Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Autism Providers' ACEs Inquiries.

Autistic individuals experience Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including neglect, abuse, and financial stress, at above-average rates. However, little is known regarding the factors influencing whether autism community-based providers conduct ACEs inquiries in their practice. Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic status (SES) group disparities persist in healthcare and may exist in providers' ACEs inquiries.

Learning disability identification in residential schools for deaf students.

Identifying specific learning disabilities in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students presents unique challenges due to various factors, including language access. This study utilized data from 810 students enrolled in schools for the deaf to examine the influence of gender, educational level, signing status, and vocabulary knowledge on specific learning disability identification or suspicion. The analysis revealed that male students, those in middle school, and nonnative signers are more likely to be suspected of or identified with specific learning disabilities.

Resilient together for dementia: A qualitative study of couples' treatment preferences to address distress early after diagnosis.

BackgroundDespite technological advances and earlier and more confident diagnoses, there is a lack of post-diagnosis support for couples navigating the challenges of early dementia. Clinically elevated emotional distress is common for both partners after diagnosis, and interferes with the health, relationships, and adjustment of both partners if not addressed.ObjectiveOur objective was to gather in-depth information on couples' preferences to inform the development of a proposed dyadic intervention addressing emotional distress early (within 6 months) after one partners' receipt of a dementia diagnosis.

Corrigendum: Case Report: A rare presentation of rapidly progressive moyamoya disease refractory to unilateral surgical revascularization.

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First Measurement: Proactive Immune Cell Sparing in Radiation Therapy.

Purpose: Radiation Therapy (RT) can modulate the immune system and generate anti-tumor T cells. However, this anti-tumor-activity is countered by radiation-induced immunosuppression (RIIS). Clinical advantages of proactively sparing RT dose to immune rich organs have not previously been evaluated.

A Live Video Resiliency Dyadic Intervention for Persons With Dementia and Their Care-Partners Early After Diagnosis: Protocol for Open Pilot of Resilient Together for Dementia.

Background: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are increasingly common progressive conditions that have a substantial impact on individuals and their primary care partners-together described as a dyad. The stressors experienced by dyad members at around the time of ADRD diagnosis commonly produce clinically elevated emotional distress (ie, depression and anxiety symptoms), which can become chronic and negatively impact health, relationships, and the overall quality of life. Dyads commonly report unmet needs for early support to address these challenges early after diagnosis.

Case Report: A rare presentation of rapidly progressive moyamoya disease refractory to unilateral surgical revascularization.

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic, occlusive cerebrovasculopathy typified by progressive steno-occlusive disease of the intracranial internal carotid arteries (ICAs) and their proximal branches. Moyamoya syndrome (MMS) categorizes patients with characteristic MMD plus associated conditions. As such, the most usual presentations are those that occur with cerebral ischemia, specifically transient ischemic attack, acute ischemic stroke, and seizures.

Impact of baseline lymphopenia on outcomes of definitive treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between lymphopenia and survival in women with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) treated with definitive chemoradiation (CRT).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with LACC treated at a single institution from 2004 to 2021. Patient and treatment characteristics were recorded along with baseline absolute lymphocyte counts (ALC).

Early access to language supports number mapping skills in deaf children.

The ability to associate different types of number representations referring to the same quantity (symbolic Arabic numerals, signed/spoken number words, and nonsymbolic quantities), is an important predictor of overall mathematical success. This foundational skill-mapping-has not been examined in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. To address this gap, we studied 188 4 1/2 to 9-year-old DHH and hearing children and systematically examined the relationship between their language experiences and mapping skills.

Mathematics anxiety in deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing college students.

While mathematics anxiety (MA) has been widely researched in recent decades, this study addresses significant gaps: namely, research that explores the relationship between MA and self-reported mathematics experiences; samples adults with a range of MA levels; and controls for general anxiety. Additionally, the study sampled deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students, whose diverse life and educational experiences often differ from hearing students'. We investigated whether DHH students' experiences with mathematics (i.

Language not auditory experience is related to parent-reported executive functioning in preschool-aged deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

Much research has found disrupted executive functioning (EF) in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children; while some theories emphasize the role of auditory deprivation, others posit delayed language experience as the primary cause. This study investigated the role of language and auditory experience in parent-reported EF for 123 preschool-aged children (M  = 60.1 months, 53.

Creating the Capacity to Screen Deaf Women for Perinatal Depression: A Pilot Study.

Objective: Compared to hearing women, Deaf female sign language users receive sub-optimal maternal health care and report more dissatisfaction with their prenatal care experiences. As healthcare providers begin to regularly screen for perinatal depression, validated screening tools are not accessible to Deaf women due to severe disparities in English literacy and health literacy.

Design And Setting: We conducted a one-year, community-engaged pilot study to create an initial American Sign Language (ASL) translation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS); conduct videophone screening interviews with Deaf perinatal women from across the United States; and perform preliminary statistical analyses of the resulting pilot data.

Family criticism and depressive symptoms in older adult primary care patients: optimism and pessimism as moderators.

Objective: Depression is a significant global public health burden, and older adults may be particularly vulnerable to its effects. Among other risk factors, interpersonal conflicts, such as perceived criticism from family members, can increase risk for depressive symptoms in this population. We examined family criticism as a predictor of depressive symptoms and the potential moderating effect of optimism and pessimism.

Illness burden and symptoms of anxiety in older adults: optimism and pessimism as moderators.

Background: We assessed the association between medical illness burden and anxiety symptoms, hypothesizing that greater illness burden would be associated with symptoms of anxiety, and that optimism would buffer, while pessimism would exacerbate, this relationship.

Methods: We recruited 109 older adults, aged 65 years and older, from primary care and geriatric clinics to participate in this cross-sectional, interview-based study. Participants completed the Snaith Clinical Anxiety Scale and the Life Orientation Test - Revised, a measure of optimism/pessimism.

Hallucinations, psuedohallucinations, and parahallucinations.

Background: There are several clinical phenomena that resemble hallucinations which are inadequately studied because the terminology defining them is inadequate.

Methods: A review of the relevant literature, identified by searches of Ovid and PubMed databases.

Results: A historical review reveals that the term pseudohallucination has been used to describe several separate and unrelated phenomena.

Contribution of arginine-glutamate salt bridges to helix stability.

Peptide side chain interactions were studied by molecular dynamics simulation using explicit solvent on a peptide with the sequence AAARAAAAEAAEAAAARA. Three different protonation states of the glutamic acid side chains were simulated for four 20 ns runs each, a total simulation time of 240 ns. Two different salt bridge geometries were observed and the preferred geometry was found to depend on Glu - Arg residue spacing.