Digital Commons Network^™

Pandemic Impacts On The Workplace: Voices From Nh Small Businesses, Liu Yang, Ellen Smith Ahern, Karla Armenti

Institute on Disability

No abstract provided.

A Community-Academic Partnered Approach To Designing A Virtual Village To Address The Needs Of Older Adults Living With Hiv, Annie L. Nguyen, Andrea N. Polonijo, Jerome T. Galea, Moka Yoo-Jeong, Jeff Taylor, Erik L. Ruiz, Karah Greene, Jasmine L. Lopez, Christopher Christensonf, Brandon Brown

Social Work Faculty Publications

Many older adults living with HIV face unique challenges, including comorbidities, loneliness, and isolation. This community-academic partnered study elicited viewpoints from older adults living with HIV about the characteristics of a digital environment (“Virtual Village”) to combat against loneliness and isolation. We utilized Choice-Based Conjoint Analyses to determine preferred attributes of a Virtual Village. We also conducted focus groups and interviews with older adults living with HIV and used an iterative, data-driven approach to systematically identify emergent themes. Participants (N = 82) were aged 50–82 years and racially/ethnically diverse. The majority were men (78%), gay (66%), and lived with …

Employing Data Visualization For Effective Health Communication In Nairobi, Kenya: A Study Of Select Media Houses., Rabudi Charles Mark

Executive Masters in Media Leadership and Innovation

This capstone project analyzes how journalists use data visualization to communicate health information. With the advent of evidence-based practice in medical communication, it is necessary to provide health information in a way that raises public health awareness and changes individual behaviour for beneficial health outcomes. The use of data visualization tools such as charts, graphs, and maps aids in the presentation of data patterns and insights, improving knowledge, engagement, and decision-making in the field of health communication. The study seeks to identify the types of health data visualization commonly employed by journalists in Kenya; assess the level of training and …

Covid-19 Pandemic And College Students’ Mental Health: Vulnerability And Resilience Factors, Jensyn Morrison

Masters Theses

The world became quickly and suddenly consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. Topics such as stay-at-home orders, isolation from society, and social distancing became trending discussion themes in news coverage and daily conversations. The present study aimed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of college students. Specifically, a total of 123 students from a rural Midwest university and an urban Southeast university in the United States participated in an online survey that assessed COVID-19-related vulnerability and resilience factors (e.g., employment status, living situation, religious beliefs, previous diagnosis, and vaccination status of individuals) …

Root Causes Of Homelessness In Marin County And Prevention Strategies, Michaela George, Kelsey Bas, Joe Blakely, Naila Saghir, Garrett Siebels, Liliana Valle-Contreras, Sehrish Khan

Global Public Health | Student Research Posters

Even with increased prevalence of homelessness in the US, there is limited research that investigates circumstances that can lead to homelessness. This lack of understanding perpetuates the inequities in health and wellbeing, access to basic necessities, effective prevention strategies and meaningful policy changes.

More individuals are experiencing homelessness in California than ever before In Marin, the Ritter Center (RC) strives to prevent and resolve homelessness and improve the health and well-being of individuals living in poverty

Vaccine Hesitancy In Those Experiencing Homelessness And Housing Instability In Marin County: Is Covid-19 Any Different?, Kelsey Bas

Global Public Health | Senior Theses

Introduction:

COVID-19 booster hesitancy amongst different populations is a continuing public health issue. Within Marin County, individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability are not receiving their booster vaccination in spite of receiving the primary series of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hence, there is a lack of research that reveals the barriers and motivation as to why individuals experiencing homelessness and housing instability in Marin are facing hesitancy towards the COVID-19 booster.

Methods:

In this qualitative study, the researcher interviewed clients of the Ritter Center. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals ages 18 and older, currently experiencing homelessness or housing instability, and …

Tuberculosis Treatment Loss To Follow-Up In Children Exposed At Home: A Prospective Cohort Study, Meredith B. Brooks, Brittney J. Van De Water, Leonid Lecca, Chuan-Chin Huang, Letizia Trevisi, Carmen Contreras, Jerome T. Galea, Roger Calderon, Rosa Yataco, Megan Murray, Mercedes C. Becerra

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a significant public health problem. It is important to understand what drives LTFU in children – a population whose treatment and management depend on an adult caregiver – to better provide support services to families affected by TB.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of household contacts in Lima, Peru (2009–12). Using multilevel logistic regression analysis, we explored individual-level characteristics of children and their adult household members with TB disease to identify risk factors for LTFU among children initiated on treatment for TB.

