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Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States

Description: The article describes a study that evaluated the possible effect the 11 September 2001, terrorist attacks had on pilot AASs in the U.S. Fatal aviation accidents in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database were searched using the following search words: “suicide”, “murder-suicide” and “homicide-suicide”. The timeline between 11 September 1996, and 11 September 2004, was analyzed. This study showed an association, albeit not determinate causal effect, of a very specific series of … more
Date: November 12, 2018
Creator: Vuorio, Alpo; Laukkala, Tanja; Junttila, Ilkka; Bor, Robert; Budowle, Bruce; Pukkala, Eero et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Sarcoidosis and Its Splenic Wonder: A Rare Case of Isolated Splenic Sarcoidosis

Description: This article is a case study discussing a case of a 40-year-old female with isolated splenic sarcoidosis found to have isolated splenomegaly with multiple hypodense splenic lesions and no other multisystem involvement. Isolated splenomegaly is very rare and an uncommon presentation of sarcoidosis. This case is clinically challenging because of the extensive differential diagnosis. The authors conclude that sarcoidosis of the spleen, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagno… more
Date: November 5, 2018
Creator: Jhaveri, Khushali & Surani, Salim R.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system

Description: Article describes how morbidity and mortality is still a major public health issue in low- and middle-income countries such as Cambodia. This study examines the barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Yasuoka, Junko; Nanishi, Keiko; Kikuchi, Kimiyo; Suzuki, Sumihiro; Ly, Po; Thavrin, Boukheng et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Transitioning from Acute to Chronic Pain: An Examination of Different Trajectories of Low-Back Pain

Description: The article examines the most recent trajectory research, and highlights the importance of developing a broader model for patient evaluation. Traditionally, there has been a widely accepted notion that the transition from acute to chronic pain follows a linear trajectory, where an injury leads to acute episodes, subacute stages, and progresses to a chronic pain condition. However, it appears that pain progression is much more complicated and individualized than this original unsupported assumpt… more
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: Gatchel, Robert J.; Bevers, Kelley; Licciardone, John C.; Su, Jianzhong; Du, Ying & Brotto, Marco
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Biodiversity of protists and nematodes in the wild nonhuman primate gut

Description: Article describes study which used an 18S rRNA gene fragment metabarcoding approach to assess the eukaryotic assemblage of 62 individuals representing 16 nonhuman primate NHP species to better understand the factors that influence the assembly and diversity of gut-associated eukaryotes.
Date: November 12, 2019
Creator: Mann, Allison E.; Mazel, Florent; Lemay, Matthew A.; Morien, Evan; Billy, Vincent; Kowalewski, Martin et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Role of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) in the HIV-1 Life Cycle

Description: This article is an overview the interplay between HIV-1 viral and cellular proteins for restrictions/competitions for proliferation of the virus in the infected cell, which could open a new avenue for the development of therapeutics against HIV-1 via targeting a specific step of the proteasome degradation pathway during the HIV-1 life cycle.
Date: June 19, 2019
Creator: Rojas, Vivian K. & Park, In-Woo
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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