Virginia Commonwealth University

The Fourth District Police Station Plan

The purpose of this plan is to identify potential police station sites and create design guidelines for the new police station for the Prince William County Police Department.

Long-Term Fatigue After Treatment for Breast Cancer

Importance Patients with breast cancer (BC) may have long-term fatigue after treatment, which is associated with reduced quality of life. Objective To identify cardiac, psychological, and cancer treatment factors associated with fatigue before and 24 months after BC treatment. De...

AI safety evaluation in an underrepresented population: real-world performance of clinical decision support and frontier language models on Medicaid patient messaging triage

<title>Abstract</title> Background. Studies of artificial intelligence tools used in patient triage have largely involved academic medical center cohorts, scripted patient-actor scenarios, or knowledge benchmarks. Populations that may rely on such tools due to constrained access...

Development of a Tool to Assess Competency in Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Via Endobronchial Valve Placement

RATIONALE: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is an established treatment option for severe emphysema, improving lung function and quality of life. Despite its growing use, there are no standardized, validated tools to assess operator competency in performing BLVR, limiti...

Aggregation behavior and intraspecific interactions among ring-necked snakes

Sociality, broadly defined as the property or tendency of a species to live in groups with conspecifics for at least part of their life cycle, has convergently evolved multiple times. While there has historically been a dearth of research on sociality in squamate reptiles, recent...

A genome-wide in vivo screen reveals fitness pathways required for streptococcal infective endocarditis

Abstract Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease most often caused by blood-borne bacteria that infect previously damaged cardiac tissue. Despite the importance of this disease, the genetic basis for IE virulence remains poorly defined. Here, we present the firs...

Comparative value of growth velocity and umbilical artery Doppler for the prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes in growth‐restricted pregnancies

Abstract Introduction Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is associated with an increased risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Current diagnostic criteria for FGR do not discriminate between constitutionally small and pathologically restricted fetuses. Following FGR diagnosis, um...

Cross-cultural adaptation of cancer health literacy instruments in Arabic: the CHLT-30-Arabic and CHLT-6-Arabic

Background Health literacy plays a crucial role in physical and mental health outcomes. Patients with chronic diseases, cancer patients in particular, shoulder a disproportionate burden due to limited health literacy. Limited cancer health literacy (LCHL) is a risk factor for dis...

Pharmacogenomics and Opioid Efficacy in Sickle Cell Disease: Is the Field Ready for Precision Prescribing?

Pain is a leading cause of morbidity and healthcare utilization in sickle cell disease (SCD), and opioids remain central to treating vaso-occlusive and chronic pain. Yet opioid response varies widely, raising the question of whether pharmacogenetic testing should inform opioid pr...

Transplant Infectious Diseases Work Standards—Results From a Mid‐Atlantic Regional Survey

BACKGROUND: As transplantation and cellular therapy expand, so must the transplant infectious diseases (TID) workforce; yet little is known about regional or national TID work standards for the existing workforce. This survey of TID clinicians in the mid-Atlantic region seeks to...

Managing HIV in the extreme: Viral load and drug monitoring in a patient with BMI > 60 on long‐acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine therapy

This case describes the use of long‐acting injectable (LA‐I) cabotegravir/rilpirivine (CAB/RPV) therapy in a morbidly obese person (body mass index [BMI] = 62 kg m −2 ) living with HIV without sustained viral load (VL) suppression after historic poor adherence to daily oral antir...

Longitudinal evaluation of sleep disturbances in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Abstract Purpose The current study examines longitudinal changes in sleep disturbances and the risks they pose for new-onset health conditions in survivors of childhood cancer. Methods Five-year survivors ( N = 1081; median [range] age 50.0 [45.2–55.0] years) and siblings ( N = 2...

Lifetime Concussions and Head Impact Exposure During Collegiate Athletics: A CARE Consortium Study

OBJECTIVE: Despite a growing interest in the long-term effects of concussion and repetitive head impacts (RHIs) on brain health, understanding is limited regarding the clinical and cognitive changes that may accrue during collegiate athletics. METHODS: Collegiate student-athletes...

Prefix-sum encoding for quantum annealing with application to haplotype inference

Quantum annealing promises advantages for combinatorial optimization, but current hardware remains limited by sparse qubit connectivity. Encoding constrained problems onto these devices typically requires auxiliary variables that introduce dense couplings, degrading performance....

Biracial Emerging Adults’ Phenotype and Multiracial Pride Predicting Academic Achievement via Discrimination Experiences

The current study examined how Biracial emerging adults’ phenotype and Multiracial pride were associated with racial discrimination and, in turn, GPA. Participants were 378 Biracial emerging adults. Results indicated that there were gender differences. Among women, Multiracial pr...

Restorative Practices in Racialized Student–Teacher Conflict: The Role of School Counselors

ABSTRACT Student–teacher conflict is a common feature of K‐12 schooling, frequently addressed through exclusionary disciplinary practices that prioritize compliance over relational repair and disproportionately affect Black students. Restorative practices offer an alternative fra...

How Does Receipt of Dementia Screening Impact Depressive Symptoms Among Patients and Their Family Members?

BACKGROUND: The impact of dementia screening on the mental health of older adults and their family members remains insufficiently understood, particularly in light of the bidirectional dynamics within the older adult-family dyad. This study aims to examine how dementia screening...

Mechanisms of Association of Maternal Education and Intent to Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19

BACKGROUND Although higher maternal education is positively associated with many child health–promoting practices, it is more complicated for child vaccination, and the explanatory mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to examine mechanisms underlying the association of maternal ed...