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J Stud Alcohol Drugs ; 2024 Jun 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38830016

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Measure prevalence and overlap of secondhand harms from other people's use of alcohol, cannabis, opioid, or other drugs and examine sociodemographic and other correlates of these secondhand harms. METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis used data from 7,799 respondents (51.6% female; 12.9% Black, 15.6% Hispanic/Latiné; mean age: 47.6) in the 2020 U.S. National Alcohol Survey. Secondhand harms included family/marriage difficulties, traffic accidents, vandalism, physical harm, and financial difficulties. Weighted prevalence estimates provided nationally representative estimates of these harms. Logistic regression assessed associations between individual characteristics and secondhand harms. RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence of secondhand harms from alcohol, cannabis, opioid, or other drugs was 34.2%, 5.5%, 7.6%, and 8.3%, respectively. There was substantial overlap among lifetime harms: almost 30% of those reporting secondhand alcohol harms also reported secondhand drug harms. Significant correlates of secondhand substance harms included female sex (alcohol, other drug); white (alcohol, opioid), American Indian/Alaska Native (opioid), and Black (cannabis) race/ethnicity; and separated/divorced/widowed marital status (opioid). Those reporting family history of alcohol problems had significantly higher odds of reporting secondhand harms across substance types. Individuals who reported frequent cannabis use had higher odds of reporting secondhand alcohol and opioid harms compared to those with no cannabis use, (aOR=1.55; aOR=2.38), but lower odds of reporting secondhand cannabis harms (aOR=0.51). CONCLUSIONS: Although less prevalent than secondhand alcohol harms, 14% of participants reported secondhand harms from someone else's drug use and frequently experienced secondhand harms attributed to multiple substances. Population-focused interventions are needed to reduce the total burden of alcohol and drug use.

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Psychol Med ; 47(5): 925-935, 2017 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27917730

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Although alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with future risk for psychosocial dysfunction, the degree to which this arises from a direct causal effect of AUD on functioning v. from correlated risk factors (also known as confounders) is less clearly established. METHOD: AUD was assessed from Swedish medical, criminal and pharmacy registries. In a large general population cohort, using Cox proportional hazard and regression models, we predicted from the onset of AUD four outcomes: early retirement, unemployment, social assistance, and individual income. We then examined the degree to which these associations were attenuated by relevant confounders as well as by the use of discordant cousin, half-sibling, full-sibling, and monozygotic twin pairs. RESULTS: In males, AUD most strongly predicted social assistance [hazard ratio (HR) 8.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) 7.96-8.59], followed by early retirement (HR 5.63, 95% CI 5.53-5.72) and unemployment (HR 2.75, 95% CI 2.65-2.85). For income at age 50, AUD was associated with a decrease in income of 0.24 s.d.s (95% CI -0.25 to -0.23). Results were similar in females. Modest to moderate attenuation of these associations was seen in both sexes after the addition of relevant covariates. These associations were reduced but remained robust in discordant co-relative pairs, including monozygotic twins. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that AUD has a causal impact on a range of measures reflective of psychosocial dysfunction. These findings provide strong support for the drift hypothesis. However, some of the associations between AUD and dysfunction appear to be non-causal and result from shared risk factors, many of which are likely familial.


Subject(s)
Alcohol-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Income/statistics & numerical data , Public Assistance/statistics & numerical data , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Retirement/statistics & numerical data , Unemployment/statistics & numerical data , Female , Humans , Longitudinal Studies , Male , Middle Aged , Sweden/epidemiology
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Arch Androl ; 52(1): 45-50, 2006.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16338869

ABSTRACT

The effect on sperm motility of sperm-sperm and sperm-seminal plasma interactions was studied among homologous and heterologous sperm. There were no significant interactions between sperm in vitro, but it was found that seminal plasmas of different donors have different effects on sperm motility, and different sperm react differently to the same seminal plasma. Sperm showed higher motility in a pure physiological solution than when mixed with seminal plasma, even if the plasma and sperm came from the same donor. Various plasma components are responsible for this modulation of sperm motility. It would appear that large numbers of sperm are adaptive, among other things, because they are involved in sperm selection.


