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Transformative Change In Rural Ethiopia: The Impact Of Small- And Medium-Scale Irrigation, Logan Cochrane, Anne Cafer Apr 2020

Transformative Change In Rural Ethiopia: The Impact Of Small- And Medium-Scale Irrigation, Logan Cochrane, Anne Cafer

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Rural livelihoods in Ethiopia are vulnerable due to their reliance upon variable rainfall and the lack of access to irrigation. Irrigation coverage in the country is low, as the existing systems tend to cover state-run and commercial operations. There is significant potential for irrigation to play a transformative role in rural lives and livelihoods. Much of the evidence available in Ethiopia focuses upon technical studies of irrigation systems or impacts on households after gaining access to irrigation. This article highlights the causes and pathways of change. We focus on more financially-viable and environmentally-sound small- and medium-scale systems, versus the large-scale …


University Counseling Center Offers Online Sessions For Clients, Michael Newsom Apr 2020

University Counseling Center Offers Online Sessions For Clients, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

UCC transitions to telemental health services in wake of pandemic


Somebody Google A Doctor! Urgent Health Information Seeking Habits Of Young Adults, Jason Anthony Cain, Cory Armstrong, Jue Hou Apr 2020

Somebody Google A Doctor! Urgent Health Information Seeking Habits Of Young Adults, Jason Anthony Cain, Cory Armstrong, Jue Hou

Faculty and Student Publications

Introduction: While much scholarship has been done on health information-seeking habits, comparatively little has been done on these habits among young adults. Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine to which media young adults turn during an urgent health crisis, which factors correspond to their choice, and if information-seeking corresponded to visiting a health professional. Method: A survey method was used, sampling students from two large universities. Results: Credibility was the most consistent factor in predicting respondent media choice for an urgent health matter. Whether respondents were socially conservative or liberal affected media choice, as did perceptions …


A Public Health Issue: Dietary Supplements Promoted For Brain Health And Cognitive Performance, Cindy Crawford, Courtney Boyd, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Ikhlas A. Khan, Patricia A. Deuster Apr 2020

A Public Health Issue: Dietary Supplements Promoted For Brain Health And Cognitive Performance, Cindy Crawford, Courtney Boyd, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Ikhlas A. Khan, Patricia A. Deuster

Faculty and Student Publications

© Cindy Crawford, et al. 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2020. Background: Dietary supplements targeting brain health have quickly emerged in the marketplace as cognitive performance becomes an important public health issue. While manufacturers are required to report the exact ingredients and formulations listed on the Supplement Facts labels of products, many reports have indicated such labels are not always truthful, and the content of some products is inconsistent with the ingredients listed on the Supplement Facts label. Objectives: To identify dietary supplement products and ingredients marketed for brain health and cognitive performance and perform analyses of select …


Is It Time To Rethink Our Weight Loss Paradigms?, Paulo Gentil, Ricardo Borges Viana, João Pedro Naves, Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio, Victor Coswig, Jeremy Loenneke, Claudio André Barbosa Apr 2020

Is It Time To Rethink Our Weight Loss Paradigms?, Paulo Gentil, Ricardo Borges Viana, João Pedro Naves, Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio, Victor Coswig, Jeremy Loenneke, Claudio André Barbosa

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Strategies aiming to promote weight loss usually include anything that results in an increase in energy expenditure (exercise) or a decrease in energy intake (diet). However, the probability of losing weight is low and the probability of sustained weight loss is even lower. Herein, we bring some questions and suggestions about the topic, with a focus on exercise interventions. Based on the current evidence, we should look at how metabolism changes in response to interventions instead of counting calories, so we can choose more efficient models that can account for the …


Research News. Publications, 2020. Volume 1, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy, Soumyajit Majumdar Mar 2020

Research News. Publications, 2020. Volume 1, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy, Soumyajit Majumdar

Publications (2015-)

Publications that appeared during the period January 1 through March 31, 2020


Creative Eating During Social Isolation, Or "I Didn't Know I Had That", Kathy B. Knight Mar 2020

