The purpose of this research study is to collect skin samples from volunteers with HS and volunteers with healthy skin. The collected skin samples will be processed and compared to each other to see if there are specific differences in the skin between the HS volunteer group and the healthy skin volunteer group.

Participants will need to come to a one-time, in-person visit where biopsies (small skin samples) will be collected.- For participants with HS: Up to 4 biopsies will be collected - For participants with healthy skin: Up to 2 biopsies will be collected

This study establishes the reliability and convergent validity of the PACED rating scale. 15 undergraduate nursing students and registered nurses will be recruited to complete 2 clinical scenarios related to nursing home residents with dementia experiencing pain and symptoms of distress. Participants will use their clinical judgment to conduct assessments and provide interventions and treatments.

Participants (nurses and nursing students) will be asked to complete a demographic survey, a pain management knowledge survey (POAKS), and complete 2 clinical scenarios followed by pain management notes related to persons with dementia experiencing symptoms of distress. It may take about an hour to complete the study procedure mentioned above. You can choose to complete the 2 clinical scenarios in one setting or at different times.

$25 gift card for Registered Nurses (RN) and nursing students.

This is a cohort study examining the changes in the muscle that occur following ACL injury and reconstruction. This study aims to determine if significant changes to the muscles properties occur as a result of the graft taken for ACL reconstruction, and whether or not these changes serve as a risk factor for further injuries. This study will examine the muscles ability to use oxygen non-invasively, an important determinant of muscle endurance and allow for comparisons of this between individuals with ACL-reconstruction surgery and healthy, non-injured adults.

Participants will have their leg muscle strength and endurance measured using common clinical techniques used in physical medicine and rehabilitation sciences. They will also have their mitochondrial capacity assessed through the skin using a non-invasive procedure.

$60.00

This is a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled Induction study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral ABX464 given daily in inducing clinical remission in subjects with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have inadequate response, no response, a loss of response, or an intolerance to either conventional or advanced therapies.The screening period is 28 days long, and a 28-day follow-up follows 8 weeks of induction treatment. Approximately 612 subjects (only adults at our site) will be randomized in this study. On Day 1, subjects will be randomized to one of the three arms. On Day 56, subjects can either continue participation in the maintenance study (ABX464-107) or end the study by entering four-week safety follow-up. Colonoscopy procedures will include biopsies of the most severely affected areas. The subjects will complete daily electronic Diaries. Blood samples will be collected at some visits. A cardiac safety sub-study is optional for eligible subjects.

Participants will be asked to sign the informed consent. There are at least five in-person visits, approximately every four weeks. There are two colonoscopy procedures with biopsies: first during the screening period and second evaluation at week 56 at the end of the study. Physical examination and vital signs will be taken at every visit. Stool sample for pathogens will be collected at screening. Blood tests will be taken to test for infectious diseases and other tests. There is an optional cardiac safety study. Pregnancy testing is required for eligible female subjects at every visit. Subjects will complete e-Diary questionnaires. There will be two eye exam visits. Participation in the study is voluntary.

Subjects will receive a flat amount per completed visit, up to maximum of $425.

The purpose of this feeding study is to examine if there is a difference in the effect of feeding a very low carbohydrate diet to people with normal weight and people with obesity. Participants will be asked to eat a very low carbohydrate diet, also known as a ketogenic diet, for 28 days. This diet will be provided to participants and includes 3 meals, some snacks, and beverages daily. Measurements of blood markers (fats, sugar, insulin, cholesterol), blood pressure, heart health, and body composition will be done at the start and end of the study.

In this study, you will be asked to consume a ketogenic diet for 28 days. This diet will be provided to you and includes 3 meals, some snacks, and beverages daily. This diet will meet your energy and nutrient needs. You will be asked to not eat any foods outside of what is provided by the study and consume no alcohol. Testing will be conducted on two consecutive days at the start of the study and the end of the study (a total of 4 testing days). For these visits, you will need to fast for 12 hours prior and avoid alcohol for 48 hours prior. At these visits, we will take a blood draw, measure your body weight, body composition, and preform non-invasive tests to assess your heart health.

$150

The study will test the color discrimination and subjective evaluations of objects in low light levels under different chromaticities.

You will make judge the visual quality of the visual environment and perform a color discrimination test.

10

This study will be used for an undergraduate honors thesis, focused on mental health’s impact on perceived blameworthiness and dangerousness of violent crime offenders and sentencing suggestions for said offenders. In this study, participants will read a vignette about a crime (homicide or assault) being committed. After reading this scenario, participants will answer 4 questions about the individual who committed the crime. These questions will ask about blame attribution, sentencing suggestions, danger perception and likelihood of reoffending. The data will be analyzed through quantitative techniques.

