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Sulfenyl fluorides are organic compounds of sulfur in formal oxidation state +2 with the formula R-S-F. Although the chloride, bromide, and iodide analogues have been extensively described in the literature, arenesulfenyl fluorides remain essentially unstudied. These structures have been implicated as putative intermediates in established processes to access polyfluorinated sulfur species; however, definitive and direct evidence of their existence has not been obtained, nor has a systematic understanding of their reactivity.

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The United States' current Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) and a potential extension are undergoing review, yet quantitative evaluation of the current program is lacking. The SIMP is a traceability program aimed at reducing imports of seafood products that are of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) origin or associated with seafood fraud. We conducted a quantitative examination of the SIMP's current scope and design by synthesizing publicly available trade data along with measures of IUU fishing and seafood mislabeling.

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Purpose: High resolution fMRI is a rapidly growing research field focused on capturing functional signal changes across cortical layers. However, the data acquisition is limited by low spatial frequency EPI artifacts; termed here as Fuzzy Ripples. These artifacts limit the practical applicability of acquisition protocols with higher spatial resolution, faster acquisition speed, and they challenge imaging in lower brain areas.

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  • - Lactic acid bacteria are important for making fermented foods and can produce antimicrobial substances like bacteriocins.
  • - This text discusses the genomes of six lactic acid bacteria strains isolated from artisanal cheeses that have the genes needed to produce antimicrobial compounds.
  • - The six strains are from various genera, which indicates diversity in the sources and potential for different antimicrobial properties.
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  • * A comprehensive database analyzed trade from 1996 to 2020, revealing a 40% increase in the share of aquatic food production that is exported, while global consumption rose by 19.4% despite a decline in marine capture consumption.
  • * The findings help identify sustainable dietary options within aquatic foods and shed light on the complex role of trade in evolving aquatic food systems, especially as some regions depend more on imported sources.
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A Scoping Review of Studies Using Artificial Intelligence Identifying Optimal Practice Patterns for Inpatients With Type 2 Diabetes That Lead to Positive Healthcare Outcomes.

Comput Inform Nurs

May 2024

Author Affiliations: The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ (Mr Vyas, Ms Brandon, and Dr Gephart), San Antonio Regional Hospital, Upland, CA (Mr Vyas).

The objective of this scoping review was to survey the literature on the use of AI/ML applications in analyzing inpatient EHR data to identify bundles of care (groupings of interventions). If evidence suggested AI/ML models could determine bundles, the review aimed to explore whether implementing these interventions as bundles reduced practice pattern variance and positively impacted patient care outcomes for inpatients with T2DM. Six databases were searched for articles published from January 1, 2000, to January 1, 2024.

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Reducing the environmental pressures stemming from food production is central to meeting global sustainability targets. Shifting diets represents one lever for improving food system sustainability, and identifying sustainable diet opportunities requires computational models to represent complex systems and allow users to evaluate counterfactual scenarios. Despite an increase in the number of food system sustainability models, there remains a lack of transparency of data inputs and mathematical formulas to facilitate replication by researchers and application by diverse stakeholders.

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Background: The health and well-being of children in foster care are of high concern. A resource with which to disrupt maladaptation and promote healing are positive relationships among children and caregivers within the foster home. The research question was: Can an online intervention improve family hardiness and sibling relationships within foster care families?

Objectives: To: (1) establish feasibility and acceptability of an online behavioral intervention within the foster family, (2) explore the effects of the intervention on relational quality outcomes, and (3) decompose the mechanisms driving improved family hardiness through mediation analysis.

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Resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) scans-namely those lacking experimentally-controlled stimuli or cognitive demands-are often used to identify aberrant patterns of functional connectivity (FC) in clinical populations. To minimize interpretational uncertainty, researchers control for across-cohort disparities in age, gender, co-morbidities, and head motion. Yet, studies rarely, if ever, consider the possibility that systematic differences in inner experience (i.

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Cerebrospinal fluid tumor-derived DNA (CSF-tDNA) analysis is a promising approach for monitoring the neoplastic processes of the central nervous system. We applied a lung cancer-specific sequencing panel (CAPP-Seq) to 81 CSF, blood, and tissue samples from 24 lung cancer patients who underwent lumbar puncture (LP) for suspected leptomeningeal disease (LMD). A subset of the cohort (N = 12) participated in a prospective trial of osimertinib for refractory LMD in which serial LPs were performed before and during treatment.

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Objective: To examine mothers' internet usage, in conjunction with social, health care, and virtual peer support navigations, when congenital anomalies were diagnosed in utero.

Design: Qualitative descriptive, consisting of semistructured interviews.

Setting: Interview data were collected over Zoom; mothers participated from locations of their choosing.

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Tumors typically lack canonical danger signals required to activate adaptive immunity and also frequently employ substantial immunomodulatory mechanisms that downregulate adaptive responses and contribute to escape from immune surveillance. Given the variety of mechanisms involved in shielding tumors from immune recognition, it is not surprising that single-agent immunomodulatory approaches have been largely unsuccessful in generating durable antitumor responses. Here we report a unique combination of immunomodulatory and cytostatic agents that recondition the tumor microenvironment and eliminate complex and/or poor-prognosis tumor types including the non-immunogenic 4T-1 model of TNBC, the aggressive MOC-2 model of HNSCC, and the high-risk MYCN-amplified model of neuroblastoma.

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The effect of electronic medical records on medication errors, workload, and medical information availability among qualified nurses in Israel- a cross sectional study.

