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Cultural Differences In Nutrition In French And Chinese Cuisine, Ellen S. Kim

Capstone Research Projects

Questions about racial and ethnic health disparities are major issues in health psychology and medicine. A previous study on health behaviors showed that there are cross-cultural differences among college students at Southern Adventist University. The previous study examined health behavior variables such as exercise, water, nutrition, sleep, smoking, alcohol, seatbelt use, medical examination, and dental examination. As a follow-up, this study represents phase two of the previous study. In the current study, the focus was on nutrition. Even though nutrition is an important aspect of health behaviors, there has not been significant amount of cross-cultural research done on nutrition in …

College Of Pharmacy Postbaccalaureate And International Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Genomic Organization And Phylogenetic Utility Of Deer Mouse (Peromyscus Maniculatus) Lymphotoxin-Alpha And Lymphotoxin-Beta, Tiffany Richens, Aparna D.N. Palmer, Joseph Prescott, Tony Schountz

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) are among the most common mammals in North America and are important reservoirs of several human pathogens, including Sin Nombre hantavirus (SNV). SNV can establish a life-long apathogenic infection in deer mice, which can shed virus in excrement for transmission to humans. Patients that die from hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) have been found to express several proinflammatory cytokines, including lymphotoxin (LT), in the lungs. It is thought that these cytokines contribute to the pathogenesis of HCPS. LT is not expressed by virus-specific CD4+ T cells from infected deer mice, suggesting a limited role for this …

Major Sponsored Programs And Faculty Awards For Research And Creative Activity 2007

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

This is the sixth annual “Major Sponsored Programs and Faculty Awards for Research and Creative Activity” report. This booklet highlights the successes of University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty during 2007. It lists the funding sources, projects and investigators on major grants and sponsored program awards received during the year, as well as patents issued; published books and scholarship; fellowships and other recognitions; intellectual property licenses; and performances and exhibitions in the fine and performing arts. This impressive list grows each year and I am pleased to present evidence of our faculty’s accomplishments. Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have pushed the …

Reflections (2008 Issue), College Of Health Professions

College of Health Professions Newsletters & Magazines

This issue summarizes the achievements of the College of Education and Health Professions for the academic year 2007-2008, including the creation of the Isabelle Farrington School of Education.

Audit Of Antenatal Testing Of Sexually Transmissible Infections And Blood Borne Viruses At Western Australian Hospitals, B. G. Combs, K. S.H. Kwan, C. M. Giele, Donna Mak

Medical Conference Papers

In August 2007, the Western Australian Department of Health (DOH) released updated recommendations for testing of sexually transmissible infections (STI) and blood-borne viruses (BBV) in antenates. Prior to this, the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) antenatal testing recommendations had been accepted practice in most antenatal settings. The RANZCOG recommends that testing for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C be offered at the first antenatal visit. The DOH recommends that in addition, chlamydia testing be offered. We conducted a baseline audit of antenatal STI/BBV testing in women who delivered at selected public hospitals before the …

Treatment Of Later Humoral Rejection With Anti-Cd20 Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab: A Single Centre Experience, Helen Hayes, Clare Wood, Lawrence Dembo, Gerry O'Driscoll

Medical Conference Papers

Humoral or vascular rejection is a B cell-mediated production of immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody against a transplanted organ that results in immune complex deposition on the vascular endothelium, activation of the complement cascade, production of endothelial dysfunction and regional ischaemic injury.

Factors Influencing Predation On Juvenile Ungulates And Natural Selection Implications, S. M. Barber-Meyer, L. D. Mech

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Juvenile ungulates are generally more vulnerable to predation than are adult ungulates other than senescent individuals, not only because of their relative youth, fragility, and inexperience, but also because of congenital factors. Linnell et al.’s (Wildl. Biol. 1: 209-223) extensive review of predation on juvenile ungulates concluded that research was needed to determine the predisposition of these juveniles to predation. Since then, various characteristics that potentially predispose juvenile ungulates have emerged including blood characteristics, morphometric and other condition factors, and other factors such as birth period, the mother’s experience, and spatial and habitat aspects. To the extent that any of …

Spent Culture Medium From Virulent Borrelia Burgdorferi Increases Permeability Of Individually Perfused Microvessels Of Rat Mesentery, Xueping Zhou, Michael R. Miller, Md Motaleb, Nyles W. Charon, Pingnian He

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Lyme disease is a common vector-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi(Bb), which manifests as systemic and targeted tissue inflammation. Both in vitro and in vivostudies have shown that Bb-induced inflammation is primarily host-mediated, via cytokine or chemokine production that promotes leukocyte adhesion/migration. Whether Bb produces mediators that can directly alter the vascular permeability in vivo has not been investigated. The objective of the present study was to investigate if Bb produces a mediator(s) that can directly activate endothelial cells resulting in increases in permeability in intact microvessels in the absence of blood cells.