Results: A total of …

Legally Literate But Disempowered: Urban Refugees And National Screening Mechanism In Thailand, Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This dissertation examines the relationship between legal literacy, empowerment, and protection outcomes among urban refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, focusing on the 2019 National Screening Mechanism (NSM). Thailand, a non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and hosting about 5,500 refugees mainly in Bangkok, lacks formal refugee laws. Its recent NSM reflects limited progress in regional protection mechanisms, functioning within a framework that emphasizes state security over human security. The study posits that urban refugees understand the law, like the NSM, but remain powerless because Thailand's approach prioritizes security over protection. This study addresses three interconnected research questions that investigate …

อิทธิพลกํากับของคุณลักษณะนักจัดการภัยพิบัติต่อความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความวิตกกังวลและ การเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติ, สุวัจณีย์ เจริญยิ่ง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ความวิตกกังวลส่งผลทั้งในทางบวกและลบต่อพฤติกรรมการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติ แม้ว่า “ทฤษฎีการจัดการความหวาดกลัว” (Terror management theory) จะชี้ให้เห็นว่าผู้คนมักหลีกเลี่ยงการคิดเกี่ยวกับภัยพิบัติเพื่อลดความวิตกกังวล การศึกษานี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อตรวจสอบความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความวิตกกังวลและการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติในผู้ใหญ่ชาวไทย นอกจากนี้ยังศึกษาบทบาทของลักษณะบุคลิกภาพตามกรอบแนวคิดคุณลักษณะนักจัดการภัยพิบัติ (Power to Live with Disaster) ได้แก่ ความเป็นผู้นำ ทักษะการแก้ไขปัญหา ความเห็นแก่ผู้อื่น ความยืนหยัดไม่ย่อท้อ การยึดมั่นในขนบธรรมเนียม การควบคุมอารมณ์ การก้าวพ้นตนเอง และสุขภาวะเชิงรุก ในฐานะตัวแปรกำกับ โดยกลุ่มตัวอย่างประกอบด้วยผู้ใหญ่ชาวไทยจำนวน 700 คน อายุระหว่าง 18–59 ปี (M = 25.3, SD = 7.8) ซึ่งทั้งหมดเคยมีประสบการณ์เผชิญภัยพิบัติมาแล้วอย่างน้อยหนึ่งครั้ง ผู้เข้าร่วมตอบแบบสอบถามออนไลน์ ซึ่งประกอบด้วยมาตรวัดคุณลักษณะนักจัดการภัยพิบัติฉบับภาษาไทย แบบวัดความวิตกกังวลทั่วไป 7 ข้อ และแบบสอบถามการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติ ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความวิตกกังวล องค์ประกอบแต่ละด้านของคุณลักษณะนักจัดการภัยพิบัติ และพฤติกรรมการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติได้รับการวิเคราะห์โดยใช้การวิเคราะห์การถดถอยแบบมีตัวแปรกำกับ ผลการวิเคราะห์พบว่า ความวิตกกังวลมีความสัมพันธ์เชิงบวกกับการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติ (r = .150, p<.001) ความเห็นแก่ผู้อื่น ซึ่งเป็นหนึ่งในคุณลักษณะนักจัดการภัยพิบัติมีบทบาทเป็นตัวแปรกํากับที่มีนัยสําคัญใน ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความวิตกกังวลและการเตรียมพร้อม (β = .099, p < .05) กล่าวคือ ผู้ที่มีความวิตกกังวล และระดับความเห็นแก่ผู้อื่นสูงมักมีแนวโน้มที่จะเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับภัยพิบัติมากกว่ากลุ่มอื่น ๆ ข้อค้นพบนี้เน้น ยํ้าถึงความสําคัญของกลยุทธ์ที่อิงจากบุคลิกภาพในการส่งเสริมความพร้อมรับมือภัยพิบัติในประเทศไทย

