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Diagnostic Detail: Understanding The Impact Of Tooth Rotation In Correcting Mucogingival Defects, Trevor Simmonds Dds, Stephanie M. Chu Dmd, Mike Roig Dmd, Kristian T. Poventud Dmd Feb 2024

Diagnostic Detail: Understanding The Impact Of Tooth Rotation In Correcting Mucogingival Defects, Trevor Simmonds Dds, Stephanie M. Chu Dmd, Mike Roig Dmd, Kristian T. Poventud Dmd

The New York State Dental Journal

Introduction: The subepithelial connective tissue graft (S-CTG) is the gold standard in achieving root coverage but is not without limitations. The Acellular Dermal Matrix (ADM) is an alternative source that can compensate for the S-CTG’s limitations. Body: Severe recession type 1 (RT1) defects were treated with a combined approach of autogenous and allogeneic soft tissue grafting, optimizing the benefits of both types of materials, in order to achieve maximum root coverage (MRC). Conclusion: Identifying the anatomical limitations of gingival recession as it relates to tooth rotation and its impact on vascular supply will best prepare both the clinician and patient …


From Canteen Food To Daily Meals: Generalizing Food Recognition To More Practical Scenarios, Guoshan Liu, Yang Jiao, Jingjing Chen, Bin Zhu, Yu-Gang Jiang Feb 2024

From Canteen Food To Daily Meals: Generalizing Food Recognition To More Practical Scenarios, Guoshan Liu, Yang Jiao, Jingjing Chen, Bin Zhu, Yu-Gang Jiang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The precise recognition of food categories plays a pivotal role for intelligent health management, attracting significant research attention in recent years. Prominent benchmarks, such as Food-101 and VIREO Food-172, provide abundant food image resources that catalyze the prosperity of research in this field. Nevertheless, these datasets are well-curated from canteen scenarios and thus deviate from food appearances in daily life. This discrepancy poses great challenges in effectively transferring classifiers trained on these canteen datasets to broader daily-life scenarios encountered by humans. Toward this end, we present two new benchmarks, namely DailyFood-172 and DailyFood-16, specifically designed to curate food images from …


Self-Ambivalence: Naming A Contemporary Work–Family Problem That Has No Name, Jenny M. Hoobler, Courtney R. Masterson, Kristie M. Rogers Feb 2024

Self-Ambivalence: Naming A Contemporary Work–Family Problem That Has No Name, Jenny M. Hoobler, Courtney R. Masterson, Kristie M. Rogers

Management Faculty Research and Publications

As workers and family members, individuals ought to celebrate seemingly positive events (e.g., a promotion and the purchase of a home). Yet, the numerous identities that contemporary workers hold increase the likelihood of an event that is pleasant in one domain being problematic in another and more cognitively and affectively complex than anticipated. We theorize that these events are likely to prompt self-evaluations that are positive (“I'm a success!”) and negative (“I'm a failure.”) across one's identity set, with questions such as “Who have I become?” and “Is this who I ought to be?” The result is self-ambivalence, that is, …


Effect Of Chloropicrin And Metam Sodium On Soil Nitrogen Dynamics In California Strawberry Production, Colin Timothy Koubek Feb 2024

Effect Of Chloropicrin And Metam Sodium On Soil Nitrogen Dynamics In California Strawberry Production, Colin Timothy Koubek

Plant Sciences

California strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) bring in ~3 billion yearly for the state's economy. Strawberry growers use fumigants like chloropicrin and metam sodium to manage a variety of soilborne diseases in conventional production. The yield-boosting effects of fumigation on strawberries are often attributed to disease management, but the ‘fertilizer effect’ from mineralization may play an equally significant role. This experiment conducted in a grower field sought to find out the influence that fumigation had on the mineralization of soil organic nitrogen and if preplant fertilizer application affected early season nitrogen (N). There were six treatments: control, control with controlled …


Wage Theft By Service Charge: Circuit Decisions Go Against The Purpose Of The Fair Labor Standards Act And Approach Judicially Sanctioned Fraud, Erik Allgood Feb 2024

Wage Theft By Service Charge: Circuit Decisions Go Against The Purpose Of The Fair Labor Standards Act And Approach Judicially Sanctioned Fraud, Erik Allgood

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.


