Longitudinal impact of a youth tobacco education program by Schieder Jeff, McMullen Sarah, Tumiel Laurene, Bauer Joseph E, Mahoney Martin C, Pikuzinski Denise

“…Participants were fifth-grade students from schools in western New York State.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Twenty-eight schools, which were in relatively close geographic proximity, were randomized into three groups; Group 1 was used to assess whether attitudes/knowledge were changed in the hypothesized direction by the intervention, and if those changes were retained four months later. …”
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in a patient with situs inversus totalis by Eric M. Chevli, Tyler J. Maiers, David J. Abramowitz, Shervin Badkhshan, John J. Bodkin, III

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Pneumonia immunization in older adults: review of vaccine effectiveness and strategies by Assaad U, El-Masri I, Porhomayon J, El-Solh AA

“…Usama Assaad,2 Ibrahim El-Masri,2 Jahan Porhomayon,1,3 Ali A El-Solh1&ndash;41The Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, 3Department of Anesthesia, 4Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and School of Public Health and Health Professions, Buffalo, NY, USAAbstract: Vaccination remains the primary preventive strategy in the elderly against Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza infections. …”
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Stride Length Impacts on Sagittal Knee Biomechanics in Flat Ground Baseball Pitching by Daniel K. Ramsey, Ryan L. Crotin

“…Using a randomized cross-over design, a cohort of 19 healthy skilled competitive pitchers from collegiate and high school travel programs from across Western New York were assigned to throw 2 simulated 80 pitch games at ±25% of their desired stride length. …”
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Seasonal changes in Thrips tabaci population structure in two cultivated hosts. by Brian A Nault, Wendy C Kain, Ping Wang

“…Despite the relative proximity of onion and cabbage fields in the western New York landscape, T. tabaci populations differed seasonally within each cropping system. …”
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Beverage specific alcohol intake in a population-based study: Evidence for a positive association between pulmonary function and wine intake by McCann Susan E, Muti Paola, Freudenheim Jo L, Grant Brydon JB, Schünemann Holger J, Kudalkar Deepa, Ram Malathi, Nochajski Tom, Russell Marcia, Trevisan Maurizio

“…In this study we analyzed the relation of beverage specific alcohol intake with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in a random sample of 1555 residents of Western New York, USA.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We expressed pulmonary function as percent of predicted normal FEV₁ (FEV₁%) and FVC (FVC%) after adjustment for height, age, gender and race. …”
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Association of Opioid Use Disorder With 2016 Presidential Voting Patterns: Cross-sectional Study in New York State at Census Tract Level by Xiang, Anthony, Hou, Wei, Rashidian, Sina, Rosenthal, Richard N, Abell-Hart, Kayley, Zhao, Xia, Wang, Fusheng

“…ResultsSeveral areas shared similar patterns of OUD rates and Republican vote: census tracts in western New York, central New York, and Suffolk County. …”
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Management of nightmares in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: current perspectives by El-Solh AA

“…Ali A El-Solh1&ndash;4 1Research Department, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 4Department of Community and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Abstract: Nightmares are considered the hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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High flow or low flow? An unusual case of ischemic priapism following gunshot wound to the cervical spinal cord by Eric J. Szczecinski, Raymond Pominville, Tyler J. Maiers, Nicole A. Belko, John J. Bodkin, III

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Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Chronic Lower Back Pain in Older Veterans by Paul E. Dougherty DC, Jurgis Karuza PhD, Andrew S. Dunn DC, MEd, MS, Dorian Savino MPA, Paul Katz MD

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Challenges of reaching high renewable fractions in hybrid renewable energy systems by Ali Khosravani, Elaheh Safaei, Michael Reynolds, Kerry E. Kelly, Kody M. Powell