ความชื่นชอบต่อรูปแบบและเนื้อหาเกี่ยวกับการสื่อสารสุขภาพของผู้ใช้สารเสพติดด้วยวิธีฉีด, จันจิรา ลิ้นทอง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษานี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษารูปแบบและเนื้อหาการสื่อสารสุขภาพที่ผู้ใช้สารเสพติดด้วยวิธีฉีดให้ความสนใจ โดยเก็บข้อมูลผ่านการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก 20 ราย และการสนทนากลุ่ม 4 กลุ่ม ในพื้นที่กรุงเทพฯ และปริมณฑล วิเคราะห์ด้วยวิธีวิเคราะห์แก่นสาร (Thematic Analysis) เพื่อสกัดรหัสและประเด็นที่สะท้อนความต้องการของกลุ่มเป้าหมาย ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ผู้ใช้สารเสพติดให้ความสำคัญกับการสื่อสารที่เป็นกันเอง ไม่เป็นทางการ และสอดคล้องกับชีวิตจริง โดยนิยมการพูดคุยตัวต่อตัว การสนทนากลุ่มย่อย และการสื่อสารผ่านเพื่อนร่วมประสบการณ์ ขณะที่สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์และวิดีโอมักถูกมองว่าไม่ดึงดูดหรือไม่ตรงกับพฤติกรรมจริง ด้านเนื้อหา ผู้ใช้สารสนใจประเด็นในชีวิตประจำวัน เช่น การดูแลแผล อาการถอนยา การป้องกันการใช้ยาเกินขนาด การเจรจากับตำรวจ และประสบการณ์เลิกยา มากกว่าเนื้อหาเรื่องเอชไอวี ไวรัสตับอักเสบซี หรือวัณโรค ซึ่งมักถูกมองว่าไกลตัวและซ้ำซาก แม้ยังคงเข้ารับบริการด้านสุขภาพเหล่านี้ นอกจากนี้ยังพบความสนใจในเนื้อหาสุขภาพอื่น ๆ เช่น โรคเรื้อรัง สุขภาพช่องปาก และการนอนหลับ ซึ่งเกี่ยวข้องทางอ้อมกับพฤติกรรมการใช้สาร ข้อค้นพบสะท้อนถึงความสำคัญของการสื่อสารแบบมีส่วนร่วมที่ยึดบริบทชีวิตของผู้ใช้สารเป็นศูนย์กลาง เพื่อเพิ่มความเชื่อมโยง ความน่าเชื่อถือ และประสิทธิภาพในการเข้าถึงกลุ่มเป้าหมาย

Exploring Utilization Patterns Of Thailand's Three Main Public Health Insurance Scheme Beneficiaries, Pakhun Angsupan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The three main public health insurance schemes in Thailand include the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), the Social Security Scheme (SSS), and the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS), which the schemes cover approximately 97% of the population. However, a number of individuals reported not having utilized the schemes during their last visit to a medical facility. Non-utilization of free healthcare raises a question regarding the ability to access and utilize public health insurance schemes and whether or not they are able to appropriately provide horizontal equity. The aim of this study is to examine the influence of demographic and health-related …

Nursing Care During Natural Disasters, War Zones, And Mass Casualty Incidents: Implications For An Educational And Professional Overhaul, Erin N. White

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Emergency situations around the world are inevitable. Any nurse who practices for any period of time is sure to encounter situations like these. Their hospital may be flooded with traumatic and severely life-threatening patient cases where supplies can become scarce. In these situations, a nurse and all other healthcare personnel are expected to act effectively, efficiently and in a highly organized way. Despite this need, many hospitals fail to implement effective disaster preparedness programs and plans. This leaves healthcare workers at a loss for how to treat patients, communicate within and outside of the hospital, coordinate transport, and all the …

A Social History Of Opioids’ Crimedical Cycle, Jerel M. Ezell, Alex Rains, Babatunde Patrick Ajayi, Kyle Miller, Erin Augustine, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Elizabeth N. Kinnard, Michelle R. Lofwall