Creative Eating During Social Isolation, Or "I Didn't Know I Had That", Kathy B. Knight

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Keep Teaching: 7 Tips For Converting To Online Instruction, J. B. Clark Mar 2020

Keep Teaching: 7 Tips For Converting To Online Instruction, J. B. Clark

University of Mississippi News

As UM faculty move to virtual classrooms, e-learning veterans share their best tips and tricks


A 'Purple' Passion For Public Relations, Michael Newsom Mar 2020

A 'Purple' Passion For Public Relations, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

Robin Street, celebrated teacher, purple-clad advocate for diversity and acceptance, to retire from UM


Econutrition Cafe Series Offers Insights On Combating Food Waste, Janae Hudson Feb 2020

Econutrition Cafe Series Offers Insights On Combating Food Waste, Janae Hudson

University of Mississippi News

Office of Food and Nutrition Security to host events on nutrition policy, sustainability


Chemometrics-Assisted Identification Of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds From The Green Alga Klebsormidium Flaccidum Var. Zivo, Shi Qiu, Shabana I. Khan, Mei Wang, Jianping Zhao, Siyu Ren, Ikhlas A. Khan, Amy Steffek, William P. Pfund, Xing Cong Li Feb 2020

Chemometrics-Assisted Identification Of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds From The Green Alga Klebsormidium Flaccidum Var. Zivo, Shi Qiu, Shabana I. Khan, Mei Wang, Jianping Zhao, Siyu Ren, Ikhlas A. Khan, Amy Steffek, William P. Pfund, Xing Cong Li

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The green alga Klebsormidium flaccidum var. zivo is a rich source of proteins, polyphenols, and bioactive small-molecule compounds. An approach involving chromatographic fractionation, anti-inflammatory activity testing, ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry profiling, chemometric analysis, and subsequent MS-oriented isolation was employed to rapidly identify its small-molecule anti-inflammatory compounds including hydroxylated fatty acids, chlorophyll-derived pheophorbides, carotenoids, and glycoglycerolipids. Pheophorbide a, which decreased intracellular nitric oxide production by inhibiting inducible nitric oxide …


Fifth Annual Tedx Event Set For Feb. 29, Meredith Foster Feb 2020

Fifth Annual Tedx Event Set For Feb. 29, Meredith Foster

University of Mississippi News

Experts on politics, heart disease prevention, music and more to speak at Ford Center


February 21, 2020, The Daily Mississippian Feb 2020

February 21, 2020, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Melinda Valliant Named Chair Of Nutrition And Hospitality Management, Halleigh Derrick Feb 2020

Melinda Valliant Named Chair Of Nutrition And Hospitality Management, Halleigh Derrick

University of Mississippi News

New leader brings years of clinical practice, teaching, research and service to evolving department


Essential Oil Yield And Composition Of The Balkan Endemic Satureja Pilosa Velen. (Lamiaceae), Ivanka B. Semerdjieva, Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Charles L. Cantrell, Tess Astatkie, Abbas Ali Feb 2020

Essential Oil Yield And Composition Of The Balkan Endemic Satureja Pilosa Velen. (Lamiaceae), Ivanka B. Semerdjieva, Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Charles L. Cantrell, Tess Astatkie, Abbas Ali

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Satureja pilosa Velen. senso lato is a Balkan endemic plant that is not well characterized and is found on rocky outcrops of limestone base in Stara Planina (the Balkan Mountains) and the Rhodope Mountains. The objective of this study was to assess the variability of essential oil (EO) content and composition of S. pilosa collected at 33 locations across the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria using advanced statistical methods including cluster analysis. The EO content in dried aboveground biomass varied from 0.52% to 2.03%. More than 21 EO constituents were identified, belonging to the …


Issue 345: February 6-20, 2020, The Local Voice Feb 2020

Issue 345: February 6-20, 2020, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.