Subject(s)
Semen/physiology , Sperm Motility/physiology , Adolescent , Adult , Fertilization/physiology , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Male
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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ; 72(5): 615-20, 2002 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11971048

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether psychiatric illness is a risk factor for subsequent traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS: Case control study in a large staff model health maintenance organisation in western Washington State. Patients with TBI, determined by International classification of diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnoses, were 1440 health plan members who had TBI diagnosed in 1993 and who had been enrolled in the previous year, during which no TBI was ascertained. Three health plan members were randomly selected as control subjects, matched by age, sex, and reference date. Psychiatric illness in the year before the TBI reference date was determined by using computerised records of ICD-9-CM diagnoses, psychiatric medication prescriptions, and utilisation of a psychiatric service. RESULTS: For those with a psychiatric diagnosis in the year before the reference date, the adjusted relative risk for TBI was 1.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4 to 2.0) compared with those without a psychiatric diagnosis. Patients who had filled a psychiatric medication prescription had an adjusted relative risk for TBI of 1.6 (95% CI 1.2 to 2.1) compared with those who had not filled a psychiatric medication prescription. Patients who had utilised psychiatric services had an adjusted relative risk for TBI of 1.3 (95% CI 1.0 to 1.6) compared with those who had not utilised psychiatric services. The adjusted relative risk for TBI for patients with psychiatric illness determined by any of the three psychiatric indicators was 1.6 (95% CI 1.4 to 1.9) compared with those without any psychiatric indicator. CONCLUSION: Psychiatric illness appears to be associated with an increased risk for TBI.


Subject(s)
Brain Injuries/etiology , Mental Disorders/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Brain Injuries/epidemiology , Case-Control Studies , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Incidence , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors
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J Insect Physiol ; 48(3): 287-295, 2002 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12770102

ABSTRACT

Behavioral tests with field colonies of Atta laevigata were performed in order to identify the source of the odors used in nestmate recognition. We tested the postpharyngeal (PPG) and mandibular glands (MG) as putative organs producing chemical signals for nestmate recognition. Chemical analyses of PPG were also undertaken. With a series of bioassays, we confirmed that nestmate recognition is based on cephalic odors and that these odors come mainly from the mandibular gland secretion. We show chemical evidence that odors from MG are dispersed all over the cuticle. Although odors from PPG elicited colony-specific behavioral responses, the types of behaviors they elicited differed from those of nestmate recognition of whole ants or MG extracts. PPG secretion was characterized by long-chain alkanes and methyl branched alkanes of low volatility, whereas MG contained volatile ketones and alcohols.

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J Arthroplasty ; 16(8 Suppl 1): 122-8, 2001 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11742463

ABSTRACT

A polyethylene-free, metal-on-metal acetabular system (M2a-taper [Biomet, Inc., Warsaw, IN]) was designed in an effort to improve total hip arthroplasty (THA) longevity. Minimum 2-year follow-up results involving 72 polyethylene liner THAs and 78 metal liner THAs from a multicenter, randomized, controlled, investigational device exemption study are reported. Mean Harris hip scores of 95.54 (polyethylene liner group) and 95.23 (metal liner group) were reported at mean follow-up intervals of 3.29 and 3.23 years. Radiographic evaluation revealed no evidence of early failure. No acetabular components have been revised or are pending revision. No statistically significant differences in the data were calculated between liner types except for the immediate postoperative (P=.0415) and minimum 2-year follow-up (P=.0341) angles of inclination. The M2a-taper metal-on-metal articulation may represent a viable alternative for THA in younger, higher demand patients.


Subject(s)
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/instrumentation , Hip Prosthesis , Metals , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Chi-Square Distribution , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Polyethylenes , Prosthesis Design , Treatment Outcome
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J Chem Ecol ; 27(10): 2097-107, 2001 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11710613

