PC in Advanced Heart Failure: Eligibility and Referral Criteria and PilotPprojects at Four Sites
1. Characterize disease-based eligibility criteria and needs-based referral criteria for specialist PC for heart failure patients.2. Apply principles of implementation science to develop, implement and evaluate pilot projects to increase referrals to specialist PC and improve timeliness of services. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Torrie K. Fields, J Brian Cassel, Peter Bordokoff, Jon Broyles, Christin Engelhardt, Melanie Phelps, Marian Grant Source Type: research
Mid-Career Breakout Session (CAR402)
1. Identify approaches for efficient team and grant management.2. Compare and contrast team management and communication techniques.3. Outline team member accountability and conflict management strategiesThe mid-career breakout session will focus on grant management and leading research teams. T hree mid/senior investigators will share their multi-disciplinary perspectives about research team and grant management strategies and lessons learned. During this moderated session, the presenters will relay successes and challenges in stepping into a leadership role, maintaining an environment of inclusion and effective co...
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jessica Merlin, Areej A. El-Jawahri, Stephanie White, Jill M. Steiner, Daniel David Source Type: research
Equipping Scientists to Conduct Palliative Care Clinical Trials: The Clinical Trials Intensive (CTI) (RP307)
1. Understand the background, context, and curricular content of a training program to teach clinical trials skills for palliative care research.2. Describe the the impact (satisfaction, skill confidence, number of grants acquired, and total $ amount) of the palliative care Clinical Trials Intensi ve. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Christine S. Ritchie, Kathryn I. Pollak, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Karen Kehl, Jean S. Kutner Source Type: research
Anonymizing research funding applications could reduce ‘prestige privilege’
For research funders seeking to minimize bias in their selection process, removing applicants’ institutional affiliations from their submissions could help address a common disparity: disproportionate funding going to those at the most prestigious places. That’s the finding from researchers at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, who reported last month in
eLife
that
anonymized applications partially reduced the effects of reputational bias and evened the playing field for early-career faculty at lesser known institutions
applying for their Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) awards.
T...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 18, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Recent Stressful Life Events and Perceived Stress as Serial Mediators of the Association between Adverse Childhood Events and Insomnia
Behav Med. 2024 Apr 18:1-12. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2335175. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInsomnia is common in college students and linked to poorer mental and physical health. There is growing evidence that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may contribute to insomnia in adulthood. However, beyond the need for additional replication of these findings, there is a need to identify underlying mechanisms that plausibly connect the two experiences. Based on a serial mediation model, the current study examined the role of two theoretically informed mediators: recent stressful life events and perceived stress. A cross-se...
Source: Behavioral Medicine - April 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grant Benham Ruby Charak Ines Cano-Gonzalez Joceline Mena Teran Jordan Kenemore Source Type: research
Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event
When separate species mate, it’s often an evolutionary dead end. Even if breeding succeeds, it can lead to infertile offspring, such as mules, or to the two species gradually merging into one as they interbreed over generations.
An Amazonian butterfly species represents a rare third scenario. In a study out today in
Nature
, researchers report that
Heliconius elevatus
—a red, black, and yellow butterfly found throughout the Amazon—is a genetically unique, reproductively healthy insect that
resulted from an ancient pairing of two other, still-present butterfly species
. The work con...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 17, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
New initiative aims to bolster funding for scientists in war-torn Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C.—
For astrophysicist David Spergel, teaching at a summer school about data science in August 2023 in Ukraine was a “surreal” experience. At times, utterly normal—smart students and collegial dinners in the charming cobblestoned city of Lviv. But punctuated by sirens and cellphone alerts warning of Russian missile attacks that compelled attendees to seek refuge in bomb shelters. Spergel, president of
the Simons Foundation
, started to think there had to be something more the West could do to aid his Ukrainian colleagues.
Eight months later, that idea has blossomed into the Scienc...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 17, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Historical technology transfer activities and productivity of NIDLRR grantees
Assist Technol. 2024 Apr 17:1-13. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2324051. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the technology-related outputs from The National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We seek to answer the questions: What are the types and frequency of assistive technology (AT) technology transfer (ATTT) outputs from NIDILRR grants? How does NIDILRR's ATTT generation compare to other granting organizations? What types of ATTT outputs occur, how, and what is the relative productivity of the most frequently funded universities and small businesses performin...