Nhm 215 Restaurant Case Study, Katerina Berezina, Tanya Ruetzler Feb 2020

Nhm 215 Restaurant Case Study, Katerina Berezina, Tanya Ruetzler

Teaching and Learning Guides

NHM 215 Introduction to Hospitality Management


Effects Of Life Stage, Site, And Species On The Dragonfly Gut Microbiome, Sarah Nobles, Colin R. Jackson Feb 2020

Effects Of Life Stage, Site, And Species On The Dragonfly Gut Microbiome, Sarah Nobles, Colin R. Jackson

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Insects that undergo metamorphosis from juveniles to adults provide an intriguing opportunity to examine the effects of life stage, species, and the environment on their gut microbiome. In this study, we surveyed the gut microbiomes of 13 species of dragonfly collected from five different locations subject to different levels of human impact. Juveniles were collected as nymphs from aquatic habitats while airborne adults were caught at the same locations. The gut microbiome was characterized by next generation sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Life stage was an important factor, with …


January 22, 2020, The Daily Mississippian Jan 2020

January 22, 2020, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Charleston, Ms - M Partner Pilot Phase, Laura Martin, Albert Nylander Jan 2020

Charleston, Ms - M Partner Pilot Phase, Laura Martin, Albert Nylander

M Partner Publications

A partnership between the City of Charleston and the University of Mississippi.


Beth Rice, Beth Rice, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2020

Beth Rice, Beth Rice, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Beth Rice is a native of Tennessee and studied at University of Tennessee Martin and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, before entering the field of child nutrition. Beth worked in a residential child care institution, for the Tennessee State Department of Education, and as a child nutrition director for Lake County, Tennessee, before joining the Fulton County School District in western Kentucky, from where she retired. Beth now works as a consultant for the Institute of Child Nutrition, instructing other directors in a course called Orientation to School Nutrition Leadership.


2020 Rebel Baseball Guide, Ole Miss Athletics. Men's Baseball Jan 2020

2020 Rebel Baseball Guide, Ole Miss Athletics. Men's Baseball

Men's Baseball

No abstract provided.


Characterization, Quantification And Quality Assessment Of Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) Oils, Mei Wang, Ping Yu, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Dilu Chen, Jianping Zhao, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Ikhlas A. Khan Jan 2020

Characterization, Quantification And Quality Assessment Of Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) Oils, Mei Wang, Ping Yu, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Dilu Chen, Jianping Zhao, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Ikhlas A. Khan

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Avocado oil is prized for its high nutritional value due to the substantial amounts of triglycerides (TGs) and unsaturated fatty acids (FAs) present. While avocado oil is traditionally extracted from mature fruit flesh, alternative sources such as avocado seed oil have recently increased in popularity. Unfortunately, sufficient evidence is not available to support the claimed health benefit and safe use of such oils. To address potential quality issues and …


Education Edge 2020, University Of Mississippi. School Of Education Jan 2020

Education Edge 2020, University Of Mississippi. School Of Education

Education Newsletters

Cover Story: Virtual Interactive Edition


Comparison Of Chemical Compositions Of The Pepper Eos From Different Cultivars And Their Ache Inhibitory Activity, Shu Xia Chen, Kong Yang, Jia Yao Xiang, Osafo Raymond Kwaku, Jia Xin Han, Xian Ai Zhu, Ya Ting Huang, Le Jiang Liu, Shao Bin Shen, Hai Zhou Li, Xing Cong Li, Yang Feng, Min Xu Jan 2020

Comparison Of Chemical Compositions Of The Pepper Eos From Different Cultivars And Their Ache Inhibitory Activity, Shu Xia Chen, Kong Yang, Jia Yao Xiang, Osafo Raymond Kwaku, Jia Xin Han, Xian Ai Zhu, Ya Ting Huang, Le Jiang Liu, Shao Bin Shen, Hai Zhou Li, Xing Cong Li, Yang Feng, Min Xu