Behavioral Science Faculty Publications

Historically, public and political discourse around people who nonmedically use opioids has largely been rendered via a deficits-oriented lens, presenting this population as weak, disinterested, and deviant,and thus undesirable and ill-positioned for wellness and communal integration. These narratives, and subsequent policies used to engage people who use opioids, are intermittently formed and disrupted by geopolitical changes, as public and institutional attitudes, often driven by racial and class-related considerations, shift. As part of what we term the crimedical cycle, a population’s behaviors fluctuate between periods of medicalization and criminalization. Strengths-based theory, an offshoot of ‘positive psychology’ that helps contextualize the crimedical …

Enhancing People's Subjective Wellbeing: Assessing The Impact Of Universal Health Coverage Through Wellbeing Adjusted Life Years, Ryan Joseph R. Dizon

Economics Department Faculty Publications

The establishment of public health programs, such as universal health coverage (UHC), aims to ensure health and wellbeing for all throughout the life course. These health programs have far-reaching impacts that extend beyond physical health. This study examines the impact of UHC on people's subjective wellbeing through a cross-country analysis using a multidimensional measure of health: the wellbeing adjusted life years (WALYs). WALYs are derived from life satisfaction data from the European Values Study and World Values Survey (1990–2014). The study employs an instrumental variable approach and Lewbel's method—a heteroscedasticity-based identification strategy, and additionally incorporates personality into the model. Findings …

Healthcare Providers’ Willingness To Prescribe Buprenorphine To Adolescents And Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorder, Nicole M. Fusco

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis, with opioid use frequently beginning during adolescence and young adulthood. Opioid-related overdoses have continued to increase among adolescents and young adults. Despite the efficacy of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in treating opioid use disorder (OUD), they remain underutilized. A critical step to addressing this issue is identifying the barriers that prevent physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants from prescribing MOUD. This study investigates healthcare providers' willingness to prescribe buprenorphine to adolescents and young adults with OUD. Participants included physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who currently treat adolescents and young …

Recovery Capital In A Justice-Involved Population: An Asset-Based Approach To Recovery And Community Reentry, Evan Joseph Batty

Theses and Dissertations--Sociology

The burden of the opioid epidemic demands further efforts to facilitate recovery, particularly for disadvantaged populations and those recently released from prison. After community reentry, individuals face a period of vulnerability as they adjust to new roles and responsibilities to meet their basic needs. Prison-based substance use disorder treatment (SUD Tx) programs provide support to help prepare individuals with SUD for their release and facilitate successful recovery goals after community reentry. This dissertation has three aims: (1) further the understanding of potential barriers and facilitators of recovery after community reentry, (2) assess how prison-levels of recovery capital influence recovery outcomes …

Availability, Use, And Impact Of Workplace Mental Health Supports During The Covid-19 Pandemic In A Canadian Cohort Of Healthcare Workers, Shannon Ruzycki, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labreche, Tanis Zadunayski, Nicola Cherry

Études primaires

We investigated the availability and use of workplace mental health (MH) supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers (HCW) and measured anxiety and depression by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) completed at four contacts 2020–2022. Reports were available for 4400 HCW working with patients. Half the HCWs had a clinically significant HADS score at one or more contacts Access to MH supports increased during the pandemic, with 94% reporting access to some workplace support by 2022: 47% had made use of at least one support. 25% of those with high HADS scores used …

Pharmaceutical Messianism And The Politics Of Covid-19 In The United States, Gideon Lasco, Vincen Gregory Yu, Nishtha Bharti

Development Studies Faculty Publications

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, public officials in the United States–from the President to governors, mayors, lawmakers, and even school district commissioners–touted unproven treatments for COVID-19 alongside, and sometimes as opposed to, mask and vaccine mandates. Utilising the framework of ‘pharmaceutical messianism’, our article focuses on three such cures–hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and monoclonal antibodies–to explore how pharmaceuticals were mobilised within politicised pandemic discourses. Using the states of Utah, Texas, and Florida as illustrative examples, we make the case for paying attention to pharmaceutical messianism at the subnational and local levels, which can very well determine pandemic responses and outcomes in contexts such …

