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Simon KA, Driver R, Rathus T, Cole A, Kalinowski J, Watson RJ, Eaton LA. HIV Information Avoidance, HIV Stigma, and Medical Mistrust among Black Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States: Associations with HIV Testing. AIDS Behav 2024; 28:12-18. [PMID: 37955807 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04218-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Uptake of HIV testing is a critical step in the HIV prevention and treatment care cascade. Barriers to HIV testing, however, remain and innovative research in this area is warranted to improve uptake of testing. As such, we investigated the role of HIV information avoidance - a novel construct potentially related to HIV testing. We analyzed this construct in relation to other factors known to impact HIV testing, namely HIV stigma and medical mistrust. Multiple linear regression analyses indicated that HIV information avoidance was negatively associated with HIV testing, while medical mistrust was positively associated with HIV testing. HIV testing stigma was not associated with HIV testing. This work contributes to the developing literature on HIV information avoidance and its relationships with HIV stigma and HIV testing uptake. Further, these findings can inform HIV testing interventions which often do not focus on HIV information avoidance. Future research on the mechanisms of information avoidance that are amenable to intervention, and the temporal ordering of the relationship between information avoidance and HIV testing is warranted.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kay A Simon
- Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 1985 Buford Ave St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN, 55108, USA.
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- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York State, NY, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Storrs, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Storrs, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Storrs, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Storrs, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Storrs, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Eaton LA, Huedo-Medina T, Earnshaw VA, Kalichman M, Watson RJ, Driver R, Chandler CJ, Kalinowski J, Kalichman SC. Randomized Clinical Trial of Stigma Counseling and HIV Testing Access Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Transwomen. Prev Sci 2023:10.1007/s11121-023-01603-4. [PMID: 37898978 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-023-01603-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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Advances in HIV prevention tools have outpaced our ability to ensure equitable access to these tools. Novel approaches to reducing known barriers to accessing HIV prevention, such as stigma and logistical-related factors, are urgently needed. To evaluate the efficacy of a randomized controlled trial with four intervention arms to address barriers to HIV/STI testing uptake (primary outcome) and PrEP use, depression, and HIV test results (secondary outcomes). We tested a 2 × 2 research design: main effect 1-stigma-focused vs. health information evaluation-focused counseling, main effect 2-offering HIV/STI testing appointments in person vs. at home with a counselor via video chat, and the interaction of the main effects. Participants (N = 474) residing in the southeastern USA were screened and enrolled in a longitudinal trial. Intervention efficacy was established using generalized linear modeling with binomial or Poisson distributions. Intervention efficacy demonstrated an increase in HIV/STI testing uptake when testing was made available at home with a counselor via video chat vs. in person (83% vs. 75% uptake, p < .05), and participants were also more likely to test positive for HIV over the course of the study in the at-home condition (14.5% vs. 9.4%, p < .05). Stigma-focused counseling resulted in lower depression scores and greater uptake of PrEP among participants < 30 years of age when compared with health information counseling (15.4% vs. 9.6%, p < .05). In order to prevent further disparities between HIV prevention advances and access to HIV prevention tools, we must prioritize improvements in linking people to care. Novel interventions, such as those proposed here, offer a practical, evidence-based path to addressing long-standing barriers to HIV prevention strategies. Trial registration: NCT03107910.
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- Lisa A Eaton
- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA.
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA
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- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA
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- Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Kalinowski J, Idiong C, Blackman-Carr L, Cooksey Stowers K, Davis S, Pan C, Chhabra A, Eaton L, Gans KM, Alexander JE, Pagoto S. Leveraging the Black Girls Run Web-Based Community as a Supportive Community for Physical Activity Engagement: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res 2023; 7:e43825. [PMID: 37676722 PMCID: PMC10514768 DOI: 10.2196/43825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND About 59%-73% of Black women do not meet the recommended targets for physical activity (PA). PA is a key modifiable lifestyle factor that can help mitigate risk for chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension that disproportionately affect Black women. Web-based communities focused on PA have been emerging in recent years as web-based gathering spaces to provide support for PA in specific populations. One example is Black Girls Run (BGR), which is devoted to promoting PA in Black women. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the content shared on the BGR public Facebook page to provide insight into how web-based communities engage Black women in PA and inform the development of web-based PA interventions for Black women. METHODS Using Facebook Crowdtangle, we collected posts (n=397) and associated engagement data from the BGR public Facebook page for the 6-month period between June 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021. We pooled data in Dedoose to analyze the qualitative data and conducted a content analysis of qualitative data. We quantified types of posts, post engagement, and compared post types on engagement: "like," "love," "haha," "wow," "care," "sad," "angry," "comments," and "shares." RESULTS The content analysis revealed 8 categories of posts: shout-outs to members for achievements (n=122, 31%), goals or motivational (n=65, 16%), announcements (n=63, 16%), sponsored or ads (n=54, 14%), health related (n=47, 11%), the lived Black experience (n=23, 6%), self-care (n=15, 4%), and holidays or greetings (n=8, 2%). The 397 posts attracted a total of 55,354 engagements (reactions, comments, and shares). Associations between the number of engagement and post categories were analyzed using generalized linear models. Shout-out posts (n=22,268) elicited the highest average of total user engagement of 181.7 (SD 116.7), followed by goals or motivational posts (n=11,490) with an average total engagement of 160.1 (SD 125.2) and announcements (n=7962) having an average total engagement of 129.9 (SD 170.7). Significant statistical differences were found among the total engagement of posts (χ72=80.99, P<.001), "like" (χ72=119.37, P<.001), "love" (χ72=63.995, P<.001), "wow" (χ72=23.73, P<.001), "care" (χ72=35.06, P<.001), "comments" (χ72=80.55, P<.001), and "shares" (χ72=71.28, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS The majority of content on the BGR Facebook page (n=250, 63%) was focused on celebrating member achievements, motivating members to get active, and announcing and promoting active events. These types of posts attracted 75% of total post engagement. BGR appears to be a rich web-based community that offers social support for PA as well as culturally relevant health and social justice content. Web-based communities may be uniquely positioned to engage minoritized populations in health behavior. Further research should explore how and if web-based communities such as BGR can be interwoven into health interventions and health promotion.
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Communication, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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Eaton LA, Layland EA, Driver R, Kalichman SC, Kalichman MO, Watson RJ, Kalinowski J, Chandler CJ, Earnshaw VA. Novel Latent Profile Analysis of a Test of Concept, Stigma Intervention to Increase PrEP Uptake Among Black Sexual Minority Men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2023; 94:1-9. [PMID: 37195906 PMCID: PMC10524435 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has demonstrated efficacy for HIV prevention, yet uptake of PrEP among populations in urgent need of prevention tools (eg, Black sexual minority men) is limited, and stigma and medical mistrust remain strong barriers to accessing PrEP. PURPOSE To evaluate a test of concept brief intervention to address stigma and medical mistrust as barriers to PrEP uptake using novel latent profile analysis. METHODS Participants (N = 177) residing in the southeastern US were randomized to 1 of 4 arms to establish the potential impact of a brief, stigma focused counseling intervention (referred to as Jumpstart ) to increase PrEP uptake. We estimated intervention effect size (Cramer's V) for PrEP uptake and then explored differential intervention effects across latent profiles of psychosocial barriers to PrEP use. RESULTS The intervention resulted in small, but meaningful effect size, with self-reported PrEP uptake increasing across Jumpstart conditions with the control condition reporting 24% uptake and Jumpstart plus text/phone calls (the most intensive intervention arm) reporting 37% uptake, and a similar pattern emerging for biologically confirmed PrEP use. Among participants 30 and older, Jumpstart participants were more likely to move to a postintervention profile with fewer barriers than control participants and reported the highest uptake of PrEP. CONCLUSIONS Addressing social/emotional barriers to PrEP uptake is an essential component of bridging the gap between advances being made in biomedical forms of HIV prevention, and establishing and supporting access to those advances.
