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Cadaver As A First Teacher: A Module To Learn The Ethics And Values Of Cadaveric Dissection, Anne D Souza, Sushma R. Kotian, Arvind K. Pandey, Pragna Rao

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Objectives: The undergraduate medical students must be made aware of the ethical and humanistic values of cadaveric dissection. This study therefore designed, implemented, and evaluated the impact of the module ‘Cadaver as a Teacher’ (CrAFT) that examines the ethical values of cadaveric dissection. Methods: This prospective, multimethod study involved 447 first-year undergraduate medical students who had participated in all three sessions of the CrAFT module. Activities included interactive lectures, individual assignments, and a poster-making competition. Students offered a silent tribute and wrote words of gratitude down on a tribute wall. They also expressed their thoughts in the form of essays, …

Correction To: The Role Of Osteocalcin In Mechanism Of Steroid Induced Diabetes Mellitus (International Journal Of Diabetes In Developing Countries, (2020), 10.1007/S13410-019-00791-6), Holla Avinash, Vidyasagar Sudha, Bairy Laxminarayan, B. Nandakrishna

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The manuscript used in the original version of this article was outdated. In this connection, the following errors were encountered.

A Factor I-Like Activity Associated With Chikungunya Virus Contributes To Its Resistance To The Human Complement System, Joydeep Nag, Reshma Koolaparambil Mukesh, Sreenath Muraleedharan Suma, Umerali Kunnakkadan

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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging pathogen capable of causing explosive outbreaks. Prior studies showed that exacerbation in arthritogenic alphavirus-induced pathogenesis is attributed to its interaction with multiple immune components, including the complement system. Viremia concomitant to CHIKV infection makes exposure of the virus to complement unavoidable, yet very little is known about CHIKV-complement interactions. Here, we show that CHIKV activated serum complement to modest levels in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, but the virus effectively resisted complement-mediated neutralization. Heat-inactivated serum from seropositive donors could actively neutralize CHIKV due to the presence of potent anti-CHIKV antibodies. Deposition of key complement …

Sesamol Protects Min6 Pancreatic Beta Cells Against Simvastatin-Induced Toxicity By Restoring Mitochondrial Membrane Potentials, Girish A. Ghadge, Karthik Gourishetti, Mallikarjuna Rao Chamallamudi, Gopalan Kutty Nampurath

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Statins, the drugs for the treatment of dyslipidemia, have been suggested to impact insulin sensitivity, resulting in pancreatic β-cell dysfunction, and consequently, lead to new onset of diabetes. Taking this as a clue, the present study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of sesamol (a known antioxidant, antidiabetic and antidyslipidemic agent) against the diabetogenic potential of simvastatin. The toxic effects of simvastatin and sesamol on MIN6 insulinoma (Mouse pancreatic β cells) cells were evaluated separately by MTT assay. The protective effect of sesamol was evaluated at the IC50 value of simvastatin at doses ranging from 7.8 to 62.5 micromolar …

Children's Perception Of Other Children With Dental Fluorosis – A Cross-Sectional Study, Hanan Siddiq, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, Shashidhar Acharya

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Background: Dental appearance may influence how others perceive individuals. This study would help to understand whether young people make judgments about other young people with dental fluorosis. Aim: We aimed to evaluate the perception of children aged 12–15 years about other children with visible dental fluorosis. Materials and methods: A self-administered social attribute questionnaire was used to capture dental appearance-related judgments of 455 children aged 12–15 years, from 6 schools. All the children were given either a set of full-face photographs of a boy and a girl, without dental fluorosis or digitally modified anterior teeth to show visible dental fluorosis. …

Definition, Treatment And Outcome Of Residual Fragments In Staghorn Stones, Osman Ermis, Bhaskar Somani, Thomas Reeves, Selcuk Guven

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Technological advances in minimally invasive treatment of stone disease and its integration with concomitant clinical practice are amongst the most important achievements in urology. Despite the wealth of information accumulated over the years and the richness of existing literature, the knowledge about the definition, treatment and outcomes of residual stone fragments after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is still insufficient. Due to the high stone load a lot of patients with staghorn stones have residual fragments (RFs) after treatment with PNL, which depends on the size of tract, definition of stone free rate (SFR), timing of evaluation and the imaging used. No …

Assessment Of Eustachian Tube Functioning Following Surgical Intervention Of Oral Submucus Fibrosis By Using Tympanometry & Audiometry, Sreea Roy, Abhay Taranath Kamath, Manish Bhagania, Adarsh Kudva

