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One Year In - Top Downloads Of Documents From The Keep In The First Year Of The Repository, Todd Bruns

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

This document compiles the total full text downloads of documents in The Keep. The time period covered is the first full year of operation of The Keep, December 2011 through the end of November 2012.

Winter 2012, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Gametogenesis And Spawning Of Solenastrea Bournoni And Stephanocoenia Intersepta In Southeast Florida, Usa, Jenna R. Lueg, Alison L. Moulding, Vladimir N. Kosmynin, David S. Gilliam

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

This study constitutes the first report of the gametogenic cycle of the scleractinian corals Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta. Tissue samples were collected near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA between July 2008 and November 2009 and processed for histological examination in an effort to determine reproductive mode and potential spawning times. Both S. bournoni and S. intersepta are gonochoric, broadcast spawning species. Gametogenesis of S. bournoni began in April or May while S. intersepta had a much longer oogenic cycle that began in December with spermatogenesis beginning in July. Though spawning was not observed in situ, spawning was inferred …

Introduction: Why People Do Not Accept Evolution: Using Protistan Diversity To Promote Evolution Literacy, Guillermo Paz-Y-Miño-C, Avelina Espinosa

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

The controversy evolution vs. creationism is inherent to the incompatibility between scientific rationalism/empiricism and the belief in supernatural causation. To test this hypothesis, we conceptualized a Cartesian landscape where the dependent variable acceptance of evolution was plotted as function of three factors, each represented by an index (value range 0 to 3): Religiosity Index (RI), Science Index (SI), and Evolution Index (EI). The indexes summarized an individual's personal religious convictions, familiarity with the processes and forces of change in organisms (= concept of evolution), and understanding the essence of science (= method to explore …

Biology, 2012-2013, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for 2012-2013 for the Bachelor's of Science in Biology.

Elimination Therapy For The Endemic Malarias, J. Kevin Baird

United States Public Health Resources

Most malaria diagnosed outside endemic zones occurs in patients experiencing the consequences of what was likely a single infectious bite by an anopheline mosquito. A single species of parasite is nearly always involved and expert opinion on malaria chemotherapy uniformly prescribes species- and stage-specific treatments. However the vast majority of people experiencing malaria, those resident in endemic zones, do so repeatedly and very often with the involvement of two or more species and stages of parasite. Silent forms of these infections—asymptomatic and beyond the reach of diagnostics—may accumulate to form substantial and unchallenged reservoirs of infection. In such settings treating …

Severe Disease In Children Hospitalized With A Diagnosis Of Plasmodium Vivax In South-Eastern Pakistan, Salma Shaikh, Hafeezullah Memon, Bhagchand Iohano, Amna Shaikh, Imran Ahmed, J. Kevin Baird

United States Public Health Resources

Background: Infection by Plasmodium vivax has been considered rarely threatening to life, but recent studies challenge this notion. This study documented the frequency and character of severe illness in paediatric patients admitted to a hospital in south-eastern Pakistan with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of vivax malaria.

Methods: An observational study of all 180 paediatric patients admitted with any diagnosis of malaria during 2010 was conducted: 128 P. vivax; 48 Plasmodium falciparum; and four mixed infections of these species. Patients were classified as having severe illness with any of the following indicators: Glascow coma scale <11; ≥2 convulsions; haemoglobin <5g/dL; thrombocytes <50,000/mL; blood glucose <45mg%; >70 breaths/min; or intravenous antimalarial …

A Long Neglected World Malaria Map: Plasmodium Vivax Endemicity In 2010, Peter W. Gething, Iqbal R.F. Elyazar, Catherine L. Moyes, David L. Smith, Katherine E. Battle, Carlos A. Guerra, Anand P. Patil, Andrew J. Tatem, Rosalind E. Howes, Monica F. Myers, Dylan B. George, Peter Horby, Heiman F.L. Wertheim, Ric N. Price, Ivo Mueller, J. Kevin Baird, Simon I. Hay

United States Public Health Resources

Background: Current understanding of the spatial epidemiology and geographical distribution of Plasmodium vivax is far less developed than that for P. falciparum, representing a barrier to rational strategies for control and elimination. Here we present the first systematic effort to map the global endemicity of this hitherto neglected parasite.