Methodology/Principal Findings

The effects …

Franklin Pierce Law Center Educational Report: Patent Landscape Of Dna Vaccines For Hiv, Jon R. Cavicchi, Stanley P. Kowalski

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

2007 Cancer Care Annual Report, Children's Mercy Hospital

Cancer Center Annual Reports

Annual report of cancer care and oncology services at the Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City MO, a pediatric medical center.

Tailored Intervention To Increase Dual-Contraceptive Method Use: A Randomized Trial To Reduce Unintended Pregnancies And Sexually Transmitted Infections, Jeffrey F. Peipert, Colleen A. Redding, Jeffrey D. Blume, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Kristen A. Matteson, Faye Lozowski, Kenneth H. Mayer, Patricia J. Morokoff, Joseph S. Rossi

Cancer Prevention Research Center Faculty Publications

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether a transtheoretical model–tailored expert system intervention increases dual-method contraceptive use, compared with a nontailored educational intervention.

Study Design: We performed a randomized clinical trial of 542 women at high risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy. The intervention group received computer-based tailored feedback using a multimedia program. The control group received general contraceptive information and nontailored advice.

Results: Participants in the intervention group were more likely to report use of dual contraceptive methods during follow-up (adjusted hazard rate ratio 1.70, 95% confidence interval 1.09, 2.66), compared with controls. …

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Repeated Iv Antibiotic Therapy For Lyme Encephalopathy, B. A. Fallon, J. G. Keilp, K. M. Corbera, E. Petkova, C. B. Britton, E. Dwyer, I. Slavov, J. Cheng, David R. Nelson, H. A. Sackeim

Cell and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

Background: Optimal treatment remains uncertain for patients with cognitive impairment that persists or returns after standard IV antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease.

Methods: Patients had well-documented Lyme disease, with at least 3 weeks of prior IV antibiotics, current positive IgG Western blot, and objective memory impairment. Healthy individuals served as controls for practice effects. Patients were randomly assigned to 10 weeks of double-masked treatment with IV ceftriaxone or IV placebo and then no antibiotic therapy. The primary outcome was neurocognitive performance at week 12—specifically, memory. Durability of benefit was evaluated at week 24. Group differences were estimated according …

In Vitro Activity Of Tigecycline Against Acinetobacter Baumannii Strains Isolated From Nosocomial Infections, Esragül Akinci, İpek Mumcuoğlu, Pinar Öngürü, F. Nurhayat Bayazit, Sevi̇nç Ersoy Şen, Ayşe Erbay, Neri̇man Balaban, Hürrem Bodur

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Aims: Acinetobacter species usually affect hospitalized patients and are involved in many infections associated with a high mortality rate. Management of infections caused by these strains is very difficult, as the strains often display multiple drug resistance, including carbapenem resistance. Tigecycline is the most recently developed semi-synthetic broad spectrum glycylcycline antibiotic. The present study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from the hospitalized patients to tigecycline. Materials and Methods: Acinetobacter isolates were collected from hospitalized patients with documented nosocomial infections between June 2005 and October 2006. Only one isolate per patient was accepted. …

Surveillance Of Nosocomial Infections In Dicle University Hospital: A Ten-Year Experience, Mehmet Faruk Geyi̇k, Sali̇h Hoşoğlu, Celal Ayaz, Mustafa Kemal Çelen, Cemal Üstün

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Aim: The main objective was to recognize the evaluation of surveillance program on the nosocomial infections (NIs) in Dicle University Hospital (DUH) Materials and Methods: A prevalence study was performed prospectively, at the DUH from 1997 to 2006. Active surveillance for NIs were performed by infection control team, using the criteria proposed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS) methodology. This team includes infection control doctor and two nurses, who visited hospital units three times a week. All cases with NI were recorded using a standard data collection form. Results: During …

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 85, No. 4, 2008)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Reforming Federal Quarantine Law In The Wake Of Andrew Speaker: "The Tuberculosis Traveler", Hilary A. Fallow

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

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The Constitutionality Of Opting Out Of Adolescent Sex: Hpv Vaccine-Mandate Legislation Raises Constitutional Questions, Ariel Pizzitola

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Deliberately Indifferent: Government Response To Hiv In U.S. Prisons, Kari Larsen