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- Lisa A. Eaton
- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
- Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Simon KA, Hanna-Walker V, Clark AN, Driver R, Kalinowski J, Watson RJ, Eaton LA. "This Is To Help Me Move Forward": The Role of PrEp in Harnessing Sex Positivity and Empowerment Among Black Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States. J Sex Res 2023; 60:741-751. [PMID: 36239604 PMCID: PMC10102248 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2131704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In the United States (U.S.), Black sexual minority men (BSMM) are disproportionately burdened by HIV. Prevention advances, such as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), play a key role in reducing HIV transmission and improving our understanding of sexual expression and health. Despite these advances, little is known regarding the potential link between PrEP use and positive sexuality, including the benefits that BSMM see in accessing PrEP. We conducted a thematic analysis of 32 interviews with BSMM in the Southern U.S. regarding their PrEP beliefs. We developed five themes: (1) Sexual freedom, (2) Agency and empowerment, (3) Making PrEP normative, (4) Behavioral health practices, and (5) Committed relationship tensions. Our findings suggest that BSMM are increasingly concerned about freedom of choice and invested in sexual empowerment as related to their PrEP use. Further, unanticipated benefits, community support, and relationship tensions are salient factors in considerations of PrEP use among BSMM. These findings have implications for how we might understand a broader movement toward sexual empowerment and positivity, and the pivotal role that PrEP serves in this movement.
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- Kay A. Simon
- Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Arabadjian M, Duberstein ZT, Sperber SH, Kaur K, Kalinowski J, Xia Y, Hausvater A, O'Hare O, Smilowitz NR, Dickson VV, Zhong H, Berger JS, Hochman JS, Reynolds HR, Spruill TM. Role of Resilience in the Psychological Recovery of Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Heart Assoc 2023; 12:e027092. [PMID: 37026542 PMCID: PMC10227277 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.027092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Background Psychological well-being is important among individuals with myocardial infarction (MI) given the clear links between stress, depression, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Stress and depressive disorders are more prevalent in women than men after MI. Resilience may protect against stress and depressive disorders after a traumatic event. Longitudinal data are lacking in populations post MI. We examined the role of resilience in the psychological recovery of women post MI, over time. Methods and Results We analyzed a sample from a longitudinal observational multicenter study (United States, Canada) of women post MI, between 2016 and 2020. Perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale-4 [PSS-4]) and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-2 [PHQ-2]) were assessed at baseline (time of MI) and 2 months post MI. Demographics, clinical characteristics, and resilience (Brief Resilience Scale [BRS]) were collected at baseline. Low and normal/high resilience groups were established as per published cutoffs (BRS scores <3 or ≥3). Mixed-effects modeling was used to examine associations between resilience and psychological recovery over 2 months. The sample included 449 women, mean (SD) age, 62.2 (13.2) years, of whom 61.1% identified as non-Hispanic White, 18.5% as non-Hispanic Black, and 15.4% as Hispanic/Latina. Twenty-three percent had low resilience. The low resilience group had significantly higher PSS-4 and PHQ-2 scores than the normal/high resilience group at all time points. In adjusted models, both groups showed a decrease in PSS-4 scores over time. Conclusions In a diverse cohort of women post MI, higher resilience is associated with better psychological recovery over time. Future work should focus on developing strategies to strengthen resilience and improve psychological well-being for women with MI. Registration URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02905357; Unique identifier: NCT02905357.
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- Milla Arabadjian
- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Center for Population and Health Services ResearchNYU Long Island School of MedicineMineolaNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of ConnecticutStamfordCT
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- NYU Rory Meyers College of NursingNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- NYU Rory Meyers College of NursingNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women’s Cardiovascular ResearchNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
- Department of Population HealthNYU Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY
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Wiginton JM, Eaton LA, Kalinowski J, Watson RJ, Kalichman SC. Lifetime prevalence of syphilis infection among predominantly Black sexual and gender minorities living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia: a cross-sectional analysis. Ethn Health 2023; 28:159-169. [PMID: 34818951 PMCID: PMC9126996 DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2021.2007225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Syphilis infection disproportionately impacts Black sexual and gender minorities (SGM) in the United States. The extent of this impact among those living with HIV has been minimally examined. This study sought to examine lifetime syphilis prevalence and associated factors in a community sample of predominantly Black SGM living with HIV in the Southeastern US. DESIGN Participants (N = 174) enrolled in a stigma-mitigation trial for people living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia, completed a sub-study involving testing for Treponema pallidum antibodies, indicative of lifetime syphilis infection. We performed chi-square and Fisher's exact tests to assess sociodemographic and healthcare differences by presence/absence of lifetime syphilis infection. RESULTS Most participants identified as non-Hispanic Black (n = 142/174; 81.6%) and cisgender male (n = 146/174; 83.9%). More than two thirds (n = 120/174) identified as gay/homosexual. We documented a 55.7% (n = 97/174) lifetime prevalence of syphilis infection and observed differences by sexual identity, with 77.3% (n = 75/97) of those screening positive reporting gay/homosexual identity relative to 58.4% (n = 45/77) of those screening negative (chi-square[1] = 7.8, p < 0.010). CONCLUSION Findings underscore how syphilis prevention efforts have missed the most marginalized, warranting a renewed, comprehensive strategy for improving the sexual health of Black SGM. Embedding targeted, respectful community engagement, expanded testing access, and healthcare provider training into broader sexual health and psychosocial wellness efforts is needed.
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- John Mark Wiginton
- Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Hanna-Walker V, Simon KA, Lawrence SE, Driver R, Kalinowski J, Watson RJ, Eaton LA. Black Sexual Minority Men's Stigma-Based Experiences Surrounding Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the Southern United States. LGBT Health 2022; 10:245-251. [PMID: 36516136 PMCID: PMC10079246 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2022.0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Purpose: Intersecting experiences of stigma related to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) influence PrEP uptake among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) living in the southern United States; however, it is unclear what stigmatized identities and behaviors are impacted when accessing human immunodeficiency virus prevention options. To inform identity-specific PrEP interventions, this study examined stigma in BSMM's lives relating to intersecting experiences of PrEP stigma. Methods: We conducted 32 virtual, semistructured qualitative interviews with BSMM residing in the southeastern United States between February and April 2019. Results: We identified three themes (anticipated stigma, experiences of prejudice and stereotyping, and negative attitudes) and one subtheme within negative attitudes (othering social/sexual groups). Across all themes, PrEP stigma was often manifested through stigma against BSMM's sexual orientation or sexual behavior. BSMM in othering social/sexual groups displayed instances of cognitive dissonance by regularly expressing negative attitudes about and explicitly distancing themselves from social/sexual groups based on sexual orientation and sexual behavior. BSMM's race and gender were rarely mentioned as being stigmatized. Conclusions: Interventions focused on PrEP use could benefit from expanding their definition of PrEP stigma to include a stronger emphasis on intersecting identities and work to reduce cognitive dissonance in BSMM in the form of internalized homophobia.