“…This study evaluates the techno-economic feasibility of hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) for providing electricity in four example localities in the United States: western New York; San Diego, California; Milwaukee, WI; and the entire state of Texas. …”
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Brief Myocardial Ischemia Produces Cardiac Troponin I Release and Focal Myocyte Apoptosis in the Absence of Pathological Infarction in Swine by Brian R. Weil, PhD, Rebeccah F. Young, MA, Xiaomeng Shen, BS, Gen Suzuki, MD, PhD, Jun Qu, PhD, Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH, John M. Canty, Jr.MD

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Hazing of Canada Geese is Unlikely to Reduce Nuisance Populations in Urban and Suburban Communities by Robin A. Holevinski, Paul D. Curtis, Richard A. Malecki

“…To answer this question, we marked 368 adult and 400 juvenile geese with leg bands in 1 urban and 1 suburban community in western New York State during June 2002 and 2003. This sample included 30 adult females with radio-transmitters and 151 adults with individually coded neck bands. …”
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Gene Annotation in High Schools: Successful Student Pipeline and Teacher Professional Development in Bioscience Using GENI-ACT by Stephen T. Koury, Shannon Carlin-Menter, Rama Dey-Rao, Kimberle Kelly

“…This project explored the impact of a genomics and bioinformatics research pipeline for high school teachers and students using an introduction to genome annotation research as the catalyst. The Western New York-based project had three major components: (1) a summer teacher professional development workshop to introduce genome annotation research, (2) teacher-guided student genome annotation group projects during the school year, (3) with an end of the academic year capstone symposium to showcase student work in a poster session. …”
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211 A Machine Learning Approach to Reduce Disparities in Compliance with Public Health Interventions by Gillian Franklin, Peter L. Elkin, Syed Rahman, Brian Benson, Xiamara Brooks, Gene Morse

“…METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Existing data from a cross-sectional survey, vaccine hesitancy (VH) parent study, entitled 'Western New York (WNY) COVID-19 Collaborative to Promote Vaccine Acceptance,' conducted July to November 2022, after IRB approval, will be qualitatively analyzed. …”
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Improvement of workflow and processes to ease and enrich meaningful use of health information technology by Singh R, Singh A, Singh DR, Singh G

“…Pilot tests were carried out in practices in Western New York and Colorado, USA. In addition, the toolkit was presented at the 2011 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) meeting and an Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) meeting in 2013 to solicit responses from attendees. …”
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Practical Opportunities for Biopsychosocial Education Through Strategic Interprofessional Experiences in Integrated Primary Care by Jennifer S. Funderburk, Jennifer S. Funderburk, Jennifer S. Funderburk, Julie Gass, Julie Gass, Robyn L. Shepardson, Robyn L. Shepardson, Luke D. Mitzel, Katherine A. Buckheit

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The impact of dietary folate intake on reproductive function in premenopausal women: a prospective cohort study. by Audrey J Gaskins, Sunni L Mumford, Jorge E Chavarro, Cuilin Zhang, Anna Z Pollack, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Neil J Perkins, Enrique F Schisterman

“…Our objective was to evaluate the association between dietary folate intake, hormone levels, and sporadic anovulation in healthy, regularly menstruating women.The BioCycle study (2005-2007) prospectively followed 259 healthy women aged 18-44 years from the western New York region for up to 2 menstrual cycles. Total folate and specific sources of folate were assessed up to 4 times per cycle by 24-hour recall. …”
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Effects of Grazer Exclusion on Carbon Cycling in Created Freshwater Wetlands by Delanie M. Spangler, Anna Christina Tyler, Carmody K. McCalley

“…This study capitalized on a long-term herbivore exclusion experiment to evaluate how herbivore management impacts carbon cycling and storage in a created wetland in Western New York, USA. Vegetation, above- and belowground biomass, soil carbon, carbon gas fluxes and decomposition rates were evaluated in control plots with free access by large grazers and in plots where grazers had been excluded for four years. …”
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Facultative methanotrophs are abundant at terrestrial natural gas seeps by Muhammad Farhan Ul Haque, Andrew T. Crombie, Scott A. Ensminger, Calin Baciu, J. Colin Murrell

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