ABSTRACT

Five candidate pheromone components were identified by analyzing pheromone gland extracts by gas chromatography (GC), coupled GC-electroantennographic detection (EAD), and coupled GC-mass spectrometry (MS) : (E)-11-hexadecenol(E11-16 : OH), (Z)-11-hexadecenol (Z11-16 : OH), (E)-11-hexadecenal, (E)-11-hexadecenyl acetate, and (Z)-3,(Z)-6,(Z)-9-tricosatriene (Z3,Z6,Z9-23 : Hy). In electroantennogram (EAG) recordings, synthetic E11-16 : OH elicited stronger antennal responses at low doses than other candidate pheromone components. Field tests demonstrated that synthetic E11-16 : OH as a trap bait was effective in attracting males, whereas addition of Z11-16 : OH inhibited the males' response. Z3,Z6,Z9-23 : Hy strongly enhanced attractiveness of E11-16 : OH, but was not attractive by itself. A pheromone blend with synergistic behavioral activity of an alcohol (E11-16 : OH) and hydrocarbon (Z3,Z6,Z9-23 : Hy) component is most unusual in the Lepidoptera. The synthetic two-component pheromone is approximately 60 times more attractive than the female-produced blend and might facilitate the control of this pest.


Subject(s)
Aldehydes/chemistry , Lepidoptera , Sex Attractants/chemistry , Aldehydes/isolation & purification , Aldehydes/pharmacology , Animals , Chemoreceptor Cells , Electrophysiology , Female , Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , Male , Movement , Sex Attractants/isolation & purification , Sex Attractants/pharmacology
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Mod Pathol ; 14(10): 969-77, 2001 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11598166

ABSTRACT

Sarcoma developing in association with a metallic orthopaedic prosthesis or hardware is an uncommon, but well recognized complication. We review 12 cases of sarcomas arising in bone or soft tissue at the site of orthopaedic hardware or a prosthetic joint. Nine patients were male, and three were female. Their ages ranged from 18 to 85 (mean 55) years at the time of diagnosis of the malignancy. Five patients had undergone hip arthroplasty for degenerative joint disease, four had been treated with intramedullary nail placement for fracture, two had staples placed for fixation of osteotomy, and one had hardware placed for fracture fixation followed years later by a hip arthroplasty. The time interval between the placement of hardware and diagnosis of sarcoma was known in 11 cases and ranged from 2.5 to 33 (mean 11) years. The patients presented with pain, swelling, or loosening of hardware and were found to have a destructive bone or soft tissue mass on radiography. Two sarcomas were located primarily in the soft tissue and 10 in bone. Seven patients developed osteosarcoma, four malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and one a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. All sarcomas were high grade. Three patients had metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Follow-up was available on eight patients: five patients died of disease 2 months to 8 years (mean 26 months) after diagnosis; two patients died without evidence of disease 7 and 30 months after diagnosis; and one patient is alive and free of disease 8 years after diagnosis. Sarcomas that occur adjacent to orthopaedic prostheses or hardware are of varied types, but are usually osteosarcoma or malignant fibrous histiocytoma. They behave aggressively and frequently metastasize. Clinically, they should be distinguished from non-neoplastic reactions associated with implants, such as infection and a reaction to prosthetic wear debris.


Subject(s)
Prostheses and Implants/adverse effects , Sarcoma/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Bone Neoplasms/etiology , Bone Neoplasms/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/therapy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Osteosarcoma/etiology , Osteosarcoma/pathology , Osteosarcoma/therapy , Sarcoma/etiology , Sarcoma/therapy
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Naturwissenschaften ; 88(7): 310-2, 2001 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11544900

ABSTRACT

Facultatively sexual entomopathogenic nematodes are a promising model for the experimental study of the adaptive values of sex. Our experiments in the laboratory showed that entomopathogenic nematodes display at least two different strategies in regulating the degree of amphimix as a response to nutritional stress. One strategy promotes the production of males, amphimix and the genetic variability of the offspring, improving the chances for a successful new adaptation. Another strategy increases the production of hermaphrodites at the expense of males, increasing the total number of reproductive individuals and thus the total number of offspring produced. Surprisingly, the strategy used depends upon the strain of symbiotic bacteria the nematodes are growing. The relevance of the results, in helping to discriminate between rival theories for the evolutionary maintenance of sex, is discussed.