Introducing Comprehensive Sexuality Education And Hiv Prevention And Treatment Methods Through Pop-Up Clinics To Secondary School Girls In Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Eliza I. Tobin, Joaquin Carlos Pinga, Caitlyn Stanya

Capstone Showcase

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system leading to people living with HIV (PLHIV) immunodeficient and more susceptible to other infections or diseases (UNAIDS, 2023b). This can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) within 8-10 years of infection (UNAIDS, 2023b). HIV does not always present symptoms, making it hard for people to identify their HIV status without proper screening. The lack of awareness around a person’s status has led HIV to spread worldwide. In addition to the worldwide spread of HIV, there is no cure for the disease, however, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is mainly used …

Opioid Policy Solutions: Administrative Law, Legislation, And Constitutional Reform, Trevin Stevens

Honors Theses

I have written three separate policy briefs addressing issues in the pharmaceutical industry that allowed for the opioid epidemic to reach the magnitude that it has in the last three decades. I examined public policy regarding labeling, drug diversion, and misuse, as well as marketing. By studying existing policies, I was able to provide insight into possible reforms, while accounting for potential obstacles to systematic reform, such as constitutional concerns regarding free speech.

Comparing The Prevalence Of Stereotypic Behaviors And Enrichment Use In Rhesus (Macaca Mulatta) And Japanese Macaques (M. Fuscata), Jesscia Oscavich

All Master's Theses

To improve captive nonhuman primates’ welfare, particularly those utilized in biomedical and behavioral research, it’s important to understand their behavior. Rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and Japanese macaques (M. fuscata) are two closely related species that are commonly utilized in biomedical and behavioral research. In this study, I compared the frequency of stereotypic behaviors, which are abnormal repetitive behaviors that are apparently non-functional, and enrichment use among four groups of each species. Stereotypic behaviors were divided into motor, which the animal performed while active, and self-directed stereotypies, which the animal performed towards themselves. Enrichment use was divided into …

Towards An Engaging And Integrated Climate Change Pedagogy, Noor Ul Ain, Fozia Parveen, Nighat Rabbani, Afsana Shaheen

Books

Note Three years ago, we embarked on a journey to create open and free resources for teachers. We were overwhelmed by the positive response to each of our publications, whether in the form of activity booklets, dictionary, fiction, or early childhood lesson plans.
We were fortunate to receive a grant under the Climate Action Fellowship project from the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar. Initially, the project aimed to create a resource booklet of lessons and activities focused solely on climate change and climate change pedagogy. However, as we progressed, we realized the importance of first meeting with teachers to understand their …

The Role Of Place Of Birth And Residence In Puerto Rican Health Disparities: Evidence From Disability Prevalence Among Archipelago- Vs. Mainland-Born Puerto Ricans, Mara Getz Sheftel, Frank W. Heiland

Publications and Research

Objectives: This paper provides new estimates of disability prevalence for the archipelago and mainland-residing Puerto Rican populations ages 40 and above and compares disability by place of birth and place of residence to investigate drivers of middle and older age health.

Methods: Large nationally representative samples from 2013 to 2017 American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey data are used to estimate age-specific disability prevalence for archipelago-born/archipelago-residing, archipelago-born/mainland-residing, mainland-born/mainland-residing Puerto Ricans.

Results: Mainland-born/ mainland-residing Puerto Ricans have the lowest age-adjusted disability rates and archipelago-born/archipelago-residing Puerto Ricans have the highest rates. Differences in education explain part of this disparity.

Discussion: …

Business Managers’ Adaption Of Communication And Leadership Characteristics Amidst Covid-19: A Qualitative Study, Shadan Shamloo

Theses and Dissertations

The problem being studied was that because managers of for-profit businesses in California were having to communicate with their employees outside of face-to-face internal interactions (e.g., Zoom conferencing and telephone). It was unknown how business managers of for-profit businesses in California had adapted their communication and leadership styles when responding to COVID-19’s social distancing guidelines. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how managers of for-profit businesses in California described how their communication and leadership styles had been adapted to follow the social distancing guidelines of COVID-19. This study was guided by the communication accommodation theory and …

Attitudes And Perceptions Of Mental Health In The Vietnamese Community: A Comprehensive Analysis, Mai Ly Nguyen-Luu

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores the complex and multifaceted landscape of attitudes and perceptions toward mental health within the Vietnamese community. Mental health issues remain a significant global concern, and understanding how these issues are perceived and addressed within specific cultural contexts is vital for effective mental health promotion and intervention. In the case of the Vietnamese community, the interplay of cultural values, stigmatization, and access to mental healthcare services makes this study particularly relevant.

