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The Importance of Professional Discourse for the Continual Advancement of Practice Standards: The RBT® as a Case in Point

Description: This article highlights concerns in recent changes to the Registered Behavior Technician™ certification (RBT®) including the processes of training, supervising, and becoming an RBT®. It then proposes solutions to improve the RBT® certification.
Date: August 6, 2020
Creator: Leaf, Justin B.; Leaf, Ronald; McEachin, John; Bondy, Andy; Cihon, Joseph H.; Detrich, Ronnie et al.
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Maternal anemia and childhood cancer: a population-based case-control study in Denmark

Description: Article asserts that anemia in pregnancy is a common condition, especially in low-income countries, but a possible association between maternal anemia and childhood cancer has not been widely studied. In a separate analysis within the years available (births 1995–2014), the authors examined cancer risks among mothers taking prescribed vitamin supplements, using data from the National Prescription Register.
Date: November 23, 2022
Creator: Qureshi, Naveen; Orimoloye, Helen; Hansen, Johnni; Saechao, Chai; Olsen, Jorn; Federman, Noah et al.
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Maternal diabetes and childhood cancer risks in offspring: two population-based studies

Description: Article studies the effect of maternal diabetes on childhood cancer has not been widely studied. Their results suggest that maternal diabetes is an important risk factor for certain types of childhood cancers, emphasizing the need for effective interventions targeting maternal diabetes to prevent serious health effects in offspring.
Date: September 10, 2022
Creator: Huang, Xiwen; Hansen, Johnni; Lee, Pei-Chen; Wu, Chia-Kai; Federman, Noah; Arah, Onyebuchi A. et al.
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Maternal migraine and risk of pediatric cancers

Description: Article describes how maternal migraine has been linked to adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight and preterm birth, as well as congenital anomalies in offspring. Authors used logistic regression to estimate the risk of childhood cancers associated with maternal migraine.
Date: April 26, 2023
Creator: Orimoloye, Helen T.; Heck, Julia E.; Andrews, Charles G.; Saechao, Chai; He, Di; Federman, Noah et al.
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Mental Illness and Youth-Onset Homelessness: A Retrospective Study among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Description: This article retrospectively evaluating the association between the timing of homelessness onset (youth versus adult) and mental illness as a reason for homelessness among homeless adults living in homeless shelters and/or receiving services from homeless-serving agencies in Texas and Oklahoma. A better understanding of these relationships could inform needs for early interventions and/or better prepare agencies that serve at-risk youth to address precursors to youth homelessness.
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Iwundu, Chisom N.; Chen, Tzu-An; Edereka-Great, Kirsteen; Businelle, Michael S.; Kendzor, Darla E. & Reitzel, Lorraine R.
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Migrant and refugee youth perspectives on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Australia: a systematic review

Description: Article discusses how migrant and refugee youth (MRY) in Australia face specific experiences that inform their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This review examines the understandings and perspectives of MRY.
Date: December 2, 2022
Creator: Napier-Raman, Sharanya; Hossain, Syeda Zakia; Lee, Mi-Joung; Mpofu, Elias; Liamputtong, Pranee & Dune, Tinashe
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Navigating Privacy and Data Safety: The Implications of Increased Online Activity among Older Adults Post-COVID-19 Induced Isolation

Description: Article asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic spurred older adults to use information and communication technology (ICT) for maintaining connections and engagement during social distancing. This paper highlights the gap in the literature regarding the increased privacy and data security risks for older adults adopting technology due to isolation during the pandemic.
Date: June 17, 2023
Creator: Alagood, John; Prybutok, Gayle & Prybutok, Victor R.
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Neonatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure in relation to retinoblastoma

Description: Article describes how neonatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure can disrupt hormonal homeostasis and induce neuro- and immunotoxicity in children. In this exploratory study, we investigated associations between PFAS levels in neonatal dried blood spots and retinoblastoma risk.
Date: October 31, 2023
Creator: Chen, Yixin; Paul, Kimberly C.; Walker, Douglas I.; Jones, Dean P.; Wang, Xuexia; Ritz, Beate R. et al.
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A neurobiology of learning beyond the declarative non-declarative distinction

Description: This article provides a literature review examining declarative and non-declarative forms of learning in neuroscience and psychology. The authors conclude that traditional taxonomy that distinguishes between neural systems supporting declarative and non-declarative forms of learning may be inadequate, as experimental and theoretical work suggests that other criteria may be more useful in categorizing the role of neural structures involved in learning such as the hippocampus and the basal gangli… more
Date: November 14, 2013
Creator: Ortu, Daniele & Vaidya, Manish
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Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study

