The University of Texas at San Antonio

Development and Reliability Testing of the Sinonasal Assessment of Reepithelialization, a Novel Wound Healing Scale to Assess Postoperative Healing

ABSTRACT Background Sinus and skull base surgery create areas of demucosalized bone and cartilage in the sinonasal cavity, yet no standardized system exists to describe the progressive healing of these wounds. The goal of this study was to develop the novel Sinonasal Assessment o...

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for Adolescents With Learning Disabilities: A Pilot Study

Adolescents with specific learning disabilities (LDs) face heightened risk for diminished self-esteem that can undermine academic performance and psychosocial well-being. Researchers consistently find that adolescents with LDs report lower self-esteem than peers without LDs. The...

Demineralized bone allograft fibers versus particulate in sinus augmentation: A double‐arm randomized controlled and histomorphometric study

Abstract Background The primary aim of this study was to evaluate histologic wound healing of demineralized freeze‐dried bone allograft (DFDBA), in particulate (P) or fiber (F) form, in combination with deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) for maxillary sinus floor augmentati...

Is there a role for listening as we work to ameliorate the current crisis in higher education?

In my view, leadership and faculty in higher education (HE) strongly believe that listening is vital. However, despite our recognition that listening is essential, our efforts to listen deeply to t...

Engineering SIM-1 and MZ-1 PROTACs for enhanced target degradation in KSHV-infected immortalized endothelial cells

Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiologic agent of several human cancers, including Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS), which are still lacking of treatment options. Members of the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) family, especially bromodomain-containing prot...

A General Strategyfor Photostable and BioconjugatablePentamethine Cyanine Fluorophores

Abstract Pentamethine cyanine (Cy5) fluorophores are widely used in biological imaging but are often limited by rapid photobleaching under prolonged illumination and oxidative conditions. Here, we report a general strategy to enhance the photostability of pentamethine cyanines th...

Making Structural Violence Visible: Assessing the Role of the US News Media in Communicating COVID-19-Related Racial/Health Disparities

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed stark racial and ethnic disparities in illness and death, exposing decades of neglect and discrimination. While the news media has played a crucial role in calling attention to these disparities, it is important to examine how this information has b...

Eco-Friendly In-Situ Zwitterionization of Stent Metalswith Phosphonic Sulfobetaine Copolymers for Durable Antibiofoulingand Hemocompatibility

Abstract Although stainless steel (SS) is widely used for cardiovascular stents, its surface is prone to undesirable biological interactions that contribute to thrombosis, infection and restenosis. In this study, zwitterionic copolymers composed of poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVP...

Association of Accelerated Biological Age in Midlife with Cardiovascular Events, Dementia, and All-Cause Mortality in the Framingham Offspring Study

Accelerated biological age (ABA) better capture the aging process than chronological age (CA) and has been linked to adverse health outcomes, but long-term associations remain unclear. We modeled ABA using anthropometric and biochemical biomarkers across three examination cycles...

“It's Not Equality, …It's Not Humanizing:” Content‐Area Teachers' Tensions Between CCR Curriculum and Linguistically Responsive Professional Development

Abstract This qualitative study explores how secondary content‐area teachers of emergent bilingual (EB) students navigate tensions between linguistically responsive professional development (PD) and the implementation of state‐mandated College and Career Readiness (CCR) curricula...

Towards Automating Junctional Hemorrhage Control Using AI for Interpretation of Human Tissue

Junctional hemorrhage has a high fatality rate due to how difficult it is to control rapid bleeding from major vessels. The available methods to stop junctional blood loss are prone to placement errors as well as failure during transport and during prolonged field care. On the ba...

Emerging Ethical Considerations in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

OBJECTIVES: To perform a scoping review of ethics-based literature published in the last 5 years in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS), and to identify and reflect on emerging topics of ethical consideration for otolaryngologists. DATA SOURCES: A comprehensive literature...

Religion and Breastfeeding Reconsidered: Exploring the Roles of Congregational and Community Support Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Background/Objectives: Previous research has linked religious involvement to increased rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration, as well as improved lactation-related health outcomes. However, affiliation with certain faith traditions may also constrain breastfeeding practi...

Does Political Decoupling Through Fair Market Privatization Improve Managerial and Political Outcomes? Insights From Water Utility Sales

ABSTRACT Many U.S. municipalities face environmental service delivery challenges, including aging infrastructure and rising debt. In response, several states have adopted Fair Market Value (FMV) legislation, which aims to incentivize private firms to acquire and invest in municip...

Plasma wave observations from Juno spacecraft at the Jovian bow shock

Recent observations of Jupiter’s bow shock have provided new insights into the energy dissipation mechanisms associated with bow shocks of outer planets. At greater distances from the Sun, the typically increasing super-Alfvénic nature of the solar wind leads to higher-energy bow...