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The Iowa Coding Scheme for Elderspeak: Development and Validation

Featured in the New York Times: Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

Background and Objectives

Elderspeak is communication …

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Ruminant-dense environments increase risk of reported Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections independently of ruminant contact
Cattle and other domestic ruminants are the primary reservoirs of O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). …
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Melanoma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce CD36-Mediated Pre-Metastatic Niche
CD36 expression in both immune and non-immune cells is known to be directly involved in cancer metastasis. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) …
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Bayesian modeling of dynamic behavioral change during an epidemic
For many infectious disease outbreaks, the at-risk population changes their behavior in response to the outbreak severity, causing the …
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Within-herd transmission of Mycoplasma bovis infections after initial detection in dairy cows
Mycoplasma bovis outbreaks in cattle, including pathogen spread between age groups, are not well understood. Our objective was to …
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The Relationship between Rejection of Care Behaviors and Pain and Delirium Severity in Hospital Dementia Care

Background and Objectives

Rejection of care is common in hospitalized persons living with dementia. However, distinguishing between …
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Incorporating infectious duration-dependent transmission into Bayesian epidemic models
Compartmental models are commonly used to describe the spread of infectious diseases by estimating the probabilities of transitions …
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Applying network analysis to assess the development and sustainability of multi-sector coalitions

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Accountable Communities of Health (ACH) models have been popularized through Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation …
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Characteristics of elderspeak communication in hospital dementia care: Findings from The Nurse Talk observational study
Elderspeak communication is typically viewed as patronizing and infantilizing by older adults and can lead to resistive behaviors in …
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Evaluating a state child care assistance program using administrative data
Government supported child care assistance (CCA) programs support low-income families by subsidizing costs of child care for working …
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