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First Aid First: Implementation And Evaluation Of A Community-Based First Aid Training Course, Luke Wesemann

Medical Student Research Symposium

In 2018, medical students at Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) created a first aid training initiative called First Aid First (FAF). FAF is a comprehensive community-based training program that teaches lifesaving skills tailored for Detroit. The objective of this initiative was to improve the confidence and basic first aid skills of those who attend trainings.

Pre- and post-test surveys were used to measure knowledge, confidence and skill level. The survey data gathered from March 2018-October 2019 consisted of 5 Likert scale questions for self-evaluation component and 23-25 multiple choice questions, number depending on time of administration due to …

The Use Of Urine Drug Testing For Risk Stratification And Efficacious Drug Monitoring In Pain Management Settings, Ahmad I. Hasan, Kareem Elhage, Brendan Farley, Khaled J. Saleh

Medical Student Research Symposium

Objective: To understand the current landscape of urine drug testing (UDT) guidelines as part of risk assessment for opioid abuse, and to offer recommendations towards adopting universal screening guidelines.

Background: There has been an opioid epidemic within the United States, and the role of prescription opioids has been well established. Despite proposed recommendations, there has yet to be a published universal screening guideline on the use of UDT in the setting of opioid abuse risk stratification as well as postoperative drug monitoring.

Methods: We explored current guidelines for UDT on two levels. First, we explore general indications for UDT within …

Soil Quality And Phosphorus Status After Nine Years Of Organic And Conventional Farming At Two Input Levels In The Central Highlands Of Kenya, C. Von Arb, E. K. Bünemann, H. Schmalz, M. Portmann, N. Adamtey, M. W. Musyoka, E. Frossard, A. Fliessbach

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Under temperate climate conditions, organic farming systems show improved soil quality compared to non-organic systems, whereas little long-term research on the impact of organic farming on soil quality has been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. Within the system comparison (SysCom) project, two long-term field experiments were set up in 2007 in the sub-humid Central Highlands of Kenya to compare organic and conventional farming at two input levels (high input systems with recommended rates of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and pesticides and with irrigation vs. rain-fed low input systems with low N, P and pesticides), with a similar design at both sites. …

T54r Mutation Destabilizes The Dimer Of Superoxide Dismutase 1T54r By Inducing Steric Clashes At The Dimer Interface, Debasish Kumar Ghosh, Abhishek Kumar, Akash Ranjan

Open Access archive

Mutations cause abnormalities in protein structure, function and oligomerization. Different mutations in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein cause its misfolding, loss of dimerization and aggravate its aggregation in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease. In this study, we report the mechanistic details of how a threonine-to-arginine mutation at the 54th position (T54R) of SOD1 results in destabilization of the dimer interface of SOD1T54R. Using computational and experimental methods, we show that the T54R mutation increases fluctuation of the mutation-harboring loop (R54-loop) of SOD1T54R. Fluctuation of this loop causes steric clashes that involve arginine-54 (R54) and other residues of SOD1T54R, resulting …

Amyloid Aggregates Of The Deubiquitinase Otub1 Are Neurotoxic, Suggesting That They Contribute To The Development Of Parkinson’S Disease, Raniki Kumari, Roshan Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh

Open Access archive

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a multifactorial malady and the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. A hallmark of PD pathology is the formation of intracellular protein inclusions, termed Lewy bodies (LBs). Recent MS studies have shown that OTU deubiquitinase ubiquitin aldehyde-binding 1 (OTUB1), a deubiquitinating enzyme of the OTU family, is enriched together with α-synuclein in LBs from individuals with PD and is also present in amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. In the present study, using mammalian cell cultures and a PD mouse model, along with CD spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, …

Seed Size And Germination, Meredith Cobb, Michaela J. Woods, Ryan W. Mcewan

Five Rivers MetroParks Collaboration Data Archive

This dataset encompasses information related to predictors of seed germination from the species Carya laciniosa, Juglans cinerea, and Quercus rubra. Seed sizes were recorded prior to incubation in sand, vermiculite, or without media. Seeds were then germinated with time to germination recorded in this dataset.

Effect Of Elevated Pressure On Microbial Communities From The Gulf Of Mexico, Nuttapol Noirungsee, Paul Bubenheim

C-IMAGE data

Microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing sequences were generated from deep-sea sediment communities incubated under atmospheric and elevated pressure in the presence of crude oil and/or detergent, in order to investigate the effect of pressure on the development of microbial communities.