Participants will read a vignette about a crime (homicide or assault) being committed. After reading this scenario, participants will answer 4 questions about the individual who committed the crime. These questions will ask about blame attribution, sentencing suggestions, danger perception and likelihood of reoffending. Participants will then answer one question about their gender and one question about the school year.

The purpose of this study is to test if estrogen supplements can help reduce blood pressure and inflammation in postmenopausal women.

•Two lab visits for vascular function measurements•Wear an estradiol or placebo patch for one week.

$25 per hour for the study visits plus $50 if all microdialysis experiments are completed

This is a drug study that will examine if inhaled treprostinil is save and effective in people diagnosed with Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis.

You will be required to attend 8 in-person visits at the Hershey Medical Center over the span of approximately one year. During the study you will have physical examinations, complete questionnaires, review your medical history and current medications, have vital signs and ECGs taken, have blood tests performed, complete pulmonary function testing, and potentially have a high resolution CT scan done. You will take the inhaled treprostinil or placebo daily at home throughout the study.

600

The goal of treatment with fazirsiran is to prevent and improve the build up of these abnormal proteins that cause liver injury and fibrosis by shutting down the production of Z-AAT. Decreasing Z-AAT build up in liver cells is important, as this protein has been clearly identified as the cause of liver injury in AATD.In this study, fazirsiran is being compared with a placebo for patients with AATD LD. A placebo is a liquid like fazirsiran but does not contain any active ingredients.

You will visit the study site approximately 12 times for blood sampling, computed tomography (CT) lung densitometry, lung function tests, FibroScans, ultrasounds, liver biopsy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) study drug administration, and questionnaire completion.

This project explores the experiences of asexual individuals in health and sexual education classes. Specifically, we are interested in the structure of the courses and the extent to which LGBTQIA+ identities were included in the curriculum. Additionally, we are interested in ways health and sexual education classes have since influenced how asexual individuals view and feel about their bodies, as well as how they approach their personal health. Individuals currently identifying as asexual will be surveyed about their experiences and will have the change to provide recorded interviews if desired.

Participants will be asked to complete an online survey that is expected to take 30-40 minutes. Participants also have the opportunity to elaborate on their survey responses during a recorded Zoom interview.

Participants may enter a raffle to win one of 10 Amazon.com giftcards

The purpose of this study is to find out if parents and children 6-10 years old are willing and able to follow a protocol to be used to study the effects of short and/or variable sleep in children. During each of three, one-week long periods, we are asking parents to follow one of the following bedtime schedules: 1) habitual bedtime; 2) 1 hour later bedtime; or 3) variable bedtime (+/- 1 hour of habitual bedtime each day). Children will wear a sleep tracker and parents will complete daily diaries. We will also ask participants questions about their experiences completing the protocol.

Participants will attend an enrollment visit at the Noll Laboratory at Penn State's campus where we will go over the study and give participants a sleep monitor. We will then ask parents to put their child to bed at different, specified times over the course of three weeks - normal bedtime in one week; 1 hour later than their usual bedtime in another week; and at a different assigned time each day that will be +/- 1 hour of their normal bedtime during the third week. During all three weeks, children will wear a sleep monitor on their wrist (similar to a Fitbit), and parents will answer a short survey each evening on their smartphone or other device. At the end of the study, participants will attend a final visit (either in-person or by Zoom depending on preference) to answer questions about their experience with the protocol.

$150

This is a multi-site prospective laboratory analysis of blood specimens utilizing the investigational Innovance 2.0 D-Dimer assay compared to the FDA-approved Innovance 1.0 D-Dimer assay on the FDA-approved CS-5100 instrument. Subjects will be required to provide up to 2 tablespoons of blood (30 ml) collected once (1) in a single visit from up to two (2) attempts to obtain the sample. Samples will be collected by venipuncture, or from an existing intravenous (IV) or arterial line, which are the standard methods of drawing blood in the hospital setting.

