Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living

Advances in isothermal nucleic acid amplification-based HPV assays for cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

Objective Cervical cancer disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where over 90% of deaths occur and where cost, infrastructure, and low acceptability impede the WHO 2020–2025 goal of elimination by 2030. This review synthesizes advances in isothermal...

Zero-Waiting Load Balancing with Heterogeneous Servers in Heavy Traffic

We study the steady-state delay performance of load balancing in large-scale systems with heterogeneous servers in the heavy-traffic regimes. The system consists of N servers, each with a local buffer of size b − 1, serving jobs in the first-in-first-out (FIFO) order. Jobs arrive...

Perceptions of Incidental Findings on Lung Cancer Screening Exams: A National Survey of Primary Care Clinicians and Radiologists

RATIONALE: Unlike other common cancer screenings, annual lung cancer screening often identifies a spectrum of incidental findings unrelated to lung cancer. While these findings could be actionable, how to best communicate and manage them can be a challenge, often falling upon pri...

Radiology considerations for the PREMIUM study: a multicenter randomized controlled trial of abbreviated MRI versus ultrasound for liver cancer screening in cirrhosis

Abstract This paper describes the rationale and radiology considerations in the implementation of the Preventing Liver Cancer Mortality through Imaging with Ultrasound versus MRI (PREMIUM) study. PREMIUM is a multicenter, randomized controlled trial sponsored by the Department of...

Diagnosing CESM2 Biases in Northwest Indian Ocean Warming and Its Implications for India Summer Monsoon Precipitation

Abstract Declining monsoon rainfall over agriculture‐dependent Eastern Central India (ECI) during 1901–2014 threatens regional food and water security. Observations link ECI drying to rapid Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO) warming, which weakens monsoon circulation. However, the wid...

Understanding online conversations through fractal dimension: a case study linking semantic and structural analysis of reddit posts on AI

Abstract Fractal dimension can measure the complexity of a branching structure. Botanical trees for example have more sparse branching in poor environments, and more complex branching in good environments. We hypothesize that the branching structures of online conversations can a...

Characteristics and Timing of Dual Pediatric Palliative Care and Ethics Consultations

Abstract Patients with serious illness hospitalized in the pediatric setting can receive support from Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) and Ethics Consultation (EC). However, empirical data on dual PPC-EC involvement in pediatrics is limited. Therefore, we characterized ethical iss...

Who’s a “Good” Victim of Gender-Based Violence?: Credibility, Worthiness, and Ideal Victimhood in Victim Compensation Law

Abstract Scholars have argued that institutions privilege “good” victims of gender-based violence – those deemed sympathetic, morally upstanding, and worthy of public support. We extend existing research by synthesizing theories of good victimhood and theoretically distinguishing...

Variability in United States online rehabilitation protocols after open and endoscopic hip abductor repair

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate readily accessible U.S. based online physical therapy protocols for open and endoscopic hip abductor repairs and to assess the variability in post-operative rehabilitation protocols. METHODS: Online physical therapy protocols fro...