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- Veronica Hanna-Walker
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Kalinowski J, Wurtz H, Baird M, Willen SS. Shouldering the load yet again: Black women's experiences of stress during COVID-19. SSM - Mental Health 2022; 2:100140. [PMID: 35974954 PMCID: PMC9371978 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Black women in the United States experience considerable amounts of stress, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies have linked stress to adverse mental and physical outcomes for Black women and, moreover, shown that Black women are more susceptible to maladaptive coping, which compounds these risks. Research on the Superwoman Schema and Sojourner's Syndrome, for instance, shows how Black women are compelled to portray strength and resilience while suffering internally and experiencing poor health outcomes. These phenomena can be attributed to the historical expectations of Black women to be pillars of their families and sources of strength despite adversity and persistent institutional discrimination. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Black women's greater likelihood of holding “essential worker” roles has further increased their risk of both COVID-19 exposure and heightened stress. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated long standing structural inequities and disparities between Black women and other racial/ethnic groups. Drawing on journal entries submitted by Black women participating in the Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP), a combined online journaling platform and interdisciplinary research study, this paper illuminates the voices of Black women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy-two Black women created journal entries using the PJP platform. We analyze the stories, idioms, and feelings they recorded during a global pandemic. We identify three prominent domains of stress: work and school, caregiving, and social (dis)connectedness. In addition to exploring manifestations of stress across these domains, we, discuss some of the mental health implications of COVID-19 and explore the potential for regular journaling as a possible mode of stress management among Black women.
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Kalinowski J, Huang Y, Rivas MA, Barcelona V, Wright ML, Crusto C, Spruill T, Sun YV, Taylor JY. Stress Overload and DNA Methylation in African American Women in the Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure Study. Epigenet Insights 2022; 15:25168657221126314. [PMID: 36246163 PMCID: PMC9554129 DOI: 10.1177/25168657221126314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Introduction: Experiencing psychosocial stress is associated with poor health outcomes such as hypertension and obesity, which are risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease. African American women experience disproportionate risk for cardiovascular disease including exposure to high levels of psychosocial stress. We hypothesized that psychosocial stress, such as perceived stress overload, may influence epigenetic marks, specifically DNA methylation (DNAm), that contribute to increased risk for cardiovascular disease in African American women. Methods: We conducted an epigenome-wide study evaluating the relationship of psychosocial stress and DNAm among African American mothers from the Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure (InterGEN) cohort. Linear mixed effects models were used to explore the epigenome-wide associations with the Stress Overload Scale (SOS), which examines self-reported past-week stress, event load and personal vulnerability. Results: In total, n = 228 participants were included in our analysis. After adjusting for known epigenetic confounders, we did not identify any DNAm sites associated with maternal report of stress measured by SOS after controlling for multiple comparisons. Several of the top differentially methylated CpG sites related to SOS score (P < 1 × 10−5), mapped to genes of unknown significance for hypertension or heart disease, namely, PXDNL and C22orf42. Conclusions: This study provides foundational knowledge for future studies examining epigenetic associations with stress and other psychosocial measures in African Americans, a key area for growth in epigenetics. Future studies including larger sample sizes and replication data are warranted.
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA,Jolaade Kalinowski, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT 06279-1248, USA.
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Columbia University School of Nursing and Center for Research on People of Color, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Columbia University School of Nursing and Center for Research on People of Color, New York, NY, USA
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Hain C, Cieslak C, Stadler R, Kalinowski J. Structural variations in low tumor fraction mycosis fungoides unraveled by nanopore sequencing. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)00614-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Watson RJ, Morgan E, Collibee C, Kalinowski J, Cunningham C, Edelman EJ, Chan P, Eaton LA. Substance Use and Healthcare Utilization Across the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care Cascade among Black and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men. Subst Use Misuse 2022; 57:1698-1707. [PMID: 35938746 PMCID: PMC9554788 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2108059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
Abstract
Background: Despite the documented efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, large disparities in uptake and adherence exist among Black and Latino/Hispanic men who have sex with men (BLMSM). Limited data exists among BLMSM on the impact of substance use at different stages of the PrEP Care Cascade. We examined the ways substance (alcohol, cannabis, other drug) use is related to PrEP experiences across the PrEP Care Cascade (PrEP aware/no use; PrEP use/discontinuation; PrEP use/adherent).Methods: We utilized data from a national sample of 908 BLMSM (Mage = 25.17, range: 18-29), collected between February and October 2020.Results: We found that heavier alcohol use, more other drug (e.g., cocaine) use, more participant healthcare utilization, and higher number of partners across all measures of substance use were separately associated with a lower likelihood of being aware of PrEP. These same factors were also associated with a higher likelihood of PrEP adherence. Conversely, only cannabis use was associated with discontinuation of PrEP use.Conclusions: While we confirm some earlier findings (i.e., alcohol use is associated with both PrEP discontinuation and PrEP use), we newly identify cannabis as a barrier to the adherence of PrEP. Our findings highlight the need for improved PrEP interventions to increase awareness among BLMSM with substance use who are among the most at-risk for HIV infection.
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- Ryan J Watson
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- College of Nursing, Infectious Disease Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Program in Addiction Medicine, Yale School of Medicine and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Kalinowski J, Talbert RD, Woods B, Langford A, Cole H, Barcelona V, Crusto C, Taylor JY. Police Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms in African American Women: The Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure Study. Health Equity 2022; 6:527-532. [PMID: 36186618 PMCID: PMC9518801 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2021.0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Columbia University School of Nursing and Center for Research on People of Color, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Columbia University School of Nursing and Center for Research on People of Color, New York, New York, USA
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Kalinowski J, Layland EK, Eaton LA, Watson RJ. Strong Ethnic Identity Buffers the Association of Heterosexism with Substance Use Among Black Sexual Minority Men. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2022; 10:1270-1279. [PMID: 35556225 PMCID: PMC9936572 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01312-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Heterosexist stigma, including microaggressions experienced in their own racial/ethnic communities, may partially explain disproportionate levels of substance use involvement among Black sexual minority men (BSMM). A strong sense of ethnic identity may provide BSMM with a protective resource. The purpose of this study was to explore associations between ethnic identity and substance use in BSMM. METHODS Data were from Black sexual minority men (n = 390 Mage = 25.28; SD = 2.81) in the PrEP and Substance Use National Survey collected from March 2020 to August 2020 that included self-reported cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamines, inhalants, hallucinogens, prescription drugs misuse, and overall substance use involvement. Using zero-inflated negative binomial regression, we assessed the association between heterosexist microaggressions within BSMM's racial/ethnic communities and substance use involvement, moderated by subjective sense of ethnic identity. RESULTS More than half of participants reported past 3-month substance use. Heterosexist microaggressions were associated with higher relative risk of cannabis use involvement (RR = 1.76; 95% CI 1.13-2.73) and overall substance use involvement (RR = 2.23; 95% CI 1.39-3.56). Stronger ethnic identity buffered the association of heterosexism on substance use involvement (cannabis: RR = 0.82; 95% CI 0.72-0.95; overall: RR = 0.77; 95% CI 0.66-0.89). CONCLUSION Nurturing ethnic identity development and reducing heterosexist stigma in Black communities may be a culturally responsive, two-pronged approach to reducing substance use involvement among BSMM. BSMM with strong ethnic identity demonstrated resilience to heterosexist stigma. Future research should examine the extent to which ethnic identity may be cultivated as a protective resource against substance use involvement.
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA.
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research On AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06279-1248, USA
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Harding BN, Hawley CN, Kalinowski J, Sims M, Muntner P, Young Mielcarek BA, Heckbert SR, Floyd JS. Relationship between social support and incident hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study: a cohort study. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e054812. [PMID: 35301208 PMCID: PMC8932258 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Social support may be an important mitigating factor against adverse cardiovascular outcomes by facilitating health-promoting behaviours or by buffering against the negative effects of stress. This study examined the association of social support with incident hypertension. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING We evaluated the association of social support with incident hypertension among participants in the Jackson Heart Study, a community-based cohort of African Americans. PARTICIPANTS This study included African American adults, who were free of hypertension at baseline (2000-2004). Functional social support, structural social support and satisfaction with social support were assessed at baseline among 1516, 1240 and 1503 participants, respectively. OUTCOME MEASURES Incident hypertension was assessed at follow-up examinations in 2005-2008 and 2009-2013. Incident hypertension was defined by the first visit with systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg or self-reported antihypertensive medication use. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to estimate the association of baseline social support with incident hypertension, adjusting for relevant confounders. RESULTS At baseline, the mean age of participants was 50 years and 64% were men. During a median follow-up time of 6.9 years, 54% of participants developed hypertension. A high level of functional social support was associated with lower risk of incident hypertension (incident rate ratio 0.64, (95% CI 0.41 to 0.97)), compared with a low level of functional social support. Level of structural social support and satisfaction with social support were not associated with hypertension risk. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that greater functional support may be associated with a lower risk of incident hypertension.
