University of Missouri–St. Louis

Racial/ethnic disparities in economic hardship: the role of financial capability

Purpose Previous research shows that the capability approach is associated with lower poverty rates and higher well-being. Nonetheless, little research applied this approach to understanding economic hardship. To fill this gap, this study applies this approach to explore whether...

Layered Development of Visual Search Expertise in Architects

It is widely proposed that perceptual expertise is characterized by an increased reliance on peripheral visual information during search, as described by Holistic Visual Processing (HVP) theory. HVP predicts that experts make longer saccades to construct a holistic representation...

Quantum optimization for the warehouse layout problem

Abstract The warehouse layout problem (WLP), also known as warehouse slotting problem, aims to determine the assignment of products to storage locations while minimizing the total travel distance for picking operations. It is combinatorial in nature and well-known to be NP-hard....

Real-World Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Glecaprevir-Pibrentasvir During Pregnancy.

Guidelines endorse antenatal hepatitis C virus treatment following shared decision making. No clinical trial or real-world data exist for glecaprevir-pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB). We report our experience with prenatal GLE/PIB in 14 patients. Ten patients completed treatment; all achie...

Reframing impostor participants: Ethical tensions and researcher positionality in online qualitative research

This reflective case study interrogates conventional imposter participation frameworks through ethical dilemmas that emerged during a qualitative study with postpartum women who had experienced trauma and substance use. Initially concerned with participant deception, the research...

Metal–Organic Framework‐Preserved Thermostable Microneedle Patch for Minimally Invasive Detection and Monitoring of Kidney Dysfunction

Early and decentralized biomarker detection and monitoring is essential for timely diagnosis and intervention, particularly in kidney disorders that often progress asymptomatically until irreversible damage has occurred. Here, we present a thermally resilient metal-organic framew...

Ecotype-associated structural variants across multiple locally adapted Poeciliid fishes

Abstract Background Extreme environments provide powerful natural laboratories for studying evolutionary convergence across taxa. While convergent phenotypes frequently evolve in response to similar selective pressures, consistent molecular signatures at the nucleotide level are...