343 results match your criteria: "University of Washington Bothell[Affiliation]"

Heart Failure and Hospital Utilization Trajectories Before and After Hip Fracture Surgery.

J Am Med Dir Assoc

November 2022

Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Durham, NC, USA.

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DeepTracer-ID: De novo protein identification from cryo-EM maps.

Biophys J

August 2022

Division of Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, Washington. Electronic address:

The recent revolution in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has made it possible to determine macromolecular structures directly from cell extracts. However, identifying the correct protein from the cryo-EM map is still challenging and often needs additional sequence information from other techniques, such as tandem mass spectrometry and/or bioinformatics. Here, we present DeepTracer-ID, a server-based approach to identify the candidate protein in a user-provided organism de novo from a cryo-EM map, without the need for additional information.

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Prevent pandemics and halt climate change? Strengthen land rights for Indigenous peoples.

Lancet Planet Health

May 2022

Center for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

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A Case Report of Collaborative Online International Learning in Nursing and Health Studies Between the United States and Japan.

Nurs Educ Perspect

April 2023

About the Authors Kosuke Niitsu, PhD, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, is assistant professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, Washington. Akiko Kondo, PhD, RN, is a professor, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Jing Hua, RN, is a doctoral candidate, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Natalia A. Dyba, MA, is director, Global Initiatives, University of Washington Bothell. For more information, contact Dr. Niitsu at .

Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is an innovative and cost-effective pedagogy to develop cross-cultural awareness through digital technology across shared multicultural learning environments. We implemented our first COIL virtual exchange for undergraduate students at universities in the United States and Japan. We used Padlet for asynchronous discussions to build rapport among students at each institution and Zoom for synchronous discussions to deliver oral presentations.

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Evidence-based intervention and policy strategies to address the recent surge of race-motivated hate crimes and other forms of racism against Asian Americans are essential; however, such efforts have been impeded by a lack of empirical knowledge, e.g., about racism, specifically aimed at the Asian American population.

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Background: Network analysis provides a new method for conceptualizing interconnections among psychological and behavioral constructs.

Objective: We used network analysis to investigate the complex associations between depressive symptoms and patient activation dimensions among patients at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease.

Methods: This secondary analysis included 200 patients seen in primary care clinics.

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Background: The normal healing of surgical wounds can be disrupted by infection and/or dehiscence, leading to development of chronic, non-healing wounds (NHW). Diagnosis of NHWs is via clinical acumen and analysis of microbiology wound swabs. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted generally by human subjects and specifically as products of bacterial metabolism and are detected in the wound area.

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The ammonia-oxidizing bacterium expresses two cytochromes in the P460 superfamily that are predicted to be structurally similar. In one, cytochrome (cyt) P460, the substrate hydroxylamine (NHOH) is converted to nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (NO) requiring a unique heme-lysyl cross-link in the catalytic cofactor. In the second, cyt , the cross-link is absent, and the cytochrome instead binds HO forming a ferryl species similar to compound II of peroxidases.

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Medical instruments that are not autoclavable but may become contaminated with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) during use must be thoroughly disinfected to avoid the possibility of iatrogenic transmission of infection. There is an expectation that prolonged soaking of instruments in the United States Food and Drug Administration-cleared chemical disinfectant solutions will result in high-level decontamination, but HPV16 and HPV18 are known to be resistant to commonly used formulations. However, they are susceptible to a variety of oxidative agents, including those based on chlorine.

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Wildfire-influenced air masses under regional background conditions were characterized at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory (∼2800 m a.s.

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Using a Food Bank as a Platform for Educating Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

J Community Health Nurs

February 2022

CEO, Karen Bowman & Associates, Inc, Seattle, USA; Volunteer, Des Moines Regional Food Bank, Des Moines, USA.

Purpose: To describe a partnership between a public university and a regional foodbank aimed to promote health in food insecure communities, and to support nursing students' learning experiences in community health.

Design: A single setting case study.

Methods: A comprehensive health needs assessment conducted through a windshield survey and key informant interviews was used to identify the community's priorities.

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The working lives of Americans have become less stable over the past several decades and older adults may be particularly vulnerable to these changes in employment quality (EQ). We aimed to develop a multidimensional indicator of EQ among older adults and identify EQ and retirement trajectories in the United States. Using longitudinal data on employment stability, material rewards, workers' rights, working-time arrangements, unionization, and interpersonal power relations from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we used principal component analysis to construct an EQ score.

