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9. Brief Report: Perception of Body Posture--What Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Might Be Missing

Author

Reed, Catherine L., Beall, Paula M., and Stone, Valerie E.

Abstract

Autism has been associated with atypical face and configural processing, as indicated by the lack of a face inversion effect (better recognition of upright than inverted faces). We investigated whether such atypical processing was restricted to the face or extended to social information found in body postures. An inversion paradigm compared recognition of upright and inverted faces, body postures, and houses. Typical adults demonstrated inversion effects for both faces and body postures, but adults with autism demonstrated only a face inversion effect. Adults with autism may not have a configural processing deficit per se, but instead may have strategies for recognizing faces not used for body postures. Results have implications for therapies employing training in imitation and body posture perception.

Published
2007
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10. Turning Configural Processing Upside Down: Part and Whole Body Postures

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Reed, Catherine L., Stone, Valerie E., and Grubb, Jefferson D.

Abstract

Like faces, body postures are susceptible to an inversion effect in untrained viewers. The inversion effect may be indicative of configural processing, but what kind of configural processing is used for the recognition of body postures must be specified. The information available in the body stimulus was manipulated. The presence and magnitude of inversion effects were compared for body parts, scrambled bodies, and body halves relative to whole bodies and to corresponding conditions for faces and houses. Results suggest that configural body posture recognition relies on the structural hierarchy of body parts, not the parts themselves or a complete template match. Configural recognition of body postures based on information about the structural hierarchy of parts defines an important point on the configural processing continuum, between recognition based on first-order spatial relations and recognition based on holistic undifferentiated template matching.

Published
2006

16. The Body-Inversion Effect

Author

Reed, Catherine L., Stone, Valerie E., Bozova, Senia, and Tanaka, James

Published
2003

18. Association of race, substance abuse, and health insurance coverage with use of highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected women, 2005

Author

Lillie-Blanton, Marsha, Stone, Valerie E., Jones, Alison Snow, Levi, Jeffrey, Golub, Elizabeth T., Cohen, Mardge H., Hessol, Nancy A., and Wilson, Tracey E.

Subjects
Substance abuse -- Influence, HIV patients -- Drug therapy, Highly active antiretroviral therapy -- Social aspects, Health insurance -- Influence, Women -- Health aspects, Government, Health care industry
Abstract

Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic disparities in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) use and whether differences are moderated by substance use or insurance status, using data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). Methods. Logistic regression examined HAART use in a longitudinal cohort of women for whom HAART was clinically indicated in 2005 (N=1354). Results. Approximately 3 of every 10 eligible women reported not taking HAART. African American and Hispanic women were less likely than were White women to use HAART. After we adjusted for potential confounders, the higher likelihood of not using HAART persisted for African American but not for Hispanic women. Uninsured and privately insured women, regardless of race/ ethnicity, were less likely than were Medicaid enrollees to use HAART. Although alcohol use was related to HAART nonuse, illicit drug use was not. Conclusions. These findings suggest that expanding and improving insurance coverage should increase access to antiretroviral therapy across racial/ethnic groups, but it is not likely to eliminate the disparity in use of HAART between African American and White women with HIV/AIDS. (Am J Public Health. 2010; 100:1493-1499. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158949)

Published
2010

20. Case 29-2009: an 81-year-old man with weight loss, odynophagia, and failure to thrive

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Stone, Valerie E., Bounds, Brenna C., Muse, Victorine V., and Ferry, Judith A.

Subjects
AIDS (Disease) -- Case studies, AIDS (Disease) -- Diagnosis, AIDS (Disease) -- Care and treatment, Diabetes -- Case studies, Diabetes -- Diagnosis, Diabetes -- Care and treatment, Weight loss -- Case studies, Weight loss -- Causes of, Weight loss -- Care and treatment
Abstract

The case of an 81-year old man who is suffering from weight loss and odynophagia is discussed to better understand the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment pf advanced HIV infection. The need and importance of early detection of HIV infection through HIV testing is highlighted.

Published
2009

22. Recognizing Racial Bias and Promoting Diversity in the Rheumatology Workforce.

Author

Case, Siobhan M., Kerr, Gail S., Chandler, Mia, Stone, Valerie E., Blanco, Irene, and Feldman, Candace H.