Documents From The March 11, 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 11, 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

SB62-19/20: Resolution Providing Clarification and Transparency for the Adjudication of ASUM Recognized Student Groups

If I Get Sick With Coronavirus, Can Donald Trump Make Me Stay Home?, Brian Labus

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

President Donald Trump recently appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and control public statements by government health officials about the crisis. In the days since, health departments throughout the country have investigated potential cases, announced new cases and declared public health emergencies, all without the approval of the vice president. So who really is in charge of the outbreak response? As with most things in American government, the answer is complicated.

Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Drug-Resistant Tb Patients Registered In Selected Districts Of Karnataka, South India: A Cross-Sectional Study, Basavaraj Poojar, K. Ashok Shenoy, Poonam R. Naik, Ashwin Kamath

Open Access archive

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) depicts heterogeneous spatial patterns with geographical aggregation of TB cases due to either ongoing person-to-person transmission or reactivation of latent infection in a community sharing risk factor. In this regard, we aimed to assess the spatiotemporal aggregation of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients notified to the national TB program (NTP) from 2015 to 2018 in selected districts of Karnataka, South India. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among DR-TB patients notified from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Chikamagalur districts of the state of Karnataka. Clinico-demographic details were extracted from treatment cards. The registered addresses of the patients were geocoded …

Willowcreek Middle School Alternative Program: Successfully Working Through Trauma, Debra B. Ekdahl 6061

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Willowcreek Middle School in Portage Indiana is not your typical alternative school. We offer trauma informed practices in place of student expulsions. A safe structured environment, reduced class time, academic strategies, mindfulness, yoga, and community service, all help to provide the educational and social/emotional support necessary to help students at risk reach their potential and eventually transition back to the traditional classroom.

Bridging The Gap From Expert Clinician To Novice Nurse Educator: A Collaborative Approach, M. Erin Hoying, Diane Hountz

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

A collaborative approach between the school of nursing and university instructional designers has created a unique delivery of faculty development. The development of novice nurse educators is critical for retention and resiliency.

Investigating The Knowledge And Teaching Practices Of Novice Clinical Nursing Educators, Stacy Wheat Huber

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

The purpose of this on-going research study is to investigate the unique teaching practices, grounding experiences, and sources of knowledge used by clinical experts with no formal graduate preparation in education who have transitioned into the role of novice clinical nurse educators. Additionally, how these teaching practices change based on the clinical context is also under investigation

End-Grain Of 10 North American Hardwoods, Lopes Dercilio Verly Junior, Greg W. Burgreen, Edward D. Entsminger

CFR Publications

This technical note determines the feasibility of using an InceptionV4_ResNetV2 convolutional neural network (CNN) to correctly identify hardwood species from macroscopic images. The method is composed of a commodity smartphone fitted with a 14× macro lens for photography. The end-grains of ten different North American hardwood species were photographed to create a dataset of 1709 images. The stratified 5-fold cross-validation machine-learning method was used, in which the number of testing samples varied from 341 to 342. Data augmentation was performed on-the-fly for each training set by rotating, zooming, and flipping images. It was found that the CNN could correctly identify …

Recent Advances In Gifford-Mcmahon Cryocoolers, R. Vikas, S. Kasthurirengan

Open Access archive

Cryocoolers are devices which produce the required refrigeration at a specific low temperature, and they can replace the normal cryogenic fluids. Cryogenic fluids give refrigeration only at a specific temperature whereas cryocooler can produce refrigeration at varying low temperatures. There are many types of cryocoolers like Pulse tube, Stirling, Joule-Thomson, Gifford-McMahon (GM) etc. Many advances have occurred over the years in these cryocoolers. For obtaining very low temperatures along with large cooling powers GM and Pulse tube cryocoolers are found to be better among the others. Hence, this article focuses the advances in GM cryocoolers. This article discusses the working …

A Critical Review On The Application Of Computational Fluid Dynamics In Centrifugal Turbomachines, Manjunath L. Nilugal, K. Vasudeva Karanth, N. Madhwesh