Faculty and Student Publications

© The Author(s) 2020. Pepper is one of the most popular spices over the world and is called the King of Spices. Its essential oils (EOs) could alleviate neuronal ailments due to the inhibitory effect against acetylcholinesterase (AChE). In this study, the chemical compositions of 26 EOs prepared from white and black pepper collecting from 6 different cultivars were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 133 compounds were identified in the white and black pepper EOs. Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes were found to be riched in these EOs, of which α-pinene, β-pinene, sabinene, 3-carene, limonene, and (E)-β-caryophyllene were …


Primary Healthcare Policy And Vision For Community Pharmacy And Pharmacists In The United States, Teresa M. Salgado, Meagen M. Rosenthal, Antoinette B. Coe, Tana N. Kaefer, Dave L. Dixon, Karen B. Farris Jan 2020

Primary Healthcare Policy And Vision For Community Pharmacy And Pharmacists In The United States, Teresa M. Salgado, Meagen M. Rosenthal, Antoinette B. Coe, Tana N. Kaefer, Dave L. Dixon, Karen B. Farris

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020, Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica. All rights reserved. The United States (US) has a complex healthcare system with a mix of public, private, nonprofit, and for-profit insurers, healthcare institutions and organizations, and providers. Unlike other developed countries, there is not a single payer healthcare system or a national pharmaceutical benefits scheme/plan. Despite spending over USD 10,000 per capita in healthcare, the US is among the worst performers compared to other developed countries in outcomes including life expectancy at birth, infant mortality, safety during childbirth, and unmanaged chronic conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes). Primary care is delivered by physicians …


Winning The Battle: The Importance Of Price And Online Reviews For Hotel Selection, Olena Ciftci, Katerina Berezina, Muhittin Cavusoglu, Cihan Cobanoglu Jan 2020

Winning The Battle: The Importance Of Price And Online Reviews For Hotel Selection, Olena Ciftci, Katerina Berezina, Muhittin Cavusoglu, Cihan Cobanoglu

Faculty and Student Publications

Traditionally, price has been one of the main revenue management levers that allow hotels to sell the right product to the right customer at the right time. Recent research in the area of electronic word-of-mouth has found that travelers' online reviews may also be an influential factor affecting other customers' booking decisions. However, it is challenging to determine the value of online reviews for customer decision making and to compare this value to hotel room prices. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to investigate which factors (room rate, online reviews' rating score, or the number of reviews by …


Change Agents (2020), University Of Missisisppi. Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Jan 2020

Change Agents (2020), University Of Missisisppi. Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs.

Publications of the ORSP

This publication highlights a few of the significant research efforts at the University of Mississippi during the past year.


Development Of A Liposomal Formulation For Brain Targeting, Ziru Zhang Jan 2020

Development Of A Liposomal Formulation For Brain Targeting, Ziru Zhang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The blood-brain barrier (BBB), formed by the endothelial cells of the brain capillaries, inhibits the penetration of many therapeutic compounds into the brain. Liposomes, which have unique physicochemical characteristics, have been widely investigated for the drug delivery system across BBB. In the current study, FITC-dextran was used as a model drug that encapsulated in a liposomal formulation to investigated its ability to overcome the blood-brain barrier for targeted brain delivery of therapeutic agents. Here, non-targeted liposome (NT LPs) and RVG-modified liposome (RVG LPs) were prepared. The NT LPs and RVG LPs were about 97 and 101 nm in diameter with …


Role Of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor In The Regulation Of Astrocyte Structure, Function And Cognition, Disha Prabhu Jan 2020

Role Of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor In The Regulation Of Astrocyte Structure, Function And Cognition, Disha Prabhu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Levels of Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) are reduced in several neurological disorders, including aging and neurodegeneration. Aged animals have reduced IGF1 signaling and exhibit impairment in cognition. Supplementing rodents with IGF-1 reverses some of the cognitive deficit, suggesting that IGF-1 signaling could potentially be targeted to ameliorate cognitive decline in older adults. For this, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms by which IGF-1 regulates the function of various cell types in the brain is needed. A majority of studies have focused on the effects of IGF-1 regulating neurons. However, astrocytes that form roughly about 40% of brain mass also …