An Evaluation of the Uses of the HOPE Spiritual Assessment Tool: Preliminary Project Findings
1. Participants will be able to employ the components of the HOPE spiritual assessment, it's strengths and weakness.2. Utilizing representative narrative responses from study participants, participants will be able to apply the use of the HOPE spiritual assessment to various clinical scenarios. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Achutha Srinivasan, Priya Gottlieb, Georgia Sleeth, Meera Mennillo, Gowri Anandarajah Source Type: research
Implications of Culturally Informed Palliative Care in a Chinese American Patient
1. Use a case example to showcase how culturally informed care can improve family and patient support, minimize conflict and misunderstanding between family and primary team.2. Providing culturally competent PC to Chinese diaspora patients can include respecting that death may be a taboo subject or word, careful attention to cultural beliefs around nutrition at end-of-life, and considerations of harmony and collectivism in the family unit in decision-making. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tracey Liu, Annette Georgia Source Type: research
Sensors, Vol. 24, Pages 2618: Digital Twin Meets Knowledge Graph for Intelligent Manufacturing Processes
Papavassiliou
In the highly competitive field of material manufacturing, stakeholders strive for the increased quality of the end products, reduced cost of operation, and the timely completion of their business processes. Digital twin (DT) technologies are considered major enablers that can be deployed to assist the development and effective provision of manufacturing processes. Additionally, knowledge graphs (KG) have emerged as efficient tools in the industrial domain and are able to efficiently represent data from various disciplines in a structured manner while also supporting advanced analytics. This paper propose...
Source: Sensors - April 19, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Georgia Stavropoulou Konstantinos Tsitseklis Lydia Mavraidi Kuo-I Chang Anastasios Zafeiropoulos Vasileios Karyotis Symeon Papavassiliou Tags: Article Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 507: Exploring Allied Health Models of Care for Children with Developmental Health Concerns, Delays, and Disabilities in Rural and Remote Areas: A Systematic Scoping Review
Conclusions: Multiple models of care are currently in operation for children with developmental needs in rural and remote areas and appear to improve the quality of care. Due to complexities within, and limitations of, the evidence base, it is unclear if one model of care is superior to another. This review provides a basis for further research to explore why some models may be more effective than others. (Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Georgia Gosse Saravana Kumar Helen Banwell Anna Moran Tags: Review Source Type: research
Healthy aging among centenarians and near-centenarians: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study
Living a long, satisfactory, and healthy life is a goal most, if not all, adults strive to attain. Demographic trends in all developed countries show that average life spans gradually get longer, and more adults live longer past the century mark [1]. As people live longer, more scientific studies are being conducted to unmask the underlying mechanisms that can contribute to living longer and well --- that is, healthy aging [2]. (Source: Maturitas)
Source: Maturitas - April 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Peter Martin, Leonard W. Poon, for the Georgia Centenarian Study Tags: Review article Source Type: research
Genetic mapping reveals the complex genetic architecture controlling slow canopy wilting in soybean
Theor Appl Genet. 2024 Apr 17;137(5):107. doi: 10.1007/s00122-024-04609-w.ABSTRACTIn soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], drought stress is the leading cause of yield loss from abiotic stress in rain-fed US growing areas. Only 10% of the US soybean production is irrigated; therefore, plants must possess physiological mechanisms to tolerate drought stress. Slow canopy wilting is a physiological trait that is observed in a few exotic plant introductions (PIs) and may lead to yield improvement under drought stress. Canopy wilting of 130 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from Hutcheson × PI 471938 grown under drought stres...
Source: TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics - April 17, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ethan Menke Clinton J Steketee Qijian Song William T Schapaugh Thomas E Carter Benjamin Fallen Zenglu Li Source Type: research
Cost of SARS-CoV-2 self-test distribution programmes by different modalities: a micro-costing study in five countries (Brazil, Georgia, Malaysia, Ethiopia and the Philippines)
Conclusions
Our results indicate that it is likely to cost between $2.44 and $12.78 per test to distribute COVID-19 self-tests across common settings in five heterogeneous countries. Cost-effectiveness analyses using these results will allow policymakers to make informed decisions on optimally scaling up COVID-19 self-test distribution programmes across diverse settings and evolving needs. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hansen, M. A., Lekodeba, N. A., Chevalier, J. M., Ockhuisen, T., del Rey-Puech, P., Marban-Castro, E., Martinez-Perez, G. Z., Shilton, S., Radzi Abu Hassan, M., Getia, V., Weinert-Mizuschima, C., Tenorio Bezerra, M. I., Chala, L., Leong, R., Peregino, R., Tags: Open access, Health economics, COVID-19 Source Type: research
Young toads are teaching Australian lizards to avoid deadly snacks
Releasing 200,000 eggs and young of a toxic invasive species might seem to be a sure way to make a bad situation worse. But by doing just that in Western Australia, conservation biologists have begun to rescue the region’s largest lizard.
