Metastatic Biomarkers In Synovial Sarcoma, 2017 Loma Linda University
Metastatic Biomarkers In Synovial Sarcoma, Rosalia De Necochea-Campion, Lee M. Zuckerman, Hamid R. Mirshahidi, Shahrzad Khosrowpour, Chien-Shing Chen, Saied Mirshahidi
Library Articles and Research
Synovial sarcoma (SS) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma (STS) that typically occurs in the extremities near a joint. Metastatic disease is common and usually occurs in the lungs and lymph nodes. Surgical management is the mainstay of treatment with chemotherapy and radiation typically used as adjuvant treatment. Although chemotherapy has a positive impact on survival, the prognosis is poor if metastatic disease occurs. The biology of sarcoma invasion and metastasis remain poorly understood. Chromosomal translocation with fusion of the SYT and SSX genes has been described and is currently used as a diagnostic marker, although the full impact of …
Today - January / February 2017, 2017 Loma Linda University
Today - January / February 2017, Loma Linda University Health
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Thomas L. Lemon Appointed Chair of Loma Linda University Health Board of Trustees
-- Peter Baker named administrator of Murrieta facility
-- Lowell Cooper concludes 15 years of leadership
-- LLU Medical Center CEO receives top honor
-- Loma Linda University Cancer Center seeks volunteers for new clinical trials
-- ‘One Homecoming’ Weekend designed to bring alumni together
-- “Loma Linda’s Got Talent” on display at One Homecoming’ Weekend
-- Services held for former US Congresswoman and friend of Loma Linda University Health, Shirley Neil Pettis
-- Farmer Boys donates over $111,000 to LLU Children’s Hospital …
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Modelling Fatigue For Management Decision Making: A Case Study, 2017 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Modelling Fatigue For Management Decision Making: A Case Study, Rajee Olaganathan, Timothy B. Holt, Jacqueline Luedtke
Publications
Fatigue is one major contributing factor that reduces the human ability and leads to accidents, and threatens the safety of aircraft and human lives.
Though fatigue is seen in all the disciplines associated with the aviation industry, this paper will discuss only pilot fatigue. Based on the literature examined, this study first examines the significance of the problem.
Investigation of the inflight, pre/post flight countermeasures (both pharmacological and non - pharmacological methods) practiced at present, discusses the Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) – in this first, it defines the FRMS, briefly discusses its history, describes the organizational structure of FRMS …
Education Of Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants; What Role, If Any, For Physicians In Determining Their Scope Of Practice?, 2017 Marshall University
Education Of Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants; What Role, If Any, For Physicians In Determining Their Scope Of Practice?, Joseph I. Shapiro
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Recent changes in legislation allow for non-physicians to independently perform many of the duties previously restricted to physicians. There are potentially benefits to these changes, but the author is concerned that some of the attributes of physicians induced by the long and rigorous training embedded in the profession may be absent in this new, independent health-care work force.
Forward By Editor, 2017 Loma Linda University, School of Medicine
Forward By Editor, Benjamin J. Damazo
Loma Linda University Student Journal
No abstract provided.
Smoking Selectivity Among Mexican Immigrants To The United States Using Binational Data, 1999–2012, 2017 University of Michigan
Smoking Selectivity Among Mexican Immigrants To The United States Using Binational Data, 1999–2012, Nancy L. Fleischer, Annie Ro, Georgiana Bostean
Sociology Faculty Articles and Research
Mexican immigrants have lower smoking rates than US-born Mexicans, which some scholars attribute to health selection—that individuals who migrate are healthier and have better health behaviors than their non-migrant counterparts. Few studies have examined smoking selectivity using binational data and none have assessed whether selectivity remains constant over time. This study combined binational data from the US and Mexico to examine: 1) the extent to which recent Mexican immigrants (< 10 years) in the US are selected with regard to cigarette smoking compared to non-migrants in Mexico, and 2) whether smoking selectivity varied between 2000 and 2012—a period of declining tobacco use in Mexico and the US. We combined repeated cross-sectional US data (n = 10.901) on adult (ages 20–64) Mexican immigrants and US-born Mexicans from the 1999/2000 and 2011/2012 National Health Interview Survey, and repeated cross-sectional Mexican data on non-migrants (n …
Developing Morally Sensitive Policy In The Nicu: Donation After Circulatory Determination Of Death, 2017 University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Developing Morally Sensitive Policy In The Nicu: Donation After Circulatory Determination Of Death, Michael Van Manen, Nicole Kain
The Qualitative Report
Policy development is an important activity for the practice of healthcare. Policies, after all, may cultivate common practices and ensure that best available evidence is employed in clinical decision making. Qualitative research and individuals with expertise in qualitative research methods have much to offer policy makers. We were confronted with the situation of developing policy for donation after circulatory death (DCD) for our newborn intensive care program. Due the moral-ethical complexities surrounding DCD, and the limited experience with DCD in this context, we approached policy development from an iterative design perspective employing qualitative methods. We describe our experience in employing …
