Examining First- and Second-Level Digital Divide at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status: An Analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Background And Objectives: Significant societal and technological changes in the 2010s called for an up-to-date understanding of the digital divide among older adults in the United States. This trend study aimed to examine the effects of race/ethnicity and the intersecting effects of race/ethnicity with other marginalized identities related to gender, income, education, and occupation on the first- and second-level digital divide.

Research Design And Methods: Utilizing a nationally representative sample of older community dwellers from the National Health and Aging Trends Study, we conducted weighted logistic regressions at 3 time points (2011/2013, 2015, and 2019).

Older adults' online activities and cognition: Investigating the psychological mechanisms and age and gender differences.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate psychological mechanisms underlying the association between older adults' Internet use and cognition and examine potential age and gender group differences.

Methods: 2064 older participants were extracted from the Waves 2012, 2013, and 2016 Health and Retirement Study. Internet use was measured by two sets of variables: Internet access and different types of online activities (i.

Bridging the Access Gap: A Decade of Narrowing the Digital Divide for Hispanic Older Adults in the United States.

This study examines the digital divide between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White older adults in the United States from 2011 to 2021, using an intersectionality perspective. Eleven waves of data from the National Health and Aging Trend were analyzed through multilevel logistic regression, focusing on the intersection between race/ethnicity and time (measured by survey waves) within gender, education, and income subgroups. The digital divide was measured by Internet access.

Correlation enhanced distribution adaptation for prediction of fall risk.

With technological advancements in diagnostic imaging, smart sensing, and wearables, a multitude of heterogeneous sources or modalities are available to proactively monitor the health of the elderly. Due to the increasing risks of falls among older adults, an early diagnosis tool is crucial to prevent future falls. However, during the early stage of diagnosis, there is often limited or no labeled data (expert-confirmed diagnostic information) available in the target domain (new cohort) to determine the proper treatment for older adults.

Methodological issues in social cognition research in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorder: a systematic review.

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses conclude that similar social cognitive impairments are found in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD). While methodological issues have been mentioned as a limitation, no study has yet explored the magnitude of methodological heterogeneity across these studies and its potential impact for their conclusion. The purpose of this study was to systematically review studies comparing social cognitive impairments in ASD and SSD with a focus on methodology.

Carbene Routes to Cyclopropatetrahedrane.

The formation of cyclopropatetrahedrane (tetracyclo[2.1.0.

The Model Dimensionality and Its Impacts on the Strategic and Policy Outcomes in IAMs the Findings from the RICE2020 Model.

This paper studies the impacts of regional breakdowns or model dimensionality on the model's optimal solutions. Using the United States (USA) and China (CHN) as the experimental subject, we test the various solutions related to USA and CHN, such as the Cournot-Nash equilibrium and the Lindahl equilibrium, in the RICE2020 model under three regional breakdowns. Their solutions' invariance and variances across different model dimensionalities indicate that modeling dimensionality may play a role in the strategic interactions among the regions in GHG mitigation.

Proximal Processes, Temperament, and Pathological Narcissism: An Empirical Exploration from the Longitudinal Study of Personality Disorders.

Introduction: It is argued that all personality pathology represents the final emergent product of a complex interaction of underlying neurobehavioral systems, which are reflected in personality factors, in conjunction with environmental inputs. Neurobehavioral systems manifest themselves in dispositional temperament and personality processes. Environmental inputs include, obviously, interpersonal relationships (e.

Label-Free Morphological Phenotyping of In Vitro 3D Microtumors.

By combining novel micro-scale manipulation cantilevers with commercially available, widely used 3D light microscopy, we were able to develop a new method of 3D elastography specialized for the analysis of 3D microtumors. Existing mechanical characterization methods are available for the study of single cells, using forces in the range of sub pN to a few hundred nN, or of larger tissues, with forces greater than 1 mN. Our method supports the mechanical analysis of micro- to meso-scale 3D tissues, such as multicellular spheroids (200-300 μm diameter), by applying forces in the range of sub-hundred nN to sub-mN, while also maintaining a spatial resolution of elasticity measurement as small as 20-30 μm.

Modelling Renal Filtration and Reabsorption Processes in a Human Glomerulus and Proximal Tubule Microphysiological System.

Kidney microphysiological systems (MPS) serve as potentially valuable preclinical instruments in probing mechanisms of renal clearance and osmoregulation. Current kidney MPS models target regions of the nephron, such as the glomerulus and proximal tubule (PCT), but fail to incorporate multiple filtration and absorption interfaces. Here, we describe a novel, partially open glomerulus and PCT microdevice that integrates filtration and absorption in a single MPS.

Reconceptualization of borderline conditions through the lens of the alternative model of personality disorders.

Borderline (BPD) and schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) were introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III). However, the clinical differentiation of the 2 diagnoses (e.g.

Schizotypy 17 years on: Psychotic symptoms in midlife.

