University of South Florida

Far From Home? Accessing Everyday Places in Rural and Urban Communities

OBJECTIVES: Rural residents are believed to experience greater social isolation than their urban counterparts. This isolation is typically attributed to the structural conditions that distinguish rural communities from urban communities. In the present study, we direct attention...

Identifying and Overcoming the Challenges in Achieving Climate Science Literacy in the K-12 Environment

Global climate change is one of the most urgent social and environmental challenges of our time, requiring a scientifically informed and civically engaged population who are both knowledgeable and ready to take action. However, many students lack the climate literacy necessary to...

A standardized SBML/PRISM benchmark library for stochastic model checking in synthetic biology

Stochastic model checking is a powerful verification technique used in engineering to assess system reliability and correctness. Many synthetic biological systems, including chemical reaction networks, can be modeled as stochastic processes, making stochastic model checking well...

Preventing Subsequent Child Maltreatment and Out-of-Home Care Placement: The Effect of the Coordination, Advocacy, Resources, Education, and Support (C.A.R.E.S.) Intervention

Coordination, Advocacy, Resources, Education, and Support (C.A.R.E.S.) is a community-based, family-driven intervention designed to reduce recurrence of child maltreatment, placement in out-of-home care, and chronic involvement with the child welfare system. Two studies utilizing...

Swimming Kinematics and Hydrodynamics of a Subtropical Sea Angel

Abstract Sea angels (gymnosomatous pteropods) are small zooplanktonic shell-less marine snails inhabiting the meso- and epipelagic zones. They swim in an intermediate Reynolds number regime using highly flexible, wing-like parapodia in order to capture prey, avoid predators, and...

Rhinosinusitis in Adults Receiving Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitors and Anti‐CD20 Therapy: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACT Introduction Immunomodulatory therapies, including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α) inhibitors and anti‐CD20 agents, are often used for autoimmune, inflammatory, and neoplastic disorders. While infection risk is well recognized, their association with rhinosinusitis r...

Laser Photoacoustic Detection of Pulmonary and Tracheobronchial Suture Leaks

ABSTRACT Background Prolonged postoperative air leak (PAL) after thoracic surgery remains a major cause of morbidity, extended hospital stays, and bronchopleural fistula. Existing intraoperative aerostasis assessment methods, including water submersion testing, iodine indicator i...

Trends in Treatment and Survival Among Patients with Glioblastoma in the United States from 2000 to 2020

Background: Population-level patterns in the real-world use of initial treatment combinations for glioblastoma (GBM) remain poorly characterized. Materials and Methods: We assessed temporal trends in treatment and survival among patients with GBM in the SEER registry. Guideline-c...

Sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among immigrants in Lima, Peru

Background: International migration is increasing substantially in recent years, raising concerns about immigrant health in low- and middle-income countries. In Perú, the large influx of Venezuelan immigrants has increased demands on the health system, while data on sexually tran...

Confronting Kuhn with the development of the periodic table

This paper investigates a recent dispute about whether the transition from atomic weight to atomic number as the basis for organizing the periodic table should be regarded as a Kuhnian revolution. The paper characterizes this dispute as involving a particular type of confrontatio...

Elucidating the Impact of Bi 3+ Lone Pair on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Phosphonium‐Based Halide Semiconductors

ABSTRACT Hybrid metal halide semiconductors exhibit intriguing photophysical properties that are attributed to strong electron‐phonon coupling mediated by lattice deformations. Although extensive research has established a relatively clear picture of the effects of both intra‐oct...

The Impact of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Progression.

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) causes major morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) protects against progression to TB disease, but its effect on preventing new TB infection remains uncertain. METHODS: We conducted a longitudinal cohort...

Synthesis of the A/B ring system of withaferin A-type withanolides

Withanolides are C28 steroidal lactone plant-based natural products with diverse pharmacological activities, yet their synthesis remains challenging owing to the highly oxidized A/B ring system. Herein, we report a concise, protecting group-free route to the 1‑oxo‑2‑ene‑4β‑hydrox...

Enhancement of cytokine-mediated beta-cell apoptosis by free fatty acids

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from dysfunction and loss of the insulin-producing pancreatic β cells. The body’s lipid metabolism is strongly regulated during this process but there is a need to understand how this regulation contributes to the β-cell death. Here, we investigated...

Content analysis of undefined arbitrary unit labels in scientific figures

Purpose: In scientific notation, “a.u.” denotes atomic units, but in figure labels it is also widely used to mean arbitrary units. This technically incompatible dual usage motivated this study, which examined the prevalence, disciplinary distribution, and editorial handling of th...

Chiari I Malformation in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Review of Maternal Outcomes and Anesthetic Safety, and a Survey of Current Practices

Abstract We sought to evaluate outcomes of pregnant patients with Chiari malformation (CM). We evaluated the relationships between mode of anesthesia and delivery with neurologic outcome in these patients. We conducted a single-center, retrospective review of pregnant patients wi...

Controversies in the management of fetal growth restriction: a state-of-the-art review

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5%-10% of pregnancies and remains a major contributor to stillbirth, neonatal morbidity, and long-term adverse outcomes. Despite its clinical importance, substantial controversy persists regarding its definition, diagnostic criteria, surveil...

USF x HTB Writeups for "Jinja journal" and "Dancing Files"

These writeups are for the USF x HTB CTF completed in Spring 2025. These are being published for anyone looking to walktrhough the machines after the fact and to shine light on my own technical ability. Despite this being a team competion, neither of my teamates were able to comp...

Robust Inference With Ghostknockoffs in Genome‐Wide Association Studies With Sample Relatedness

ABSTRACT Genome‐wide association studies (GWASs) have been extensively adopted to depict the underlying genetic architecture of complex traits. Recent studies show that knockoff‐based methods can identify variants with unique, potentially causal effects on phenotypes. However, th...

Addressing Medical Neglect in Children With Complex Chronic Conditions

In this issue of Pediatrics, Cleveland et al report a cross-sectional analysis of a 2-state, multiyear database of linked child protective services (CPS) and Medicaid claims data to characterize the prevalence and associations of complex chronic condition (CCC) status across CPS...