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- Barbara N Harding
- Non-Communicable Diseases and Environment, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Langford AT, Butler M, Booth JN, Jin P, Bress AP, Tanner RM, Kalinowski J, Blanc J, Seixas A, Shimbo D, Sims M, Ogedegbe G, Spruill TM. Stress and Depression Are Associated With Life's Simple 7 Among African Americans With Hypertension: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2021; 34:1311-1321. [PMID: 34272853 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The American Heart Association created the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metrics to promote cardiovascular health (CVH) by achieving optimal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, physical activity, diet, weight, and smoking status. The degree to which psychosocial factors such as stress and depression impact one's ability to achieve optimal CVH is unclear, particularly among hypertensive African Americans. METHODS Cross-sectional analyses included 1,819 African Americans with hypertension participating in the Jackson Heart Study (2000-2004). Outcomes were LS7 composite and individual component scores (defined as poor, intermediate, ideal). High perceived chronic stress was defined as the top quartile of Weekly Stress Inventory scores. High depressive symptoms were defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale scores of ≥16. We compared 4 groups: high stress alone; high depressive symptoms alone; high stress and high depressive symptoms; low stress and low depressive symptoms (reference) using linear regression for total LS7 scores and logistic regression for LS7 components. RESULTS Participants with both high stress and depressive symptoms had lower composite LS7 scores (B [95% confidence interval] = -0.34 [-0.65 to -0.02]) than those with low stress and depressive symptoms in unadjusted and age/sex-adjusted models. They also had poorer health status for smoking (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] = 0.52 [0.35-0.78]) and physical activity (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] = 0.71 [0.52-0.95]) after full covariate adjustment. CONCLUSIONS The combination of high stress and high depressive symptoms was associated with poorer LS7 metrics in hypertensive African Americans. Psychosocial interventions may increase the likelihood of engaging in behaviors that promote optimal CVH.
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- Aisha T Langford
- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Institute of Health System Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Department of Real-World Evidence and Late Phase, CTI Clinical Trials and Consulting Services, Inc., Covington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Kalinowski J, Kaur K, Newsome-Garcia V, Langford A, Kalejaiye A, Vieira D, Izeogu C, Blanc J, Taylor J, Ogedegbe O, Spruill T. Stress interventions and hypertension in Black women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 17:17455065211009751. [PMID: 34254559 PMCID: PMC8280834 DOI: 10.1177/17455065211009751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Black women have high
rates of hypertension compared to women of other racial or ethnic groups and are
disproportionately affected by psychosocial stressors such as racial
discrimination, gender discrimination, and caregiving stress. Evidence suggests
that stress is associated with incident hypertension and hypertension risk.
Stress management is associated with improvements improved blood pressure
outcomes. The purpose of this review is to synthesize evidence on effects of
stress management interventions on blood pressure in Black women. A
comprehensive search of scientific databases was conducted. Inclusion criteria
included studies that were: (1) primary research that tested an intervention;
(2) in the English language; (3) included African-American women; (4)
incorporated stress in the intervention; (5) included blood pressure as an
outcome; and (6) were US based. Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria. Ten
(56%) studies tested meditation-based interventions, two (11%) tested coping and
affirmation interventions, and six (33%) tested lifestyle modification
interventions that included stress management content. Thirteen of the studies
were randomized controlled trials. Reductions in blood pressure were observed in
all of the meditation-based interventions, although the magnitude and
statistical significance varied. Comprehensive lifestyle interventions were also
efficacious for reducing blood pressure, although the relative contribution of
stress management versus behavior modification could not be evaluated. Coping
and affirmation interventions did not affect blood pressure. Most of the
reviewed studies included small numbers of Black women and did not stratify
results by race and gender, so effects remain unclear. This review highlights
the urgent need for studies specifically focusing on Black women. Given the
extensive disparities in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, whether
stress management can lower blood pressure and improve primary and secondary
cardiovascular disease prevention among Black women is an important question for
future research.
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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Zhang Y, Schwartz JE, Jaeger BC, An J, Bellows BK, Clark D, Langford AT, Kalinowski J, Ogedegbe O, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Min YI, Reynolds K, Shimbo D, Moran AE, Muntner P. Association Between Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Coronary Artery Calcification: The JHS. Hypertension 2021; 77:1886-1894. [PMID: 33896192 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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[Figure: see text].
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- Yiyi Zhang
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (Y.Z., J.E.S., B.K.B., D.S., A.E.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (Y.Z., J.E.S., B.K.B., D.S., A.E.M.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY (J.E.S.)
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham. Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA (J.A., K.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (Y.Z., J.E.S., B.K.B., D.S., A.E.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (Y.Z., J.E.S., B.K.B., D.S., A.E.M.)
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine (A.T.L., J.K., O.O.)
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine (A.T.L., J.K., O.O.)
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine (A.T.L., J.K., O.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (J.J.C., J.G.T.)
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (J.J.C., J.G.T.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (D.C., Y.-I.M.)
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham. Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA (J.A., K.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (D.C., Y.-I.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (Y.Z., J.E.S., B.K.B., D.S., A.E.M.)
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Hardy ST, Sakhuja S, Jaeger BC, Oparil S, Akinyelure OP, Spruill TM, Kalinowski J, Butler M, Anstey DE, Elfassy T, Tajeu GS, Allen NB, Reges O, Sims M, Shimbo D, Muntner P. Maintaining Normal Blood Pressure Across the Life Course: The JHS. Hypertension 2021; 77:1490-1499. [PMID: 33745299 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.16278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Shakia T Hardy
- From the Department of Epidemiology (S.T.H., S.S., O.P.A., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- From the Department of Epidemiology (S.T.H., S.S., O.P.A., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Biostatistics (B.C.J.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham (S.O.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology (S.T.H., S.S., O.P.A., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY (T.M.S., M.B.)
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs (J.K.)
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY (T.M.S., M.B.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (D.E.A., D.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami, FL (T.E.)
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- Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (G.S.T.)
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (N.B.A., O.R.)
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (N.B.A., O.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS (M.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (D.E.A., D.S.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology (S.T.H., S.S., O.P.A., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Izeogu C, Kalinowski J, Schoenthaler A. Strategies to Improve Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Medications: a Narrative Review. Curr Hypertens Rep 2020; 22:105. [PMID: 33165652 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-020-01115-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Medication adherence is critical for effective management of hypertension, yet half of patients with hypertension are non-adherent to medications. In this review, we describe and critically evaluate medication adherence interventions published in the past 3 years for patients with hypertension. RECENT FINDINGS We identified 1593 articles and 163 underwent full review, of which 42 studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies were classified into eight categories: simplification of medication regimen (e.g., fixed dose combination pills); electronic Health (eHealth) tools (e.g., text messaging reminders); behavioral counseling (e.g., motivational interviewing); healthcare system changes (e.g., patient-centered medical home); patient education; multicomponent chronic disease management program; home blood pressure monitoring; and financial incentives. Studies utilizing strategies to simplify medication regimens, eHealth tools, patient education, and behavioral counseling were most likely to report positive findings. Interventions targeting patient behavior were more likely to be associated with improvements in medication adherence compared to those targeting providers or the healthcare system. eHealth tools show promise for augmenting behavioral interventions. A major limitation of included trials was short study duration and use of self-report measures of medication adherence. Future research should explore how complex interventions that utilize a combination of evidence-based strategies and target multiple adherence behaviors (e.g., both day-to-day medication taking and long-term persistence) may be efficacious in improving medication adherence.