Generation Y Health Professional Students’ Preferred Teaching And Learning Approaches: A Systematic Review, 2017 National University of Ireland, Galway
Generation Y Health Professional Students’ Preferred Teaching And Learning Approaches: A Systematic Review, Caroline Mary Hills, Tracy Levett-Jones, Samuel Lapkin, Helen Warren-Forward
The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
Generation Y or Millennials are descriptors for those born between 1982 and 2000. This cohort has grown up in the digital age and is purported to have different learning preferences from previous generations. Students are important stakeholders in identifying their preferred teaching and learning approaches in health professional programs. This study aimed to identify, appraise, and synthesize the best available evidence regarding the teaching and learning preferences of Generation Y health professional students. The review considered any objectively measured or self-reported outcomes of teaching and learning reported from Generation Y health professional student perspectives. In accordance with a previously published …
It Takes An Instigator, Vision And Passion, Promoting Health In Haiti: Developing A Partnership Between An Impoverished Nation And An Ngo To Develop Advanced Practice Nursing Education, A Case Study, 2017 Pace University
It Takes An Instigator, Vision And Passion, Promoting Health In Haiti: Developing A Partnership Between An Impoverished Nation And An Ngo To Develop Advanced Practice Nursing Education, A Case Study, Carol Roye Edd, Rn, Andrea Sonenberg Phd, Whnp, Cnm-Bc
Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Four nurse educators went to Haiti after the 2012 earthquake to help rebuild the School of Nursing in Port-au-Prince. They were alarmed by the low level of health care in Haiti. Most people have no care, and those that do are treated by nurses who are not trained to do so. This article details the steps the nurses went through to start a family nurse practitioner program in Haiti to address the need for primary care and discusses how they created the partnerships necessary to start such an innovative program at the University of Haiti.
Dying For A Diagnosis: The Impact Of Racial Discrimination In Healthcare, 2017 Dominican University of California
Dying For A Diagnosis: The Impact Of Racial Discrimination In Healthcare, Danielle Owusu
Student Research Posters
Discrimination is the act of negatively behaving towards a person or group of people due to the social group these individuals belong to. Although, as a society we like to believe that discrimination does not occur as often as it does, it can take many forms that we can be oblivious to. As a healthcare provider, one is held to a higher standard that many often forget are still human susceptible to the same vices. Discrimination in healthcare is a topic that many are not aware of the prevalence in our healthcare system. It might seem that the societal perceptions …
Lived Experience Of The Advanced Practice Provider On The Burn Surgery Service, 2017 Nova Southeastern University
Lived Experience Of The Advanced Practice Provider On The Burn Surgery Service, Susan Lee Smith
Health Sciences Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this qualitative dissertation study was to examine the lived experience and meaning making of challenges, benefits, satisfaction, and professional sustainability for the advanced practice provider in the burn surgery specialty service. The problem addressed was the knowledge gap resulting from a lack of literature describing aspects of the advanced practice provider role in the burn specialty. An interpretive phenomenological analysis, informed by the philosophy of Dr. Martin Heidegger, was undertaken. Participants were solicited from the American Burn Association Advanced Practice Provider (APP) special interest group site. The results provided a thick description of the lived experience of …
Faculty And Staff Perceptions Of Interprofessional Education: A Comparative Survey Of Dental And Health Science/Nursing Faculty And Staff, 2017 Nova Southeastern University
Faculty And Staff Perceptions Of Interprofessional Education: A Comparative Survey Of Dental And Health Science/Nursing Faculty And Staff, Tabitha Nicole Fair
Health Sciences Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Research has shown a strong correlation between oral and systemic disease; therefore, there is an increased need for collaboration between dental and medical professionals. The purpose of this study was to examine the current opportunities that exist for interprofessional education (IPE) at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), the perceived need for IPE for dental and health science/nursing students, the perceived advantages of an IPE program, the features that should be included in an IPE program, and the perceived administrative and financial barriers to increased interprofessional activities. This study surveyed graduate faculty and staff from NSU’s College of Health Care Sciences, College …
2017-2018 Master Of Science In Allied Health Handbook, 2017 Otterbein University
2017-2018 Master Of Science In Allied Health Handbook, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs
Graduate School
Master of Science in Allied Health Handbook for Otterbein University Graduate Students in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences.
