of behavior change. Additionally, MI has been further adapted for use with racial-ethnic minority groups to enhance its effectiveness with specific populations.

DENTAL THERAPY AND DENTAL PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (dPROs).

Dental therapy was introduced into the dental team as an advanced practice provider with the intention to increase access to care while providing high quality care in a cost-effective manner. It is essential that the dental therapist is able to provide patient-centered care to minimize patients' suffering. In order to assess patients' suffering, it is critical to understand the impact of care and dental patient-reported outcomes (dPROs).

A comparison of dental therapy and dental students' clinical performance.

The aim of the study was to determine if there is a difference between dental therapy students' clinical performance as compared to dental students at the University of Minnesota. An ex post facto research design was used to compare dental therapy students' and dental students' performance on selected clinical procedures. Dental students and dental therapy students from the graduating classes of 2016, 2017, and 2019 at the University of Minnesota comprised the study sample.

Why Re-Invent the Wheel? Social Network Approaches Can Be Used to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Related Disparities in Latinx Seasonal Farmworkers.

Latinx seasonal farmworkers are essential workers and are at elevated risk for SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 are unique to this population and include crowded living conditions, isolated social networks, and exploitative working environments. The circumstances and cultural values of Latinx seasonal farmworkers pose a unique challenge to public health authorities working to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Item and scale properties of the Oral Health Literacy Adults Questionnaire assessed by item response theory.

Objectives: a) To evaluate the item and scale properties of the Oral Health Literacy Adults Questionnaire (OHL-AQ) in an adult general population. b) To determine precision or accuracy of the respondents' estimated scores along the Oral Health Literacy (OHL) spectrum using item response theory (IRT) modeling.

Methods: Survey data were collected from a convenience sample of 405 adult attendees of the 2014 Minnesota State Fair.

[Corrigendum] Novel polygodial analogs P3 and P27: Efficacious therapeutic agents disrupting mitochondrial function in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

After the publication of the above article, the authors have realized that they failed to properly acknowledge the work performed by their Center for Innovative Drug Discovery High Throughput Screening Core Facility in the paper. The Declarations section of their paper should therefore have also included the following statement: "The UT Health San Antonio Center for Innovative Drug Discovery HTS Facility was funded in part by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT; grant no. RP160844)".

The novel capsazepine analog, CIDD-99, significantly inhibits oral squamous cell carcinoma in vivo through a TRPV1-independent induction of ER stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and apoptosis.

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a deadly disease with a mere 40% five-year survival rate for patients with advanced disease. Previously, we discovered that capsazepine (CPZ), a transient receptor potential channel, Vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) antagonist, has significant anti-tumor effects against OSCC via a unique mechanism-of-action that is independent of TRPV1. Thus, we developed novel CPZ analogs with more potent anti-proliferative effects (CIDD-24, CIDD-99, and CIDD-111).

Novel polygodial analogs P3 and P27: Efficacious therapeutic agents disrupting mitochondrial function in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Polygodial, a drimane sesquiterpenoid dialdehyde isolated as a pungent component of the water pepper Persicaria hydropiper, exhibits antifeedant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects. Polygodial also activates transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) channels. Previously, we described the synthesis of a C12-Wittig derivative of polygodial, termed P3, with significant antiproliferative effects against multiple cancer types including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Introducing and Evaluating Intraprofessional Team-Based Care Delivery in a Dental School Clinic: A Pilot Study.

There is growing interest in developing more efficient, patient-centered, and cost-effective models of dental care delivery using teams of professionals. The aims of this small pilot study were to assess the number of patient visits, type and number of procedures performed, and clinic revenues generated by an intraprofessional team of dental, dental hygiene, and dental therapy students and to determine the students' and patients' perceptions of this model of care. Sixteen senior students from three student cohorts (dental, dental hygiene, and dental therapy) at the University of Minnesota piloted a team-based dental delivery model from January to April 2015.

Influence of Socioecomomic and Oral Health Status on Acceptability of Dental Therapists' Oral Health Care.

Unlabelled: This study explored the acceptability of dental therapists by respondents' socioeconomic factors and oral health status.

Methods: Data were collected from 405 adults during the 2014 Minnesota State Fair through completion of an electronic questionnaire and a modified Basic Screening Survey (BSS).

Results: This study found no relevant and statistically significant relationships between a respondent's various socioeconomic factors and their acceptability of care provided by a dental therapist.

Egg size and growth in steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss.

The effects of egg size on early development and growth of steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss were recorded for more than 200 days following hatching. Fish from smaller eggs hatched sooner and at a smaller size than fish from larger eggs, but fish from smaller eggs showed consistently higher growth rates than fish from larger eggs. Since many life-history attributes appear to be determined by size or growth rate at age during the first year, egg size could be a significant predictor of important changes in the life history of individuals.

The effect of rearing structures on behaviour and movement of juvenile steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss.

The relative movement of juvenile steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss reared on two treatments was investigated to provide insight on the effect of structure in the rearing environment on the behaviour of the fish before potential release into a natural river system. The progeny of wild broodstock were reared either in the presence or absence of structure in the tank environment for 7 months at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center located in Oregon, U.S.

Dental Therapists as New Oral Health Practitioners: Increasing Access for Underserved Populations.

The development of dental therapy in the U.S. grew from a desire to find a workforce solution for increasing access to oral health care.

Psychometric properties of the English version of the Oral Health Literacy Adults Questionnaire - OHL-AQ.

Objective: To test the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire (OHL-AQ) in English. The OHL-AQ was designed to test functional oral health literacy in general populations and was initially validated in Iran.

Methods: The instrument was administered to 405 adult subjects (mean age 45 (SD 16) years and 67% female) attending the 2014 Minnesota State Fair.

Dental School Faculty Attitudes Toward Dental Therapy: A Four-Year Follow-Up.

This study is a follow-up to a 2010 study at one U.S. dental school that found faculty attitudes toward the dental therapy model were mixed and there was a clear divide in attitudes between faculty members who were full-time educators and part-timers who also practiced outside the educational institution.

T cells control the generation of nanomolar-affinity anti-glycan antibodies.

Vaccines targeting glycan structures at the surface of pathogenic microbes must overcome the inherent T cell-independent nature of immune responses against glycans. Carbohydrate conjugate vaccines achieve this by coupling bacterial polysaccharides to a carrier protein that recruits heterologous CD4 T cells to help B cell maturation. Yet they most often produce low- to medium-affinity immune responses of limited duration in immunologically fit individuals and disappointing results in the elderly and immunocompromised patients.