Methodology and Findings: We first updated to the year 2010 our earlier estimate of the geographical limits of P. vivax transmission. Within areas of stable transmission, an assembly of 9,970 geopositioned P. vivax parasite rate (PvPR) surveys collected from 1985 to 2010 were used with a spatiotemporal Bayesian model-based geostatistical …

Plasmodium Vivax Malaria Endemicity In Indonesia In 2010, Iqbal R.F. Elyazar, Peter W. Gething, Anand P. Patil, Hanifah Rogayah, Elvieda Sariwati, Niken W. Palupi, Siti N. Tarmizi, Rita Kusriastuti, J. Kevin Baird, Simon I. Hay

United States Public Health Resources

Background: Plasmodium vivax imposes substantial morbidity and mortality burdens in endemic zones. Detailed understanding of the contemporary spatial distribution of this parasite is needed to combat it. We used model based geostatistics (MBG) techniques to generate a contemporary map of risk of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Indonesia in 2010.

Methods: Plasmodium vivax Annual Parasite Incidence data (2006–2008) and temperature masks were used to map P. vivax transmission limits. A total of 4,658 community surveys of P. vivax parasite rate (PvPR) were identified (1985–2010) for mapping quantitative estimates of contemporary endemicity within those limits. After error-checking a total of …

The Global Public Health Significance Of Plasmodium Vivax, Katherine E. Battle, Peter W. Gething, Iqbal R.F. Elyazar, Catherine L. Moyes, Marianne E. Sinka, Rosalind E. Howes, Carlos A. Guerra, Ric N. Price, J. Kevin Baird, Simon I. Hay

United States Public Health Resources

Plasmodium vivax occurs globally and thrives in both temperate and tropical climates. Here, we review the evidence of the biological limits of its contemporary distribution and the global population at risk (PAR) of the disease within endemic countries. We also review the most recent evidence for the endemic level of transmission within its range and discuss the implications for burden of disease assessments. Finally, the evidence- base for defining the contemporary distribution and PAR of P. vivax are discussed alongside a description of the vectors of human malaria within the limits of risk. This information along with recent data documenting …

Using Mathematical Models In A Unified Approach To Predicting The Next Emerging Infectious Disease, Tiffany L. Bogich, Kevin J. Olival, Parviez R. Hosseini, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Elizabeth Loh, Sebastian Funk, Ilana L. Brito, Jonathan H. Epstein, John S. Brownstein, Damien O. Joly, Marc A. Levy, Kate E. Jones, Stephen S. Morse, A. Alonso Aguirre, William B. Karesh, Joanna A.K. Mazet, Peter Daszak

United States Public Health Resources

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose a significant threat to human health, global economies, and conservation (Smolinski et al. 2003). They are defined as diseases that have recently increased in incidence (rate of the development of new cases during a given time period), are caused by pathogens that recently moved from one host population to another, have recently evolved, or have recently exhibited a change in pathogenesis (Morse 1993; Krause 1994). Some EIDs threaten global public health through pandemics with large-scale mortality (e.g., HN/AIDS). Others cause smaller outbreaks but have high case fatality ratios or lack effective therapies or vaccines (e.g. …

Health Equity Resource Toolkit For State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities

United States Public Health Resources

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual Framework

3. Incorporating Health Equity into the Obesity Prevention Planning Processes

4. Conclusion

5. References

6. Appendices

Clinical Research And Development Of Tuberculosis Diagnostics: Moving From Silos To Synergy, Payam Nahid, Peter S. Kim, Carlton A. Evans, David Alland, Michael Barer, Jane Diefenbach, Jerrold Ellner, Richard Hafner, Carol Dukes Hamilton, Michael F. Iademarco, Gregory Ireton, Michael E. Kimerling, Christian Lienhardt, William R. Mackenzie, Megan Murray, Mark D. Perkins, Jamie E. Posey, Teri Roberts, Christine Sizemore, Wendy S. Stevens, Laura Via, Sharon D. Williams, Wing Yew, Susan Swindells

United States Public Health Resources

The development, evaluation, and implementation of new and improved diagnostics have been identified as critical needs by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis researchers and clinicians alike. These needs exist in international and domestic settings and in adult and pediatric populations. Experts in tuberculosis and HIV care, researchers, healthcare providers, public health experts, and industry representatives, as well as representatives of pertinent US federal agencies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, United States Agency for International Development) assembled at a workshop proposed by the Diagnostics Working Group of the Federal Tuberculosis Taskforce …

The Use Of Low-Calorie Sweeteners By Children: Implications For Weight Management, John Foreyt, Ronald Kleinman, Rebecca Brown, Rachel Lindstrom

