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Pharmacologic Treatment Of Agitation In Traumatic Brain Injuries, Brianna L. Pankratz

Nursing Capstones

No abstract provided.

Tardive Dyskinesia, Joseph J. Gossman

Nursing Capstones

No abstract provided.

Graphene Oxide Membranes For Enhancing Water Purification In Terrestrial And Space-Born Applications: State Of The Art, Chris Beulke, Ali Alshami, James Casler, Jeremy Lewis, Maram Al-Sayaghi, Michael A. Hickner

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

We present a compendious review of the literature and state-of-art of the research into graphene oxide (GO) membranes for both terrestrial and space-born water purification applications. The performance of GO membrane is compared to polyamide composite properties broadly used in today's desalination plants as well as to other membranes composed of various polymeric materials. An in-depth comparison is also conducted between GO membranes and the water reclamation system onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Based on empirical data from the literature, GO membranes have the potential to reduce the specific energy consumption in both RO facilities and the ISS by …

Habitat Suitability Analysis For Mountain Lions (Puma Concolor) Recolonization/ Reintroduction In Minnesota, Mbongowo J. Mbuh, Neil Vruno

Geography & Geographic Information Science Faculty Publications

The mountain lion range once extended throughout the state of Minnesota. The breeding population has been greatly reduced with time, new roads, and timber harvesting, which have broken large tracts of contiguous forest into isolated patches that are too small and no longer suitable for the breeding mountain lion population. The objective of this study is to use suitability analysis to determine the most suitable habitat to conserve mountain lion populations threatened by habitat fragmentation. To attain our objective, we created three sub models that contribute to the overarching goal of the suitability model. A habitat sub model was developed …

Und Today: December 2018, University Of North Dakota

UND Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Reference Tracking In Ethiopian Sign Language, Katelin Jo French

Theses and Dissertations

Very little has been written about Ethiopian Sign Language, but the language has obvious differences from more well-studied signed languages. This thesis focuses on striking differences in reference tracking: looking at all the different referring types—lexical items, points, eye gaze, body shift, agreement, and zero reference—and their distribution throughout narrative texts. Through this process, Ethiopian Sign Language has proved different from expectations based on previously studied signed languages. This language uses loci with much more flexibility, depending on role shift alone to strongly establish loci for entities. Another way this language differs from other languages is its lack of entity …

Motivations And Satisfaction Of North Dakota Deer Hunters During A Temporal Decline In Deer Populations, Kristen E. Black, William F. Jensen, Robert Newman, Jason Boulanger

Biology Faculty Publications

Achieving state wildlife agency biological goals for deer (Odocoileus spp.) management may often conflict with hunter desires. Concomitantly, better information is needed to optimize agency deer herd management goals with hunters’ social goals. In 2016, we surveyed 3,000 North Dakota, USA, resident deer hunters using a self-administered mail survey to gain a better understanding of motivations, satisfaction, and hunter demographics that may be used to inform hunter recruitment and retention (HRR) efforts during a period of reduced statewide deer populations. With deer-gun license availability strictly limited, we explored the possibility that some gun hunters may have been engaging …

Some Features Of Participant Reference In Xochapa Mixtec, Laura J. Cline

Theses and Dissertations

Many works have been published about the grammar and phonology of Mixtecan languages, but relatively little has been written about the discourse features of these languages. One of these areas of discourse where relatively little research has been done is that of participant reference.

This thesis explores the features of participant reference in one Mixtec language, Xochapa Mixtec, by examining the use of nouns, pronouns, and deictic phrases in eight Xochapa Mixtec texts. The texts used in this research were transcribed from audio recordings and then analyzed with respect to the participant reference forms they employed. The thesis begins with …

Volume 56, Number 16: November 28, 2018, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Volume 56, Number 13: November 07, 2018, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Und Today: November 2018, University Of North Dakota

UND Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Tumor Metabolic Microenvironment On Regulatory T Cells, Yi-An Wang, Xiao-Ling Li, Yong-Zhen Mo, Chun-Mei Fan, Le Tang, Fang Xiong, Can Guo, Bo Xiang, Ming Zhou, Jian Ma, Xi Huang, Xu Wu, Yong Li, Gui-Yuan Li, Zhao-Yang Zeng, Wei Xiong