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- Chigozirim Izeogu
- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Langford A, Orellana K, Kalinowski J, Aird C, Buderer N. Use of Tablets and Smartphones to Support Medical Decision Making in US Adults: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020; 8:e19531. [PMID: 32784181 PMCID: PMC7450375 DOI: 10.2196/19531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tablet and smartphone ownership have increased among US adults over the past decade. However, the degree to which people use mobile devices to help them make medical decisions remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to explore factors associated with self-reported use of tablets or smartphones to support medical decision making in a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS Cross-sectional data from participants in the 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 5, Cycle 2) were evaluated. There were 3504 responses in the full HINTS 5 Cycle 2 data set; 2321 remained after eliminating respondents who did not have complete data for all the variables of interest. The primary outcome was use of a tablet or smartphone to help make a decision about how to treat an illness or condition. Sociodemographic factors including gender, race/ethnicity, and education were evaluated. Additionally, mobile health (mHealth)- and electronic health (eHealth)-related factors were evaluated including (1) the presence of health and wellness apps on a tablet or smartphone, (2) use of electronic devices other than tablets and smartphones to monitor health (eg, Fitbit, blood glucose monitor, and blood pressure monitor), and (3) whether people shared health information from an electronic monitoring device or smartphone with a health professional within the last 12 months. Descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted using SAS version 9.4. Weighted population estimates and standard errors, univariate odds ratios, and 95% CIs were calculated, comparing respondents who used tablets or smartphones to help make medical decisions (n=944) with those who did not (n=1377), separately for each factor. Factors of interest with a P value of <.10 were included in a subsequent multivariable logistic regression model. RESULTS Compared with women, men had lower odds of reporting that a tablet or smartphone helped them make a medical decision. Respondents aged 75 and older also had lower odds of using a tablet or smartphone compared with younger respondents aged 18-34. By contrast, those who had health and wellness apps on tablets or smartphones, used other electronic devices to monitor health, and shared information from devices or smartphones with health care professionals had higher odds of reporting that tablets or smartphones helped them make a medical decision, compared with those who did not. CONCLUSIONS A limitation of this research is that information was not available regarding the specific health condition for which a tablet or smartphone helped people make a decision or the type of decision made (eg, surgery, medication changes). In US adults, mHealth and eHealth use, and also certain sociodemographic factors are associated with using tablets or smartphones to support medical decision making. Findings from this study may inform future mHealth and other digital health interventions designed to support medical decision making.
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- Aisha Langford
- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Nancy Buderer Consulting, LLC, Oak Harbor, OH, United States
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Kalinowski J, Wallace BC, Williams NJ, Spruill TM. <p>Women’s Perspectives On Provider Education Regarding Opioid Use</p>. J Pain Res 2020; 13:39-47. [PMID: 32021393 PMCID: PMC6957101 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s215943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective To elucidate women’s experiences with opioid medications and their perspectives on provider education regarding opioid use, risks and safety. Methods Women with a self-reported history of pain who had been prescribed opioids were recruited in 2016 using a convenience sampling approach that included an online social media campaign. Participants (N=154) completed online surveys and open-ended questions regarding their experiences with pain and opioids, and their perspectives on the quality of education they received from their providers. Results Participants reported receiving insufficient education about opioid-related side effects, as reflected in both ratings for the quantity and quality of education they received from their providers. Non-white participants reported lower quantity and poorer quality of provider education (p<0.05). Themes identified from the qualitative data included frustrations with pain management options, fear of opioids, stigma associated with opioid use, and the need for improved provider education and patient-provider communication. Conclusion Findings suggest that from a patient’s perspective, there is a need for enhanced patient-provider communication and education regarding pain management and potential opioid-related side effects. Improved physician communication and education could promote shared decision-making and result in enhanced satisfaction with care and health outcomes.
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Correspondence: Jolaade Kalinowski NYU School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, 7-21A, New York, NY10016, USATel +1 646 501-3437 Email
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- Department of Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Jolaade Kalinowski
- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY (J.K., T.M.S.)
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- Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY (J.Y.T.)
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY (J.K., T.M.S.)
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Hubbard D, Colantonio LD, Tanner RM, Carson AP, Sakhuja S, Jaeger BC, Carey RM, Cohen LP, Shimbo D, Butler M, Bertoni AG, Langford AT, Booth JN, Kalinowski J, Muntner P. Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes Care 2019; 42:2322-2329. [PMID: 31591089 PMCID: PMC7011196 DOI: 10.2337/dc19-1074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Recent studies have suggested that prediabetes is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) only among individuals with concomitant hypertension. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed the association between prediabetes and CVD by hypertension status among 3,313 black adults in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) without diabetes or a history of CVD at baseline (2000-2004). Prediabetes was defined as fasting plasma glucose between 100 and 125 mg/dL or hemoglobin A1c between 5.7 and 6.4% (39 and 46 mmol/mol). Hypertension was defined as systolic/diastolic blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg and/or self-reported antihypertensive medication use. Participants were followed for incident CVD events and all-cause mortality through 31 December 2014. RESULTS Overall, 35% of JHS participants did not have prediabetes or hypertension, 18% had prediabetes alone, 22% had hypertension alone, and 25% had both prediabetes and hypertension. Compared with participants without either condition, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for CVD events among participants with prediabetes alone, hypertension alone, and both prediabetes and hypertension were 0.86 (95% CI 0.51, 1.45), 2.09 (1.39, 3.14), and 1.93 (1.28, 2.90), respectively. Among participants with and without hypertension, there was no association between prediabetes and an increased risk for CVD (0.78 [0.46, 1.34] and 0.94 [0.70, 1.26], respectively). No association was present between prediabetes and all-cause mortality among participants with or without hypertension. CONCLUSIONS Regardless of hypertension status, prediabetes was not associated with an increased risk for CVD or all-cause mortality in this cohort of black adults.
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- Columbia Hypertension Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Columbia Hypertension Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Jaeger BC, Anstey DE, Bress AP, Booth JN, Butler M, Clark D, Howard G, Kalinowski J, Long DL, Ogedegbe G, Plante TB, Shimbo D, Sims M, Supiano MA, Whelton PK, Muntner P. Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Adults Aged ≥60 Years According to Recommendations by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and American College of Physicians/American Academy of Family Physicians. Hypertension 2019; 73:327-334. [PMID: 30595115 PMCID: PMC6392064 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.12291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In 2017, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and the American College of Physicians/American Academy of Family Physicians (ACP/AAFP) published blood pressure guidelines. Adults recommended antihypertensive medication initiation or intensification by the ACP/AAFP guideline receive the same recommendation from the ACC/AHA guideline. However, many adults ≥60 years old are recommended to initiate or intensify antihypertensive medication by the ACC/AHA but not the ACP/AAFP guideline. We compared atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event rates according to antihypertensive treatment recommendations in the ACC/AHA and ACP/AAFP guidelines among adults ≥60 years old with systolic blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mm Hg in the REGARDS study (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) and the JHS (Jackson Heart Study). Among 4311 participants not taking antihypertensive medication at baseline, 11.4%, 61.2%, and 27.4% were recommended antihypertensive medication initiation by neither guideline, the ACC/AHA but not the ACP/AAFP guideline, and both guidelines, respectively. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event rates (95% CI) for these groups were 3.4 (1.6-5.2), 18.0 (16.1-19.8), and 25.3 (21.9-28.6) per 1000 person-years, respectively. Among 7281 participants taking antihypertensive medication at baseline, 57.9% and 42.1% were recommended antihypertensive medication intensification by the ACC/AHA but not the ACP/AAFP guideline and both guidelines, respectively. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event rates (95% CI) for these groups were 18.2 (16.7-19.7) and 33.0 (30.5-35.4) per 1000 person-years, respectively. In conclusion, adults recommended initiation or intensification of antihypertensive medication by the ACC/AHA but not the ACP/AAFP guideline have high atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk that may be reduced through treatment initiation or intensification.
