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Notice of Special Interest: Cardiorespiratory and Sleep Complications of the Muscular Dystrophies
Patients with muscular dystrophies and their caregivers, including families and clinical teams, face significant challenges. These individuals often experience progressive difficulties in breathing and sleeping, along with decreased exercise tolerance due to cardiorespiratory insufficiency. This takes a substantial toll on them and their families. The purpose of this NOSI renewal is to enhance basic, translational, and clinical research in the cardiorespiratory and sleep complications associated with muscular dystrophies. The goals include elucidating phenotypes, optimizing metrics for early diagnosis, refining therapies such as gene therapy delivery to cardiac and respiratory muscles, and exploring mechanisms and treatment strategies for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).
Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of congenital diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and myotonic dystrophy (DM), all leading to progressive
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Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding
The purpose of this Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) is to inform the research community of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys (AHRQ) strong and continued interest in receiving health services research grant applications for addressing Emergency Department (ED) boarding and hospital crowding. We seek system-wide innovations to reduce or eliminate crowding and boarding so patients receive timely, condition-appropriate care without adverse events from delayed, omitted, harmful, or distracted care. We also seek research that addresses challenges and proposes care solutions that comply with Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) obligations, deliver effective and efficient system-wide Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and reduce diagnostic error, staff burnout, and turnover in ED and emergency care settings.
Approximately 140 million visits are made
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Department of Civil Engineering
National Taiwan University
The Department of Civil Engineering at the National Taiwan University invites tenure-track faculty applications in support of the department’s current focus areas. Multiple positions are available. Hiring at the Assistant Professor level is preferred, but exceptional candidates with commensurate experience and a proven track record will be considered for the Associate or Full Professor ranks. Applicants with interdisciplinary research experience and expertise are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants are also expected to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in English. The expected start date is August 1st, 2025.
An earned Ph.D. in civil engineering or relevant field is required. We are seeking candidates with research focus in the following fields.
Transportation Engineering: Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Pavement Design and Management, Public Transportation, Air Transportation and Management, Supply Chain and Logistics, Transportation Economics.
A complete
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CHICAGO – Winter officially begins this Saturday, Dec. 21, bringing freezing rain, snow and plummeting temperatures. Families can prepare now to stay safe, warm and protect their homes with guidance from FEMA’s #WinterReady campaign.
“It’s never too early to think about what you would do if stranded on the side of the road or stuck at home without power during a snowstorm,” said FEMA Region 5 Regional Administrator Tom Sivak. “Taking steps today—like making a plan and assembling emergency kits with essential items like food, water, medications and pet supplies—can make all the difference when winter weather strikes.”
Here are a few things to keep in mind as winter rolls in:
Wear a coat and dress in layers if you work outside or participate in outdoor activities. This will help regulate your body heat and keep you warm. Be sure to keep your skin covered by wearing a hat, scarf and mittens. Hats help keep the body warmer and mittens are more effective than gloves.Know what to do if you experience frostbite or hypothermia. If the cold causes pain in your body, numb or tingly skin, slurred speech, or shivering, go indoors immediately. Remove wet clothing, wrap up in a warm blanket and if you can, sip on warm fluids to stabilize your body temperature. Gather supplies for your emergency kits. It’s important to keep an emergency kit
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