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Recent studies have shown that on one hand, tumors need to obtain a sufficient energy supply, and on the other hand they must evade the body’s immune surveillance. Because of their metabolic reprogramming characteristics, tumors can modify the physicochemical properties of the microenvironment, which in turn affects the biological characteristics of the cells infiltrating them. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a subset of T cells that regulate immune responses in the body. They exist in large quantities in the tumor microenvironment and exert immunosuppressive effects. The main effect of tumor microenvironment on Tregs is to promote their differentiation, proliferation, secretion …

October 30, 2018, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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October 16, 2018, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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October 9, 2018, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Long Noncoding Rna Afap1-As1 Acts As A Competing Endogenous Rna Of Mir-423-5p To Facilitate Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Metastasis Through Regulating The Rho/Rac Pathway, Yu Lian, Fang Xiong, Liting Yang, Hao Bo, Zhaojian Gong, Yumin Wang, Fang Wei, Yanyan Tang, Xiayu Li, Qianjin Liao, Hui Wang, Ming Zhou, Bo Xiang, Xu Wu, Yong Li, Xiaoling Li, Xiang Chen, Guiyuan Li, Can Guo, Zhaoyang Zeng, Wei Xiong

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Background: Actin filament-associated protein 1 antisense RNA 1 (AFAP1-AS1), a long noncoding RNA, is significantly highly expressed and associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in many cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). In this study, we aim to identify the role of AFAP1-AS1 acting as an oncogenic lncRNA to promote NPC metastasis.

Methods: The role of AFAP1-AS1, miR-423-5p, and FOSL2 in NPC metastasis was investigated in vitro and in vivo. Bioinformatics analysis and luciferase activity assays were used to identify the interaction between AFAP1-AS1, miR-423- 5p, and FOSL2. Additionally, real-time PCR and western blotting were used to assess the …

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Physical Literacy In A Large Sample Of Canadian Children Aged 8 To 12 Years, Justin J. Lang, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Burnes, Kevin Belanger, Grant R. Tomkinson, Kristal D. Anderson, Brenda Bruner, Jennifer L. Copeland, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Kirstin N. Lane, Barbi Law, Dany J. Macdonald, Luc J. Martin, Travis J. Saunders, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff, Mark S. Tremblay

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

Background

The associations between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical literacy in children are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the relationships between CRF, measured using the 20-m shuttle run test (20mSRT), and components of physical literacy among Canadian children aged 8–12 years.

Methods

A total of 9393 (49.9% girls) children, with a mean (SD) age of 10.1 (±1.2) years, from a cross-sectional surveillance study were included for this analysis. The SRT was evaluated using a standardized 15 m or 20 m protocol. All 15 m SRTs were converted to 20mSRT values using a standardized formula. The …

Harald Von Beckh, Pioneer Of Microgravity Medical Research, Pablo De Leon

Space Studies Faculty Publications

Harald Von Beckh was born in Vienna, Austria, on November 17, 1917. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the Vienna University Faculty of Medicine in 1940. He began working at the Academy of Aviation Medicine in Berlin where he helped in the development of the concept of the Keplerian trajectory to obtain periods of microgravity while collaborating with Dr. Heinz von Diringshofen. In 1941 he was appointed as a faculty member at the Academy of Medicine of the Luftwaffe.

At the end of the war, without any possibility to continue his research in Germany, Von Beckh made contacts …

Efficacy Of Pharmacotherapy And Psychotherapy In Treating Depression And Anxiety Disorders, Tolu Okuneye

Nursing Capstones

No abstract provided.

Simmering With Rage: Kitchens And Intimate Partner Violence In Eva Sørhaug’S 90 Minutes, Melissa Gjellstad

Languages & Global Studies Faculty Publications

This article examines domestic violence committed by white heterosexual men in a 2010s Norwegian film by a female director. This film stands out for its focus on male perpetrators, not female victims, contributing a fictional presentation of three men who struggle to meet societal norms for parents and partners in the Nordic gender-equal family of the twenty-first century. Eva Sørhaug’s use of cinematic space drills deep to probe the men’s pain, employing both the camera’s perspective and the significance of interiors of family homes to visually assess the male characters as they break. The socially constructed spaces of the kitchen …

Cost, Outcomes, Use, And Perceptions Of Oers In Psychology: A Narrative Review Of The Literature, Virginia Clinton

