Thermomechanical Sensitivity of Microcantilevers in the Mid-Infrared Spectral Region B. Kwon a , C. Wang a , K. Park b , R. Bhargava c & W. P. King a a Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign , Urbana, Illinois b Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering , University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island c Department of Bi...

The proportion of adults who are overweight or obese has increased markedly in the past two decades, both nationally and in Rhode Island. These increases are alarming due to the anticipated increases in associated diseases 3,4 and in the associated health care costs and loss of productivity. This report presents survey data on the differing patterns of obesity among Rhode Island adult men and w...

Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH Ted D. Nirenberg, PhD Richard Longabaugh, EdD Robert Woolard, MD Alison Minugh, PhD Bruce Becker, MD, MPH Janette Baird, PhD Lynda Stein, PhD From the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital (Mello, Nirenberg, Woolard, Becker, Baird); the Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital (Mello, Woolard, Becker); Brown University (Mello, Nirenberg, Long...

ProThera Biologics is a development stage bio-therapeutics company in East Providence, Rhode Island. The company was founded in 2002 to focus on the critical role and commercial potential of Inter-alpha Inhibitor Proteins (IAIP) for treating acute life-threatening inflammatory diseases. The discovery research originated in the basic research laboratories of the co-founders, Yow-Pin Lim, MD, PhD...

Michael Vecchione, DO  stroke Is the fourth leADIng cAuse of death in the United States. Stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States each year with two-thirds of events being a first occurrence. Approximately 135,000 people die from stroke each year. In 2007, four of every 10,000 people in Rhode Island died from stroke-related complications. According to the Heart Disease and Str...

BACKGROUND Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) victims have unique medical and mental health needs and present frequently for medical attention. Little is known about the reported training, screening, comfort and knowledge of DMST among pediatricians in Rhode Island who likely encounter these patient victims without knowing. METHODS An anonymous electronic survey sent to Rhode Island Hospit...

OBJECTIVE To describe the experiences of emergency department (ED) use among a population of Rhode Island Medicaid patients with chronic pain and a recent history of frequent ED use, who were eligible to participate in the Rhode Island Medicaid Pain Management program. METHODS  Qualitative interviews were conducted with twenty-four patients who were either enrolled, or eligible to be enrolled...

LB-8. Relative Effect of High-Dose Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalizations of Older Adults in United States Nursing Homes: Results From a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH; Monica Taljaard, PhD; Pedro Gozalo, PhD; Roshani Dahal, MPH; H. Edward Davidson, PharmD, MPH; Lisa Han, MPH; Jessica Ogarek, MS; Vincent Mor PhD; Medicine, Geriatrics, Case Western Reserve Uni...

With an increase in travel and an influx of immigrants and refugees from the tropics over the last few decades, clinicians in Rhode Island are more commonly encountering tropical diseases. The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated that the average annual rate of increase in the foreign-born population in Rhode Island to be 2400 persons, with the Dominican Republic and Guatemala t...

BACKGROUND New HIV diagnoses related to injection drug use (IDU) have declined in the United States. Access to clean syringes and decreasing HIV transmission among injection drug users have been HIV prevention priorities of the Rhode Island (RI) HIV community. To examine trends in IDU-related new HIV diagnoses in RI, we performed a retrospective analysis of new HIV diagnoses according to HIV ri...