Determining the long-term psychosis-related outcomes of late-teen individuals characterized initially by a nonpsychotic, schizotypic feature (elevated perceptual aberrations) can further our understanding of the developmental pathways leading to schizophrenia, nonaffective psychotic conditions, and psychotic symptoms later in adulthood. Using the well-known laboratory/psychometric high-risk approach, the present study investigated the associations between nonpsychotic perceptual aberrations measured at age 18, in individuals with no prior history of psychosis, and clinical psychotic symptom outcomes 17 years later in midlife (middle 30s). Clinical assessments for hallucinations and delusions were completed for 191 adults (95% of the original sample) in the follow-up study.

Developing a model to predict air pollution (case study: Tehran City).

Unlabelled: The technology development, population growth, development of metropolises and subsequent pollution are serious threats to the environment and public health. Therefore, monitoring and evaluation of various emissions and their sources, and also providing practical strategies of pollution reduction, are necessary to solve these problems. In this regard, the use of modern methods to predict the concentration of pollutants can improve decision-making and provide appropriate solutions.

Exploring Identity Disturbance and Psychotic Spectrum Symptoms as Predictors of Borderline and Schizotypal Personality Disorders.

Introduction: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) were introduced in DSM-III and retained in DSM-5 Section II. They often co-occur and some aspects of the clinical differentiation between the 2 diagnoses remain unclear (e.g.

A Study of Some Important Issues for a Muslim in the Month of Ramadan.

The month of Ramadan is associated with many worships that might exhaust the weak body. The most important worships in Ramadan are fasting and prayer. Some prayers require the length of sitting and standing, in addition to prayer movements.

Tricyclo[2.1.0.0]pent-3-ylidene: Stereoelectronic Control of Bridge-Flapping within a Nonclassical Nucleophilic Carbene.

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Prediction of Mental Illness in Heart Disease Patients: Association of Comorbidities, Dietary Supplements, and Antibiotics as Risk Factors.

Comorbidities, dietary supplement use, and prescription drug use may negatively (or positively) affect mental health in cardiovascular patients. Although the significance of mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia, on cardiovascular disease is well documented, mental illnesses resulting from heart disease are not well studied. In this paper, we introduce the risk factors of mental illnesses as an exploratory study and develop a prediction framework for mental illness that uses comorbidities, dietary supplements, and drug usage in heart disease patients.

G-Forest: An ensemble method for cost-sensitive feature selection in gene expression microarrays.

Microarray gene expression profiling has emerged as an efficient technique for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. One of the major drawbacks of gene expression microarrays is the "curse of dimensionality", which hinders the usefulness of information in datasets and leads to computational instability. In recent years, feature selection techniques have emerged as effective tools to identify disease biomarkers to aid in medical screening and diagnosis.

Highly Conductive Collagen by Low-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Platinum.

In modern biomaterial-based electronics, conductive and flexible biomaterials are gaining increasing attention for their wide range of applications in biomedical and wearable electronics industries. The ecofriendly, biodegradable, and self-resorbable nature of these materials makes them an excellent choice in fabricating green and transient electronics. Surface functionalization of these biomaterials is required to cater to the need of designing electronics based on these substrate materials.

Personality Disturbances as Emergent Phenomena Reflective of Underlying Neurobehavioral Systems: Beyond Dimensional Measurement, Phenotypic Trait Descriptors, and Factor Analysis.

The conceptualization of personality pathology, or personality disturbance, is now at a substantive crossroads. Some researchers (and clinicians) prefer a focus on the domains of personality pathology that are well-described and captured in traditional categorical diagnostic approaches that, in some instances, abut normal personality constructs. Other workers argue to move the study of personality disorder (PD) closer to personality science seeking continuous connections between PD and established dimensions of healthy-range, normal personality.

Analyzing the cost-effectiveness of Lyme disease risk reduction approaches.

Lyme disease (LD) is endemic in many regions of the Northeastern United States. Given the elusive nature of the disease, a systematic approach to identify efficient interventions would be useful for policymakers in addressing LD. We used Markov modeling to investigate the efficiency of interventions.

Invertebrate Retinal Progenitors as Regenerative Models in a Microfluidic System.

Regenerative retinal therapies have introduced progenitor cells to replace dysfunctional or injured neurons and regain visual function. While contemporary cell replacement therapies have delivered retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) within customized biomaterials to promote viability and enable transplantation, outcomes have been severely limited by the misdirected and/or insufficient migration of transplanted cells. RPCs must achieve appropriate spatial and functional positioning in host retina, collectively, to restore vision, whereas movement of clustered cells differs substantially from the single cell migration studied in classical chemotaxis models.

Evidence of Modeling Impact in Development of Policies for Controlling the Opioid Epidemic and Improving Public Health: A Scoping Review.

Background: Opioid addiction and overdose rates are reaching unprecedented levels in the U.S., with around 47,736 overdose deaths in 2017.