BACKGROUND Outpatient facilities, such as community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs), play a critical role in the care of patients with serious mental illness, but there is a paucity of "real-world" patient outcomes data from this health care setting. Therefore, we conducted The Research and Evaluation of Antipsychotic Treatment in Community Behavioral Health Organizations, Outcomes (REA...

The anionic fluorescent dye, aminopyrene trisulfonic acid (APTS), was synthesized and used in a solution-based two-component glucose-sensing system comprising the dye and a boronic acid-appended viologen. The fluorescence of the dye was quenched in the presence of the viologen and the fluorescence restored upon glucose addition. An important feature of this fluorophore is that it can be covalen...

Formal specifications of software systems are extremely useful because they can be rigorously analyzed, verified, and validated, giving high confidence that the specification captures the desired behavior. To transfer this confidence to the actual source code implementation, a formal link is needed between the specification and the implementation. Generating the implementation directly from the...

A promising alternative route for the synthesis of three-dimensional Au dendrites was developed by direct electrodeposition from a solution of HAuCl4 containing 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS). Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry were used to study the interaction of APTS in electrolyte. The effect of APTS on the for...

Formal speciications of software systems are extremely useful because they can be rigorously analyzed, veriied, and validated, giving high conndence that the speciication captures the desired behavior. To transfer this conndence to the actual source code implementation, a formal link is needed between the speciication and the implementation. Generating the implementation directly from the speci...

Protein palmitoylation is a dynamic post-translational modification (PTM) important for cellular functions such as protein stability, trafficking, localization, and protein-protein interactions. S-palmitoylation occurs via the addition of palmitate to cysteine residues via a thioester linkage, catalyzed by palmitoyl acyl transferases (PATs), with removal of the palmitate catalyzed by acyl prote...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing need to develop test instruments that make oral food challenges superfluous. OBJECTIVE We sought to study the utility of atopy patch tests (APTs) in the diagnostic workup of food allergy. METHODS We investigated 437 children (median age, 13 months; 90% with atopic dermatitis) referred for evaluation of suspected food allergy. Specific serum IgE (sIgE) measu...

Novel and complex digital threats that are increasingly interwoven with means products of biology can affect society. Much work in Biocybersecurity/Cyberbiosecurity (BCS/CBS) discuss vulnerabilities, but few deeply address malicious actor varieties as attacks at this intersection new. The path to those remains mostly theoretical, presenting considerable difficulty accomplish practical scenarios...

Cybersecurity has become a prominent issue in regard to ensuring information privacy and integrity the internet age particularly with rise of interconnected devices. However, advanced persistent threats (APTs) pose significant danger current contemporary way life, effective APT detection defense are vital. Game theory is one most sought-after approaches adopted against APTs, providing framework...