If you choose to participate in the study, you will have no more than 2 tablespoons of blood (30 ml) collected once (1) in a single visit from up to two (2) attempts to obtain the sample. Samples will be collected by venipuncture, or from an existing intravenous (IV) or arterial line, which are the standard methods of drawing blood in the hospital setting. The visit should last no more than 60 minutes and will be scheduled in advance with the study team. This visit will include signing a consent form to participate in the study, allowing the study team to draw your blood, and providing a small amount of information about yourself. We are looking for volunteers 10 years and older with confirmed clots in the legs or lungs, or diseases and conditions with increased coagulation activation such as thromboembolic disease, acute aortic dissection, myocardial infarction, malignant diseases, obstetrical complications, third trimester of pregnancy, surgery or polytrauma, sepsis or severe infection. We are looking for healthy volunteers 18 years and older as well.

$75

The purpose of this prospective, multi-site study is to conduct a clinical evaluation of the investigational CN-6000 device using venous plasma specimens from adult participants in different care settings with various disease processes. This is a fully automated blood coagulation analyzer intended for in-vitro diagnostic use to analyze clotting, chromogenic and immuno-chemical methods in 3.2% Na citrated plasma in a clinical laboratory. No more than 2 venous blood draws will be attempted to obtain up to 4 whole blood specimens per subject, totaling no more than 30 mL. Samples may also be tested on the CS-5100 predicate comparator device.

This study will require 1 visit to Hershey Medical Center on a single day for up to two blood draws, no more than 2 tablespoons of blood (30 ml) total. The visit should last no more than 60 minutes and will be scheduled in advance with the study team. This visit will include signing a consent form to participate in the study, allowing the study team to draw your blood, and providing a small amount of information about yourself. We are looking for volunteers with coagulation disorders and healthy volunteers.

$75

This qualitative study investigates the helping and hindering factors that led to the successful implementation of succession planning in administration of healthcare organizations in Saudi Arabia. This study will investigate what factors, including top management commitment, resource availability, organizational culture, communication, resistance to change, and bureaucratic roadblocks, enable and hinder organizations from implementing succession planning in the Eastern Healthcare Cluster (EHC) in Saudi Arabia. This study will use the enhanced critical incidents techniques (ECIT; Butterfield et al., 2009) to identify the critical factors that help or hinder the successful implementation of succession planning. In addition, it inquires the wish list of the participants about future changes or interventions.

They will complete the selection criteria for the screening process to determine which participants meet the inclusion criteria and which should be excluded from the study.

Endometriosis, is a disorder that occurs in women, is when tissue that should be normally found inside the womb is also found in sites outside of the womb. This disorder impairs the function of the endothelium, the cells that line the body’s blood vessels (endothelium). The endothelium helps to control blood flow in healthy vessels. Women with this disorder not only have an increased risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol, they also have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. They have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, too. With this study, we will learn how endometriosis impairs the lining of blood vessels and increases the risk for disease. We will test two different intervention strategies to reduce long-term cardiovascular disease risk in women with endometriosis.

There will be 3 in person visits, blood draws will occur at all visits. On 2 of the visits blood flow experiments will be conducted. Participants will take oral medications.

390

The purpose of this voluntary research study is to understand the impact of maternal depression on child outcomes, such as how children respond to rewarding or positive information in their environment and their mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression.

In this study, you will complete some interviews and surveys about your and your child’s mental health history, parenting practices, and stress exposure. We will also have your child complete a few computer tasks while we measure their brain activity. You and your child will also complete a few discussion tasks. These procedures will be completed three times over the course of two years.

360 dollars

Our first, aim is to quantify the superficial traits among the Hazara, Tajik, and Pashtun populations of Afghanistan by using a computer-based 3D morphometric method. We want to quantify the facial traits, voices and pigmentation, identify genetic regions affecting these traits, and plot phylogenetic trees to explain the probable facial variation and evidence of shared genetic basis they might exhibit across population. The expected number of participants in the study will be ~ 500 individuals which will provide us a better understanding of the evolution of superficial traits among these Afghan ethnic groups. This will be the first study to focus on Afghanistan's population which will provide important insights into a diverse and understudied set of human populations. As a result, a more comprehensive examination of facial genetics could be performed. Our second aim for the study is to uncover which genetic variants affect superficial trait variation by using next-generation sequencing (NGS). To achieve this goal, human saliva samples will be collected which will undergo genetic laboratory procedures for DNA extraction, amplification, quantification, and genotyping. The finding will help us to learn more about the qualitative and quantitative facial genetic variability. We hypothesize that facial variability among Hazara, Tajik, and Pashtun is greater than expected which can lead us to other questions about ancestry, migration, and human evolution. From their geographic proximity genetic and computational analysis will allow us to answer the question of how facial pigmentation and vocal variation among these populations leads to genetic diversity. Climate, migration history, and mate choice are the major contributors to phenotypic variation in the population. Our qualitative and quantitative data will be the best source of understanding facial morphological variation across populations, and how past migration affects gene flow, which has a direct effect on these traits which evolved jointly and differently in each population. Our third aim for this project is to look for forensically important markers that can contribute to the field of forensic genetics and enhance law enforcement and forensic investigations. The discovery of novel forensically important markers that can shape phenotypic variation will make major contributions to the field of forensic anthropology. The fourth and final objective of this research is to determine how human migration affects the variation of the oral microbiome and the subsequent effects of this diversity on human well-being, diet, energetics, and microbial genus.