An Increase In Food Insecurity Correlated With An Increase In Plasma Triglycerides Among Latinx Children, Keally Haushalter, Marissa Burgermaster, Erin Hudson, Matthew J Landry, Shreela V Sharma, Jaimie N Davis Feb 2024

An Increase In Food Insecurity Correlated With An Increase In Plasma Triglycerides Among Latinx Children, Keally Haushalter, Marissa Burgermaster, Erin Hudson, Matthew J Landry, Shreela V Sharma, Jaimie N Davis

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Food insecurity and metabolic diseases both disproportionately affect Hispanic children. Cross-sectional studies have linked food insecurity with adverse cardiometabolic markers, including elevated plasma triglycerides and glucose concentrations. However, the association between changes in food insecurity and changes in cardiometabolic markers in children remains to be explored. Furthermore, few studies have assessed the impact of school-based nutrition interventions on household food insecurity.

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study are to assess the effect of the TX Sprouts intervention on household food insecurity and to examine the association between changes in household food insecurity and changes in cardiometabolic markers over 1 …


El Leñador, February 2024, El Leñador Staff Feb 2024

El Leñador, February 2024, El Leñador Staff

El Leñador Newspaper

El Leñador is an English and Spanish newspaper produced by Humboldt State University students. Our staff cover and provide news to Latinx and other diverse communities on campus and in Humboldt County. We are committed to providing relevant news and expanding the representations and stories told about people of color and other marginalized groups. Our work helps create more social, political and cultural diversity in local media.

El Leñador es un periodico en español y inglés producido por estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Humboldt. Nuestro personal cubre y provee noticias a la comunidad Latinx y otras comunidades diversas en …


February 2024, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee Feb 2024

February 2024, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

February is the Month that we Celebrate Love.

Here are a few tips on how to love yourself more....


Improved Mortality Prediction For Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Using Dynamic Prediction Strategy, Ruosha Li, Jingyan Wang, Cuihong Zhang, James E Squires, Steven H Belle, Jing Ning, Jianwen Cai, Robert H Squires Feb 2024

Improved Mortality Prediction For Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Using Dynamic Prediction Strategy, Ruosha Li, Jingyan Wang, Cuihong Zhang, James E Squires, Steven H Belle, Jing Ning, Jianwen Cai, Robert H Squires

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate a prediction tool for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) mortality risks that captures the rapid and heterogeneous clinical course for accurate and updated prediction.

METHODS: Data included 1144 participants with PALF enrolled during three phases of the PALF registry study over 15 years. Using joint modeling, we built a dynamic prediction tool for mortality by combining longitudinal trajectories of multiple laboratory and clinical variables. The predictive performance for 7-day and 21-day mortality was assessed using the area under curve (AUC) through cross-validation and split-by-time validation.

RESULTS: We constructed a prognostic joint model that combines the …


Integration Of Field- And Space-Based Observations Toward Assessing Drivers Of Biogeochemical Variability Across Vulnerable Coastal Ecosystems, Alana B. Menendez Feb 2024

Integration Of Field- And Space-Based Observations Toward Assessing Drivers Of Biogeochemical Variability Across Vulnerable Coastal Ecosystems, Alana B. Menendez

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis uses new field datasets and satellite ocean color products to quantify biogeochemical variability in three coastal regions: Long Island Sound estuary, the coastline of the Bay of Bengal extending east to the Mekong Delta, and the Yukon River Delta. These three study regions have vastly different size domains, climates, populations, and economies, but all require enhanced coastal water monitoring in the face of climate change. These regions are all naturally dynamic and experience strong seasonal phenomena but are also subject to changing hydrological forcings and direct anthropogenic perturbations. This leaves these coastal areas vulnerable to altered biogeochemical cycling, …


