Awareness of Necessity to Call 9-1-1 for Stroke Symptoms, Upstate New York by Janine M. Jurkowski, PhD, MPH, Dayna M. Maniccia, MS, Barbara A. Dennison, MD, Steven J. Samuels, PhD, Deborah A. Spicer, RD, MPH

“…Delay in recognition of stroke symptoms and their severity contributes to treatment delay.MethodsA random-digit–dialed, list-assisted telephone survey about stroke knowledge was administered to 1789 adults aged 30 years or older in upstate New York in 2006. Bivariate and regression analysis were used to examine factors associated with intent to call 9-1-1 for symptoms of stroke.ResultsThe largest proportion of respondents (72.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 69.9%–74.8%) reported they would call 9-1-1 if they noticed they or someone else had difficulty speaking, and the fewest (33.3%; 95% CI, 30.7%–36.0%) respondents reported they would call 9-1-1 for trouble seeing or double vision. …”
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Wild and backyard food use during COVID-19 in upstate New York, United States by Jeanne L. Coffin-Schmitt, Jeanne L. Coffin-Schmitt, Nia Clements, Grace Marshall, Lu Liu, Aly Trombitas, Zi Wang, Shuai Yuan, Amelia Greiner Safi, Karla L. Hanson, Kathryn J. Fiorella

“…We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on production and consumption of gardened produce, backyard poultry, wild game and fish, and foraged mushrooms, berries, and other plants in New York State, aiming to understand crisis influenced food choice and motivations, including food security.MethodsWe conducted an online, cross-sectional survey in October–December 2020 with a convenience sample of participants (n = 505) with an interest in gardening, poultry rearing, foraging, hunting, and/or fishing from six counties in upstate New York. We recruited through the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and other relevant email and social media pages.ResultsAcross the wild and backyard food production strategies, 4.0–14.3% of respondents reported engaging for the first time and 39.6–45.7% reported increased production (a little or a lot more), and 31.6–42.7% of respondents’ production was the same as the previous year. …”
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Ambient Size-Segregated Particulate Matter Characterization from a Port in Upstate New York by Omosehin D. Moyebi, Brian P. Frank, Shida Tang, Gil LaDuke, David O. Carpenter, Haider A. Khwaja

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Utilization of 4T score to determine the pretest probability of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a community hospital in upstate New York by Yazan Samhouri, Mohammad Telfah, Ruth Kouides, Timothy Woodlock

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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary community hospital in upstate New York by Jyotirmayee Lenka, Mamta S. Chhabria, Naman Sharma, Bryan E-Xin Tan, Leela Krishna Teja Boppana, Sharini Venugopal, Damanpaul S. Sondhi

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 32 adult critically ill patients admitted to a community hospital in upstate New York, between 14 March and 12 April 2020. We collected demographic, laboratory, ventilator and treatment data, which were analyzed and clinical outcomes tabulated. …”
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Bagging Machine Learning Algorithms: A Generic Computing Framework Based on Machine-Learning Methods for Regional Rainfall Forecasting in Upstate New York by Ning Yu, Timothy Haskins

“…This paper aims to design and implement a generic computing framework that can assemble a variety of machine learning algorithms as computational engines for regional rainfall forecasting in Upstate New York. The algorithms that have been bagged in the computing framework include the classical algorithms and the state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms, such as K-Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machine, Deep Neural Network, Wide Neural Network, Deep and Wide Neural Network, Reservoir Computing, and Long Short Term Memory methods. …”
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Precision public health in schools enabled by wastewater surveillance: A case study of COVID-19 in an Upstate New York middle-high school campus during the 2021-2022 academic year. by Haley Kappus-Kron, Dana Ahmad Chatila, Ainsley Mabel MacLachlan, Nicole Pulido, Nan Yang, David A Larsen

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Abstract 108: Artery Of Percheron Infarctions (AOP): A Tale of Two Outcomes by Eric N. Beck, Nynoshka M. Bassatt Cabrera, Melanie Ngo, Sherif Elwan, Claribel D. Wee

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Distance and Access to Health Care for Rural Women with Heart Failure by Carolyn S. Pierce

“…To further understand these issues, a sample of women diagnosed with HF and living in rural upstate New York was studied to explicate the impact of distance and weather on access to health care. …”
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Abstract 125: Amyloid Beta‐Related Angiitis: A Case Presentation by Tejeswi Suryadevara, Sharam Izadyar

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Service Delivery to Southeast Asian Refugee Women by John Van Eserik

“… The delivery of services to refugees in three counties of upstate New York occupied much of my time and attention for almost four years in the early 1980s. …”
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Vaccination perspectives among adolescents and their desired role in the decision-making process by Rachel Herman, Louise-Anne McNutt, Mehek Mehta, Daniel A. Salmon, Robert A. Bednarczyk, Jana Shaw

“…Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered survey was conducted among seventh and eighth grade students in a middle school in Upstate New York. Bivariate analyses were conducted to identify differences in perspective by gender, grade, and attitudes toward vaccination. …”
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I never knew a librarian did that! by Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko, Peter Kalenda, Kathleen Olmstead, Logan Rath, Allison Wright

“… This paper examines the relationships that developed over a 10+ year span at a comprehensive college in upstate New York. When the library was reorganized into a generalist model of library support, the faculty members felt unsupported. …”
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In This Issue: A Good Late Winter's Read by Duncan L. Hilchey

“…First paragraph: What a long winter this has been in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York — so much so that the weather might, in fact, be affecting my judgment and sense of humor. …”
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Brief report: A health belief model approach to men’s assessment of a novel long-acting contraceptive by Aisha King, Farnaz Kaighobadi, Amy Winecoff

“…Heterosexual men (N = 146) living in Upstate New York (age: M = 24, range = 18–48) completed a survey assessing attitudes, intent, and other psychosocial characteristics. …”
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A Comparison of the Cardiovascular Risks of Rural, Suburban, and Urban Women by Pamela Stewart Fahs, Theresa Grabo, Gary James, Martha Neff-Smith, Gale Spencer

“…Data were collected on 108 women in upstate New York. Rural women exhibited higher systolic blood pressure (p = .05) and were older (p=.01) than those living in suburban or urban areas. …”
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Community Characteristics and Readmissions: Hospitals in Jeopardy by Michele L. Summers, Serdar Atav

“…Objective: The purpose was to identify community characteristics that contribute to reductions in readmission rates and reimbursement penalties for hospital systems in upstate New York. Methods: Hospitals in upstate NY were selected (N = 94). …”
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‘Keen to Foul Their Own Nests’: Contemporary and Historical Criticism of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence of 1940 by Galen Roger Perras

“…On 17 August 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt met with Canada’s Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in the town of Ogdensburg, which lies just across the Canadian border in upstate New York. There the two leaders agreed on the formation of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) to advise on policies for the defence and security of the North American continent. …”
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Parental control and college students' depressive symptoms: A latent class analysis. by Woosang Hwang, Eunjoo Jung, Narges Hadi, Seonghee Kim

“…We collected data from college students who attended a private university in Upstate New York (n = 455) and analyzed it using three-step latent class analysis. …”
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Unfulfilled promise: social acceptance of the smart grid by Dylan Bugden, Richard Stedman

“…In contrast, we compare two waves of survey data on the social acceptance of smart grid technologies, the first ( n = 609) prior to a local rollout of a smart grid program in upstate New York and the second ( n = 533) two years after the same rollout. …”
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