An integrated ecological approach to countering targeted violence on the U.S.-Mexico border: Insights and lessons learned.

Well-integrated and productive communities are an asset to the development and advancement of our nation, and they have an important role to play in planning, learning, and enforcing safety to enhance national and border security. (Resilience, Education, Action, Commitment, and Humanity) is a community-based project housed at The University of Texas at El Paso that aims to prevent targeted violence and domestic terrorism in El Paso County. We integrated three frameworks (i.

Predictors of General Deviance in the Context of COVID-19.

This study examined predictors of individual general deviance (i.e., substance use, risk-taking, property crime, and interpersonal conflict/violence) within the context of COVID-19, focusing on the role of prior deviance, opportunities for crime, and levels of COVID-19- related stress.

Four new species of Anenterotrema Stunkard, 1938 (Digenea: Dicrocoellidae) infecting phyllostomid bats in the Peruvian Amazon.

During a research of digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Kawsay Biological Station in Madre de Dios, southeastern Peru, four new species were described based on light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM): Anenterotrema paramegacetabulum n. sp. from the seba's short-tailed bat Carollia perspicillata Linnaeus, A.

Teaching Baccalaureate Nursing Students to Practice in Primary Care Settings.

Background: The Affordable Care Act of 2010 emphasized the importance of primary care and preventative services as core components to promote the health of the U.S.

Method: A unique program was created for baccalaureate nursing students to provide learning and practice experiences in primary practice sites that emphasized chronic disease prevention and management, including mental health and substance abuse services.

Implementation of High Dose-rate Brachytherapy for Cervix Cancer in a Low-income Country.

Background: The purpose of this study is to detail the implementation of HDR brachytherapy at the only radiotherapy center in Nicaragua.

Methods: Patients are treated with external-beam radiotherapy to 46-50Gy at 2Gy/fraction to the pelvis. A gynecologic examination is performed weekly.

A novel luciferase-based assay for the detection of Chimeric Antigen Receptors.

Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T (CAR-T) cell immunotherapy has produced dramatic responses in hematologic malignancies. One of the challenges in the field is the lack of a simple assay for the detection of CARs on the surface of immune effector cells. In this study, we describe a novel luciferase-based assay, termed Topanga Assay, for the detection of CAR expression.

Adelante (Moving Forward): An Innovative Program for Nursing and Prenursing Students.

The US population reflects a rich diversity of people that is not reflected in the health care workforce. This article describes the Adelante (Moving Forward) Program, an innovative model designed to increase nursing workforce diversity. Adelante was created to advance baccalaureate nursing students and prenursing students by using supportive developmental relationships and mentoring strategies.

Enhancement of Electrode Stability Using Platinum-Cobalt Nanocrystals on a Novel Composite SiCTiC Support.

PtCo alloy catalysts for high temperature PEMFCs (protonic exchange membrane fuel cells) were synthesized on a novel noncarbonaceous support (SiCTiC) using the impregnation method with NaBH as the reducing agent at different synthesis temperatures to evaluate the effect of this variable on their physicochemical and electrochemical properties. The catalysts were characterized by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray,and temperature-programmed reduction. In addition, the electrochemical characterization (i.

Improved Electrodes for High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells using Carbon Nanospheres.

This work evaluates the use of carbon nanospheres (CNS) in microporous layers (MPL) of high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) electrodes and compares the characteristics and performance with those obtained using conventional MPL based on carbon black. XRD, hydrophobicity, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller theory, and gas permeability of MPL prepared with CNS were the parameters evaluated. In addition, a short life test in a fuel cell was carried out to evaluate performance under accelerated stress conditions.

A new species of Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southwestern Peru.

The genus Eumops is the most diverse genera of molossid bats in the Neotropics. In Peru this genus is widely distributed and represented by nine species: E. auripendulus, E.

In vitro evaluation of the antielastase activity of polycyclic β-lactams.

A series of bi- and tricyclic β-lactam compounds was synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of cleavage of synthetic substrates in vitro by the serine proteases Human Leukocyte Elastase (HLE), Human Leukocyte Proteinase 3 (HLPR3) and Porcine Pancreatic Elastase (PPE). The obtained results have permitted us to describe a homobenzocarbacephem compound as HLE and HLPR3 inhibitor, to observe the positive effect that the styryl group exerts on the HLE inhibitory activity in polycyclic β-lactam compounds and to conclude that the hydroxyl function decreases the HLE inhibitory activity or rules it out completely.

Health literacy among older adults: a systematic literature review.

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to describe the empirical findings on health literacy in adults 65 and older. A systematic search for research studies from 1999 to early 2010 was conducted in MEDLINE and CINAHL databases. Articles were analyzed using the following foci: skills and health knowledge, functional health literacy, and health behaviors and health outcomes.

An inhibitor from Lupinus bogotensis seeds effective against aspartic proteases from Hypothenemus hampei.

The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), is one of the most devastating coffee pests (Coffea arabica L.) worldwide. Digestion in the midgut of H.

Development of a species-specific coproantigen ELISA for human Taenia solium taeniasis.

Taenia solium causes human neurocysticercosis and is endemic in underdeveloped countries where backyard pig keeping is common. Microscopic fecal diagnostic methods for human T. solium taeniasis are not very sensitive, and Taenia saginata and Taenia solium eggs are indistinguishable under the light microscope.

Design of artificial short-chained RNA species that are replicated by Q beta replicase.

Different RNA species that are replicated by Q beta replicase have related secondary structures: for both plus and minus strands, "leader" stem structures were found at their 5' termini, while their 3' termini were unpaired. Parallel structures in complementary strands rather than antiparallel ones require the occurrence of wobble pairs and other imperfections in the stem regions. To test whether the leader structures are required for replication, artificial RNA sequences were synthesized by transcription from synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides with T7 RNA polymerase and assayed for their ability to be replicated by Q beta replicase.