Source: Assistive Technology - April 17, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Erin Higgins Michelle Zorrilla Megan D'Innocenzo Mary R Goldberg Susan K Cohen Nancy Augustine Julie Faieta Kathleen Murphy Jonathan L Pearlman Source Type: research
Implications of Defect Density and Polymer Interactions for CO2 Capture on Amine-Functionalized MIL-101(Cr)
ChemSusChem. 2024 Apr 16:e202400249. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202400249. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRising anthropogenic carbon emissions have dire environmental consequences, necessitating remediative approaches, which includes use of solid sorbents. Here, aminopolymers (poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) and poly(propylenimineimine) (PPI)) are supported within solid mesoporous MIL-101(Cr) to examine effects of support defect density on aminopolymer-MOF interactions for CO2 uptake and stability during uptake-regeneration cycles. Using simulated flue gas (10 % CO2 in He), MIL-101(Cr)-ρhigh (higher defect density) shows 33 % higher upta...
Source: ChemSusChem - April 17, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rachel A Yang Stanley Cho Sydney N Hughes Michele L Sarazen Source Type: research
Correlation of cerebral microvascular circulation with vital signs in cerebral compression and the validity of three concepts: vasodilation, autoregulation, and terminal rise in arterial pressure
CONCLUSION: In cerebral compression, rising ICP obstructs cerebral arterial microvessels while simultaneously deteriorating vital signs. There is no evidence for dilatation of the arteries; only veins dilate, best-called venodilation. There is no evidence of autoregulation; what occurs is a cerebral compartmental syndrome. The terminal rise of arterial pressure is the hemodynamic result of cerebral circulation cessation, overloading the aorta. None of the concepts benefit the brain's nutrition.PMID:38628505 | PMC:PMC11021088 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_998_2023 (Source: Surgical Neurology International)
Source: Surgical Neurology International - April 17, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Javad Hekmatpanah Source Type: research
The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline alters learning from aversive reinforcements in patients with depression: evidence from a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: The study findings indicate a relationship between aversive reinforcement learning mechanisms and aspects of depression, anxiety, and SSRI treatment, but these relationships did not align with the initial hypotheses. Poor task performance limits the interpretability and likely generalizability of the findings, and highlights the critical importance of developing acceptable and reliable tasks for use in clinical studies.FUNDING: This article presents research supported by NIHR Program Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-0610-10048), the NIHR BRC, and UCL, with additional support from IMPRS COMP2PSYCH (JM, QH) an...
Source: Psychological Medicine - April 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jolanda Malamud Gemma Lewis Michael Moutoussis Larisa Duffy Jessica Bone Ramya Srinivasan Glyn Lewis Quentin J M Huys Source Type: research
Historical technology transfer activities and productivity of NIDLRR grantees
Assist Technol. 2024 Apr 17:1-13. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2324051. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the technology-related outputs from The National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We seek to answer the questions: What are the types and frequency of assistive technology (AT) technology transfer (ATTT) outputs from NIDILRR grants? How does NIDILRR's ATTT generation compare to other granting organizations? What types of ATTT outputs occur, how, and what is the relative productivity of the most frequently funded universities and small businesses performin...
Source: Assistive Technology - April 17, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Erin Higgins Michelle Zorrilla Megan D'Innocenzo Mary R Goldberg Susan K Cohen Nancy Augustine Julie Faieta Kathleen Murphy Jonathan L Pearlman Source Type: research
Implications of Defect Density and Polymer Interactions for CO2 Capture on Amine-Functionalized MIL-101(Cr)
ChemSusChem. 2024 Apr 16:e202400249. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202400249. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRising anthropogenic carbon emissions have dire environmental consequences, necessitating remediative approaches, which includes use of solid sorbents. Here, aminopolymers (poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) and poly(propylenimineimine) (PPI)) are supported within solid mesoporous MIL-101(Cr) to examine effects of support defect density on aminopolymer-MOF interactions for CO2 uptake and stability during uptake-regeneration cycles. Using simulated flue gas (10 % CO2 in He), MIL-101(Cr)-ρhigh (higher defect density) shows 33 % higher upta...
Source: ChemSusChem - April 17, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rachel A Yang Stanley Cho Sydney N Hughes Michele L Sarazen Source Type: research
GSE205844 Modeling clonal evolution in Fanconi anemia
Contributors : Grant Rowe ; Edroaldo Lummertz da RochaSeries Type : Expression profiling by high throughput sequencingOrganism : Homo sapiensTranscriptomic comparison of stages of clonal evolution of Fanconi anemia modeled using induced pluripotent stem cells. (Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus)
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - April 17, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing Homo sapiens Source Type: research
Men's involvement in maternal health in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of enablers and barriers
CONCLUSION: To improve men's involvement in maternal healthcare in SSA, there should be economic empowerment of both men and women, health education, and the provision of adequate infrastructure in healthcare facilities to accommodate men.PMID:38626505 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2024.103993 (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - April 16, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Enos Moyo Tafadzwa Dzinamarira Perseverance Moyo Grant Murewanhema Andrew Ross Source Type: research