Subjects
PREVENTION of racism, PREVENTION of employment discrimination, RACISM, MINORITIES, RHEUMATOLOGY, CULTURAL pluralism, LABOR demand, EMPLOYEE recruitment, RHEUMATOLOGISTS, LABOR supply, EMPLOYEE retention
Abstract

The article presents the discussion on recognizing racial bias and promoting diversity in the rheumatology workforce. Topics include racial and ethnic populations underrepresented in the medical profession relative to the numbers in the general population; and methods for teaching bias, structural racism, and structural competency.

Published
2022
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25. Women, inequality, and the burden of HIV

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Ojikutu, Bisola O. and Stone, Valerie E.

Subjects
Physicians -- Practice, Women -- Social aspects, HIV infection -- Care and treatment, HIV infection -- Prevention, HIV infection in women -- Social aspects, AIDS (Disease) in women -- Social aspects, Church work with women -- Social aspects, Health education of women -- Social aspects, Mass media and women -- Social aspects, Outdoor recreation for women -- Social aspects, Physical education for women -- Social aspects, Self-defense for women -- Social aspects, Social work with women -- Social aspects, Vocational guidance for women -- Social aspects, Women -- Language, Women -- Life skills guides, Women -- Psychic ability, Women -- Social networks, Women -- Socialization, Women and peace -- Social aspects, Women and the sea -- Social aspects, Women in advertising -- Social aspects, Women in aeronautics -- Social aspects, Women in church work -- Social aspects, Women in community development -- Social aspects, Women in community organization -- Social aspects, Women in cooperative societies -- Social aspects, Women in education -- Social aspects, Women in horse racing -- Social aspects, Women in Mormonism -- Social aspects, Women in motion pictures -- Social aspects, Women in popular culture -- Social aspects, Women in real estate -- Social aspects, Women in rodeos -- Social aspects, Women in rural development -- Social aspects, Women in technology -- Social aspects, Women in the civil service -- Social aspects, Women in the press -- Social aspects, Women volunteers in social service -- Social aspects, Women in the mass media industry -- Social aspects, Women in the book industry -- Social aspects
Abstract

The spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among women has sociopolitical and biological roots that arise from the inequity between the sexes, societies' class structures, and the inaccessibility of health care. It is suggested that physicians must advocate a multidisciplinary approach to treatment and prevention that would address women's life circumstances along with their medical needs so that HIV-infected women would be able to obtain and benefit optimally from appropriate treatment.

Published
2005

28. Perspectives on adherence and simplicity for HIV-infested patients on antiretroviral therapy

Author

Stone, Valerie E., Jordan, Jamie, Tolson, Jerry, Miller, Robert, and Tom, Pilon

Subjects
HIV infection -- Research, HIV infection -- Care and treatment, Highly active antiretroviral therapy -- Research, Health
Abstract

An estimation that 95% of all highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) doses must be taken to maintain durable suppression of HIV in 80% of patients, which many providers now consider adherence as equally important. The data collected are of potential importance to clinicians who seek to structure HAART regimens to which their patients are most likely to adhere.

