Health disparities among LGBTQ+ older adults: Challenges and resources. A systematic review by Ilaria TELAZZI, Barbara COLOMBO

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Subjective cognitive decline predicts longitudinal neuropsychological test performance in an unsupervised online setting in the Brain Health Registry by Jae Myeong Kang, Manchumad Manjavong, Chengshi Jin, Adam Diaz, Miriam T. Ashford, Joseph Eichenbaum, Emily Thorp, Elizabeth Wragg, Kenton H. Zavitz, Francesca Cormack, Anna Aaronson, R. Scott Mackin, Rachana Tank, Bernard Landavazo, Erika Cavallone, Diana Truran, Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Michael W. Weiner, Rachel L. Nosheny

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Is there a mental health diagnostic crisis in primary care? Current research practices in global mental health cannot answer that question by Brandon A. Kohrt, Dristy Gurung, Ritika Singh, Sauharda Rai, Mani Neupane, Elizabeth L. Turner, Alyssa Platt, Shifeng Sun, Kamal Gautam, Nagendra P. Luitel, Mark J.D. Jordans

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Endothelial Dysfunction in Women With HIV by Nishant Vatsa, MD, Alireza Rahbar, MD, Tanveer Kauser, MPH, Ariel Kirksey, BS, Daniel A. Gold, MD, Vardhmaan Jain, MD, Matthew E. Gold, MD, Heqiong Wang, MD, MPH, Christina Mehta, PhD, MSPH, Caitlin A. Moran, MD, Alicia K. Smith, PhD, Kimbi Hagen, EdD, Med, Ighovwerha Ofotokun, MD, MSc, Cecile D. Lahiri, MD, MS, Laurence Sperling, MD, Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Puja K. Mehta, MD, Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD, Gretchen N. Neigh, PhD, Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

“…More than half tested HCV-antibody-positive (58%); 62 (5.6%) of the participants with a positive HCV antibody result reported past-year hospitalization with an SBI. Injection behaviors were correlated with other SBI risk factors, including multiple injections in the same injection event (MIPIE), injection equipment sharing, and fentanyl use. …”
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Getting Real: A Naturalistic Methodology for Using Smartphones to Collect Mediated Communications by Chad C. Tossell, Philip Kortum, Clayton W. Shepard, Ahmad Rahmati, Lin Zhong

“…However, researchers must consider how it is employed to preserve naturalistic behaviors. Nine considerations are presented to this end. …”
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Influence of Personal Preferences on Link Dynamics in Social Networks by Ashwin Bahulkar, Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Nitesh Chawla, Omar Lizardo, Kevin Chan

“…We find that personal preferences, in particular political views, and preferences for common activities help predict link formation and dissolution in both the behavioral and cognitive networks.…”
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A Layered Middleware Architecture for Automated Robot Services by Jongsun Choi, Yongseong Cho, Jaeyoung Choi, Jongmyung Choi

“…Firstly, it is required to abstract robots' behaviors from primitive robot functions, and secondly, we need context awareness in order to provide users with the appropriate services. …”
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Bifidobacterium breve BB05 alleviates depressive symptoms in mice via the AKT/mTOR pathway by Yanni Pan, Qingling Huang, Yuan Liang, Yuwuqi Xie, Fang Tan, Xingyao Long

“…IntroductionThis study investigates the potential of Bifidobacterium breve BB05 (BB05) in mitigating depressive symptoms in a mouse model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress (CUMS), with fluoxetine as a positive control.Methods and ResultsHigh-dose BB05 (1.0 × 109 CFU/kg, BB05H) significantly reduced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in CUMS mice, as measured by the open field test, tail suspension test, and forced swim test. …”
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Barriers to Testing and Treatment for Chagas Disease among Latino Immigrants in Georgia by Rebecca M. Minneman, Monique M. Hennink, Andrea Nicholls, Sahar S. Salek, Francisco S. Palomeque, Amina Khawja, Lauren C. Albor, Chester C. Pennock, Juan S. Leon