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- Byron C Jaeger
- From the Department of Biostatistics (B.C.J., G.H., D.L.L.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY (D.E.A., D.S.)
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (A.P.B.)
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- Department of Epidemiology (J.N.B., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, New York University School of Medicine, NY (M.B., J.K., G.O.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson (D.C., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Biostatistics (B.C.J., G.H., D.L.L.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, New York University School of Medicine, NY (M.B., J.K., G.O.)
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- From the Department of Biostatistics (B.C.J., G.H., D.L.L.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, New York University School of Medicine, NY (M.B., J.K., G.O.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington (T.B.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY (D.E.A., D.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson (D.C., M.S.)
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- Geriatrics Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, and George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City (M.A.S.)
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (P.K.W.)
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- Department of Epidemiology (J.N.B., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Spruill TM, Butler MJ, Thomas SJ, Tajeu GS, Kalinowski J, Castañeda SF, Langford AT, Abdalla M, Blackshear C, Allison M, Ogedegbe G, Sims M, Shimbo D. Association Between High Perceived Stress Over Time and Incident Hypertension in Black Adults: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e012139. [PMID: 31615321 PMCID: PMC6898810 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Background Chronic psychological stress has been associated with hypertension, but few studies have examined this relationship in blacks. We examined the association between perceived stress levels assessed annually for up to 13 years and incident hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study, a community‐based cohort of blacks. Methods and Results Analyses included 1829 participants without hypertension at baseline (Exam 1, 2000–2004). Incident hypertension was defined as blood pressure≥140/90 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication use at Exam 2 (2005–2008) or Exam 3 (2009–2012). Each follow‐up interval at risk of hypertension was categorized as low, moderate, or high perceived stress based on the number of annual assessments between exams in which participants reported “a lot” or “extreme” stress over the previous year (low, 0 high stress ratings; moderate, 1 high stress rating; high, ≥2 high stress ratings). During follow‐up (median, 7.0 years), hypertension incidence was 48.5%. Hypertension developed in 30.6% of intervals with low perceived stress, 34.6% of intervals with moderate perceived stress, and 38.2% of intervals with high perceived stress. Age‐, sex‐, and time‐adjusted risk ratios (95% CI) associated with moderate and high perceived stress versus low perceived stress were 1.19 (1.04–1.37) and 1.37 (1.20–1.57), respectively (P trend<0.001). The association was present after adjustment for demographic, clinical, and behavioral factors and baseline stress (P trend=0.001). Conclusions In a community‐based cohort of blacks, higher perceived stress over time was associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension. Evaluating stress levels over time and intervening when high perceived stress is persistent may reduce hypertension risk.
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- Tanya M Spruill
- Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY
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- Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Alabama at Birmingham AL
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- Department of Health Services Administration and Policy Temple University Philadelphia PA
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- Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY
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- Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University San Diego CA
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- Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY
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- Department of Medicine Columbia University Medical Center New York NY
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- Department of Data Science University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson MS
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- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health University of California at San Diego CA
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- Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY
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- Department of Medicine University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson MS
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- Department of Medicine Columbia University Medical Center New York NY
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Koshla OT, Rokytskyy IV, Ostash IS, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Mösker E, Süssmuth RD, Fedorenko VO, Ostash BO. Secondary Metabolome and Transcriptome of Streptomyces albus J1074 in Liquid Medium SG2. CYTOL GENET+ 2019. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452719010080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Schmidt F, Steinhilber A, Hammer H, Mentz A, Kalinowski J, Lichtenstein D, Braeuning A, Marx-Stoelting P, Lampen A, Joos T, Pötz O. Analysis of toxicologically relevant biomarkers in pesticide-treated HepaRG cells by MS-based immunoassays. Toxicol Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Grenz S, Baumann P, Nebel B, Rückert C, Kalinowski J, Takors R, Blombach B. Aerobe Produktion von Isoprenoiden aus Synthesegas mit Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava
DSM1084. CHEM-ING-TECH 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201855269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- S. Grenz
- Universität Stuttgart; Institute für Bioverfahrenstechnik; Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Universität Stuttgart; Institute für Bioverfahrenstechnik; Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Universität Stuttgart; Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie; Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Universität Bielefeld; Center for Biotechnology; Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Deutschland
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- Universität Bielefeld; Center for Biotechnology; Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Deutschland
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- Universität Stuttgart; Institute für Bioverfahrenstechnik; Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Universität Stuttgart; Institute für Bioverfahrenstechnik; Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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Williams NJ, Perlis M, Castor C, Barnes A, Chung A, Kalinowski J, Roseus J, Rogers A, Jean-Louis G. 0193 An Exploratory, Descriptive Study Of African American’s Experiences Of Insomnia Symptoms And Treatment. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- N J Williams
- NYU Langone Health, Department of Population Health, New York, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Howard University, Division of Allied Health, Washington, DC
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- Brooklyn Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY
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- NYU Lngone Health, New York, NY
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- NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
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- New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- NYU Langone Health, Department of Population Health, New York, NY
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Abramowicz H, Abusleme A, Afanaciev K, Alipour Tehrani N, Balázs C, Benhammou Y, Benoit M, Bilki B, Blaising JJ, Boland MJ, Boronat M, Borysov O, Božović-Jelisavčić I, Buckland M, Bugiel S, Burrows PN, Charles TK, Daniluk W, Dannheim D, Dasgupta R, Demarteau M, Díaz Gutierrez MA, Eigen G, Elsener K, Felzmann U, Firlej M, Firu E, Fiutowski T, Fuster J, Gabriel M, Gaede F, García I, Ghenescu V, Goldstein J, Green S, Grefe C, Hauschild M, Hawkes C, Hynds D, Idzik M, Kačarević G, Kalinowski J, Kananov S, Klempt W, Kopec M, Krawczyk M, Krupa B, Kucharczyk M, Kulis S, Laštovička T, Lesiak T, Levy A, Levy I, Linssen L, Lukić S, Maier AA, Makarenko V, Marshall JS, Martin VJ, Mei K, Milutinović-Dumbelović G, Moroń J, Moszczyński A, Moya D, Münker RM, Münnich A, Neagu AT, Nikiforou N, Nikolopoulos K, Nürnberg A, Pandurović M, Pawlik B, Perez Codina E, Peric I, Petric M, Pitters F, Poss SG, Preda T, Protopopescu D, Rassool R, Redford S, Repond J, Robson A, Roloff P, Ros E, Rosenblat O, Ruiz-Jimeno A, Sailer A, Schlatter D, Schulte D, Shumeiko N, Sicking E, Simon F, Simoniello R, Sopicki P, Stapnes S, Ström R, Strube J, Świentek KP, Szalay M, Tesař M, Thomson MA, Trenado J, Uggerhøj UI, van der Kolk N, van der Kraaij E, Vicente Barreto Pinto M, Vila I, Vogel Gonzalez M, Vos M, Vossebeld J, Watson M, Watson N, Weber MA, Weerts H, Wells JD, Weuste L, Winter A, Wojtoń T, Xia L, Xu B, Żarnecki AF, Zawiejski L, Zgura IS. Higgs physics at the CLIC electron-positron linear collider. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2017; 77:475. [PMID: 28943795 PMCID: PMC5587080 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4968-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is an option for a future [Formula: see text] collider operating at centre-of-mass energies up to [Formula: see text], providing sensitivity to a wide range of new physics phenomena and precision physics measurements at the energy frontier. This paper is the first comprehensive presentation of the Higgs physics reach of CLIC operating at three energy stages: [Formula: see text], 1.4 and [Formula: see text]. The initial stage of operation allows the study of Higgs boson production in Higgsstrahlung ([Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text]-fusion ([Formula: see text]), resulting in precise measurements of the production cross sections, the Higgs total decay width [Formula: see text], and model-independent determinations of the Higgs couplings. Operation at [Formula: see text] provides high-statistics samples of Higgs bosons produced through [Formula: see text]-fusion, enabling tight constraints on the Higgs boson couplings. Studies of the rarer processes [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] allow measurements of the top Yukawa coupling and the Higgs boson self-coupling. This paper presents detailed studies of the precision achievable with Higgs measurements at CLIC and describes the interpretation of these measurements in a global fit.
