Outdoor air pollution and histologic composition of normal breast tissue by Jennifer L. Ish, Mustapha Abubakar, Shaoqi Fan, Rena R. Jones, Nicole M. Niehoff, Jill E. Henry, Gretchen L. Gierach, Alexandra J. White

“…Methods: Machine-learning algorithms were applied to digitized hematoxylin and eosin-stained biopsies of normal breast tissue to quantify the epithelium, stroma, adipose and total tissue area from 3,977 individuals aged 18–75 years from a primarily Midwestern United States population who donated breast tissue samples to the Susan G. …”
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Sprinting in a Marathon: Nursing Staff and Nurse Leaders Make Meaning of Practicing in COVID-19 Devoted Units Pre-Vaccine by Natalie S. McAndrew PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, William E. Rosa PhD, MBE, NP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Kaylen M. Moore BSN, RN, CCRN, SANE-A, SANE-P, Jacqueline Christianson MSN, RN, FNP-C, Tala AbuZahra BSN, RN, Megann Mussatti DNP, APRN, Colleen McCracken MSN, RN, CMSRN, CHPN, OCN, Amy R. Newman PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, Kelly Calkins PhD, RN, Susan Breakwell DNP, PHNA-BC, FPCN, Katie Klink PhD, RN, CNL, Jill Guttormson PhD, RN

“…Methods The study team recruited a convenience sample of nursing staff (nurses, and nursing assistants/nurse technicians) and nurse leaders (managers, assistant nurse managers, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse educators) at an academic medical center in the midwestern United States. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted to encourage participants to describe their (1) experiences as nursing professionals, (2) coping strategies, and (3) perspectives about supportive resources. …”
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‘Being able to work has kept our life fairly constant:’ reconciling social practice models to assess the impact of (infra)structural inequities on household wellbeing during the CO... by Sonya Ahamed, Chelsea Schelly, Kristin Floress, William Lytle, Holly Caggiano, Cara L. Cuite, Charles Wallace, Ryan Cook, Rebekah Jarvis, Rachael Shwom, David Watkins

“…Using data from 183 households in the Midwestern United States, we apply this tool to analyze adaptations to disruptions of multiple systems of provision, including work, school, food, and health, from February 2020 to August 2021. …”
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Multilevel needs assessment of physical activity, sport, psychological needs, and nutrition in rural children and adults by Sarah J. Greeven, Andrew M. Medellin, Janette M. Watkins, Janette M. Watkins, Cassandra J. Coble, Julia E. Brunnemer, Paola A. Fernández Solá, Sandeep Dutta, James M. Hobson, Justin M. Evanovich, Vanessa M. Martinez Kercher, Kyle A. Kercher

“…In line with Stage 0 with the NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development, the objective of the present study was to conduct a community-engaged needs assessment survey with middle school children and adults to identify perceptions, barriers, and facilitators of physical activity, sport, psychological needs, and nutrition from a multi-level lens.MethodsA cross-sectional survey data collection was conducted with children (n = 39) and adults (n = 63) from one middle school community in the Midwestern United States. The child sample was 33% 6th grade; 51% 7th grade and was 49% female. …”
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Lipid-Lowering Therapy Utilization and Dosage Among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Events: A Retrospective Cohort from 12 Community Hospitals by Khatib R, Yeh EJ, Glowacki N, McGuiness CB, Xie H, Wade RL, Kalich BA, Li Y, Rifai A, Sawlani N

“…The reduction in LDL-C was also evaluated.Methods: Data were extracted from electronic health records (EHRs) from 12 hospitals in a large community healthcare system in midwestern United States between 2013 and 2019. Data on eligible patients recently discharged with an ACS event were linked to pharmacy claims data to describe LLT fill rates and 1-year post-discharge adherence. …”
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An “All-Data-on-Hand” Deep Learning Model to Predict Hospitalization for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: Development and Validation Study by David D Williams, Diana Ferro, Colin Mullaney, Lydia Skrabonja, Mitchell S Barnes, Susana R Patton, Brent Lockee, Erin M Tallon, Craig A Vandervelden, Cintya Schweisberger, Sanjeev Mehta, Ryan McDonough, Marcus Lind, Leonard D'Avolio, Mark A Clements

“…MethodsWe used 17 consecutive calendar quarters of clinical data (January 10, 2016, to March 18, 2020) for 1745 youths aged 8 to 18 years with T1D from a pediatric diabetes clinic network in the Midwestern United States. The input data included demographics, discrete clinical observations (laboratory results, vital signs, anthropometric measures, diagnosis, and procedure codes), medications, visit counts by type of encounter, number of historic DKA episodes, number of days since last DKA admission, patient-reported outcomes (answers to clinic intake questions), and data features derived from diabetes- and nondiabetes-related clinical notes via natural language processing. …”
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Understanding relationships among ecosystem services across spatial scales and over time by Jiangxiao Qiu, Stephen R Carpenter, Eric G Booth, Melissa Motew, Samuel C Zipper, Christopher J Kucharik, Steven P Loheide II, Monica G Turner

“…We focused on the Yahara Watershed (Wisconsin) in the Midwestern United States—an exemplar for many urbanizing agricultural landscapes. …”
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Home range, site fidelity, and movements of timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in west-central Illinois by Scott A. Eckert, Andrew C. Jesper

“…Despite numerous home range studies for the Threatened timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), many have limited sample sizes or outdated analytical methods and only a single study has been undertaken in the central midwestern United States. We report on the home range size, site fidelity, and movements of C. horridus in west-central Illinois. …”
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A Comparison of Vitamin E Status and Associated Pregnancy Outcomes in Maternal–Infant Dyads between a Nigerian and a United States Population by Caleb Cave, Corrine Hanson, Marina Schumacher, Elizabeth Lyden, Jeremy Furtado, Stephen Obaro, Shirley Delair, Nicholas Kocmich, Amy Rezac, NI Izevbigie, Matthew Van Ormer, Ammar Kamil, Elizabeth McGinn, Katherine Rilett, Elizabeth Elliott, Rebecca Johnson, Kara Weishaar, EK Olateju, GA Akaba, EA Anigilaje, Tahiru Tahiru, Ann Anderson-Berry

“…Plasma tocopherol levels were evaluated in 189 Midwestern United States (US) mother–infant pairs and 99 Central Nigerian mother–infant pairs. …”
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