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Volume 46, Number 51: August 12, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Inflammation And Infection Do Not Promote Arterial Aging And Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Lean Horticulturalists, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jeffrey Winking, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Jung Ki Kim, Caleb Finch, Eileen M. Crimmins

ESI Publications

Background: Arterial aging is well characterized in industrial populations, but scantly described in populations with little access to modern medicine. Here we characterize health and aging among the Tsimane, Amazonian forager-horticulturalists with short life expectancy, high infectious loads and inflammation, but low adiposity and robust physical fitness. Inflammation has been implicated in all stages of arterial aging, atherogenesis and hypertension, and so we test whether greater inflammation associates with atherosclerosis and CVD risk. In contrast, moderate to vigorous daily activity, minimal obesity, and low fat intake predict minimal CVD risk among older Tsimane.

Methods and Findings: Peripheral arterial …

Bridging Digital Poverty: Adoption Of Information And Communication Technologies At Community Technology Centers In The Dominican Republic, Paola Prado

Open Access Dissertations

Globalization and the rise of the Information Society pose many challenges to developing nations. In adherence to the Millennium Development Goal of digital inclusion, the government of the Dominican Republic established a national program of community technology centers, or telecenters, that aim to promote digital literacy among the poor. This study examined how these telecenters promote the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and tested whether perceived structural factors, individual motivation or demographics predict adoption. Results from a survey conducted in the rural villages of El Seybo, Navarrete, and Oviedo confirm that telecenter users learn how to use information …

Current, August 10, 2009, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

Orientation Edition

The Relationship Between Economic Deprivation And Emerging Inhibitory Control In Young Children, Rachel Weston

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND EMERGING INHIBITORY CONTROL IN YOUNG CHILDREN. Rachel S. Weston, David J. Bridgett, Linda C. Mayes. Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. An extensive body of research has documented detrimental effects of growing up in poverty on children's global cognitive development, particularly when economic deprivation occurs in early childhood. However, little is known about the impact of poverty on children's component neurocognitive capacities. The prefrontal cortex is one brain region, responsible for the executive control functions, that has a prolonged period of postnatal development and therefore may be especially …

August 10, 2009 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Overweight Resident Physicians And Year Of Training, Maya Roberts

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT RESIDENT PHYSICIANS AND YEAR OF TRAINING Maya Roberts, Mark R. Zonfrillo, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, James Dziura and Sunkyung Yu, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, New Haven, CT, and David Spiro, Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR. (Sponsored by Howard Pearson, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine). Post-graduate clinical training has numerous implications for the health of resident physicians. The primary goal of this study is to monitor the health of resident physicians by year of training through measurement of body mass …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - August 9, 2009, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the August 9, 2009 version of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler

Contents Include

• Adult/Peds Allergist Joins USA Physician Group
• USA COM Grads Reunite to Honor Mentor
• Dr. Jackson Leaves Legacy of Excellence
• August Med School Cafe
• Dr. William Richards

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - August 9, 2009, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the August 9, 2009 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include

• Adult/Peds Allergist Joins USA Physicians Group
• USA COM Grads Reunite to Honor Mentor
• Dr. Jackson leaves Legacy of Excellence
• August Med School Cafe'
• Dr. William Richards

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 8, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Kimberly Michelle Patarini; President's Global Leadership Award - Indira Chakravarty; Outstanding Senior - Anthony Le

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 8, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Clemson Commencement Program, August 2009, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Stable Carbon Isotope And Niche Breadth Analysis Of Animal Bone From Pocahontas Mounds (22hi500) And Lyon's Bluff, Robert Linder Mccain

Theses and Dissertations

Maize uses a photosynthetic pathway called C4 which produces a carbon signature in animal tissue that is different from most of the plants available to the inhabitants of the Southeastern United States. Faunal remains (deer, rodent, and turtle) from Pocahontas Mounds (22HI500) and Lyon’s Bluff (22OK520) were tested to determine whether the samples possessed a C4 signature. Maize has been found at both sites, but the extent of maize agriculture was not known. Rodent and turtle from both sites indicate partial to heavy consumption of C4 plants, while one deer sample from Pocahontas indicates moderate consumption of C4 plants. The …

Examining The Self-Reported Health Behaviors And The Importance Of Role Modeling Among Resident Directors Affiliated With The Association Of College And University Housing Officers-International (Acuho-I) Institutions, Maylen Lizeth Aldana

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine self-reported health behaviors (health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations and stress management) of Resident Directors who self-reported being affiliated with ACUHO-I. The second purpose of the study was to examine which areas of health behaviors, do Resident Directors believe, their participation influences the health behaviors of their students. This was completed by inviting Resident Directors to complete the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLPII). A total of (n=308) Resident Directors completed the HPLPII. The results of this study are ground breaking because it is the first study examining the …

Spatial Dispersion Of The Fungus Aspergillus Flavus In Corn Ears: A Spatial Analysis Of Ubiquitin Mrna, Leif Saxon Mylroie

Theses and Dissertations

Aflatoxin is a carcinogen produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus that causes millions of dollars in agriculture losses in the southeastern US. This thesis examines the dispersal of A. flavus on two corn inbred lines, resistant (Mp313E) and susceptible (B73), which differ in total aflatoxin accumulation after infection with A. flavus. After inoculating corn kernels with the fungus an RNA analysis was used to determine the location (number of kernels away from inoculation site) and abundance of A. flavus at weekly intervals. A. flavus started its spread at 7 days after inoculation (DAI) on both corn lines. The B73 corn …