Edu 163.01: Student-Athlete Success, Jennifer D. Zellmer-Cuaresma, Mary H. Houlihan Feb 2024

Edu 163.01: Student-Athlete Success, Jennifer D. Zellmer-Cuaresma, Mary H. Houlihan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Edu 163.02: Student-Athlete Success, Jennifer D. Zellmer-Cuaresma, Mary H. Houlihan Feb 2024

Edu 163.02: Student-Athlete Success, Jennifer D. Zellmer-Cuaresma, Mary H. Houlihan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nutr 221n.50: Basic Human Nutrition - Online, Mary Jeanne Doyle Feb 2024

Nutr 221n.50: Basic Human Nutrition - Online, Mary Jeanne Doyle

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Ahma 203.01e: Medical Assistance And Clinical Procedures Ii, Andrea E. Gyurizca Feb 2024

Ahma 203.01e: Medical Assistance And Clinical Procedures Ii, Andrea E. Gyurizca

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 233.01: Foundations Of Nursing Laboratory, Wendy S. Barker Feb 2024

Nrsg 233.01: Foundations Of Nursing Laboratory, Wendy S. Barker

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 234.01: Adult Nursing I, Izak A. Godoy Feb 2024

Nrsg 234.01: Adult Nursing I, Izak A. Godoy

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 237.01: Health And Illness Of Maternal Nursing Clinical, Wendy S. Barker Feb 2024

Nrsg 237.01: Health And Illness Of Maternal Nursing Clinical, Wendy S. Barker

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 244.01: Adult Nursing Ii, Izak A. Godoy Feb 2024

Nrsg 244.01: Adult Nursing Ii, Izak A. Godoy

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 246.01: Health And Illness Of Child And Family Nursing, Ginger M. Sillars Feb 2024

Nrsg 246.01: Health And Illness Of Child And Family Nursing, Ginger M. Sillars

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 259.01: Adult Nursing Iii, Izak A. Godoy Feb 2024

Nrsg 259.01: Adult Nursing Iii, Izak A. Godoy

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Anty 513.01: Seminar In Bioarchaeology & Skeletal Biology, Matthew P. Rhode Feb 2024

Anty 513.01: Seminar In Bioarchaeology & Skeletal Biology, Matthew P. Rhode

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Bioh 481.80: Teaching Anatomy And Physiology Ii - Honors, Samantha E. Powers Feb 2024

Bioh 481.80: Teaching Anatomy And Physiology Ii - Honors, Samantha E. Powers

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Eric A. John Feb 2024

Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Eric A. John

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Experiences Of Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis-Related Complex Care Needs And Their Caregivers, Rachel A Pozzar, Jaclyn A Wall, Anna Tavormina, Embree Thompson, Andrea C Enzinger, Ursula A Matulonis, Susana Campos, Larissa A Meyer, Alexi A Wright Feb 2024

Experiences Of Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis-Related Complex Care Needs And Their Caregivers, Rachel A Pozzar, Jaclyn A Wall, Anna Tavormina, Embree Thompson, Andrea C Enzinger, Ursula A Matulonis, Susana Campos, Larissa A Meyer, Alexi A Wright

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) frequently undergo palliative procedures, yet these patients and their caregivers report being unprepared to manage ostomies, drains, and other complex care needs at home. The purpose of this study was to characterize the unique needs of these patients and their caregivers during care transitions.

Methods: Patients completed measures of health status and advance care planning, caregivers completed measures of preparedness and burden, and all participants completed measures of depression and anxiety. Participants detailed their experiences in individual, semi-structured interviews. We analyzed data using descriptive statistics and conventional content analysis.