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Oral Submucus fibrosis has been reported to cause variation in hearing sensitivity & changes in middle ear function. This study was conducted to validate the influence of OSMF and its surgical correction on middle ear function and hearing sensitivity. In this study, 20 patients (40 ears) suffering from biopsy proven OSMF (Group 2 & 3) were tested for Middle ear dysfunction and hearing sensitivity using Tympanometry & Audiometry. On Tympanometry, Type A curve was obtained in 29 ears, Type B curve in 11 ears preoperatively. Immediate postoperatively TYPE A curve was obtained in 27 ears, TYPE B curve in 13 …

Deletion In The A4galt Gene Associated With Rare "P Null" Phenotype: The First Report From India, Shamee Shastry, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Kiran V. Acharya, Vijay Ram Reddy

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Background: The present report illustrates a case with rare "P null" phenotype due to a large deletion in chromosome 22q13.2 and with clinically significant anti-PP1Pk antibody. Patient blood management in such cases is challenging. Case Report: The transfusion center supporting the tertiary care referral center in the southern part of India received a blood sample from a trauma case for pre-transfusion testing. An antibody to a high-frequency blood group antigen was initially suspected. Following extensive immune-hematological workup, the patient was diagnosed to have naturally occurring anti-PP1Pk antibody and a rare "P null" phenotype. The genomic DNA of the patient was …

Pkcδ Causes Sepsis-Induced Cardimyopathy By Inducing Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Leroy C. Joseph, Michael V. Reyes, Kundanika R. Lakkadi, Blake H. Gowen, Gyorgy Hasko, Konstantinos Drosatos, John P. Morrow

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SIC) is associated with increased patient mortality. At present, there are no specific therapies for SIC. Previous studies have reported increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial dysfunction during SIC. However, a unifying mechanism remains to be defined. We hypothesized that PKCδ is required for abnormal calcium handling and cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction during sepsis and that genetic deletion of PKCδ would be protective. Polymicrobial sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) surgery decreased the ejection fraction of wild-type (WT) mice but not PKCδ knockout (KO) mice. Similarly, WT cardiomyocytes exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) demonstrated decreases in contractility …

Documents From The April 1, 2020 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the April 1, 2020 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB66-19/20: Resolution Endorsing the University of Montana's Commitment to Conserve 35% More

SB67-19/20: Resolution Amending Article V, Section 23 of the ASUM Bylaws

SB68-19/20: Resolution Encouraging the Creation of a Campus-Wide Paper Towel Compost Program

Sentiment Analysis Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic: Comparing The Emotional Valence Of President Trump And Governor Cuomo's Coronavirus Briefings, Davida Harris, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins

IPHS 200: Programming Humanity

No abstract provided.

The West Europe Pressure Anomaly: 1943-2018, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Bruno Castelle, Guillaume Dodet

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

A pioneering and replicable method based on a 66-year numerical weather and wave hindcast is developed to optimize a climate index based on the sea level pressure (SLP) that best explains winter wave height variability along the coast of western Europe, from Portugal to UK (36–52∘N). The resulting so-called Western Europe Pressure Anomaly (WEPA) is based on the sea level pressure gradient between the stations Valentia (Ireland) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands). The WEPA positive phase reflects an intensified and southward shifted SLP difference between the Icelandic low and the Azores high, driving severe storms that funnel high-energy …

Establishing A Science-Policy-Society Interface For Biodiversity Conservation And Human Well-Being In The Amazon: The Case Of Madre De Dios, Peru, S. L. Mathez-Stiefel, A. J. Mulanovich, S. Jaquet, S. Bieri, J. Lojas, T. Breu, P. Messerli

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

This transdisciplinary research aimed to establish the basis for a science-policy-society interface on behalf of environmental conservation and sustainable development in Madre de Dios, Peru by: (1) identifying and characterizing the stakeholders of biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing; (2) analyzing stakeholders' views on major development trends in the region; and (3) initiating a process of stakeholder engagement from academia, government, and civil society. The methods used included field visits, expert interviews, stakeholder mapping, stakeholder surveys, and a participatory multi-stakeholder workshop. Stakeholder mapping revealed 16 categories of key actors grouped among direct land-resource users, indirect land-resource users, the public sector, civil …

Data Supporting The Paper "High Supersaturation In The Wake Of Falling Hydrometeors: Implications For Cloud Invigoration And Ice Nucleation", Prasanth Prabhakaran, G. Kinney, Will Cantrell, Raymond Shaw, Eberhard Bodenschatz

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

The data in this file supports the following paper:

P. Prabhakaran, G. Kinney, W. Cantrell, R. A. Shaw and E. Bodenschatz. "High supersaturation in the wake of falling hydrometeors: Implications for cloud invigoration and ice nucleation" Geophysical Research Letters, in review.