Our team is visiting the participant location to collect hair, voice, saliva, and 3D images. It will take 30 minutes for each participant to complete the entire activity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational drug AMXT-1501 (a pill taken by mouth) in combination with the study drug difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for infusion administered intravenously (IV; a liquid that continuously goes into your body through a tube that has been placed during a surgery into one of your veins). An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), or any other regulatory authorities around the world for use alone or in combination with any drug, for the condition or illness it is being used to treat.

You will undergo a number of standard tests and research-related procedures before being able to enroll on this study.

The main purpose of this research study is to provide access to the investigational product, CNM-Au8 at a dose of 30mg per day, to up to 180 people living with ALS. The study wants to find out if CNM-Au8 is safe to take without causing too many side effects and can help people with ALS.

Participants will have a visit to see if they qualify to participate. Following this visit, they will return to the clinic for visits every 12 weeks and these visits will continue in 144-week periods until the treatment plan is discontinued. Participants will have one last visit 4 weeks after their last dose of the investigational medicine.

This is a survey study that will examine factors that impact the quality of life for parental caregivers of an adult child with profound autism.

Participants will be asked to take a survey about their experiences caring for their autistic child and questions about their well-being.

$20

This study aims to understand how emotion regulation in infants develops within the context of family and community support. We're particularly interested in the relation between mother-infant synchrony, facilitated by family and community support, and infant emotion regulation. We will use a multi-method approach to collect simultaneous brain activation in mothers and infants, infant's physiological responses, and information about family and community support.

Participants complete questionnaires online, then come in for 1 in-person visit. This research aims to find out how patterns of brain activation in infants and mothers and infant physiological responses relate to the real life, face-to-face interactions that mothers and babies usually engage in.

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There is a growing body of data demonstrating that polyphenols from foods including cocoa and chocolate are metabolized by the gut microbiome to produce small molecular weight metabolites that have greater systemic bioavailability and a potential role in the health-related effects of the parent compounds. The objective of this protocol is to collect fecal samples from human subjects, aged 18 - 40 years old, with overweight or obesity (BMI = 25 – 40 kg/m2), to use as a source of gut microbiota. These fecal samples will be used in in vitro fermentation experiments where fecal samples will be mixed cocoa powder or cocoa extracts in buffer. Samples from these fermentation experiments will be analyzed by chemical methods to identify the metabolites present and will be tested in bioassays to determine potential health-related bioactivities. Because biological sex can impact the composition of the microbiome, we plan to recruit both biological males and females.

There will be two in-person visits. Screening and consent collection will be done at the first and participants will receive supplies for stool collection. The participant will collect the stool samples at home and then return the sample at the second visit.

25

This clinical trial will test the effects of common flavor chemicals in electronic nicotine delivery systems on brain reward function and nicotine use behaviors.

Subjects completing MRIs: Subjects will attend two in person visits with MRIs. where they will complete questionnaires, use e-cigarette devices and complete computer tasks.Subjects not completing MRIs: Subjects will attend two in person visits where they will complete questionnaires, use e-cigarette devices and complete computer tasksAll subjects will take a study E-cigarette device home to use for 10 days between their two in person visits.

If completing MRI - up to $400; If not completing MRI - up to $250

This protocol is comparing two types of surgery, one with the removal of the ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus against removal of the fallopian tubes and uterus in subjects how are between 35 and 50 with the BRCA1 mutation..

Participants must be carriers of the BRCA1 gene mutation. This trial involves going to the operating room to have either their fallopian tubes removed or their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. A vaginal ultrasound will be done. you will have blood drawn and a pregnancy test done. This will happen before surgery.

The purpose of this research study is to understand the health effects of a new oral nicotine pouch, and also to understand if this product can help reduce traditional cigarette smoking. Participants will be asked to reduce their cigarette smoking by at least 50% with the help of the nicotine pouches.

