San Diego State University

Linking COPD Prevalence with Income Distribution: A Spatial Heterogeneous Compositional Regression via Geographically Weighted Penalized Approach

Income inequality is a major contributor to health disparities, yet its effects often vary by geography and are commonly represented as compositional distributions (e.g., proportions of households across income brackets). Existing spatial regression methods struggle in this setti...

A Non-Living, Microbe-Based Surface Coating Promotes Tubeworm and Coral Settlement

A major barrier to scaling marine restoration and aquaculture is the lack of reliable tools to induce invertebrate larvae to settle and metamorphose when and where needed. Although microbial cues are known to induce metamorphosis in many invertebrates, existing methods rely on na...

In search of social belonging: a qualitative study of drivers of alcohol use and barriers to alcohol reduction among pregnant women in South Africa

Abstract Background Alcohol use during pregnancy remains a major public health concern in South Africa, particularly in communities with entrenched historical, social, and structural drivers of harmful drinking. Saldanha Bay, a peri-urban fishing community in the Western Cape, ha...

Instrumental activities of daily living in older adults with epilepsy: A cross‐sectional and longitudinal multicenter study

OBJECTIVE: Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) represent a critical but understudied measure of day-to-day function in people with epilepsy (PWE). In the multicenter Brain Aging and Cognition in Epilepsy (BrACE) study of PWE ≥55 years of age, we examined the proportio...

Dissociable neural correlates of tonic and phasic irritability during reward processing in young children

Background Irritability is a common and impairing feature of childhood psychopathology and is increasingly conceptualized as comprising tonic (persistent irritable mood) and phasic (reactive temper outbursts) components. Although these dimensions show partially distinct behaviora...

AI Literacy and Human Flourishing Across Cultures: A Mixed-Methods Study of Graduate Mental Health Students in the United States and Iran

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping graduate mental health education, yet its influence extends beyond technical skill development to relational reflection, professional identity formation, and culturally situated meaning-making. This mixed-methods study examined...

Early Childhood Services for Transfronterizx Families of Autistic Children: Perspectives From Community Providers

In this qualitative study, we investigated the perspectives of early childhood service (ECS) providers on the facilitators and barriers faced by transfronterizx caregivers of autistic children in the U.S.-Mexico border. We applied thematic analysis to focus groups using the socio...

Network models of cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix mechanics

Network models offer a powerful framework for linking filament-scale properties to cell and tissue mechanobiology. Lattice-based, off-lattice, and active network approaches explain emergent phenomena including nonlinear elasticity, rigidity transitions, and force transmission in...

E-cigarette use and nicotine dependence among hospitalized youth: influence of nicotine metabolism and CYP2A6 variability

Background Youth e-cigarette use is a public health concern, yet cessation approaches remain suboptimal. In adults, faster nicotine metabolism is linked with better cessation outcomes with varenicline compared to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). This remains unexplored in yout...

Addressing Common Problems in Autism Research: Cohort Development and Sample Description for a Participatory, Real-World, Longitudinal Study of Outcomes in Autistic Adults

Adult autism services research is plagued by methodological challenges, including difficulty obtaining representative or heterogeneous samples and a frequent mismatch between experimental methodologies and real-world settings. The Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research...

The evolution of plasticity in drought-related traits in central and edge populations of Mimulus cardinalis

Phenotypic plasticity can influence population persistence, range dynamics, and evolutionary potential in heterogeneous landscapes. If adaptive, plasticity may buffer populations against environmental variability, climate change, and extreme events. Yet, few studies have examined...

Where Is the Medical Family Therapist in Grey's Anatomy and The Pitt ? A Cinema Therapy Perspective

Medical television dramas significantly influence the public's understandings of healthcare systems, professional identities, emotional care, and relational dynamics in medical settings. Despite the deeply relational nature of these storylines, Medical Family Therapists (MedFTs)...

Tijuana river pollution crisis: health symptoms and environmental perceptions from the Healthy Water Healthy Air Study

Untreated sewage, industrial waste, and urban runoff carried by the Tijuana River from Mexico into the U.S. has created a longstanding transboundary environmental crisis. This pollution significantly intensified in July 2024, with border community members reporting noxious odors...

Elucidating Degradation Mechanisms of PEGDA–SN Solid Polymer Electrolytes in All-Solid-State Li–O2 Batteries

Abstract Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are promising for all-solid-state Li-metal and Li–O2 batteries (ASSLOBs) due to their intrinsic safety and enhanced interfacial stability with Li metal anodes. Among them, poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate–succinonitrile–lithium bis(trifl...

Exploring Middle and High School Personnel’s Definition and Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices for Autistic Students

Background Mandates that educators use evidence-based practices (EBP) with autistic students have not led to their widespread or consistent implementation, despite their growing availability. EBP knowledge is integral to effective implementation, and prior studies have shown that...