3 results match your criteria: "Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pubic Health[Affiliation]"
Chemical Warfare at the Microorganismal Level: A Closer Look at the Superoxide Dismutase Enzymes of Pathogens.
ACS Infect Dis
June 2018
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pubic Health , Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street , Baltimore , Maryland 21205 , United States.
Superoxide anion radical is generated as a natural byproduct of aerobic metabolism but is also produced as part of the oxidative burst of the innate immune response design to kill pathogens. In living systems, superoxide is largely managed through superoxide dismutases (SODs), families of metalloenzymes that use Fe, Mn, Ni, or Cu cofactors to catalyze the disproportionation of superoxide to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Given the bursts of superoxide faced by microbial pathogens, it comes as no surprise that SOD enzymes play important roles in microbial survival and virulence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPropositional density and cognitive function in later life: findings from the Precursors Study.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
November 2010
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pubic Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4647, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Objectives: We used longitudinal data from the Johns Hopkins Precursors Study to test the hypothesis that written propositional density measured early in life is lower for people who develop dementia categorized as Alzheimer's disease (AD). This association was reported in 1996 for the Nun Study, and the Precursors Study offered an unprecedented chance to reexamine it among respondents with different gender, education, and occupation profiles.
Methods: Eighteen individuals classified as AD patients (average age at diagnosis: 74) were assigned 2 sex-and-age matched controls, and propositional density in medical school admission essays (average age at writing: 22) was assessed via Computerized Propositional Idea Density Rater 3 linguistic analysis software.
Diabetes problem-solving scale development in an adult, African American sample.
Diabetes Educ
July 2007
The Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr. Hill-Briggs, Dr. Gary, Ms. Batts-Turner, Dr. Brancati)
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to examine psychometric properties of the Diabetes Problem-Solving Scale (DPSS), which was designed to assess how adults with type 2 diabetes approach and manage problems encountered in diabetes self-management.
Methods: Participants were 64 African American adults with type 2 diabetes. The 30-item DPSS and measures of social problem solving, diabetes self-management, and depressive symptoms were administered.