Guided Notes For College Algebra (Ggc), Rabia Shahbaz, Janice Alves

Mathematics Ancillary Materials

This collection of guided notes was created through a Round Fifteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. Major topics include:

• Review Topics
• Equations and Inequalities
• Functions and Graphs
• Other Functions and Inequalities
• Exponentials and Logarithms

Political Ideology And Media Consumption, Andrew Robinson

Georgia College Student Research Events

Politics is a far reaching phenomenon that, in essence, controls everything that we do in our daily lives without us even realizing it most of the time, and it is constantly evolving and changing to fit the narrative of the age. In this modern world, we see an increase in political radicalization, especially in the United States. Politics has become more of a social experience than a set of beliefs, with some going so far as to incorporate it into their personal identity and seek and find the ideas that best fit them. This research analyzes the effect that a …

Preventing Complications In Pregnant Women With Cardiac Disease, Birgit Pfaller, Gnalini Sathananthan, Jasmine Grewal, Jennifer Mason, Rohan D'Souza, Danna Spears, Marla Kiess, Samuel C. Siu, Candice K. Silversides

Paediatrics Publications

Background: Pregnancy can lead to complications in women with heart disease, and these complications can be life threatening. Understanding serious complications and how they can be prevented is important. Objectives: The primary objectives were to determine the incidence of serious cardiac events (SCEs) in pregnant women with heart disease, whether they were preventable, and their impact on fetal and neonatal outcomes. Serious obstetric events were also examined. Methods: A prospectively assembled cohort of 1,315 pregnancies in women with heart disease was studied. SCEs included cardiac death or arrest, ventricular arrhythmias, congestive heart failure or arrhythmias requiring admission to an intensive …

Iresearch: Social Science Research Methods Made Easy, Sanne Unger, Robert P. Watson, Cristina A. Lucier, Patrick J. Cooper

Lynn University Digital Press Books

The Research Methods interactive book was written for students at Lynn University as well as at other universities, by four Lynn faculty members with diverse research backgrounds: a sociologist, a linguist, a psychologist, and a historian. The interactive book covers the basics of research methods, including how to read scientific articles, how to set up a valid experiment, ethical considerations, and much more. It features interactive assignments that use iPad apps and widgets, videos created by students and faculty members, review quizzes to gauge understanding, and many examples of solid research methodology. Course: SOC 200

Ben Fine. Micro-Economics. A Critical Companion. London 2016 (Pluto), W Sheaff

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Genesis: A False Start, Tate Kollar

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Genesis is the first book of the Bible. As the starting block for humanity and creation, Genesis holds incredible weight. Genesis is the beginning of God’s foundational text for his people. Intuitively, one would expect the content of the narratives in Genesis to reflect this weight. One would expect models for human behavior. One would think it would be the first step on the path to redemption from the Fall in the garden. One would expect God to help his people in creating safe, efficient, supportive, functional communities and families. Contrary to these expectations, a majority of the Genesis narrative …

Developing A Resuscitation Policy Using Orlando's Deliberate Nursing Process, Candace Pierce

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

The purpose of this DNP project was to lead a committee with the purpose of developing a sustainable policy using an evidence-based approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the acute care setting.

Tlr9 Polymorphisms Might Contribute To The Ethnicity Bias For Ebv-Infected Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Nabanita Roy Chattopadhyay, Koustav Chatterjee, Nikhil Tiwari, Sudipta Chakrabarti

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in most parts of the world, but is endemic in some ethnic groups. The association of NPC with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is firmly established; however, the mechanism is still unclear. TLR9 is well known for its essential role in viral pathogen recognition and activation of innate immunity. Here, we report a set of TLR9 polymorphisms in the TIR-2 domain of the TLR9 protein collected from the EBV-infected NPC samples from northeast Indian populations sharing the aforesaid ethnicity. The occurrence of mutations is significantly high in these samples as we found a p …

Documents From The March 25, 2020 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the March 25, 2020 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB61-19/20: Resolution Endorsing the ASUM Sustainability Fee Adjustment