Description: This article examines whether use of regular aspirin and/or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Date: July 26, 2021
Creator: Xu, Xiaoqing; Ritz, Beate; Coleman, Anne L.; Liew, Zeyan; Deapen, Dennis; Lee, Eunjung et al.
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Organic Collaborative Research Partnership Building: Researchers, Needle and Syringe Program Providers, and People Who Inject Drugs

Description: Article reporting on the use of an organic community research partnership-building approach between researchers, needle and syringe program (NSP) providers, and people who inject drugs (PWID) in Canberra ACT, Australia. Results found engaging in relationship building around partner priority activities created mutual understanding and trust premised in authenticity of the evolving partnership. The organic approach, which included a partner audit of the research tools for relevance, resulted in h… more
Date: October 21, 2021
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Roderick
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Parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors: a case–control study in Denmark, 1968–2016

Description: This article examines associations between parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors (GCTs) in offspring while distinguishing by common histologic subtype (i.e., yolk sac tumor and teratoma).
Date: April 28, 2021
Creator: Hall, Clinton; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jørn; He, Di; von Ehrenstein, Ondine S.; Ritz, Beate et al.
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Perception and Challenges of Preventive Measures of COVID-19 Among Nepalese Frontline Health Professionals: An Unexplored Realism

Description: Article examining Nepalese healthcare workers understanding of technology and preventative strategies during the COVID-19 epidemic. The research also looks at the problems experienced by frontline health care personnel (HCP) due to the COVID-19 strategic shift in work policy.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Pathak, Krishna Prasad; Sanyam, Sandip Das; Gaire, Tara; Basnet, Pushpa Babu; Sah, Sanjay Kumar; Basnet, Buddha Bahadur et al.
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Preeclampsia, antihypertensive medication use in pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer in offspring

Description: Article states that preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy complication that presents a significant risk to both the mother and the fetus. The authors examined the association between preeclampsia, antihypertensive medications, and childhood cancer in offspring.
Date: August 3, 2023
Creator: Askins, Lexie; Orimoloye, Helen T.; Deng, Chuanjie; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jorn; Ritz, Beate et al.
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Prevalence and factors associated with diagnosed diabetes mellitus among Asian Indian adults in the United States

Description: Article describes how a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has been documented among South Asians living in the United States. However, combining the south Asian subgroups into one category makes the heterogeneity in the diagnosed DM, after controlling for known protective and risk factors. The authors assessed the association of Asian Indian ethnicity to diagnosed DM using a nationally representative sample of 1,986 Asian Indian adults in the US compared to 109,072 Non-Hispanic Whites… more
Date: February 2, 2023
Creator: Misra, Ranjita; Madhavan, Suresh S.; Dhumal, Trupti & Sambamoorthi, Usha
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Private patient rooms and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A hospital-level analysis of administrative data from the United States

Description: Article presents research using hospital-level data from the US to determine whether private patient rooms (PPRs) are associated with fewer in hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infections.
Date: July 9, 2020
Creator: O'Neill, Liam; Stockbridge, Erica L.; Miller, Thaddeus L. & Park, Sae-Hwan
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Progenitor cell therapy for acquired pediatric nervous system injury: Traumatic brain injury and acquired sensorineural hearing loss

Description: Article suggesting that multipotent stem cell therapies can achieve therapeutic effect by altering the immune response to injury, thereby limiting damage due to inflammation and possibly improving outcomes in patients with neurological conditions such as traumatic brain injury and hearing loss.
Date: October 9, 2020
Creator: Baumgartner, James E.; Baumgartner, Linda S.; Baumgartner, Michael E.; Moore, Ernest J.; Messina, Steven; Seidman, Michael et al.
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RAPID: Collaborative Research: Examining Household Movements and Evacuation Decision-Making in a Compounding Risk Event

Description: Data management plan for the grant "RAPID: Collaborative Research: Examining Household Movements and Evacuation Decision-Making in a Compounding Risk Event." The purpose of this Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) collaborative project is to examine household protective action decisions during two simultaneous events: Hurricane Ida and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Time-sensitive data gathered through online, phone, and mail surveys and supplemented with GPS/mobile phone data will be us… more
Date: 2022-01-01/2022-12-31
Creator: Siebeneck, Laura K.
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