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We search for a first-order phase transition gravitational wave signal in 45 pulsars from the NANOGrav 12.5-year dataset. We find that the data can be modeled in terms of a strong first order phase transition taking place at temperatures below the electroweak scale.

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Modifications of IL-6 by Hypochlorous Acids: Effects on Receptor Binding.

ACS Omega

December 2021

Briotech Inc., 14120 NE 200th St, Woodinville, Washington 98072, United States.

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory events including those seen with COVID-19 patients. Positive clinical responses to monoclonal antibodies directed against IL-6 receptors (IL-6Rs) suggest that interference with IL-6-dependent activation of pro-inflammatory pathways offers a useful approach to therapy. We exposed IL-6 to hypochlorous acid (HOCl) at concentrations reported to develop .

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Mounting evidence suggests that problematic adolescent social media use is associated with poor mental health. To respond to increased adolescent mental health concerns, health promoters increasingly rely on social media initiatives to promote their resources, programs, and services. This creates a paradoxical situation where social-media-linked adverse mental health outcomes are addressed using the same tools and platforms that can contribute to the development of such issues.

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Socioeconomic Classes among Oldest-Old Women in South Korea: A Latent Class Analysis.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

December 2021

Institute of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52727, Korea.

Oldest-old women are known to live at the intersection of multiple socioeconomic disadvantages in South Korean society. This study classified oldest-old Korean women into several socioeconomically homogeneous classes based on various socioeconomic status (SES) risks and compared health characteristics among the identified classes. This cross-sectional study utilized the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey, including data from 11,053 women (≥80 years).

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We examine how the shift toward intensive work-from-home during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the experience of interruptions during work time. We conducted a two-wave survey of 249 employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on a conceptual framework and typology (Leroy et al.

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Introduction: Despite playing an integral part in sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion care, nurses are rarely the focus of research regarding their attitudes about abortion.

Methods: A sample of 1,820 nurse members of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses were surveyed about their demographic and professional backgrounds, religious beliefs, and abortion attitudes. Scores on the Abortion Attitudes Scale were analyzed categorically and trichotomized in multinomial regression analyses.

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This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records to explore the effect of race/ethnicity, insurance status, and area deprivation on post-discharge outcomes in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery between 2015 and 2018 ( = 1,150). Inverse probability of treatment weight-adjusted regression analysis was used to identify the effects of the predictors on outcomes. White patients had higher 90- and 365-day readmission risks than Black patients and higher all-period readmissions than the Other racial/ethnic (Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, and Multicultural) group ( < .

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Structural insights into Ubr1-mediated N-degron polyubiquitination.

Nature

December 2021

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

The N-degron pathway targets proteins that bear a destabilizing residue at the N terminus for proteasome-dependent degradation. In yeast, Ubr1-a single-subunit E3 ligase-is responsible for the Arg/N-degron pathway. How Ubr1 mediates the initiation of ubiquitination and the elongation of the ubiquitin chain in a linkage-specific manner through a single E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (Ubc2) remains unknown.

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The Science Teaching Experience Program-Working in Science Education (STEP-WISE) provides teaching experience for postdoctoral scholars holding full-time research appointments. Through a combination of mentorship, deliberate practice, and feedback, the postdocs learn and apply inclusive, evidence-based pedagogies. STEP-WISE is integrated into postdocs' demanding schedules and is sustainable for institutions to run.

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With the advancement of machine learning, a growing number of mobile users rely on machine learning inference for making time-sensitive and safety-critical decisions. Therefore, the demand for high-quality and low-latency inference services at the network edge has become the key to modern intelligent society. This paper proposes a novel solution that jointly provisions machine learning models and dispatches inference requests to reduce inference latency on edge nodes.

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Motivation: The Estimation of Model Accuracy problem is a cornerstone problem in the field of Bioinformatics. As of CASP14, there are 79 global QA methods, and a minority of 39 residue-level QA methods with very few of them working on protein complexes. Here, we introduce ZoomQA, a novel, single-model method for assessing the accuracy of a tertiary protein structure/complex prediction at residue level, which have many applications such as drug discovery.

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The Critical Role of Midwives in Safe Self-Managed Abortion.

J Midwifery Womens Health

November 2021

Reproductive Health Consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

As access to legal abortion in the United States becomes more complex, there is increasing interest in self-managed abortion. Choosing to seek abortion care outside the clinical setting can also help people marginalized or harmed by existing health care systems to access needed care in a way that feels safe and empowering. However, patients and midwives alike often have a lack of information about expected outcomes and potential complications that may arise, as well as how to manage these in a health care system that may make appropriate follow-up difficult to access if needed.

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