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View article: The intersection of food insecurity and child health: Implications for policy and practice in the Bronx
The intersection of food insecurity and child health: Implications for policy and practice in the Bronx Open
Background Food insecurity, a significant stressor for many US families and children, is strongly associated with poverty and increases the risk of adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Communities like the Bronx, disproportionately…
View article: A qualitative exploration of multi-level factors that support effective community health worker-social worker collaboration
A qualitative exploration of multi-level factors that support effective community health worker-social worker collaboration Open
Findings highlighted that CHW-SW collaboration can promote patient-centered care and address social determinants of health when both workforces are well integrated in healthcare systems. Key organizational commitments, community rapport, a…
View article: 512 A Review of Available 2D Video Gait Analysis Apps and Software - Are They Suitable for Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic?
512 A Review of Available 2D Video Gait Analysis Apps and Software - Are They Suitable for Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic? Open
Aim Current gait analysis methods range from simple visual assessment to Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis (3DGA). While 3DGA is the gold standard, this requires a bespoke gait lab and is therefore expensive, time consuming, and unavailable …
View article: Lift3D Foundation Policy: Lifting 2D Large-Scale Pretrained Models for Robust 3D Robotic Manipulation
Lift3D Foundation Policy: Lifting 2D Large-Scale Pretrained Models for Robust 3D Robotic Manipulation Open
3D geometric information is essential for manipulation tasks, as robots need to perceive the 3D environment, reason about spatial relationships, and interact with intricate spatial configurations. Recent research has increasingly focused o…
View article: RoboMamba: Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model for Robotic Reasoning and Manipulation
RoboMamba: Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model for Robotic Reasoning and Manipulation Open
A fundamental objective in robot manipulation is to enable models to comprehend visual scenes and execute actions. Although existing Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for robots can handle a range of basic tasks, they still face challeng…
View article: A Self-Correcting Vision-Language-Action Model for Fast and Slow System Manipulation
A Self-Correcting Vision-Language-Action Model for Fast and Slow System Manipulation Open
Recently, some studies have integrated Multimodal Large Language Models into robotic manipulation, constructing vision-language-action models (VLAs) to interpret multimodal information and predict SE(3) poses. While VLAs have shown promisi…
View article: Smartphone locations reveal patterns of cooling center use as a heat mitigation strategy
Smartphone locations reveal patterns of cooling center use as a heat mitigation strategy Open
The increasing frequency and duration of extreme heat events prompts questions regarding mitigation proposals and evaluation of current strategies such as cooling centers. Cooling centers may be formally designated or informally used space…
View article: The Nose Knows: Sniffing out the Unique Immunological Risk of Alternative Tobacco Products
The Nose Knows: Sniffing out the Unique Immunological Risk of Alternative Tobacco Products Open
"The Nose Knows: Sniffing out the Unique Immunological Risk of Alternative Tobacco Products." American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 66(4), pp. 461–464
View article: Effects of electronic cigarettes and hookah (waterpipe) use on home air quality
Effects of electronic cigarettes and hookah (waterpipe) use on home air quality Open
Introduction A major site of secondhand smoke exposure for children and adults is the home. Few studies have evaluated the impact of e-cigarette or hookah use on home air quality, despite evidence finding toxic chemicals in secondhand e-ci…
View article: Stillbirth in Canada: anachronistic definition and registration processes impede public health surveillance and clinical care
Stillbirth in Canada: anachronistic definition and registration processes impede public health surveillance and clinical care Open
The archaic definition and registration processes for stillbirth currently prevalent in Canada impede both clinical care and public health. The situation is fraught because of definitional problems related to the inclusion of induced abort…
View article: Similarities Between Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising Exposure and Adolescent Use of Each of These Substances
Similarities Between Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising Exposure and Adolescent Use of Each of These Substances Open
Application of the Analogy criterion of the Bradford Hill criteria comparing alcohol and tobacco supports a judgment that the association between exposure to alcohol advertising and increased adolescent knowledge, attitudes toward, initiat…
View article: Preoperative Expectations Associated With Postoperative Dissatisfaction After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cohort Study
Preoperative Expectations Associated With Postoperative Dissatisfaction After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cohort Study Open
Introduction: Unfulfilled expectations, assessed postoperatively, have been consistently associated with dissatisfaction after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, identifying these expectations preoperatively has been a challenge. We a…
View article: Effects of exposure to direct and secondhand hookah and e-cigarette aerosols on ambient air quality and cardiopulmonary health in adults and children: protocol for a panel study
