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Healthnet News V.28:No.2 Summer 2013, Judith S. Kronick, Alberta Richetelle

Articles - Patient Care

A newsletter for public librarians and others interested in consumer health information services.

Approaches To Mental Illness In Madagascar: A Case For Reconciling Reason With Faith, Raisa Tikhtman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper expounds the shortcomings of the mental health provisions inherent in the current primary health care system in Madagascar in light of its limited accessibility to the Malagasy. Integrating traditional medicine with allopathic psychiatric care is proposed, with attention to prevailing Malagasy beliefs in spiritual possession as the basis for mental illness, in order to accommodate the discrepant worldviews espoused by physicians and their Malagasy patients that inhibit the efficacy of public mental health care. Through an integrated system based on the model piloted at the Clinique de Manongarivo in northwestern Madagascar, the financial, physical, and epistemological barriers that …

Role Of Environment And Sex Differences In The Development Of Autoimmune Diseases: A Roundtable Meeting Project, Monica P. Mallampalli, Erika Davies, Debra Wood, Hillary Robinson, Federica Polato, Christine L. Carter

Prevention and Community Health Faculty Publications

Autoimmune diseases (ADs) impose substantial health and financial burdens in the United States and in many parts of the world. Women are disproportionately affected by many of these disorders, which often contribute to lifelong disabilities. While the number of patients with some ADs appears to be rising, the complexities of conducting epidemiological studies prevent a thorough understanding of the prevalence and incidence of these various conditions. Research on environmental influences of these illnesses is limited, although they are generally hypothesized to result from the interaction of environmental agents in genetically susceptible individuals. Further, there is little known regarding the role …

Perspectives Summer-Fall 2013, College Of Health Care Sciences

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Healthy You, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy You

No abstract provided.

Healthy Horizons, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy Horizons

No abstract provided.

Aisha Bano - The Role Of Kcnq (Kv7) Potassium Channels In Schizophrenia Deficits, Aisha Bano

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

For years, studies have been conducted to treat the positive and negative symptoms and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia; it has allowed to treat the positive symptoms through regulation of dopaminergic neurons and dopamine pathways; however, we still do not know how to treat the negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. The reason we cannot treat them is due to a lack of adequate understanding of the underlying pathology which manifests itself in the behavior. Over the years, there have been multiple proposed hypotheses regarding the underlying pathology, and accordingly, medication were developed to regulate the variety of pathways in the brain …

Maribel Gamon - Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis In India: Solving A Problem By Reconstructing The Public Health Infrastructure, Maribel Gamon

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, commonly referred to as TB, is responsible for causing about 630,000 cases per year of infectious diseases worldwide. Recently, multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become an alarming public health concern. In addition, many developing countries lack effective treatment programs. India is one of those countries with a high prevalence of TB, seemingly affected by disconnectedness in their public health infrastructure. India, although a developing country, is still burdened with both chronic and infectious diseases, and there is a reactive public health system that must place focus on long-term effects of emerging resistant strains of TB. It is important …

Center For Grassland Studies, Summer 2013, Volume 19, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Center’s Advisory Council and Associates Tour North Central Nebraska

From the Director

Alternative Bentgrasses and Their Use

Center’s Advisory Council and Associates Tour

How Does Winter Supplementation Affect the Complete Yearling Production System?

Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition and Nebraska Cattlemen Summer Grazing Tour Well Received

PGM Students Give Back

Preventative Care And Culture, Anna Wagman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper explores the intersection between culture and health. The similarities and differences between methods for preventative medicine employed by traditional and allopathic systems are discussed. These ostensibly disparate systems, in reality, display many parallels in regards to their delivery. The effects of industrial progress, and therefore cultural change, on the health of the inhabitants of rapidly urbanizing African cities are examined. Historical information from studies of Great Britain, the first area to undergo a full industrial revolution is also drawn on. These analyses essentially predict the societal issues that come with urbanization, such as the amalgamation of preexisting pollutants …

Tenure And Promotion Announcement, 2013, University Of Mississippi. Provost

Tenure and Promotion Announcements

No abstract provided.

Vol. 38, No. 2: Summer 2013, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

No abstract provided.

Liberalis, Summer 2013, Utah State University

Liberalis

Freedom to Think, Discover, and Create. The alumni magazine for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University.

Addressing The Gap Between Research And Practice In Assessment Of At Risk Ells, Claudette Larned

Education 589 Projects

No abstract provided.