“…Three healthcare seeking behaviors were identified: delaying treatment, using traditional remedies, and using either mainstream or alternative health providers. …”
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Electroencephalogram biomarkers as predictors of mortality and functional recovery in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Protocol study by Walter Gomes da Silva Filho, Layza Julhia do Nascimento Moura, Arthur Barcelos Massariol Nascimento, Gabrielle Cristina Tessmann, Fabricia Silva Miranda, Vitória Caroline Reinoso de Almeida, Bárbara Vargens Broedel, Miller Lucas de Faria, Fernando Zanela da Silva Arêas

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health condition that causes cognitive and behavioral deficits. This protocol assesses the potential of quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) biomarkers, associated with inflammatory indicators, to predict mortality and functional recovery in patients with severe TBI. …”
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Modulation of Conflict Processing by Theta-Range tACS over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex by Albert Lehr, Niklas Henneberg, Tarana Nigam, Walter Paulus, Andrea Antal

“…Behavioral response conflict arises in the color-word Stroop task and triggers the cognitive control network. …”
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Sorting it Out: Adolescent Refugee’s Perceptions of Food Upon Arrival to the US by Rebecca E. Jones-Antwi, Caroline Owens, Craig Hadley, Solveig A. Cunningham

“…Design: We used methods from cognitive anthropology to assess whether adolescents from different countries share a cultural model of eating behaviors. Setting: A school-based study in a community in the Southeastern U.S. …”
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Noradrenergic inputs from the locus coeruleus to anterior piriform cortex and the olfactory bulb modulate olfactory outputs by Chi Geng, Ruochen Li, Shan Li, Penglai Liu, Yuxin Peng, Changyu Liu, Zhen Wang, Hongxing Zhang, Anan Li

“…Abstract Norepinephrine (NE) released from locus coeruleus (LC) noradrenergic (NAergic) neurons plays a pivotal role in the regulation of olfactory behaviors. However, the precise circuits and receptor mechanisms underlying this function are not well understood. …”
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Biological factors controlling starch digestibility in human digestive system by Cheng Li, Yiming Hu, Songnan Li, Xueer Yi, Shuaibo Shao, Wenwen Yu, Enpeng Li

“…Much technological and scientific efforts from both clinical studies and in vitro simulation models are required for a better understanding of in vivo starch digestion behaviors.…”
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Ultrasound Microbubble-Mediated microRNA-505 Regulates Cervical Cancer Cell Growth via AKT2 by Leilei Xu, Qin Zhang, Changhua Li, Fu Hua, Xiaoping Liu

“…Overexpression of AKT2 reversed the inhibitory effect of USMB-miR-505 on HeLa cell malignant behaviors. Overall, we highlighted that USMB-miR-505 inhibited HeLa cell malignant behaviors by targeting AKT2.…”
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Flavonoids-rich extract of Aframomum melegueta (black pepper) improves antioxidant status and modulates aging process in lead-induced neurotoxic Drosophila melanogaster by Mohammed Sani Jaafaru

“…The present study focused on the investigation of the activity of flavonoid-rich extract in the neurotoxic Drosophila melanogaster model, where behavioral, biochemical, and molecular procedures were conducted to evaluate the activities and expression of phase II antioxidants and age-related enzymes. …”
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Influence of Enhanced Perceptual Features on Development of Neural Specialization for Arabic Print in Early Readers by Roa’a Alsulaiman, Tracy M. Centanni

“…To improve Arabic reading fluency, a new textbook (IQRA) was designed to enhance the visual characteristics of Arabic and, thus, help children recognize the Arabic orthography. Despite promising behavioral improvement, it is unknown whether this improvement is associated with accelerated development of the brain's reading network, which develops over many years. …”
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Evidence of Maintenance Tagging in the Hippocampus for the Persistence of Long-Lasting Memory Storage by Micol Tomaiuolo, Cynthia Katche, Haydee Viola, Jorge H. Medina

“…Its implication on long-term memory (LTM) formation led to postulate the behavioral tagging mechanism. Here we show that a maintenance tagging process may operate in the hippocampus late after acquisition for the persistence of long-lasting memory storage. …”
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