The research investigates the cultural factors that shape attitudes and perceptions toward mental health in the Vietnamese community, including traditional beliefs, familial roles, and the influence of …

How Should Focus Be Shifted From Individual Preference To Collective Wisdom For Patients At The End Of Life With Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections?, Jeannie P. Cimiotti, Kimberly Adams Tufts, Lucia D. Wocial, Elizabeth Peter

Ellmer School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Despite growth in numbers of organizational antimicrobial stewardship programs, antimicrobial resistance continues to escalate. Interprofessional education and collaboration are needed to make these programs appropriately responsive to the ethically and clinically complex needs of patients at the end of life whose care plans still require antimicrobial management.

Occupational Pressures Of Frontline Workers Enforcing Covid-19 Pandemic Measures In Ontario And Quebec, Canada, Pamela Hopwood, Ellen Maceachen, Daniel Côté, Samantha B. Meyer, Shannon Majowicz, Ai-Thuy Huynh, Meghan K. Crouch, Joyceline Amoako, Yamin T. Jahangir, Amelia León Correal, Antonela Ilic

Études primaires

BACKGROUND:During the COVID-19 pandemic, low-wage public-facing frontline workers (FLWs), such as grocery store clerks, were required to monitor retail customers and enforce COVID-19 protocols. OBJECTIVE:This analysis aimed to examine FLWs experiences of enforcing COVID-19 pandemic measures. METHODS:Between September 2020 and March 2021, in Ontario and Quebec (Canada), we conducted in-depth interviews about customer-related work and health risks with FLWs who interacted with the public (n = 40) and their supervisors (n = 16). Using a lens of situational analysis, verbatim transcripts were coded according to recurring topics. RESULTS:We found that enforcing public health measures placed already-precarious workers in difficult occupational …

Using The Microbiome To Assess The Health Status Of The Individuals Recovered From The East Marshall Street Well, Arian Karim

Master of Science in Forensic Science Directed Research Projects

In 1994, during the construction of the Kontos Building on the Medical College of Virginia Campus, a well on East Marshall Street was discovered to contain artifacts and human remains of African descent. Upon archaeological analysis by the Smithsonian, the ancestral remains can be dated back to the mid-19th century, when grave robbing and the use of cadavers for anatomical purposes [BS1] in medical schools were common. The human oral microbiome is the second largest human microbiota, containing over 600 species of organisms. Dysbiosis of the oral microbiome can lead to the overgrowth of pathogenic species, resulting in illness and …

Exploring The Link Between Neurocognitive Function And Long Covid: A Comprehensive Review, Dinamaris Aguilar

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The intent of this thesis is to provide an in-depth overview of the neurological manifestations associated with long COVID. The review aimed to assess the cognitive functioning symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 post-infection (PASC), investigate the potential mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 affects the nervous system, contributing to cognitive fatigue, brain fog, and cognitive dysfunction, and explore the parallels between SARS-CoV-2 and Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuroinflammation emerges as a shared element among these mechanisms, significantly impacting cognitive function. The parallels between COVID-19 and Alzheimer's Disease offer insights into how Alzheimer's affects cognition, aiding in understanding COVID-19's impact. The review underscores a notable gender …

The Effect Of Mating Pheromone 2,6-Dichlorophenol On Gene Expression In Male Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma Americanum), Mitchell E. Dyen

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) are tick species known for their generalist feeding habits, pursuing blood meals with little preference for specific host species. They are found in the southern and midwestern United States but have been rapidly expanding northward due to climate change and white-tailed deer population expansion. Since they are a zoonotic disease vector, their increased abundance has caused the concurrent increased prevalence of a variety of tick-borne illnesses such as tularemia, heartland virus disease, alpha-gal syndrome, ehrlichiosis, and southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), which effect both humans and animals alike. This increased prevalence of tick-borne …