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The overall goal of the larger 3-aim study is to develop and pilot test a training intervention to increase mental health providers' use of evidence-based practices with youth patients. Aim 3 (registered here) of the study is an open trial pilot study at a multi-clinic mental hea…

Despite the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders among Veterans, there has been limited focus on the development of interventions that include family members in treatments provided to Veterans. This is a feasibility study that examines a novel adjunct…

Pre-diabetes (Pre-D) is a precursor to type 2 diabetes (T2D) and characterized by increased exercise fatigability of lower limb muscles, that can impede exercise performance. The cause for the increased fatigability in people with Pre-D is not known. Given the profound vascular d…

After a stroke, plasticity occurs in the brain from microscopic to network level with positive but also negative consequences for functional recovery. Why post-stroke plasticity takes a beneficial or a maladaptive direction is still incompletely understood. Because the biological…

Since the "National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care" debuted in 2012, almost all long-stay psychoactive prescribing has been graded by CMS, which has correlated to decreased use. However, some national data suggest that while these psychoactive medications are being used les…

Prospective cohort study evaluating the electrophysiologic and biochemical effects of stellate ganglion block in patients with ventricular tachycardia.

The main objective of the present study is to add knowledge of the potential health effects and mechanism of action by a dietary strategy based on a VOO rich in phenolic compounds (156 mg hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol/kg oil) alone or combination with prebiotic supplementation based…

The goal of this observational study is to better understand what happens to circulating blood after a patient experiences severe trauma injury. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is severe human trauma associated with specific patterns of development in the hematopoietic …

Thromboembolism and bleeding are still the most common encountered complications during atrial fibrillation ablation. The purpose of this study is to investigate a prespecified protocol-driven continuous heparin infusion method comparing intermittent bolus method for an optimal a…

The Aim Is To Study The Anatomic Relationship Of The Popliteal Vesseles In Two Types Of (OWHTO) Techniques (Monoplanar VS Biplanar) Which Provide More Safe Technique To The PV

Heart failure (HF) is one of the clinical syndromes with the highest morbidity and mortality rates among cardiovascular diseases. Despite pharmacological treatments, symptoms persist in a significant proportion of patients, and mortality cannot be prevented. Therefore, device-bas…

This randomized controlled quasi-experimental study investigated the effects of simulation-based vaginal examination training on skill performance, anxiety, and satisfaction in third-year midwifery students at a state university in Turkey. A total of 67 students participated (32 …

Status of the research project: The main complications of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies (AC) are sudden death, more rarely heart failure. Recently, data are emerging in favor of an associated role of myocardial inflammation and myocarditis in this pathology, but the impact of i…

The goal of the project is to determine the difference in immune activation and HIV reservoir size between People living with HIV (PWH) on tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART) versus PWH on nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-sparing ART. Tenofovir (TFV…

The aim of the present study is to show that the use of 0.55T MRI combined with a "dental" coil produces images of sufficient diagnostic value to assess areas of interest in dentistry, and to compare MR images to traditional, dental-oriented radiographic images for diagnostic pur…

To compare intraoperative as well as postoperative outcomes of SOLTIVE Thulium laser compared to Ho:YAG laser for the treatment of urolithiasis. The hypothesis is that utilizing the SOLTIVE Thulium laser for the treatment of urolithiasis will result in a more efficient procedure…

Sinus surgery is one of the most prevalent ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries, which is mainly carried out nowadays through functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and leads to significant improvement in the clinical symptoms of patients with rhinosinusitis. It is necessary…

Dental anxiety is common in children and may increase during local anesthesia administration. Dental injection anxiety is one of the most frequently reported causes of dental anxiety in pediatric dental patients. Communication-based behavior guidance techniques are commonly used …

This is a prospective, single center, safety and feasibility trial to evaluate the transplantation of the left atrium and pulmonary veins in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis. Consented patients will be listed for transplantation. Once a suitable donor has been identified, th…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of augmented reality-based hospital fire-safety education among hospitalized patients and accompanying caregivers. Hospital fires pose substantial risks to patient safety because of complex clinical environments, high reliance on electrical …