Published
2004

31. The Major Genetic Determinants of HIV-1 Control Affect HLA Class I Peptide Presentation

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Pereyra, Florencia, Jia, Xiaoming, McLaren, Paul J., Telenti, Amalio, de Bakker, Paul I.W., Walker, Bruce D., Ripke, Stephan, Brumme, Chanson J., Pulit, Sara L, Carrington, Mary, Kadie, Carl M., Carlson, Jonathan M., Heckerman, David, Graham, Robert R., Plenge, Robert M., Deeks, Steven G., Gianniny, Lauren, Crawford, Gabriel, Sullivan, Jordan, Gonzalez, Elena, Davies, Leela, Camargo, Amy, Moore, Jamie M., Beattie, Nicole, Gupta, Supriya, Crenshaw, Andrew, Burtt, Noël P., Guiducci, Candace, Gupta, Namrata, Gao, Xiaojiang, Qi, Ying, Yuki, Yuko, Piechocka-Trocha, Alicja, Cutrell, Emily, Rosenberg, Rachel, Moss, Kristin L., Lemay, Paul, OʼLeary, Jessica, Schaefer, Todd, Verma, Pranshu, Toth, Ildiko, Block, Brian, Baker, Brett, Rothchild, Alissa, Lian, Jeffrey, Proudfoot, Jacqueline, Alvino, Marie L, Vine, Seanna, Addo, Marylyn M., Allen, Todd M., Altfeld, Marcus, Henn, Matthew R., Gall, Sylvie Le, Streeck, Hendrik, Haas, David W., Kuritzkes, Daniel R., Shafer, Robert W., Gulick, Roy M., Shikuma, Cecilia M., Haubrich, Richard, Riddler, Sharon, Sax, Paul E., Daar, Eric S., Ribaudo, Heather J., Agan, Brian, Agarwal, Shanu, Ahem, Richard L, Allen, Brady L., Altidor, Sherly, Altschuler, Eric L, Ambardar, Sujata, Anastos, Kathryn, Anderson, Ben, Anderson, Val, Andrady, Ushan, Antoniskis, Diana, Bangsberg, David, Barbaro, Daniel, Barrie, William, Bartzak, J., Barton, Simon, Basden, Patricia, Basgoz, Nesli, Bazner, Suzane, Bellos, Nicholaos C., Benson, Anne M., Berger, Judith, Bernard, Nicole F., Bemard, Annette M., Birch, Christopher, Bodner, Stanley J., Bolan, Robert K., Boudreaux, Emilie T., Bradley, Meg, Braun, James F., Brndjar, Jon E., Brown, Stephen J., Brown, Katherine, Brown, Sheldon T., Burack, Jedidiah, Bush, Larry M., Cafaro, Virginia, Campbell, Omobolaji, Campbell, John, Carlson, Robert H., Carmichael, Kevin J., Casey, Kathleen K., Cavacuiti, Chris, Celestin, Gregory, Chambers, Steven T., Chez, Nancy, Chirch, Lisa M., Cimoch, Paul J., Cohen, Daniel, Cohn, Lillian E., Conway, Brian, Cooper, David A., Cornelson, Brian, Cox, David T., Cristofano, Michael V., Cuchural, George, Jr., Czartoski, Julie L., Dahman, Joseph M., Daly, Jennifer S., Davis, Benjamin T., Davis, Kristine, Davod, Sheila M., DeJesus, Edwin, Dietz, Craig A., Dunham, Eleanor, Dunn, Michael E., Ellerin, Todd B., Eron, Joseph J., Fangman, John J.W., Farel, Claire E., Ferlazzo, Helen, Fidler, Sarah, Fleenor-Ford, Anita, Frankel, Renee, Freedberg, Kenneth A., French, Neel K., Fuchs, Jonathan D., Fuller, Jon D., Gaberman, Jonna, Gallant, Joel E., Gandhi, Rajesh T., Garcia, Efrain, Garmon, Donald, Gathe, Joseph C., Jr., Gaultier, Cyril R., Gebre, Wondwoosen, Gilman, Frank D., Gilson, Ian, Goepfert, Paul A., Gottlieb, Michael S., Goulston, Claudia, Groger, Richard K., Gurley, Douglas T., Haber, Stuart, Hardwicke, Robin, Hardy, David W., Harrigan, Richard P., Hawkins, Trevor N., Heath, Sonya, Hecht, Frederick M., Henry, Keith W., Hladek, Melissa, Hoffman, Robert P., Horton, James M., Hsu, Ricky K., Huhn, Gregory D., Hunt, Peter, Hupert, Mark J., Illeman, Mark L., Jaeger, Hans, Jellinger, Robert M., John, Mina, Johnson, Jennifer A., Johnson, Kristin L, Johnson, Heather, Johnson, Kay, Joly, Jennifer, Jordan, Wilbert C., Kauffman, Carol A., Khanlou, Homayoon, Kiltian, Robert K., Kim, Arthur Y., Kim, David D., Kinder, Clifford A., Kirchner, Jeffrey T., Kogelman, Laura, Kojic, Ema Milunka, Korthuis, Todd P., Kurisu, Wayne, Kwon, Douglas S., LaMar, Melissa, Lampiris, Harry, Lanzafame, Massimiliano, Lederman, Michael M., Lee, David M., Lee, Jean M.L, Lee, Marah J., Lee, Edward T.Y., Lemoine, Janice, Levy, Jay A., Llibre, Josep M., Liguori, Michael A., Little, Susan J., Liu, Anne Y., Lopez, Alvaro J., Loutfy, Mono R., Loy, Dawn, Mohammed, Debbie Y., Man, Alan, Mansour, Michael K., Marconi, Vincent C., Markowitz, Martin, Marques., Rui, Martin, Jeffrey N., Martin, Harold L., Jr., Mayer, Kenneth Hugh, McElrath, Juliana M., McGhee, Theresa A, McGovem, Barbara H., McGowan, Katherine, Mclntyre, Dawn, Mcleod, Gavin X., Menezes, Prema, Mesa, Greg, Metroka, Craig E., Meyer-Olson, Dirk, Miller, Andy O., Montgomery, Kate, Mounzer, Karam C., Nagami, Ellen H., Nagin, Iris, Nahass, Ronald G., Nelson, Margret O., Nielsen, Craig, Norene, David L, OʼConnor, David H., Ojikutu, Bisola O., Okulicz, Jason, Oladehin, Olakunle O., Oldfield, Edward C, III, Olender, Susan A., Ostrowski, Mario, Owen, William F., Jr., Pae, Eunice, Parsonnet, Jeffrey, Pavlatos, Andrew M., Perlmutter, Aaron M., Pierce, Michael N., Pincus, Jonathan M., Pisani, Leandro, Price, Lawrence Jay, Proia, Laurie, Prokesch, Richard C., Pujet, Heather Calderon, Ramgopal, Moti, Rathod, Almas, Rausch, Michael, Ravishankar, J., Rhame, Frank S., Richards, Constance Shamuyarira, Richman, Douglas D., Robbins, Gregory K., Rodes, Berta, Rodriguez, Milagros, Rose, Richard C., III, Rosenberg, Eric S., Rosenthal, Daniel, Ross, Polly E., Rubin, David S., Rumbaugh, Elease, Saenz, Luis, Salvaggio, Michelle R., Sanchez, William C., Sanjana, Veeraf M., Santiago, Steven, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schuitemaker, Hanneke, Sestak, Philip M., Shalit, Peter, Shay, William, Shirvani, Vivian N., Silebi, Vanessa I., Sizemore, James M., Jr., Skolnik, Paul R., Sokol-Anderson, Marcia, Sosman, James M., Stabile, Paul, Stapleton, Jack T., Starrett, Sheree, Stein, Francine, Stellbrink, Hans-Jurgen, Sterman, Lisa F., Stone, Valerie E., Stone, David R., Tambussi, Giuseppe, Taplitz, Randy A., Tedaldi, Ellen M., Theisen, William, Torres, Richard, Tosiello, Lorraine, Tremblay, Cecile, Tribble, Marc A., Trinh, Phuong D., Tsao, Alice, Ueda, Peggy, Vaccaro, Anthony, Valadas, Emilia, Vanig, Thanes J., Vecino, Isabel, Vega, Vilma M., Veikley, Wenoah, Wade, Barbara H., Walworth, Charles, Wanidworanun, Chingchai, Ward, Douglas J., Warner, Daniel A., Weber, Robert D., Webster, Duncan, Weis, Steve, Wheeler, David A., White, David J., Wilkins, Ed, Winston, Alan, Wlodaver, Clifford G., vanʼt Wout, Angelique, Wright, David P., Yang, Otto O., Yurdin, David L, Zabukovic, Brandon W., Zachary, Kimon C., Zeeman, Beth, and Zhao, Meng

