In March 2020, federal and state telehealth policy changes catalyzed telemedicine adoption and use in community health centers. There is a dearth of evidence on telemedicine implementation and use in these safety net settings and a lack of information reflecting the per...

The 21st century has already brought us a plethora of new threats related to viruses that emerge in humans after zoonotic transmission or drastically change their geographic distribution or prevalence. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was fir...

Previous research has shown that a semester-long multicultural psychology course can effectively increase students’ cultural competence-related attitudes when students complete the class in-person and online. Cultural competence refers to the knowledge, awareness, and s...

The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein is a cell gate receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the development of symptoms associated with the Covid-19 disease. Pharmacological inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (RBD) and AC...

Are voters as polarized as political leaders when it comes to their preferences about how to cast their ballots in November 2020 and their policy positions on how elections should be run in light of the COVID-19 outbreak? Prior research has shown little party divide on ...

Objective: We sought to several develop parsimonious machine learning (ML) models to predict resource utilization and clinical outcomes following cardiac operations using only preoperative factors.Methods: All patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and/or v...

The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along with the implementation of 5G networks offers exciting opportunities in expanding wireless capabilities. Not only is improved wireless performance expected with traditional devices such as mobile phones, but new use...

Appetite is a complex behavior which can be influenced by factors within the animal's body as well as the environment around it. Internal factors include hormonal and nutrient concentrations found in the blood stream and subsequent neuropeptide and neurotransmitter sign...

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M^(pro)) is responsible for cleaving twelve nonstructural proteins from the viral polyprotein. M^(pro), a cysteine protease, is characterized by a large number of noncatalytic cysteine (Cys) residues, none involved in disulfide bonds. In th...

Background: First COVID-19 case was recorded on February 26th, 2020 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Shortly after the number of cases increased significantly. Limited research has been conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the population ...