Results: Sixty-one patients and 39 …


Txnrd1 Drives The Innate Immune Response In Senescent Cells With Implications For Age-Associated Inflammation, Xue Hao, Bo Zhao, Martina Towers, Liping Liao, Edgar Luzete Monteiro, Xin Xu, Christina Freeman, Hongzhuang Peng, Hsin-Yao Tang, Aaron Havas, Andrew V Kossenkov, Shelley L Berger, Peter D Adams, David W Speicher, David Schultz, Ronen Marmorstein, Kenneth S Zaret, Rugang Zhang Feb 2024

Txnrd1 Drives The Innate Immune Response In Senescent Cells With Implications For Age-Associated Inflammation, Xue Hao, Bo Zhao, Martina Towers, Liping Liao, Edgar Luzete Monteiro, Xin Xu, Christina Freeman, Hongzhuang Peng, Hsin-Yao Tang, Aaron Havas, Andrew V Kossenkov, Shelley L Berger, Peter D Adams, David W Speicher, David Schultz, Ronen Marmorstein, Kenneth S Zaret, Rugang Zhang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Sterile inflammation, also known as 'inflammaging', is a hallmark of tissue aging. Cellular senescence contributes to tissue aging, in part, through the secretion of proinflammatory factors collectively known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). The genetic variability of thioredoxin reductase 1 (TXNRD1) is associated with aging and age-associated phenotypes such as late-life survival, activity of daily living and physical performance in old age. TXNRD1's role in regulating tissue aging has been attributed to its enzymatic role in cellular redox regulation. Here, we show that TXNRD1 drives the SASP and inflammaging through the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) …


Enhancing Anti-Aml Activity Of Venetoclax By Isoflavone Me-344 Through Suppression Of Oxphos And/Or Purine Biosynthesis In Vitro, Katie H Hurrish, Yongwei Su, Shraddha Patel, Cassandra L Ramage, Jianlei Zhao, Brianna R Temby, Jenna L Carter, Holly Edwards, Steven A Buck, Sandra E Wiley, Maik Hüttemann, Lisa Polin, Juiwanna Kushner, Sijana H Dzinic, Kathryn White, Xun Bao, Jing Li, Jay Yang, Julie Boerner, Zhanjun Hou, Gheath Al-Atrash, Sergej N Konoplev, Jonathan Busquets, Stefano Tiziani, Larry H Matherly, Jeffrey W Taub, Marina Konopleva, Yubin Ge, Natalia Baran Feb 2024

Enhancing Anti-Aml Activity Of Venetoclax By Isoflavone Me-344 Through Suppression Of Oxphos And/Or Purine Biosynthesis In Vitro, Katie H Hurrish, Yongwei Su, Shraddha Patel, Cassandra L Ramage, Jianlei Zhao, Brianna R Temby, Jenna L Carter, Holly Edwards, Steven A Buck, Sandra E Wiley, Maik Hüttemann, Lisa Polin, Juiwanna Kushner, Sijana H Dzinic, Kathryn White, Xun Bao, Jing Li, Jay Yang, Julie Boerner, Zhanjun Hou, Gheath Al-Atrash, Sergej N Konoplev, Jonathan Busquets, Stefano Tiziani, Larry H Matherly, Jeffrey W Taub, Marina Konopleva, Yubin Ge, Natalia Baran

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Venetoclax (VEN), in combination with low dose cytarabine (AraC) or a hypomethylating agent, is FDA approved to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients who are over the age of 75 or cannot tolerate standard chemotherapy. Despite high response rates to these therapies, most patients succumb to the disease due to relapse and/or drug resistance, providing an unmet clinical need for novel therapies to improve AML patient survival. ME-344 is a potent isoflavone with demonstrated inhibitory activity toward oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and clinical activity in solid tumors. Given that OXPHOS inhibition enhances VEN antileukemic activity against AML, we hypothesized that …


