A5006701037- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Physical Activity and Health
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Health disparities and outcomes
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Birth, Development, and Health
Duke University
2019-2025
Clinical Research Institute
2022-2025
Duke Institute for Health Innovation
2023-2024
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
2024
Health Education Council
2024
Chicago Department of Public Health
2022
Hasselt University
2014-2022
Hispanic Health Council
2022
Miami-Dade Public Library System
2017-2021
Institute of Population and Public Health
2021
In the wake of COVID-19, online physical education (OLPE) has become essential to sustainability school programs. The purpose this article is consider factors that may be influential in efforts deliver OLPE students. comprehensive activity program model used frame a multicomponent conceptualization and its goals outcomes. Central framing intersectionality education, family, community. This provides platform for teacher educators researchers advance support both educational public health...
In this paper, a nonrigid coregistration algorithm based on viscous fluid model is proposed that has been optimized for diffusion tensor images (DTI), in which image correspondence measured by the mutual information criterion. Several strategies are introduced and evaluated both simulated data brain intersubject DTI data. Two reorientation methods have incorporated quantitatively evaluated. Simulation as well experimental results show can provide high accuracy, although was observed to be...
School closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic reduced opportunities for US youth to be physically active and disproportionately impacted health disparities in this population. Physical education provides largest intervention support physical activity of school-aged youth, but teachers' opinions about how maintain quality programming during virtual learning periods remain unexplored. Applying a diversity, equity inclusion framework, study explored perceived significance different design...
In humans, in utero exposure to ionising radiation results an increased prevalence of neurological aberrations, such as small head size, mental retardation and decreased IQ levels. Yet, the association between early damaging events long-term neuronal anomalies remains largely elusive.Mice were exposed different X-ray doses, ranging 0.0 1.0 Gy, at embryonic days (E) 10, 11 or 12 subjected behavioural tests weeks age. Underlying mechanisms irradiation E11 further unravelled using magnetic...
Violence exposure increases teens' risk for emotion dysregulation, anxiety, depression, and aggression towards peers. Teens of color are disproportionately more likely to be exposed violence less receive mental health services. Community after-school programs can help reduce disparities by offering opportunities skills development promotion mitigate associated with exposure. The present study explores the promise a parks-based paid internship program black Latinx teens weekly, group-based...
Before microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) can be exploited to its full potential for longitudinal monitoring of transgenic and experimental mouse models lung diseases, radiotoxic side effects such as inflammation or fibrosis must considered. We evaluated dose radiotoxicity the lungs long-term respiratory-gated high-resolution micro-CT protocols. Free-breathing C57Bl/6 mice underwent four different retrospectively respiratory gated imaging schedules repeated scans during 5 12 wk, followed by...
Purpose: This work provides an interpretation of the chromatic properties GafChromic™EBT3 films based on chemical nature polydiacetylene (PDA) molecules formed upon interaction with ionizing radiation. The EBT3 become optically less transparent increasing radiation dose as a result radiation‐induced polymerization diacetylene monomers. In contrast to empirical quantification properties, attention has been given underlying molecular mechanism that induces strong decrease in transparency....
Background: Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases, particularly among older adults. We examined changes in cardiovascular factors adults community-based fitness program Miami-Dade County, FL. Methods: used repeated measures linear mixed models to examine participants’ over 28 months. Outcomes (body mass index, blood pressure, pulse, arm/leg strength, and mobility) were modeled accounting park, individual, time, sociodemographic (2017–2019). Results: The...
Routine youth physical activity (PA) fosters healthy habits and lasting cardiometabolic benefits into adulthood; however, significant disparities in PA persist by race, ethnicity, income. Active transportation is an optimal intervention target to promote equity building self-efficacy skills. Going Places, a multilevel intervention, aims increase underserved health. We demonstrate preliminary efficacy, based on increased levels of PA, improved self-efficacy, reduced barriers use support...
Adolescents are experiencing unprecedented mental health challenges in the United States. This study investigated relationships between social and environmental determinants of occupation (SEDO) adolescent at population level. We quantitatively analyzed National Cancer Institute’s Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, Eating (FLASHE) specialty cohort sample (aged 12–17 years, n = 1,737, April-October 2014). Ordinal logistic regression models tested associations SEDO factors health. Analyses...
Religious Minorities During the COVID-19 Health Crisis The health crisis caused by Covid-19 had significant effects on protection of religious freedom. minorities, who were already vulnerable and marginalized, disproportionately affected pandemic.The present paper aims to analyze whether what extent emergency status minorities. Starting from an analysis enjoyed minorities within framework international law, first section investigates discriminatory measures that suffered some minority groups...
Technologies enabling in vivo range verification during proton therapy are actively sought as a means to reduce the clinical safety margins currently adopted avoid tumor underdosage.In this contribution, we applied semi-empirical theory of radiation-induced vaporization superheated liquids coated nanodroplets.Nanodroplets injectable phase-change contrast agents that can vaporize into highly echogenic microbubbles provide ultrasound images.We exposed nanodroplet dispersions aqueous phantoms...