BMC Nurs

April 2024

Department of Emergency & Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 39040, Tel-Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Background: Errors in medication administration by qualified nursing staff in hospitals are a significant risk factor for patient safety. In recent decades, electronic medical records (EMR) systems have been implemented in hospitals, and it has been claimed that they contribute to reducing such errors. However, systematic research on the subject in Israel is scarce.

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Gemcitabine Modulates HLA-I Regulation to Improve Tumor Antigen Presentation by Pancreatic Cancer Cells.

Int J Mol Sci

March 2024

Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer & Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.

Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease, harboring a five-year overall survival rate of only 13%. Current treatment approaches thus require modulation, with attention shifting towards liberating the stalled efficacy of immunotherapies. Select chemotherapy drugs which possess inherent immune-modifying behaviors could revitalize immune activity against pancreatic tumors and potentiate immunotherapeutic success.

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The American Radium Society (ARS) Central Nervous System (CNS) committee reviewed literature on epidermal growth factor receptor mutated (EGFRm) and ALK-fusion (ALK+) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for the treatment of brain metastases (BrMs) from non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) to generate appropriate use guidelines addressing use of TKIs in conjunction with or in lieu of radiotherapy (RT). The panel developed three key questions to guide systematic review: can radiotherapy be deferred in patients receiving EGFR or ALK TKIs at (1) diagnosis or (2) recurrence? Should TKI be administered concurrently with RT (3)? Two literature searches were performed (May 2019 and December 2023). The panel developed 8 model cases and voted on treatment options using a 9-point scale, with 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9 corresponding to usually not appropriate, may be appropriate, and usually appropriate (respectively), per the UCLA/RAND Appropriateness Method.

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Exploring Parent Experiences With Early Palliative Care Practices in the NICU.

Adv Neonatal Care

April 2024

Author Affiliations: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland (Dr Quinn); and University of Arizona, Tucson (Drs Gephart and Crist).

Background: The anxiety and uncertain outcome of an admission of a seriously ill infant to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can cause great stress for parents and contribute to poor mental health outcomes. Early implementation of family-centered palliative care (PC) may provide support for NICU parents. Key concepts of early PC in the NICU include shared decision-making, care planning, and support for coping with distress.

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Characterizing pathways of seafood access in small island developing states.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

February 2024

Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115.

Ensuring healthy and sustainable food systems in increasing social, economic, and ecological change is a key global priority to protect human and environmental health. Seafood is an essential component of these food systems and a critical source of nutrients, especially in coastal communities. However, despite rapid transformations in aquatic food systems, and our urgent need to understand them, there is a dearth of data connecting harvested food production to actualized food consumption.

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Neuroinvasive Francisella tularensis Infection: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature.

Clin Infect Dis

January 2024

Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Background: Neuroinvasive infection with Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is rare. Establishing clinical suspicion is challenging if risk factors or clinical features classically associated with tularemia are absent. Tularemia is treatable with antibiotics; however, there are limited data to inform management of potentially fatal neuroinvasive infection.

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  • The analysis introduces a food system indicator framework and monitoring architecture to assess food system changes related to global development and sustainability goals, focusing on five key themes: diets and health, environmental impact, livelihoods and equity, governance, and resilience.
  • A total of 50 indicators were developed through a consultative process, ensuring coverage for each theme, which serves as a baseline for evaluating global food systems.
  • While every country shows positive outcomes in certain areas, no country excels across all domains, indicating room for improvement towards achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems by 2030.
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Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major challenge to food system sustainability, including aquatic foods. We investigated aquatic FLW in the food supply of the United States, the largest importer of aquatic food globally, using primary and secondary data and life cycle methodology. We show that there are significant differences in FLW among species, production technology, origin and stage of supply chain.

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Aim: To present the development, implementation and evaluation of a theoretically grounded novel virtual dissemination evaluation (VDE) framework.

Background: Care of intensive care unit patients requires access to the most up-to-date knowledge and best practices. To address this challenge, we present the development, implementation and evaluation of a theoretically grounded novel VDE framework.

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Global trade network patterns are coupled to fisheries sustainability.

PNAS Nexus

October 2023

Marine SPACE group, The Lyell Centre, Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Currie, Scotland EH14 4AS, UK.

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  • The study explores the impact of global seafood trade networks on the sustainability of fisheries, finding that trade connectivity plays a crucial role.
  • An analysis of over 400,000 trade flows and 876 fish species indicates that fragmented trade networks with strong intra-group ties lead to higher biomass levels.
  • The research suggests that improved collaboration between fisheries authorities and trade organizations is essential for fostering sustainable fishing practices.
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Objective: Despite the benefits of the tailored drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts and the broad dissemination strategy, the uptake of our tailored DDI alert algorithms that are enhanced with patient-specific and context-specific factors has been limited. The goal of the study was to examine barriers and health care system dynamics related to implementing tailored DDI alerts and identify the factors that would drive optimization and improvement of DDI alerts.

Methods: We employed a qualitative research approach, conducting interviews with a participant interview guide framed based on Proctor's taxonomy of implementation outcomes and informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework.

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Aim: The study aimed to explore the relationship between the unintended consequences of the electronic health record and cognitive load in emergency department nurses.

Methods: The study utilized a correlational quantitative design with a survey method approach. This study had a 30.

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Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospital Nurse Leaders' Turnover Intention.

J Nurs Adm

September 2023

Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Dr Li), Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno; and Professor and Interim Biobehavioral Health Sciences Division Chair (Dr Gephart), The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson.

Objective: This project aims to identify the prevalence of acute care nurse leader turnover intention and the contributing factors.

Background: Previous research has identified that nurse leaders often quit around 1 year after stepping into a leadership position. More in-depth investigations of the phenomenon are needed.

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