Open Access archive

Centrifugal turbomachines are the popular type of power absorbing machines especially used in many industrial applications. In these devices the energy from the rotating impeller is transferred to the fluid to increase its pressure energy. The flow phenomena in these machines is very complex because of the presence of adverse pressure gradients in the flow passages. The level of complexity of turbomachinery flow fields is directly influenced by flow-path geometry and component blade geometry. Hence there is a dire need of advanced flow modelling techniques to understand and capture the fluid characteristics in these flow devices. To design such flow …

Love In The Time Of The Coronavirus: Do You Turn Your Back When Someone Offers You A Hand, A Kiss Or A Hug?, Brian Labus

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

We are exposed to numerous viruses from our day-to-day interactions with other people all the time. However, our risk of being infected by a simple greeting usually isn’t in the forefront of our minds. The spread of COVID-19 has changed that. Conferences have banned handshakes, churches have changed their worship services, and even politicians have changed the way they greet each other. But what’s the risk in a simple hug or a handshake?

Experimental Simulation Of Partitioning Behavior Of Low Molecular Weight Organic Species Between Oil And Water Throughout The Water Column Following Dispersant Addition, Aprami Jaggi, Ryan Snowdon

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains the concentrations of low molecular weight organic species observed to partition into the water with dispersant application under varying temperature and pressure conditions, experimentally simulated on the customized oil-water partitioning device.

Daily Hindcast Of Oil Concentrations Estimates From The Far-Field Modeling Of Deep Water Spill Scenarios In The East And The West Gulf Of Mexico, And A Spill Occurring During The Fall Using The Oil Application Of Connectivity Modeling System (Oil-Cms)., Claire B. Paris, Natalie Perlin

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains the numerical results of alternative scenarios of oil spills similar to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) in 2010. Two scenarios of alternative locations - the east (27.0N, 85.168W) and the west (26.66N, 93.19W) Gulf of Mexico - were run 2010-04-20 to 2010-07-17. The third scenario is run at the DWH location for 2010-09-01 to 2010-11-28. Oil dispersal and concentrations were simulated using the updated oil application of the Connectivity Modeling System (oil-CMS). Post-processing analysis yielded 4-D spatiotemporal data on a 0.02-degree regular horizontal grid. Daily-averaged oil concentrations are provided for a 1-m deep surface layer and 125 20-m …

What Really Works To Keep Coronavirus Away? 4 Questions Answered By A Public Health Professional, Brian Labus

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Editor’s note: The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has a higher fatality rate than the flu. As of March 4, 2020, nine deaths have been reported in the U.S. Brian Labus, a professor of public health, provides essential safety information for you, from disinfectants to storing food and supplies.

Oer Design (Old), Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

Full title: OER Design: Creating Functional Open Textbooks (That Don't Make Your Students' Eyes Bleed). CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

A Coward's Mother Does Not Weep: The Crisis Of Masculinity In Armenian Society, Nerses Kopalyan

Political Science Faculty Research

An Armenian man, by his very disposition, must be courageous, a tough guy, bound by honor, a prolific philanderer, an obedient son, a domineering father, a strict husband, and an altruistic friend. He is, in essence, a myth, constructed by his culture, extolled by its values, and in the end, he is doomed to fail. Why? Because he is a walking paradox. In fact, this paradox is superimposed upon him - the stature of Armenian masculinity [1] would have it no other way. He is Atlas, carrying the burden of everyone and everything around him. He is his father’s hope, …

Examination Of Global Health Disparities Through A Collaborative Online International Learning (Coil) Partnership, Lisa Schulte, Penny Orton

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

A call to action has been made for colleges of nursing to prepare nurses to practice with cultural competence. Integration of a Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL) project into the nursing curriculum is an innovative teaching methodology for increasing cultural competence and preparation as leaders in improving global health.

Road Trip Documentation, Anonymous Carleton Student

Covid-19 Archive: Documents

This is a small collection of images and videos from student's road trip home after winter term. States driven through were Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. The zip file contains 23 photos and 45 videos (most under 10 seconds).