Yellow spotted monitor lizards usually die after eating a single adult cane toad, an introduced pest with toxic skin secretions that has wreaked havoc on Australia’s native wildlife. But if these lizards first taste the species’ young, which are only slightly toxic, the predators learn to avoid eating the lethal adults. As a result,
they survive even after a wave of adult...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 16, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The spectrum of growth hormone excess in Carney complex and genotype-phenotype correlations
CONCLUSION: Dysregulation of GH secretion is a common finding in CNC. The clinical spectrum of this disorder and its association with genetic and imaging characteristics of the patient make prompt diagnosis and management more successful.PMID:38626285 | DOI:10.1210/clinem/dgae253 (Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - April 16, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Christina Tatsi Georgia Pitsava Fabio R Faucz Meg Keil Constantine A Stratakis Source Type: research
The spectrum of growth hormone excess in Carney complex and genotype-phenotype correlations
CONCLUSION: Dysregulation of GH secretion is a common finding in CNC. The clinical spectrum of this disorder and its association with genetic and imaging characteristics of the patient make prompt diagnosis and management more successful.PMID:38626285 | DOI:10.1210/clinem/dgae253 (Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - April 16, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Christina Tatsi Georgia Pitsava Fabio R Faucz Meg Keil Constantine A Stratakis Source Type: research
Considering inequities in national dementia strategies: breadth, depth, and scope
Considering that dementia is an international public health priority, several countries have developed national dementia strategies outlining initiatives to address challenges posed by the disease. These strat... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Sanjna Navani, Georgia Hacker and Isabelle Vedel Tags: Research Source Type: research
Central conducting lymphatic anomaly: from bench to bedside
Central conducting lymphatic anomaly (CCLA) is a complex lymphatic anomaly characterized by abnormalities of the central lymphatics and may present with nonimmune fetal hydrops, chylothorax, chylous ascites, or lymphedema. CCLA has historically been difficult to diagnose and treat; however, recent advances in imaging, such as dynamic contrast magnetic resonance lymphangiography, and in genomics, such as deep sequencing and utilization of cell-free DNA, have improved diagnosis and refined both genotype and phenotype. Furthermore, in vitro and in vivo models have confirmed genetic causes of CCLA, defined the underlying patho...
Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - April 15, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Luciana Daniela Garlisi Torales, Benjamin A. Sempowski, Georgia L. Krikorian, Kristina M. Woodis, Scott M. Paulissen, Christopher L. Smith, Sarah E. Sheppard Source Type: research
A P2RY12 deficiency results in sex-specific cellular perturbations and sexually dimorphic behavioral anomalies
Microglia are sexually dimorphic, yet, this critical aspect is often overlooked in neuroscientific studies. Decades of research have revealed the dynamic nature of microglial-neuronal interactions, but seldom ... (Source: Journal of Neuroinflammation)
Source: Journal of Neuroinflammation - April 15, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Ogochukwu J. Uweru, Akhabue K. Okojie, Aparna Trivedi, Jordan Benderoth, Lauren S. Thomas, Georgia Davidson, Kendall Cox and Ukpong B. Eyo Tags: Research Source Type: research
The Effect of Farming Techniques on Degradation of DDT in Historical Cotton Farms
Environ Pollut. 2024 Apr 11:123961. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123961. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDDT was used in the mid 20th century for crop and livestock production. After use, DDT and its degradates DDE and DDD (collectively DDX) remain in the environment for decades. A few studies have reported that the rate of degradation of DDT into its metabolites is affected by various farming techniques like tillage, irrigation, and use of fertilizers. However, most of these studies did not evaluate active farms, and none of them focused on the Southeast US or historical cotton farms. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to det...
Source: Environmental Pollution - April 13, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Kathryn J Barr Parinya Panuwet Eri Saikawa Source Type: research
The Effect of Farming Techniques on Degradation of DDT in Historical Cotton Farms
Environ Pollut. 2024 Apr 11:123961. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123961. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDDT was used in the mid 20th century for crop and livestock production. After use, DDT and its degradates DDE and DDD (collectively DDX) remain in the environment for decades. A few studies have reported that the rate of degradation of DDT into its metabolites is affected by various farming techniques like tillage, irrigation, and use of fertilizers. However, most of these studies did not evaluate active farms, and none of them focused on the Southeast US or historical cotton farms. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to det...
Source: Environmental Pollution - April 13, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Kathryn J Barr Parinya Panuwet Eri Saikawa Source Type: research