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2010
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36. Frontal lobe contributions to theory of mind

Author

Stone, Valerie E., Baron-Cohen, Simon, and Knight, Robert T.

Subjects
Frontal lobes -- Research, Cognition -- Research, Mental efficiency -- Research, Health, Psychology and mental health, Research
Abstract

'Theory of mind,' the ability to make inferences about others' mental states, seems to be a modular cognitive capacity that underlies humans' ability to engage in complex social interaction. It develops in several distinct stages, which can be measured with social reasoning tests of increasing difficulty. Individuals with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, perform well on simpler theory of mind tests but show deficits on more developmentally advanced theory of mind tests. We tested patients with bilateral damage to orbito-frontal cortex (n = 5) and unilateral damage in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (n = 5) on a series of theory of mind tasks varying in difficulty. Bilateral orbito-frontal lesion patients performed similarly to individuals with Asperger's syndrome, performing well on simpler tests and showing deficits on tasks requiring more subtle social reasoning, such as the ability to recognize a faux pas. In contrast, no specific theory of mind deficits were evident in the unilateral dorsolateral frontal lesion patients. The dorsolateral lesion patients had difficulty only on versions of the tasks that placed demands on working memory., INTRODUCTION Humans, like many other species, use a variety of cues (facial expression, body posture, tone of voice) to predict others' behavior. An animal that recognizes another animal's threatening body [...]