Pneumonia Readmissions In Older Adults With Dementia, 2017 Nova Southeastern University
Pneumonia Readmissions In Older Adults With Dementia, Sara Knox
Health Sciences Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate pneumonia readmissions of older adults with dementia. Readmission rates and predictive factors of older adults with and without dementia were compared in this study. Subjects: A nationally representative sample of 389,198 discharge records, representing 370,003 patients, was extracted from the 2013 Nationwide Readmission Database. Methods: Descriptive statistics were utilized to describe the demographics of the sample population. Differences between groups were analyzed using chi-square or t test statistics as appropriate. A generalized linear model was used to examine predictive factors for pneumonia readmissions. Results: Older adults with dementia had a readmission …
Understanding Pubmed Search Results Using Topic Models And Interactive Information Visualization, 2017 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Understanding Pubmed Search Results Using Topic Models And Interactive Information Visualization, Zhiguo Yu
Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)
With data increasing exponentially, extracting and understanding information, themes and relationships from larger collections of documents is becoming more and more important to researchers in many areas. PubMed, which comprises more than 25 million citations, uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to index articles to better facilitate their management, searching and indexing. However, researchers are still challenged to find and then get a meaningful overview of a set of documents in a specific area of interest. This is due in part to several limitations of MeSH terms, including: the need to monitor and expand the vocabulary; the lack of concept coverage …
A Glance Into How The Cold War And Governmental Loyalty Investigations Came To Affect A Leading U.S. Radiation Geneticist: Lewis J. Stadler’S Nightmare, 2017 University of Massachusetts Amherst
A Glance Into How The Cold War And Governmental Loyalty Investigations Came To Affect A Leading U.S. Radiation Geneticist: Lewis J. Stadler’S Nightmare, Edward J. Calabrese
Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Publication Series
This paper describes an episode in the life of the prominent plant radiation geneticist, Lewis J. Stadler (1897–1954) during which he became a target of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning loyalty to the United States due to possible associations with the communist party. The research is based on considerable private correspondence of Dr. Stadler, the FBI interrogatory questions and Dr. Stadler’s answers and letters of support for Dr. Stadler by leading scientists such as, Hermann J. Muller.
A Review Of The Use Of Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs) In Medical Imaging Education, 2017 Midwestern State University
A Review Of The Use Of Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs) In Medical Imaging Education, Kevin R. Clark, Beth L. Vealé, Lynette K. Watts
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Purpose: The purpose of this review article is to describe the benefits and challenges associated with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and to discuss the implications specific to medical imaging education and training. Methods: Peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to MOOCs in higher education were analyzed to identify commonalities, relationships, and possible gaps in the literature. Results: Analysis revealed several repetitive themes and concepts regarding the use of MOOCs in higher education: theory of connectivism, instructors’ and students’ perspectives, and benefits and challenges. Implications for medical imaging education and training were also discussed. Conclusions: As web-based education and technology integration continue …
Implementation Of Competency Based Educational Strategies Into A First-Year Seminar For Interprofessional Healthcare Science Majors, 2017 Western Carolina University
Implementation Of Competency Based Educational Strategies Into A First-Year Seminar For Interprofessional Healthcare Science Majors, Melissa M. Snyder, Amy Murphy-Nugen, Amy Rose, Gayle Wells, Carol Mackusick
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Health Educators Academy at Western Carolina University was developed by the Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. Interdisciplinary fellows in the 2015 HEA focused on competency based education (CBE), which naturally incentivizes collaborative, interdisciplinary and interprofessional work. The 2015 Health Educator Academy Fellows researched healthcare competencies and designed curriculum changes that aligned within these parameters. This article discusses the creation of a first-year, interprofessional healthcare course that emphasizes CBE as well as interprofessional practice. Interprofessional Goals: The 2015 Academy Fellows believed that a collaborative course in the first-year curriculum that builds upon integral …
The Efficacy Of Biofeedback And Its Use Towards Adhd, 2017 Claremont McKenna College
The Efficacy Of Biofeedback And Its Use Towards Adhd, Darius Witold Bieganski
CMC Senior Theses
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychopathology commonly characterized by general inattentiveness and/or a lack of impulse control resulting in hyperactive tendencies. ADHD is estimated to cost the United States roughly $266 billion every year. ADHD is currently treated via medications, cognitive behavioral therapy, or more recently, neurofeedback. Neurofeedback – and biofeedback in general – is the process of providing a patient with information about autonomic bodily functions so that they may control said autonomic function. In the case of ADHD, neurofeedback focuses on reinforcing the behaviors and sensations associated with attentiveness. Currently however, neurofeedback systems are large and …