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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Stress among Male Caregivers.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

June 2023

Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, 493 Fitch Street, New Haven, CT 06515, USA.

Whereas research on caregiving is well documented, less is known about gender inequalities in caregiver stress, coping mechanisms, and health outcomes, all of which may vary by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. This scoping review investigated racial and ethnic disparities using the Stress Process Model among male caregivers. Several databases were searched including Academic Search Premier, Medline Complete, APA PsycInfo, CINHAL, Google, ProQuest, and Web of Science.

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RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic: Working with Clinical Practice Impingements in Dehumanizing Times.

Clin Soc Work J

May 2023

Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, 101 Farnham Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515 USA.

Although clinical social work seeks to center the transformative potential of human relationships, practitioners are experiencing heightened systemic and organizational impingements from the dehumanizing pressures of neoliberalism. Neoliberalism and racism diminish the vitality and transformative potential of human relationships, disproportionately affecting Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Practitioners are also experiencing increased stress and burnout related to increased caseloads and decreased professional autonomy and organizational practitioner support.

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A cross-sectional investigation of disfluencies in typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children.

J Fluency Disord

September 2023

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, University of Texas at Dallas, 1966 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 72353, United States.

Purpose: This study examined the language skills and the type and frequency of disfluencies in the spoken narrative production of typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children.

Method: A cross-sectional sample of 106 bilingual children (50 boys; 56 girls) enrolled in kindergarten through Grade 4, produced a total of 212 narrative retell language samples in English and Spanish. A specialized fluency coding system was implemented to index the percentage of total (%TD) and stuttering-like disfluencies (%SLD) in each language.

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Background: The body positivity movement on social media is thought to foster body appreciation, but pervasive societal concern persists about the body positivity movement and the body image, health behaviors, and "normalization of obesity" of young adult women.

Purpose: This study explored the relationship between engagement in the body positivity movement on social media and weight status, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and the health behaviors of intuitive eating and physical activity in young adult women (18-35 years).

Methods: Participants (N = 521; ∼64% engaged in body positivity content on social media) were recruited using Qualtrics online panels for this cross-sectional survey during February 2021.

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Face to face communication typically involves audio and visual components to the speech signal. To examine the effect of task demands on gaze patterns in response to a speaking face, adults participated in two eye-tracking experiments with an audiovisual (articulatory information from the mouth was visible) and a pixelated condition (articulatory information was not visible). Further, task demands were manipulated by having listeners respond in a passive (no response) or an active (button press response) context.

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We report here the first observation of directed flow (v_{1}) of the hypernuclei _{Λ}^{3}H and _{Λ}^{4}H in mid-central Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=3  GeV at RHIC. These data are taken as part of the beam energy scan program carried out by the STAR experiment. From 165×10^{6} events in 5%-40% centrality, about 8400 _{Λ}^{3}H and 5200 _{Λ}^{4}H candidates are reconstructed through two- and three-body decay channels.

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We report the triton (t) production in midrapidity (|y|<0.5) Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7-200  GeV measured by the STAR experiment from the first phase of the beam energy scan at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

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Integration of the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator Role in a Federally Qualified Health Center.

J Ambul Care Manage

May 2023

Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut (Dr Alicea-Planas); and School of Nursing, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven (Dr Burger).

The purpose of this 1-group, retrospective case study was to analyze the expanded role of registered nurse care coordination (RNCC) on health outcomes in a primary care setting in its real-life context. The convenience sample consisted of 244 adults diagnosed with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension. Secondary data entered into the electronic health record by the health care team during patient visits pre- and post-implementation of the RNCC program were analyzed.

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"Go With the Flow": A Qualitative Description of Infant Feeding Experiences Among Women With HIV in the United States.

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care

June 2023

Jesica Pagano-Therrien, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC is an Associate Professor, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Michele K. Griswold, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC is an Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rita Amoah, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Breastfeeding affords numerous health benefits to mothers and children, but for women with HIV in the United States, avoidance of breastfeeding is recommended. Evidence from low-income countries demonstrates low risk of HIV transmission during breastfeeding with antiretroviral therapy, and the World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding and shared decision making about infant feeding options in low-income and middle-income countries. In the United States, gaps in knowledge exist surrounding the experiences, beliefs, and feelings of women with HIV surrounding infant feeding decisions.

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This study presents an original model that features the emotion of fear of COVID-19 as a direct effect on vaccination intentions. A central research question addressed in the study is what roles do the emotion of fear of contracting COVID-19 and the threat posed by uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination play in levels of vaccination intention? The study used a structural equation model (SEM) and applied the SmartPLS 3.2.

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The college student population is among the highest risk group for contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV. Safe sex practices, which are intended to mitigate risks associated with sexually transmitted infections, are often negated in the population of heterosexual college students. Historically, research on safe sex practices has shown that the burden of behavior change and the focus on educational efforts historically fall onto the female population.

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Introduction: Motivation to be physically active and sedentary is a transient state that varies in response to previous behavior. It is not known: (a) if motivational states vary from morning to evening, (b) if they are related to feeling states (arousal/hedonic tone), and (c) whether they predict current behavior and intentions. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if motivation states vary across the day and in what pattern.