United States Public Health Resources

The rise in pediatric obesity since the 1970s has been well established in the United States and is becoming a major concern worldwide. As a potential means to help slow the obesity epidemic, low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) have gained attention as dietary tools to assist in adherence to weight loss plans or prevention of excess weight gain. Observational studies tend to show positive correlations between LCS consumption and weight gain in children and adolescents. Although the data are intriguing, these epidemiologic studies do not establish that LCS cause weight gain, because there are likely many lifestyle and genetic differences between children …

The Structure Of Posttraumatic Psychopathology In Veterans Attending Primary Care, David Forbes, Jon D. Elhai, Emma Lockwood, Mark Creamer, B. Christopher Frueh, Kathryn M. Magruder

United States Public Health Resources

This study attempted to extend research indicating that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) factors of Re-experiencing, Avoidance and Hyperarousal are more related to Fear/phobic disorders, while PTSD Dysphoria is more related to Anxious-Misery disorders. Trauma exposure, PTSD and comorbidity data for 668 veteran patients were analysed using confirmatory factor analyses and relative strengths of the relationships between PTSD factors and the Fear and Anxious-Misery factors were assessed. Combining Simms, Watson, and Doebbeling’s (2002) model of PTSD symptoms and Krueger’s (1999) Fear/Anxious Misery model of mood and anxiety disorders fit the data well. Contrary to previous research, PTSD Reexperiencing, Avoidance and Hyperarousal …

Fish Oil And Indomethacin In Combination Potently Reduce Dyslipidemia And Hepatic Steatosis In Ldlr-/- Mice, Ganesan Murali, Ginger L. Milne, Corey Webb, Ann B. Stewart, Ryan P. Mcmillan, Brandon C. Lyle, Matthew W. Hulver, Viswanathan Saraswathi

United States Public Health Resources

Fish oil (FO) is a potent anti-inflammatory and lipid-lowering agent. Because inflammation can modulate lipid metabolism and vice versa, we hypothesized that combining FO with cyclooxygenase inhibitors (COXIBs), well-known anti-inflammatory drugs, can enhance the anti-inflammatory and lipid-lowering effect of FO. LDLR-/- mice were fed a high fat diet supplemented with 6% olive oil or FO for 12 wk in the presence or absence of indomethacin (Indo, 6mg/liter drinking water). FO reduced plasma total cholesterol by 30% but in combination with Indo, exerted a greater decrease (44%). The reduction of liver cholesterol ester (CE) and triglycerides (TG) by FO (63% …

Six2 And Cited1, Markers Of Nephronic Progenitor Self-Renewal, Remain Active In Primitive Elements Of Wilms' Tumor, Andrew J. Murphy, Janene Pierce, Christian De Caestecker, Chase Taylor, James R. Anderson, Alan O. Perantoni, Mark P. De Caestecker, Harold N. Lovvorn Iii

United States Public Health Resources

Purpose: SIX2 and CITED1 are transcriptional regulators that specify self-renewing nephronic progenitor cells of the embryonic kidney. We hypothesized that SIX2, which promotes and maintains this stem cell population, and CITED1 remain active in Wilms' tumor (WT).

Methods: To evaluate expression domains and the pathogenic significance of SIX2 and CITED1 across WT, the Children's Oncology Group provided 40 WT specimens of stages I to IV (n = 10 per stage), which were enriched for unfavorable histology (n = 20) and treatment failure (relapse or death, n = 20). SIX2 and CITED1 protein expression was evaluated qualitatively (immunohistochemistry) and …

Coordinated Silencing Of Myc-Mediated Mir-29 By Hdac3 And Ezh2 As A Therapeutic Target Of Histone Modification In Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas, Xinwei Zhang, Xiaohong Zhao, Warren Fiskus, Jianhong Lin, Tint Lwin, Rekha Rao, Yizhuo Zhang, John C. Chan, Kai Fu, Victor E. Marquez, Selina Chen-Kiang, Lynn C. Moscinski, Edward Seto, William S. Dalton, Kenneth L. Wright, Eduardo Sotomayor, Kapil Bhalla, Jianguo Tao

United States Public Health Resources

We investigated the transcriptional and epigenetic repression of miR-29 by MYC, HDAC3, and EZH2 in mantle cell lymphoma and other MYC-associated lymphomas. We demonstrate that miR-29 is repressed by MYC through a corepressor complex with HDAC3 and EZH2. MYC contributes to EZH2 upregulation via repression of the EZH2 targeting miR-26a, and EZH2 induces MYC via inhibition of the MYC targeting miR-494 to create positive feedback. Combined inhibition of HDAC3 and EZH2 cooperatively disrupted the MYC-EZH2-miR-29 axis, resulting in restoration of miR-29 expression, downregulation of miR-29-targeted genes, and lymphoma growth suppression in vitro and in vivo. These findings define a …

Expert Panel On Integrated Guidelines For Cardiovascular Health And Risk Reduction In Children And Adolescents Full Report

United States Natonal Institutes of Health: Materials

The Expert Panel Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents contain recommendations

Annual Report 2011-2012, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

This file contains the Annual Report for the library from 2011-2012.

