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Interannual Variability in the Stratosphere–Troposphere Exchange of Air Mass and Ozone in Chemistry Climate Models

Stratosphere–troposphere exchange (STE) governs the transport of air mass and chemical constituents, including ozone, across the tropopause and therefore plays an important role in coupling the stratosphere and troposphere. While the annual-mean STE has been well characterized, i...

ATG exposure in T replete transplant for hematological malignancies: Real world analysis from BMT CTN 1202

Traditional weight-based dosing results in variable rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) clearance, delaying CD4+Tcell-immune-reconstitution (CD4 + IR) and impacting outcomes. In a retrospective pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis of patients undergoing first T-replete hema...

The Role of Gender in HIV Care Engagement Among Individuals Assigned Male Sex at Birth: Medical Monitoring Project, United States, 2015-2022.

. 2026;116(10):1621-1628. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308497).

Remote Work: How US State Practices Affect Rural Local Public Health.

. 2026;116(S5):S415-S423. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308550).

Negotiating Autonomy, Control, and Privacy in Always-On Home IoT Technology-Mediated Care Relationships with Older Adults

Always-on home IoT technologies, such as smart speakers, sensors, and cameras, are increasingly marketed toward older adults aging in place and their support networks for use in care contexts. At the same time, their integration into care relationships surfaces tensions around au...

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...

Inverse Modeling Identifies Efficient Emission Control Strategy for Mitigating PM2.5 Pollution

Abstract Air-quality standards are the backbone of air pollution regulation, yet they create an underdetermined planning problem: many emissions pathways can satisfy the same concentration target. The traditional approach to emissions mitigation design (“forward” scenario testing...

PPG as a Bridge: Cross-Device Authentication for Smart Wearables with Photoplethysmography

As smart wearable devices become increasingly powerful and pervasive, protecting user privacy on these devices has emerged as a critical challenge. While existing authentication mechanisms are available for interaction-rich devices such as smartwatches, enabling on-device authent...

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...

Talking to machines about depression [presentation]

Slides from an invited educational presentation to Forefront Suicide Prevention, University of Washington School of Social Work, delivered September 29, 2026. These materials are provided for educational and informational purposes only. They do not constitute medical, clinical, o...

Rheumatoid arthritis, frailty, and outcomes of surgical hospitalizations: A national population‐based analysis

OBJECTIVE: Hospitalization, particularly for surgery, represents a period of heightened stress. We evaluated how frailty attenuates the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with negative health outcomes after elective non-cardiac surgery. METHODS: We conducted a cross-section...

Talking to machines about depression [presentation]

Slides from an invited educational presentation to Forefront Suicide Prevention, University of Washington School of Social Work, delivered September 29, 2026. These materials are provided for educational and informational purposes only. They do not constitute medical, clinical, o...

Growth of aromatic hydrocarbon dust particles in the extremely metal-poor galaxy Sextans A

The mid-infrared spectrum of star-forming, high-metallicity galaxies is dominated by emission features from aromatic and aliphatic bonds in small carbonaceous dust grains, often referred to as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In metal-poor galaxies, the abundance of PAHs...

Early Termination Provisions in Public–Private Partnerships: Synthesizing Institutional Guidance into Process-Based Benchmarks

Abstract Early termination provisions (ETPs) are critical risk management mechanisms in public–private partnership (PPP) contracts, defining the conditions, processes, and consequences under which contracts may be terminated before their expiry. While leading institutional guidan...

Building an ‘epigenetic clock’: utilizing whole genome DNA methylation patterns to predict age in haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Age-based population models are a gold standard approach to estimate stock size and sustainable catch recommendations for effective fisheries management. Traditional ageing by counting annuli on their ear stones (otoliths), is labor-intensive, lethal, and can be inaccurate for lo...

Revisiting lithospheric dripping: Modern crustal xenoliths from the Colombian arc suggest heterogeneous viscosity and cyclic instability development

Lithospheric dripping is often invoked to remove dense material from arcs. However, the thickness, timing, and mechanical properties that lead to detachment of lower arc crust remains poorly constrained. The Mercaderes xenolith suite erupted <280 kyr in the Northern Volcanic Zone...

Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Central Role for Inflammatory Pathways

BACKGROUND: Epigenetic mechanisms underlying susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remain poorly understood. Identifying causal DNA methylation markers for AAA can elucidate the regulatory processes that drive aneurysm formation and accelerate translational applicatio...

Talking to machines about depression

Slides from an invited presentation to Forefront Suicide Prevention, University of Washington School of Social Work, on September 29, 2026. The presentation synthesizes published evidence on how publicly available conversational agents behave as a user's suicide risk escalates, o...

A scalable recombinant pipeline for disulphide-stapled peptides — code and data

Analysis code and sequence-free source data for a 96-well recombinant pipeline for disulphide-stapled cyclic peptides: automated IVA primer design, qPCR cloning QC, periplasmic secretion and DOC lysis, IMAC, SEC yield analysis with hierarchical clustering, and Ellman's free-thiol...

Three decades of urban densification reduced winter direct sunlight access across China’s old urban cores

Urban densification is widely promoted to improve land-use efficiency and curb sprawl, but it can reduce winter sunlight in old urban cores, an important dimension of urban livability. Although three-dimensional (3D) urban form is known to shape sunlight availability, most studie...