Guadalupe Avalos - Filling Caskets More Quickly Than Cribs?: A Comparison Of Infant Mortality In Milwaukee And Costa Rica, Guadalupe Avalos

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

Metropolitan Milwaukee had infant mortality rates at 9.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2010, according to the Milwaukee Health Department. This rate is a reversal of earlier decades. Between 2005 and 2008, Milwaukee experienced its highest infant mortality rate at 11 deaths per 1,000 live births. Disparities are most evident between African-Americans and Whites. Therefore, most explanations of infant mortality rates are compared between the two backgrounds. Since 2008, infant mortality rates have dwindled; however, the rates remain unacceptably high. A rate of 9.5 deaths per live births is detrimental and a public health issue.

By analyzing causes that …

Institutional Repository Annual Report: Ay 2011-2012, Erika Gearing

ScholarsArchive@JWU Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Predictors Of Cycling In College Students, Lynda B. Ransdell, Susan G. Mason, Thomas Wuerzer, Ka Man Leung

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objectives: To (1) assess cycling-related questions that have been added to the electronic version of the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA), (2) examine cycling prevalence, and (3) identify predictors of cycling in college students. Participants: Predominately female (69%), undergraduate (89%), and white (85%) students (N = 949) from a large, urban, northwestern, bicycle-friendly university completed the electronic version of the ACHA-NCHA II. Methods: Thirty cycling-related questions were added to the ACHA-NCHA II and a subsample of questions was analyzed. Results: Cycling questions added to the ACHA-NCHA II scale were reliable …

Nebline, July 2013

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Integrated Pest Management in Nebraska Schools: Solving Pest Problems Effectively with Fewer Pesticides

Farm Views

Urban Agriculture

Food & Fitness

Home & Family Living

Horticulture

Environmental Focus

4-H & Youth

Community Focus

Extension Calendar

Nutrition Education Program

Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs

and other extension news and events

An Hsi Report: The Public Health Implications Of Intensive Farm Animal Production In South Asia, Humane Society International

HSI REPORTS

Intensive farm animal production (IFAP) is being increasingly implemented to meet the rising demand for animal source foods in South Asia. The siting of IFAP facilities in urban or peri-urban areas leads to large proximate animal populations, increasing human exposure to pollutants and pathogens. Improperly managed wastes from IFAP facilities and abattoirs can contaminate water with excess nutrients, pathogens, veterinary pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, heavy metals, and hormones, and can release ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, bioaerosols, and particulate matter into the air compartment. The unregulated nature of IFAP in South Asia creates a risk for zoonotic transmission, including anthrax, brucellosis, …

The Public Health Implications Of Intensive Farm Animal Production In South Asia

Agribusiness Reports

Intensive farm animal production (IFAP) is being increasingly implemented to meet the rising demand for animal source foods in South Asia. The siting of IFAP facilities in urban or peri-urban areas leads to large proximate animal populations, increasing human exposure to pollutants and pathogens. Improperly managed wastes from IFAP facilities and abattoirs can contaminate water with excess nutrients, pathogens, veterinary pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, heavy metals, and hormones, and can release ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, bioaerosols, and particulate matter into the air compartment. The unregulated nature of IFAP in South Asia creates a risk for zoonotic transmission, including anthrax, brucellosis, …

Observational Study Of Consumer Sandwich Preferences At High Street Market & Deli, Nellie Paik

Agribusiness

This study was undertaken to determine sandwich preferences in San Luis Obispo County. With an uprising popularity in sandwich consumption across the nation, it is imperative for management to increase awareness of sandwich consumption of preferences by type. This study provides an analysis of sandwich preferences by type, volume ordered and revenue generated based on price according to different hours of the day.

This report presents an analysis of measures of location and variability. Both of these measures aid in understanding the differences in average volume, revenue and price of sandwich between happy hours and lunch hours.

It was concluded …

Effect Of Adding Salt During The Diafiltration Step Of Milk Protein Concentrate Powder Manufacture On Mineral And Soluble Protein Composition, Vandna Sikand, Phillip S. Tong, John Walker

Dairy Science

Milk protein concentrate (MPC) powders offer a great potential for use in an array of food applications because of their nutritional and functional values. However, MPC powders with protein content ≥80% (MPC80) exhibit poor solubility and hence restrict their potential use. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of adding salt during the diafiltration stage of MPC80 manufacture on solubility, turbidity, and to compare minerals and protein content of supernatants of ultracentrifuged samples with control sample. Three types of samples were produced: MPC80-C (control) with or without salt treatment, MPC80-Na (150 mM NaCl), and MPC80-K (150 mM …

Illuminated Magazine, School Of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University

