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Tijuana river pollution crisis: health symptoms and environmental perceptions from the Healthy Water Healthy Air Study

Untreated sewage, industrial waste, and urban runoff carried by the Tijuana River from Mexico into the U.S. has created a longstanding transboundary environmental crisis. This pollution significantly intensified in July 2024, with border community members reporting noxious odors...

A comprehensive assessment of tandem repeat genotyping methods for Nanopore long-read genomes

Tandem repeats play critical roles in human disease and phenotypic diversity but are among the most challenging classes of genomic variation to measure accurately. Long-read sequencing has the potential to accurately characterize long and complex tandem repeats. While an increasi...

Survey Authentication Challenges During a Geriatrics Knowledge Assessment Pilot

ABSTRACT Background In this methodological Brief Report, we describe a multi‐institutional survey authentication challenge encountered during pilot deployment of the Age‐Friendly Knowledge Assessment Tool (AF‐KAT), a geriatrics knowledge assessment for graduating medical students...

Engaging Black and Latinx Communities in Building Capacity for Behavioral Health

Introduction: COVID-19 affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives worldwide. In the United States, the consequences of closures and quarantine increased stress, worry, isolation, and mental health and substance use problems, leading to behavioral health (BH) problems. These c...

The Digital Mental Health Study assessed feasibility of large-scale digital sensing for depression and anxiety

Abstract Data passively obtained from smartphones and wearables can provide nearly continuous objective information that enables quantification of states and traits across broad physiological, behavioral, and emotional domains impacted in mental health conditions, including depre...

Variables Associated with Prescription Opioid Misuse in Individuals with Chronic Noncancer Pain

OBJECTIVES: Current research highlights the importance of assessing the risk of opioid misuse in people with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) before initiating treatment with these medications. Existing instruments to assess this risk demonstrate limited predictive capacity and lack...

Plain language summary of how acoramidis affects the total number of heart problems over time in people with ATTR-CM: findings from the ATTRibute-CM study

Plain Language SummaryWhat is this summary about?Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) happens when transthyretin (TTR) protein breaks apart, forming clumps that build up in the heart, making it harder to pump blood.People with ATTR-CM often go to the hospital multiple t...

A foundation model for sleep-based risk stratification and clinical outcomes

Abstract Clinical sleep studies capture multiple physiologic signals, yet interpretation is often reduced to single summary measures of limited prognostic value, such as the apnea–hypopnea index. We present a foundation model that learns rich representations of sleep physiology f...

Performative Music Education Pathways: Bomba as a Framework for Music Teaching and Learning

For decades, music education has sought models that move beyond the confines of formal instruction. Performative Music Education (PME) offers a framework for meaningful learning experiences, grounded in philosophical perspectives from diverse fields. PME fosters musical skills, k...

Effect of mentorship on perceived stress, perceived social support at work, and job satisfaction among tradeswomen in the United States: a randomized controlled trial

Objective: Tradeswomen face psychosocial hazards, including harassment and discrimination, associated with adverse health. Mentorship has been recommended but not evaluated as a potential solution. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, women apprentices across the US and...

Exploring Middle and High School Personnel’s Definition and Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices for Autistic Students

Background Mandates that educators use evidence-based practices (EBP) with autistic students have not led to their widespread or consistent implementation, despite their growing availability. EBP knowledge is integral to effective implementation, and prior studies have shown that...

Low‐Temperature Imidization of Polyimides (PI) for Scalable Manufacturing of Flexible Wearable Electronics

Polyimide (PI) is widely used in flexible electronics because of its excellent mechanical and thermal stability; however, its high imidization temperature (>200 °C) is incompatible with low‐cost polymer substrates such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), limiting scalable rol...

Reducing Hyperoxemia in Mechanically Ventilated Emergency Department Patients: A Before-and-After Study.

BACKGROUND: Supplemental oxygen is a common therapy for emergency department (ED) patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Both hyperoxemia and hypoxemia carry potential risks. However, little is known about ideal oxygenation targets or ED based interventions. OBJECTI...

Communication and coordination during mass casualty incidents: experiences of staff from a district-level university hospital in Ghana

Mass casualty incidents (MCI) are of significant public health concern. Most health facilities in developing countries often struggle to be fully prepared for MCI. MCI preparedness among other factors involves important processes like communication among staff on the emergency re...

Amputee gait performance symmetry may be affected by how prosthetic socket shape is captured: A preliminary investigation

BACKGROUND: Socket fit is a critical determinant of comfort, mobility, and long-term prosthesis use in individuals with transtibial amputation. Traditional hand-casting techniques are labor-intensive and variable, whereas digital socket shape capture may improve reproducibility a...

County-Level Geographic Access and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Washington State

BACKGROUND: Geographic access to specialized cardiac care varies widely, yet how these disparities relate to population-level cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to evaluate county-level disparities in geogra...