After smoking your usual brand cigarettes for one week, you will be randomly assigned to one of six nicotine pouch groups to use over 16 weeks and asked to reduce your cigarette smoking over that time by at least 50% by using a nicotine pouch in place of your cigarettes. During the 16 weeks, there will be 2 phone call contacts and 4 in-person study contacts. During in-person contacts you will complete study questionnaires and you will be asked to provide urine, exhaled carbon monoxide, mouth cell samples, and other health measurements. You will record your cigarette and nicotine pouch use every day through a daily text message. Lastly, you will be followed up for a last study contact (virtual) 4 weeks later.

$375

The study will test GS-1427 for treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). Adults diagnosed with UC can participate if otherwise eligible.The study has two parts; the first part lasts 12 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo arm. At 12-week evaluation the participants can be further assigned to an active treatment lasting 40 weeks. The second part of the study is for new participants. Eligible participants will be randomized to the treatment with GS-1427, Stelara, or both drugs.The study procedures include blood tests, endoscopy with biopsies, vitals, and physical exam, EKG testing, providing urine and stool samples, and completion of symptom-related diary questionnaires.

Participants will be required to sign the informed consent and show that they understand the study requirements. They will be required to complete in-person clinic visits. During the visits, the participants will have their vitals checked, and we will ask them about any problems they may have or adverse events. During the screening periods, participants will undergo endoscopy with biopsies and provide stool and urine samples. Blood draws will also be done, and we will teach them to complete the questionnaires about the disease symptoms. If eligible for the study, screened subjects will be randomized for either tone of the three drug dose or placebo treatment (blinded). They will attend at least five clinic visits over the twelve-week treatment period. At that time, the endoscopy evaluation will be done again, and the participants will be eligible to enter the next study phase. They will again be randomized to one of the four possible treatment arms using different drug doses. In the part 2, investigational drug, standard of care biologic Stelara, or concomitant treatment of both medicines. During part 2 of the study, subjects are required to attend at least ten clinic visits every four weeks. When the treatment is completed, the participants will be followed for four weeks and attend the end of the therapy visit. The final endoscopy will be done at week 52 of treatment. Participants will have an ECG done at selected study visits and a pregnancy check for WOCBA at every visit. Blood draws and a review the study diary will be done at every visit.

Part 1 total $1765 ($75 per visit, $20 meal cards v2 and v12); Part 2 TBD

Researchers in this trial will be using a combination of two drugs to determine if the combination will help in treating cancer by shrinking tumors and controlling cancer growth.

You will need to come to the clinic for at least six visits while you are taking the study medication. Those visits will include see the study doctor, having blood drawn, and giving you the study drug. When you are no longer taking the study drug you will be seen about 2 months after that followed by phone follow ups between 6 and 8 months after stopping the study drug and then every year for 2 years. Those yearly visits can also be done by looking at you medical record.

The new program will help women who have recently been involved in the criminal justice system and use opioids (heroin, fentanyl, prescription pain medications nonmedically) to join treatment programs for opioid addiction. The program will also assist women in finding and getting access to the social services they may need and provide opioid response training. Half of the recruited participants will be randomly selected to be in a trauma support group for women with addiction issues. The program will also help women with common barriers to staying in treatment, such as childcare and transportation.

Participants will be connected to drug treatment programs that offer medications to stop or reduce drug use. Participants will be assigned a peer recovery specialist; these are women in long-term recovery who will help the enrolled women with transportation, childcare, and completing any tasks they may have due to criminal justice involvement or child welfare. Half of our participants will be assigned to a support group of other women in recovery. Participants will complete surveys at three time points and will be paid $50 each time. Participants will also be given overdose response training and take-home-naloxone.

$575

Research has shown that exposure to different environments alters perceived pain intensity. To explore whether pain differs in various VR environments, we are going to use virtual reality to immerse participants in different settings. At the end of every immersion, we are going to induce controlled experimental thermal pain to participants (like holding a hot cup of coffee) to understand whether their pain differs. We are also going to measure their stress, affect and brain activity using behavioral, electrophysiological (skin conductance and heart rate) and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) methodology. The results have the potential to improve pain treatment in medical settings, where virtual reality is regularly used as a non-pharmacological analgesic, but also to inform architectural design and urban planning, so our cities and homes promote improved pain outcomes.

There will be one in-person visit that will last ~3.5 hours. During the visit you will be immersed in Virtual Reality environments, you will experience painful (but tolerable) heat stimulations, like holding a hot cup of coffee, and you will be asked to rate your pain intensity. We will record your brain activity using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) as well as your palm sweatiness and pulse. You will be compensated $25 per hour for your time.

~$85