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- H. Abramowicz
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- National Scientific and Educational Centre of Particle and High Energy Physics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC), Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- National Scientific and Educational Centre of Particle and High Energy Physics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- IFCA, CSIC-University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA
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- IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- National Scientific and Educational Centre of Particle and High Energy Physics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Crakow, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC), Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- IFCA, CSIC-University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA
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- Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Crakow, Poland
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- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
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Schwarzhans JP, Wibberg D, Winkler A, Luttermann T, Kalinowski J, Friehs K. Charting the Clonal Variability Landscape of Pichia pastorisvia Genome Sequencing: New Insights into Integration Events and their Effects. CHEM-ING-TECH 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201650138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lange J, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Takors R, Blombach B. A Systems Biology-Motivated Approach to Improve Dual-Phase Production Processes with Corynebacterium glutamicum. CHEM-ING-TECH 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201650445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Moortgat-Pick G, Baer H, Battaglia M, Belanger G, Fujii K, Kalinowski J, Heinemeyer S, Kiyo Y, Olive K, Simon F, Uwer P, Wackeroth D, Zerwas PM, Arbey A, Asano M, Bagger J, Bechtle P, Bharucha A, Brau J, Brümmer F, Choi SY, Denner A, Desch K, Dittmaier S, Ellwanger U, Englert C, Freitas A, Ginzburg I, Godfrey S, Greiner N, Grojean C, Grünewald M, Heisig J, Höcker A, Kanemura S, Kawagoe K, Kogler R, Krawczyk M, Kronfeld AS, Kroseberg J, Liebler S, List J, Mahmoudi F, Mambrini Y, Matsumoto S, Mnich J, Mönig K, Mühlleitner MM, Pöschl R, Porod W, Porto S, Rolbiecki K, Schmitt M, Serpico P, Stanitzki M, Stål O, Stefaniak T, Stöckinger D, Weiglein G, Wilson GW, Zeune L, Moortgat F, Xella S, Bagger J, Brau J, Ellis J, Kawagoe K, Komamiya S, Kronfeld AS, Mnich J, Peskin M, Schlatter D, Wagner A, Yamamoto H. Physics at the [Formula: see text] linear collider. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2015; 75:371. [PMID: 26300691 PMCID: PMC4537698 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3511-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A comprehensive review of physics at an [Formula: see text] linear collider in the energy range of [Formula: see text] GeV-3 TeV is presented in view of recent and expected LHC results, experiments from low-energy as well as astroparticle physics. The report focusses in particular on Higgs-boson, top-quark and electroweak precision physics, but also discusses several models of beyond the standard model physics such as supersymmetry, little Higgs models and extra gauge bosons. The connection to cosmology has been analysed as well.
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- G. Moortgat-Pick
- />II. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA
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- />Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA USA
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- />Laboratoire de Physique Theorique (LAPTh), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, B.P.110, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- />High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan
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- />Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02093 Warsaw, Poland
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- />Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), 39005 Santander, Spain
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- />Department of Physics, Juntendo University, Inzai, Chiba 270-1695 Japan
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- />William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- />Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- />Department of Physics, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1500 USA
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbonne Cedex, France
- />Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5574, 69561 Saint-Genis Laval Cedex, France
- />Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- />Physikalisches Institut and Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
- />TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3 Canada
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- />Physikalisches Institut, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- />Physik Department T31, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- />CNRS, Aix Marseille U., U. de Toulon, CPT, 13288 Marseille, France
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- />Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
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- />LUPM, UMR 5299, Université de Montpellier II et CNRS, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- />Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756 Republic of Korea
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- />Universität Würzburg, Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- />Physikalisches Institut, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- />Physikalisches Institut, Albert–Ludwigs–Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- />Laboratoire de Physique, UMR 8627, CNRS, Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- />SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- />PITT PACC, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
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- />Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
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- />Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics, Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6 Canada
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- />ICREA at IFAE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- />Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- />Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555 Japan
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- />Department of Physics, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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- />University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- />Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02093 Warsaw, Poland
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- />Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL USA
- />Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- />Physikalisches Institut, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- />II. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbonne Cedex, France
- />Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5574, 69561 Saint-Genis Laval Cedex, France
- />Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- />Laboratoire de Physique, UMR 8627, CNRS, Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- />Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583 Japan
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Institute for Theoretical Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />Laboratoire de L’accelerateur Lineaire (LAL), CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- />Universität Würzburg, Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- />II. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02093 Warsaw, Poland
- />Instituto de Fisica Teorica, IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60091 USA
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- />Laboratoire de Physique Theorique (LAPTh), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, B.P.110, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />The Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- />Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA USA
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- />Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
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- />ITFA, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
- />TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3 Canada
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- />Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
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- />CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- />Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS UK
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- />Department of Physics, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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- />Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and International Center for Elementary Particle Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- />Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL USA
- />Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- />SLAC, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025 USA
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- />Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg und Zeuthen, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
- />University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- />Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
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Gerber RB, Shemesh D, Varner ME, Kalinowski J, Hirshberg B. Ab initio and semi-empirical Molecular Dynamics simulations of chemical reactions in isolated molecules and in clusters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:9760-75. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55239j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Recent progress in “on-the-fly” trajectory simulations of molecular reactions, using different electronic structure methods is discussed, with analysis of the insights that such calculations can provide and of the strengths and limitations of the algorithms available.
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Fritz Haber Research Center
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 91904, Israel
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Fritz Haber Research Center
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Irvine 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Helsinki
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Fritz Haber Research Center
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Coppens P, Benedict JB, Makal A, Trzop E, Kalinowski J, Sokolow J. Single-pulse Laue TR diffraction: methods, results and use of QM/MM theory. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311097340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kalinowski J, Berski S, Latajka Z. AIM and BET approach for ionic and covalent bond evolution in reaction of hydrogen elimination from ammonia and lithium hydride. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.11.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kalinowski J, Cocchi M, Murphy L, Williams J, Fattori V. Bi-molecular emissive excited states in platinum (II) complexes for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes. Chem Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kalinowski J, Rückert C, Szczepanowski R, Pühler A. Advanced Genomics and Transcriptomics of Industrial Microorganisms. CHEM-ING-TECH 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201050335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Kalinowski J, Mezyk J, Meinardi F, Tubino R, Cocchi M, Virgili D. Exciton quenching in emitter blends for organic light emitting devices probed by electric field-dependent time-resolved luminescence. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:124712. [PMID: 18376965 DOI: 10.1063/1.2841458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We investigate quenching mechanisms of excited states in emitter layers for organic light emitting diodes (LEDs). An extensive study of a strong electric field-induced modulation (over 50%) of the time-resolved luminescence in a diamine derivative (TPD): polycarbonate blend films doped with an organic complex of europium are presented as a typical example of an important class of emitters for organic monochromatic LEDs. Using this method allowed us to identify the quenched species as the excited ligand precursors of the emissive europium ion states. Manipulating the electrode materials and their electrical bias, the electric field-enhanced dissociation, and interaction with injected charge could be separated and found as principal quenching mechanisms. We show the first one to follow the three-dimensional Onsager theory of geminate recombination, and the second one raised by their interaction with the TPD-transported holes. The interaction rate constant is found to be underlain by the three-dimensional diffusion of excited ligand singlets, combining the exciton diffusion coefficient and long-range (Forster type) energy transfer parameters. The dynamic parameters of the hole-precursor excitons interactions, extracted from the experimental data, allow us to establish the criteria for identifying useful ligands and matrices in the optimized design of electrophosphorescent, linelike emitting molecules, and device structure for organic LEDs.