Published
1998

39. What Do Placebo and Nocebo Effects Have to Do With Health Equity? The Hidden Toll of Nocebo Effects on Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients in Clinical Care.

Author

Yetman, Hailey E., Cox, Nevada, Adler, Shelley R., Hall, Kathryn T., and Stone, Valerie E.

Subjects
PLACEBOS, HEALTH equity, CLINICAL medicine, MEDICAL personnel, DISCRIMINATION in medical care, MINORITIES
Abstract

A placebo effect is a positive clinical response to non-specific elements of treatment with a sham or inert replica of a drug, device, or surgical intervention. There is considerable evidence that placebo effects are driven by expectation of benefit from the intervention. Expectation is shaped by a patient's past experience, observations of the experience of others, and written, verbal, or non-verbal information communicated during treatment. Not surprisingly, expectation in the clinical setting is strongly influenced by the attitude, affect, and communication style of the healthcare provider. While positive expectations can produce beneficial effects, negative information and experiences can lead to negative expectations, and consequently negative or nocebo effects. Key components identified and studied in the placebo and nocebo literature intersect with factors identified as barriers to quality care in the clinical setting for Black patients and other patients of color, including poor patient-clinician communication, medical mistrust, and perceived discrimination. Thus, in the context of discrimination and bias, the absence of placebo and presence of nocebo-generating influences in clinical settings could potentially reinforce racial and ethnic inequities in clinical outcomes and care. Healthcare inequities have consequences that ripple through the medical system, strengthening adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Here, we examine the potential for the presence of nocebo effects and absence of placebo effects to play a role in contributing to negative outcomes related to unequal treatment in the clinical encounter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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40. How Do Presenting Symptoms and Outcomes Differ by Race/Ethnicity Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection? Experience in Massachusetts.

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McCarty, Thomas R, Hathorn, Kelly E, Redd, Walker D, Rodriguez, Nicolette J, Zhou, Joyce C, Bazarbashi, Ahmad Najdat, Njie, Cheikh, Wong, Danny, Trinh, Quoc-Dien, Shen, Lin, Stone, Valerie E, and Chan, Walter W

Subjects
COVID-19, HEALTH services accessibility, CONFIDENCE intervals, MULTIPLE regression analysis, MULTIVARIATE analysis, RACE, HEALTH status indicators, DISEASES, RETROSPECTIVE studies, HEALTH outcome assessment, FISHER exact test, HOSPITAL mortality, T-test (Statistics), COMPARATIVE studies, ETHNIC groups, ODDS ratio, FIBRIN fibrinogen degradation products
Abstract

Background Population-based literature suggests severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection may disproportionately affect racial/ethnic minorities; however, patient-level observations of hospitalization outcomes by race/ethnicity are limited. Our aim in this study was to characterize coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated morbidity and in-hospital mortality by race/ethnicity. Methods This was a retrospective analysis of 9 Massachusetts hospitals including all consecutive adult patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Measured outcomes were assessed and compared by patient-reported race/ethnicity, classified as white, black, Latinx, Asian, or other. Student t test, Fischer exact test, and multivariable regression analyses were performed. Results A total of 379 patients (aged 62.9 ± 16.5 years; 55.7% men) with confirmed COVID-19 were included (49.9% white, 13.7% black, 29.8% Latinx, 3.7% Asian), of which 376 (99.2%) were insured (34.3% private, 41.2% public, 23.8% public with supplement). Latinx patients were younger, had fewer cardiopulmonary disorders, were more likely to be obese, more frequently reported fever and myalgia, and had lower D-dimer levels compared with white patients (P <.05). On multivariable analysis controlling for age, gender, obesity, cardiopulmonary comorbidities, hypertension, and diabetes, no significant differences in in-hospital mortality, intensive care unit admission, or mechanical ventilation by race/ethnicity were found. Diabetes was a significant predictor for mechanical ventilation (odds ratio [OR], 1.89; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11–3.23), while older age was a predictor of in-hospital mortality (OR, 4.18; 95% CI, 1.94–9.04). Conclusions In this multicenter cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the largest health system in Massachusetts, there was no association between race/ethnicity and clinically relevant hospitalization outcomes, including in-hospital mortality, after controlling for key demographic/clinical characteristics. These findings serve to refute suggestions that certain races/ethnicities may be biologically predisposed to poorer COVID-19 outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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