Subject(s)
Moths/physiology , Nematoda/physiology , Symbiosis , Animals , Disorders of Sex Development , Female , Male , Moths/parasitology , Nematoda/genetics , Reproduction
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Acta Biotheor ; 49(1): 29-42, 2001 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11368476

ABSTRACT

Advances in multiagent simulation techniques make it possible to study more realistic dynamics of complex systems and allow evolutionary theories to be tested. Here I use simulations to assess the relative importance of reproductive systems (haplodiploidy vs. diploidy), mate selection (assortative mating vs. random mating) and social economics (pay-off matrices of evolutionary games) in the evolutionary dynamics leading to the emergence of social cooperation in the provision of parental care. The simulations confirm that haplo-diploid organisms and organisms mating assortatively have a higher probability for fixing alleles and require less favorable conditions for their fixation, than diploids or organisms mating randomly. The simulations showed that social behavior was most likely to emerge a) when the cost for parental investment was much lower than the benefits to the offspring, b) when cooperation improved synergistically the fitness of offspring compared to the corresponding egoistic behavior and c) when alleles coding for altruistic or social behavior could be rapidly fixed in the population, thanks to mechanisms such as haplo-diploidy and/or assortative mating. Cooperative social behavior always appeared if sociality conferred much higher fitness gains compared to non cooperative alternatives suggesting that the most important factors for the emergence and maintenance of social behavior are those based on energetic or efficiency considerations. The simulations, in congruence with the scant experimental evidence available, suggest that economic considerations rather than genetic ones are critical in explaining the emergence and maintenance of sociality.


Subject(s)
Computer Simulation , Diploidy , Evolution, Molecular , Haploidy , Models, Statistical , Social Behavior , Animals , Monte Carlo Method
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Am J Psychiatry ; 157(11): 1772-81, 2000 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11058474

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Neurodegenerative or traumatic lesions of the frontal lobes often lead to abnormally aggressive behavior. The authors hypothesized that the imaginal evoking of scenarios involving aggressive behavior would be associated with a modulation of the functional activity in the human frontal cortex. METHOD: Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) determinations by positron emission tomography and psychophysiological measures of emotional responsivity were obtained in a group of 15 young healthy volunteers with good visual imagery abilities and no history of abnormal behavior while they imagined the same scenario with four variations involving emotionally neutral behavior and aggressive behavior. RESULTS: Compared to the imagined neutral scenario, the imagined scenarios involving aggressive behavior were associated with significant emotional reactivity and rCBF reductions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, suggesting that a functional deactivation of this cortical area occurs when individuals respond to the eliciting of imagined aggressive behavior. CONCLUSIONS: These results in healthy subjects further expand previous findings from animal and human studies by providing an in vivo functional demonstration of the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex in the expression of aggressive behavior. They are also consistent with the hypothesis that a functional alteration of this cortical region may be present in individuals with pathological aggressive behavior.


Subject(s)
Aggression/physiology , Frontal Lobe/physiology , Imagination/physiology , Models, Neurological , Tomography, Emission-Computed/statistics & numerical data , Visual Perception/physiology , Adult , Emotions/physiology , Female , Frontal Lobe/blood supply , Frontal Lobe/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Prefrontal Cortex/blood supply , Prefrontal Cortex/physiology , Regional Blood Flow
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Acta Biotheor ; 48(2): 137-47, 2000 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10963094

ABSTRACT

Using computer simulations I studied the simultaneous effect of variable environments, mutation rates, ploidy, number of loci subject to evolution and random and assortative mating on various reproductive systems. The simulations showed that mutants for sex and recombination are evolutionarily stable, displacing alleles for monosexuality in diploid populations mating assortatively under variable selection pressure. Assortative mating reduced excessive allelic variance induced by recombination and sex, especially among diploids. Results suggest a novel adaptive value for sex and recombination. They show that the adaptive value of diploidy and that of the segregation of sexes is different to that of sex and recombination. The results suggest that the emergence of sex had to be preceded by the emergence of diploid monosexual organisms and provide an explanation for the emergence and maintenance of sex among diploids and for the scarcity of sex among haploid organisms.


Subject(s)
Diploidy , Marriage , Sex Differentiation/genetics , Animals , Computer Simulation , Evolution, Molecular , Female , Humans , Male , Models, Genetic , Recombination, Genetic/genetics
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Ann Diagn Pathol ; 3(6): 364-9, 1999 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10594288

ABSTRACT

Surgical pathology specimens composed of bone, ranging from core biopsy to limb amputation specimens, require special attention, processing, and often unique equipment. This readily translates into additional handling steps and time, especially when one factors in clinical correlation with the surgeon and radiologic review of all images with a knowledgeable musculoskeletal radiologist. When these factors are superimposed on the rarity of these lesions in routine practice, it is not surprising that most trainees, as well as seasoned pathologists, are wary of these lesions. In this report, we use a case of osteofibrous dysplasia (Campanacci's disease) to demonstrate the dissection of such a surgical specimen and complete the report with a brief discussion of the entity.