Minimal Information For Studies Of Extracellular Vesicles (Misev2023): From Basic To Advanced Approaches, Joshua A Welsh, Deborah C I Goberdhan, Lorraine O'Driscoll, Edit I Buzas, Cherie Blenkiron, Benedetta Bussolati, Houjian Cai, Dolores Di Vizio, Tom A P Driedonks, Uta Erdbrügger, Juan M Falcon-Perez, Qing-Ling Fu, Andrew F Hill, Metka Lenassi, Sai Kiang Lim, Mỹ G Mahoney, Sujata Mohanty, Andreas Möller, Rienk Nieuwland, Takahiro Ochiya, Susmita Sahoo, Ana C Torrecilhas, Lei Zheng, Andries Zijlstra, Sarah Abuelreich, Reem Bagabas, Paolo Bergese, Esther M Bridges, Marco Brucale, Dylan Burger, Randy P Carney, Emanuele Cocucci, Rossella Crescitelli, Edveena Hanser, Adrian L Harris, Norman J Haughey, An Hendrix, Alexander R Ivanov, Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman, Nicole A Kruh-Garcia, Vroniqa Ku'ulei-Lyn Faustino, Diego Kyburz, Cecilia Lässer, Kathleen M Lennon, Jan Lötvall, Adam L Maddox, Elena S Martens-Uzunova, Rachel R Mizenko, Lauren A Newman, Andrea Ridolfi, Eva Rohde, Tatu Rojalin, Andrew Rowland, Andras Saftics, Ursula S Sandau, Julie A Saugstad, Faezeh Shekari, Simon Swift, Dmitry Ter-Ovanesyan, Juan P Tosar, Zivile Useckaite, Francesco Valle, Zoltan Varga, Edwin Van Der Pol, Martijn J C Van Herwijnen, Marca H M Wauben, Ann M Wehman, Sarah Williams, Andrea Zendrini, Alan J Zimmerman, Clotilde Théry, Kenneth W Witwer Feb 2024

Minimal Information For Studies Of Extracellular Vesicles (Misev2023): From Basic To Advanced Approaches, Joshua A Welsh, Deborah C I Goberdhan, Lorraine O'Driscoll, Edit I Buzas, Cherie Blenkiron, Benedetta Bussolati, Houjian Cai, Dolores Di Vizio, Tom A P Driedonks, Uta Erdbrügger, Juan M Falcon-Perez, Qing-Ling Fu, Andrew F Hill, Metka Lenassi, Sai Kiang Lim, Mỹ G Mahoney, Sujata Mohanty, Andreas Möller, Rienk Nieuwland, Takahiro Ochiya, Susmita Sahoo, Ana C Torrecilhas, Lei Zheng, Andries Zijlstra, Sarah Abuelreich, Reem Bagabas, Paolo Bergese, Esther M Bridges, Marco Brucale, Dylan Burger, Randy P Carney, Emanuele Cocucci, Rossella Crescitelli, Edveena Hanser, Adrian L Harris, Norman J Haughey, An Hendrix, Alexander R Ivanov, Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman, Nicole A Kruh-Garcia, Vroniqa Ku'ulei-Lyn Faustino, Diego Kyburz, Cecilia Lässer, Kathleen M Lennon, Jan Lötvall, Adam L Maddox, Elena S Martens-Uzunova, Rachel R Mizenko, Lauren A Newman, Andrea Ridolfi, Eva Rohde, Tatu Rojalin, Andrew Rowland, Andras Saftics, Ursula S Sandau, Julie A Saugstad, Faezeh Shekari, Simon Swift, Dmitry Ter-Ovanesyan, Juan P Tosar, Zivile Useckaite, Francesco Valle, Zoltan Varga, Edwin Van Der Pol, Martijn J C Van Herwijnen, Marca H M Wauben, Ann M Wehman, Sarah Williams, Andrea Zendrini, Alan J Zimmerman, Clotilde Théry, Kenneth W Witwer