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Discordant Patterns Of Genetic Variation At Two Chloroquine Resistance Loci In Worldwide Populations Of The Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum, Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Gabriel Mattera, Moses J. Bockarie, Jason D. Maguire, J. Kevin Baird, Yagya D. Sharma, Michael Alifrangis, Grant Dorsey, Philip J. Rosenthal, David J. Fryauff, James W. Kazura, Mark Stoneking, Peter A. Zimmerman

United States Navy: Publications

Mutations in the chloroquine resistance (CQR) transporter gene of Plasmodium falciparum (Pfcrt; chromosome 7) play a key role in CQR, while mutations in the multidrug resistance gene (Pfmdr1; chromosome 5) play a significant role in the parasite’s resistance to a variety of antimalarials and also modulate CQR. To compare patterns of genetic variation at Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 loci, we investigated 460 blood samples from P. falciparum infected patients from four Asian, three African, and three South American countries, analyzing microsatellite (MS) loci flanking Pfcrt (five loci [[1]40 kb]) and Pfmdr1 (either two …

Immunomodulatory Properties Of A Viral Homolog Of Human Interleukin-10 Expressed By Human Cytomegalovirus During The Latent Phase Of Infection, C Jenkins, W Garcia, M J. Godwin, Juliet V. Spencer, J Lewis Stern, Allison Abendroth, Barry Slobedman

Biology Faculty Publications

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) establishes a latent infection in hematopoietic cells, from which it can reactivate to cause significant disease in immunocompromised individuals. HCMV expresses a functional homolog of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin-10 (termed cmvIL-10), and alternate splicing of the cmvIL-10 transcript results in expression of a latency-associated cmvIL-10 transcript (LAcmvIL-10). To determine whether LAcmvIL-10 encodes immunosuppressive functions, recombinant LAcmvIL-10 protein was generated, and its impact on major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) expression was examined on granulocyte macrophage progenitor cells (GM-Ps) and monocytes. LAcmvIL-10 (and cmvIL-10) downregulated MHC-II on the surfaces of both cell types. This downregulation was associated with …

Roles Of Trypanothione S-Transferase And Tryparedoxin Peroxidase In Resistance To Antimonials, Susan Wyllie, Tim J. Vickers, Alan H. Fairlamb

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

The Absence Of Cutaneous Lymph Nodes Results In A Th2 Response And Increased Susceptibility To Leishmania Major Infection In Mice, Jan M. Ehrchen, Joannes Roth, Kirsten Roebrock, Georg Varga, Wolfram Domschke, Rodney Newberry, Clemens Sorg, Carsten Muller-Tidow, Cord Sunderkotter, Torsten Kucharzik, Thomas W. Spahn

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Efflux Pump Overexpression Resistance Mechanisms For Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Gregory Burkman

Quill & Scope

The complexities of infectious diseases are not limited to one specialty, but rather encompass all types of physician care. One of the many present difficulties is the prevention, management, and treatment of microorganism resistance. In this review article, one method of acquired resistance possible to many bacteria, in particular Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described. This gram negative bacterium is able to induce an overexpression of efflux pumps that can eject intracellular antibiotics into the extracellular space, thereby avoiding cellular death. In P. aeruginosa four efflux pumps have been studied, which all have the ability to extrude specific classes of antibiotics. This …

South Dakota Animal Disease Research And Diagnostic Laboratory: Annual Report 2008, Animal Disease Research And Diagnostic Laboratory, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL)

This document is the 2008 annual report of the South Dakota Veterinary and Biomedical Science Department Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory.

South Dakota State University 2008 Baseball Media Guide, South Dakota State University

Jackrabbit Baseball Media Guides (1998-2015)

Media Information
This is South Dakota State
Coaching Staff
2008 Jackrabbits
2008 Preview
2008 Opponents
2007 in Review
History

Outlook Magazine, Winter 2008

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.

Identification Of A Novel Picornavirus Related To Cosaviruses In A Child With Acute Diarrhea+, Lori R. Holtz, Stacy R. Finkbeiner, Carl D. Kirkwood, David Wang

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Evolution And Dynamics Of Regulatory Architectures Controlling Polymyxin B Resistance In Enteric Bacteria, Alexander Y. Mitrophanov, Mollie W. Jewett, Tricia J. Hadley, Eduardo A. Groisman

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Migratory Dermal Dendritic Cells Act As Rapid Sensors Of Protozoan Parasites, Lai Guan Ng, Alice Hsu, Michael A. Mandell, Ben Roediger, Christopher Hoeller, Paulus Mrass, Amaya Iparraguirre, Lois Cavanagh, James A. Triccas, Stephen M. Beverley, Phillip Scott, Wolfgang Weninger

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.