Educational Foundations and Research Faculty Publications

Open educational resources (OER) have been developed to free students from the expense and instructors from the restrictions of commercial materials. There has been a wealth of empirical examination on numerous aspects of OER. The purpose of this narrative review is to synthesize and integrate the findings on OER in psychology to assist instructors in making informed decisions about course materials. Topics in this review were organized according to the COUP framework of cost, outcomes, use, and perceptions. Results indicated that OER adoption yielded cost savings while generally having similar or better outcomes in terms of grades. Students typically reported …

An Initial Study Of The Catalytic Reforming Of Crop Oil‐Derived 1‐Alkenes With Hzsm‐5 To Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Shelby Amsley‐Benzie, Swapnil Fegade, Brian Tande, Alena Kubatova, Evguenii Kozliak, Wayne Seames

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

This study explored the production of aromatic hydrocarbons from the longer‐chain alkenes produced by the pyrolysis/cracking of crop oils. 1‐Tetradecene, serving as a model compound for these alkenes, was reformed in a batch reactor with a HZSM‐5 catalyst to produce a liquid hydrocarbon mixture with a high‐aromatic content. These reactions resulted in a >99% conversion of the 1‐tetradecene feedstock with a yield of up to 22 wt% of aromatic hydrocarbons. Surprisingly, isomers of C3‐substituted benzenes along with xylenes and diaromatics (lower homologs of alkyl‐substituted indanes and naphthalenes) were the main aromatic products rather than their lower‐molecular‐weight (MW) homologs, benzene, toluene, …

Volume 56, Number 2: August 22, 2018, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Clinical Presentation Non-Cme: Kaqun Oxygenated Water Therapy To Augment Hbot, Sandor Kulin

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

A presentation of a non-prescription synergistic therapy for Hyperbaric Chamber protocols which may also enjoy stand-alone application with Lyme disease and other mitochondrial disease processes.

The Fda Approved Hbot Indications In Veterinary Medicine And Beyond..., Andrew Turkell

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

• This presentation is based on the 14 FDA approved, and sometimes insurance reimbursable, HBOT indications in humans and how they are extrapolated into veterinary medicine and utilized for very similar indications in the animal world.
• We will also discuss a much larger group of indications that are not approved in the USA but approved internationally (off label), which may have more compelling scientific evidence than exists for the approved indications.

Value And Impact Of Hyperbaric Medicine In The Treatment Of Brain And Spinal Cord Injuries In Veterinary Patients, Robert Hancock

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

• To realize hyperbaric oxygen treatments have a beneficial and protective effect in acute spinal cord and brain injury.
• To understand that administration of hyperbaric oxygen both preoperatively and postoperatively, can allow for faster neurological recoveries to ambulation and an improved prognosis in dogs.

Veterinary Hbot Clinical Rounds And Case Studies, Loren Nations, Diane Levitan

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

• To better understand the use of hyperbaric oxygen in species other than humans.
• To fully appreciate the similarities and differences in the use of HBOT for animals and humans.

Hbot: An Essential Component For The Regenerative Treatment Of Pain From Sports Injuries, Chronic Inflammation And Infection, John Hughes

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

This lecture will present the science behind using the synergistic combination of hyperbaric oxygen with stem cell (VSELs) and oxidative IV therapies for chronic pain. I will also present case studies for patients suffering from chronic pain from sports injuries, degenerative, inflammatory, or infections conditions.

Therapeutic Synergy With Hyperbaric Medicine: Clinical Experiences In Enhancing Hbot Effects, Paul Anderson

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

Although very little is currently published regarding the use of synergists with HBOT it is an area of great clinical curiosity. For example some animal data using oxidative IV therapies in conjunction with HBOT which showed benefit have had to be modified when transferred to human protocols. Other therapies which have shown theoretical promise have exhibited synergy with HBOT and are emerging as future directions to clinically augment the benefits of HBOT.

Tumor Biology And Hyperbaric Oxygen: Differential Effects In Tumor Versus Normal Tissues, Paul Anderson

International Symposium for Hyperbaric Medicine

When assessing the potential benefits of HBOT in oncology patients occasional confusion arises when extrapolating the cytokine, epigenetic and other effects of HBOT in non-cancerous tissues (neurological and other injuries etc.) versus those in cancerous tissues. This confusion often results in misinterpretation of data and concern over potential harm in HBOT oncology cases. The focus of this presentation is to point out the data supporting these differences as we know it to date and underscore the benefits while decreasing this clinical confusion.