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Plasma protein expression profiles, cardiovascular disease, and religious struggles among South Asians in the MASALA study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Blood protein concentrations are clinically useful, predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite a higher burden of CVD among U.S. South Asians, no CVD-related proteomics study has been conducted in this sub-population.
Long H. Ngo, M. Austin Argentieri, Simon T. Dillon, Blake Victor Kent, Alka M. Kanaya, Alexandra E. Shields, Towia A. Libermann   +6 more
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Building towards common psychosocial measures in U.S. cohort studies: principal investigators’ views regarding the role of religiosity and spirituality in human health

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The goal of this study was to understand prospective cohort study Principal Investigators’ (PIs’) attitudes regarding the importance of religion and spirituality (R/S) on disease etiology in order to identify barriers and opportunities for ...
Alexandra E. Shields, Tracy A. Balboni
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Association between neighborhood social cohesion, awareness of chronic diseases, and participation in healthy behaviors in a community cohort

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Neighborhood social cohesion (NSC) is the network of relationships as well as the shared values and norms of residents in a neighborhood. Higher NSC has been associated with improved cardiovascular health, largely among Whites but not African ...
Andrew M. Rosenblatt, Deidra C. Crews, Neil R. Powe, Alan B. Zonderman, Michele K. Evans, Delphine S. Tuot   +5 more
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Connectivity, neutral theories and the assessment of species vulnerability to global change in temperate estuaries [PDF]

, 2013
One of the main adaptation strategies to global change scenarios, aiming to preserve ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, is to maximise ecosystem resilience.
Albaina, A., Aranburu, A., Borja, Á., Chust, G., Diekmann, O.E., Diekmann, O.E., Franco, J., Garmendia, J.M., Iriondo, M., Muxika, I., Rendo, F., Rodríguez, J.G., Ruiz-Larrañaga, O., Serrão, E.A., Valle, M.   +14 more
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Giraffe translocation population viability analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Most populations of giraffes have declined in recent decades, leading to the recent IUCN decision to upgrade the species to Vulnerable status, and some subspecies to Endangered.
Carter, Kerryn D., Deacon, Francois, Fienieg, Elmar, Lee, Derek E., Muller, Zoe, Scheijen, Ciska P. J., Strauss, Megan, van Oosterhout, Cock   +7 more
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Telehealth for management of chronic non-cancer pain and opioid use disorder in safety net primary care

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic increased use of telehealth for the management of opioid use disorder and chronic non-cancer pain in primary care safety net clinical systems.
Alexis Cooke, Stacy Castellanos, Celeste Enriquez, Pamela Olsen, Christine Miaskowski, Margot Kushel, Kelly Ray Knight   +6 more
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Stress and Exercise [PDF]

, 2007
Age-related immunological and endocrinological changes may have implications for resilience to stress in older adults. We hypothesise that the combination of adrenopause and immunesenescence may leave this population particularly vulnerable to the ...
Bauer, Butcher, Butcher, Butcher, Emery, Fleshner, Globerson, Graham, Hawkley, Kemmler, Kiecolt-Glaser, Kohut, Kohut, Kohut, Leveille, O'Donnell, Ogata, Orentreich, Phillips, Segerstrom, Vedhara, Vedhara   +21 more
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Epigenetic Pathways in Human Disease: The Impact of DNA Methylation on Stress-Related Pathogenesis and Current Challenges in Biomarker Development

EBioMedicine, 2017
HPA axis genes implicated in glucocorticoid regulation play an important role in regulating the physiological impact of social and environmental stress, and have become a focal point for investigating the role of glucocorticoid regulation in the etiology
M. Austin Argentieri, Sairaman Nagarajan, Bobak Seddighzadeh, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Alexandra E. Shields   +4 more
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Disparities in retail marketing for little cigars and cigarillos in Los Angeles, California

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
Introduction: Evidence of a concentration of cigarette advertising in predominantly low-income, non-White neighborhoods underscores the need to examine retail marketing and promotions for novel tobacco products like little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs ...
Sabrina L. Smiley, Natalie Kintz, Yaneth L. Rodriguez, Rosa Barahona, Steve Sussman, Tess Boley Cruz, Chih-Ping Chou, Mary Ann Pentz, Jonathan M. Samet, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati   +9 more
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Neurocognitive health of older adults experiencing homelessness in Oakland, California

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Background and objectivesThe homeless population in the US is aging. Cognitive impairment is prevalent in this population, yet little is known about the neurologic etiologies of such impairment.
Sandeepa Satya-Sriram Mullady, Stacy Castellanos, Lucia Lopez, Gloria Aguirre, John Weeks, Stephen King, Karen Valle, Collette Goode, Elena Tsoy, Katherine Possin, Bruce Miller, Margot Kushel, Serggio Lanata   +12 more
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