University of Minnesota

Identifying incident medication‐related osteonecrosis of the jaw and antiresorptive drug holidays using natural language processing on clinical notes in men and women prescribed bisphosphonates or denosumab for fracture prevention

OBJECTIVE: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a rare complication of antiresorptive therapy for osteoporosis, with risk potentially influenced by "drug holidays" around dentoalveolar procedures. MRONJ risk is higher in rheumatic diseases. Epidemiologic studies...

Local order average-atom interatomic potentials

This article describes an extension to the effective average-atom method for random alloys to account for local ordering (short-range order) effects by utilizing information from partial radial distribution functions. The new Local Order Average-Atom (LOAA) method is rigorously d...

Report of a rare, well-preserved lawsonite eclogite (Elekdağ, Central Pontides, Türkiye)

Although lawsonite eclogite is predicted from experimental, thermodynamic, and geophysical methods to be common in cold subduction zones, the defining metamorphic assemblage in metabasite (garnet + omphacite + lawsonite) is rare in exhumed subduction complexes. To date, there are...

Dextrose prolotherapy for chronic symptomatic rotator cuff tendinopathy and subacromial bursitis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Abstract Objective Dextrose prolotherapy is used for musculoskeletal injuries, but evidence of its effectiveness is limited. We assess the evidence base on effects of dextrose prolotherapy for chronic symptomatic rotator cuff disorders and/or bursitis. Literature Survey Ovid/Medl...

Mechanically Exfoliated Metallic Delafossite PdCoO2 Nanomembranes: Quantum Transport and Electrical Evaluation toward Interconnect Applications

Abstract Metallic delafossite oxides have drawn attention for their ultralow resistivity and coherent electronic transport. However, mesoscopic transport studies are hindered by the limited access to high-quality nanoscale devices. Here, we report single-crystalline PdCoO2 nanome...

Outcomes of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy-Augmented Surgery in the Management of Subcortical Glioblastoma.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Subcortical glioblastomas present surgical challenges owing to their proximity to critical anatomy. In this study, we assessed the utility of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in the management of subcortical glioblastomas. METHODS: Clinical out...

Attainment of Public Health Degrees in the Governmental Public Health Workforce in 2024.

. 2026;116(S5):S398-S405. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308453).

The System Under Pressure: Burnout in the Public Health Workforce.

. 2026;116(S5):S389-S392. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308562).

Vortex Pinning of Ba 0.62 K 0.38 BiO 3 Investigated by Magneto-Optical Kerr-Effect and Magnetization Measurements

Vortex pinning plays a crucial role in determining properties of type-II superconductors. For example, it governs the irreversible magnetic response as well as dissipation caused by vortex motion. Here, we study vortex pinning in the three-dimensional oxide superconductor Ba 1− x...

Modeling decision dynamics disentangles working memory, cognitive control and reinforcement learning and reveals clinical differences

Various neurocognitive processes contribute to reinforcement learning (RL) and decision making, requiring careful task designs and computational modeling to disentangle them. People rely on capacity-limited working memory (WM) to rapidly and flexibly adapt behavior during learnin...

Sugar-rich foods exacerbate antibiotic-induced microbiome disruption

Diet shapes the composition of the gut microbiota1; however, the specific effects of distinct food groups on microbiome dynamics are unclear, particularly in circumstances of extreme perturbation. Here we evaluated the relationship between diet and intestinal microbiome dynamics...

StrucNS reveals interaction-weighted network topology as the driving predictor of absolute stability of natural and de novo proteins

MOTIVATION: Folded protein function requires stability, yet mapping structure and sequence to a fitness landscape remains difficult. The protein fold is the physical realization of complex, spatially-sensitive physicochemical interactions; quantitatively elucidating how these sub...

Fluid–structure interaction dynamics of cervical lymphatic vessel pumping and valvular function

A substantial portion of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drains through cervical lymphatic vessels (CLVs), a pathway mediated by basal and dorsal meningeal lymphatics. Impaired drainage along this route has been implicated in ageing, Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Desp...

Continuous revival of the periodic Schrödinger equation with piecewise C2 potentials

In this paper, we investigate the revivals of the one-dimensional periodic Schrödinger equation with a piecewise C 2 potential function. As has been observed through numerical simulations of the equation with various initial data and potential functions, the solution, while remai...

PrEP access and utilization among women with a history of injection drug use in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Abstract Background In the setting of an ongoing HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Minneapolis, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains low, particularly among women. Prior work in large urban centers in the northeastern United States has linked low...

A Cycle of Gendered Vulnerability: Understanding Violence, Poverty, and Systemic Failure Among Refugee Women in Malawi

Gender-based violence (GBV) is an urgent global health and social problem. GBV has implications for women's health outcomes and causes disruption to an individual's ecosystem, including their educational attainment, economic stability, and safety. Refugee women are an underserved...

Efficacy of Technology-Augmented Behavioral Counseling for Risky Firearm Behaviors

Importance Firearm violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for US adolescents and emerging adults (A/EAs). Health care visits are an important opportunity to provide preventive counseling addressing risky firearm behaviors (RFBs), which increase fatal and nonfatal...

Geographic Variation and Core Signatures of the Root Canal Microbiome: A Cross‐Country Comparative Study

AIM: Root canal infections harbour complex microbial communities that may vary across geographic populations. This study aimed to compare the root canal microbiome across Spain, Sweden, and the USA, identifying key microbial taxa, compositional and functional differences, and coh...

Healthcare Professionals’ Insights on Physical Activity for Trans and Gender Diverse Adolescents: A Qualitative Exploration

PurposeAs a preliminary step in developing a physical activity (PA) intervention for trans and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents, we aimed to understand healthcare professionals' perspectives on the benefits of and barriers to PA among TGD patients. Furthermore, we sought their ad...

Hypergraph Counting and Fluctuations of Mixed p-Spin Glass Models at High Temperature

Abstract Fluctuation problems in mean-field spin glass theory enjoy a rich history. In this paper, we investigate this problem in the high-temperature regime by analyzing the fluctuation of the partition function in the general mixed p -spin glass models under the weak external f...