Illuminated: Graduate Student Research Magazine

Super Plants [Biology, M.S. (Biology Concentration) Graduate Student: Richard Sante]; Where Are They Now? [Neal Calvin Peterson]; Navigating Through Financial Aid [a Step-By-Step Guide]; Pregnancy and Violence in Appalachia [Psychology, Experimental Psychology Concentration, Ph.D. Graduate Student: Tifani Fletcher]; Where Are They Now? [Dr. Margie Tucker]; Nutrition and Dentistry [Clinical Nutrition, M.S. Graduate Student: Monique Richard]; Where Are They Now? [Meylin Mejia]; What Are You Looking At? [Professional Communication, M.A. Graduate Student: Mariam Ayad]; Research Grant Awards [2013-2014]

School-Centered Approaches To Improve Community Health: Lessons From School-Based Health Centers, Olga Acosta Price

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

No abstract provided.

Physical Education In West Virginia Schools: Are We Doing Enough To Generate Peak Bone Mass And Promote Skeletal Health?, Franklin D. Shuler Md, Phd, Dana Lycans, Thomas Gill Md, Ali Oliashirazi Md

Orthopaedics

Peak bone mass (PBM) is attained at 25-35 years of age, followed by a lifelong decline in bone strength. The most rapid increase in bone mass occurs between the ages of 12-17. Daily school physical education (PE) programs have been shown to produce measurable increases in PBM, but are not federally mandated. Increases in PBM can decrease the lifelong risk of osteoporosis and fractures; critical for West Virginia prevention programs. Nationally only 1 in 6 schools require PE three days per week, with 4% of elementary schools, 8% of middle schools and 2% of high schools providing daily PE. In …

Participant/Observer Vol. 6. No. 1 Summer 2013, Anthropology Department

Participant/Observer

A Newsletter of the friends of the Western Michigan University Department of Anthropology

Table of Contents:

• Welcome from the Editor
• Recent Investigations of Fort St. Joseph
• 2012 Finger Lakes National forest Farmstead Archaeology Project Season
• Michigan Archaeology Day
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum Project in South Haven
• Where Are Our Alumni Now?
• Faculty Updates
• Annual Speaker Series
• WMU at SHA
• Recognize anyone?
• 2012-13 Department of Anthropology Awards

Attention's Grasp: Early And Late Hand Proximity Effects On Visual Evoked Potentials, Catherine L. Reed, David S. Leland, Benjamin Brekke '11, Alan Hartley

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Behavioral studies suggest that visual attention is biased toward stimuli in the region of space near the palm of the hand, but it is unclear whether this effect is universal or selective for goal/task-related stimuli. We examined event-related potentials (ERPs) using a visual detection task in which the hand was placed near or kept far from target and non-target stimuli that were matched for frequency and visual features to avoid confounding factors. Focusing on attention-sensitive ERP components, we found that P3 (350–450 ms) amplitudes were increased for Hand Near conditions for targets only, demonstrating a selective effect consistent with the …

Research View, Summer 2013

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

The Air We Breathe: UM researcher finds young brains harmed by urban air pollution

Quick Looks: Study of Mealybug Bacteria Reveals Secrets of Symbiosis -- Award to Study Hospital Discharge Process in Rural Areas -- Autism Waiver Program Shows Promising Results -- Paper Details Stressors Faced by Sexual Minority Vets -- Innovation and Imagination: Events Highlight Research and Scholarship

There's an App for That: Researchers develop modern tool to measure heat stress in humans

Warring With Words: Religion scholar chases text destruction in the ancient world

Chikuni Parish Taonga Agro-Forestry Programme Content Guide, Jack Bird

Miller Center Fellowship

This guide was produced for the purpose of compiling and organizing the information and techniques from Taonga Agro-Forestry Programme developed by Bornface Hangala at Chikuni Parish. This guide is meant to aid with the future development of a full agro-forestry curriculum by providing a comprehensive list of important topics and methods that can be formed into lessons. The guide can also serve as useful resource for mentors and students who may need additional information about the concepts presented by the future curriculum. Although this guide was created specifically for the Chikuni Parish Taonga programme, the concepts within can, and should, …

A Preliminary Study Of Perception And Coping Mechanism Of Breast Cancer Patients In An Iranian City, Ali A. Moqaddas, Fatemeh Adjdari, Akbar Aghajanian

Sociology Department Faculty Working Papers

The life expectancy of women in Iran has increased in the last quarter of the 20th century. On the other hand obesity has increased during the first decade of the 21th century for both adult males and females but particularly for females. These trends are contemporary with a growing incidence of breast cancer among women in urban areas. Casual observation has shown that organized and systematic coping support and mechanism for women with breast cancer disease has expanded much less than the treatment technology, leaving surviving women in ambiguity and fear of unknown. The analysis of qualitative data from a …