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate strong biomarker and therapeutic potential and have generated broad interest, as evidenced by the steady year-on-year increase in the numbers of scientific publications about EVs. Important advances have been made in EV metrology and in understanding and applying EV biology. However, hurdles remain to realising the potential of EVs in domains ranging from basic biology to clinical applications due to challenges in EV nomenclature, separation from non-vesicular extracellular particles, characterisation and functional …


Oral Toxicities Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Meta-Analyses Of Clinical Trials, Akanksha Srivastava, Graciela M Nogueras-Gonzalez, Yimin Geng, Jasdev Singh, Jeffrey N Myers, Yisheng Li, Mark S Chambers Feb 2024

Oral Toxicities Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Meta-Analyses Of Clinical Trials, Akanksha Srivastava, Graciela M Nogueras-Gonzalez, Yimin Geng, Jasdev Singh, Jeffrey N Myers, Yisheng Li, Mark S Chambers

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, their oral toxicity profile is not well elucidated. This review aimed to investigate the prevalence of oral toxicities including xerostomia, mucositis/stomatitis, dysgeusia, dysphagia, oral/oropharyngeal pain, oral infections, angular cheilitis, osteonecrosis, osteomyelitis, and oral mucosal reactions with ICIs. A review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (ID: CRD42023391674). A systematic search of ClinicalTrials.gov was conducted as of April 10, 2022. Studies were selected, assessed, and data extracted using PRISMA guidelines. Oral toxicity data were extracted from study arms using a single immunotherapy drug. Meta-analyses were conducted to summarize prevalence of oral toxicities using …


Glucose Metabolism In Posterior Cingulate Cortex Has Supplementary Value To Predict The Progression Of Cognitively Unimpaired To Dementia Due To Alzheimer’S Disease: An Exploratory Study Of 18f-Fdg-Pet, Qi Zhang, Chunqiu Fan, Luyao Wang, Taoran Li, Min Wang, Ying Han, Jiehui Jiang, Alzheimer’S Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Feb 2024

Glucose Metabolism In Posterior Cingulate Cortex Has Supplementary Value To Predict The Progression Of Cognitively Unimpaired To Dementia Due To Alzheimer’S Disease: An Exploratory Study Of 18f-Fdg-Pet, Qi Zhang, Chunqiu Fan, Luyao Wang, Taoran Li, Min Wang, Ying Han, Jiehui Jiang, Alzheimer’S Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau are important biomarkers to predict the progression of cognitively unimpaired (CU) to dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to the diagnosis framework from the US National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA). However, it is clinically difficult to predict those subjects who were already with Aβ positive (A +) or tau positive (T +). As a typical characteristic of neurodegeneration in the diagnosis framework, the hypometabolism of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) has significant clinical value in the early prediction and prevention of AD. In this paper, we proposed the glucose metabolism in …


Concentrations Of Lead And Arsenic In Mother's Milk And Children's Blood In Peruvian Breastfeeding Dyads., Ana Maria Linares, Amanda Thaxton-Wiggins, Jason M Unrine Feb 2024

Concentrations Of Lead And Arsenic In Mother's Milk And Children's Blood In Peruvian Breastfeeding Dyads., Ana Maria Linares, Amanda Thaxton-Wiggins, Jason M Unrine

Nursing Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Toxic trace elements could enter human milk through mothers' food consumption, drinking water, air, or incidental soil ingestion, and are of concern to the nursing infant.

RESEARCH AIM: To determine the concentration of toxic trace elements (lead and arsenic) in Peruvian mothers' milk and their association with blood concentrations in their own infants 3-20 months old.

METHOD: This exploratory, cross-sectional study, carried out in Peru, included breastfeeding mother/child dyads (N = 40). Following standardized protocols, biospecimens of human milk and child's blood were collected.

RESULTS: Lead and arsenic concentrations in milk were above the method detection limits in …