Sanitization Of Broiler Breeder Hatching Eggs Using Ultraviolet Light And Hydrogen Peroxide, Jessica Benoit Wells

Theses and Dissertations

Ultraviolet light (UV) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decrease eggshell bacteria. However, when combined, the optimum amount of each and effects on hatchability are unknown. In Experiment 1, when compared to other concentrations of H2O2 and lengths of UV, the combination of 1.5% H2O2 and 8 minutes of UV yielded optimum results with a 3 log10 CFU/egg reduction in bacteria on the eggshell. In Experiment 2, exposing eggs to this optimum combination yielded a 1000 fold reduction in eggshell bacteria but only a numerical increase in hatch of set and hatch of fertile. In Experiment 3, eggs exposed to repetitive treatments …

The Ecology Of Cactoblastis Cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) In Florida, Kristen Erica Sauby

Theses and Dissertations

I used a theoretical model to determine the conditions under which Cactoblastis cactorum populations would be expected to experience positive population growth. Results from simulations suggest that host species richness, host quality, and the C. cactorum death rate interact to determine the probability of C. cactorum positive population growth. I also studied the influence of host diversity empirically. Cactoblastis cactorum prevalence was significantly higher when O. stricta was present in the community. Also, higher species richness within host assemblages led to a higher prevalence of infestation than in single-species host assemblages. Finally, I explored cooccurrence patterns of native cactuseeding insects …

Using Remote Sensing To Monitor Herbicide Injury And Biomass Of Waterhyacinth, Wilfredo Robles

Theses and Dissertations

Aquatic vegetation plays an important role in the ecological interactions and processes within a water body. However, the presence of the invasive exotic aquatic plant species, waterhyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms], negatively affects those interactions as well as interfering with water use for recreation and navigation. An implemented management plan for waterhyacinth control relies on the use of herbicides. Efficacy is commonly assessed using visual injury and control ratings as well as estimating biomass. The problem is that those approaches are labor intensive only assessing single points throughout the entire water body. Therefore, technology like remote sensing, which is the …

Health Center Data Warehouses: Opportunities And Challenges For Quality Improvement, A. Seiji Hayashi, Emily Jones, David M. Stevens, Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

This Policy Research Brief reports on a pilot effort to leverage the growing presence of health center data warehouses to advance health care quality improvement through data sharing and exchange. This project builds on a partnership between the Michigan Primary Care Association and The George Washington University's Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative that centers on developing approaches to using existing health center data for quality improvement.

Summer Commencement: August 7, 2009, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Summer Commencement program from August 7, 2009.

Development Of Psychometrically Equivalent Speech Audiometry Materials For Testing Children In Mongolian, Meghan Elizabeth Caldwell

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and equate Mongolian monosyllabic and bisyllabic child-appropriate words which can be used in the measurement of word recognition scores and speech-reception threshold (SRT) in children who are native speakers of Mongolian. Based on data collected from a survey of Mongolian child language professionals, a subset of child-appropriate materials was adapted from a set of materials developed for Mongolian adults. Two lists of 50 monosyllabic words and four half-lists of 25 words each were developed for testing the word recognition abilities of Mongolian children. The developed lists and half-lists were …

Life-Course Socio-Economic Factors, Skin Colour And Abdominal Obesity In Adulthood In A Brazilian Birth Cohort, David A. Gonzalez, Aydin Nazmi, John S. Yudkin, Cesar G. Victora

Food Science and Nutrition

Objective:Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder throughout the world. In particular, abdominal obesity is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of skin colour and life-course socio-economic indicators on waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and waist:hip ratio (WHR) in young adults.

Design:Population-based birth cohort study. Individuals born in 1982 in Pelotas (southern Brazil) were visited on a number of occasions from birth to age 23–24 years. A sample of the cohort was sought in 2006 and 972 individuals were located. The analysis was restricted to individuals with complete data …

The Daily Egyptian, August 06, 2009, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2009

No abstract provided.

Social Determinants Of Mixed Feeding Behavior Among Hiv-Infected Mothers In Jos, Nigeria, Sheela Maru

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Mixed feeding confers excess risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) compared with exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and exclusive formula feeding (EFF). We undertook a quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional survey to identify the social determinants of mixed feeding among a subset of HIV-infected women enrolled in a MTCT prevention program in Jos, Nigeria. Of the 91 participants, 68(75%) exclusively formula fed, 7(8%) exclusively breastfed, and 16(18%) practiced mixed feeding. Of the mixed feeding women, 7 primarily formula fed and 9 primarily breastfed. Women who primarily formula fed described family pressure as the reason for mixed feeding, whereas women …

The Weekly Challenger, August 6, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 6, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Volume 46, Number 50: August 05, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Agenda And Attachments, August 4, 2009

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Unh Report: Nh Refugees Get Most Support From Communities, Not Social Services, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 4, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 4, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Perceptions Among Students In Online Health Related Courses - A Pilot Study, Kathy Sullivan

Master's Projects

Given the proliferation of online courses in university education, continuous evaluation is imperative to ensure quality. This study utilized a quantitative descriptive design using a questionnaire to explore the perceived adequacy and acceptance of distance learning in undergraduate health related courses. Questions were designed to elicit students' reactions to teaching methods, course content, and how the format influenced their learning. Overall, acceptance of online courses is high. Most of the students were willing to take another online course in the future. Respondents felt that online courses offer more flexibility, encourage both independent and critical thinking skills, and that the course …