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JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Importance: A wealth of research on screening for social risks in health care has emerged, but evidence is lacking on how social risk screening among physician practices has changed over time.
Objectives: To evaluate trends in screening for social risks among US physician practices and examine practice characteristics associated with adoption of social risk screening.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The main analysis used a repeated cross-sectional design to analyze results from US physician practices that completed the National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems, a nationally representative survey of physician practices, in 2017 and 2022.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
January 2025
Water Resources Development and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
The rapid urbanization, industrial growth, and socio-cultural activities along riverbanks in hilly cities are transforming land use and intensifying water infrastructure challenges. Paonta Sahib, a culturally significant town in Himachal Pradesh on the Yamuna River, along the foothills of the Himalayas exemplifies these pressures due to its religious tourism, industrialization, and mining activities. This study explores sustainable riverfront development at Paonta Sahib, addressing socio-cultural, environmental, and technical concerns essential for eco-sensitive urban planning.
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December 2024
Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Background: It has been found that speech analysis is a sensitive method for early Alzheimer's disease (AD) detection. Among the various linguistic features, silent pause has emerged as a fair indicator, exhibiting higher prevalence in individuals with AD compared to general population. This study aimed to further examine the relationship between long pause ratio (LPR) in speech and traditional markers of disease progression, like biomarkers, neuroimaging features and neuropsychological tests.
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December 2024
Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro), Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) stands as a prominent cognitive impairment screening tool, finding widespread use globally and existing in official versions across 14 languages, including Spanish. Despite this, the challenges emerge due to the extensive variations within the Spanish language, which is not only the fourth most spoken language worldwide but also possesses significant geographic diversity, particularly evident in regions like Peru. Here, the intersection of regional nuances, low educational backgrounds, and culturally distinct tasks complicates the application of a standard MoCA version.
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December 2024
Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Background: The Israeli population, primarily comprised of Israeli Jews (74%) and Arabs (21%), is one of the most diverse aging societies around the world. The need for brief, accurate, and culturally appropriate cognitive measures in Israel is high, as they can facilitate early detection of cognitive disorders across clinical settings. We examined the discrimination accuracy and concurrent validity of the brief Tablet-based Cognitive Assessment Tool (TabCAT) Brain Health Assessment (BHA) battery in a multicultural Israeli sample.
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