The Graduate Center, CUNY

“I never thought to bring them up to the doctor”: examining symptom appraisal, help-seeking behaviors, and diagnostic delays among young adults with cancer

Abstract Purpose Cancer incidence is rising among young adults (20–39 years), and it is one of the top five causes of death for this age group. Young adults often experience longer delays in diagnosis than children and older adults, which negatively impacts survival and quality o...

SPN 313: Advanced Communication Skills

This syllabus for SPN 313 (Advanced Communication Skills) at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, presents a zero-textbook-cost, OER-based course in advanced academic writing in Spanish designed for a mixed population of heritage speakers and advanced second-language learners. The...

Unexpected Suppression of Tomato Fruit Cuticle Formation by Overexpression of a Key Cutin Biosynthetic Enzyme

Fruit cuticles regulate the diffusion of water, gases and solutes, functioning as essential protective interfaces against environmental and biotic stresses. Engineering cuticle structure and mechanics therefore represents a promising strategy for improving fruit quality and resil...

Testing electron–photon exchange–correlation functional performance for many-electron systems under weak and strong light–matter coupling

We present results for a photon-free exchange–correlation functional within the local density approximation (pxcLDA) for quantum electrodynamics density functional theory (QEDFT), which efficiently describes the electron density of many-electron systems across weak to strong ligh...

Loss of Quasiconvexity in the Periodic Homogenization of Viscous Hamilton–Jacobi Equations

Abstract. We show that in the periodic homogenization of uniformly elliptic Hamilton–Jacobi equations with quasiconvex Hamiltonians in arbitrary dimensions, the effective Hamiltonian is not necessarily quasiconvex. This observation is in sharp contrast with the first-order case,...

A Qualitative Study Identifying Behavioral Science Communication Strategies to Improve Client Engagement and HIV Prevention by Disease Interventionists

Background: Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), essential implementers of HIV prevention efforts, have increasingly relied on learned empathy, rather than evidence-based strategies for client engagement. Given the mismatch between DIS demands and training, as well as demonstr...

Targeting Oncogenic KRAS Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Oligomers Attached to Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Approximately 30% of tumors contain an activating mutation in the oncogene KRAS, leading to increased cell proliferation that often promotes non-small cell lung cancers, colorectal adenocarcinomas, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), and other cancers. Among the most common...

An Adult Presentation of KIF11 ‐Related MCLID Syndrome: Case Report and 40‐Year Follow‐Up

Pathogenic variants in KIF11 are linked to autosomal dominant syndromes with microcephaly, chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, and intellectual disability (MCLID), though adult presentations remain underreported. We report a 42-year-old female presenting with a de novo single-amino ac...

Mid-infrared long-range surface polaritons in two-dimensional van der Waals materials

The discovery of graphene plasmons (GPs) and hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials has enabled extreme light confinement and enhanced light-matter interactions, holding the promise for miniaturized mid-infrared (mid-IR) photoni...

Emerging innovations in movement ecology to address planetary challenges

Abstract Movement ecology—the study of how and why animals move within their environments—stands to offer transformative insights into our rapidly changing world, with benefits for both nature and people. Here, we present the first global horizon scan for movement ecology, engagi...

Insights for the substance use disorder care continuum: findings from a qualitative study with sexual and gender minority individuals who use methamphetamine

Abstract Background Methamphetamine use continues to disproportionately affect sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities and is associated with physical, mental, and sexual health harms, including heightened HIV vulnerability. While prior epidemic waves have been well document...