SB63-19/20: Resolution Endorsing the ASUM Fee Adjustments

SB64-19/20: Resolution Amending Article V, Section 2 of the ASUM Bylaws

SB65-19/20: Resolution Supporting Wage Increases for Teacher Assistanships and Research Assistanships

Challenges In Conducting Online Survey Research Of The Relationship Between Unit-Level Perceived Team Trustworthiness And Clinical And Operational Outcomes, Nancy Ballard, Lynn Varagona, Rob Stilson, Kimberly Knotts, Joan Sacerio

Faculty Articles

When conducting online survey research, obtaining an adequate response rate in order to have meaningful, reliable data can be challenging. In our study examining hospital unit-level data, a 40% response rate was needed to adequately reflect the degree to which unit staff perceived one another as trustworthy. In addition, approximately 150 units were needed to analyze the relationship between perceived trustworthiness and selected operational and quality outcomes.

In spite of following best practices for survey research (e.g., careful communication planning, short survey length) in a multi-hospital study system, most of the units’ response rates were inadequate to include the units …

Armenia Combats The Coronavirus: State Capacity And The Diaspora, Shant Shekherdimian, Nerses Kopalyan

Political Science Faculty Research

Armenia's Government has taken acute measures to combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease, by implementing a set of aggressive policies aimed at containing the epidemic. The perceived relative success of these measures--although it is quite premature to speak of any kind of success at this stage--also recognizes the inevitable: the virus cannot be fully contained and it is a matter of time before its transmission escalates. This is precisely what has been observed in much of Europe, Asia, and North America: containment strategies remain limited, so governments are proceeding with more complex mitigation strategies.

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In Pregnancy And Implications For Long-Term Health: Identifying The Research Priorities For Low-Resource Settings, Shobhana Nagraj, Stephen H. Kennedy, Robyn Norton, Vivekananda Jha

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Cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs), including ischemic heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in women worldwide. The burden of CMDs falls disproportionately on low and middle-income countries (LMICs), placing substantial demands on already pressured health systems. Cardiometabolic disorders may present up to a decade earlier in some LMIC settings, and are associated with high-case fatality rates. Early identification and ongoing postpartum follow-up of women with pregnancy complications such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may offer opportunities for prevention, or help delay onset of CMDs. This mini-review paper …

How To Stop Touching Your Face To Minimize Spread Of Coronavirus And Other Germs, Stephen D. Benning, Brian Labus, Kimberly Barchard

Psychology Faculty Research

Public health officials consistently promote hand-washing as a way for people to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, this virus can live on metal and plastic for days, so simply adjusting your eyeglasses with unwashed hands may be enough to infect yourself. Thus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have been telling people to stop touching their faces.

Oxidative Stress In Cognitive And Epigenetic Aging: A Retrospective Glance, Aditi Kandlur, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Gireesh Gangadharan

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Brain aging is the critical and common factor among several neurodegenerative disorders and dementia. Cellular, biochemical and molecular studies have shown intimate links between oxidative stress and cognitive dysfunction during aging and age-associated neuronal diseases. Brain aging is accompanied by oxidative damage of nuclear as well as mitochondrial DNA, and diminished repair. Recent studies have reported epigenetic alterations during aging of the brain which involves reactive oxygen species (ROS) that regulates various systems through distinct mechanisms. However, there are studies which depict differing roles of reactive oxidant species as a major factor during aging. In this review, we describe the …

Solving Linear Volterra – Fredholm Integral Equation Of The Second Type Using Linear Programming Method, Iman A. Dhari, Najwa R. Mustafa, Muna Mansoor Mustafa

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper, a new technique is offered for solving three types of linear integral equations of the 2nd kind including Volterra-Fredholm integral equations (LVFIE) (as a general case), Volterra integral equations (LVIE) and Fredholm integral equations (LFIE) (as special cases). The new technique depends on approximating the solution to a polynomial of degree and therefore reducing the problem to a linear programming problem(LPP), which will be solved to find the approximate solution of LVFIE. Moreover, quadrature methods including trapezoidal rule (TR), Simpson 1/3 rule (SR), Boole rule (BR), and Romberg integration formula (RI) are used to approximate the integrals …

How Arabs See Their Present And Future: Survey Of Views Of Ordinary Citizens, Bahgat Korany, Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld

Audio & Video by Faculty: Webinars, interviews, documentaries, etc...

What fo findings of the well-established Arab Barometer and other surveys tell us? Mark Tessler, a pioneer of public opinion research , reviews survey data to reveal how ordinary Arab citizens respond to major current, or possible future, issues.