Analytical Method Development Using Central Composite Design For Estimation Of Lamotrigine In Lipid Nanoformulation, Puja K. Gangurde, Navya Ajitkumar Bhaskaran, Ruchi Verma, Jobin Jose

Open Access archive

Objective of this study was to develop and validate HPLC-UV method for detection of LTG in lipid nanoformulations. HPLC-UV method was developed according to ICH Q2(R1) guidelines. Central composite design was used effectively to optimize and study the effect of buffer strength, flow rate, pH of buffer and mobile phase composition on responses such as tailing factor, peak area, retention time and number of theoretical plates. The 30 mM ammonium formate buffer and acetonitrile (in the ratio 65:35 %v/v) was used as mobile phase in the study. The mobile phase was delivered at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The …

Virgin Coconut Oil Ameliorates Colchicine Induced Cognitive Dysfunction- A Preclinical Study, Jeena John, Naveen Kumar Sapa, Rekha R. Shenoy

Open Access archive

Background: Virgin coconut oil (VCO) has been identified as a potential cognitive strengthener associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It contains medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) which are absorbed and easily metabolized by the liver to form ketone bodies. Ketone bodies are converted to acetyl Co-A in the brain which then enters the citric acid cycle to provide ATP and also serves as precursors of acetylcholine in neurons. Sunflower oil (SO) contains poly unsaturated fatty acids which has both anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective actions. To compare the neuroprotective effects of VCO and SO on biochemical parameters involved in the cognitive dysfunction induced …

Occurrence Of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia Coli In Sewage Treatment Plants Of South India, Yerabham Praveenkumarreddy, Masato Akiba, Keerthi Siri Guruge, Keshava Balakrishna

Open Access archive

Antibiotics received by sewage treatment plants may be the causative factor in spreading antibiotic resistance bacteria in the aquatic environment. The current study investigates the distribution of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) in four sewage treatment plants (STPs) in South India receiving hospital and domestic wastewater in different proportions. A total of 221 E. coli isolates were checked for antimicrobial resistance against 16 antimicrobials. Among the antimicrobials tested, ampicillin (AMP) and cefazolin (CFZ) showed resistance between 20% and 90%, nalidixic acid (NAL) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) showed resistance between 15% and 75% and chloramphenicol (CHL) showed resistance between 2% and 20%. …

Effect Of Aqueous Seed Extract Of Mucuna Pruriens On Arsenic-Induced Testicular Toxicity In Mice, Preethi Concessao, Laxminarayana Bairy, Archana Raghavendra

Open Access archive

To investigate the protective effects of Mucuna (M.) pruriens against arsenic-induced testicular impairment in albino mice. Methods: Thirty-six male albino mice were divided into six groups, with 6 mice in each group. Group 1 received drinking water as the normal control. Groups 2 to 6 received sodium arsenite (40 mg/L) in drinking water. Group 3 received sodium arsenite (40 mg/L) and 300 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) of N-acetylcysteine. Group 4 received sodium arsenite (40 mg/L) and 500 mg/kg b.w. of M. pruriens. Group 5 received sodium arsenite (40 mg/L) and 1 000 mg/kg b.w. of M. pruriens. Group 6 received …

The Hemodynamics Of Variable Liquid Properties On The Mhd Peristaltic Mechanism Of Jeffrey Fluid With Heat And Mass Transfer, B. B. Divya, G. Manjunatha, C. Rajashekhar, Hanumesh Vaidya

Open Access archive

The current work intends to look into the effects of variable liquid properties on the magnetohydrodynamics of peristaltic flow exhibited by Jeffrey fluid through a compliant-walled channel. In order to make realistic approximations for the flow characteristics of blood, the channel is considered to be inclined and porous. Furthermore, convective boundary conditions and concentration slip have been employed in the analysis. The mathematical formulation is established on the grounds of low Reynolds number and long wavelength approximations. Perturbation solution is obtained for the resulting non-linear differential equations of momentum and energy for small values of variable viscosity and variable thermal …

Developing The Ethical Framework Of End-Stage Kidney Disease Care: From Practice To Policy, Valerie A. Luyckx, Dominique E. Martin, Mohammed Rafique Moosa, Aminu K. Bello

Open Access archive

Ethical issues relating to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) care are increasingly being discussed by clinicians and ethicists but are still infrequently considered at a policy level or in the education and training of health care professionals. In most lower-income countries, access to kidney replacement therapies such as dialysis is not universal, leading to overt or implicit rationing of resources and potential exclusion from care of those who are unable to sustain out-of-pocket payments. These circumstances create significant inequities in access to ESKD care within and between countries and impose emotional and moral burdens on patients, families, and health care workers …