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Ayres Sensory Integration® for Addressing Play in Autistic Children: A Multiple-Baseline Examination.

Am J Occup Ther

March 2023

Tara J. Glennon, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.

Importance: Play is an area of difficulty for autistic children, and occupational therapy practitioners need evidence to guide interventions to improve play for this population. Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) intervention has not yet been studied for its impact on play outcomes.

Objective: To examine the impact of ASI intervention on play types in autistic children.

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Psychoeducation, where clinicians teach problem-solving skills in a supportive environment, can help address families' social vulnerabilities and promote well-being. Group well-child care (GWCC) may provide unique opportunities for pediatric residents to improve their skills in psychoeducation. Our aim was to characterize pediatric residents' perspectives and experiences of communication while conducting both individual well-child care and GWCC.

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Motivation for physical activity and sedentary behaviors (e.g., desires, urges, wants, cravings) varies from moment to moment.

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Father-Child Playfulness: A Secondary Analysis of a Multiple-Baseline Single-Subject Study of Three Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Am J Occup Ther

March 2023

Heather Kuhaneck, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Founding Program Director and Professor of Occupational Therapy, Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Sports Management, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. At the time the research was completed, Kuhaneck was Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.

Importance: Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) is commonly used with children on the autism spectrum to promote sensory processing and improved occupational performance, including play. To date, there has been no explicit effort to examine improvements in playfulness through ASI.

Objective: To explore whether ASI, coupled with parent training, improves child playfulness and fathers' support of child playfulness.

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We report on measurements of sequential ϒ suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200  GeV with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) through both the dielectron and dimuon decay channels. In the 0%-60% centrality class, the nuclear modification factors (R_{AA}), which quantify the level of yield suppression in heavy-ion collisions compared to p+p collisions, for ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) are 0.40±0.

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High-throughput DNA and RNA sequencing are revolutionizing precision oncology, enabling personalized therapies such as cancer vaccines designed to target tumor-specific neoepitopes generated by somatic mutations expressed in cancer cells. Identification of these neoepitopes from next-generation sequencing data of clinical samples remains challenging and requires the use of complex bioinformatics pipelines. In this paper, we present GeNeo, a bioinformatics toolbox for genomics-guided neoepitope prediction.

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The use of Critical Race Theory, Photovoice, and Community-Based Participatory Research has helped uncover the root causes of issues such as systemic racism in the fields of public health and health promotion. Often, we see studies using traditional research methods to investigate potential causal factors of disparities in minoritized communities report only quantitative data. While these data are imperative for understanding the severity of disparities, quantitative-only approaches cannot address nor can they improve the critical root causes of these disparities.

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Food insecurity, affecting approximately 10% of the U.S. population, with up to 40% or higher in some communities, is associated with higher rates of chronic conditions and inversely associated with diet quality.

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A Handheld Visible Resonance Raman Analyzer Used in Intraoperative Detection of Human Glioma.

Cancers (Basel)

March 2023

Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Department of Physics, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.

Article Synopsis
  • There is a significant need for reliable tools to diagnose gliomas during surgery and ensure safe tumor removal, prompting research into innovative methods.
  • Researchers developed the VRR-LRR Raman analyzer, utilizing visible resonance Raman spectroscopy to collect and analyze 2220 VRR spectra from glioma tissues, revealing key molecular differences.
  • The study employed a machine learning technique (PCA-SVM) to accurately differentiate glioma grades from normal tissue, achieving over 80% accuracy compared to traditional histopathology, suggesting the analyzer could transform intraoperative glioma detection and aid in maintaining healthy tissue.
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AI Moral Enhancement: Upgrading the Socio-Technical System of Moral Engagement.

Sci Eng Ethics

March 2023

Department of Philosophy, Maastricht University, FASoS, Grote Gracht 90-92, 6211 PG, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Several proposals for moral enhancement would use AI to augment (auxiliary enhancement) or even supplant (exhaustive enhancement) human moral reasoning or judgment. Exhaustive enhancement proposals conceive AI as some self-contained oracle whose superiority to our own moral abilities is manifest in its ability to reliably deliver the 'right' answers to all our moral problems. We think this is a mistaken way to frame the project, as it presumes that we already know many things that we are still in the process of working out, and reflecting on this fact reveals challenges even for auxiliary proposals that eschew the oracular approach.

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Background: Subcellular localization of messenger RNA (mRNAs) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of gene expression, cell migration as well as in cellular adaptation. Experiment techniques for pinpointing the subcellular localization of mRNAs are laborious, time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, in silico approaches for this purpose are attaining great attention in the RNA community.

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The Influence of Side-Lying Position on Oropharyngeal Swallow Function in At-Risk Infants: An Exploratory Study.

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

October 2023

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health and Behavioral Studies, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.

This investigation assessed the effect of side-lying position on infant oropharyngeal swallow physiology. Infant modified barium swallow studies (MBS) recordings were retrospectively examined in matched-pairs comparing at-risk infants swallowing in both an upright/cradled position and a side-lying position. Swallow parameters were measured independently and through a consensus coding approach.

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