Publications by authors named "Wilder E"

Although chatbots such as ChatGPT can facilitate cost-effective text generation and editing, factually incorrect responses (hallucinations) limit their utility. This study evaluates one particular type of hallucination: fabricated bibliographic citations that do not represent actual scholarly works. We used ChatGPT-3.

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Background: Information and communication technology (ICT) in the work environment continues to change the landscape of the workplace. This technology allows employees to have greater flexibility when accessing information and communicating with those not physically present. The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships between workplace telepressure, workaholism, and ICT boundary creation.

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Genomic architecture appears to play crucial roles in health and a variety of diseases. How nuclear structures reorganize over different timescales is elusive, partly because the tools needed to probe and perturb them are not as advanced as needed by the field. To fill this gap, the National Institutes of Health Common Fund started a program in 2015, called the 4D Nucleome (4DN), with the goal of developing and ultimately applying technologies to interrogate the structure and function of nuclear organization in space and time.

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  • Gut microbiome dysbiosis is linked to COVID-19 severity, but a direct causal relationship has not been proven yet.
  • Research shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to changes in gut bacteria in mice, which could compromise gut barrier function and increase infection risk.
  • Analysis of samples from 96 COVID-19 patients indicates that altered gut bacteria can enter the bloodstream, potentially causing severe secondary infections in these patients.
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  • * Research using a mouse model shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection disrupts the gut microbiome and affects gut cell function, mirroring findings in human patients.
  • * The study found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients have an overgrowth of harmful bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains, which are associated with secondary infections that may originate from the gut.
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Large-scale generation of protein capture reagents remains a technical challenge, but their generation is just the beginning. Validation is a critical, iterative process that yields different results for different uses. Independent, community-based validation offers the possibility of transparent data sharing, with use case–specific results made broadly available.

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  • The gut microbiome has been linked to the severity of COVID-19, but a direct causal relationship had not been clearly established before this study.
  • This research demonstrates that dysbiosis (imbalance) in the gut microbiome can lead to harmful bacteria entering the bloodstream during COVID-19, potentially causing serious infections.
  • Analysis of stool samples from COVID-19 patients showed significant microbiome imbalances, including an increase in harmful bacteria, which aligns with findings from a mouse model that confirms viral infection adversely affects gut health.
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Metastases to soft tissues are rarely reported in the initial presentation and diagnosis of lung cancer. We report a case of a 77-year-old white man who presented with a 9-day history of a painful, rapidly growing mass on his left buttock in the gluteal cleft. The deep dermal location of the neoplasm and the lack of epidermal involvement led to suspicion of a metastatic carcinoma.

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Given the heterogeneity of senescent cells, our knowledge of both the drivers and consequences of cellular senescence in tissues and organs remains limited, as is our understanding of how this process could be harnessed for human health. Here we identified five broad areas that would help propel the field forward.

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Erythema ab igne (EAI) is a cutaneous reaction resulting from prolonged exposure to an infrared heat source at temperatures insufficient to cause a burn. It is most commonly reported on the lower extremities and back, and it presents with persistent areas of reticular erythema associated with hyperpigmentation, epidermal atrophy, and telangiectases. Erythema ab igne traditionally is associated with chronic exposure to open fires and coal stoves.

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The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program was launched to deliver reference epigenomic data from human tissues and cells, develop tools and methods for analyzing the epigenome, discover novel epigenetic marks, develop methods to manipulate the epigenome, and determine epigenetic contributions to diverse human diseases. Here, we comment on the outcomes from this program: the scientific contributions made possible by a consortium approach and the challenges, benefits, and lessons learned from this group science effort.

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Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), the adult variant of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, is a rare auto-inflammatory condition that presents with characteristic skin findings. There is no specific test available; diagnosis is usually based on the symptoms and evanescent rash found in patients. More recently, however, descriptions of atypical cutaneous and histological manifestations of AOSD have been published.

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It has become exceedingly important to understand the precise molecular profiles of the nearly 40 trillion cells in an adult human because of their role in determining health, disease, and therapeutic outcome. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund-supported Single Cell Analysis Program (SCAP) was designed to address this challenge. In this review, we outline the original program goals and provide a perspective on the impact of the program as a catalyst for exploration of heterogeneity of human tissues at the cellular level.

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The oral cavity and cutaneous organ systems share a close embryologic origin. Therefore, there are numerous dermatologic conditions presenting with concomitant oral findings of which the dermatologist must be aware. The second article in this continuing medical education series reviews inflammatory orocutaneous conditions and a number of genodermatoses.

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There are a number of diseases that manifest both on the skin and the oral mucosa, and therefore the importance for dermatologists in clinical practice to be aware of these associations is paramount. In the following continuing medical education series, we outline orocutaneous disease associations with both immunologic and inflammatory etiologies.

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Eccrine sweat has rapidly emerged as a non-invasive, ergonomic, and rich source of chemical analytes with numerous technological demonstrations now showing the ability for continuous electrochemical sensing. However, beyond active perspirers (athletes, workers, etc.), continuous sweat access in individuals at rest has hindered the advancement of both sweat sensing science and technology.

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How can STS researchers collaborate with communities to design environmental monitoring devices that more effectively express their experiences and address gaps in regulation? This paper describes and shows the results of a novel method of visualizing environmental emissions of corrosive gases such as hydrogen sulfide (HS) exposure using photographic paper. HS is a neurotoxic and flammable gas that smells like rotten eggs and is frequently associated with oil and natural gas extraction. Communities living with oil and gas development in Wyoming report odors of rotten eggs and describe symptoms of HS exposure.

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Wearable sweat biosensensing technology has dominantly relied on techniques which place planar-sensors or fluid-capture materials directly onto the skin surface. This 'on-skin' approach can result in sample volumes in the μL regime, due to the roughness of skin and/or due to the presence of hair. Not only does this increase the required sampling time to 10's of minutes or more, but it also increases the time that sweat spends on skin and therefore increases the amount of analyte contamination coming from the skin surface.

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Non-invasive and accurate access of biomarkers remains a holy grail of the biomedical community. Human eccrine sweat is a surprisingly biomarker-rich fluid which is gaining increasing attention. This is especially true in applications of continuous bio-monitoring where other biofluids prove more challenging, if not impossible.

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Ustekinumab is a human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody that binds with high affinity and specificity to the p40 protein subunit shared by both the interleukin-12 and interleukin-23 cytokines. This study reviews clinical response and adverse events in 119 psoriasis patients who have received ustekinumab for a minimum of 1 year. The medical records of 119 psoriasis patients treated with ustekinumab at our referral clinic in Dallas between 2009 and 2013 were reviewed for response rates, side effects, and concomitant therapies.

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