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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Single‐Cell Profiling Identifies CLEC5A+ Macrophages as Key Drivers of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Via CCL5‐Mediated M1 Polarization

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a life‐threatening cardiovascular disease with limited therapeutic options. Through single‐cell RNA sequencing of aortic tissues from healthy individuals and TAA patients (105,541 cells), we identified CLEC5A+macrophages as the predominant pathogenic cell population exhibiting the highest M1 polarization score. Machine
Xiangyu Li, Chunguang Guo, Mingyao Luo, Chang Shu   +3 more
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Study of Risk Factors and Image Findings of Isolated Abdominal Incidentally Detected Aortic Dissection

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 429-435, March/April 2025.
We detect the risk factors and image characteristics of incidentally detected IAAD. Independent risk factors of IAAD included fatty liver and smoking. In the ultrasound findings of IAAD, an intimal flap was frequently observed. In the CT scan, displacement of intimal calcifications was frequently observed. For suspected IAAD, the abdominal aorta should
Hiromasa Tsubouchi, Hidenori Onishi, Koji Maeno, Masaya Nakagaichi, Ikue Tsukushi, Youichi Kitano, Yoshitaka Makino, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Hidekazu Terasawa, Hiroko Kabuto, Toshihiro Misawa, Taku Sanada, Azusa Hisada, Kazuo Notsumata, Kazuhiro Okafuji, Osamu Yamamura   +15 more
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Asymmetric Social Interaction in Economics: Cigarette Smoking Among Young People in the United States, 1992-1999 [PDF]

We analyzed cigarette smoking among people aged 15 - 24 in approximately 90,000 households in the 1992 - 1999 U.S. Current Population Surveys. We modeled social influence as an informational externality, in which each young person's smoking informs her ...
Beatriz Lopez-Valcarcel, Jeffrey E. Harris   +1 more
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Decision‐making and risk‐taking as predictors of health risk behaviors in the Millennium Cohort Study

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Facets of decision‐making and risk‐taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self‐harm is unknown. Methods We used the Millennium Cohort Study to test whether a task‐based measure of decision‐making and risk‐taking predicts ...
Nicole G. Hammond, Georgia Condran, Elise E. DeVito, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Ian Colman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting 7‐year‐olds mental health in the perinatal period: Development and internal validation of a multivariable model using the prospective ALSPAC cohort

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Mental health difficulties in childhood are increasing. Prevention is the only sustainable and ethical public health approach. However, predicting which children are most at‐risk of mental health difficulties prior to symptoms emerging remains elusive.
Emma Butler, Michelle Spirtos, Linda M. O’Keeffe, Mary Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender-Specific Association of Cigarette Smoking with Spirometry and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Parameters in Elite Athletes-Impact of Cigarette Smoking in Elite Athletes. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Di Gioia G, Menichini I, Ferrera A, Spinelli A, Canelli G, Tiberi PG, Serdoz A, Squeo MR.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Periodontal Diagnosis: A Comparative Evaluation of ChatGPT‐4 and Dental Educators

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective As artificial intelligence (AI) tools gain traction in healthcare, their role in periodontal diagnostics remains largely unexplored. This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT‐4 in applying the 2017 Classification of Periodontal and Peri‐Implant Diseases and Conditions compared to US dental school faculty, with the goal ...
Ellie Y. Ji, Kobe A. George, Zabihulla Ahmadi, Eva Bender, Matthew Finkelman, Mark Mintline, Samantha Parad, Thiago Porto, Celine C. Sheng, Aditya Tadinada, Jennifer Chang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of cigarette smoking on the oral microbiome in adolescents. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Schaefer-Dreyer P, Behrens W, Winkel A, Pott PC, Paulsen M, Stanislawski N, Tanisik F, Melk A, Schmidt BMW, Lucas H, Heiden S, Klopp N, Illig T, Blume H, Blume C, Yang I, Stiesch M.   +16 more
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Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans? [PDF]

While Americans are less healthy than Europeans along some dimensions (like obesity), Americans are significantly less likely to smoke than their European counterparts. This difference emerged in the 1970s and it is biggest among the most educated.
David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser
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