Parenting, Javiette Samuel

Extension Publications

No abstract provided.

Pubh 560.50: Environmental And Rural Health, Tony J. Ward

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Nrsm 475.01: Environment And Development, Jill M. Belsky

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Independent Benefits Of Meeting The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines To Insulin Resistance In Obese Latino Children, Nazrat Mirza, Matilde Palmer, Johanna O'Connell, Loretta Dipietro

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Publications

We examined the independent association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and insulin resistance (IR) among obese Latino children (� = 1 1 3; 7–15 years) who were enrolled in a community-based obesity intervention. Baseline information on physical activity was gathered by self-report. Clinical assessments of body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE), as well as glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were performed after an overnight fast. Insulin resistance was defined as a 2 h insulin concentration >57 μU·mL⁻¹. We observed that those obese children who met the 2008 Guidelines for MVPA (≥60 min/day) …

Successful Aging, Loretta Dipietro, Maria F. Singh, Roger Fielding, Hiroshi Nose

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Vascular Inflammatory Cells In Hypertension., David G Harrison, Paul J. Marvar, Jens M Titze

Pharmacology and Physiology Faculty Publications

Hypertension is a common disorder with uncertain etiology. In the last several years, it has become evident that components of both the innate and adaptive immune system play an essential role in hypertension. Macrophages and T cells accumulate in the perivascular fat, the heart and the kidney of hypertensive patients, and in animals with experimental hypertension. Various immunosuppressive agents lower blood pressure and prevent end-organ damage. Mice lacking lymphocytes are protected against hypertension, and adoptive transfer of T cells, but not B cells in the animals restores their blood pressure response to stimuli such as angiotensin II or high salt. …

Enhancing Cultural Awareness: Building Relationships Between Non Native American Nurses And Native American Lakota Patients, Sharon Mercill

Theses and Graduate Projects

Enhancing Cultural Awareness: Building Relationships Between Non Native American Nurses and Native American Lakota PatientsCulture impacts the perceptions and responses to health and wellness and acceptance of nursing care. Learning how to build strong relationship bridges with the Native American Lakota patient is important so that a professional nurse can respond appropriately and sufficiently while delivering holistic nursing care. Patients will experience better health if a successful nurse-client relationship is built between them that will allow for all the patient"s needs to be fully considered promoting a true partnership. Jean Watson's caring science nursing framework of caring and healing relationships …

Partnering Associate Degree Nursing Students And Community Health Worker Students In A Collaborative, Culturally Focused, Interprofessional Learning Experience, Jane E. Johnson

Theses and Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project is to provide nursing students in the final semester of their associate degree nursing program and community health worker students with a culturally focused, interactive, collaborative, interprofessional learning experience. Health care reform addresses health disparities in an increasingly diverse population with complex chronic health needs. The needs of this diverse population require health professionals to function as members of interprofessional teams providing culturally competent care. Published professional literature supports interprofessional education for students entering the health care field to prepare them to practice as members of interprofessional teams. Government studies and professional accrediting bodies overseeing …

Image And Ability: The Role Of Image In Female Leadership, Emily Loiacano

Theses and Graduate Projects

In a world where image is a pervasive part of society, research shows that the presentation of a personal image plays a critical role in the psychological and social contexts of leaders. The hypothesis of this study is that the image a leader projects can have significant influence over the perception of their capabilities, and the role that image plays is even more critical in female leaders. By being aware of image as a projection of their leadership qualities, a leader can make best use of the impression that they present.

Integrating Archaeology Into A Standards-Based, Fifth Grade Classroom, Lindsey Lee Elizabeth Mieras

Theses and Graduate Projects

Archaeology enhances student learning through use of cooperative skills, inquiry, anthropologic thought, hands-on learning, and community connections. However, a standards aligned curriculum to educate students in the field of archaeology is currently inadequate. Due to variation in teacher's interest, knowledge base, and ability to merge archaeology into several disciplines, a guide to be used as engagement activities, individual lessons, or filler activities is more helpful than integrating it in a social studies or science unit. In the process of this project, a curriculum guide was created and intended to reach all types of teachers, disciplines, and standards in the process …