Subject(s)
Bone Diseases/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/pathology , Pathology/methods , Adolescent , Bone Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Bone Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Female , Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic/pathology , Fixatives , Humans , Pathology/instrumentation , Radiography , Tibia/pathology
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Skeletal Radiol ; 28(9): 522-6, 1999 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10525796

ABSTRACT

Sarcomas infrequently develop in osseous sites of fibrous dysplasia. We report a patient with Mazabraud's syndrome (polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and soft tissue myxomas) complicated by the development of osteogenic sarcoma in a bone affected by fibrous dysplasia. This is the third case of osteosarcoma within the small population of reported patients with Mazabraud's syndrome. There may be an increased incidence of malignant transformation in these individuals' dysplastic bones above that associated with patients suffering from fibrous dysplasia alone.


Subject(s)
Bone Neoplasms/complications , Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic/complications , Osteosarcoma/complications , Adult , Bone Neoplasms/diagnosis , Buttocks , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Muscle Neoplasms/complications , Muscle Neoplasms/diagnosis , Myxoma/complications , Myxoma/diagnosis , Osteosarcoma/diagnosis , Radiography , Radius/diagnostic imaging , Radius/pathology
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil ; 80(8): 889-95, 1999 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10453764

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To assess functional outcome and describe disability at discharge in children who have had trauma without significant head injury. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SETTING: National Pediatric Trauma Registry, 1988-1994. PARTICIPANTS: Patients of ages 7 to 18 years with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 13 to 15 without significant anatomic head inJury. RESULTS: Functional Independence Measure (FIM) at discharge was used to assess patient outcome. There were 13,649 children meeting study criteria who had sustained 34,254 injuries. Fractures constituted 30% of all injuries. As measured by FIM, 1,522 (11.2%) patients had mild disability at discharge; 1,983 (14.5%) had moderate disability. After adjustment for age and injury severity, children with lower extremity fractures were more likely to be discharged with functional limitations than those without (relative risk, 5.43; 95% confidence interval: 5.06, 5.84). Of children with moderate disability at discharge, less than 50% were referred for rehabilitation evaluation and less than 25% for physical therapy. CONCLUSION: Functional dependence is present in a large proportion of injured children, even without significant head injury. Rehabilitation and other services may be underused in this population. Further study is required to fully assess the degree and duration of disability in these patients.


Subject(s)
Multiple Trauma/rehabilitation , Adolescent , Child , Cohort Studies , Craniocerebral Trauma , Disabled Persons/classification , Disabled Persons/statistics & numerical data , Female , Humans , Male , Multiple Trauma/classification , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Retrospective Studies , Risk , Trauma Severity Indices , Treatment Outcome , United States
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J Theor Biol ; 199(1): 1-9, 1999 Jul 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10419756

ABSTRACT

The widespread occurrence of sexual reproduction despite the two-fold disadvantage of producing males, is still an unsolved mystery in evolutionary biology. One explanatory theory, called the "Red Queen" hypothesis, states that sex is an adaptation to escape from parasites. A more recent hypothesis, the mate selection hypothesis, assumes that non-random mating, possible only with sex, accelerates the evolution of beneficial traits. This paper tests these two hypotheses, using an agent-based or "micro-analytic" evolutionary algorithm where host-parasite interaction is simulated adhering to biological reality. While previous simpler models testing the "Red Queen" hypothesis considered mainly haploid hosts, stable population density, random mating and simplified expression of fitness, our more realistic model allows diploidy, mate selection, live history constraints and variable population densities. Results suggest that the Red Queen hypothesis is not valid for more realistic evolutionary scenarios and that each of the two hypotheses tested seem to explain partially but not exhaustively the adaptive value of sex. Based on the results we suggest that sexual populations in nature should avoid both, maximizing outbreeding or maximizing inbreeding and should acquire mate selection strategies which favour optimal ranges of genetic mixing in accordance with environmental challenges.


Subject(s)
Biological Evolution , Reproduction/physiology , Sex , Animals , Environment , Host-Parasite Interactions , Models, Biological
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