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- J Kalinowski
- Department of Molecular Physics, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Kalinowski J, Mezyk J, Meinardi F, Tubino R, Cocchi M, Virgili D. Electric field and charge induced quenching of luminescence in electroluminescent emitters based on lanthanide complexes. Chem Phys Lett 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Anselmetti D, Hansmeier N, Kalinowski J, Martini J, Merkle T, Palmisano R, Ros R, Schmied K, Sischka A, Toensing K. Analysis of subcellular surface structure, function and dynamics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2007; 387:83-9. [PMID: 17082883 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0789-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Analytics of single biological cells allows quantitative investigation from a structural, functional and dynamical point of view and opens novel possibilities to an unamplified subcellular analysis. In this article, we report on three different experimental methods and their applications to single cellular systems with a subcellular sensitivity down to the single molecule level. First, the subcellular surface structure of living bacteria (Corynebacterium glutamicum) was investigated with atomic force microscopy (AFM) at the resolution of individual surface layer (S-layer) proteins; discrimination of bacterial strains that lack the expression of hexagonally packed surface layer proteins was possible. Second, quantitative measurement of individual recognition events of membrane-bound receptors on living B-cells was achieved in single cell manipulation and probing experiments with optical tweezers (OT) force spectroscopy. And third, intracellular dynamics of translocating photoactivatable GFP in plant protoplasts (Nicotiana tabacum BY-2) was quantitatively monitored by two-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM).
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- D Anselmetti
- Experimental Biophysics and Applied Nanoscience, Faculty of Physics, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Kalinowski J, Cocchi M, Virgili D, Fattori V, Williams J. Evidence for electric field dependent dissociation of exciplexes in electron donor–acceptor organic solid films. Chem Phys Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- J. Kalinowski
- a Department of Molecular Physics , Technical University of Gdańsk , ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 , Gdańsk , Poland
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Cocchi M, Virgili D, Sabatini C, Kalinowski J. Organic electroluminescence from singlet and triplet exciplexes: Exciplex electrophosphorescent diode. Chem Phys Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.01.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Koch DJ, Rückert C, Rey DA, Mix A, Pühler A, Kalinowski J. Role of the ssu and seu genes of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 in utilization of sulfonates and sulfonate esters as sulfur sources. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:6104-14. [PMID: 16204527 PMCID: PMC1265983 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.10.6104-6114.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 was found to be able to utilize a broad range of sulfonates and sulfonate esters as sulfur sources. The two gene clusters potentially involved in sulfonate utilization, ssuD1CBA and ssuI-seuABC-ssuD2, were identified in the genome of C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 by similarity searches. While the ssu genes encode proteins resembling Ssu proteins from Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis, the seu gene products exhibited similarity to the dibenzothiophene-degrading Dsz monooxygenases of Rhodococcus strain IGTS8. Growth tests with the C. glutamicum wild-type and appropriate mutant strains showed that the clustered genes ssuC, ssuB, and ssuA, putatively encoding the components of an ABC-type transporter system, are required for the utilization of aliphatic sulfonates. In C. glutamicum sulfonates are apparently degraded by sulfonatases encoded by ssuD1 and ssuD2. It was also found that the seu genes seuA, seuB, and seuC can effectively replace ssuD1 and ssuD2 for the degradation of sulfonate esters. The utilization of all sulfonates and sulfonate esters tested is dependent on a novel putative reductase encoded by ssuI. Obviously, all monooxygenases encoded by the ssu and seu genes, including SsuD1, SsuD2, SeuA, SeuB, and SeuC, which are reduced flavin mononucleotide dependent according to sequence similarity, have SsuI as an essential component. Using real-time reverse transcription-PCR, the ssu and seu gene cluster was found to be expressed considerably more strongly during growth on sulfonates and sulfonate esters than during growth on sulfate.
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- D J Koch
- Institut für Genomforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Kalinowski J, Stampor W, Szmytkowski J, Cocchi M, Virgili D, Fattori V, Di Marco P. Photophysics of an electrophosphorescent platinum (II) porphyrin in solid films. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:154710. [PMID: 15945659 DOI: 10.1063/1.1878612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We examine electronic processes in platinum (II) octaethyl porphyrin (PtOEP) embedded in an organic solid state matrix and in the form of vacuum-evaporated neat films in conjunction with potential applications of this compound to organic photovoltaic and electrophosphorescent devices. Absorption, photoexcitation, and luminescence spectra indicate the excitonic dimers to be dominant excited states, and their dissociation underlies the charge photogeneration process. Different charge separation distance (1.5 nm and 2.6 nm) in opposite charge carrier pairs preceding dissociation can be distinguished based on the fit of the three-dimensional Onsager theory of geminate recombination to electromodulated luminescence and photoconduction measurements. The near-positive electrode concentrated triplet dimer excitons, produced by strongly 370 nm absorbed light in neat PtOEP films, are efficiently quenched by electron transfer to the metal (Al), generating the positive charge with an efficiency eta+ exceeding 0.15 at high electric fields and dominating the measured photocurrent. Their dissociation efficiency in the bulk, eta- (negatively biased illuminated electrode), is more than one order of magnitude lower than eta+. The dissociation of singlet dimer states dominates the bulk photogeneration process induced by the weakly-absorbed light at 450 nm, with comparable eta+ and eta-. The "hot excited state" underlying the temperature-increasing emission at 540 nm has been attributed to the upper excitonic component Q+ of the first absorption band Q consistent with the exciton concept applied successfully to the interpretation of all dimer-underlain spectroscopic features of PtOEP samples studied.
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- J Kalinowski
- Department of Molecular Physics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Kalinowski J, Stampor W, Cocchi M, Virgili D, Fattori V, Di Marco P. Triplet energy exchange between fluorescent and phosphorescent organic molecules in a solid state matrix. Chem Phys 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2003.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rückert C, Pühler A, Kalinowski J. Genome-wide analysis of the L-methionine biosynthetic pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum by targeted gene deletion and homologous complementation. J Biotechnol 2003; 104:213-28. [PMID: 12948640 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(03)00158-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The genome sequence of Corynebacterium glutamicum, a gram-positive soil bacterium widely used as an amino acid producer, was analyzed by a similarity-based approach to elucidate the pathway for the biosynthesis of L-methionine. The functions of candidate ORFs were derived by gene deletion and, if necessary, by homologous complementation of suitable mutants. Of nine candidate ORFs (four of which were known previously), seven ORFs (cg0754 (metX), cg0755 (metY), cg1290 (metE), cg1702 (metH), cg2383 (metF), cg2536 (aecD), and cg2687 (metB)) were demonstrated to be part of the pathway while two others (cg0961 and cg3086) could be excluded. C. glutamicum synthesizes methionine in three, respectively four steps, starting from homoserine. C. glutamicum possesses two genes with similarity to homoserine acetyltransferases but only MetX can act as such while Cg0961 catalyzes a different, unknown reaction. For the incorporation of the sulfur moiety, the known functions of MetY and MetB could be confirmed and AecD was proven to be the only functional cystathionine beta-lyase in C. glutamicum, while Cg3086 can act neither as cystathionine gamma-synthase nor as cystathionine beta-lyase. Finally, MetE and MetH, which catalyze the conversion of L-homocysteine to L-methionine, could be newly identified, together with MetF which provides the necessary N(5)-methyltetrahydrofolate.
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- C Rückert
- International Graduate School in Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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