Effects of exposure to direct and secondhand hookah and e-cigarette aerosols on ambient air quality and cardiopulmonary health in adults and children: protocol for a panel study Open
Introduction Use of alternative nicotine delivery systems, such as electronic cigarettes and hookahs, has increased dramatically in the USA, but limited research has been conducted on the secondhand effects of these products, especially in…
View article: Living in immigrant communities does not impact total knee arthroplasty outcomes: experience from a high-volume center in the United States
Living in immigrant communities does not impact total knee arthroplasty outcomes: experience from a high-volume center in the United States Open
Patients living in high (≥40%) IP neighborhoods do not have worse pre-op or 2-year post-op pain and function outcomes after TKA compared to those living in low (< 10%) IP neighborhoods. Although sex differences favoring males are notable, …
View article: Designing mHealth interventions for emerging mobile users in India: From research to prototype (Preprint)
Designing mHealth interventions for emerging mobile users in India: From research to prototype (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND While mobile technologies have addressed health care access and affordability gaps, billions of emerging mobile users have yet to benefit from the health information available on their mobile phones. OBJECTIVE • To understand…
View article: Impaired proteostasis in senescent vascular endothelial cells: a perspective on estrogen and oxidative stress in the aging vasculature
Impaired proteostasis in senescent vascular endothelial cells: a perspective on estrogen and oxidative stress in the aging vasculature Open
The heat shock response is an important cytoprotective mechanism for protein homeostasis and is an essential protective response to cellular stress and injury. Studies on changes in the heat shock response with aging have been mixed with r…
View article: Designing Connected Health Interventions for Emerging Mobile Users
Designing Connected Health Interventions for Emerging Mobile Users Open
Background: While mobile technologies have unlocked opportunities to address health care access and affordability gaps, billions of emerging mobile users are yet to reap the benefits of connected health.
View article: Designing Connected Health Interventions for Emerging Mobile Users (Preprint)
Designing Connected Health Interventions for Emerging Mobile Users (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND While mobile technologies have unlocked opportunities to address health care access and affordability gaps, billions of emerging mobile users are yet to reap the benefits of connected health. OBJECTIVE We studied data enabled…
View article: Evaluating State-Level Differences in E-cigarette and Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States Between 2012 and 2014: Findings From the National Adult Tobacco Survey
Evaluating State-Level Differences in E-cigarette and Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States Between 2012 and 2014: Findings From the National Adult Tobacco Survey Open
This study investigates state-level current use estimates of e-cigarettes and cigarettes among US adults; and their association with four existing tobacco control measures. The overall score of these measures was negatively associated with…
View article: The INTERGROWTH‐21st gestational weight gain standard and interpregnancy weight increase: A population‐based study of successive pregnancies
The INTERGROWTH‐21st gestational weight gain standard and interpregnancy weight increase: A population‐based study of successive pregnancies Open
Objective To link the INTERGROWTH‐21st gestational weight gain standard with the risks of excess maternal postpartum weight retention, approximated by women's weight change between successive pregnancies. Methods A population‐based retrosp…
View article: Patterns of electronic cigarette use and level of psychological distress
Patterns of electronic cigarette use and level of psychological distress Open
These are the first data to demonstrate that, as is true for cigarettes, e-cigarette use is associated with increased levels of psychological distress. Further large-scale, longitudinal studies are needed to determine the direction of this…
View article: Safety of labour and delivery following closures of obstetric services in small community hospitals
Safety of labour and delivery following closures of obstetric services in small community hospitals Open
Closure of planned obstetric services in low-volume hospitals was not associated with an increase or decrease in frequency of adverse events during labour and delivery.
View article: Effects of hookah smoking on indoor air quality in homes
Effects of hookah smoking on indoor air quality in homes Open
This study, the first of its kind, demonstrates potentially hazardous levels of home air pollution in rooms where hookahs are being smoked as well as in adjacent rooms. These levels were greater than those in cigarette smoking homes, raisi…
View article: Perceptions of e-Cigarettes and Noncigarette Tobacco Products Among US Youth
Perceptions of e-Cigarettes and Noncigarette Tobacco Products Among US Youth Open
BACKGROUND: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now the most commonly used tobacco product among US youth. The extent to which perceptions of e-cigarettes’ harm and addictiveness differ from those of other products remains unknown, as…
View article: Analysis of State-Specific Prevalence, Regional Differences, and Correlates of Hookah Use in U.S. Adults, 2012–2013
Analysis of State-Specific Prevalence, Regional Differences, and Correlates of Hookah Use in U.S. Adults, 2012–2013 Open
This study investigates state-level prevalence, regional differences, and sociodemographic characteristics of hookah use among U.S. adults, using the most recent NATS. Hookah use was positively associated with younger adults and those livi…